Written by Maarten Oversier The hidden meaning of 400 years of friendship The Dutch and the Iroquois - beyond historical facts When the Dutch and the Mohawks first met at the east coast of what is now the United States of America in 1613, they entered into an alliance of friendship for ‘as long as the grass grows green, the sky is blue and the rivers flow’. This year, exactly 400 years later, we commemorate their pact, the ‘Two Row Wampum Treaty’. Even at a governmental level this historical fact is acknowledged – as is the fact (to a lesser extent) that we fail to meet the commitments agreed upon in this timeless treaty. 1 However, what is passed over entirely is the deeper message that lies hidden in it. To what extent must the crisis deepen before we start seeing the enormous potential in this old friendship? Quite possibly it holds the key that may help redirect our present society, now caught up in turmoil. Western people associate their identity with political and economical systems that now seem to have become meaningless. Our spiritual development, as a consequence, is still in its infancy. Luckily, a growing number of people start recognizing the fact that indigenous peoples from all corners of the world, by keeping their traditions, culture, knowledge and manners of living alive, may well provide an update for our spiritual poverty. Centuries ago, these civilizations saw in their prophecies and traditions the dawning of our current crisis. What they saw as well, was the need for people in our day and age to revive, as one, the original values in life, society is built. It seems as though all ancient civilizations by joining forces in friendship. In so doing, we may learn possess one part of a giant jigsaw puzzle, a puzzle that to understand the fierce processes of change currently points out to us that earth can’t be ruled by mere causing worldwide disruptions on many levels, and how technology and ratio. Over centuries our intellect has to deal with them. Could it be that our Dutch and Indian developed into a male, dominant ruler whose weapon is ancestors hid a key in an old treaty? A key revealing more the left hemisphere of our brain. He, however, is past his than just anecdotes about trade in beaver hides and peak, although he won’t admit to that lightly. ‘The end of mysterious bead necklaces? the world’ has become a popular phrase for a reason, no matter how over-simplified is has been explained and interpreted. The primeval puzzle As early as the days of Atlantis, people were building The very word ‘calendar’ immediately brings to mind the specifically shaped temples in order to guide cosmic association of a practical division of time. An ordering of energies orbiting planet Earth, and to store universal years, months, weeks and days emanating from a system knowledge for future times. Ages ago, civilizations created dating back to Roman times, when the word ‘calendar’ calendars containing incredibly precise instructions for us, meant ‘cashbook’. Once it becomes clear that the Maya people living in our current age. In different parts of the are in possession of calendars that chart matters far more world traditional medicine associations guarded their extensive, this concept is hard to grasp initially. Old ideas knowledge of healing and ceremony for future turned into convictions and need to be cracked, in order generations, other tribes passed on the knowledge of the to allow for different ways of thinking. Ours is an era that mind, the universe and the dream world through witnesses the massive collapse of old convictions. Our turbulent times. Telepathically ‘The Wise Ones’ were ‘crisis’ appears to be nothing but a turbulent period of connected both with each other and with extraterrestrial pregnancy out of which multiple new perceptions will be intelligences in a way which would embarrass our present born. The mother, sensing this beforehand, shakes off all gsm-network. They created and maintained a screen of lumber and makes way for her yet unborn child, as it won’t energetic fields around the planet, meant to protect be able to grow in a cradle of disruption. against destructive spheres of influence. In other words: Not only the Mayan calendar, also several other they were concerned about the health of Mother Earth’s mystical sources provide us with information that quite aura, as an energetic therapist might do in the case of differs from the information upon which our current human beings. 2 The representatives of these ancient nations – at times key figures from all corners of the world took the plunge referred to as ‘primitive’ by present day intellectuals – and traveled beyond the boundaries of their native soil know how important it is to support Mother Earth lovingly to share their knowledge, symbols, traditions and rituals. in this difficult phase of her evolution. Now more than Also, many reincarnated key figures participate once more. ever, we are living times of immense change. And the And they all serve the same purpose: to rouse people from storm hasn’t calmed down yet. The more pieces of the their players’ fuddle. puzzle we recognize and are able to connect, the sooner the larger picture will reveal itself, showing us clearly the Accidental discoveries? course we need to steer. Particularly during the last decades, all over ‘accidental’ and trendsetting discoveries concerning these keys are Monopoly made. One after the other shocking clue on heaven and In order to escape from the eye of the ‘all-seeing’ earth reveals itself, bringing entirely new insights. Take inquisition, the old Cathars hid their revelations on dark Egyptian pyramids, for instance. In core these structures practices of the mighty Catholic church in symbols and turn out to be immense councilors for mankind, rather secret messages. In doing so, the revelations became than ‘mere’ imposing memorial stones for Egyptian faraos, hints only to be understood by people of a specific level as we were taught in school. Indian dream catchers, often of conscience – the tribes and ancient civilizations didn’t misunderstood entirely, turn out to be wheels of medicine leave their precious clues to be understood easily. Also in containing a source of universal knowledge for everyone our age exist power empires that would rather not have to feed upon. People are more and more aware of the fact the primeval puzzle revealed, and therefore frustrate its that Mother Earth is lavishly covered in plants containing discovery. In order to keep people ignorant in this respect, ‘free’ healing power for every condition. And the beautiful they invented a game that is much like Monopoly. The wampum belts, symbolic bead belts of Canadian and game board is the earthly stage; its human inhabitants are American Iroquoian people, contain keys as well. It’s the players. Now that players are sufficiently entangled in buying, selling, debt and wealth and have by now fully and implicitly internalized the rules of the game, no-one realizes anymore that in fact they have fallen victim to the inventors of the game. Everyone has become dependent on the bank and with that, the goal is achieved. The inventors of the game are happy as long as everyone takes part in their game, and slowly they shrewdly adjust the rules, sending the players ‘back to start’ on a regular basis, and keeping them imprisoned in the game. However, behind this game of Monopoly hides a whole different truth. And now is the time to discover it. Keys and key figures The clues handed to us by the ancient tribes are like keys to open spheres of experience making manifest the farce of the game. The so-called wisdom keepers, key figures in indigenous peoples, know this. For the purpose of the survival of mankind they were entrusted with the responsibility to guard over the original knowledge on life. Now that the world is under threat of reaching a deadlock by extreme quantities of rules (shrewdly replaced by laws), patents, restrictions and penalties, now that the Earth is exhausted and people are tired of the game, wisdom keepers present their knowledge. Over the past decades, 3 about time we Dutch strengthen the friendly ties with the one for each important, meaningful event. Wampum belts Iroquois and do our part in making the treaty vital and are seen as sacred power objects. They are keys in the dynamic once more. communication with ancestors and future generations – provided they are treated justly. The belts are made of beads of clam shell (wampum), which are said to contain Some thoughts on spirituality energetic powers that ‘remember the essential’. They Modern man – please, let it be ‘old fashioned’ soon – provide a communication platform between generations focuses on intellect and mental satisfaction. His is the not restricted by death. The seemingly simple symbols assumption that wisdom is gathered by sufficiently contain life values and lessons, and represent timeless studying matters intensively and repeatedly. He assumes information gathered over generations, preserved and the same applies to spirituality, which in his eyes is just guaranteed in its purest form. Because of this transmission another area of expertise to be ‘understood’. However, of the essence there is no need to re-invent the wheel time spirituality is a world of experience that can’t be truly and time again – knowledge may be used as a leg up to understood by merely defining it mentally. No matter to new incarnations. Currently chiefs bear the responsibility what lengths one might go to try and explain the taste of to translate the old messages to the present time.