The Humility of a Pure Heart – A Hopi Allegory
After the Hopi emerged into this world and before Masau, the caretaker of this world, sent them on their migration to work out their two-heartedness, Masau said that Kokyong-Wukti (Spider Old Woman) wanted to speak to them.
Kokyong-Wukti appeared and said that she wanted to provide them with a gift, a food that would nurture and support them on their journey, to see them through trials, to assist them as they met the challenges of working out their two-heartedness. (Two-heartedness is the misuse of free will, using free will to create separation.)
She asked all the clan leaders to come forward and she manifested a large pile of dried corn, corn of every color, size and shape: big ones, golden ones, skinny ones, green ones, etc. She then asked each clan leader to come forward and to select one ear which could be grown out to feed his/her clan throughout the Migration Time. (To the Hopi, the rest of us are just Hopi who have not completed our migration — working out our two-heartedness.)
Each clan leader came forth and selected an ear of corn. The big ones and the bright ones were taken first in a bit of a clamor. A small man stood quietly and calmly waiting…. After the rush, there was one scrawny ear left and the quiet man came forward and picked it up and returned to his place in the circle.
Kokyong-Wukti said to him, observing his calm and the cherishing way in which he held his ear of corn, “Little Brother, why did you wait so long to get your ear of corn?”
He replied, “Grandmother, didn’t you say you created all of this corn?”
Kokyong–Wukti said, “Yes, this is true.”
The little man said to her, “Well, then. I could wait. Anything made by you would be a grand blessing for my people.”
She said to him, “There is a reward to you for your peaceful ways. This little ear is the grandmother of all the others and has the power to grow and learn to prosper in any environment. Your way will be easier on your migration path because of this. Your peacefulness and trust of life has brought this to you.”
Kokyong-Wukti turned to all those in the circle and said, “Here is a True Hopi. Honor him. Learn from him. He can model for you the One-Hearted way that marks the end of your wandering in this world and your return to Navoti (all things in heaven and earth in harmony and balance). If you are wise, you will allow his ways to guide you on your migration.”
With this, she returned herself to her home in the Realms of Light
Thank You Linda Masterson for this find
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