We must remember at all times that we are living in a world passing through great darkness, confusion, and spiritual testing. Hatred, prejudice, division, and fear are tearing at the fabric of the Human Family and disturbing the harmony of our Mother Earth.
For this reason, we must be watchful and prayerful. We are called to be caretakers of the opposite forces: love, unity, peace, healing, integration, and sacred relationship. We must guard our hearts, our words, our actions, our families, and our communities, so that the destructive forces of the world do not enter among us through carelessness, pride, impatience, anger, or unconscious imitation.
We must be especially careful that the darkness of society is not reflected in our own attitudes and behavior. The sickness of prejudice is all around us, and if we are not awake, it can quietly pass into our thoughts, our judgments, our consultations, and our relationships with one another.
Therefore, love for one another must constantly animate our lives. We must remember that we are part of a new living organism, a sacred circle being raised up for the healing of the world. We are dawn-breakers of a New Planetary Civilization, called to live now the unity, justice, humility, and peace that humanity is destined to become.
Let us pray continually to Wakan Tanka, the Great Spirit, the Maker of All Good Things, to protect us from the contamination of a society diseased with prejudice and division. Let us keep the sacred fire of love burning in our hearts, so that wherever darkness appears, we may answer with light; wherever division appears, we may answer with unity; and wherever hatred appears, we may answer with the healing power of love.