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Manyhorses (Frank J. Austin)
Where I Come From
People ask me: "Where did you get the wisdom?"
I tell them my Grandmother and Grandfather were both shamans. They raised me right from birth. We come from a long line of shamans -
we were born this way. I was born of Witsuwiten ancestry in the Bulkley Skeena region of North Western British Columbia, Canada.
I Remember Before I Was Born
I remember where I come from. We played like children and there were many nations on the other side. I could see the four colours. We were Orientals, we were First Nations; there were Blacks, there were Whites. We were all one people. In that place of love, we were one with everything. Peace and unity: that's all that exists here.
In that place, before I was born, I was looking at Mother Earth. I was watching explosions happening. We didn't really understand what was going on with Mother Earth. Then a voice behind me said: "You have a choice. You can stay up here and watch Mother Earth go through these changes, or you can go down and help." I remember turning to my right and saying "I'll go down and help." The next thing I know I'm standing at the end of a tunnel. The instruction that was given to me was to come down, learn all the information and help people. "Take care of this body. Keep it clean." I said: "OK", and as soon as all the planets lined up, I went down.
I Remember When I Was Born
I saw myself going down towards Mother Earth, I saw the top of the trees, and I entered a child. It was warm, just like getting into a hot tub! And I looked at my Grandparents, and they said "Hey! He's awake!" I began to tell them why I came down, and the instructions to help mankind.
I remember a lot of things after being born: being looked after; being nourished; wearing moss diapers. Two weeks after I was born my Grandmother and Grandfather said: "He's old enough now." We lived out in the bush and we lived off the land, and the only way we could eat, was to eat what nature gave. My Grandmother took me on the trail.
My Grandparents Raised Me
I remember walking the trail with my grandparents on the trap line, and they talked and taught me the old ways. I heard the animals and the trees and all voices became one. I could see the auras of the trees. Everything that was created by the Creator has an aura. And the animals and the birds - I could hear all their languages. They all understood each other. They taught me through animals to observe behaviours, to know how to help, because we are all different. The animals all have families like we do. We must pray for them. When I tuned to the earth, nothing could take that away.
They taught me Absolute Truth. Absolute Truth takes you to the place where all is wisdom. And when you come to that place where all is wisdom, there is no criticism, no judgment - just total understanding. In that place of Absolute Wisdom, you realize that all is energy. Thought forms are energy. How you express yourself is energy.
When I was four years old, my Grandma said: "You're old enough to know now. We knew you were coming before you were born."
She taught me at night when I went to sleep with stories, and I would wake up with stories. I was Grandmother's right hip. I watched healing ceremonies. Grandmother said: "Watch. One day you'll be helping and healing the same way, so watch."
She would ask me: "What are you doing?" I told her: "I'm making something." She would say: "I'll wait till you're finished, then you tell me a story about what you've created." Grandmother never told me I'd done it wrong, but she would tell me a story about how to do it another way. "There's always another way."
I grew up with that wisdom on a daily basis. With stories, and on the trail. From birth, my Grandparents performed many ceremonies on me as I grew.
When It Was Time To Leave
When I was fifteen, Grandma walked me out the door and pointed her finger to the East. She made a big circle. "That is you. We've given you all the wisdom. Take it to all people - to all the colours of the four nations. I walked away, and worked and traveled for ten years.
At 25, I met a beautiful woman, and I spoke to her of the old ways. She said "That sounds good - let's see you walk your talk." I had a flattened ego, but I said: "I will walk this talk from this day forward." From that day forward I became all that was out there. I honour my wife for puncturing my ego. As along as you have no ego, and are one with all things, you are invisible.
The First Time I Died
Later on, a woman came to me with a message from my Grandparents who had passed over many years before. She told me she had known me when I was a little baby and that I died. My Grandmother tried to revive me. My Aunt tried to revive me. They couldn't. My Grandfather sat back and smoked his pipe. Then he picked me up, raised me with both hands into the air, and he said: "If this child lives, he will be a great man." Then he put me back down. That was the first passing that I experienced.
Another Time I Died
Just after my son was born, I said to my wife: "Something's wrong with me." She called the ambulance, but it took 45 minutes to show up. I remember leaving my body and going to the other side. There was a beautiful woman of pure white light standing there. She called me to her and she gifted me so I could help people. I went into her, and she connected me with a wall of books. The energy of that wall poured into me. Then she said: "Now you can go back." I remember coming out of her, and going back in the tunnel and back in my body. I took a deep breath, and I was in the ambulance. I slept for two days in the ICU. Since then I've experienced a lot of apparitions. I have passed four times.
Visions
When I went into vision, I saw myself on a cross. There was thunder and lightning. People were praying and crying. I felt a spear on my left side. I felt the nails come out of my hands and feet. A big man put my body on a cold slab and wrapped me in a cold cloth. They asked "Are you dead yet?" I said: "No - I have too much work to do. " I could see candles. I heard a whisper to take me to a sacred place where I would revive.
When I came out of care, I came out of vision. I had no more pain, but I carry a cross on both hands. I had stigmata for three years.
Energy Gifts of The Creator
Energy was gifted to me by the Creator, the Thunder Beings. Turquoise blue energy shot all over me.
Mother Mary told me to put my hands through a vision of a pyramid/ball of energy. Since then, I can heal with my hands.
I was examined and told who I was. It took years to accept. I asked myself: "If this is who I am, why did I go through so much abuse in my life (psychological, physical, sexual, racism, neglect, nepotism, sickness)?" I learned it was important for me to go through that so I can help my brothers and sisters go through the same thing.
Spirit name
I saw an apparition: a big ball of white light showed up. In our tradition, Spirit is the one that gives us a spirit name. "For the work you do, you will be known as "Manyhorses". I turned into an eagle and flew down the river. I came back, and I was given a song that went with the name. From that day, I have been known as Manyhorses. I have dedicated my life to fulfilling the instructions I was given before I was born. We are finding each other and helping each other into the sacred circle. A song was also given.
This is how I came to this.
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