The Wisdom Game

07/08/2024

The old ones have a word for it... Hózhó.

It means “the beauty way” or “walking in beauty.”

“Walk in beauty” is one translation of the Diné (Navajo) term for the spiritual path of celebrating the sacredness of life. Thinking and acting in a Beauty Way sheds light on how we feel physically and emotionally, and how we explore our own inner wilderness in relation to everyone and all life.

The Beauty Way is to be aware and attuned to the essence of Beauty, not to particular forms or superficial aesthetics. The Beauty Way cultivates the skillful means of awareness, intention, community, spiritual practice, and ceremony. These nourish and support us as we walk this path together in common Unity.

Today I celebrate the Navajo/Diné traditional prayer called "The Beauty Way." Here it is in Diné-- the Navajo name for their nation-- and translated into English...

In beauty I walk
With beauty before me I walk
With beauty behind me I walk
With beauty above me I walk
With beauty around me I walk

It has become beauty again
It has become beauty again
It has become beauty again
It has become beauty again

Hózhóogo naasháa doo
Sh*tsijí hózhóogo naasháa doo
Shikéédéé hózhóogo naasháa doo
Shideigi hózhóogo naasháa doo T'áá altso shinaagóó hózhóogo naasháa doo

Hózhó náhásdlíí
Hózhó náhásdlíí
Hózhó náhásdlíí
Hózhó náhásdlíí

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The So-called ‘Black Sheep’ of the family are, in fact, seekers of liberation roads for the family tree. Those members of the tree who do not adapt to the rules or traditions of the family system, those who were constantly seeking to revolutionize beliefs, going in contrast to roads marked by family traditions, those criticized, tried and even rejected, those, by General, they are called to release the tree of repetitive stories that frustrate entire generations.

The ‘Black Sheep’, those who do not adapt, those who scream rebel, repair, detoxify and create a new and blooming branch… countless unfulfilled desires, unfulfilled dreams, frustrated talents of our ancestors manifest themselves in their rebellion looking to take place .

The family tree, by inertia, will want to continue to maintain the castrating and toxic course of its trunk, which makes its task difficult and conflicting… that no one makes you doubt, take care of your ‘rarity’ as the most precious flower of Your Tree.

You are the dream of all your ancestors.

-- Bert Hellinger

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“If you correct your mind, the rest of your life will fall into place.”

- Lao Tzu

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Be mindful of your behavior. You can change behavior a lot faster than your beliefs.

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