Found in Translation: Channeling Your "Orenda"

Our surroundings energize us. Wherever we are, everything influences us. A breathtaking scene, the ebb and flow of a wave, the sudden strike of sunlight or the pouring rain can arouse all sorts of creative sparks from within. The Iroquois people named this manifestation of feeling “orenda”.

According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, “orenda” is defined as a power designator inherent in objects of nature. Powerful hunters, priests, and shamans have orenda latent within them. This spiritual power of orenda in people is acquired from the environment they feel most at peace and composed with, especially in areas surrounded by nature.

So, how do you channel your “orenda”? Manifest your orenda energy by dancing, or engage in any kind of physical activity in a place where you feel spiritual and at peace. Explore the outdoors, or concentrate meditatively in a quiet empty room or wide open space. Open your arms wide, welcome the force that enters you, and embrace it into you. See how radiant and powerful humans can be? That's orenda!

2018-04-21 #culture