MESSAGE FROM HOPI ELDERS 

"TO MY FELLOW SWIMMERS:

There is a river flowing now very fast. It is so great and swift that there are those who will be afraid. They will try to hold on to the shore. They will feel they are being torn apart and will suffer greatly. Know the river has its destination. We must let go of the shore, push off into the middle of the river, keep our eyes open, and our heads above the water. And I say, see who is in there with you and celebrate. At this time in history, we are to take nothing personal, least of all ourselves. For the moment that we do, our spiritual growth and journey comes to a halt. The time of the lone wolf is over. Gather yourselves!

Banish the word 'struggle' from your attitude and your vocabulary. All that we do now must be done in a sacred manner and in celebration.

WE ARE THE ONES WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR"

Oraibi Arizona
Hopi Nation

September, 2001

PROPHECY ROCK
 

Prophecy Rock is a petroglyph on the Hopi Reservation in Arizona that describes the life path of our world.  It represents the prophecy connected with the return of the White Brother to the land, who should be carrying a cross within a sacred circle.  If, however, he happened to return with only the cross and no circle, this could be the beginning of the Great Purification that would bring about the end of the world.  The current day Hopi believe that the White Brother first returned to the land in the form of the Spanish invaders in the 1500's, who were carrying the cross but no sacred circle (they came as enemies rather than friends).  Since that time, according to Hopi beliefs, we have been approaching the end of the world as we know it.

The lower left hand corner depicts the Great Spirit holding the reed through which the people traveled to enter the fourth world.  The people had the choice of taking either of two paths: the upper horizontal line is the materialistic path, while the lower line is the spiritual path.  The first vertical line (just before the circles) represents the moment that the white people returned to Hopi land.  (In the actual petroglyph, the people on the top line are not connected with their heads, which indicates their dissociation from their spirituality and the Creator.)  The first two circles represent World War I and II.  The vertical line following the two wars is the last chance that the people on the top line (people in our modern culture) could return to the spiritual path and therefore survive to enter the joy and abundance of the fifth world.  The materialistic path then becomes jagged and gradually fades away.

 
Kokopelli petroglyph