Healing

If one wants to change ones behavior and move towards healing the soul, one of the key steps in this process is deep reflection. We must look at not only the good things we have done, but most important, the bad things we have done. Things we are ashamed of, things we just rather not think about because it may give us too much pain, or discomfort. It is easier to be just in denial.

This process also applies to the healing of a country, and its people. The US, Canada, Australia as with other countries who have committed genocide against indigenous cultures in lands they believed were theirs for the taking despite the fact that the original people had lived on these lands for thousands of years. If we choose to be in denial about these truths we will never wake up to this false reality we have chosen to live in. If we choose to open our hearts to these truths, then maybe we will have a chance to live in a world where we can all live together in peace and respect and appreciate the many diverse cultures that are living on this very small planet of ours.

When I began learning about indigenous cultures both in the past and present, I began having a deep and profound respect for these cultures who live in their traditional ways. Their understanding and deep respect and reverence for the natural world is what most of us are lacking and is the reason the planet is in so much trouble environmentally as well as socially. We can relearn so much from these cultures if we just listen from an open heart and begin to heal ourselves and the planet.