Does the Creator Exist?
Published: Miini-giizis (Blueberry Moon) ( (July 27, 2023)
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Does a Creator really exists? Well, the answer to that question depends on whom you ask. People sometimes ask me why I never use the word "Creator." I answer them, "that's because I'm no Christian, or Muslim, nor am I an orthodox Jew. 'Creator' is not an Indigenous concept. To me, aki, the world as we know it, is infused with manidoo, spirit, or 'mystery' if you will. It is the manidoo in the galaxy that flows and pulsates inside and throughout all life on the aki. Life, existence, that what we call bimaadiziwin. started in the galaxy. Our origins lie in the anang akiiwan, the star world. The manidoo that is in all things and beings alive created itself. There is simply not one 'Creator' that created the world and everything in it (unless you want to believe it, of course). All there is, is manidoo.
This manidoo does not only live inside beings and things. Our aadizookanan, our sacred stories, are infused with the same manidoo as well. Our stories, as soon as we share them, become manidoog (spirits) themselves; they become "alive" within those who receive the story. They transfer manidoo, spirit, and generate bimaadiziwin, life. They become sacred stories! They, too, have their origin in the stars. They are written in the everlasting stars so we can never forget the truth of our existence."
This, of course, is my personal view. But that is what I (basically) tell them.
See also part 8 in the series: Our Clans Among the Stars, Chapter 1
Illustration: "Our Origin" © 2022-2023 Zhaawano Giizhik. See the webshop for order details.
