At the Independent National Convention, April 3-5, 2023, in Austin, Texas, Indigenous Spiritual and US Special Forces leaders will respectfully offer their Sacred Covenant to all USA Political Parties. I am honored to be requested to do the Opening Prayer and a Keynote.
This Sacred Covenant is offered as a foundation of Collaboration and Consultation to Unify and Manifest a Spiritual Movement of Movements that Transcends Assimilation, Resignation, and Adversarial Partisan Politics. They are from the Foundation Documents of the Union of the Comdor, Humming Bird, Quetzal, and Eagle.
Our overarching vision is the Unification of our Human Family, Ending War, and beginning Peace on Earth by 2030.
Background:
On March 4- 5, 2022, Veterans of Special Forces from across the US Armed Forces unified forces with Indigenous Spiritual Leaders in the Sacred Process of the 4X4X44 (48 miles in 48 hours) Sacred Run and Sacred Staking Ceremony, hosted by the Warrior Angel Foundation and was joined by other Special Forces Veteran Groups from across the US.
These Sacred Ceremonies were blessed and empowered with a Sacred Pipe of Crazy Horse, Sacred Songs, Prayers, and Dance.
Great spiritual learning unfolded throughout the Ceremony, immersed in great spiritual love, strength, and guidance.
These Indigenous and Veteran Sacred Covenant of Guiding Principles, Processes, and Vision are respectfully being offered for consideration to all USA Political Parties at the National Independent Convention, April 3-5, 2023, in Austin, Texas, as a Foundation of Collaboration and Consultation for Unifying and Manifesting a Movement that Transcends Assimilation, Resignation, and Adversarial Partisan Politics.
As well as they are the foundation of The Fourth Way, An Indigenous Strategy to Build Sustainable, Peaceful, and Harmonious Prosperity in the Americas and Beyond.
We are very thankful that after almost 52 years since the prayerful fulfillment of the Prophecy of the Reunion of the Condor and Eagle, July 9, 1971, at Lake Titicaca, Bolivia, the first Sacred Council of the Union of the Condor, Hummingbird, Quetzal, and Eagle will be elected as shared in the Foundation Documents of the Union of the Condor, Hummingbird, Quetzal, and the Eagle.
The Union of the Condor, Hummingbird, Quetzal, and Eagle will be gathered in shared consultations and ceremonies March 15-22, 2023. The election of the Sacred Council of the Union of the Condor, Hummingbird, Quetzal, and Eagle will be on March 21, 2023, in Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico
Sacred Ceremony Opening the 4x4x48 Sacred Run and Staking Ceremony. March 4-5, 2022.
Through a consultation process, we have agreed to work together in unity, utalizing the Covenant of Guiding Principles, Protocols, Processes, and Vision.
PREAMBLE
We speak as one, guided by the sacred teachings and spiritual traditions of the Four Directions that uplift, guide, protect, warn, inspire, and challenge the entire human family to live in ways that sustain and enhance human life and the life of all who dwell on Mother Earth, and with this dedicate our lives and energies to healing and developing ourselves, the web of relationships that make our world, and the way we live with Mother Earth.
THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES
Starting from within, working in a circle in a sacred manner, we heal ourselves, our relationships, and our world.
STARTING FROM WITHIN
We Can Transform our Community and the World
The web of our relationships with others and the natural world, which has given rise to our problems as a human family, can be changed.
Development Comes From Within
The human and community development process unfolds within each person, relationship, family organization, community, or nation.
No Vision, No Development
A vision of who we can become and what a sustainable world would be like works as a powerful magnet, drawing us to our potential.
Healing Is A Necessary Part Of Development
Healing the past, closing up old wounds, and learning healthy habits of thought and action to replace dysfunctional thinking and disruptive patterns of human relations are necessary for sustainable development.
WORKING IN A CIRCLE
Interconnectedness
Everything is connected to everything else; therefore, any aspect of our healing and development is related to others (personal, social, cultural, political, economic, etc.). Thus, the whole circle is affected when we work on any part.
No Unity, No Development
Unity means oneness. Without unity, the common oneness that makes (seemingly) separate human beings into a 'community' is impossible. Conversely, disunity is the primary disease of the community.
No Participation, No Development
Participation actively engages the people's minds, hearts, and energy in their healing and development process.
Justice
Everyone (regardless of gender, race, age, culture, or religion) must be accorded equal opportunity to participate in healing and development and receive a fair share of the benefits.
IN A SACRED MANNER
Human beings are both material and spiritual. Therefore, it is inconceivable that the human community could become whole and sustainable without balancing our lives with the requirements of our spiritual nature.
Morals And Ethics
Sustainable human and community development requires a moral foundation centered on the wisdom of the heart. When this foundation is lost, morals and ethical principles decline, and growth stops.
The Hurt Of One Is The Hurt Of All: The Honor Of One Is The Honor Of All
The fundamental fact of our oneness as a human family means that development for some at the expense of the well-being of others is not acceptable or sustainable.
Authentic Development Is Culturally Based
Healing and development must be rooted in the wisdom, knowledge, and living processes of the culture of the people.
WE HEAL AND DEVELOP OURSELVES,
OUR RELATIONSHIPS AND OUR WORLD
Learning
Human beings are learning beings. We begin learning while still in our Mother's wombs, and unless something happens to close off our minds and paralyze our capacities, we keep learning throughout our lives. Learning is at the core of healing and development.
Sustainability
To sustain something means to enable it to continue for a long time. Therefore, authentic development does not use up or undermine what it needs to keep going.
Move To The Positive
Solving the critical problems in our lives and communities is best approached by visualizing and moving into the positive alternative we wish to create and building on our strengths rather than giving away our energy to fight the negative.
Be The Change You Want To See
The most powerful strategies for change always involve positive role modeling and the creation of living examples of the solutions we are proposing. By walking the path, we make the way visible.
Indigenous and Veterans Code of Conduct from the Sacred Tree
Each morning upon rising and each evening before sleeping, give thanks for life within you and all life, for the good things the Creator has given you, and for the opportunity to grow a little more each day. Consider your thoughts and actions of the past day and seek the courage and strength to be a better person. Seek the things that will benefit everyone.
Respect. Respect means "To feel or show honor or esteem for someone or something; to consider the well-being of, or to treat someone or something with deference or courtesy." Showing respect is a fundamental law of life.
Treat every person, from the tiniest child to the oldest elder, with respect at all times.
Particular respect should be given to Elders, Parents, Teachers, and Community Leaders.
No person should be made to feel "put down" by you; avoid hurting other hearts as you would avoid a deadly poison.
Touch nothing that belongs to someone else (especially Sacred Objects) without permission or an understanding between you.
Respect the privacy of every person, and never intrude on a person's quiet moment or personal space.
Never walk between people that are conversing.
Never interrupt people who are conversing.
Speak in a soft voice, especially in the presence of Elders, strangers, or others to whom particular respect is GIVEN.
Only speak if invited at gatherings where Elders are present (except to ask what is expected of you, should you be in doubt).
Never speak negatively about others, whether they are present or not.
Treat the earth and all of her aspects as your Mother. Show deep respect for the mineral world, the plant world, and the animal world.
Do nothing to pollute our Mother. Instead, rise with wisdom to defend her.
Show deep respect for the beliefs and religions of others.
Listen courteously to what others say, even if you feel that what they say is worthless. Listen with your heart.
Respect the wisdom of the people in the council. Once you give an idea to a council meeting, it no longer belongs to you. Respect demands that you listen intently to the views of others in the council and do not insist that your ideas prevail.
With Love and Compassion, the clash of different perspectives brings forth the Spark of Truth.
Once a council has decided something in unity, respect demands that no one speak secretly against what has been selected. If the council has made an error, it will become apparent to everyone in its own time.
Be truthful at all times and under all conditions.
Always treat your guests with honor and consideration. Give your best food, blankets, the best part of your house, and your best service to your guests.
The hurt of one is the hurt of all. The honor of one is the honor of all.
Receive strangers and outsiders with a loving heart and as members of the other races and tribes in the world are like the different colored flowers of one meadow. All are beautiful. As children of the Creator, they must all be respected.
To serve others and be of some use to family, community, nation, and the world is one of the primary purposes for which human beings have been created. Therefore, do not fill yourself with your affairs and forget your most important tasks. True happiness comes only to those who dedicate their lives to the service of others.
Observe moderation and balance in all things.
Know those things that lead to your well-being and those things that lead to your destruction.
Listen to and follow the guidance given to your heart. Expect advice to come in many forms; in prayer, in dreams, in times of quiet solitude, and in the words and deeds of wise elders and friends.
INDIGENOUS AND US VETERAN'S PRINCIPLES OF CONSULTATION
Purpose
Create trust among diverse members
Identify opportunities and solve problems
Determine the best course of action
Ten Principles for Success
Respect each person and appreciate each other’s diversity. This is the prime requisite for consultation.
Value and consider all contributions. Belittle none. Withhold evaluation until sufficient information has been gathered.
Contribute and express opinions with complete freedom.
Carefully consider the views of others --- if a valid point of view has been offered, accept it as your own.
Keep to the mission at hand. An extraneous conversation may be necessary to team building, but it is not consultation, which is solution-driven.
Share in the unified purpose --- desire for the mission's success.
Expect the truth to emerge from the clash of differing opinions. Instead, optimum solutions emerge from a diversity of views.
Once stated, let go of opinions. Don’t try to ‘‘defend’’ your position, but Instead, let it go. Ownership causes disharmony among the team, and It almost always gets in the way of finding the truth.
Contribute to maintaining a friendly atmosphere by speaking with Courtesy, dignity, care, and moderation. This will promote unity and Openness.
Seek consensus. But if an agreement is impossible, let the majority rule. Remember, though, that decisions, once made, become the decision of every participant. After the Society has decided, dissenting opinions destroy the mission's success. When decisions are undertaken with total Society support, wrong choices can be more fully observed and corrected.
Excerpts from the Foundation Documents of the Union of the Condor, Hummingbird, Quetzal, and Eagle.