Second Tenet

The Toteg chat this last Tuesday was on the Tenets. They went through the second and third one. I was late and missed the discussion, so I am going to touch on the second Tenet. I will start doing these on a regular basis here to keep them in our sacred hearts so that they can help us in our growth and understanding. I started discussing them last year and only discussed the first Tenet. We can discuss any of them at any time so please bring them up if you are so moved.

I guess I will start by going through words or a couple of words and then expand.

We know that all things are children of the Earth Mother and Sky Father, and thus we are all related.

We – Toteg Tribe, people, ancestors, not just the I, many, multiple, not you and they, together

Know – didn’t just read it somewhere, live it, apart of us, it isn’t just an understanding, personal truth

That – A statement of what we know, declaration We know that

All – Encompassing, collective, everything

Things – matter, material, not just people, descriptor, what surrounds us, what we have understanding of,

It is a difficult word to pin down to a specific, perhaps we should discuss this further.

Are - Plural to IS, a bold and declarative statement, We know that all things are

Children – product of, a relationship, an association, derived from, reproduction, genetic

Of – caused by, separated but same, composed or made, connected, identification

The – used singular or plural nouns, one, identification, title, proper, class identification

Earth – the third planet from the sun, the land, the soil, the productive part, temporal, substance, lair, the ground, realm, our relative understanding, matter

Mother – conceives, gives birth to, raises, nurture, female parent, female ancestor, woman of responsibility, an origin, love and tenderness, biggest of its kind

And – connection, not just one, multiple, in addition to, union

Sky – above, the heavens, the highest, upper most, the expanse, celestial

Father – male, parent, ancestor, originator, prototype, leading, begets, nurtures, seed

And thus – therefore, consequently, in this manner, product, equals

We – all of us, inclusive, all that is indicated, Toteg Tribe, the things

Are – statement, declaration of the product

All – each together, it applies

Related – being connected, associated, common origin, harmonic closeness, kinship, family, ancestry

So we as the Toteg Tribe know, live, understand, that everything that surrounds us, the people, animals, plants, organisms, everything associated with this planet comes from the relationship and union of the Earth and Sky, the Mother and Father.

This is a huge statement of beliefs. Is “things” the correct word in this statement? There is an implication of physical and tangible, and in context it works. If we start talking about other planets and the celestial we have to expand the definition of Earth to mean matter not just our planet. The Sky is inclusive of the Sun, the gases, everything above the solid.

I know that there are lots of things we can discuss here, so let me hear it. This is just one way of analyzing this Tenet. What is yours?