A Talk by Barry Brailsford
| The following notes are derived from a recording of a talk by New Zealander Barry Brailsford. Just bullet-points of some key points I picked up on, obviously not a verbatim transcription. |
| Who we Are |
 | In the beginning was the nothingness, into the void came the great sound (creation), then came the fires, then came the firmanent (the stone). |
| we are all descended/born of that stone |
| The trail is the truth, and the journey is the destination |
| Patriotism is not enough, need to see a larger world. |
| One world, One family |
| We are human beings, not human doings |
| If you cannot see the other side of an argument, beware of your sight |
| you people are not just your family |
| some of us are fire/tree/water/star people but we dont know it. we may be able to find our path back to these people. |
| you know what people you are of if u feel some influence of water/stone/forest/fire when your present in that environment |
| The Spirit |
| the spirit of the water - does more than cleanse dirt, give life |
| the spirit of the light - the rainbow |
| the spirit of the stone - frequencies in aincient granite |
| our ancestors honoured the spirit of all things - then came the seperation |
| we are now taught that we simply go and take - we dont ask |
| we do this because we have also been taught (by the church) that there is no spirit in stone/water |
| the church acted against the pagan ways to increase control and seperated us from the "real world" |
| What we must do |
| must go beyond mine, mine, mine, more, more, more (greed) |
| remember who you really are |
| look at your job/proffesion |
| sift through the baggage that we carry |
| time to step beyond these things |
| the real world is the land/waters/fruits/air, not the bank/corporation/government/taxes/job |
| eliminate ego - stands in the way, feeds on fear, causes us to defend and not grow |
| Dates |
| 1990 |
| Beginning of the end of the cold-war, removal of the berlin wall |
| 1994 |
| time for the birthing of the white buffalo, one was born in Wisconson, sign that white people will start to follow the tru path |
| 2012 |
| end of the great period in the mayan calendar |
| Common prophecy |
| Hopi |
| Chinese |
| end of the age of gurus |
| Mayan |
| end of the great cycle of mayan calendar |
| Questions |
| Why should enlightenment come only through stress or suffering |
| Arent these elders explanations simplistic/symbolic explanations generated by a people without a scientific understanding |