The Greatest Distance in the World

is the 18 inches from the human head to the human heart.

This is a Native American saying. In this film, Kuuyux Ilarion Merculieff, President of the Global Center for Indigenous Leadership and Lifeways, explores what is possible when we live from our hearts. Beginning with the Unangan Tunuu greeting Aang Waan, which means 'Hello, My Other Self", Ilarion and Gabriel stand in a vision of what is possible when we live from a place of Unity, centered in our hearts.

Related Practices:

For practices specifically related to coming into the heart, see Speaking from the Heart, Allow Yourself to Grieve, Clean Your Heart, Open Your Heart, Healing Separation, Practice Heartfulness, The Thanksgiving Address, Mitakuyé Oyasin. See Uncertainty. For practices related to Indigeneity, and the Indigenous worldview specifically, see The Origin Story, The Unangan Way, Hawa'iian Traditional Farming, Responsibilities versus Rights, see Exiting the Language of Domination. For practices related to awareness, see Practice Quieting the Mind, , Owl Ears, Stare Vacantly into the Distance, Vista Views, Tracking, Learn to Make Fire. For practices related to Language, see Building Ropes. See Keywords. See our film, How to Talk to Everything.

Who taught us this?

Ilarion Merculieff is the President of the Global Center for Indigenous Leadership and Lifeways. He was raised in a traditional manner on the Pribiloff Islands in the Bering Sea, where his people have been living for 10,000 years. The Unangan culture created the most densely populated linear shoreline in North America, and travelled to the tip of South America in their single and double-hulled kayaks. Ilarion's traditional name, Kuuyux, means an arm extending out to the world. He brings ancient Indigenous ways of Knowing into modern times. He is the Convener of Wisdom Weavers of the World, a collective of 13 indigenous elders from cultures around the globe that met in Kauai in 2017 to prepare a message for humanity and continue to work to share the messages of Indigenous people globally. He is the author of Wisdom Keeper: One Man's Journey to Honor the Untold History of the Unangan People.

Teach me how

Ready to learn more with Ilarion? Join us for his beautiful course, Becoming a Real Human Being with Ilarion Merculieff.

Who taught us this?

Ilarion Merculieff is the President of the Global Center for Indigenous Leadership and Lifeways. He was raised in a traditional manner on the Pribiloff Islands in the Bering Sea, where his people have been living for 10,000 years. The Unangan culture created the most densely populated linear shoreline in North America, and travelled to the tip of South America in their single and double-hulled kayaks. Ilarion's traditional name, Kuuyux, means an arm extending out to the world. He brings ancient Indigenous ways of Knowing into modern times. He is the Convener of Wisdom Weavers of the World, a collective of 13 indigenous elders from cultures around the globe that met in Kauai in 2017 to prepare a message for humanity and continue to work to share the messages of Indigenous people globally. He is the author of Wisdom Keeper: One Man's Journey to Honor the Untold History of the Unangan People.

Teach me how

Ready to learn more with Ilarion? Join us for his beautiful course, Becoming a Real Human Being with Ilarion Merculieff.

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