- tokiwa -

Friends and Family

People who I care and am cared.

Communities where I belong.

I am grateful to experience this precious time with you.

I am grateful to share love with you.

Thank you so much, and I love you.

 

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The Ancestors

I honor Ancestors who walked before us.

Thank you for relaying our unique lineages.

I honor and respect your ways and choices.

I thank you for your guidance which let us walk on our paths.

Ancestors, please keep weaving the life with us

and guide us to express our souls fully and freely.

I honor and respect you, and I love you.

 

The Earth

I honor the spirit of the mother Earth;

Thank you for giving birth of life.

Thank you for the nutrition.

Thank you for your unconditional love.

I love your colors.

I love your seasons.

I love your sounds.

I honor and respect you, and I love you, deeply.

 

 

The Elements

I honor the spirit of elements.

 

Spirit of the Fire

who fearlessly transforms the old

who selflessly offers the warmth

with joy and full expression

I bow to your strength and will.

 

Spirit of the Earth

who nourishes and holds

who transforms everything into new

I bow to your stability and care.

 

Spirit of the Metal

who regulates and transforms

who cuts and changes with the divine justice

The source of the gravity

I bow to your clarity and beauty.

 

Spirit of the Water

who is soft and flexible yet hard and strong

who heals and resolves

I bow to your depth and compassion.

 

Spirit of the Wood

Who creates and emerges

Who expresses the life/birth

With unconditional love and grace.

I bow to your dynamic unique expressions.

 

Spirit of the elements,

I thank you for your intelligence and wisdom.

I fell in love with your beautiful alchemies.

I honor and respect you, and I love you.

 

 

The Animals

I honor the spirit of animals;

Who know how to live in harmony with the nature.

Who know how to be with the Earth with the wisdom.

Who always find ways to live.

Who sense deeply.

Who love unconditionally.

I thank you for your strength.

I honor and respect you, and love you.

 

 

The Guides and Guardians

I honor the ones who guide and protect us from the beginning of our existence.

I thank you for walking with us quietly.

I thank you for your incredible patient.

I thank you for your deep unconditional love.

I honor and respect you, and I love you.

 

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The Little People

I honor the little people of the Earth.

Who are ancient.

Who are kind and honest.

Who know joy and speak truth.

Who are master of creation.

Who shine lights all over us.

I thank you for your medicine.

I thank you for your teachings.

I honor and respect you, and I love you.

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The Lineages 

I honor the lineages which I connected to through this lifetime.

Japanese traditions; Animism, Shintoism, Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism.

Mountain beings.

Elemental beings. 

Whales and Cherry blossoms.

Dragons and Mt. Fuji.

Little People.

Shan Ren Dao and Jin Jing gong tradition.

Classic Chinese Medicine.

It is my honor to remember you.

You are my life time teachers.

I respect you and love you.

 

 

The Life

I honor the life.

A spark of the light.

A drop of the essence of the universe.

Creativity.

Warmth, unity, and love.

I respect you and I protect you.

 

 

The One

You are all, all is you.

Love.

Light.

Infinite, One.

 

 

The ones who aligned with the Dao/Universe/Light/Love/One,

please protect and support humanity with your love and compassion.

May the love and medicine grow.

May the healing come through each of us.

 

with respect for the seen and the unseen world,

Kyoko Kato