Council houses are places where people gather to reach collective decisions about community self-regulation issues.

The 13 original clan mothers built the first Turtle council house, and it was the place where they learned about being human. The Turtle council house stood for many worlds of time while the Clan Mothers taught their human children the love of the Earth Mother. Every Clan Mother had a body that did not age like those of the Human Tribe. When it was time for the Thirteen Mothers to return to the center of Inner Earth without their bodies, the Turtle Council House disappeared from the face of Mother Earth.

The original Turtle Council House was in the Four Corners area of North America, and it can be accessed through our hearts. The symbol of Turtle is a reminder of the fertile legacy we are being asked to re-member for ALL our Relations. (All this is direct quote from “The Thirteen Original Clan Mothers” by Jamie Sams)

In honor of the original Turtle Council House, and the Indian Nations who still gather in Council house, we are naming the place of our r-evoL-utionary, resilient, self-regulating, inclusive kinship ranch enterprise training is happening, around the council fire. We are calling it OWWL, because OWL shows us how to see through the darkness of the absence of the Sacred fires of love/Munay/Aloha, Ayni-desire for deep connection and caring, and the tao-the way/will of life to live abundantly, in unity and equality for all.

The inward line of your heart, bringing forth your vibrant, sensual, enchanting true nature, as you wonderwork-imagine and craft the things we need to live.

In this space, the reigning idea is that as God/Goddess sees us, no one is above the other. We–humans, animals, plants, trees, rocks are all equal. In this space we are open, sacred vessels, channeling the power of heaven above, and earth below.

In Aloha spirit, we see Goddess/God in every form. So we know that the breath of Goddess/God is in our presence, inside of us, and that we live IN the living matrix of Divine love known as Goddess/God.

Aloha calls forth soul to soul, face to face, the spirit of generosity & hospitality. It calls forth, soul to soul, face to face, the spirit of beauty and love.

We see the Eternal Flame of Love that the Great Mystery placed in all of Creation, and we do our best to honor that spiritual essence.

Conscious co-commitment
The way of being fulling together while being fully individual

Ayni is an Andean word meaning reciprocity, and means the interchange of loving kindness, knowledge and the fruits of one’s labor, between individuals, humans, plants, animals, the environment and the invisible world of nature spirits.

The purpose of reciprocity is the maintenance of life. There is not a cell in your body that is not in reciprocity at all times.

Ayni calls forth, soul to soul, face to face the values of conscious co-commitment

It is a process of well-being which enhances the energy and creativity of each person. Co-committed living is relationship with others, each one supporting each other in being whole, complete, connected and free, and being our own authority.

It is a process of going all the way, to being a a catalyst for actual-izing full potential and creativity.

Out of the harmony of co-commitment springs a well of enhanced energy that enables all to make a far greater contribution than each individual could make on their own, in isolation.

The way of nature
The unity that underlies opposites

A way of understanding the true value of yourself as a free-willed individual enfolded within the ever changing patterns of your natural world.

Following the Tao is the art of feeling your way into your own nature.

Your natural world is that which happens of ITSELF SO–a process not under your control.
The self-so process of your natural world, and yourself must be trusted.

The Tao operates of itself. All that is natural operates of itself, there is nothing standing over it making it go on. In the same way, your body operates of itself.

The activity of nature is not self-obstructive. It all works together as a unity (your body does also- your body is a unity) and does not split apart from itself to do something to itself.

The way of humanity’s cooperation with the course or trend of the natural world.

You can discover the truths of the natural world in the flow patterns of water, gas and fire, which are subsequently memorialized and sculpted into stone and wood.

Reconciling sociability with individuality, order with spontaneity, and unity with diversity.

as human beings we must make the gamble of trusting one another in order to have any kind of workable community, we must also take the gamble of trimming our sails to the winds of nature. For our “selves” are inseparable from this kind of universe.

There is no where else to be.

The basis of each investigation is to infuse each moment with the 3 fundamental principle of intention, compassion and doing good.

Each investigation will give many reminders of how these primary principles manifest in our lives. The pattern of repetition like a stitch, weaves a strong fabric of understanding.

Participants live, unlearn, learn work and play alongside our dehesa members.

Participants range in age and life experience and must be teachable.

Present day life at BWD AATL Ranching Enterprises OWWL Council House fuses ancient wisdom with our willingness to experiment in unfolding a freshened human model of each individual taking their place in evolving with their inner potential and with all of nature around them.

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