This short note is simply an apology to all my Brothers and Sisters for being away from my blog site for so long; and I hope you will be patient a little longer. My world has been opening up so rapidly over the past few weeks I am having trouble keeping up LOL. Just sorting through this explosion of opportunity with so many options has been a fulltime job. The more we open to the energetic flow the more abundance comes to us. God/ Universe/ Source/ Quantum can be very generous when we are willing to receive.  
          Two weeks ago I release the Report of Finding from Angels of the Road and last week it was a feature in the CanadianSocialResearch.net weekly newsletter, thank you Gilles Sequin ;-). The paper has been well received with about 30% response (most academic papers get 3% response. This opens me up to write two books; a human services industry handbook, “OUT  REACHING: A Streetwise Guide to Social Work”. All the things I learned on the street that never made it into the textbooks. Then of course there is the autobiographical account of my experiences during the Angels of the Road journey. 
          I decided to moved to a smaller town; found a perfect little apartment and made an appointment to go up island to view it. Then out of the blue ( I had applied but thought I had been passed over again) I get a phone call from Our Place to interview for a residential support worker. These people do amazing work and I would be so fortunate to be a part of such a caring team of professionals. This position is so perfect for me because, it would leave time for other pursuits (writing, building my consulting practice and establishing the Spirit of the 8th Fire Healing
 Centre) everybody send energy for me on this one. As if that isn’t enough don’t I find just the most darling little bachelor apartment 3 blocks from Our Place.  How great is that… I love this life.
           So my friends please indulge me for just a couple of more weeks… I’m sure things will get back to normal by then. Migwetch

Have a joyous day.

It seems like every celebrity in Hollywood is claiming some Native heritage…apparently even the Boy Wonder (in the above graphic). I Google searched the “Gone Native” signature, but unfortunately couldn’t find anything
about the author/artist. So if you know this artist please contact me with more info… I would love to see more of his/her work. 
          So why do all these White people want to be Indians?  The short answer is that it is way easier to find a Native elder than it is to find a Druid priest. In this time of awakening people are trying to reconnect with their divine spiritual self and the most easily identifiable (non-religious) source of spiritual teaching comes from recently colonized new world cultures. I have said before Natives are only 5 generations removed from
their (pre-Christian) roots and Europeans are 50 generations removed. The
feeling that you have to justify your interest by asserting some level of “blood quantum” is just our 3-D self trying to validate our attraction to Native spiritualism.
          To my Native brothers and sisters none of these seekers are trying to cash in on your Status rights. At the risk of being a little too political here; first let’s give the Natives human rights, then let’s give them equal rights as Canadians. If that seems radical let’s just give them the same  
considerations the Geneva Convention demands for prisoners of war. I am not daring to dream that I will see the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples being respected, here. But it is worth fighting for, which is why every Canadian who believes in social justice, supports the Idle No More movement. That is my political rant for today, back to spiritualism.
          Native spiritualism will provide an introduction to metaphysical  truth. The Grandfathers’ Teachings, the connectedness of Creator to creation and the connectedness of those created things to each other are also part of every other spiritual discipline. The rituals which are part of Native religion will appeal to some seekers and not so much to others. Rituals created a sense of community whether Native, Christian or Masonic. It only becomes problematic when it is used to create a sense of elitism. I’m better than you because I chant Gregorian with my Masonic brothers. You are an evil sinner because you were not baptized. I am a better NDN than you because I went on a vision quest. Rituals used properly bring a sense of connect to a community of like minded  individuals, but that has nothing to do with keeping others out or making anyone less than or more than another. That is the foolishness of the 3-D existence which we are finally evolving past.  Don’t get sucked back in.  A thing is only good if it promotes unity, love and brotherhood/sisterhood.
          In 5th dimensional terms SPIRIT HAS NO COLOUR (race). It was foretold in the 7 Fires Prophecy that the elders would once again be asked to speak. The truth of their teachings will bring together the 4 races of man (humankind). And the wisdom of their teachings will lead us into the time of the 8th Fire, an eternal time of peace, love, and prosperity for all. 

Have a joyous day 

           “A Tribe Called Red” is a group of young Native men from the Ottawa area; I believe they are rappers but I am only guessing. Apparently kids have been showing up to concerts in war-paint and feathered head-dresses, in a (misguided) homage to them. Of course the artists are justifiably offended. The twitter feed ranted on about how wrong this is, without seizing the opportunity to educate their young followers. Racism is most often born of ignorance so the only real solution is to take every opportunity to educate and inform others.  No long lectures required, just address the issue at hand, and do not go into a tirade on the history of colonization.  Just inform them that war bonnets were never part of Six Nations culture and were only worn during ceremony by honoured leaders in the plains tribes. This one sentence would offer these misguided fans 2 pieces of information and perhaps encouraged them to learn more about either or both. Many celebrities like ATCR and Winnipeg’s Most, have the opportunity (and responsibility) to educated, a whole generation of young people in a way that ad campaigns and schools simply cannot. I urge every person to lovingly share your wisdom and gifts with those you meet. 
          We all share a responsibility to the future for eradicating racism and every other ism. Anything being used to separate us from each other is wrong and not in keeping with 5th dimensional living. I had a professor once who said when the aliens take over earth we are going to start finding a lot of commonality in just being human. Through our awakening spiritual energy we know that divine consciousness transcends all the limitations of our physical existence. We are simply an expression of source energy, the love which is both creator and creation in one. 
Have a joyous day.