On the Day Out of Time we reach out to the world and ask you to help us spread The Calling. Thank you for contacting your local and Global Elder connections, informing them and sharing this Calling with them.
Dear One,
From the Land of Yarrabah in Far North Queensland, Australia, we share with you the calling to be part of the Elders Gathering that will be held from the 10th to the 15th of November 2012. Coinciding with the total solar eclipse on November 14th 2012, we are honoured to help facilitate a five-day Gathering for Elders, Cultural Leaders, Youth, NGOs and community workers to come together and share their vision for a new future.
Western culture is currently facing a time where it needs guidance from the Indigenous peoples of this Earth. The younger generations need guidance. We have global problems that are affecting our lives and that of the planet. People are ready to listen. It is time to unite the intellect of the mind and the wisdom of the heart. The Land is calling us all.
The Indigenous people of Australia have an integral part to play, holding one of the oldest cultures on Earth. This is an opportunity for Indigenous Culture and its unbroken connection to the Land to be acknowledged, appreciated and learned from. This will be a time to honour and respect the ancestors and elders who have kept the culture alive, present in our young ones and active in our hearts and lives.
The Solar Eclipse is a moment in time to focus our intentions, share our hearts’ visions, and bring forth the dances, songs and storylines that allow us to bring into being the vision of a New Earth.
We were deeply moved to discover that an Ancient Storyline belonging to Yarrabah Land links directly to the total Solar Eclipse happening this year on November the 14th:
“Nganjal (sister sun) had the brightest light. Gindan (sister moon) had no light when she rose every night. One morning, Gindan came up and moved in front of Nganjal (sun) and said, ‘Sister, give me some light so I can shine for the people that are going to come from the east.’ From that day on there was always light. This eclipse is very significant for us because we are going to share this happening again; we can see it. Gindan will come in front of Nganjal to bring the light.”
Binyarabi, Yarrabah elder
It is therefore on behalf of the Land, the Custodians, Storykeepers, Traditional Owners, Elders and Youth of Yarrabah that we are calling you, as Elders, Grandmothers, Grandfathers, Wisdom Keepers, Cultural Leaders, NGOs and Community Workers, to be part of the Global Elders Gathering in Yarrabah, Australia.
We thank you for seeing the value and significance in sharing, promoting and supporting this Gathering, in which we hope to dream a new strong vision into being, and for reaching out and sharing This Calling with the Youth Leaders, Elders, Grandfathers, Grandmothers, First Nation representatives and Wisdom Keepers you know will resonate with it.
The event is free and non-profit, held by invitation, with numbers limited. Those wishing to take part were invited to send an expression of interest through the Gathering’s RSVP form with the Rare Earth Foundation.
In honour and service to this Gathering,
Sjoerd Aardema
Co-Founder and Director
Para PachaMama ~ Spirit of Earth
Read more on the Global Elder Gatherings page.