The Sovereign Frequency

Have you ever felt completely overwhelmed by the volume of forms, compliance, and red tape that seems to govern our lives today? It often feels like we are forced to ask permission just to care for our own families and land. In our modern world, we have been conditioned to look to external experts, distant government offices, or complex corporate systems to tell us how to manage our lives. But if we trace our history back to the very beginning, we find a completely different source of authority.

Long before the introduction of foreign bureaucracies, a universal order was established. In our traditional oral history, this initial moment of creation is known as Te Kī - the first word or expression. This was not a faint whisper hidden away in a textbook. It was a complete, high-fidelity broadcast from Io-Matua-Kore, the original Source of all potential. This broadcast contained the foundational blueprints for everything in existence, establishing the rules of nature and the deep spiritual connections that bind us together.

Cleansing the Bureaucratic Noise

“In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep and God’s Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters. God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.” - Genesis 1:1-3 (Ethiopian Orthodox Bible)

Ge'ez text: በመጀመሪያ እግዚአብሔር ሰማይንና ምድርን ፈጠረ። ምድርም ባዶ ነበረች፥ አንዳችም አልነበረባትም፤ ጨለማም በጥልቁ ላይ ነበረ፥ የእግዚአብሔርም መንፈስ በውኃ ላይ ሰፍፎ ነበር። እግዚአብሔርም። ብርሃን ይሁን አለ፤ ብርሃንም ሆነ።

Te Reo Maori, Paipera Tapu, 1868 translation: “He mea hanga na te Atua i te timatanga te rangi me te whenua. A kahore he ahua o te whenua, i te takoto kau; a he pouri a runga i te mata o te hohonu. Na, ka whakapaho te Wairua o te Atua i runga i te kare o nga wai. A ka ki te Atua, Kia mārama: na ka mārama.”

A living process

When we talk about the beginning of the world, we often speak as if it was a one-time event that finished a long time ago. We think of the universe like a house that was built, painted, and finished before we arrived. But our ancestors in the North had a much more exciting way of looking at it. To them, the world is more like a woven cloak that is still being made, one thread at a time.

The first movement

The story of Io-matua-kore tells us that in the beginning, everything was still and quiet. Then, Io moved within the vastness of space. This initial movement was the birth of time, space, and life. Our traditions call this the "First Strand," or Te Aho Tuatahi. This implies that the story did not end there. If there is a first strand, it means more strands are meant to follow. Creation was not a finished project; it was the start of an ongoing conversation.