Guest guest Posted July 20, 2008 Report Share Posted July 20, 2008 FYI: Remain Focused and Good Health to You Elaine ----- Forwarded Message ----Tree of Life Rejuvenation Center <noreplyshortydempSent: Saturday, July 19, 2008 5:51:01 PMOne World Spirit Dance 2008: Sept 18-26 Hello Everyone… It is that time of year again when One World Spirit Dance is on everyone’s mind. Please allow me to introduce myself, my name is Lynne Weatherby and I have been a supporter of Spirit Dance 3 of the last 4 years. The excitement and intention around this years dance is the best ever and we want everyone who loves Spirit Dance to contact me quickly as possible. I will be happy to send an application and information to any and all or you may find it online at www.treeoflife.nu/spiritdance. My contact information is spiritdance and my phone number is 520-394-2244 “Mitakuye Oyasin” To All My Relations “The Purpose of the One World Spirit Dance is to invoke the forces of the heavens and the Earth to create a synergy of World Peace and to bring upon ourselves the revelation of God’s Light.”~ Yellow Horse (Rebbe Gabriel Cousens), One World Spirit Dance Chief Date for 2008: Sept 18-26 The One World Spirit Dance is a multicultural ceremony that incorporates many of the world's wisdom traditions, with participants who bring the richness of many different spiritual paths. The One World Spirit Dance is the fulfillment of Crazy Horse's vision of all peoples, colors, and nations dancing together for Peace under one tree. It is an opportunity to create Peace by Being Peace. The One World Spirit Dance, formerly the White Buffalo Spirit Dance, is an expression of the White Buffalo Medicine which is a high teaching of the Native American Way that belongs to all peoples, all of the Rainbow Nations upon the Earth. It is a path of holiness and purification involving vegetarianism, abstinence from drugs, alcohol, and tobacco, and an inward focused awareness so one may merge one's consciousness with Great Spirit. It is a path of truly becoming World Peace and actualizing spiritual Liberation. The One World Spirit Dance is held in the National Forest behind the Tree of Life Rejuvenation Center in Patagonia, Arizona. This fifth annual Spirit Dance is sponsored by the Essene Order of Light, a branch of the Tree of Life Foundation. It is facilitated by Yellow Horse (Rebbe Gabriel Cousens, M.D.). Yellow Horse is a four-year Sun Dancer, Spirit Dancer, Pipe Carrier, and head of the Horse Clan. Representing the presence of the Sacred Feminine, Parashakti, serves a Co-facilitator. Jerusalem-born Parashakti is a certified Shamanic Practitioner, Yoga instructor and TranceDance Facilitator in private practice in NYC. She has apprenticed with the Shoshone and Lakota Indians and has Spirit Danced for four years. The One World Spirit Dance begins with three and one half Preparations Days that are a time of intensive purification for Dancers and Supporters, those who assist with the physical needs of the dance. During the Prep Days: Tree of Life Spirit Dance Inipi or Sweat Lodge Daily Sunrise and Sunset inipis (sweat lodges) Daily teachings with Yellow Horse Daily Mikvah (spiritual purification bath) Daily Yoga Class Daily Meditation Daily work-time to prepare the Dance Circle (Medicine Wheel) One evening of DanceRitual with Parashakti Simple organic, vegan, live-food meals provided Non-smoking environment In alignment with the White Buffalo Medicine, it is imperative to begin the purification process even before the Preparation Days. A 40-day period of purification and energy preparation before the Dance helps protect you from detoxing during the ceremony so that everyone's energy will be focused on merging with the Divine. In order to participate in the One World Spirit Dance you are asked to commit to observe the following practices: For 40 Days before the Dance 1) Abstain from drug use including: alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, hallucinogenic plant medicine, narcotics, and highly caffeinated substances (i.e., coffee).2) Minimize Sexual Activity: In order to preserve one's energy for the Dance in the traditional way, please limit sexual activity to that which occurs within a committed partnership. It is best to minimize sexual activity, especially ejaculation. Minimizing sexual activity, rather than refraining entirely, allows intimate relationships to remain healthy. For those who are not currently within a committed partnership, please observe celibacy. This practice is in no way inferring the sex is not sacred or pure; it is simply respecting the traditional practice of preserving energy for the Dance.3) Maintain a %100 vegan diet (no flesh, eggs or dairy)4) World Peace Meditation: Two times per week, at sunrise or sunset, practice 40 minutes of sitting meditation. At some point in the meditation create an intentional vision of World Peace's Light surrounding the planet, people living in harmony with one another and the planet, etc. This visualization may only last a few minutes. To greater support the group matrix, those residing in Patagonia have committed to meditating as a group in the Temple on Tuesday and Thursday evenings at sunset. We encourage all Spirit Dance participants to join the group energy at that time in meditation. If these times aren't possible for you, please meditate any two times per week at sunrise or sunset. These practices of purification before the Dance prepare you to enter into Divine Union in a holy way during the Dance according to the teachings of the White Buffalo Medicine. If one decides not to do the 40-day Purification, we respectfully inform you that this is not the particular spiritual ceremony for you. The Spirit Dance itself is a four-day Dance during which Dancers remain in the Dance Circle (Medicine Wheel) except for calls of Nature. The Dance is a deeply meditative process, stepping to the beat of the drum, becoming the heartbeat of the Earth. At all times there will be dancing, with dancers rotating to sleep. During these four days Dancers water fast. The Dance itself is beyond the process of purification. It is an invocation of Divine Union. The One World Spirit Dance is a world healing ceremony sponsored by the Essene Order of Light. (It is not a Tree of Life Rejuvenation Center workshop or event.) Your participation in the Dance is for the healing of the planet. Of course when you participate in sacred ceremony there is potential for significant personal healing. Although there will be general support, please come with the understanding that the focus of the Dance is not one's personal emotional needs, and self sacrifice is called for. We invite all of those who are strong and ready to commit to the purification practices to participate in the One World Spirit Dance energy. Usually people new to the One World Spirit Dance participate as Supporters for at least one year, those who support the physical needs of the Dance with plenty of time to witness the dancing and participate in the energy. Those who have not previously Spirit Danced but who have completed their Sun Dance commitment or other similar ceremony are welcome to Dance in their first year with permission from Yellow Horse. If you would like comprehensive information about the One World Spirit Dance, please contact Lynne Weatherby Spirit Dance Coordinator, at spiritdance, or if you do not use e-mail, call (520) 394 2244. We will be happy to send you a One World Spirit Dance informational letter via e-mail or U.S. mail. Mitakuye OyasinOm Shanti, Shanti, ShantiShalom, Shalom, Shalom Change email address / Leave mailing list Hosting by YourMailingListProvider Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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