Hawaiian Universal Farmer's Prayer
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Hawaiian Universal Farmer's Prayer
Hawaiian Elder Sam Ka'ai explains the traditional Hawaiian farmer's relationship to the Aina (translated generally as land, really means 'feeding place' or 'that which feeds us' or 'family'). He explains a universal prayer of relating to the Living Powers of Nature.
Related Practices:
With respect to traditional Hawaiian farming practice, and the Hawaiian view of the relationship between farming and spirituality, see The Importance of the 'Aina' (Hawa'iian Indigenous Natural Farming) with Alika Atay. If you'd like to be inspired by the kind of activism that emerges from a deep heartfelt connection to the Living World and the children, watch Skeena Rathor (Co-Founder of Extinction Rebellion) speaking about Activism from the Heart of Nature. If you are working to dismantle the thoughtforms of domination, see our work with Tiokasin Ghosthorse, beginning with Deprogramming the Colonial Mind, and Exiting the Language of Domination. More indigenous lifeways around becoming fully human? See Becoming a Real Human Being with Ilarion Merculieff. Want to go deeper into the psychology of liberation? Check out Psychologies of Liberation with Mary Watkins. Having trouble connecting with grief around harms to the living world? See Mourning the Wild Destroyed, and There Should be a Wetlands Here.Video: | Photography: | Licensed from Pexels.com, used with permission.


