SUN DANCE

On the photo after tying two prayer clothes, one white and one blue, on the branches;
Medicine people, elders and other sun-dancers gather together to place the tree
on the ground in the middle of the circle.

PREPARATION TIME

Before the sun-dance, it is preparation time, a cleansing time for the body, mind and spirit. Two days before, sun-dancers should eat raw food and drink plenty of water. The day prior to the sun-dance, sun-dancers should drink liquids and fast or eat very little. After the sun-dance, the sun-dancers should repeat the same steps clockwise. During the whole process, the sun-dancers give different gifts to the instructors.

Because the sun-dancers senses intensely, they need herbs and sages to help balance the body. This is the reason why sun-dancers should be aware that is better to be quiet during the sun-dance. Once you know how to balance emotion when facing challenges, it is time to connect with the spirit world which leads you through the process of spiritual growth. A sun-dance is an opportunity to learn how to surrender to the spirit and leave the mind behind. At the same time, one can learn how to be 100% grounded. Body movements during the dance ground energy. Through this process, one has the opportunity to learn how to balance and transform negative energies into a positive attitude and faith.

Preparation for a sun-dance starts with prayers to connect with nature and the trees spirits. The spirit world guides wisdom-keepers to find and choose the tree which is ready to sacrifice itself for the sun-dance. When wisdom-keepers receive the message, they continue with prayers and then cut down the tree.

Native American sun-dancers are placing poles around the tree.

Sun-dancers form a beautiful circle with wooden poles. On the sides, they place branches with needles, creating a shade for the sun-dancers. In the middle, they place the tree with a stuffed buffalo head and a stuffed eagle on the other side. This portal gives sun-dancers the power to go through the process. The buffalo energy gives power and strength. The eagle energy oversees sacrifice, and the tree balances both energies.

The sun-dance is the most powerful healing ceremony and amazing, transformational contribution for ascension; however, you need to have real wisdom-keepers and a medicine man leading the ceremony. Sun-dancers do not eat nor drink for 3 days. They dance from the side of the circle into the middle where the tree is. When you are able to reach the tree you are able to feel a powerful energy coming from that center. Around the tree, powerful Medicine men heal people of any kind of illness. It doesn’t matter what kind of challenge you are experiencing in life – here you can witness miracles. The healing process includes deep energetic work on all levels and tremendous healing power which positively affects any ailing body. The healers’ intention is very important.

SUN-DANCE

When the sun-dancers are able to overcome intense challenges, they learn how to be humble and how to be proud, how to respect, how to share love…. and they transform the anger, judgments, and all other impurities. This is the reason why it is so important to be pure. If one over reacts it depends on a person next to you if he/she can transform your impurities, with unconditional love. The sun-dance provides a clear image of ones’ inner self and reflection of ones’ life. When somebody confronts somebody else’s anger or other emotional impurities, that person has an opportunity to learn and deepen patience, unconditional love, and compassion. The initiate is able to transform impurities only if he/she has already developed a positive attitude, otherwise, his/her negative emotions will come again to the surface. The most powerful healers are able to do transformations because of strong spirit connection. Each person has his/her own challenges. It is very important to develop enough love and compassion when you start participating at the sun-dance.

Sun-dancers who are able to overcome challenges and focus on higher goals can receive a gift of special visions and teachings via the ancient spirit world. With whom you are going to dance is very important, because if they are not able to transform impurities, they can become a victim of their own illusions such as pretending, blaming, anger….etc., even though they are carrying a powerful Native American healing heritage. Only real wisdom-keepers know how to use the healing power. If the person (Medicine man) is not spiritually awakened, he/she can create bad karma. This is part of the natural law. Transformations during the sun-dance can positively or negatively affect the sun-dancer’s environment – it depends on their spiritual growth. This is one of the reasons why tribes struggle to make peace between themselves. They are following strict tribal rules, but the majority of them are not spiritually awakened enough and pure enough on deeper levels. The consequence is that the wisdom-keepers then face the challenge during the sun-dance: they have to make proper decisions which are the result of discerning mind.

TRANSFORMATIONS

When we face conflicts during the sun-dance, sun-dancers should follow the sacred rules to neutralize the situation and then transform it. These rules maintain total balance at all levels and all dimensions. Conflict comes when somebody shares their own truth which is different than somebody else’s. If the other person has developed enough unconditional love, he/she can help the other individual transform the situation although it might not seem logical; however, the action resonates on deeper levels with different dimensions. Sun-dancers should be aware of the depth of these actions which are reflections of natural laws. Because of the intense energy created during the sun-dance, sun-dancers have an opportunity to face the complete growth spectrum and natural law transformations within a short period of time. This has nothing to do with facing “mistakes”. It is about knowing how to neutralize negative energies and transform them before they manifest and affect our daily life.

The naming of the Native Americans Medicine man demands purity on all levels!

Real wisdom-keepers deserve to be treated with the utmost respect. Unfortunately, there are only few who remain. This wisdom is very ancient and the sun-dance is the most powerful process for transformation.

When one develops enough purity, the door to honesty opens. If we focus these two energies (purity and honesty) into the Creator and the spirit world, we gain healing power. The more pure we are, the more powerful healings we are able to share. We should use them to transform our impurities first and then help others.

The Native American sun-dance stimulates and purifies on all levels. This gives participants an opportunity to transform those impurities in the best way they can. Because of that, one can deepen their capacity for love, compassion, peace, patience, pride, respect……

The transformational process during the sun-dance is so intense because of the powerful prayers invoke powerful healing spirits. Transformations occur only when people are open to them, and they are ready to learn and grow. The sun-dance can bring people deeply together, or it can divide them – much depends on the spiritual level of the sun-dance leader.

Sun-dancers have to face many challenges because of the sun heat, the fasting and the blowing of the sacred whistle during the dance. When sun-dancers blow the whistle which is made from an eagle’s bone, the breath become short, but it is a strong call for a spirit. The process is very intense on all levels: linear and parallel. Through the sun-dance, we receive the health, pride, and strength we need to make changes and overcome any challenges in our lives.

THE SACRED WOMAN

The sacred sun-dancers have a sacred woman who shares her visions with others inside the sun-dance lodge. Unfortunately, many tribes have lost their connection with a sacred woman, a spiritual leader for the tribe during the sun-dance. The sacred woman should have all chakras open and should be pure on all levels. Her light (positive energy) affects everybody around her. When we vibrate at higher frequencies, we automatically transform people around us just with our presence. This is the natural law. Once you are able to move above the 3rd dimension, telepathic communication begins. This creates a powerful and balanced connection with the spirit and the earthly world.

NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES AND ASCENSION

In order to expand this sacred knowledge between other people and nations, souls choose to be incarnated into different races. This is a challenge for the people who are living and communicating only in the 3rd dimension; but, it is a great opportunity to learn and develop compassion, respect, unconditional love, forgiveness, equality, gratitude……

Because of the strict rules sun-dancers are facing the challenges confronting negative qualities and personality traits. Because of the ego impurities, fear arises. This fear can be reflected onto their friends inside and outside, the tribe. The purpose of the sun-dance “profoundly, powerful ceremony” is to bring the sun-dancers into a more conscious state of being. All dis-ease ultimately is the result of unconsciousness/ego motivated behaviors. The sun-dance addresses this awareness in a most effective and profound way.

Individuals who can not follow positively transformational path during the sun-dance can find themselves in depression that eventually leads to other negative emotional states, and finally to blaming, violence, alcoholism, drug addiction…. Here we face one of the main reasons why tribes have difficulties accepting outsiders and emerging out of poverty.

Until I was invited to attend Native American ceremonies, I was not aware that falls pretences existed. This was for me a new behavior which I didn’t understand. These ceremonies were kept sacred for thousand years and fear become part of the collective consciousness.

Once the majority of Native Americans vibrate at higher frequencies, this consciousness will expand, and they will be able to open up the doors for spiritual people who are honestly searching for awakening. This will help tremendously in the awakening process that is happening now. This is the point where we face the old Native American prophecy: “Those who are last will again become first and take the lead.” Before this happens, first they have to create peace inside themselves, then inside their families, in their environment, their society……and then they will be able to expand into other tribes and nations.

The nature of awakened people is that they never complain, and they do not judge. They are very aware of others’ blindness. It is known that Jesus sacrificed himself for others. He was aware that people could not understand him, and those who were judging him were not aware on a deeper level what they were doing. He accepted the sacrifice with love and compassion. In this way, he was able to neutralize and transform the negative reactions such as blame, anger, shame… The real reason for arguing and wars on planet Earth is that humans are unawake.

People are awakening and are beginning to understand those transformations. The spiritual people who have the opportunity to connect with Native American sacred ceremonies should be accepted because they bring help on many different levels. Only highly respected Medicine men are aware of that. Each situation is different. Sometimes they are afraid to break the rules, which have become obsolete under certain circumstances. Those who are not unable to understand the importance of these decisions, lose connection with their roots. This is the reason why new things can not come inside the tribe. A Medicine man has to make proper decisions which are the result of discerning mind and purity depending on the individual situation. These decisions should be based on inner purity. Unfortunately, many are caught up in their own illusions and blockages. Only purity can help them release the tension of strict rules and deepen their understanding of their own heritage.

An awareness of Native Americans people will soon be on the level, that they will be able to see that their ceremonies can become an amazing contribution for peace, unity and ascension for Mother Earth and her inhabitants.

COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS

The majority of people in Europe were able to transform negative collective energies, and for this reason, were able to form the European Union, even though the different countries have different ancient roots.

Each Native American tribe has a different collective consciousness regarding its history. This has to be transformed, as it is still transforming in Europe, in order to create peace between nations.


Maheoneoo'e