The Seven Ancestor Teachings, from Elder Duke Rebird
Summary
TLDRThis script explores the indigenous teachings of the seven principles of Good Conduct, derived from the seven canopies of the food forest. The first canopy, the tallest trees like walnut and maple, symbolizes wisdom. The fruit trees represent courage, while berry bushes teach respect. Squashes and pumpkins above ground embody honesty, and ground-level plants like strawberries signify truth. Root vegetables like potatoes and carrots symbolize humility, and creepers and vines convey love. These principles have guided indigenous peoples for generations.
Takeaways
- 🌳 The first canopy of wisdom is represented by the tallest trees like Walnut, chestnut, and maple, symbolizing protection and teaching wisdom.
- 🍎 The second canopy of courage is embodied by fruit trees such as Plum, Cherry, Apple, and Pear, which endure harsh conditions to bear fruit.
- 🍇 The third canopy of respect is characterized by berry bushes like Raspberry, Blueberry, and Gooseberry, which grow in harmony despite their differences.
- 🥒 The fourth canopy of honesty is associated with above-ground vegetables like Squash, Pumpkin, and Cucumber, which are genuine and beneficial.
- 🍓 The fifth canopy of truth includes ground-level foods and medicines, teaching the importance of discerning fact from fiction.
- 🥔 The sixth canopy of humility is represented by underground vegetables like Potatoes and Carrots, which require effort to uncover.
- 💚 The seventh canopy of love is symbolized by creepers and vines, which embrace and support each other, teaching the value of love and connection.
- 🌱 The seven canopies of food in the forest are seen as teachings from ancestors, imparting values like wisdom, courage, respect, honesty, truth, humility, and love.
- 🌿 Indigenous peoples have been practicing these seven principles of Good Conduct since ancient times, maintaining a deep connection with nature and its teachings.
Q & A
What are the seven principles of Good Conduct mentioned in the script?
-The seven principles of Good Conduct are wisdom, courage, respect, honesty, truth, humility, and love.
Which trees are associated with the canopy of wisdom according to the script?
-The canopy of wisdom includes the oldest and tallest trees such as the Walnut, chestnut, beach nut, and maple trees.
What lesson does the Walnut tree impart to us as per the script?
-The Walnut tree imparts the lesson of wisdom, symbolized by its meat's resemblance to the human brain and its nutritional benefits for the mind.
Which canopy represents courage in the food forest, and why?
-The second canopy of food, which includes fruit trees like the Plum, Cherry, apple, and pear, represents courage because these trees endure harsh conditions and still produce fruit.
What is the significance of berry bushes in the food forest according to the script?
-Berry bushes, such as raspberry, blueberry, thimbleberry, and bearberry, represent respect. They grow together in harmony, despite their differences in color, shape, taste, and texture.
What lesson do the foods that grow above the ground teach us?
-Foods that grow above the ground, like squash, pumpkins, cucumbers, and lettuces, teach us honesty due to their evident goodness and trustworthiness.
Why are strawberries associated with truth in the script?
-Strawberries are associated with truth because their seeds are on the surface, just as humans occupy the Earth's surface, and they are also shaped like a heart, symbolizing the heartbeat synonymous with truth in the anishinabi language.
What does the canopy of truth include, and what lesson does it teach?
-The canopy of truth includes foods found on the ground's surface and teaches the lesson of discerning fact from fiction, such as distinguishing between poisonous and non-poisonous plants.
Which vegetables are part of the canopy that teaches humility, and what is the lesson?
-Potatoes, carrots, turnips, and other vegetables that are buried under the ground are part of the canopy that teaches humility. The lesson is about the value of things that are not immediately visible and require effort to discover.
What is the significance of creepers and vines in the food forest, and what do they teach?
-Creepers and vines that go through the woods and embrace each other represent love. They teach about the importance of connection and support among different elements of nature.
How have these seven teachings been preserved and practiced?
-These seven ancestor teachings have been guiding and practiced by indigenous peoples since time immemorial, serving as a foundation for their way of life and connection to nature.
Outlines
🌳 Wisdom from the Forest Canopies
The script introduces the concept of seven principles of Good Conduct, which are ancestral teachings from the seven canopies of food found in the food forest. The first canopy comprises the tallest trees like the Walnut, chestnut, and maple, symbolizing wisdom. These trees provide essential nutrients and protection, with the Walnut's meat resembling the human brain, indicating its significance for mental nourishment. The second canopy includes fruit trees like the Plum, Cherry, and apple, which face harsh conditions yet yield fruit, symbolizing courage. The third canopy consists of berry bushes that grow together in harmony, teaching respect through their coexistence. The fourth canopy includes foods that grow above ground, like squash and pumpkins, which are honest and beneficial, teaching honesty. The fifth canopy is the ground surface with medicines and the strawberry, which represents truth and the human connection to Earth, teaching the importance of discerning truth from fiction. The sixth canopy involves vegetables like potatoes and carrots, buried underground and requiring effort to find, symbolizing humility. The seventh and final canopy is the creepers and vines, teaching love through their interconnectedness. These teachings have been integral to indigenous cultures for generations.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Mother Earth
💡Seven Principles
💡Canopy of Wisdom
💡Courage
💡Respect
💡Honesty
💡Truth
💡Humility
💡Love
💡Ancestor Teachings
💡Food Forest
Highlights
Mother Earth teaches seven principles of Good Conduct, known as the seven ancestor teachings.
The first canopy of food forests represents wisdom, with trees like Walnut, Chestnut, and Maple.
Walnuts provide nutrition for the mind, symbolizing the connection between food and human intellect.
The second canopy includes fruit trees like Plum, Cherry, Apple, and Pear, symbolizing courage.
Fruit trees teach resilience through harsh conditions, representing the virtue of courage.
The third canopy consists of berry bushes, teaching respect through their harmonious coexistence.
Berry bushes demonstrate respect by thriving together in diversity.
The fourth canopy includes foods above ground like squash, pumpkins, and cucumbers, embodying honesty.
Above-ground foods teach honesty through their transparent and beneficial nature.
The fifth canopy is the ground surface with medicines, teaching the discernment of truth from fiction.
Ground surface foods like strawberries represent the Earth and the concept of truth.
The sixth canopy includes underground vegetables like potatoes and carrots, symbolizing humility.
Underground foods teach humility, as they are not immediately visible and require effort to find.
The seventh canopy comprises creepers and vines, teaching the virtue of love.
Creepers and vines demonstrate love through their embracing nature and mutual support.
The seven ancestor teachings guide indigenous peoples, emphasizing wisdom, courage, respect, honesty, truth, humility, and love.
These teachings have been practiced since time immemorial, reflecting the deep connection between indigenous cultures and nature.
Transcripts
Mother Earth taught us among other
lessons that there are seven principles
of Good Conduct they are called a seven
ancestor teachings and were imparted to
us from the seven canopies of food that
are found in the food Forest the first
canopy are the oldest trees that grow
the tallest in the forest and protect
all the other plants the Walnut the
chestnut the beach nut and the maple
trees from them we learn wisdom for
example the meat of the Walnut is shaped
like the human brain in modern science
tells us what our ancestors already knew
that walnuts provide nutrition for the
Mind along with the sap from the maple
tree therefore we call the tallest trees
in the food forests the canopy of wisdom
second canopy of food that is available
in the food Forest are the fruit trees
represented amongst many others by The
Plum the Cherry the apple and the pear
tree fruit trees are challenged by harsh
Winters storms hurricanes and droughts
and still as far agile as they appear to
be give their fruit which represents
courage to us the third canopy of food
available in the food Forest are all of
the berry bushes the raspberry blueberry
thimbleberry Gooseberry bearberry the
berry bushes are sulfurred lysine and
self-propagating and grow together
amongst each other they come in
different colors and shapes and tastes
and textures yet they exist and thrive
in harmony with one another we learn
respect from these berry bushes the next
canopy of food that lives in the food
Forest is the food that grows right
above the ground such as the squash the
pumpkins the Cucumbers the cabbages and
lettuce there's an honesty about these
Foods the fact that they are trusted and
are evidently good for you chosen their
very existence they are never
counterfeit and they teach us honesty
the fifth canopy in the food forests is
the food found on the surface of the
ground here we find our medicines we
sort the poison ivies from the good
ivies the poison oaks from the good Oaks
the mushrooms from the toadstools truth
is always in accord with fact and
reality and it is up to us to separate
fact from fiction that is what we learn
from this canopy which also includes the
strawberry which represents the Earth
itself unlike every other fruit the
seeds of the strawberries are on the
surface of the fruit just as we the
humans occupy the surface of the Earth
strawberry is also shaped like a heart
and strawberries are good for your heart
in fact the anishinabi word Deborah is
synonymous with both truth and heartbeat
beneath the canopy of Truth in the food
Forest we find potatoes carrots turnips
and other vegetables which are buried
under the ground they're not necessarily
evident on the surface we must dig and
search for them often on our knees in
this process we learn about humility
from these foods and the seventh cat
are the creepers and vines that go
through the woods and embrace each other
from plants and from them we learn about
love
wisdom courage respect honesty truth
humility and love these seven ancestor
teachings have been guiding and been
practiced by indigenous peoples since
time immemorial
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