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mitayuke oyasin

Aho! Mitakuye Oyasin.

Posted on June 26, 2016
in spirituality
by Laura
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Aho! Mitakuye Oyasin is a simple yet deeply meaningful statement. In the Lakota language, it means "all my relations" and recognizes the human, plant, animal, mineral, and ancestor relatives. It is an acknowledgment that all are one. It is spoken during prayer and ceremony to petition God on behalf of everyone and everything on Earth. Mitakuye Oyasin honours the sacredness of all life and creates an energy of awareness which strengthens not only the person who prays but the entire planet. Loneliness, depression, suicide, and crimes of all sorts are epidemic today. I believe it's because modern man has lost his ability to feel this connection with his own family, friends, community, the plants, the rocks, and the ancestors. The Age of Reason created beings who are afraid to be curious, play, or use...

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