Hearing with my Third Ear in South Africa
I have some history with South Africa. A few hears back, I was in South Africa listening to a presentation given by a Native American about growing up as an Indian, during the presentation, a retired ranger came in. He was crying quiet hard, and, well to make a long story short, he said he knew he was an Indian reborn in South Africa. He was Caucasian. He continued with his story and thought that by becoming a ranger was the closest thing he could do to honor his former life. The Native American let him finish telling his story. All his life, this ranger, had followed the teachings of the Grey Owl and had worked to protect the rhinoceros and the wilderness.
The ranger told our Native American presenter that he was the first Indian he had ever met and that he wanted to send a message back to the States. His message was this: If the Native Americans do not get back to their true spirituality, then they are doomed. He said, we are all destroying the world, not only socially and politically, but religiously too. We have all these ‘written’ religions, and walk the words on paper, but we’re destroying the world in the process. But, back in the day, the Indians walked their spiritual path in their every day life, they lived it through ceremonies and in everything they did, every step they took, every breath they breathed. He said, we can once again preserve that which honors life and bring it back out into the world, so the rest of us might be able to change in enough time to save earth.
It was really heart-breaking to watch him cry as he talked to all of us that day. He then just turned around and left the building. Our Native American presenter then turned back to us and said ‘That said it all’, and our session was over earlier than expected. But, as I headed back to one of the South African five star hotels, I couldn’t stop the rangers voice and his story playing over and over in my thoughts. His words and heart-felt emotions really sparked something in me. All I know is I hope I can make a difference and become a steward of earth instead of her destroyer.
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