In the beginning, there was the sky and earth and animals that provide sustenance to the Indian people.  Plants were here to help keep us healthy and strong.  Our people who passed on to the other world died of old age and many lived long lives – 120 to 130 years old.

 

Our worldview is that we learn from the lessons Creation has provided for us.  Life is a mystery, but there are lessons and ancient knowledge that we can draw from.  How we view the world and how we interact with others, makes us wisdom keepers.  When we see a tree or look at the forest, there are specific trees that symbolize certain things.  The pine tree with its branches reaching upward looks like it has arms reaching toward the sky.  It has a male essence and we believe it symbolizes the Creator.  The bows of spruce tree reach as if they’re embracing the earth.  It has a feminine essence and symbolizes Mother Earth.

 

In a forest with its many species of trees, we are reminded of people:  big trees, crooked trees, tall trees, short trees, skinny trees.  Standing together in the forest with their branches stretched outward, it’s as though they’re holding hands with one another.  In this way, the forest provides us with a lesson; we should try to be like the trees in the forest in unity and harmony.

 

When we use a tree for the sacred sun dance, it is uprooted and replanted, symbolizing death and rebirth in a continuation of the spirit of light.  When we have that tree in the center of our sacred lodge, we strive to live like that tree.  That tree does not know guilt, so we strive to live our lives without guilt.

 

There is a lot of symbolism in the natural environment that the indigenous peoples have known for thousands and thousands of years.  This indigenous knowledge is so very much alive today and we believe this is what makes us Indian people.  It’s important for us to maintain these concepts and worldviews.”

 

Commentary by Almine:

Throughout previous ages, the evolution of life can be perceived in the formation of a DNA strand:  from togetherness or Unity Consciousness, to separation consciousness or individualism, to coming together again in a new form of Unity Consciousness.  This pattern could be seen from one dimension to the next. 

 

As one dimension was in separation consciousness, the next dimension above that was in group consciousness.  The next above that was yet a higher form of separation consciousness, and so forth.  Therefore, when races were created on a planet, the social structure resembled the following stages:

 

Uniformity, Stage One:

Stage one was represented by a social structure that stood like the trees in a forest holding hands.  Tribalism, in the way that the indigenous peoples lived it upon this land, brought about the strength of the individual through the support of the many.  Our indigenous people laid the foundation and maintained that connection with the Earth on behalf of all Earth’s children.  They were regarded as the elders, the forerunners of that which was to come.

 

In this first stage of indigenous tribalism, individuality can only be expressed within parameters acceptable to the tribe.  In other words, the individual was dependent on the tribe for survival and support in times of injury or famine and in return, individual requirements acquiesced to the requirements of the tribe.  In summary, the tribe would support all, but all had to “toe the line”.  Individuality was forfeited for the support of the many.

 

Uniformity with Diversity, Stage Two:

In this stage, semi-disintegration of the uniformity takes place, in which the members of the tribe express more individuality.  In many instances the Native American shamans of today are living with one foot in each of these first two stages.  Many are urban but come together for the sacred dances of the powwow or specific ceremonies.  Others are still very much in tribal situations enjoying the support of a group but also living with its close scrutiny.

 

Diversity, Stage Three:

The third stage is represented by the industrialized peoples of the world.  In this social structure, money has taken the place of the support system.  Individuals are often living in such isolation that they have to prepare for their old age with pension plans, and for emergency trips to the hospital with ambulance insurance and medical insurance.  The lack of support is such that they need even to prepare for their own funerals with funeral insurance.  Money in the bank means we are prepared for the hard times, because we don’t have a self-sustaining tribe around us to support us through major emergencies.

 

In this stage, we answer to no one and can fully express our individuality without accountability, providing that it is within legal parameters.

 

Unity within Diversity, Stage Four:

These first three stages are represented by most of the people on our planet today, whereas the fourth stage is just emerging.  Preparing the way for this fourth stage requires the restructuring of many of our systems that have become obsolete, cumbersome, archaic, or non-responsive to the needs of citizens.

 

This fourth stage is the marriage between the tribal and the individualistic state of society.  “Family groups” that have harmonious worldviews, will come together in the form of a type of consortium.  They will band together based on the different skills they contribute, which enhance the quality of life for the group as well as accomplishes the mission statement of the collective.  In other words, individuals can still travel, have their own funds and even retain their own professions, allowing a certain amount of contribution to go to the community.  A division of duties is undertaken by all, either to be fulfilled by community members or to be hired out for someone else to fulfill.

 

This type of arrangement and social structure will have the best of what the tribe will offer – the collective support of the individual and the best of the individualized society, which is freedom of individual expression.  Individuals within such groupings will predetermine areas to which they are willing to contribute and commit.  Such units will strive to be self-sufficient to a large extent, participating in the interaction with others through commerce, for instance.  In this stage of unity within diversity, growth is much faster than in uniformity.  The best of individual contributions is incorporated into the tribe.  The old tribalism was most cruelly shattered all over the world; a forced change that come most painfully to the uniformity of such a way of life.

 

The old tribalism could not endure within its narrow confines.  The energies of a planet push us into evolution and growth, and that which chooses to remain stagnant dies out.  It is essential that Indigenous Peoples’ highest truths and wisdoms be preserved and individuality honored, for until the recent restoration of the ancient and original principles of shamanism, they have faithfully preserved the continuity of these long-lost traditions.

         

The Enlightened Stages of Social Structure

The previous stages of social structure represented the Four Directions (see Windows into Eternity about the changes in the Seven Directions currently).  There are an additional three directions that represent higher social structures like those found in Sacred Orders or Mystery Schools and among masters who have silenced the mind (see Secrets of Hidden Realms).

 

Unity within diversity requires a common goal or vision, with individual contribution.  This can be achieved in the work environment of a company, for instance.  But the following stages also require an open heart – something that can only be fully accomplished when the mind is silenced.

 

Diversity within Unity, Stage Five

This stage is also known as autonomy, because the individual is freed from seeing himself as an effect of his environment, but rather as its cause.

 

This stage creates a feeling of total love and acceptance among people because there can be no blame where there is full responsibility for the mirrors in one’s environment.  We change others by finding in their mirrors that which we need to fix within (see Journey to the Heart of God, the 9 Steps of Recapitulation).

 

Many families function within this stage but then scatter before the winds of time as the children become adults.  The cohesiveness is lacking when only common love or common vision holds a group together.  They tend to stay together only as long as the need exists.

 

Divine Sovereignty, Stage Six

In this stage, there is a common goal, bonded by love.  The Sacred Orders worldwide (see Opening the Doors of Heaven) function within this stage because of its bonding capabilities and the one-heart quality that is present.

 

Self-Sustaining Oneness, Stage Seven

Few live at this level because it is an entirely impersonal life for the individual.  One becomes part of a greater life where absolute transparency is present.  What one feels, all feel.  All are affected by the energy level, thoughts and purity levels of each.  This stage represents the direction of Within.

 

Sacred Space Alignment Technology

Designed by Almine in conjunction with some of the ascended masters she works with, this technology generates life-enhancing standing waveforms in its surrounding area.  The fields produced aid in balancing the subtle bodies, clearing the chakra system and releasing obsolete patterns from cellular memory.

 

It is designed to bring health to human and animal life by clearing density from the living environment.  This revolutionary technology is based on sacred and ancient principles received through revelation and by translation of the glyphs found in holy libraries from around the world.

 

The horizontally-created waveform can produce the expanded awareness truth-seekers value, in that it promotes the horizontal axis of non-cognitive, intuitive thinking.

 

“Like the sacred sweetgrass that is braided together that its smoke may carry our prayers to the Creator, the words of this great teacher Almine, the wisdom of our elders and the mysteries of Mother Earth speak together…”