The Logic of the Miracles

Kia ora, whānau. Today we are looking at a passage from the Bible that often makes people feel a bit uncomfortable, the promise of miracles. If you grew up with a modern, scientific mind, you might have been taught to treat these verses as just stories or symbols. But when we look at them through the lens of our ancestors, we see that these "signs" are actually the natural results of a person who is perfectly in tune with the Source.

The Ethiopian Orthodox Bible translates this power of the spirit clearly:

"And these signs shall follow them that believe." (Mark 16:17, Ethiopian Bible English Version)

Original Source (Ge'ez): ወእሉ ተአምራት ይተልውዎሙ ለእለ አመኑ።

Te Reo Māori: Ko enei tohu e whai i te hunga e whakapono ana.

Ancestral Wisdom: Mind Over Matter

In Taitokerau, our history is full of stories of tohunga and tūpuna who could influence the world around them. They didn't see the land as "dead matter." They knew that the universe is a "Woven Universe", a web of energy that responds to the spirit. Our ancestors had the ability to alter matter and energy with their minds because they understood Mana.

The heavy heart

Life in the North can feel like walking through thick mud sometimes. We have the beauty of our hills and our beaches, but the weight of bills, the news, and the daily grind can pull us right down. It feels like we are running a race we can never win, always chasing a finish line that keeps moving. This is not just a feeling; it is a sign that the system we are living in is not designed for our well-being.

Ihu spoke directly to this feeling. He gave us a warning about a specific kind of heaviness that can take over our lives. When we look at the original language He used, we find a secret code for how to stay light and aware while the old systems around us start to run out of steam. This is about protecting our life force, or mauri, from being drained by things that do not really matter.

The leaky bucket

In the ancient stories, Ihu warns us not to let our hearts be weighed down. The word used in the original Greek is barynthōsin, which means to be overcharged or weighed down like a heavy pack on a long hike. It is that foggy, tired feeling you get when you are running on a system that treats you like a machine instead of a living being. We call this the leaky bucket.

Two worlds in one heart

Growing up in Taitokerau, I always felt like my heart was pulling in two different directions. On one side, I had a mind that loved science, logic, and figuring out how things work. On the other, I had a deep love for our Māori way of seeing the world, where everything is connected and nothing is just an object.

For a long time, the version of faith I saw in churches felt like it was wearing a colonial suit that did not fit our people. It felt rigid, separate from the land, and sometimes quite judgmental. I knew there had to be a way to bring these worlds together, but the air was full of static and noise that made it hard to hear clearly.

Finding a clear signal

The change happened when I started looking at the words of Ihu for myself, without all the old religious labels and the baggage that often comes with them. I wanted to hear the original signal, what I call the Alpha Frequency. This is the pure message that comes straight from the source before people start adding their own opinions to it.