Green Festivals - Melting the Ice in the Heart of Man

Melting the Ice in the Heart of Man

"Melting the Ice in the Heart of Man"

We are in the midst of an awakening, at no time in history has Mother Earth needed her children to care more than at the present. Ancient prophecies from every culture around the world warn of dramatic global change and the end of the calendar, as we know it. The ice cap far north in the Arctic is melting at an alarming rate threatening the world with consequences we can barely imagine. We're faced with the moral responsibility to direct ourselves toward a more positive spiritual and planetary evolution.

It’s time to look with eyes of faith into our future and believe we can make a difference. If we have hope, there is potential for extraordinary change - things will survive. The Elders teach us if we return to harmony in our lives, melting the ice in our hearts, reconnecting with one another, we will survive. It is time to use this knowledge to help mankind

Through stories, chants and songs, and the power of the Qilaut(the Eskimo Wind Drum), Angaangaq will introduce the teachings from the Top of the World, the Eskimo-Kalaallit people, a peaceful culture thousands of years old that has never known war. Rooted in traditions that are thousands of years old, the teachings summon us to bridge the distance from our hearts through strength & gentleness; through compassion and love; through courage and grace, bringing about personal transformation and global healing for the times to come.

By learning the teachings that have been handed down from a peaceful culture that has never known war, we begin to understand how it’s possible to live our lives with more compassion. The time has come to unite our voices and our hearts, to walk our spiritual path with practical feet, to restore the balance that’s been missing on the Earth. We cannot wait.

The teachings can create experiences that empower us to live more compassionately, transforming our world one life at a time, melting the ice in the heart of man.

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Angaangaq Lyberth is an Eskimo-Kalaallit Elder whose family belongs to the traditional healers of the Far North from Kalaalit Nunaat, Greenland. He attended business college in Copenhagen, and graduated with a B.A. in business in 1969. His name means ‘’the man who looks like his uncle". Uncle, as he is frequently called, bridges the boundaries of cultures and faiths in people young and old. His work has taken him to five continents and over 40 countries around the work including South Africa, North America, South America, Asia, Arctic Europe, Russia and Siberia. As a traditional healer, storyteller and carrier of a Qilaut (drum), he conducts Healing Circles, Intensives and sweat lodges integrating the wisdom of traditional Inuit teachings from the unwritten healing traditions of the Eskimo Kalaallit people. He is internationally respected in native communities as an Elder of the Canadian-based Four Worlds International Institute for Human and Community Development and with the World Council of Elders. He is a keynote speaker at international conferences and symposia on environmental and indigenous issues. He participates in peace and spiritual vigils with the United Nations, speaking on panels for the United Nation Environmental Protection Agency, the Panel on Religion and Spirituality, the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, as well as the Panel for UNESCO’s Oceans, Fishers and Hunters. His work is acclaimed in promoting interracial and intercultural harmony. Angaangaq is a member of the World Wisdom Council, a member of the World Commission on Global Consciousness and Spirituality and an Elder of the Tribal Link Foundation acting as liaison to indigenous tribes. He is associated with the United Nations Religions Initiative in alliance with the United Nations, the Club of Budapest International, The Masters Group, the Earth Restorations Corps., and the Jane Goodall Institute. He is an Elder in association with West Virginia University and speaks frequently at Universities and Colleges in North America and Europe. Sharing healing circles with leaders of small villages and indigenous tribes from around the world is among his most rewarding work. Among the world healers and speakers, Angaangaq has shared the dais with are: Dr. Jane Goodall, Dr. Phil Lane, Co-coordinator of Four Worlds International& Four Directions, Chief Oren Lyons, Faith Keeper of the Onondaga Nation, Mercedes and Geraldo Barrios, Dr. Theo Parades, and the Zulu spiritual leader, Credo Mutwa and Grandfather William Commanda, Elder of the Algonguin Nation and the Circles of All Nations in Ottawa. Through Sirmiq Aattuq Melting the Ice in the Heart of Man Ltd., Angaangaq continues to do the critically important work that he is called to do. Sirmiq Aattuq Melting the Ice in the Heart of Man Ltd., is founded on the practices and teachings of the Eskimo-Kalaallit people, a peaceful culture that has never known war. Rooted in traditions that are thousands of years old, the teachings speak to our need for personal and global transformation for the times to come. Beginning as a grass roots movement based on sound principles that can reshape our future and the future of the world, we learn to live more compassionately, and change our interior and exterior environ-ments, returning the joy and natural rhythms to our lives that may be lost or forgotten. In doing so, life again becomes a celebration and our intimate connection to Mother Earth is rekindled, restoring harmony to our lives, our communities, the world.Our commitment is to preserve Mother Earth and all who live on her, by creating Healing and teaching Circles, and through our participation in international symposia and environmental preservation and education programs. It is not governed by, aligned with or licensed under any religious or political institution or with any country or multi-national organization

Last September Angaangaq released his second CD 'Seasons' on the anniversary of his Mother's death. It is an evocative compilation of songs, chants and stories/teachings of the four seasons of life.