shamanseeker
25th September 2013, 15:46
I love indigenous cultures and their spirituality. I've tended to focus on Native American spirituality which I love, but I am even more fascinated by the mystery of the original Australian Aboriginal culture.
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"Dr. Nandisvara, who some have called the 'Pope' of India, has chosen to describe the native Australians as one of the most civilized and cultured peoples on the planet today." Hank Wesselman
I've come across this article by Hank Wesselman, a shaman who lives in Hawaii, which talks about Dadirri, a special quality allowing us to make contact with our inner selves. Here is an excerpt from his article:
"Several years ago, I received an email from some unknown soul預n unexpected missive that included the words of an Australian Aboriginal elder named Miriam Rose Ungunmerr-Baumann. I had never heard of her before, but as I read through her brief statement, I realized that her narrative was filled with power in its simplicity and directness. Miriam Rose's message is clearly for all of us, and so I share some of it with you here enhanced by some additional information about Aboriginal thought.
For starters, Miriam Rose defines the ability called dadirri as a special quality that allows each of us to make contact with a deep spring that lies within us. To connect with that spring requires that we achieve a state of quiet, still awareness. It is similar to what we Westerners call 'contemplation' or 'meditation.' Shamanic practitioners know it well.
Dadirri
For the traditional Aboriginals, Miriam Rose proclaims that this contemplative focus permeates their entire way of life, their whole being葉hat dadirri continually renews them on a day-to-day basis, bringing them peace, creating harmony where there is disharmony, producing balance where there is imbalance, restoring health where there is illness.
There are no great hidden truths here, no 'secret knowledge' hidden away for centuries, waiting for a bunch of New Age charismatics with power point presentations to rediscover them, excavate them, and write a book about them, proclaiming them as the solution to all our problems, personal and collective.
This woman's message conveys a simple and unmistakable truth葉hat the practice of dadirri makes the Aboriginals feel whole again. She shares that they cannot live good and useful lives unless they practice dadirri and that they learned how to do this from their ancestors.
As a Western anthropologist who has done considerable time in the indigenous world, I can appreciate this traditional woman's words. During my years spent among the tribal peoples of Africa, one of the things that I learned is that they are not threatened by silence. To the contrary, they are completely at home in it. Their traditional ways have taught them how to be still and how to listen to the silence. Accordingly, they do not try to hurry things up. Rather they allow them to follow their natural courses様ike the seasons... and they wait.
So the Aboriginal woman's message from Australia conveys a familiar message as well as an extraordinary claim葉hat those Aboriginals still living in their traditional lifeways don't worry... that they never worry. They know that in the practice of dadirri葉he deep listening and quiet stillness of the soul-that all ways will be made clear to them in time."
Read more: http://www.sharedwisdom.com/article/australian-aboriginal-wisdom
The following is a video of "a sample of the traditional music of the native people of Australia, the so-called Aboriginals (actually several peoples, each with its own language), who possess a most original and beautiful culture and are the heirs of the most ancient wisdom of the world.
Enjoy this masterpiece of aboriginal folk music and the fascinating sound of the didgeridoo (the traditional aboriginal wooden "drone pipe")! This song was composed, and is performed and sung by Richard Walley, one of the greatest and most famous Australian Aboriginal composers and musicians."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFGvNxBqYFI
http://www.weareholidays.co.in/articles/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Aborigines.jpg
"Dr. Nandisvara, who some have called the 'Pope' of India, has chosen to describe the native Australians as one of the most civilized and cultured peoples on the planet today." Hank Wesselman
I've come across this article by Hank Wesselman, a shaman who lives in Hawaii, which talks about Dadirri, a special quality allowing us to make contact with our inner selves. Here is an excerpt from his article:
"Several years ago, I received an email from some unknown soul預n unexpected missive that included the words of an Australian Aboriginal elder named Miriam Rose Ungunmerr-Baumann. I had never heard of her before, but as I read through her brief statement, I realized that her narrative was filled with power in its simplicity and directness. Miriam Rose's message is clearly for all of us, and so I share some of it with you here enhanced by some additional information about Aboriginal thought.
For starters, Miriam Rose defines the ability called dadirri as a special quality that allows each of us to make contact with a deep spring that lies within us. To connect with that spring requires that we achieve a state of quiet, still awareness. It is similar to what we Westerners call 'contemplation' or 'meditation.' Shamanic practitioners know it well.
Dadirri
For the traditional Aboriginals, Miriam Rose proclaims that this contemplative focus permeates their entire way of life, their whole being葉hat dadirri continually renews them on a day-to-day basis, bringing them peace, creating harmony where there is disharmony, producing balance where there is imbalance, restoring health where there is illness.
There are no great hidden truths here, no 'secret knowledge' hidden away for centuries, waiting for a bunch of New Age charismatics with power point presentations to rediscover them, excavate them, and write a book about them, proclaiming them as the solution to all our problems, personal and collective.
This woman's message conveys a simple and unmistakable truth葉hat the practice of dadirri makes the Aboriginals feel whole again. She shares that they cannot live good and useful lives unless they practice dadirri and that they learned how to do this from their ancestors.
As a Western anthropologist who has done considerable time in the indigenous world, I can appreciate this traditional woman's words. During my years spent among the tribal peoples of Africa, one of the things that I learned is that they are not threatened by silence. To the contrary, they are completely at home in it. Their traditional ways have taught them how to be still and how to listen to the silence. Accordingly, they do not try to hurry things up. Rather they allow them to follow their natural courses様ike the seasons... and they wait.
So the Aboriginal woman's message from Australia conveys a familiar message as well as an extraordinary claim葉hat those Aboriginals still living in their traditional lifeways don't worry... that they never worry. They know that in the practice of dadirri葉he deep listening and quiet stillness of the soul-that all ways will be made clear to them in time."
Read more: http://www.sharedwisdom.com/article/australian-aboriginal-wisdom
The following is a video of "a sample of the traditional music of the native people of Australia, the so-called Aboriginals (actually several peoples, each with its own language), who possess a most original and beautiful culture and are the heirs of the most ancient wisdom of the world.
Enjoy this masterpiece of aboriginal folk music and the fascinating sound of the didgeridoo (the traditional aboriginal wooden "drone pipe")! This song was composed, and is performed and sung by Richard Walley, one of the greatest and most famous Australian Aboriginal composers and musicians."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFGvNxBqYFI