The Hopi Prayer Read by Maria Shriver at Inaugural Ceremony
[Blogger’s Note: This is a copy of the Hopi prayer read by Maria Shriver at the January 5, 2007 inaugural ceremony.]
A HOPI ELDER SPEAKS:“You have been telling the people that this is the Eleventh Hour, now you must go back and tell the people that this is THE HOUR. And there are things to be considered… Where are you living?
What are you doing?
What are your relationships?
Are you in right relation?
Where is your water?
Know your garden.
It is time to speak your Truth.
Create your community.
Be good to each other.
And do not look outside yourself for the leader. Then he clasped his hands together, smiled, and said, “This could be a good time! There is a river flowing now very fast. It is so great and swift that there are those who will be afraid. They will try to hold on to the shore. They will feel they are being torn apart and
will suffer greatly. Know the river has its destination. The elders say we must let go of the shore, push off into the middle of the river, keep our eyes open, and our heads above the water. And I say, see who is in there with you and celebrate. At this time
in history, we are to take nothing personally. Least of all, ourselves. For the moment that we do, our spiritual growth and journey comes to a halt. The time of the lone wolf is over. Gather yourselves! Banish the word struggle from your attitude and your vocabulary. All that we do now must be done in a sacred manner and in celebration. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for.
Oraibi, Arizona
Hopi Nation
In the early 18′th century in Native American tribes, even Inca tribe, some shamans and healers were
the gay persons of tribes. The Hopi Prayer was a prayer to remember the forced suicides of the earliest segregated people, Native Gay Americans
forced to choose “natural ways” or moral birth rights.
Comment by Michael C. Oboza — February 18, 2008 @ 6:03 pm