I give great thanks for the Land I live on, the spirits and ancestors of this Land, and the Indigenous people who have been the stewards and true caretakers of this Land.  Where I live in Ridgway, CO this is the native territory of the Ute Nation.  This land was wrongfully taken away from them, as well as genocide upon their people and culture in the name of the Catholic church as put forth by the Vatican through the papal bulls doctrine of discovery, which dictated that Native people were less than human, should be forced to assimilate to the church or be slaughtered and their land stolen.  Thankfully this has recently been formally repudiated by the Vatican itself in recognition of the severe harm it has caused.  I pray that the sacred territories be given back to the original people who received the original principles about how to live in a good way of harmony upon our sacred Mother. I pray for the protection of all Sacred lands from extraction for profit.  I pray that reparations continue to be made for BIPOC communities that have faced oppression at the hands of misguided colonialism and imperialism.  I pray that all life be upheld as Sacred, while Ecocide continue to be recognized, as it now has been by the EU parliament, as any significant harm done to the Earth considered to be a crime against humanity.  

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I give thanks for the 7 directions and their associated elements and systems within us: East/air/mind, South/fire/energy, West/water/emotion, North/earth/body, Within/Spirit/Love, above and below.  I give thanks to All Our Relations that we share our Mother Earth with, the Sacred animal and plant kingdoms that have intrinsic value in and of themselves, while also teaching and giving us so much medicine that sustains Life.  I give great thanks to the Earth herself, for all the Abundance that she provides for us on every level, indeed, everything we have comes from her.  I give thanks for all our Ascended Masters, teachers, guides, ancestors, angels, benevolent spirits and allies who have paved the way of Light for us to follow. I give thanks to the ancient ancestral DNA that is guiding our cells toward an enlightened evolution and all the wisdom traditions that we have access to for our continued well-being.  I give thanks to our families, friends and communities that have given all their support along the path, especially our ancestors who sacrificed and survived so much so that we could be here as the answer to their prayers - may we pay that forward for 7 generations to come. I give thanks to the living, breathing, walking miracles of our bodies that do so much for us every single day, may we treat them as the temple vessels they are.  I give thanks to our right livelihoods that allow us to live in relative comfort and security and I pray that all beings be warm and fed. I give thanks for the four immeasurable aspects of existence that constitute our True Nature: Joy, Loving-Kindness, Compassion, and Equanimity.