(17) DREAMS OF THE CHILDREN OF TIME

On an ancient shore a human child found an ancient turtle shell. Counting on its fingers and toes, human counted thirteen scales. Looking up at the moon, the human child wondered.

Deep within an ancient forest a human child found an ancient tree trunk split in half. Gazing at the tree rings the human child counted. The tree had many more rings than the human had fingers and toes. The human child looked up at the tower trees above and wondered.

To one human child, magic spirit turtle appeared in a dream. Magic spirit turtle said to the dreaming human child:

O child of time
time is in your body as the turtle that flows
moon is in your body as the time that knows
look inside the moon and tell me what you see

In her dream body, the dreaming human child went to the place of the moon. There she saw the thirteen moon lodges all pure and round in a great shining sky circle. In each moon lodge she saw the spirit animal guardian for that lodge. It seemed like each of the moon lodge spirit animals said something to the human child, each animal spoke a word of power. Then, when she arrived at the thirteenth lodge, magic spirit turtle had the young child come all the way in.

The child was now in the cosmic moon lodge with the original spirit turtle. The original spirit turtle filled the child with intense love. In the love was an intense knowing. The power of thirteen showed itself in many marvelous ways, from the spinning energy of the Hunab Ku to woman's own moon time. The child was filled with happiness until it overflowed.

In the morning when she woke from her dream, the child had a new determination. She called herself 'magic turtle spirit woman.' She would become a woman of knowledge and power. She would carry the knowledge of turtle with her and share it with others. She knew: turtle is good, turtle is medicine. Turtle is my guide. Now I can be whole and help the others know their way.

Such was to be the way of the magic turtle spirit people. They communicated with turtle in their dreams and wherever turtle was found in the lakes and streams. The magic turtle spirit people know the power of turtle's message. They knew that with the magic turtle power they could hold their place in the great biosphere.

To continue the dream knowing through later generations of humans, the magic spirit turtle organized the turtle people into a federation of thirteen clans. The purpose of these clans was to keep alive all of the spirit knowledge of turtle, time, and the thirteen moon lodges.

To the other human child, magic spirit tree appeared in a dream. Magic spirit tree said to the dreaming human child:

O human child
time is in your mind as the tree that knows
tree is in your body as the time that flows
look inside your body tree and tell me what you see

In his dream body, the human child looked inside himself. His body was transparent and full of light. Inside of it was something like a tree. The bones of his spine, ribs, arms and legs were made of something tree-like, but fiery and not like anything the dreamer ever saw. When he went to look at one of his bones, it became like a tree trunk. The rings counted themselves in groups of five. The dreamer saw that four groups of five made 20, like the five fingers and toes in each of his hands and feet. Each hand was five, each foot was five.

When he understood this in the dream, it was like a great drum beating in the sky, beating five, ten, fifteen, 20 times. Each time the beating went 20 counts, more drums joined in the beating of time. The beating of time became so intense that everything in the dream turned radiant and flame like. Everywhere the dreamer looked through his dream body eyes. The forests and the heavens alike were alive with talking flames that told the dreamer many things, yet the forest did not burn.

When the dreaming child awoke from the dream, he was alive and filled with radiant power. He called himself 'magic tree spirit man.' He would become a man of knowledge and power. He would carry the knowledge of tree and the sacred 20 count with him and share it with others. He knew: tree is good, tree is medicine. Tree is my guide. Now I can be whole and help the others know their way.

Such was to be the way of the magic tree spirit people. They communicated with tree in their dreams and wherever tree was found in great forests and groves near all the lakes and streams. The magic tree spirit people knew the power of tree's message. They knew that with the magic tree power they could hold their place in the great biosphere. They could bring spirit and knowing to the biosphere.

To continue the dream knowing through later generations of humans, the magic spirit tree organized the tree people into a league of 20 tribes. The purpose of the 20 tribes of the league of the tree was to keep alive all of the spirit knowledge of tree, time, and the sacred 20 count, the power of the sun.

In this way, your mother Earth, did her best. The federation of the turtle would keep moon turtle's sacred thirteen count. The league of the tree would keep sun tree's sacred 20 count. The knowledge of time would be kept as a sacred memory in the human child. With the federation of the turtle and the league of the tree humans might stay on course.

Through the federation of the turtle and the league of the tree, human might endure long enough to help the biosphere recycle itself at the end of the time of the becoming. If the last generation of human children survives the end of the time of the becoming and creates the unity of time, then my biosphere will finally be complete. But his is your story to finish, last generation child of the last generation of my children. See how you will dream the story of time to its next round.

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