go
to the moon and bring something back. Because of
this, nature would show signs of losing its
balance.
"Now
we see that coming about. All over the world,
there are now many signs that nature is no longer
in balance. Floods, drought, earthquakes and great
storms are occurring
frequently and causing widespread suffering.
"Now
we must look upon each other as brothers and sisters.
There is no more time for divisions among people."
Evehema
said there is no freedom of the press for traditional Hopi
speaking the truth because newspapers only publish what
the government wants printed. He said the leaders in the
White House and the Glass House (United Nations) have been
warned of what is to come, but have not listened.
''So,
as our prophecy says, it must be up to the people with
good pure hearts that will not be afraid to help us to
fulfill our destiny in peace for this world.''
Banyacya
was among the Motee Sinom (Hopi for first people) who
urged the United Nations in 1992 to listen. Banyacya said
traditional Hopi follow the spiritual path given by
Massau'u (the Great Spirit).
''We
made a sacred covenant to follow his life plan at all
times, which includes the responsibility of taking care of
this land and life for his divine purpose. We have never
made treaties with any foreign nation, including the
United States, but for many centuries we have honored this
sacred agreement. Our goals are not to gain political
control, monetary wealth nor military power, but rather to
pray and to promote the welfare of all living beings and
to preserve the world in a natural way.''
In
1948, traditional Hopi spiritual leaders chose Banyacya
and others to carry the message forward. Repeating the
wisdom, Banyacya said the Creator made the first world in
perfect balance, but humans turned away from moral and
spiritual principles and only a handful survived the
earthquakes.
The
mistakes were repeated in the second world, and freezing
in the great ice age destroyed the people. The third world
lasted a long time and, as in the previous worlds, the
people spoke one language. They invented technologies
still unknown to modern man, but eventually turned away
from natural laws and pursued material things.
''They
gradually turned away from natural laws, pursued only
material things, and finally only gambled while they
ridiculed spiritual principles. No one stopped them from
this course, and the world was destroyed by the great
flood that many nations still recall in their ancient
history and religious teachings.
''The
elders said again only small groups escaped and came to
this fourth world where we now live. Our world is in
terrible shape again even though the Great Spirit gave us
different languages and sent us to four corners of the
world and told us to take care the Earth and all that is
in it.''
Banyacya
said mankind is in the final days of the prophecy.
''What
have you, as individuals, as nations and as the world
body, been doing to take care of this Earth?'' Banyacya
asked the United Nations.
''In
the Earth today, humans poison their own food, water and
air with pollution. Many of us, including children, are
left to starve. Many wars are still being fought. Greed
and concern for material things is a common disease.''
Banyacya
said Hopi foretold of the ''gourd of ashes'' (atomic bomb)
that destroyed thousands in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Hopi
believe that the Persian Gulf would have been the third
great war if use of the worst weapons had not been
stopped.
''We
do have a choice. If you, the nations of this Earth,
create another great war, the Hopi believe we humans will
burn ourselves to death with ashes.
''Nature
itself does not speak with a voice that we can easily
understand. Neither can the animals and birds we are
threatening with extinction talk to us. Who in this world
can speak for nature and the spiritual energy that creates
and flows through all life?''
Banyacya
said it is necessary for human beings that have not
separated themselves from the land and nature to speak
out.
Finally,
he said, the first people and the spirit of the ancestors
are giving loud warnings. He pointed out that there are
increasing floods, hurricanes; hail storms, climate
changes and earthquakes.
''Even
animals and birds are warning us with strange changes in
their behavior, such as the beaching of whales. Why do
animals act like they know about the Earth's problems and
most humans act like they know nothing?
''If
we humans do not wake up to the warnings, the great
purification will come to destroy this world just as the
previous worlds were destroyed.''
Evehema
and Banyacya died within three weeks of one another in
early 1999. Evehema died at the age of 108 on Jan. 15,
1999. Banyacya, born in 1910, died on Feb. 6, 1999.
Their
voices live on.
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