And half my life was spent being angry at the white people,
Being angry at the government,
Being angry at the missionaries.
And then after a while I started to be angry at our own people.
But then something changed.
Something transformed.
Hope is not what we seek in evidence,
Hope is what we become in action.
So feeling how deep the wound is and carrying that wound is absolutely feeling what it is.
So how the cut actually cuts into our flesh,
What it sounds like,
How deep it is,
How it resonates with everybody else,
And then realising that it's not a new concept.
So the wounds have been there,
But we have the absolute downloads to be able to realise what do we need to do with it.
It's not about carrying it,
It's about realising that it doesn't belong to us.
The wounds can't hurt you,
They're just flesh wounds,
And that we're spirit.
When I speak with the women living with AIDS,
When I speak with the children,
I say don't look at Karambu,
Don't look at someone else.
Recognise first you're the hope that you're looking for,
That's where you find your power.
And once you get it,
Nothing is impossible.
And I'm not saying that nothing is impossible lightly,
It's because I know once you find who you are,
The love and light,
The divine in you,
And you learn to listen,
You always get the answer.
In other cultures who have been through similar things,
Or maybe not,
Can they witness,
Can they be the witness,
Can we witness for each other?
And say I hear that this really happened.
And so those are the pieces that I'm working with,
Who is going to be the witness?
But my vision is to have people,
As I say,
Who have done this personal work of moving through the atrocities,
Come together.
So as indigenous peoples,
How do we move through anything?
It's with ceremony.
We come to prayer.
That's our most powerful means of healing ourselves,
Healing each other.
So if we can bring our deep ceremonies,
And all of us,
I think,
Must have ceremony for moving through a death,
A loss,
Let's say,
If we can bring all of those people together with that willingness,
And together use either all of our ways,
Or make a new way to create this,
What I'm calling a global wiping of the tears ceremony,
Where we can say,
Yes,
At least us,
The core people,
Representatives from so many different cultures,
Communities,
Different atrocities,
We commit to the future.
We commit to what comes next.
We commit to a solidarity in coming back to our communities and beginning that healing process.
Until we heal up this place of being the victim,
And then victimizing at a certain degree,
Then we can help make the change for the bigger picture,
Which is the healing of Mother Earth.
It's time to see the times,
The world divides,
Or closely by,
See it,
See it,
Oh,
Oh,
Oh,
Hear my gut beat,
Ah,
So what,
Ah,
So what,
So what,
So,
So,
So,
So,
So,
So,
So,
So,
So,
So,
So,
So,
So,
So,
So,
So,
So,
So,
So,
So,
So,
So,
So,
So,
So,
So,
So,
So,
So,
So,
So,
We'll still be doing ceremonies until the great spirit,
You know,
Takes you to a sacred breath of life.
I'm here for the people,
However way that I can help them,
To get up onto the mountain,
To put them onto the mountain,
To help them experience sacredness,
To find themselves,
To heal them,
Is my purpose.
Hope is not what we seek in evidence,
Hope is what we become in action.
So feeling how deep the wound is,
And carrying that wound,
Is absolutely feeling what it is,
So how the cut actually cuts into our flesh,
What it sounds like,
How deep it is,
How it resonates with everybody else,
And then realising that it's not a new concept.
So the wounds have been there,
But we have the absolute downloads to be able to realise what do we need to do with it.
It's not about carrying it,
It's about realising that it doesn't belong to us.
The wounds can't hurt you,
They're just flesh wounds,
And that we're spirit.
And half my life was spent being angry at the white people,
Being angry at the government,
Being angry at the missionaries,
And then after a while I started to be angry at our own people,
But then something changed,
Something transformed.
Can other cultures who have been through similar things,
Or maybe not,
Can they witness,
Can they be the witness,
Can we witness for each other,
And say I hear that this really happened.
And so those are the pieces that I'm working with,
Who is going to be the witness?
But my vision is to have people,
As I say,
Who've done this personal work of moving through the atrocities,
Come together.
So as Indigenous peoples,
How do we move through anything?
It's with ceremony.
We come to prayer.
That's our most powerful means of healing ourselves,
Healing each other.
So if we can bring our deep ceremonies,
And all of us I think must have ceremony for moving through a death,
A loss,
Let's say,
If we can bring all of those people together with that willingness,
And together use either all of our ways,
Or make a new way to create this,
What I'm calling a global wiping of the tears ceremony,
Where we can say yes,
At least us,
The core people,
Representatives from so many different cultures,
Communities,
And different atrocities,
We commit to the future.
We commit to what comes next.
We commit to a solidarity in coming back to our communities and beginning that healing process.
Hope is not what we seek in evidence.
Hope is what we become in action.
And I say,
We are the hope we are looking for.
Hope is not what we seek in evidence.
Hope is what we become in action.
And I say,
We are the hope we are looking for.
And I say,
We are the hope we are looking for.
Hope is not what we seek in evidence.
Hope is what we become in action.
