Growing up in the 60’s & 70s, during the antiwar protests, I had a skewed view. My father was a WWII Army Air Force veteran, and patriotic. My mother, too, with membership in the DAR, which meant my ancestors fought in the Revolutionary War for independence from the English.
But I don’t like war as a first resort to settle conflict, but as a last resort after all else fails.
My feelings have changed since the sixties as I realized this country is under attack since 9/11, from evil ones within and Israel, Saudis, and China.
They scare me way more than Russia. And I lived through the cold war.
So when I was in South Dakota, I attended services at the National cemetery in Sturgis.
It was a beautiful setting with the Black Hills in the background.
The service I attended was a Native tribal service to honor their warriors.
The Native ceremony was so incredibly moving. They had a drum circle and songs to honor their warriors, both dead and alive.
Afterwards, the warriors that attended formed a line and everyone there shook their hand and thanked them their service.
It was an unbelievably moving ceremony.
It truly stirred my heart.
Native folk, in prior times, did not go into battle easily. The clan mothers decided if they would go into battle, after giving it some thought of the consequences. They knew if their men didn’t come back, the women would have to protect the village.
And they had a ceremony when the warriors returned, to rid them of the negative energy of war.
As the drums beat, the warriors would stand outside the village perimeter, and would take their clothes off that they fought in.
I believe this was because of the transfer of negative energy. You remember that they didn’t want me preparing food at Standing Rock because I had been carrying negative energy? Well, there is a lot of negative energy with war, and they didn’t want to bring that into the village.
So they would take their clothes off, go through a purification sweat lodge, and then enter the village.
Sweat lodge is tree branches curved into half moon, with animal skins or blankets thrown over it and hot rocks placed in the center of the tent. A helper would put water on the hot rocks, causing a steam bath.
The Native folk would pray and stay as long as possible and then go outside for a breather. They would do this four times.
I really feel this is a necessary ceremony because so many have injured souls, and this asks the Creator for healing the soul wounds. PLEASE SEE NOTE BELOW BEFORE YOU ATTEMPT A SWEAT LODGE.
So I went to our local service and I want to encourage anyone whom has not gone to the cemetery where vets are buried, to please do so.
I had to block out the war profiteers that send our folks into war to make money, and focus solely on those that served because they put their lives on the line regardless.
During the ceremony, a woman supporter of the local veteran’s association, asked folks to call a vet to see how they are doing because so many struggle during the week of Memorial day.
So please call a veteran to see how they’re holding up. It will help.
NOTE ABOUT SWEAT LODGES:
6.14.23 — After I posted this, I had visions of men attempting this sacred purifying ritual. I understand you are hurting and your souls have been wounded by such negative energy as war and this spiritual war that we’re in. But you should not attempt to do sweat lodges without preparation. The good folks at Standing Rock would not let me do one even though I very much wanted to go through the process.
They knew that I had so much negative energy and that I had not done the work of deepening my spiritual Connection to the Creator.
You must prepare for this with the full armor of God the Creator because every time you attempt to connect with the Creator, the evil ones know this and will interfere as much as they can.
We were not taught this in Sunday School when I was growing up. We were taught the opposite — that the closer you are to the Creator, the evil ones will leave you alone. Ha.
I tell you this not to discourage you, just the opposite — my hope is that you go in with knowledge of what to expect so that you can fight against the negative energy the evil ones will hurl at you.
You have to know what power the Creator has given you to fight against the evil ones. I can assure you that you have been given power to fight against them, but have been actively discouraged from finding that power and using it against them. The evil ones own the media, the government, and have infiltrated churches, sent disinformation agents into your hometowns to spread distrust as well as the misinformation and outright lies to break the ties of small towns and neighborhoods in the big cities.
If you pray in earnest, the Creator will send his Helpers to guide you on how to connect with the Creator and his Helpers, and what to do to prepare for a sweatlodge.
I still have not done one, but I know it will happen when the time is right.
Just keep in mind that the Native way was to be ALWAYS connected to the Creator and your Helpers. They honored the Creator’s Spirit in everything He Created.
They fasted on the mountain top, usually for 3-4 days. I’m fasting for 24 hours every week. You would be amazed at how your body goes into healing mode and starts to repair your body when you’re fasting. 24 hours doesn’t seem like a lot, but it does produce fantastic results. Be sure to have mineral water to drink during your fast. And doing a coffee enema two days afterwards will help the liver clear toxins. See my previous post on coffee enemas. (a personal note to my local readers — we have TWO mountains in our small town. Look at the geography and you will figure it out. Look at the fir trees — you will see trees that are usually found on mountaintops that Eagles make their aeries (nests) out of…one is in an old cemetery, very obvious this is not the typical pyramid shape evergreen, but a unique shape that eagles build their nests in.)
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