Sacred Instructions

Indigenous Wisdom for Living Spirit-Based Change

By: Sherri Mitchell, Larry Dossey M.D.

Narrated by: Sherri Mitchell

A “profound and inspiring” collection of ancient indigenous wisdom for “anyone wanting the healing of self, society, and of our shared planet” (Peter Levine, author of Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma).

A Penobscot Indian draws on the experiences and wisdom of the First Nations to address environmental justice, water protection, generational trauma, and more.

Drawing from ancestral knowledge, as well as her experience as an attorney and activist, Sherri Mitchell addresses some of the most crucial issues of our day—including indigenous land rights, environmental justice, and our collective human survival. Sharing the gifts she has received from the elders of her tribe, the Penobscot Nation, she asks us to look deeply into the illusions we have labeled as truth and which separate us from our higher mind and from one another.

Sacred Instructions explains how our traditional stories set the framework for our belief systems and urges us to decolonize our language and our stories. It reveals how the removal of women from our stories has impacted our thinking and disrupted the natural balance within our communities.

For all those who seek to create change, this book lays out an ancient world view and set of cultural values that provide a way of life that is balanced and humane, that can heal Mother Earth, and that will preserve our communities for future generations.

©2018 Sherri L. Mitchell (P)2019 North Atlantic Books

Critic reviews

"Sacred Instructions is an important book that synthesizes a wealth of information in an approachable and empowering way. Mitchell’s steady, assured tone and recommendations for action makes this a rewarding book for anyone looking for a way to engage in less conflict-based, more effective community change."—Foreword

“A deeply personal meditation and call to consciousness and transformation, Sacred Instructions challenges the way we see and experience the world around us. For many readers, the book will reveal the first steps toward a process of self-discovery and spiritual awareness that Mitchell shows us must be lived and breathed every day on our own personal journeys of decolonization and patient recovery of an indigenized worldview.” —Robert A. Williams, Jr., chair of the University of Arizona Indigenous People's Law and Policy Program and author of Savage Anxieties

“In this compelling book, Sherri Mitchell helps all of us understand the experience of First Nations peoples and helps us to embody that unique wisdom. She brings forth a broad understanding of cultural and generational trauma in a way that supports deep healing. The wisdom of this courageous book is profound and inspiring. It is recommended for anyone wanting the healing of self, society, and of our shared planet.”—Peter A. Levine, PhD, author of Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma

wisdom for this age

Sherri has done an excellent job in putting her narrative together. The wisdom of the pre-columbian peoples of North America is to often left out of how we all view the paternalistic culture of the current world. As climate change moves forward and we ignore the teachings of our elders, it is quite possible that humanity may succumb with all the other species in this 6th great extinction.. She gives up some practical guides on making a change in how we view community, spirituality, family and respect.

A must read

Everyone should read and reflect on the wisdom within this book. It was well written and well read.

excellent

everyone should read this book. she ties a lot of things together in envisioning abetter future.

A Poignant Glimpse Into Holistic Consciousness

As an American citizen of mixed heritage, and with only watered down notions of my ancestral cultures of origin, reading this book moved me deeply. The audacious poise of this author, sharing the wisdom of her own upbringing among native peoples in the face of repeated acts of violence against humanity, is nothing short of inspiring. I felt deep kinship with her upon hearing of her connection with the Earth, and as a vegan who is often ridiculed or alienated for taking a stand for the animals of this planet I felt vindicated to hear her take on industrial agriculture.

If you’re a westerner who has any desire to tap into ancient wisdom or to reconnect with that innate sense of community that is suppressed daily by the pressures of modern society, I urge you to read this book.

Enlightening

This was my first Audiable, and I enjoyed it. Sacred Instructions spoke of truth and healing of the people and planet.

Amazing Words

We need to wake up and see past the lies. These words ring true.

Crucial reading

This is an excellent book made even better by being delivered beautifully by the author. A must read for anyone trying to be a good ancestor!!!

Wopila

i love it already. just helf an hour in and already feel the heart opening with beauty

One of the most powerful and heart full books that I’ve ever read. .

I’m 74 well read and traveled to 5 continents Sacred Instructions may easily enhance the life for anyone, of any religion.

It makes clear where we have erred in the past in understanding creation and our place in it. Following the scientifically proven wisdom, one’s life will begin to thrive more as will others around you.

Enjoy.

everyone should read this book

A beautiful way to see, to remember, to awaken to what calls. I feel like I know myself better and the world. I feel like we all need to hear, so we can make our way back to a nurturing, peaceful, connection to the earth and to each other.