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U TI YV HI - COMING SOON TO YOUR PLANET September 9, 2006 Susan Bates

The heat wave that has engulfed our area has finally broken. Cool nights and warm days have brought back memories of autumn harvests and the promise of cold winter nights spent remembering the past and anticipating the future. But this happy vision lies in stark contrast to world events, real or imagined, that is broadcast in detail by the news media. Not only do we hear of the disasters, atrocities and wars taking place throughout the world, but we are subjected to a heavy dose of "what if" scenarios. All of this negative reporting does nothing to raise the positive energy we need to move into the next world. It is said that Earth is a school where all spirits come as humans to learn lessons which, when mastered, will allow them to progress up the spiral toward "perfection." This is the basis of Indigenous wisdom. It is also understood that everything that happens in this life will be balanced by the end of time. Cherokee refer to this balance as "u ti yv hi" - (you tee yuh hee). Buddhists refer to it as Karma - which in layman's terms means "what goes 'round comes 'round. In 8th grade science class we were taught that for every action there is an equal but opposite reaction. But the idea is the same in any language. What is happening today is either balancing something from the past or creating an action that will have to be balanced somewhere down the road. Our People have the promise from Creator that very soon we will have our land, spirituality and culture back. I do not believe that we will have to do anything for this to happen since the forces of "u ti yv hi" are already in play. Nothing can be done now to stop it. Yet I hear from the people whose ancestors came here, raped, robbed, stole and pillaged, that they are looking forward to being taken out of this world to live in glory while the rest of us suffer the consequences of their actions. Prisons are full of people who subscribe to this way of thinking. But soon our prophecies tell us, that this nonsense will end. It would behoove each of us to do what little we can to aid in the balancing of Mother Earth. It will happen with or without our help, but by helping we become less a part of the problem and more part of the solution. There are better days coming. It has been written. <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>

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