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Sacred Teachings

Sacred Teachings. Rels 120: Religion, Spirituality & Health 10 January 2014. Creation & Origins. Creation narratives tell us about the origins of the earth and life human origins the interrelationships among the earth, animals, people and the sacred realm

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Sacred Teachings

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  1. Sacred Teachings Rels 120: Religion, Spirituality & Health 10 January 2014

  2. Creation & Origins rels 120 - appleby • Creation narratives tell us about • the origins of the earth and life • human origins • the interrelationships among the earth, animals, people and the sacred realm • sacred language, sacred time and sacred places • Ojibwe creation narrative: http://www.fourdirectionsteachings.com/main.html

  3. 3 Prominent Questions rels 120 - appleby • What is ultimate reality? • What is the nature and role of the divine? • How and by whom were we created? • How should we live in this world? • What is the nature of right behaviour? • What counts as wrong behaviour? • How do we fulfill our humanity? • What is our ultimate purpose? • How do we find meaning in life? • How should we understand death?

  4. Ojibwe Creation Storyhttp://www.fourdirectionsteachings.com/main.html rels 120 - appleby Introduction Centre The East The South The West The North

  5. Commonalities:Animism rels 120 - appleby Everything is alive Everything has conscious life Humans, ancestors, spirit beings, heroes Animals, birds, reptiles, etc. Trees, mountains, rivers, stones, earth Everything has a soul, or a spirit; the soul or spirit animates (brings to conscious life) everything

  6. Commonalities:Totems rels 120 - appleby The Call of the Loon (from Red Earth: Tales of the Mi’kmaq)

  7. Commonalities:The Importance of Balance rels 120 - appleby • All of creation is interconnected and interrelated • The proper form for relating interconnected beings is in balance • Relationships are reciprocal and harmonious • Nothing is more significant than anything or anyone else • No one has a right to “use” any other person, animal or earthly resource without gratitude and respect

  8. rels 120 - appleby “Navajo try to be at peace and harmony with the world (Mother Earth) around them at all times. This is called "walking in beauty". Navajo are taught to respect the holy ones (their gods) and everything they have created. There is great respect for nature: the land, and the plants and animals that one finds there.” http://www.bigmyth.com/download/NAVAJO_CULTURE.pdf

  9. Symbols & Ceremony rels 120 - appleby • http://www.fourdirectionsteachings.com/main.html • Additional Mi’kmaq teachings • Nation and clans • Ceremony • Understanding the significance of the Sweat Lodge ceremony • What elements are 4 in number? • What elements are 7 in number? • In what ways are human persons “in the centre” according to Mi’kmaq teachings?

  10. http://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/practices/practices.php?id=5http://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/practices/practices.php?id=5 rels 120 - appleby “Separateness is an illusion. That's what we learn through the spiritual practice of connections. Everything is interrelated — in time, space, and our very being.” The Spiritual Practice of Connections

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