The Coronavirus pandemic is catalyzing many things…and forcing us to take a good look at the systems we depend on. During this period of isolation, we have the opportunity to disconnect from large systems that do harm, and redesign our lives with the help of systems aligned with life and love. Do our communities have enough resources to support everyone to live their lives with dignity and allow for the spirit that lives within them to emerge and benefit the rest of the community? This situation can be viewed through a lens of fear, or it can be an opportunity to tune into our higher spirit and connect with the vibration of our creation song, Sherri Mitchell, Weh’na Ha’mu Kwasset (meaning “she who brings the light”), is an Indigenous rights activist, spiritual teacher, and transformational change maker. Sherri was born and raised on the Penobscot Indian reservation (Penawahpskek).  She speaks and teaches around the world on issues of Indigenous rights, environmental justice, and spiritual change. Sherri has been actively involved with Indigenous rights and environmental justice work for more than 25 years, and she is the Founding Director of the Land Peace Foundation, an organization dedicated to the global protection of Indigenous land and water rights and the preservation of the Indigenous way of life.  The key to being able to adapt, overcome and integrate the lessons of the day is to be able to approach everything we’re facing from a perspective of love. We have the chance to make an evolutionary leap of consciousness and come through this to the other side as better representations of our humanity. In this episode… How an illness contracted in Guatemala led to a spiritual awakening that set the course for her spiritual work The opportunity that this period of isolation is affording humankind at this time in history The connection between the physical and emotional experience of Mother Earth to what humans are currently experiencing The Wabanaki web of life creation story and how the fact that we are all made of the same matter parallels the phenomenon of quantum entanglement The Wabanaki story of the first illness and how it foreshadows current global events Getting our human minds out of the way so that we can hear the messages coming from plants and animals—guidance from the starlings Actions communities need to take in order to be resilient in the face of system collapse What’s being exposed to us at this time How we can bring the benefits of this time—the introspection, time with family, examination of community and cultural systems—into the future with us? Aligning the three fires, the vibrational frequencies of the minds of the brain, heart, and gut—is when we’re able to open up to the collective unconsciousness, to ancestral memory We are all constantly creating, we just aren’t conscious of what it is that we’ve created…we are now being asked to take responsibility for what humans have collectively created and to clean it up the mess Tools for embodiment and grounding We are here at this time, in these bodies, for a specific purpose…tune into your body and spirit daily and connect with the vibration of your own creation song Resources The Dandelion Insurrection: - love and revolution by Rivera Sun Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer My Beloved Kin by Lisa Brooks Sacred Instructions: Indigenous Wisdom for Living Spirit-Based Change by Sherri Mitchell Sherri’s website: sacredinstructions.life facebook.com/sacredinstructions IG: @sacredinstructions Twitter: @sacred411