Story tellers...!

The solid silent presence of stones!! How many years of life's unfolding they have been witness to. They hold our story in all its beauty and pain. I was introduced to the idea of stones as the holders of our history, when I read "Other Council Fires Were Here Before Ours" The book is a classic Native American creation story as retold by a Seneca Elder, Twylah Nitsch and her grand-daughter, Jamie Sams. "The history of the Earth from one of the Native viewpoints". The quote" Other Council Fires were here before ours" by Moses Shongo, a Seneca Medicine Man, (and Jamie's Grandfather)"is a reminder that we Two-leggeds, were preceded by our Ancestors, and they were preceded by the Creature-beings and Plant-People, who were preceded by the Stone Tribe". "The Stone Tribe, being the eldest of all who have lived on our Earth Mother, are the record keepers" This history of Creation and story of a peoples intimate relationship with all living beings touched me deeply. I had never given much thought to the value of stone or even considered the possibility of a "Stone Tribe". Weather you accept or reject the idea initially, take some time to be open to it and to the fruits it holds. Let this quote from the book gently sink into your heart.

"The non-human members of the Planetary Family are not usually seen by other races or creeds as being equal life-forms and, therefore our teachers; however, in our family Grandpa Shongo taught the wisdom of letting go of our spiritual arrogance in order to understand the language of all other life-forms.

What have we been missing in not knowing the language of other life-forms? Thank you Stone People for inviting us to know your story and the story of all other Life-forms whose stories we have not even imagined!