You should express your individual creativity.
Strive to achieve wisdom.
Learn self-discipline.
Observe without judging.

The following are excerpts
from two books by

Marlo Morgan

MUTANT MESSAGE DOWN UNDER

AND

MUTANT MESSAGE FROM FOREVER

Mutant Message Down Under is the fictional account of the spiritual odyssey of an American woman in Australia. Summoned by a remote tribe of nomadic Aboriginals to accompany them on a "walkabout" through the Outback, she makes a four-month-long journey with the "Real People," as the tribe calls itself.

During this time she learns how they live and thrive in natural harmony with the plants and animals that exist in the rugged geography of the desert region.

By traveling with this extraordinary community of individuals, Morgan becomes a witness to their essential way of being in the world based on the ancient wisdom and philosophy of their more than 50,000-year-old culture.

From the first day of her adventure, Morgan is challenged by the physical requirements of the journey. She faces daily tests of her endurance, and these challenges ultimately contribute to a personal transformation.

Her Aboriginal companions generously welcome her as one of their own and become her compassionate teachers. She learns from them to celebrate the unique talents and inner spirit of each person, witnesses powerful methods of natural healing, and comes to understand that their awareness of what it is to be alive is deeply meaningful.

Mutant Message Down Under, an underground bestseller in its self-published edition, recounts unique, timely, and powerful message for all humankind. It is not too late to save our world from destruction if we realize and honor that all living things — be they plants, animals, or human beings — are part of the same universal oneness. All live in a beautiful state of interdependence. If we heed the message, our lives, like the lives of the Real People, can be filled with this great sense of purpose.

Outback

FROM THE AUTHOR TO THE READER

This was written after the fact and inspired by actual experience. As you will see, there wasn't a notebook handy. It is sold as a novel to protect the small tribe of Aborigines from legal involvement. I have deleted details to honor friends who do not wish to be identified and to secure the secret location of our sacred site.

I have saved you a trip to the public library by including important historical information. I can also save you a trip to Australia. The modern-day Aboriginal condition can be seen in any U.S. city, dark-skinned people living in their section of town, well over half on the dole. The employed ones work in menial jobs; their culture appears lost, like the Native American, forced onto designated soil and forbidden for generations to practice all sacred ways.

"What I can't save you from is the Mutant message!"

America, Africa, and Australia all seem to be trying to improve race relations. But somewhere in the dry heart of the Outback there remains a slow, steady, ancient heart­beat, a unique group of people not concerned with racism, but concerned only with other people and the environment.

To understand that pulse is to better understand being human or human being-ness. This manuscript was a peaceful self-published work that became controversial. From this reading you could come to several possible conclusions. It might appear to the reader that the man I refer to as my interpreter may not have complied in past years with government rules and regulations: census, taxes, required voting, land use, mining permits, reporting births and deaths, and so on. He may also have aided other tribal citizens in noncompliance.

I have been asked to bring this man to the public and to take a group into the desert along the route we walked. I refused! So, one may conclude either that I am guilty of aiding these people in not conforming with the law, or that because I have not produced the actual tribal members, I am lying and the people do not exist.

My answer is this: I do not speak for the Australian Aborigines. I speak only for one small Outback nation referred to as the Wild People or the Ancient Ones. I visited them again, returning to the United States just prior to January 1994. I again received their blessing and approval for how I was handling this assignment.

To you, the reader, I wish to say this: It appears that some people are only ready to be entertained. So if you are one of these people, please read, enjoy, and walk away as you would from any good performance. For you, it is pure fiction, and you will not be disappointed; you will get your money's worth.

If you are, on the other hand, someone who hears the message, it will come through to you loud and strong. You will feel it in your gut, heart, head, and the marrow of your bones. You see, it could easily have been you selected for this walkabout, and believe me many times I wished it had.

We all have our own Outback experiences to grow through; mine just happened to be literally in the Out­back. But I did what you would have done, in or out of any shoes.

As your fingers turn these pages, may the people touch your heart. My words are in English but their truth is voiceless. My suggestion is that you taste the message, savor what is right for you, and spit out the rest; after all, that is the law of the universe.

In the tradition of the desert people, I have also taken another new name to reflect a new talent.

Sincerely, Traveling Tongue

MESSAGE FROM FOREVER
by
Bee Lake

.....

EXCERPTS

of

Aborigine Wisdom

from

MUTANT MESSAGE DOWN UNDER (MMDU)

AND

MUTANT MESSAGE FROM FOREVER (MMFF)

by

Marlo Morgan

Affirmation (Morning Prayer for guidance.):

"I did learn that day, however, the remarkable relationship the Aborigines have with nature. Before we started walking for the day, we formed a close-knit semicircle, all of us facing the east. The Tribal Elder moved to the center and started chanting. A beat was established and carried through by each person clapping their hands, stomping their feet, or hitting their thighs."

"It lasted about fifteen minutes. This was routine each morning, and I discovered that it was a very important part of our life together. It was morning (prayer, centering, goal setting, whatever you want to call it). These people believe everything exists on the planet for a reason. Everything has a purpose. There are no freaks, misfits, or accidents. There are only misunderstandings and mysteries not yet revealed to mortal man."

The purpose of the plant kingdom is to feed animals and humans, to hold the soil together, to enhance beauty, to balance the atmosphere. I was told the plants and trees sing to us humans silently, and all they ask in return is for us to sing to them.

"My scientific mind immediately translated this to mean nature's oxygen-carbon dioxide exchange. The primary purpose of the animal is not to feed humans, but it agrees to that when necessary. It is to balance the atmosphere, and be a companion and teacher by example."

"So each morning the tribe sends out a thought or message to the animals and plants in front of us. They say, "We are walking your way. We are coming to honor your purpose for existence." It is up to the plants and animals to make their own arrangements about who will be chosen."

"The Real People tribe never go without food. Always, the universe responds to their mind-talk. They believe the world is a place of abundance. Just as you and I might gather to listen to someone play the piano, and honor that talent and purpose, they sincerely do the same thing with everything in nature."

"When a snake appeared on our path, it was obviously there to provide our dinner. The daily food was a very important part of our evening celebration. I learned that the appearance of food was not taken for granted. It was first requested, always expected to appear, and did appear, but was gratefully received and genuine gratitude was always given."

"The tribe begins each day by saying thank you to Oneness for the day, for themselves, their friends, and the world. They sometimes ask for specifics, but it is always phrased "If it is in my highest good and the highest good for all life everywhere."

"The tribe carried no provisions. They planted no crops; they participated in no harvest. They walked the blazing Australian Outback, knowing each day they would receive bountiful blessings of the universe. The universe never disappointed them." MMDU p.51-52

Assignment, Spiritual:

"If everything has spirit connected to it, or everything is spirit, then what exactly is the human assignment we have?"

"Assignment' is exactly the word to use," Benala commented. "The entire life of a flower unfolds in predictability. An animal is given the gift of movement and the opportunity to seek an environment where it might better survive, but it is not held responsible for how it relates to the world. But people, humans, do choose to accept an assignment and it is directly connected to the special abilities we are given."

" Our spirits were not incomplete in the invisible world before birth. We didn't have to come here to earth to be made whole. We didn't elect to be here to find that it is an all-or-nothing journey. It is not a fail-or-pass course. But unlike other life-forms, humans are held accountable. We have choice. We have free will and are aware of it."

"We alone decide our own degree of self-discipline and are accountable for that. We are creative beings. We have unlimited access to the creative. We are here for one another, to help, to nurture, to entertain, to interact. We are here to care for this planet. With our consciousness comes the knowledge of energy and the stewardship of it. We have a full array of emotions and ultimately discover that the key is quite simple. It really is to love without judgment." MMFF p.206-207

Change:

"One of Grandmother's most frequently used phrases was 'Life is change.' Some big, some little, but without change there can be no growing. And change and growth do not imply either pain or sacrifice." MMFF p.198

"Love the Forever in all people, and put your energy into those who are of like consciousness. The only way you can influence anyone else is by example. They aren't going to change until they are ready. And remember, it is okay. In the scheme of Forever, it really is okay." MMFF p.117

Choosing a new name:

"The dawn brought Beatrice awake with this thought, con­tinued from her sleep, Where do I belong? She had been thinking about taking a new name, but it wasn't an act to be rushed into. The name must be a word pleasant to the ear, and one she could quickly become accustomed to answering to. The name must reflect who she was at this stage of her life, so she asked herself again, Who am I?"

"I am Aboriginal,
a seeker,
one who is already tainted in my perception,
one who is now surrounded by friends, teachers, love.
I feel accepted, secure.

There is no one talent I feel drawn to explore, yet I feel full of talent. I feel I am developing, but I certainly don't know what I will become.

Closing the circle:

"What about people from years ago? People I still feel resentment toward. Someone I may never see again."

" No matter. Have the talk silently and send it to them on a rainbow wherever he or she might be. It will find them. Turn your old judgment into an observation. No one has to be forgiven. We just have to be more understand­ing. Heal the wound in your mind, in your emotions, in your wholeness. Close the circle and walk forward." MMFF p.117

Competition:

"Another factor that seemed so different to me at first and one I still feel is a vital difference between the two cultures is the concept of competition. In the mutant world there can only be room for one at the top and everyone else must fill in below, like a triangle, with most people on the bottom, supporting one person on the top."

"It is difficult for me to understand how a parent can tell a child that only one can win and everyone else must lose. They actually seem to believe there isn't enough prestige, enough places for leadership, so only one can be successful and everyone else must be in a lesser role."

"I think competition,by causing the belief in lack and limitation and feeding the emotions of envy and violence, has done more to pull people apart than any other factor." MMFF p.227-228

Dowsing:

They could locate a plant ready to harvest without pulling it out of the ground. They would move their hands over the plants and comment: 'This one is growing, but not ready yet,' or 'Yes, this one is prepared to give birth."

"All the stalks looked the same to me, so after disturbing several and watching them be replanted, I found it best to wait until I was told what to pull up. They explained it as the natural dowsing ability given to all humans."

"Because my society did not encourage listening to one's intuitive direction, and even frowned on it as being supernatural, possibly evil, I had to be trained to learn what comes naturally. Ultimately they taught me to dowse by asking plants if they were ready to be honored for their purpose of being.

"I asked permission from the universe and then scanned with the palm of my hand. Sometimes I felt heat, and sometimes my fingers seemed to have an uncontrollable twitch when I was over ripe vegetation. When I learned to do it, I could sense a giant step forward in my acceptance from the tribal members. It seemed to signify I was a little less mutated and perhaps becoming gradually more real." MMDU p.54-55

Emotion:

" If we could only remember our Foreverness, we would easily see that earth is the school of emotion. Our energy is combined differently from the energy of other things like rain or fire and is different from the energy of the other growing forms, the plants and animals. It is unique. We as humans are here to experience emotion and to use our bodies as vehicles to achieve emotional wisdom." MMFF p.210

" The body is the way in which humans receive guidance from the spirit world, from the Source, from all our ancestors, from our own perfect Forever self. All the body senses — seeing, hearing, tasting, feeling, and smelling — are
connected to emotion. Actually, I should say emotion is connected to the senses, because the emotion is the foundation." MMFF p.227-228

Food:

"I learned that the Real People were fundamentally vegetarians. For centuries they freely ate the natural wild fruits, yams, berries, nuts, and seeds. They occasionally added fish and eggs when such an item presented itself with the purpose for being, to become part of the Aborigine's body.

"The tribe carried no provisions. They planted no crops; they participated in no harvest. They walked the blazing Australian Outback, knowing each day they
would receive bountiful blessings of the universe. The universe never disappointed them." MMDU p.52

They prefer not to eat things with "faces." They have always ground grain, but it was only when they were driven from the coast into the Outback that eating flesh became necessary." MMDU p.76

"Over the next few days, we ate bulbs, tubers, and other vegetables that grew underground, similar to potatoes and yams. "It was important that we never used an entire bed of any plant. Enough was always left for new growth. The tribal people are amazingly aware of what they called the song or unvoiced sounds of the soil."

"They can sense input from the environment, do something unique in decoding it, and then consciously act, almost as if they had developed some tiny celestial receiver that universal messages came through."

"Over the next months we had an array of food appear before us to be honored as our daily celebration of universal life. We ate kangaroo, wild horse, lizards, snakes, bugs, grub worms of all sizes and colors, ants, termites, anteaters, birds, fish, seeds, nuts, fruit, plants too numerous to mention, and even crocodile." MMDU p.55-56

Forever Beings:

"All humans are spirits only visiting this world. All spirits are forever beings. All encounters with other people are experiences, and all experiences are forever connections. Real People close the circle of each experience. We do not leave ends frayed as Mutants do. If you walk away with bad feelings in your heart for another person and that circle is not closed, it will be repeated later in your life. You will not suffer once but over and over until you learn. It is good to observe, to learn, and become wiser from what has happened. It is good to give thanks, as you say, to bless it, and walk away in peace." MMDU p.93

Judgement:

"For me personally," Benala continued, "the greatest insight into comparing the two societies, the mutant city [in Western society] and our refugee world here in the desert, has been to understand my role as a Forever Spirit having a human experience, and to understand the difference "between judgement and observation."

" Growing up in the city world, I was taught to judge everything: to judge people by their appearance, judge possession by the value, judge the day by the weather, judge health by any degree of pain. The world is full of expert judges who can never agree completely. Each person ends up somewhat isolated and separate from even his own spouse, family, and friends in key beliefs that structure his actions."

" Here in the desert I learned observation. Judgment means deciding right or wrong or degrees of more right than wrong. When you judge, you automatically set yourself up for the other half of the equation. You must also experience and learn forgiveness. When you judge, you ultimately spend equal time, moment for moment, in forgiving. If you don't do it while you are alive, you will do it at another time."

" Observation is a one-hundred-percent-different mental viewpoint. It does not require the step of forgiveness. You acknowledge all people as Forever souls, acknowledge all people as being on their journey through the school of human experience, and acknowledge all souls as possessing the gift of free will and freedom of choice given by the Creator. In other words, people different from yourself are not wrong. They are just making different spiritual choices."

"Our body comes with five senses that connect to every inch of us, so observation can be done with your eyes or nose or any of the senses. Each of us must decide what is right for us to help support a positive journey. In turn, we are responsible for serving others who cross our path. Instead of judging the modern value system, for instance, our tribe would say we smell it, and for us the smell is one we prefer to reject."

"In your case and mine, we have tasted and felt that other world, and for us it is not supportive of our path. We have blessed that way of thinking and walked away. We are not judging it as wrong, irresponsible, or selfish. Instead we merely observed what was taking place and decided we did not wish to participate."

" My people are called the 'Karoon,' meaning first, original, unchanged, thinks in oneness, or real. I say Real People Tribe. The European-type society is referred to as changed, no longer thinking in Oneness, altered or mutated. Benala smiled her toothy grin and laughingly added, "This is not a judgment statement. It is an observation." MMFF p.178-180

Love:

"We have a full array of emotions and ultimately discover that the key is quite simple, It really is to love without judgment. If anything appears to be complicated, it isn't love. It is something else. Love is helping, giving or receiving, whichever role proves helpful." MMFF p.207

Memory:

"When you write something down, you tend to believe you don't need to remember it because you can look it up at a later date. Unfortunately, this leads to a lazy mind. Your power is handed over to the piece of paper. People can't, remember the simplest things, like what they did yesterday or what they had to eat the day before. People keen on writing look around and compare themselves to others in their society and come to the conclusion that it is normal for humans to have poor memories." MMFF p.168

***

[When I was going to school I read a study where a group of American college students were shown a picture of the outside of an apartment building for a certain short period of time. The picture clearly showed the kitchen appliances and furniture through the windows. The students were then asked to draw what they remembered in the picture.

Most of the students got the pattern of the windows correct but could not remember anything about the contents inside of the apartments.

The people doing the test then went to Australia and showed the pictures to a group of illiterate aborigines. The aborigines were able to recreate the picture right down to the bowls on the kitchen counters and to the iron on the ironing board in one apartment.

These natives could not read or write but they could remember what they looked at in detail. I was amazed by the outcome of that study. Now I know how the aborigines were able to do that. They did not allow their memory to degrade by writing things down to remember them. Pete]

Observation:

"Look at everything, including relationships, rituals, food, teachings, entertain­ment, even shelters, and observe subtle energy refinement. Soon you will see you can converse, soothe, support, and love with few actions and even fewer words. One can make love with the eyes. Nearness isn't always necessary either. Much can be influenced from vast distances."

Problem solving:

"Wurtawurta, you have lived in both worlds, the modern one and here, isolated from others. What things are handled differently by the two cultures?"

"There are many. Probably problem solving is a big one. I remember so many people arguing and screaming and even hitting each other during a dispute. The matter was usually not resolved either. People just got mad and walked away or parted from each other with ill feelings."

"I have learned now it was because there was no one standard to use as an agreed upon goal. Here, we recognize that each of us is entitled to be open to our own expressions and ideas. We do relate deeply to nature, and we see that the tree does not break because it will bend. The taller it becomes, the more it bends."

"When two people disagree, we stop to define what direction we are speaking from. There are seven, you know: north, south, east, west, sky above, earth below, and within."

"In a disagreement, one might state that they speak from the west, from the past, something the person understood to be a certain way. Or are they speaking from the east, basing their point of view on the best interest of some future endeavor? Perhaps they would say that they speak from within, saying what is in their heart or in their gut."

"Then, if they cannot see the other person's point of view and come to agreement, they would trade places. Yes, physically move and stand in the other's footprints. They would then, speak from that point of view. Just as aggressively, just as passionately as before. Usually, then they can come to an understanding. If not, they would stop and say to each other, 'What is the principle we are to learn from this?"

"Beatrice, for thousands of years our race has worked together. Everyone is respected, everyone participates, each is supported, but we are a team. You might say a human team on a spiritual assignment." MMFF p.226-227

Splitting-up:

"The person was truly acting in a manner that, as you say, didn't smell right for you. I would say to this relative quite firmly, 'I love you, but I do not like the actions you take. I realize they are not a mistake. I know it is right for you to be this way because that is how you chose to express yourself."

"But I have tried and I cannot accept what you say and do as being right for me, so I must now release our relationship. I cannot put any more energy into it. I love you, but I do not like what you do, so you have my best wishes and good-bye." MMFF p.216

Tracking (reading sign):

The tribal members could look at the ground and tell what creatures were nearby. As children they learn the habit of minute observation and so recognize at a glance the sort of marks that are present upon the sand from walking, hopping, or crawling creatures.

They are so accustomed to seeing each others' footprints that they not only can identify the party but can tell from the length of the stride if the person is feeling well or walking slowly from illness.

The slightest deviation in the footprint can tell them the most probable destination of the walker. Their perception is developed well beyond the limitations of people growing up in other cultures.

Their senses of hearing, sight, and smell seem to be on superhuman levels. Footprints have vibrations that tell much more than merely what one sees on the sand.

I learned later that Aboriginal trackers have been known to tell from tire marks the speed, type of vehicle, date and time, and even the number of passengers.

Water:

We carried several bladder water vessels. I know that humans are approximately 70 percent water and require a minimum of one gallon per day under ideal conditions.

Observing the Aborigines, I saw they did require much less, and drank less than I. In fact, they rarely drank from the water containers. Their bodies seemed to use the moisture in food to a maximum. They believe Mutants have many addictions, and water is included.

We used the water to soak what appeared to be dead and dried-out weeds at mealtime. The brown stubs went into the water as lifeless, dehydrated sticks and came out many times miraculously looking like fresh celery stalks.

They could find water where there was absolutely no appearance of moisture. Sometimes they would lie down on the sand and hear water underneath or hold their hands with the palm down and scan the ground for water.

They put long hollow reeds into the earth, sucked on the end, and created a minifountain. The water was sandy and a dark color but tasted pure and refreshing. They were aware of water in the distance by watching the heat vapors and could even smell and feel it in the breeze. I now understand why so many people who try to explore the inner regions die so quickly. It would take the native expertise to survive.

When we took water from a rocky crevice, I was taught how to approach the area so I did not contaminate it with my human scent and frighten the animals. After all, it was their water too. The animals had as much right to it as people.

The tribe never took all the water, regardless of how low our supply was at the moment. At any water area, the people used the same spot from which to drink. Each type of animal seemed to follow the pattern. Only the birds disregarded the access rule and felt at home drinking, splashing, and excreting freely.