As I read the Hopi Elders Prophecy recently, I could feel it moving through me from head to toe. It is not an unusual experience for my curious mind to discover thought-provoking quotes, articles, opinions, outlooks and philosophies – but there was something quite different about this one. I read it and it stayed with me. I posted a portion of it as my Facebook status, thinking that would be the climax of my discovery. Still it poked on, and I began to feel the questions coming to the forefront. I woke this morning and before I knew it had reached for my computer and found myself Googling and YouTubing to find answers to my questions: Who are the Hopi? We all know of them as a Native American tribe, but what is their story? And what is this prophecy? What is the story behind the story? And where are the Hopi now?
This 30 minute PBS documentary was the reward for my curiosity.
The film takes the words of the Hopi Elders and pumps it up about a zillion notches, highlighting our individual responsibility to respect one another and the earth.
In a nutshell, Parts One and Two describe the origin of the Hopi people and in their own words, the situation they encountered when the white ’settlers’ came to their territory. My favorite of the three YouTube clips is Part Three – which focuses on the present situation We as a global people are encountering as old paradigms are shifting and releasing, and we face an exciting opportunity to purify the structures our modern world is built upon. Many of us are experiencing this paradigm shift in our daily lives as we notice things seemingly falling apart, and life feels just a bit on the challenging side. The Hopi Elders spell out what We, uniting as empowered, conscious and respectful people, can Do and Be as we continue to shift into a New World. The strength and power to face the shift lies within each one of us …. and just imagine what this New World will be when we are living respectfully on the Earth AND uniting together in conscious harmony as empowered authentic individuals?
I can see it! Can you?
