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Prayer for the Great Family
Gratitude to Mother Earth, sailing through night and day—
and to her soil: rich, rare and sweet
in our minds so be it.
Gratitude to Plants, the sun-facing, light-changing leaf
and fine root-hairs; standing still through wind
and rain; their dance is in the flowering spiral grain
in our minds so be it.
Gratitude to Air, bearing the soaring Swift and silent
Owl at dawn. Breath of our song
clear spirit breeze
in our minds so be it.
Gratitude to Wild Beings, our brothers, teaching secrets,
freedoms, and ways; who share with us their milk;
self-complete, brave and aware
in our minds so be it.
Gratitude to Water: clouds, lakes, rivers, glaciers;
holding or releasing; streaming through all
our bodies salty seas
in our minds so be it.
Gratitude to the Sun: blinding pulsing light through
trunks of trees, through mists, warming caves where
bears and snakes sleep— he who wakes us—
in our minds so be it.
Gratitude to the Great Sky
who holds billions of stars— and goes yet beyond that—
beyond all powers, and thoughts
and yet is within us—
Grandfather Space.
The Mind is his Wife.
so be it.
after a Mohawk prayer
Gary Snyder, Turtle Island
New Directions, New York, 1974, pp. 24-25
In reading this prayer, it occured to me that it is about gratitude for God’s work on earth, I think Paul in Romans talks about how we can know God through nature…but the other thing that really resonated with me - and this is related to spirituality - is connectedness…connectedness or “being present” in each moment of our day…as I get older that is a spiritual fruit that I am beginning to appreciate…being present in the day…cause if I listen to the whispers of the Holy Spirit and do the best I can do to do God’s will…then I enjoy the day, being present in the morning, afternoon and evening…and end the day being a different creation than I started that morning, thanks to what the Creator, Our Lord and the Spirit have shown me during that day.
Wow…this poem or prayer said a lot.
Gratitude to Mother Earth, sailing through night and day—
and to her soil: rich, rare and sweet
in our minds so be it.
Gratitude to Plants, the sun-facing, light-changing leaf
and fine root-hairs; standing still through wind
and rain; their dance is in the flowering spiral grain
in our minds so be it.
Gratitude to Air, bearing the soaring Swift and silent
Owl at dawn. Breath of our song
clear spirit breeze
in our minds so be it.
Gratitude to Wild Beings, our brothers, teaching secrets,
freedoms, and ways; who share with us their milk;
self-complete, brave and aware
in our minds so be it.
Gratitude to Water: clouds, lakes, rivers, glaciers;
holding or releasing; streaming through all
our bodies salty seas
in our minds so be it.
Gratitude to the Sun: blinding pulsing light through
trunks of trees, through mists, warming caves where
bears and snakes sleep— he who wakes us—
in our minds so be it.
Gratitude to the Great Sky
who holds billions of stars— and goes yet beyond that—
beyond all powers, and thoughts
and yet is within us—
Grandfather Space.
The Mind is his Wife.
so be it.
after a Mohawk prayer
Gary Snyder, Turtle Island
New Directions, New York, 1974, pp. 24-25
In reading this prayer, it occured to me that it is about gratitude for God’s work on earth, I think Paul in Romans talks about how we can know God through nature…but the other thing that really resonated with me - and this is related to spirituality - is connectedness…connectedness or “being present” in each moment of our day…as I get older that is a spiritual fruit that I am beginning to appreciate…being present in the day…cause if I listen to the whispers of the Holy Spirit and do the best I can do to do God’s will…then I enjoy the day, being present in the morning, afternoon and evening…and end the day being a different creation than I started that morning, thanks to what the Creator, Our Lord and the Spirit have shown me during that day.
Wow…this poem or prayer said a lot.