He spoke of how the Creator entrusted each race to safeguard one of these elements, and how we live in a time today that the ancestors spoke of, a time of chaos, mayhem, confusion and destruction because of our collective forgetting to honour our sacred responsibilities to these elements.
His ancestors spoke of six prophesies made before the arrival of Europeans at Turtle Island (North America). The first was that there would come a time when brothers with hairy faces would come from the east and bring a book that would disconnect First Nations peoples from the land, their languages, and way of life. Shortly thereafter, there would come a box that, when it shook, would allow people to talk to each other from many miles away. Following this, steel rods would run on the back of Mother Earth, carrying thunder power. Shortly thereafter, there would come a box with an eye that would allow people to see different parts of Mother Earth. Following this, the eagle would land on grandmother moon during a time of great change, because shortly thereafter the spider would cast a web around Mother Earth, bringing unity and knowledge to the four races of the human family. The final prophecy of the ancestors was a light falling from the heavens that would forever alter humanity's consciousness.
It is through this chaos, mayhem, confusion and destruction that we are being taught two things: that we are to honour creation and to be humble in the context of the Creator's higher power. Sitting Bull once challenged us to put our minds together to build a better world for our children, and Chief Spokane once said that the web of life is not woven by man and that man is but a strand in the web of life. What we do to that web, we do to ourselves.
He reminded us that there will come a time when our physical walk on Mother Earth will be complete and we will begin our journey home to the Creator. It is said that when that time comes, two beings will stand at our entry to the spirit world. The being on the right, a male, will be the doorkeeper, while the being on the left will be a female. It is said that if you can look the female in the eye as you approach the doorway, then you will have lived the life you were meant to live. If you look away, your answer to her question will determine whether you can enter the spirit world. She will ask you what you did to serve humanity.
As four directional beings, we have been given sacred medicines to cleanse the mind, body and spirit. There are four seasons with connotations to the four stages of life. As well, we recognize the four parts of a human being (emotional, mental, physical and spiritual). In undertaking a spiritual sabbatical, Mr. Auger learned that his life's purpose was to speak on behalf of the sacred elements. He has worked with the Canadian Energy Executives Association to ensure the elements are respected so that we may leave our children a better world. There are four laws that we were given to govern our words and deeds on our physical walk through this world. These include the Creator's law that no human being has the right to harm another, the concept of dualism that is sometimes known as karma, honouring the four sacred elements of nature, and laws of spirituality.
As a survivor of intergenerational conflict and abuse in residential schools, Mr. Auger concluded his comments by noting that the Creator will give the hardest battles to the strongest soldiers and that if the Creator brings you to a struggle, the Creator will bring you through it. Everything and everyone is put on your path to teach you about yourself and to teach you about life. Spiritual people have a harder physical walk but work to leave a better world for their children, and to earn their passage to the spirit world.
Randy Borisenko thanked Mr. Auger for his spellbinding presentation that left us with much to contemplate.
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