Here is a powerful and inspired dream which one of our readers kindly shared with us:

Can you give us your sun again ?
Its name was once whispered to me… Watakanga?
Or something sounding close to that.
Several years went by since I had this dream.
It was during a fall solstice night:

My sleep led me to a vast plain.
An Indian, his hand resting on my shoulder,
showed the horizon to me with an ample gesture of his right arm.
A walk, a file, composed of thousands of women, men and children,
with neatly distinct faces.
I remained fascinated by this demonstration of unity,
where humility merges with power.
They were wearing the clothes of that time,
the expressions on their faces were lively, although impassive.
I was wondering where the warriors were,
thus the Indian, still standing next to me, pointed at the plain with his finger.
Then I saw them, and I understood they had been there from the beginning, dissimulated and furtive.
When I woke up, I wrote a long text to thank Great Spirit for inviting me to this communion.
It is a very, very high honor.
The Indian, without uttering a word, received my promise to help protect our mother Earth.

We are making our path toward Unity, thus returning as well as moving forward to a new source.
The guardian people of our planet are now receiving unexpectedly precious help
So that an arc of light may join Earth and Heaven Gift of the word,
Mantra for shamanic awareness Peoples from the airs, the waters and the forests
Demand to have their say

Blue Eagle, thank you

By its creator Blue Eagle

I am a Native American healer. As most of you already know, when First Nations perform ceremonies or healing rituals, we always begin by smudging to clear the space. When I was called to intensive care units in hospitals and other similar places, I could not smudge. I had to work through dense energy fields in an unnatural environment without my customary purification. Tough… so I got to work. For three years I worked on a unique blend of herbs, primarily Canadian cedar, sage and sweet grass and then more herbs as specific needs required. My research brought me all the way to France to visit a great perfumer, who passed on to me, graciously, his methodology, and also to meet several scientific institutions to devise the best possible extracts for my project. When I completed my research, I was astounded and in disbelief. The essential oils in a corn spirits base, literally a natural perfume, were more efficient than traditional smudging! I had trouble accepting this in the beginning. Then a scientist explained that since the active ingredients in burning smudge are released in an altered damaged state because of combustion, the active ingredients in my extracts and essential oils, which were in a pristine intact state, were thus naturally more efficient. I was still not completely convinced, but when I saw my elders start using the Liquid Smudge rather than the traditional herbs, affirming this was healthier than smoke when indoors, I was really reassured.

I then told myself that this needed to reach as many people as possible. I went back to my research and perfected the formula, adding a purifying herb for each race: frankincense for the Black people, sandalwood for the Yellow people and French lavender for the White people. The Red race was already well represented, by more than 6 sacred traditional herbs. I did this so the Liquid Smudge could travel all over the world amongst all people and have the same effect on all. I then had to adjust the formula so the fragrance would be pleasing with these added scents. The end product now has 16 herbs. Then I added ceremony to bless the perfume. Ten years later I still do that, there is a ceremony performed on every bottle of the stuff and there always will be. This is what gives this special perfume its energy, a First Nations Traditional medicine process that encodes the product with specific intentions.

What happened next, when the product hit the market, was again astounding to me. First, people came up with all sorts of uses I had never thought of. The very first was insomnia. The first store buyer I approached brought a sample home and put it on her pillow and left the bottle open by the bed. No more insomnia, no more need for sleeping pills. That comment came back many times, so many in fact, that I eventually put this use on the instructions sheet. Every couple of months we hear of a new way of using the Liquid Smudge. The last one we heard of was a construction worker who after a hard work day will spray the liquid smudge over his sore muscles. He says the pain goes away immediately. He buys quite a lot of it!

Then, the product spread and within a couple of years it was sold in over 10 countries. To quite a select group, mind you, mostly healers and alternative care workers, but still this really was witness to the qualities of this unique product. I have seen a few other liquid smudge formulas over the years but nothing comes close to the energy of this spiritual perfume. One thing that really speaks to its efficiency is that nearly everyone feels the effect of it, not just the energy sensitive healers. When I got my first loan to put the Liquid Smudge on the market, I left a sample at the bank. When I came back 3 weeks later, I was surprised to see the bottle was nearly empty. When I enquired, the employees said that late in the day all the ladies around would come looking for it. When we get tired at the end of the day, there is a lot of electromagnetic pollution that has accumulated in our energy field. The Liquid Smudge clears this away; thus we enjoy added energy and a sense of calm to finish the day. I thought: if bankers can feel this and want to use it, then everybody can.

The most surprising of all experiences was at a seminar I was giving in France to about 30 people. The students had bought me flowers on Friday night, and we put these in the center of our circle. The seminar was on healing and people processed a lot of stuff. By Sunday afternoon, the flowers were drooping. A lady stood up suddenly and said, "Look at what we can do with your Liquid Smudge, Blue Eagle ". She went to the flowers, put Liquid Smudge on her hands and brought her hands around the bouquet. We all saw the flowers lift their beautiful heads!!!

It takes two months to make Liquid Smudge. The same time it takes to make any high quality perfume. Some of the herbs are gathered in the summer and their essences are not ready until the next year. We maintain a very high level of energy in the places and with the people that work at it. For example, our company will never use machines to bottle this. People working in a beautiful place with flowers and nice calm music will always be part of the packaging process.

We now have other projects of new fragrances in the making, and I have stopped travelling around. I can only reach a few people when I am teaching or healing, but with the products there is no limit to the number of people we can help. I now have more time to write and compose music. I sometimes get jealous when seeing that the Liquid Smudge is more popular than my music. You might want to check out the 7 CDs of Native American music therapy that I have recorded. Excerpts you can listen to are on our web site at www.invocation.ca.

Another project I have is getting my books translated into English. Only one is available right now in a very ordinary translation, American Indian Secrets of Crystal Healing. I don't like that title. If it had been a secret, my elders would not have allowed me to write it. Luckily, I have kept my rights on the other 3 books and will supervise the translation myself. They speak mostly of First Nations spirituality and healing.

We have just signed up with Quanta for our distribution to western Canada (www.quanta.ca). Hopefully they will be as successful at getting the word out about our products to the rest of Canada as we were in the Quebec province. We are currently looking for distributors in other countries. We are located on the First Nation reservation of Wendake, the Huron Village, near Quebec City.

Thanks to all for your interest.

Blue Eagle 

B: Blue Eagle,you said many times that what matters most in our practice, and in our healing attitude towards the earth, is what we feel inside and to spend some time regularly, ideally every day, in connection with our inner source. I also heard you say that ceremonies were not as important as this individual practice. However, many people organise ceremonies, like for instance the Ceremony of the 8000 drums in Mexico, every year or at every spring equinox, or at every opening of a special energy gate, convinced that the gathering of many people in the same intention multiplies their energy. Anastasia as well mentions many rituals and ceremonies meant at manifesting our thankfulness to the universe and the earth, and Indian traditions are full of such ceremonies. What meaning do you think those ceremonies have? Are they eventually useless, or would you encourage people to go on?

 

BE: For many years I organised the solstice and equinox ceremonies without missing a single one of them. Many incredible things happened and many people were inspired and harmonized with nature. So I know how these are important. There are many things that have to be considered here as this is not a simple question. So I will attempt to give some indications, but I can only touch the surface of this question which is a vast and complex subject.

First, ceremonies really are completely logical and beneficial when performed on the land where people are living with their gardens and trees. The community feeling and context are essential. That was one of the first things I would do in starting a ceremony, create this feeling, even if a bit artificially at first, but after a few days of ceremony people would be right in there. But the feeling could not be maintained and with time I stopped doing this as the energy required to create the right ambiance and feelings was only temporary and yet required a lot of energy. People have lived for generations in a world wrought with separation and mistrust, so creating community spirit is not a given thing. It dissipated because there is not the land and continued relationship to the land to anchor that feeling as people would come for the ceremony and then leave. In a community, ceremonies are very important. They offer a context where people can meet, celebrate, exchange goods, share dances, music, art work and songs, seek out the promised love, have fun and discuss important issues. The communion with nature as a group is very beneficial for harmonizing with nature and all Native American ceremonies do this.

Secondly, the ceremony must be imbued with meaning and logic. Occult practices are not beneficial. People must understand why things are done and for what reason. Otherwise, we are like sheep, getting the wool pulled over our eyes. Many ceremonialists today are doing things because tradition dictates that it be done in a specific way without really understanding why. This is not beneficial. This is encouraging occult practices (with obscure and hidden intentions) that enslave the mind and prevent us from thinking and understanding life. It is to be understood that Man (both men and women) have been created in the likeness of Great Spirit and have the power to co-create the world in beauty and happiness. Occult practices negate our divine origin and make us dependant on a religion, person or practice.

Third, a community ceremony does not replace one's responsibility in establishing our reason for being on the earth. This is an ongoing meditative practice that all people need to undertake and maintain. I have written extensively on these issues in my last book that is awaiting funds to be translated into English . Hopefully we will do this soon. The important thing to understand here is that spiritual sovereignty is essential in becoming a true, real human being or 'Man'. No ceremony can give you this although some rites of passage help in achieving some understanding of the process. I have noticed that dependency on a ritual or religion can prevent a person from asking him or herself the questions that lead to this understanding, that is: who am I, what am I doing on earth? These questions all have to answer for themselves and no ceremony can give us that answer, although some may create a helpful context.

Thus a little food for thought, although very succinct, if we consider the complexity of the question.

Peace and light

Blue Eagle