Mitakuye Oyasin ~ The Prayer

Aho Mitakuye Oyasin….All my relations

I honor you in this circle of life with me today. I am grateful for this opportunity to acknowledge you in this prayer….
To the Creator, for the ultimate gift of life, I thank you
To the mineral nation that has built and maintained my bones and all foundations of life experience, I thank you
To the plant nation that sustains my organs and body and gives me healing herbs for sickness, I thank you
To the animal nation that feeds me from your own flesh and offers your loyal companionship in this walk of life, I thank you
To the human nation that shares my path as a soul upon the sacred wheel of Earthly life, I thank you
To the Spirit nation that guides me invisibly through the ups and downs of life and for carrying the torch of light through the Ages, I thank you
To the Four Winds of Change and Growth, I thank you
You are all my relations, my relatives, without whom I would not live
We are in the circle of life together, co-existing, co-dependent, co-creating our destiny
One, not more important than the other
One nation evolving from the other and yet each dependent upon the one above and the one below
All of us a part of the Great Mystery
Thank you for this Life.

~ Lakota Sioux Prayer