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Ancient Eskimo Heart-Prayer

posted by Annie B. Bond Jun 13, 2005 8:38 am
7 comments

Inspired by the teachings of Angaangaq, known as "Uncle," an Eskimo-Kalaallit shaman. See his website at Ice Wisdom.

Uncle teaches that the Qilaut, or Eskimo Wind Drum, is a circle that has no beginning nor ending, in which we all belong. Only The Great Creator holds the handle, and every time He touches upon the rim, He hears the heart beat of mankind. The stronger the heart beat the healthier mankind is.

Read this powerful heart-prayer from the ancient Eskimo tradition:

My hope is that we will all have a strong heart beat
so we can be healthy together
and since it is your heart beat
every time you talk to your heart
she will always speak back.

The lesson for all of us is to learn how to listen to our hearts.

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Connie W.

How lovely!

Elizabeth C.

Thank you! This is simply lovely.

Kiara M.

A good prayer and intention. The website link to Ice Wisdom from this article seems to not work anymore. The address that works is http://www.icewisdom.com/

Jeff J.
  • Jeff J. says
  • Dec 15, 2009 2:52 AM

Makes sense for sure...thanks for sharing

lina b.
  • lina b. says
  • Dec 14, 2009 1:03 PM

This was a treat, that I was happy to pass along! Thanks!

lina b.
  • lina b. says
  • Dec 14, 2009 1:02 PM

I thought it was a little treat that I was happy to pass along! Thanks.

Brenda T.

About the preamble to the prayer: Inuit rather than eskimo is the appropriate word. Inuit translates to - people. Mankind is not an inclusive word. Humankind is. The male pronouns to describe the creator/god etc. is so ..imbalanced as is referring to the heart as female. We need to get passed this genderizing.
Other than the above, a nice little prayer.

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