Are We Warriors Of The Rainbow?
“When the earth is ravaged and the animals are dying, a new tribe of people shall come unto the earth from many colors, classes, creeds, and who by their actions and deeds shall make the earth green again. They will be known as the warriors of the Rainbow” — Old Native American Prophecy.
Friends this was part of a comment from Grace. It plucked a string inside me, me who is home again, who is ready to begin a more normal life again and do more with my life.
I thought about the person who saw this vision in the midst of the annihilation of his or her people by the new ‘civilized’ white men who came in winged ships and brought death and disease and greed and destruction with them just as they did in Australia.
The Warriors of the Rainbow. How beautiful! The rainbow, a symbol of great beauty, comes after the storm when, for a moment, the earth has been washed clean and the air has been cleansed. Perhaps we who contribute to this blog and similar blogs are part of the genesis of the Warriors of the Rainbow.
Perhaps we who hold views that clash with so many of our brothers and sisters are part of the beginning of a new group of humans who desperately want a world that is peaceful, that is filled with caring and sharing, that lives in harmony with nature, that actually has values like honesty, like loyalty and fidelity, like compassion, like generosity, that seeks truth rather than the trivial and the superficial.
Warriors of the Rainbow!
Yes, please.
P.S. While searching for a suitable image I came across the one shown above plus a detailed article about the Cree Indian woman who saw the vision. If you go to the attached link you’ll be very impressed as I was:
http://www.birdclan.org/rainbow.htm
i like your idea david……………i truly hope it comes to fruition.
i’ve given up talking to people about what’s wrong with the way we live on this planet…..
i’m regarded as an eccentric with weird beliefs………….
i’m looked at in amazement and pity……….
for the most part i believe people just don’t want to change their lifestyles and therefore scorn any information put before them……………..
glad you are home again with your family……wishing you all the best.
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David G Reply:
March 5th, 2010 at 7:51 am
Thanks Coco. It’s great to back in a more normal situation again.
Certainly to be a Warrior of the Rainbow is to be on the receiving end of much criticism from the ignorant and the greedy. But who cares?
It is they who are stupid and little better than serfs.
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btw, over xmas during a three day period i saw no less than seven rainbows. two of them were double rainbows. the most beautiful sight i’d seen in a long time………………….
i looked at the link you posted…………..very interesting.
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David I am glad to hear you say you feel more like yourself again…it is interesting that when we become accepting of those things in life (most of it really) that we truly cannot change we are then changed in ways we can not foresee with much vision….My son is a member of the “Rainbow People”…they have state and national get togethers in the National Park system…also have gone international and I heard would be in one of the Latin countries this summer…they face stiff police opposition every year from National Park service goons…worth going to as a great musc and food and everything old Woodstock was…Canada has a Powow three years ago and invited their ignorant but loved white brothers to join with them in a healing ceremony to help the whites who have awoken to help all the people to become A REAL HUMAN BEING. So my traveling hitchhiker son was on the road with different Family members and had many adventures that I thank G_D he survived and still trys to get together with some close Family…I also loved going to the festivals here in Northern Mi…David there are so many of us who feel as a real human would feel with compassion for all…more even than we suspect…and I do feel an increasing sense of reaching critical mass..way to far out for me to understand but I know with certainty that fear will not rule my reason…..these are “the worst of times and the best of times”…..Kate
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David G Reply:
March 5th, 2010 at 8:17 am
Kate, if only the real humans could rise up and change the world, wrest it back from the predators and parasites who control and manipulate the world for their own benefit. Perhaps the time for revolution is closer than I thought!
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oh David what a beautiful translation I made in my mine when I read your post!! Yes, Vivan Los Guerreros del Arcoiris!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Catauro, often, it’s in our imagination that beauty can be found!
Peace.
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Hello David,
I have a comment to the China thread that says it’s awaiting moderation. It’s chock full of good info. and links.
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Rainbows are beautiful….and so is the night sky…..the Vanishing Night Sky. In the reclamation of all things sacred, surely the night sky ranks high on the list.
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/11/light-pollution/klinkenborg-text
If humans were truly at home under the light of the moon and stars, we would go in darkness happily, the midnight world as visible to us as it is to the vast number of nocturnal species on this planet. Instead, we are diurnal creatures, with eyes adapted to living in the sun’s light. This is a basic evolutionary fact, even though most of us don’t think of ourselves as diurnal beings any more than we think of ourselves as primates or mammals or Earthlings. Yet it’s the only way to explain what we’ve done to the night: We’ve engineered it to receive us by filling it with light.
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Grace Reply:
March 6th, 2010 at 2:35 am
“In a very real sense, light pollution causes us to lose sight of our true place in the universe, to forget the scale of our being, which is best measured against the dimensions of a deep night with the Milky Way—the edge of our galaxy—arching overhead”
Forgotten the scale of our being…
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coco Reply:
March 6th, 2010 at 4:24 am
it’s not just light pollution………..
noise pollution too is an abomination……………..
there are some supermarkets i refuse to enter because they are blasting out music………why do we need music in a supermarket? restaurants too and bars: music, tv’s, game consoles….
why do they have to be so loud????
i’m fortunate enough to live in a relatively unpopulated area and therefore not too much light at night………..i didn’t have far to go to get to a spot where i could watch the persids and leonids meteor showers without interference from man-made illumination.
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Morocco Bama Reply:
March 6th, 2010 at 5:45 am
I agree, coco. I’ll never forget climbing to the top of a mountain in North Carolina…..above the clouds sitting in quiet observance and comptemplation….only to have the majesty of that moment broken by the thunderous flagellation of what was probably a Harley down below. My wife and I looked at each other forlornly…..it was an arrow through the heart. No where is sacred….or so it seems.
wagelaborer Reply:
March 9th, 2010 at 6:09 am
I remember reading that exposure to light at night caused infant’s eyes to develop abnormally, and made them nearsighted.
Oh. With my first child, I left a night light on, thinking that it was the right thing to do. She is very nearsighted.
The next 2, I kept with me at night and I had a contraption over my bed to keep it dark, because I worked the graveyard shift. Those two have perfect eyesight.
So I’m inclined to believe that exposure to light at night is bad for human babies.
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This is a special time, David. I can hear it in your “voice” : ) I am very happy that you are done with those zaps! Be it ever so humble, There Is No Place Like Home.
The way of the Rainbow, is something that resonated in my heart as soon as i heard. I never joined the group, even though I have known people who go to the celebrations. I have a fear of groups. Based mainly on years of knowing many a hippie. It is going to take more that a few fringe groups fighting for the right to exist. There are weapons amassing and poised to aim at American citizens. Not to mention containment camps already built to house thousands of people. While I believe small groups of individuals have, can and do make big differences. Often many die before the desired outcome. If I am going to die for a group I want it to be the best possible situation with the greatest effectiveness.
“To thine own self be true” I truly feel in my heart that because of my deep love of this land and nature, that the earth may use me. If I can speak for the trees and the critters, I will. I don’t have a crystal ball. However, i believe a day will come. I don’t know how it works, but I do pray that the Earth prevails.
My husband and son are part Blackfoot and Cherokee blood. I hope my son finds his Tribe and that will probably be my tribe too.
Love and Peace on Earth.
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How I wish the warriors of the Rainbow will win in the end, but I fear the rightwing populists, at least for now, are in the lead.
While they are being dismissed here in the US as a fringe group in recent elections in europe they won big. A lot of people are very angry and frightened and what these “populists” have to say makes sense to a lot of people.
There needs to be a strong, powerful alternative vision of our future that people can get behind if we don’t want the “populists” to win. Warriors of the Rainbow may be it, but we need to get out and fight for it to become real.
Peacemakers don’t seem to stand much of a chance against the warriors with guns and no hesitation in using them.
Glad you are back home. Hope everything continues to go well for you David!
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Morocco, your post (which must’ve come in on another ISP) has been cleared. I live way out in the country and the night skies, freed from pollution and light, are spectacular, awesome.
Coco, noise pollution is a major problem, especially in cities. When I ran a B and B here, people sometimes complained that they couldn’t sleep because it was too quiet!
Grace, although I’m very tired, I agree that there is no place like home! And belonging to a tribe must be a special feeling. All humans want to belong. In a ‘me-first’ world, such comfort doesn’t exist.
Jeannie, that peacemakers don’t stand much of a chance against warriors with guns is so true although Gandhi did triumph in the end.
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Grace Reply:
March 7th, 2010 at 3:42 am
Like you, David, I finally gave up and moved on. When my family was a destructive force in my life I had to make a choice. One that many, even though they may have had similar issues to me – would never think of leaving. When I did leave, it was a time filled with spiritual epiphanies. I saw that I did not fall off the edge of the Earth when I walked to the precipice. When I let go of my human family, the Family of Man was opened up to me. I discovered friends who have meant more to me than my own family.. Because in me they recognized who I really was when I stepped away from the lie and i was free to recognize the real in them. It is a world full of fun and meaning when not engaged in the battle that can never be won on their toxic terms.
I am happy for you that when You walked away from the family that only used you and despised you, you found a new family, one that Really appreciates you and have been a Real family. It is a beautiful story about your son that you have raised. You all are that much more special for what has held you all together. Thank you for sharing your story.
Keep up the good rest. The body can restore itself when we allow it what it needs.
Peace to you and all.
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What a beautiful picture and message. Thanks.
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Yes, thank you, David. My spirit always seems to return to an understanding of the Rainbow Warrior. Though I have not taken an official stand, this comes the closest to what i believe.
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Except for the references to ‘The Great Spirit’ I agree with most of the sentiments, Grace.
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Beautiful message and picture David. Thanks! Glad you’re home and recovering.
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Kathy, glad you liked the post. I’m home but, the way I feel today, I think the recovering is going to take some time.
Cheers.
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I got linked to this page off of Google when searching for the prophecy you’re referring to so I figured I would clear some things up that people all over have clearly misunderstood or misinterpreted.
First of all, the prophecy calls these people warriors for a reason. The Rainbow Gathering types are not the Warriors of the Rainbow. The Warriors of the Rainbow don’t need to join or belong to anything because they already do belong to something bigger and have from birth. It is not nearly as simple as you think it is, and it’s not something that you can join or choose to join.
In the next 50 years, everything anybody outside of these Warriors of the Rainbow has known will crumble to the ground, leaving them with the reality that the Warriors of the Rainbow have known for years, most of them since birth. It is not about the environment or peace, love, and harmony or any of that. It’s about taking back the world from people that for all you know might even include you, and restoring Natural Selection among the human race. It’s not a movement; it is the same war that has been going on ever since the first conquistadors stepped foot on what is rightfully Mayan and Aztec land, and it is going to be won by the Warriors of the Rainbow. Every advantage that oppressors once had will continue to disappear, and the people who were cheated out of their lands and oppressed will once and for all rise up and take control of the planet and never give it up. Once this happens, we will be able to live in harmony and make everything right with the Earth and the universe and everything else(as well as teach our children the right way to live and all of that) but this won’t be a Woodstock type of thing at all. There will be a lot of conflict, both violent and in every other form, and it won’t be pretty. Mother will be turned against daughter, father against son, brother against brother, and friend against friend. The entire world will be divided for a long time.
I know this because I am a Warrior of the Rainbow. I have felt this groundswell building for a long time and this is just the beginning. You can say that I’m crazy or that I don’t know what I’m talking about all you’d like but pretty soon you will see that this is nothing like the ’60s or anything that’s ever happened before. This will be like hitting a giant reverse button towards every wrong that has been committed towards the Earth and its true people.
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The Mayans and Aztecs were just as bad….in their own way. Their’s was a hierarchical society that pulled the wool over the less informed to control them and keep them subservient. So, give me a break. If the Warriors of The Rainbow is as you say, then I want no part of it….because that was not about peace and loving the earth and universe….it was about power and greed. Do your homework.
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Name Isn't Important Reply:
March 9th, 2010 at 3:51 am
Do my homework? Lol. I know more about the world and its history than you could probably ever know. Nobody ever said the Mayans or Aztecs were good people. Life ain’t a fairytale and it never has been. However, what is true is that the Aztecs and Mayans were far superior to those who they ruled over(just like the Zulus and the Native Americans and the Indians-as in people in India- were), while the Europeans only had superior weaponry and no regard for honor or the well being of the “uncivilized peoples” they “conquered”. Read a book that tells the truth about what happened to every one of the “conquered” sometime.
Furthermore, I’m glad you want no part of it because people like you have no place in it. You chose the wrong side a long time ago, coward. Your world will soon come crumbling down around you, just you watch.
By the way, you spelled theirs wrong.
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Interesting, because when I went to check out that Rainbow site, it reminded me of Eva Morales and Bolivia, where plants and animals also have constitutional rights. I feel that Bolivia is the hope for humankind that we wish for.
Can you imagine that in the US? Where plants and animals are destroyed for profit?
Then the names not important guy weighed in. Is he native? He implies so.
I don’t know if we can build a better society, but if we can, it should include everyone.
But THEN we should work on lowering the human population!!
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wagelaborer Reply:
March 9th, 2010 at 6:18 am
I meant with birth control, obviously!
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Name Isn’t Important, you have made some interesting if controversial comments. Righting all the wrongs would be a big ask. Most people couldn’t even agree on what the wrongs are (look at the Palestinians and the Israelis).
Besides, as with the American Indians, there are so few of them left following the European genocide. How exactly are they going to reassert themselves even if they wanted to?
I think it’s better to forget the past and concentrate on making the future better for everyone.
Wagelaborer, I’m glad you added that short clarification! Whew!
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