| 1 | Do not be afraid to cry or laugh. |
| 2 | Sorrow and laughter are two paths to great knowledge. |
| 3 | Do not be afraid of what you think might be lost. |
| 4 | Nothing is forgotten. Nothing can be taken. |
| 5 | See then through Yapa: |
| 6 | The Past, the Present and future possibilities are all one. |
| 7 | Dreaming is all around us. |
| 8 | We are the custodians of dream; |
| 9 | We are responsible for dreaming. |
| 10 | All life, all existence is spirit in form. |
| 11 | We do not inherit the land from our Ancestors, |
| 12 | We are its custodians for our children. |
| 13 | The land is not a prize, it is an obligation. |
| 14 | The country is not a resource, it is life itself. |
| 15 | No one can ever take land. |
| 16 | No one can ever take spirit. |
| 17 | The sun rises, the wind blows; |
| 18 | The grass grows and fades away; |
| 19 | The tide comes and goes. |
| 20 | Let no one say the past is dead. |
| 21 | Dreaming means the past is always with us, |
| 22 | Dreaming is around us and within us. |
| 23 | If you live on this land and you have ancestors sleeping in this land, |
| 24 | Then you are family. You are one of the community. |
| 25 | The right way is that everything is created equal and sacred: |
| 26 | The right knowledge is that the soil, the clay, the rocks are all sacred; |
| 27 | The right spirit is to honor Law, to honor who and what you are. |
| 28 | Spirit never abandons the people. |
| 29 | It is only the flesh that falls asleep to knowledge of spirit and season. |
| 30 | Remember then the promises made; |
| 31 | These were not hollow words, but connections between different time and space. |
| 32 | They have brought us then to this time and place. |
| 33 | Remember then who you are. |
| 34 | Remember and honor the law. |
| 35 | As the people were scattered and died, |
| 36 | Good men and women cried out to spirit for help, |
| 37 | And spirit did come. |
| 38 | They did not give up hope or honor or respect; |
| 39 | Even as family died around them, |
| 40 | They continued to honor the law and ancestor spirits; |
| 41 | Even as white people and lesser people infected with illness of mind, |
| 42 | Did injure the land and destroy customs, |
| 43 | Good men and woman did not surrender Law. |
| 44 | Redemption then did come from such right intentions, |
| 45 | And right actions of the law people of community. |
| 46 | Because they remembered the mystery of the great dream of Universe: |
| 47 | To Live 1 Dies. 1 Dies to Live; |
| 48 | That to learn, one must die to disrespect of Law; |
| 49 | To Live, one must die to dishonor of self; |
| 50 | To Live as men and women, not animals, |
| 51 | One must respect and honor knowledge of ancestors, |
| 52 | One must always respect and honor Yapa. |
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