Kahontakwas Diane Longboat – Cultivating a Sacred Life Rooted in Haudenosaunee Teachings
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Module 1: Thanksgiving Address — Returning to the Land for Life
Indigenous wisdom traditions throughout the world are the oldest living way of life on the planet. They remain the closest to Original Instructions given at the time of creation on how to:
- Be a Human Being, understanding personal duties and responsibilities
- Relate to the natural world as relatives, and steward all Life Beings
- Understand the Natural Laws of the Earth, and uphold the continuance of Life
- Support one another as a Human Family, as brothers and sisters in great diversity
The teachings are intended to inspire your growth potential by guiding you to understand your spiritual mandate and by connecting you to your own ancestral lineage. You’ll explore honoring all Life Beings by:
- Giving thanks daily
- Receiving a vision
- Discerning a real vision
- Acting on the vision
Module 2: Creation Truths & Revitalizing Human Spiritual Integrity
In this module, we’ll examine the core elements of the Creation Truth (Story) to guide you in remembering the Original Instructions on how to be a Human Being — the ethical code of life that determines our relationships with one another and with Mother Earth.
In this session on the story of creation, you’ll:
- Learn of life in the Sky World and the creation of the Earth as a vision of the Creator for a paradise mirroring the Sky World
- Discover that great teachers were put in place to guide us and profound teachings were set down to show us the way forward
- Ask yourself direct questions: How have we wandered off the path of our Original Instructions to find ourselves in chaos and division today? What has clouded our minds? How can we revitalize our minds?
- Understand the principles of Peace, Power, and Good Mind
- Become aware of the deceptive Clouded Mind
- Take necessary steps to revitalize the mind
Module 3: Deep Listening to Spirit Through Your Dreams
Who brings the dreams? What is the source of the power that sends the dreams? What are “bad dreams” or “nightmares”? How should we understand them?
Diane teaches us how we receive Ancestors’ messages through dreams and how they help us understand the “soul” and “spirit” in the Human Being and their different but mutually beneficial roles.
You’ll examine how your dreams bring profound inspiration and clear direction for your way forward in life by being:
- A way of understanding life’s challenges
- Your inspiration of how to help others
- A sacred pathway to fulfill your spiritual mandate
- Integral to the healing of Mother Earth
- Preparation for the future
Module 4: Igniting Your Spirit & Stewarding the Sacred Fire Within
The Ancestors have prayed for each of us for thousands of years to evolve to our present selves with the fullness of our gifts to bring harmony into the world. There has never been a time such as this in the history of humanity. Prophecies are being fulfilled daily.
Do you feel the call to seek out sacred sites of spiritual power in your homelands of genetic origin, which await your return to awaken and receive direction on the way forward to build a new humanity?
This class will ignite your memory of ancient times, of original teachings from when all peoples were still a part of the land and your faith tradition was practiced in concert with the cycles of life. Memories are written on our bones, and triggers turn on the spiritual light switches of DNA.
In this session on cultivating your inner flame, you’ll:
- Begin connecting to the 7 Sacred Fires in the Universe
- Discover how “earning your life” is essential to self-knowing
- Learn how to deepen your communication with the Ancestors
In addition to these empowering benefits, you’ll also receive knowledge in the most honoring ways of how you can support the resurgence of Indigenous Nations practicing cultural traditions, ceremonies, and ways of life — which are done to support the regeneration of their cultural, linguistic, and ceremonial ties to the land — and by their nature, to support the healing of all people in society.
Activity: Remembrance of the Original Council Fire — Preparing Your Sacred Fire on the Land or at Home
Module 5: Learning the Language of Spirit
Spirit communicates with us through traditional teachings of the Thanksgiving Address, the Creation Truth, the Four Sacred Ceremonies, the Great Law of Peace, and the prophecies of the Kariwiio (the Good Message).
These ceremonies of personal healing clean the mind, body, and spirit of the Human Being to prepare us to receive The Sacred. Fasting, vision quest, rites of passage, and many other ceremonies enable us to deal with grief, loss, historical and intergenerational trauma, and abuse of all kinds that produces negative patterns of behavior that no longer serve us.
In this session on prophecy, you’ll:
- Discover how prophecies are a manifestation of communication with the Spirits
- Learn how prophecy is shared in annual recitations to support proper behavior, instill cultural values, and (through stories) express how the greater world will change and the ways to prepare to steward that change
- Understand how prophecy is a “seed” that has been planted and will unfold in time
- Become aware of what is coming, mitigate risk, and (by changing behavior) lessen the impact
- Experience prophecy unfolding daily
Activity: Self-Clearing & Personal Releasing Ceremony on the Land Where You Live
Module 6: Falling in Love With Creation — Message From the Trees
A Clan Mother — a woman leader among the Haudenosaunee Confederacy — once told Diane, “to be truly happy, one must fall in love with Creation… If you do not fall in love with Mother Earth, you will never defend Her.”
In this session, we focus on Mother Earth by:
- Answering, “What is your role in defending the Earth?”
- Understanding the Natural Laws of Mother Earth that all Human Beings must respect and follow
- Deepening connection through prayers and contemplations with the Great Life Force in the cosmos and within Mother Earth connecting all Life Beings
- Understand Trees as sentient Beings
Activity: Tree Ceremony — a group ceremony prepared and conducted at the Sacred Fire (and in your chosen place). The Sacred Songs will carry the ceremony… you’ll be able to hear the songs, and the Sacred Fire will be visible, but you will not see the Pipe Ceremony that will be held before the class begins.
Module 7: The Stages to Becoming a Spiritual Warrior of Peace
In our final session, we’ll review the process of becoming a humble Human Being, of surrendering to a Higher Power, unseen, yet present everywhere. The stages of learning to become a Spiritual Warrior of Peace will be shared.
Activity: This session will also feature a closing Healing Ceremony for all participants. You will not see the Pipe Ceremony, but you will hear the songs, see the Sacred Fire, and receive the directions for participation in prayer from your location.
This healing is offered as a conclusion to this course to strengthen you for the way forward in your life. It is our wish that these teachings enrich your life, deepen your own practice, and empower you to bring harmony into the world with the gifts that you carry.
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