The Sacrament
Spirit within us all
Indigenous people of North and South America have a long, rich tradition of experiencing ourselves as part of all that we see. There is no separation between us and our surroundings. Intelligence is experienced to be in and through all things... birds, bees, rocks, trees, plants and water...the list includes all of Creation. It can and does communicate in a myriad of ways to individuals attuned to their Sounds. Balance and harmony could be every day observations until conquerors from other lands came. Over time the delicate balance once perceived as part of the indigenous way of life disappeared.
It was prophesied one day It would return and the indigenous people of this land would rise again to establish the Old Ways. But severe imbalances do exist at the beginnings of this great time of fulfillment. It is our Intent to see deeply into our present moment and expand upon the possibilities for healing, for personal and collective empowerment and ultimately a transformation into human abilities unheard of before. Oklevueha Native American Church has assembled together a format of insight that will richly empower any one willing to take responsibility for their Transforming Journey. There is no disease, sickness of the body, mind, heart or Soul that cannot be amended with the right actions. That being said, let us begin with a short overview of the significant Sacrament of Oklevueha Native American Church.
The Peyote Sacrament has Its’ Way. The uninitiated observer calls it a powerful hallucinogenic. Active Participants and Medicine Persons trained, schooled and experienced with It know Its’ Way and rightly so call it deity. Others experience Its’ Way as a Passage into a new Life with wonderful, fresh perspectives. Some have Transformation of mystifying proportions. The Peyote Sacrament and Its’ Way is part of the Great Mystery. Its’ focused agenda is for the Maturing of the Soul. Peyote’s unique abilities can cut through any resistance, whispering to the inquisitive Heart a fundamental question at the Core of every Soul's experience, "What are We?"
Peyote may be experienced as a form of deity, but It does not dissolve kidney stones, It will not remove gallstones and It cannot not clear the arteries and heart of deposits of all kinds. It is not for Peyote to cure and mend the asthma of millions or the diabetes of tens of millions. Those modern plagues are left to a myriad of other Creator provided medicinal and nutritional plants and grasses that given the chance work ‘miracles’. But from the increased Light added by Peyote and now emanating from the Transforming Nature of the Soul, 'mountains' will be moved of epic proportions. In the Transforming/Healing Journey, what is it that defines us as humans and sets us ‘apart’ from all life while at the same time making us feel more ‘connected’ to Life than ever before? It is not a philosophical debate nor is it in question. The Old Way is to abide in Its’ Truth. With the counsel offered by Oklevueha Native American Church coupled with the right actions, this wonderment can be answered...not by words but through a metamorphosis of human perceptions. Everyone has the ability to see with new eyes and hear with new ears what has yet to enter the heart-mind of mankind.
Many of the tribal nations today still struggle with white man diseases. European colonizers came to this land hundreds of years ago...in their filth...as a plague upon the native inhabitants. It is estimated that their diseases accounted for up to a 90% loss of indigenous human life within our ancestral populations. And still today, on tribal lands everywhere, heart disease and diabetes (diseases unheard of before now) lead the way on a list of "modern" diseases whose "cause" is yet to become common knowledge. This exists largely in the over 40 population but the children are also experiencing tremendous challenges. For instance, Lakota kids are committing suicide at an alarming rate. It is the highest of any youth group in America today.
At the heart of our quest and vision to bring all things into balance and harmony once again is the personal health of every Soul. How can we expect...as a people with extraordinary powers to shape our environments...ever assist the Mother Earth to heal manmade pollution if we cannot first ‘clean up’ our own ‘piece of the planet’? How can we expect to communicate with the Great Mystery if our hearts are "hardened" and our thoughts are "darkened"? These are not the blessings our ancestors enjoyed. Their freedom was as a direct result of first... freedom from sickness and disease. Their Old Ways played a vital role in maintaining this state of Being. But we are faced with a new challenge in this age. The Old Ways have been grossly suppressed through 400+ years of genocide. How may we begin to once again experience what has been forgotten?