SPIRITUAL EXPLORATIONS – 263

WE ARE EXPLORING THE PRACTICE OF HEAVENLINESS

+ This is a post on the style of The Way of Nature as we continue to explore Heavenliness through the lens of the 12 styles of the Mandala process created by Edward Bastian.  There are 5 more styles to explore and then we will move on to the 9 Attributes of Heaven.

+ 3 quotes tweeted by @fredericbrussat on October 22, 2015:

Look deep into nature and you will understand everything.

-- Albert Einstein

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

The landscape belongs to the person who looks at it.

-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

+ Related closely to that last one is the Spiritual Practice of the Day offered by Spirituality & Practice on October 28, 2015:

[This is] what the Sioux Chief said when the tribe was watching the white men takes riches out of the Black Hills. "The whites think they are getting rich by digging in the hills, but the Sioux are rich from looking at the hills.

 — Joyce Sequichie Hifler in When the Night Bird Sings by Joyce Sequichie Hifler

To Practice This Thought: Do something to protect the richness of nature.

+ That’s an order .. for you, for me, for everyone. 

+ The 12 styles of Mandala: Creating An Authentic Spiritual Path: An InterSpiritual Process by Edward Bastian are listed in SE206.

+ The 7 steps of InterSpiritual Meditation by Edward Bastian are listed in SE21 and SE213. They are described fully in his book, InterSpiritual Meditation. 

+ To get inspired and illuminated by Ed Bastian, I invite you to set aside some time for these videos:  Seven Steps of InterSpiritual Meditation (11 minutes) | 15 minute introduction to InterSpiritual Meditation and the Mandala Process | 2 hour lecture & conversation

+ I would love it if you offered a guest post on this practice or any practice.  And, I have work to do on my Heavenliness page.  Maybe you can help.  Send an email with the subject “Heavenliness” or “Love” or “Guest Post” to John@abundancetrek.com.

+ You can always find a link to any of the Spiritual Explorations posts by going to http://abundancetrek.com/sepostsaccess.html

PBS SERIES ON AND BY AMERICAN INDIANS HAS BEGUN

WE SHALL REMAIN, a special presentation of The American Experience on PBS began airing episode 1 this week. Check your PBS listings if you haven't seen it yet.

American Indians are not only the subject of the 5 episodes but they are the authors, the presenters.

Here is information from the website:

Episode 1 - After the Mayflower - In 1621, the Wampanoag of New England negotiated a treaty with Pilgrim settlers. A half-century later, as a brutal war flared between the English and a confederation of Indians, this diplomatic gamble seemed to have been a grave miscalculation.

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Episode 2 - Tecumseh's Vision - In the course of his brief and meteoric career, Tecumseh would become one of the greatest Native American leaders of all time, orchestrating the most ambitious pan-Indian resistance movement ever mounted on the North American continent.

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Episode 3 - Trail of Tears - Though the Cherokee embraced “civilization” and won recognition of tribal sovereignty in the U.S. Supreme Court, their resistance to removal from their homeland failed. Thousands were forced on a perilous march to Oklahoma.

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Episode 4 - Geronimo - As the leader of the last Native American fighting force to capitulate to the U.S. government, Geronimo was seen by some as the perpetrator of unspeakable savage cruelties, while to others he was the embodiment of proud resistance.

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Episode 5 - Wounded Knee - In 1973, American Indian Movement activists and residents of the Pine Ridge Reservation occupied the town of Wounded Knee, demanding redress for grievances. As a result of the siege, Indians across the country forged a new path into the future.

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