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Rockford Chapel: 11/19/16 – Yellow Springs, OH

November 19, 2016 by Raymond TeKorako Ruka

Ancient Whispers Peace Trails Gathering

The Sacred Yellow Spring

November 19th from 2-6 PM

Rockford Chapel: 515 President Street, Yellow Springs, Ohio

Beloved littlebig family and friends,

Our songbird

In the depths of the soul

Listens

To the unfolding truth

Each one of us brings to it

And waits to sing

We held our final Gathering for the year in Te Honu ki te Ra Tawhiti ki te Uru: the Families of the Turtle in the faraway land in the West – America

Elder Raymond will be returning to Aotearoa, New Zealand in early 2017 for several months to reconnect with the spirits of the land, the beloved Kauri trees, the ocean, mountains and his family. While at home he will also be teaching and learning.

The Gathering was focused on the communal sharing of a meal. For this we asked everyone to bring an item of food as a contribution to our meal. Our littlebig family in Yellow Springs provided the soup and hot drinks.

The gathering was an opportunity to come together before the chill of Hine Kura Waka, the Ice Maiden returned to the northern hemisphere from the far flung regions in the south. In times of old, when the chill of this ancient ancestress filled the air, sat atop mountains and lay scattered about the fields, it signaled the time for teaching the wisdoms. When student’s minds and perceptions were considered to be at their razor-edge best. When the intellect could be shaped and molded like the crystals in freezing water are malleable to the swirling zephyrs of Tawhirimatea, the Guardian of the Winds, creator of all those incredible frozen sculptures in the deepest south, Antarctica.

But now, we find it too inconvenient, too uncomfortable, best wait until the fire has been relit in the sky once more, so we can try and learn when our minds are no longer sharp. How about our memories, what about them, they need stimuli as well?

How many have watched the young sapling shivering in ecstasy wearing her first cloak of morning frost, or meditating with the morning glory of spiderweb draped in dewdrops. Inconvenient, uncomfortable, Hmmm, I wonder!

It was a spirit-filled time spent together in peae and love.

Elder Raymond TeKorako Ruka.

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About Me


Raymond TeKorako Ruka

My name is Raymond TeKorako Ruka. I belong to a matriarchal peace nation from Aotearoa, New Zealand called Waitaha, the water carriers. I live in Yellow Springs Ohio with my beloved wife, Jenny. I am an Elder and Tohunga (priest), and I speak on peace and love.

Jenny and Raymond Ruka

Jenny and Raymond Ruka

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raymond@ancientwhispers.com

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