Just Like Grandma Told You

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In the forthcoming documentary For the Next Seven Generations: The Grandmothers Speak, Rebienot says, “We can’t go backward anymore. We don’t have fear anymore. The time is short. Time is calling us.”

The prophecies state that we are entering the “purification times,” when we will shed all the accumulated negativity caused by a material rather than a spiritual orientation. As the earth goes through upheaval, the grandmothers say, we need to heal ourselves and find peace within. By doing this, we heal Mother Earth herself.

Agnes Baker Pilgrim, the oldest living female member of the Takelma Band of the Rogue River Indians in Oregon, says in World Pulse that prayer is our duty and that “we need not for one moment limit ourselves about what we can do. We must give support and encouragement to each other and to whomever we meet on our path. Love people unconditionally and add their voices and prayers to ours. The creator will hear our cries and turn the dark side around.”

The grandmothers believe that only culture derived from nature’s laws will survive. Without a deep connection to nature, our consciousness and our politics will inevitably be flawed. But when we are connected to the natural world, we cannot help but see the beauty within ourselves and everywhere else.

With the deluge of negative information in the world today, it is heartening to consider the possibility that opening ourselves to beauty, hope, and connection may be the most healing action we can take.

For more information on the International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers, go to www.grandmotherscouncil.com.

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