Long ago a Hopi woman asked Grandmother Medicine Song to consider that all of the plants and animals whose bodies we take for our food, clothing, and shelter leave behind their souls and these souls must be honored. The Hopi perform long and elaborate ceremonies to pacify and respect these souls and the gifts they have given.  While most religions are preoccupied with notions of good and evil, the People are concerned with balance and harmony. They consider evil to be the excesses that disrupt the balance of the relationships in the web of life.

In the oral traditions it is said that long ago we knew the language of the plants and animals.  It was an empathetic and telepathic communication, which we lost when we abused our knowledge, and used it in self-serving ways.  Our greatest hope is that we will finally become fully human and live in ways that honor the interconnectedness of all life for all our relations.

Grandmother asks, are you living in balance and harmony with the web of life?