440: Elders Tipi
The Elder’s Tipi serves as a place to remember those who have come before us, whose presence we miss and whose spiritual energy we invite to be with us to join their prayers and good will with ours to affect a flow of peace and healing for the planet and all of us whose lives are intertwined with hers. This tipi evolved over time with prayer and careful listening for guidance on what was needed to inspire the energy of healing and peace. The plants, water, and all its components worked to produce this effect. While it was being put together a woman and her children popped into see what was going on. She asked if she could come in saying her children wanted to see the inside. We invited them in and she looked around. She said she had just gotten out of the hospital and she was drawn to come into the tipi. When she felt the energy inside, she said this is a place of healing and that it is just what I need and I will be back. “I was drawn in from the street and felt I needed to come in here.”
There were many who found it a refuge, a place to reflect and to pray. The portraits of the elder’s looked down from their places that encircled the inside of the tipi and felt very present. Many who came to the Vigil for the first time were drawn in and stood looking at each of their faces. All of them were moved by the faces wanting to know who these people were. The story continues as do the blessings bestow upon us by a very remarkable, wise and loving group of honored souls.
