Dogen Wotan Freyja Walking Mountains

Dogen: Wotan Freyja are Walking Mountains and Creeks of Flowing Water

(Part 1: Walking Mountains, Creeks of Flowing Water
  - Paul Manski)

 

Kinnikinnick

"Late May Cascadia

kinnikinnick, violets, blooming

waxing crescent moon

in sidereal Taurus as evening star

conjunction sun and aldebaran 

at sunset rain turned to sleety snow

along smackout creek

walking mountains 

creeks of flowing water

yarrow and northern poleo waking up now"

(Opening by Paul Manski)

Walking Mountains

Mountains and creeks of flowing water right now are the essential things of ancient mountains. Climb the tree yourself to gain the runes, offer blot for our people. They are precious things of the everlasting hills. Each, mountain and creek, is itself complete. We should not be afraid to question, who like an old woman laughs within herself, saying, 'After I am waxed old beyond child birth shall I have pleasure, and expect to drop a child? My husband being old also?', many things are possible with creeks and mountains.

 

         Because mountains and creeks have been created since before the time myth of our people, the blushing red person. Who can blush? Who can smile and walk? They are alive like us, at this moment. These mountains have been perfectly made since before the earth was without form. As such they are redeemed, fertile mountain and creek persons. A mountain or creek does not become less a mountain or creek or change in any way, because we fail to see the mountain or creeks walking. They exist beyond our seeingness like understanding flowing water, drinking, bathing in living flowing water. Offering blot is bathing in ice cold water, like climbing the tree, like walking mountains and streams of living water.

        It was the same with Dogen’s seeing in Sutra of Mountains and waters. Because mountains are high and creeks are low. Mountains and creeks are gathering places and pathways, for the vital spark, so they are exalted. The vital spark in clouds over walking mountains is the all mother and all father cavorting in the heavenly meadow their love falling like rain in springtime. In the same way the 14 meridians of our body flow, so do mountain meridians, canyons and river valley and creeks flow with alder, poleo, sarsaparilla, yarrow, and black cottonwood, with sticky buds and sweet, spicy, bitter balsam leaf. The creek you see lined with black cottonwood, spicy and sticky to the touch, is the same creek flowing in your arms and wrist, in the micro cosmic orbit making flexible your sinews, blood of your blood, bone of your bone and stone of this stone. https://youtube.com/shorts/cHMe0VKxKVA?feature=share

     This way mountains commanded by clouds from above, and the opened doors of heaven is always reached in mountains following the path of the rainbow end to end; Just as northern poleo Mentha Canadensis is true to type and does not adulerate or mix pollen so mountain and creeks remain true to type, giving birth to mountains and creeks by the seed covenant, kind after kind. The acorn does not mix or fruit with cherry and the cherry bark is sweet fragrant and is not bitter like like astringent oak bark. By the inconceivable power of his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down dew. This dew nourishes all within the mountains. We see mountains walking in this way. It shouldn't be surprising if suddenly there comes a sound from heaven freely from the mountains as of a rushing mighty wind, and it fills all freely residing in within the mountains and creeks. Or if like clouds we have pleasure in knowing walking mountains and creeks of flowing water. For the pleasure of knowing and respect and loyalty to our Folk First! people is within your family, inherent in creation.

       We know in the fourth watch of the night Wotan hanging on the tree, went unto them, walking on the sea. The limits of created things like water are fluid like our hearts in knowingness. Didn't the children walk upon dry land in the midst of the sea;? with their long boats led by Lief Erikson coming to Turtle Island, and weren't the waters walls unto them on their right hand, and on their left? 

      So the mountains and creeks of flowing water are like walls on our left and right, pathways flowing, cleared. Within our heart and body there is this same flowingness, The same breath Wotan all-father with all-mother Freyja, breathed into the us of we creating, the blushing person, is still the breath that animates mountains and creeks of flowing water. Many insights are had in these pristine mountains and creeks of flowing water. So too, the range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing therein. Because he searcheth he knows the inner essential quality of every green thing and makes it known to us. What we are knowing is this essential searching. These stone mountains you see in front of your face are always walking; Take a stone, and set it up for a pillar for a boundary being for your people, blood of blood and bone of bone, stone of stone. So you will find stones and pillars in these mountains all around you. And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be our house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the all loyalty and bravery unto thee, the us of we as a people. So when we enter the mountains and creeks of flowing water we enter the house of our people on Turtle Island, the same as our own house with ears, eyes, fingers, tongue and toes. This is the house of walking mountains and flowing creeks. Walking Mountains with abundance gave a white stone rune, and in the rune stone a new name written. The name is the rune understanding behind words. You should be alert for pillars, stones and the name he has written for you while in the province of mountains and flowing creeks.

     Mountains do not lack the nature all-father Wotan and all-mother Freyja together has given mountains. They are in and of in themselves. Mountains and creeks of flowing water are predestined to encounter those entering. The nature he has given mountains and flowing creeks of water is not lost or gained, neither is your own as it is in whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of natural law, the Creator and Creatoress, who worketh all things after the counsel of that natural law governing our people and all things. So we are worked by his counsel informing us all the goings on in creeks and mountain. In that way we enter easily. If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of Wotan Odin that giveth to men liberally who struggle, and upbraideth not the fatherless or motherless building up our people with generosity those loyal to our tribe; and it shall be given to those who sacrifice and struggle for our people. Therefore it is said, I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide in for ever. The house built to dwell in, is here as mountains and creeks. This house is the eco-logy, the earth self study house, of us as tribe and people among walking mountains and streams of living water, one eyed single purpose for wellbeing as above so below, as outside seen as inside cultivated achieved. 

       You should examine in detail this quality of walking on water, or a blind man, when he looked up, and said, ‘I see men as trees, walking.’ Mountains' walking is like human walking, because all things are moving. The Spirit of life moved upon the face of the waters. Accordingly, it makes no sense to doubt mountains' walking even though it does not look the same as human walking. Wotan all-father sendest forth His spirit, we are created: and thou by working together renewest the face of the earth on Turtle Island belonging to us, we as a people. The ancestor Wotan Odin blood of blood, bone of bone, stone of stone words point to breathing walking, which is movement. We say yes to this movement, of fire in stone, For by us, we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also Wotan's all-father offspring. As his offspring are likewise mountains and flowing creeks of water unified in the all-mother Freyja. This is natural law understanding. You should break open these words within mountains and creeks of flowing water and understand their movements are our own and understand accordingly.

May 22, 2020 waxing crescent moon, setting at sunset as an evening star in conjunction with the sun and Aldebaran in sidereal Taurus.
(Part 1: Wotan Freyja Walking Mountains, Creeks of Flowing Water 
- Paul Manski)

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