Hopi Reaching Out to Japanese People

On my April 7,  2011 trip to Hopi, I asked a friend of mine from Second Mesa if he would be willing to say a prayer for the people of Japan.  Deep feelings were evident on his face as he went into a space of communion with Creator and spoke in Hopi for several minutes. I thought I was making a movie, but only still images came out.  His wife translated into English his message below.

Hopi man from Second Mesa deep in prayer for the Japanese.

"Thank you to all the Japanese people that live way out on the waters.  We ask Great Creator to help clear the waters and the food and the air.  And we ask Great Creator in all his help to keep their homes together.  And also their hearts and all of their families.  All of us at Hopi have been and are praying for all of you--for Creator to hold all the Universe together."

Right after the tsunami, Hopi people from all across the Reservation gathered at their Civic Center and held a candlelight prayer vigil for Japanese people.  And even though  material resources are slim in Hopiland, they are collecting supplies to send to people in Japan.

A universal time....
The words above, "praying for all of you, for Creator to hold all the Universe together," hold a profound truth of this time of growing interconnectedness of us all.  On this day, for example, I brought a family from India to Hopi.  Coming from India with thousands of years of their own deep religious tradition, they easily related to the reverence, prayers and family orientation of Hopi peoples.  Driving back to Sedona across the Colorado Plateau in a raging wind and sandstorm, they embraced the elements with calmness.

On that same day, I am praying for a aware young man from Netherlands who had been doing earth-spirit experiences in Sedona with me during the week and was now facing these same elements with great determination on his windy mountaintop solo overnight time of vision.  His words remained with me relating a powerful "chance" encounter with a Japanese woman during the week who was also out on the land in deep meditation.  Though from two from different parts of the world, they understood without words the soul's calling each felt to be out listening to the voice of spirit spoken in sandstone cliffs, junipers, and ancestor wisdom embedded in the landscape.  Just as indigenous peoples for thousands of years up to today's time have come to this region offering prayers and seeking inspiration.

"It is very important that we understand that our consciousness is part of the whole mind of humanity.  We are quite literally a part of the birthing of a new way of being through what we entertain in heart and mind."  (Rev. Bruce Kellogg, Unity Center of Verde Valley.)

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Article presented by Sandra Cosentino with permission from the Hopi couple who are friends of mine.  They are speaking from their hearts.  This is not an "official" statement--just a human one from individual Hopis.  However, I know from many decades of sharing with Hopi peoples, that as a culture, they sincerely send out their blessings to all of Mother Earth and her peoples.