18:15 “On the spiritual path, you must be willing to compromise your lifestyle to accommodate your spiritual path but you must NOT be willing to compromise your spiritual path to accommodate your lifestyle.” Thank you 🙏
The harmony I seek is bodily, my body wasn't made for all the pollution on this planet, developed many illness. And the saying is true, with much knowledge comes much sorrow. Strong in spirit, weak in flesh, I do the best I can. Thank you. Aho'
The part on depression is so good. I went thru it and I decided after 10 years I had enough. People worse off than me saw the light and it also gave me strength.
Wow. I am part Cherokee Indian. This is the first lecture I’ve heard from a wise Indian person. I am floored. Absolutely floored. The origins of my family line started on shaky grounds with this side of my lineage. It is good, at 50, to finally come home. Thank you, Sir. May you find peace and joy in even the small things. Love, Tara Ann Pruett
The story about depression and it following your rules was so insightful for me. That really clicked something into place. Such an inspiring story from this man!
This is so amazing, thank you for the reminder. I think this modern way of life also contributes to depression, I wish I could live more connected to nature in good community.
You can choose to be connected to Nature-- find a tree in your neighborhood park. It can be in a box on the street, it doesn't have to be in the forest. Visit your tree as often as you can. If it is within walking distance, all the better. Take a little walk, pause at your tree. Speak to the tree (in your mind, the tree hears you) Ask the tree to help you be grounded as it is, roots deep in the Earth, branches reaching to the sky. Take time to listen to the tree, You may not hear words (at first) but feel the connection you have to trees, plants, Mother Earth. This feeling of connection and a true tangible connection comes with your intention. Set the intention to be connected, aware, open to the gifts and guidance of Nature. It is there for you. Open to it with your Intention. All the same goes for community. Set the intention to find the people who nurture you, the comunity doing heart centered work. Maybe there is volunteer work that calls to you; those people may be folks you can build community with. Don't look for them in the bars. Choose positive activities, outside, in a gym, in a food pantry, where might "your" people be? go find them, Best wishes. Know there is unconditional love streaming to you. Open to receive it. You are worthy.
This is what I've found while meditating on the Bible and my life. God said he didn't give us a spirit of fear. I literally see all feelings as spirits. Depression is just an evil spirit that pushes away Joy, happiness, confidence and fulfillment. I no longer welcome depression. It no longer holds power over me. I see it and let it move past me now. Not in or through me. I no longer have the spirit of anxiety either. No more attacks! Amen for healing 🙏🏾
My grandmother was so ashamed to be native, she cut and dyed her, she turned to Christianity, taught nothing but white teachings, and never would talk of what tribe she her family came from. The church has hurt me so deeply and I feel so disconnected from a part of myself. Thank you for sharing your wisdom.
what I would give to live with these elders, to be taught the truth of living in peace with mother earth, with all my relations and ancestors. The drum became my heart beat from the moment I sat in the circle. Thank you so much to all my distant Native family for helping me walk the Red Road via the internet...
This is one of the channels that gave me the courage to start my TH-cam channel 8 months ago about self development. Now I have 935 subs and > 800 hours of watch time. I know it’s not comparable with others but I’m still proud I started because I’ve been learning so many lessons that I could haven’t learned without getting started in the 1st place.
@@saludosalsol Whoever you are, I don't know you personally but I can say that you're one of the non-judgmental and open-minded people who is not fixated on tangible or external factors in order to learn from someone like me. Just because someone doesn't have a piece of paper as a credential, doesn't mean that person is not entitled to share personal experiences with the hope & intention to inspire others. Keep up with whatever it is that you're doing to improve mankind or improving your life even to a slight degree each day. This is just one part of a bigger puzzle for creating my TH-cam channel about holistic health. I literally could have died back when I was 14 years old due to major depression but here I am right now replying to you, a TH-camr, who's full of fulfillment and dedication to help others to be a better version of themselves. I ain't better than anyone else but my old self. That's all that really makes this TH-cam thing more meaningful and enjoyable. Thanks so much for your support! I am hoping that you can join me with this endless personal development journey! :)
Thank you for this great wisdom. I dreamt of my children’s grandmother last night, she died many years ago, she was native. She stood by my adult daughter who I am worried about. I asked her to talk to her because she won’t talk to me. I felt her point at psychology and ceremony. I woke up and turned on my phone, this video was suggested at the top of the feed. Maybe spirit is affecting algorithms. ❤️☺️🎶
I know Spirit impacts everything. I, too, have been gifted several times with the perfect message on my phone in response to prayers to Spirit. Love, Peace & Blessings in Absolute Abundance to All! ✨💖✨
Buddhism supports everything you said. Not accepting change causes discomfort. Change isn't painful, resentment of change is what's painful. Once we accept the change there is no pain. I'm Northern Scottish but my Tribe is Humanity!
I'm American Scots-Irish. It's super cool to see you wrote something similar as I did above about Thich Nhat Hanh welcoming feelings as they come in the door. I feel that my tribe is Humanity too.
The way he described depression that’s how I felt with depression, depression can get dark but I didn’t want depression to take over me any more. I did the inner work , therapy and the support of my family and myself I got through it ❤
I have been battling depression for most of my life and this story has helped me gain a new perspective. I am of Mexican oodlinr and have always resonated and felt at home with Native American teachings . Thank you for sharing your stories with us
@AryAyala, depression has many causes. The good place to start is to heal your gut & to eat quality food, remove toxins from your skin, home, water, as much as you can. Manage your interactons with toxic people. After all that, dealing with childhood & life trauma should help. Kick it naturally has some short useful videos how to go about it. Check on methylation & genetic changes too to figure out what your body needs as support. Watch videos by Dr Ramani & The Little Shaman to figure out toxic people & how to stay away & set boundaries. I wish you healing. Hugs.
I do relate. I respect and admire your courage to continue the battle and to seek inspiration like from this wise, inspiring Elder. He is so beautifully and gracefully articulate!
This is so beautiful. I am a therapist & im visiting Joshua Tree right as I type. Everything you are saying resonates with me so much as an AA. I came here for quiet and the silence with the earth has been a gift. 11:49 This is a serious obstacle & I’m grateful for your voice on this
I had depressions 3 times before i accepted that i will have them off and on for my whole lifetime. And that it's not a shame to have them. Stay safe out there!
And I also love the emptying the cup thing: One of the strongest qualities I’ve acquired through all this highly introspective and intuitive healing is to empty out the “eye for an eye” resentment belief. There is an abundance of healing when patterns are stopped and hurt meets you, and in your kind of words, you say “Hello. I see your hurt and I won’t be like you.” ❤
I am not even 10 minutes in and am so relieved to hear Vernon Foster talk about stopping "digging up" our ancestors and live the happy life they wished to live. This is logical music to my ears. I understand momentum is at play for all humans and our ancestral trauma, however I also know we have the tools to steer our lives in the direction we want. I appreciate you Vernon Foster.
I just recent year found ou that my paternal grandparents were Apache. That my maternal grand mother was purpeche. I understand why they never shared this. They were protecting their children and family. They held their families together. I am 62. It has lead to awakening. Thank you for sharing your story.
I’m not sure if it’s the lack of sleep or… everything. But the depression bit made me cry this is amazing. He explained it so well and I’m happy I watched this. I’m trying to learn more about my roots and I love this new chapter for me. Thank you for sharing.
I am really impressed BY the USAGE OF WORDS = like when the depression did "knock on the door" he was NOT kicked out (western medezin way) BUT invited in ON TERMS of the owner of the house. LOVED IT..THANK U wise human on the other side of the Atlantic!
I was called to this video today after doing a Somatic Release breathwork Ceremony online in my spiritual growth group. I saw a Native American Indian’s face calling me ... come, come here and follow me. I was instructed to collect feathers and howl my heart out with the wolves. Afterwards I was so astonished, as I am working with a Shaman Healer in the UK, preparing to do his course to become a Shaman. The synchronicities are breath-taking and so was this video. I too am called to help others heal who struggle with addiction, depression and various other emotional traumas ... having experienced them all myself. This is my Purpose and I’m so grateful for the confirmation received whilst watching this video. Thank you 🙏🏻💛🌟
Great teachings of a great man. A man's greatness is always gauged by the wisdom he keeps. Again, this is a great man of high virtue, and he is blessing us with the wisdom he keeps. May I thank you, wise one, for sharing this with us for our benefit, and may we share the goodness to others that require it. One other thing that I wish to add, for those dealing with depression, listen intently from 11:40 to about 16:45, that is wisdom. I thank those who have come before for keeping this knowledge and those that will come for the preservation of this knowledge. May we come together and recognize our brothers and sisters in each other. Blessings for all who have wisdom and share it and to those who receive it to be shared with others. Hope and Believe. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊.
Oh sweet creator thank you for placing this man in my path today. I always find how much you love me when I'm in it, trying to find a way and you just lay things like this in my way. I love you all keep going on this beautiful journey allow and just keep loving. Thank you Vernon I appreciate this so tremendously it will change my life forever.
I feel exactly the same way. It’s usually the feeling that affects us. I feel as if my heart cannot take any more. It’s very out of control and I’m having lots of palpitations. Which is scary. How can I heal my life. What is happening in this world? Addiction and mental health everywhere. Depression is powerful and awful. Thanks for sharing.....🦅
@@AG-hx6qn B 12 R NOTHIN ELSE THA MAN HAS MADE IN A LABORATORY CAN NATURALLY HEAL EU MENTALLY PHYSCIALLY R SPHERE-UALLY if it has a Label on it ur setting ur self up. Only NATURE. MOTHER NATURE CAN HEAL EU SHOW EU tEACH EU
Thank your Vernon Foster for sharing your beautiful and important story of your sacred connection and empowerment into the creation of the Native American Indian Movement and then going beyond. We are learning all needing to align with your traditions and life’s wisdom. Understanding the core heart-centered Native Indigenous cultural sacred history of healing and the release of the 7th generational trauma, pain and suffering will transform our Earth in the light, love and compassionate joy. Thank you for sharing heart-centered, spiritually intuitive healing with the world. You’re a great Healer, a truthful blessing of personal transformation and then sharing the path to healing with others. Thank you.🙏🏼🔥🌎☮️🌍💟🌏🌈🌟
Thank you for your love and compassion. Edit: Your perspective on depression is so touching. I have been taught for so long that I should never feel badly, that if I do then it is because I am choosing to be in pain and to hurt others with that pain. That I was actually rejecting myself never occurred to me.
My angel she tod me so many wonderful stories Chanza miss you..my favorite box of all The Wind is My Mother Bear ♥..thank you so much enjoyed your video!
I’ve continued thinking more about the cup thing: A present moment expansion of that concept can apply to our day-to-day life. As healers, we also want to stop the pattern of “hurt people hurt people” in our day-to-day life, not just in our bloodline/ancestry. I’m raising my own personal awareness so when something or someone in my day fills my cup with gunk, I consciously work to empty it and refill my own cup with my own love so as not to pass that gunk around ❤ And also, spread kindness. Kindness continues to be very important.
I didn’t expect to cry. The ending got to me. I am not very emotional and we don’t have talks about depression in my family because they don’t believe in it. They just call it laziness.
Wow! Such a shame to call it "laziness".That's why a lot of people don't care at all. Depression is no joke and it's real. Been suffering from it 2014. The only reason why "make myself depart from this world" is because the christian church kept saying...well that the person would end up in the place opposite of heaven. And of course, I have quit christianity. That religion proves that jesus or god only care about themselves.
I walked the lands of Oregon many times, along the rivers and the trees and the energy, the life force of the ground seemed palpable, the manifestation of energy into form. I often felt like I sensed the presence of all the peoples who walked there before me. Oregon awoke my spirit into the world for the first time when I was just a child. I became conscious of all life and myself a part of it all. I can not even conceive of who I would be now without such a beautiful place.
Thank you for infiltrating the broken-from-the-start system and getting everyone out in nature, connecting with their hearts, and the rhythm of the natural world ❤
As a white American man with indigenous blood, I have been thinking and feeling these same exact things. Thank you for taking these concepts and applying them to reality so well.
Thank you so much, Mr. Foster! These insights you shared have helped me to gain a new perspective in terms of lifelong depression (24 years). Not even therapy & conventional medicine have done that. These little storys and anecdotes are more helpful for some people who need metaphors and visual language instead of chemicals and an analytical approach. Native healing targets much more the right brain hemisphere, as I understand. The humane warmth and loving personal attention of the healer is a very underrated factor, too. Much love to all of the native people worldwide. ❤
What love and wisdom 🙏❤️ The understanding of the Great Love that created everything in native cultures all over the world is astounding! I feel it, resonate with your beautiful message. I am grateful. Listening to this teaching is a wonderful way to start the day ❤🙏
I was an angry young man. I felt very isolated. My light was covered by the generations before me. But the worst degradations are what I did to myself. Coming to terms with what I, and my ancestors, have done was difficult but so beautiful. The light is always shining 🌟 I hope who ever reads this is filled with peace. All problems are solved through awareness
Thank you Vernon for your unique insight into your experience with depression both my brother and I have been living with this from a early time due to darkness in our home having witnessed things that should never be experienced by children of 5-6 yrs old and now in our 60’s still the darkness continues to be present in our everyday. Fast fwd listening to your story with addressing depression and seeing depression as a visitor Wow what a concept I immediately shared your video with my brother who is more than 8 thousand miles away in Australia and was excited to share Thank you so much much Love & Respect
Golden teaching ✨ this aligns with Thich Nhat Hanhs teaching. When TNH says be with your feelings. If you feel anxious say “hello, anxiety, let’s enjoy a cup of tea together”. Beyond grateful for the elders wisdom. 💛
This gracious elder's 20 minutes of wisdom and life experience can knock out a millenium of therapy, addiction, and grief for so many people. Truly thankful!❤ I pray for more of these gold nuggets to treasure in heart. As with God, nothing is wasted - He uses it all for glory - Light!
“Emptying the bucket”. I love this so much. I am a part of mixed indigenous peoples in the Philippines and there’s inherited trauma from colonialism and from modern problems as well. I don’t plan on having kids because of the inherited trauma and dilemmas, mainly because I don’t want to pass them on.
THANK Y O U.... I've come to similar conclusion, n solutions... it is sooooo refreshing to hear n meet you, saying similar things... i wasnt born native american in this body, but was one in many past lives, n have a native american spirit working in me, as one of my first teachers, who is a powerful healer too. He has been with me for over 38 years or longer, teaching me certain things that native ppl have forgotten, intuitively. He is a most precious man/spirit i know. Ho...
Thank you for helping us understand more grandfather. these teachings are very heartfelt,you're a blessing to those that take time to listen and focus. You explain things well!!!!
"Depression, you are welcome in my home but you're going to abide by my rules." That's powerful ❤
Life changing
That’s why the wise and kind elders are beyond precious, a great blessing.
Your thoughts?😮😢😅❤
Someone like him? Always 😊
You are soooo right Amen 🙏 hallelujah !!!!!! For that. Godbless
SO valuable indeed ❤
Blessed are the seekers of truth and wisdom. 🦅
18:15 “On the spiritual path, you must be willing to compromise your lifestyle to accommodate your spiritual path but you must NOT be willing to compromise your spiritual path to accommodate your lifestyle.” Thank you 🙏
Done that for too long...
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The harmony I seek is bodily, my body wasn't made for all the pollution on this planet, developed many illness. And the saying is true, with much knowledge comes much sorrow. Strong in spirit, weak in flesh, I do the best I can. Thank you. Aho'
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That only works for the resourceful.
The part on depression is so good. I went thru it and I decided after 10 years I had enough. People worse off than me saw the light and it also gave me strength.
I am glad you are doing better. Stay stong💪🏽
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yes the way he tells the story is just wonderful!
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Hope you will find peace ❤
Wow. I am part Cherokee Indian. This is the first lecture I’ve heard from a wise Indian person. I am floored. Absolutely floored. The origins of my family line started on shaky grounds with this side of my lineage. It is good, at 50, to finally come home. Thank you, Sir. May you find peace and joy in even the small things.
Love,
Tara Ann Pruett
I'm also 50 and also part Cherokee. Welcome home.
@@travellingcats1047 thank you. Your message is felt deeply. ❤️Best wishes to you today and always.
Same, but I'm 40, I connect so deeply, I cannot help but come home🌱
@@itsinurhead I get it. ❤️
I’m 53, Cherokee Heyoka✌🏼
The story about depression and it following your rules was so insightful for me. That really clicked something into place. Such an inspiring story from this man!
This is so amazing, thank you for the reminder. I think this modern way of life also contributes to depression, I wish I could live more connected to nature in good community.
You can choose to be connected to Nature-- find a tree in your neighborhood park. It can be in a box on the street, it doesn't have to be in the forest. Visit your tree as often as you can. If it is within walking distance, all the better. Take a little walk, pause at your tree. Speak to the tree (in your mind, the tree hears you) Ask the tree to help you be grounded as it is, roots deep in the Earth, branches reaching to the sky. Take time to listen to the tree, You may not hear words (at first) but feel the connection you have to trees, plants, Mother Earth. This feeling of connection and a true tangible connection comes with your intention. Set the intention to be connected, aware, open to the gifts and guidance of Nature. It is there for you. Open to it with your Intention. All the same goes for community. Set the intention to find the people who nurture you, the comunity doing heart centered work. Maybe there is volunteer work that calls to you; those people may be folks you can build community with. Don't look for them in the bars. Choose positive activities, outside, in a gym, in a food pantry, where might "your" people be? go find them, Best wishes. Know there is unconditional love streaming to you. Open to receive it. You are worthy.
@@user-zz4uc7lu4m thanks for taking the time to write this
@@user-zz4uc7lu4m❤ Very nice. Thank you.
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Just begin. Get into a park, Forest ocean and don't take a cell phone. Be quiet and listen to the wind and birds see the sky smell the air etc
This is what I've found while meditating on the Bible and my life. God said he didn't give us a spirit of fear. I literally see all feelings as spirits. Depression is just an evil spirit that pushes away Joy, happiness, confidence and fulfillment. I no longer welcome depression. It no longer holds power over me. I see it and let it move past me now. Not in or through me. I no longer have the spirit of anxiety either. No more attacks! Amen for healing 🙏🏾
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Neat idea of seeing a really strong emotion or character as a possession of spirit.
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@@te9591it's the parasites in our body.
My grandmother was so ashamed to be native, she cut and dyed her, she turned to Christianity, taught nothing but white teachings, and never would talk of what tribe she her family came from. The church has hurt me so deeply and I feel so disconnected from a part of myself. Thank you for sharing your wisdom.
what I would give to live with these elders, to be taught the truth of living in peace with mother earth, with all my relations and ancestors. The drum became my heart beat from the moment I sat in the circle. Thank you so much to all my distant Native family for helping me walk the Red Road via the internet...
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This is one of the channels that gave me the courage to start my TH-cam channel 8 months ago about self development. Now I have 935 subs and > 800 hours of watch time. I know it’s not comparable with others but I’m still proud I started because I’ve been learning so many lessons that I could haven’t learned without getting started in the 1st place.
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I’m proud of you for starting your channel! It takes a lot of courage!
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@@saludosalsol Whoever you are, I don't know you personally but I can say that you're one of the non-judgmental and open-minded people who is not fixated on tangible or external factors in order to learn from someone like me. Just because someone doesn't have a piece of paper as a credential, doesn't mean that person is not entitled to share personal experiences with the hope & intention to inspire others. Keep up with whatever it is that you're doing to improve mankind or improving your life even to a slight degree each day. This is just one part of a bigger puzzle for creating my TH-cam channel about holistic health. I literally could have died back when I was 14 years old due to major depression but here I am right now replying to you, a TH-camr, who's full of fulfillment and dedication to help others to be a better version of themselves. I ain't better than anyone else but my old self. That's all that really makes this TH-cam thing more meaningful and enjoyable. Thanks so much for your support! I am hoping that you can join me with this endless personal development journey! :)
Bravo!
This had me in tears, such beautiful words and what a beautiful soul. I am forever grateful to have had the privilege to hear them❤️🩹🥹
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Thank you for this great wisdom. I dreamt of my children’s grandmother last night, she died many years ago, she was native. She stood by my adult daughter who I am worried about. I asked her to talk to her because she won’t talk to me. I felt her point at psychology and ceremony. I woke up and turned on my phone, this video was suggested at the top of the feed. Maybe spirit is affecting algorithms. ❤️☺️🎶
I know Spirit impacts everything. I, too, have been gifted several times with the perfect message on my phone in response to prayers to Spirit. Love, Peace & Blessings in Absolute Abundance to All! ✨💖✨
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Being open and respectful the great spirit collective finds ways to reassure us they are supportive Peace
We need more teachers like this♾🤷♂💪
Buddhism supports everything you said.
Not accepting change causes discomfort.
Change isn't painful, resentment of change is what's painful.
Once we accept the change there is no pain.
I'm Northern Scottish but my Tribe is Humanity!
I'm American Scots-Irish. It's super cool to see you wrote something similar as I did above about Thich Nhat Hanh welcoming feelings as they come in the door.
I feel that my tribe is Humanity too.
The way he described depression that’s how I felt with depression, depression can get dark but I didn’t want depression to take over me any more. I did the inner work , therapy and the support of my family and myself I got through it ❤
I've done that too and it is really amazing to be able to change something like depression.
@@websurfer5772did you have body symptoms of depression
I have been battling depression for most of my life and this story has helped me gain a new perspective. I am of Mexican oodlinr and have always resonated and felt at home with Native American teachings . Thank you for sharing your stories with us
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@AryAyala, depression has many causes. The good place to start is to heal your gut & to eat quality food, remove toxins from your skin, home, water, as much as you can. Manage your interactons with toxic people. After all that, dealing with childhood & life trauma should help.
Kick it naturally has some short useful videos how to go about it.
Check on methylation & genetic changes too to figure out what your body needs as support.
Watch videos by Dr Ramani & The Little Shaman to figure out toxic people & how to stay away & set boundaries. I wish you healing. Hugs.
I do relate. I respect and admire your courage to continue the battle and to seek inspiration like from this wise, inspiring Elder. He is so beautifully and gracefully articulate!
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This is so beautiful. I am a therapist & im visiting Joshua Tree right as I type. Everything you are saying resonates with me so much as an AA. I came here for quiet and the silence with the earth has been a gift.
11:49 This is a serious obstacle & I’m grateful for your voice on this
I had depressions 3 times before i accepted that i will have them off and on for my whole lifetime.
And that it's not a shame to have them.
Stay safe out there!
Just like everyone
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That beautiful Spirit is like the sunshine...still shining.thank you from the Heart🙏
And I also love the emptying the cup thing:
One of the strongest qualities I’ve acquired through all this highly introspective and intuitive healing is to empty out the “eye for an eye” resentment belief. There is an abundance of healing when patterns are stopped and hurt meets you, and in your kind of words, you say “Hello. I see your hurt and I won’t be like you.” ❤
I am not even 10 minutes in and am so relieved to hear Vernon Foster talk about stopping "digging up" our ancestors and live the happy life they wished to live. This is logical music to my ears. I understand momentum is at play for all humans and our ancestral trauma, however I also know we have the tools to steer our lives in the direction we want. I appreciate you Vernon Foster.
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I just recent year found ou that my paternal grandparents were Apache. That my maternal grand mother was purpeche. I understand why they never shared this. They were protecting their children and family. They held their families together. I am 62. It has lead to awakening. Thank you for sharing your story.
Wishing everyone ALL the bes! ❤🎉
I’m not sure if it’s the lack of sleep or… everything. But the depression bit made me cry this is amazing. He explained it so well and I’m happy I watched this. I’m trying to learn more about my roots and I love this new chapter for me. Thank you for sharing.
I am really impressed BY the USAGE OF WORDS = like when the depression did "knock on the door" he was NOT kicked out (western medezin way) BUT invited in ON TERMS of the owner of the house. LOVED IT..THANK U wise human on the other side of the Atlantic!
Thank you for these words.
I am so glad to find this. Thank you for sharing ❤
Thank you so much for your beautiful teachings, you are bringing back balance to society
18:19 - 19:01 A'ho
This is thee most important Native American insights I have received.
I was called to this video today after doing a Somatic Release breathwork Ceremony online in my spiritual growth group.
I saw a Native American Indian’s face calling me ... come, come here and follow me. I was instructed to collect feathers and howl my heart out with the wolves.
Afterwards I was so astonished, as I am working with a Shaman Healer in the UK, preparing to do his course to become a Shaman. The synchronicities are breath-taking and so was this video. I too am called to help others heal who struggle with addiction, depression and various other emotional traumas ... having experienced them all myself. This is my Purpose and I’m so grateful for the confirmation received whilst watching this video. Thank you 🙏🏻💛🌟
He reminds me of my grandmother so much, she was born in 1923. I am so happy I had the chance to meet her. 🙂
Wonderful teachings!! Recognize, accept and embrace to heal....
Great teachings of a great man. A man's greatness is always gauged by the wisdom he keeps. Again, this is a great man of high virtue, and he is blessing us with the wisdom he keeps. May I thank you, wise one, for sharing this with us for our benefit, and may we share the goodness to others that require it. One other thing that I wish to add, for those dealing with depression, listen intently from 11:40 to about 16:45, that is wisdom. I thank those who have come before for keeping this knowledge and those that will come for the preservation of this knowledge. May we come together and recognize our brothers and sisters in each other. Blessings for all who have wisdom and share it and to those who receive it to be shared with others. Hope and Believe. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊.
Oh sweet creator thank you for placing this man in my path today. I always find how much you love me when I'm in it, trying to find a way and you just lay things like this in my way. I love you all keep going on this beautiful journey allow and just keep loving. Thank you Vernon I appreciate this so tremendously it will change my life forever.
Thank you so much for sharing you journey truly beautiful
I feel exactly the same way. It’s usually the feeling that affects us. I feel as if my heart cannot take any more. It’s very out of control and I’m having lots of palpitations. Which is scary. How can I heal my life. What is happening in this world? Addiction and mental health everywhere. Depression is powerful and awful. Thanks for sharing.....🦅
I've found some b12 helped a but with my heart doing that. But if course we gotta be careful not to take too much. XD
@@AG-hx6qn thanks I will try the b12 as soon as I can..✨
THE HEART ❤️ NEVA FORGETS HOW TO LOVE ITS THE MIND THA FORGET HOW TO LOVE. SPEAK LIFE INTO UR LIFE NOT THE PPL OF THE WHRILD
@@AG-hx6qn B 12 R NOTHIN ELSE THA MAN HAS MADE IN A LABORATORY CAN NATURALLY HEAL EU MENTALLY PHYSCIALLY R SPHERE-UALLY if it has a Label on it ur setting ur self up. Only NATURE. MOTHER NATURE CAN HEAL EU SHOW EU tEACH EU
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Thank your Vernon Foster for sharing your beautiful and important story of your sacred connection and empowerment into the creation of the Native American Indian Movement and then going beyond. We are learning all needing to align with your traditions and life’s wisdom. Understanding the core heart-centered Native Indigenous cultural sacred history of healing and the release of the 7th generational trauma, pain and suffering will transform our Earth in the light, love and compassionate joy. Thank you for sharing heart-centered, spiritually intuitive healing with the world. You’re a great Healer, a truthful blessing of personal transformation and then sharing the path to healing with others. Thank you.🙏🏼🔥🌎☮️🌍💟🌏🌈🌟
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I 100% agree with every thing he has said and have incorporated similar philosophies in my life. It has been highly helpful.
“Make friends with ur feelings!” Wise soul! Thanks Vernon! Both feet on this boat called red road.
His allegories for depression are so spot on, but also kind of more relatable and comforting than “textbook” definitions.
I didnt understand many of the things i hold so close and do. This gives me a deeper understanding
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Thank you for your love and compassion. Edit: Your perspective on depression is so touching. I have been taught for so long that I should never feel badly, that if I do then it is because I am choosing to be in pain and to hurt others with that pain. That I was actually rejecting myself never occurred to me.
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I am thankful to God that you are here to share your wisdom
My angel she tod me so many wonderful stories Chanza miss you..my favorite box of all The Wind is My Mother Bear ♥..thank you so much enjoyed your video!
I’ve continued thinking more about the cup thing:
A present moment expansion of that concept can apply to our day-to-day life. As healers, we also want to stop the pattern of “hurt people hurt people” in our day-to-day life, not just in our bloodline/ancestry. I’m raising my own personal awareness so when something or someone in my day fills my cup with gunk, I consciously work to empty it and refill my own cup with my own love so as not to pass that gunk around ❤
And also, spread kindness. Kindness continues to be very important.
I shall makes friends with my feelings.
Thank you for the story.
I shall credit you when sharing this story .
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That IS a really good point. We need to put a lot of how our families and our children and our neighbours treat us and put it in context.
I would love to sit down with this man and have endless conversation. Such a wise man. I like people like this. I watch while video and after so clam.
I love it! Thanks for your thoughts and your sharing.
Thank you very much also..i hear you with great attention and respect
I didn’t expect to cry. The ending got to me. I am not very emotional and we don’t have talks about depression in my family because they don’t believe in it. They just call it laziness.
Wow! Such a shame to call it "laziness".That's why a lot of people don't care at all. Depression is no joke and it's real. Been suffering from it 2014. The only reason why "make myself depart from this world" is because the christian church kept saying...well that the person would end up in the place opposite of heaven. And of course, I have quit christianity. That religion proves that jesus or god only care about themselves.
Beautiful story. You are very wise. Thank you.❤
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Excellent, glad to hear this..! Going through depression and sickness and lots of other things that at times aI can’t really process…!
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Thank you. That was so beautiful. Thank you, thank you
I walked the lands of Oregon many times, along the rivers and the trees and the energy, the life force of the ground seemed palpable, the manifestation of energy into form. I often felt like I sensed the presence of all the peoples who walked there before me. Oregon awoke my spirit into the world for the first time when I was just a child. I became conscious of all life and myself a part of it all. I can not even conceive of who I would be now without such a beautiful place.
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Truth
Much love and gratitude
I will share your message
Thank you for infiltrating the broken-from-the-start system and getting everyone out in nature, connecting with their hearts, and the rhythm of the natural world ❤
Thank You for sharing
You give me some hope
Thank you, especially resonated 'depression visiting' . one could replace the word depression and would still work. A Ho beautiful being 💖
Vernon, thank you so very much. I feel lucky to walk in both worlds. ✨️🤍👣🕊🌎
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As a white American man with indigenous blood, I have been thinking and feeling these same exact things. Thank you for taking these concepts and applying them to reality so well.
Wishing you the gift of peace, beautiful words
Very enlightening. Thank you, sir.
Thank you so much, Mr. Foster!
These insights you shared have helped me to gain a new perspective in terms of lifelong depression (24 years).
Not even therapy & conventional medicine have done that. These little storys and anecdotes are more helpful for some people who need metaphors and visual language instead of chemicals and an analytical approach.
Native healing targets much more the right brain hemisphere, as I understand. The humane warmth and loving personal attention of the healer is a very underrated factor, too.
Much love to all of the native people worldwide. ❤
What love and wisdom 🙏❤️
The understanding of the Great Love that created everything in native cultures all over the world is astounding!
I feel it, resonate with your beautiful message. I am grateful. Listening to this teaching is a wonderful way to start the day ❤🙏
What a beautiful expression "The Great Love That Created" ❤️
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Thank you, kind sir, blessings to you..smart soul
Holy cow this was really needed!!
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I was an angry young man. I felt very isolated. My light was covered by the generations before me. But the worst degradations are what I did to myself.
Coming to terms with what I, and my ancestors, have done was difficult but so beautiful.
The light is always shining 🌟
I hope who ever reads this is filled with peace. All problems are solved through awareness
You have no idea how much what you've written helps me. Thank you. 🙏
I love this message. Thank you
Thanks for sharing. Walk in Spirit.
Thank you so much for sharing. I'm 'emptying the buckets' of my recent ancestral trauma too, for my Welsh ancestors.
They are precious group of people- the medicine man. In my place we are also trying to revive our medicine man. Very precious!
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❤😊thank you. Wise words and your learnings made me smile
You Sir , are A Gift to humanity, thank you 🙏
Hi i know iam a year later but i understand what this man is saying about these things thanks for sharing this person story good luck
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Charming wise and modest individual. The interview is wonderful. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you my native brother for your enlightenment. The soul and spirit of my Great grandmother "Mama Deer" uplifts me when I am lost.
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Thank you Vernon for your unique insight into your experience with depression both my brother and I have been living with this from a early time due to darkness in our home having witnessed things that should never be experienced by children of 5-6 yrs old and now in our 60’s still the darkness continues to be present in our everyday. Fast fwd listening to your story with addressing depression and seeing depression as a visitor Wow what a concept I immediately shared your video with my brother who is more than 8 thousand miles away in Australia and was excited to share Thank you so much much Love & Respect
The truest facts of depression.. I have felt this to the core... How wise.. just wise.. 🪶❤️
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Uh I loved this. Thank u for sharing ur stories & how u alchemized the pain. So good. So good. Peace to u❤
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Golden teaching ✨ this aligns with Thich Nhat Hanhs teaching. When TNH says be with your feelings. If you feel anxious say “hello, anxiety, let’s enjoy a cup of tea together”. Beyond grateful for the elders wisdom. 💛
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Wow! Oh My Goodness!! That...was...wonderful!!
Blessing to this man for sharing his many learnings with so many people. He is an absolute treasure. I really need to find a mentor like him.
Thank you sharing and for all you have done, are doing, and will do.
woww I love this teacher, so beautiful talk, divine being on earth.Thank you so much. :)
Absolute love and spirit ❤️
"Het wordt nooit zo donker of het wordt weer licht" as mom, grandma and others (used to) state. Thank you for speaking thought with peace and ease.
What a beautiful being! Thank you!
I really like the idea of making friends with depression thanks for sharing this much gratitude 💓
This gracious elder's 20 minutes of wisdom and life experience can knock out a millenium of therapy, addiction, and grief for so many people. Truly thankful!❤ I pray for more of these gold nuggets to treasure in heart. As with God, nothing is wasted - He uses it all for glory - Light!
Wow!!! Thank you for this, it resonates with me soooo much ❤❤❤
“Emptying the bucket”. I love this so much. I am a part of mixed indigenous peoples in the Philippines and there’s inherited trauma from colonialism and from modern problems as well. I don’t plan on having kids because of the inherited trauma and dilemmas, mainly because I don’t want to pass them on.
THANK Y O U.... I've come to similar conclusion, n solutions... it is sooooo refreshing to hear n meet you, saying similar things... i wasnt born native american in this body, but was one in many past lives, n have a native american spirit working in me, as one of my first teachers, who is a powerful healer too. He has been with me for over 38 years or longer, teaching me certain things that native ppl have forgotten, intuitively. He is a most precious man/spirit i know. Ho...
Vernon Foster, much love to you spiritual brother for these blessed and important teachings. I will share this wisdom with my own child, thank you!!
Beautiful. Thank you for this. 🙏
Hawah shalawam Brotheir. People are awakening to the truth and need of a better way. 🙏🌬 Dine' 💜
Thank you for helping us understand more grandfather. these teachings are very heartfelt,you're a blessing to those that take time to listen and focus. You explain things well!!!!
Thank you for sharing your wisdom!!!!
Power and love to you❤❤❤❤