Where did your name come from?

Christina.  Sita.  Th'e Chup'ke Yah Kah Pah .  Sakanta .  Running Wolf . Lockwood . Bell-Gumaer. MS . Metis

Current names used:   Sakanta Running Wolf,

Sakanta Running Wolf Bell-Gumaer, Sakanta Bell-Gumaer

MS= Masters Clinical Counseling

Metis= Native American, Non-Native American Heritage

Sakanta = Running Wolf.  Name received in ceremony ,reflects  my
work as peacemaker, networker, moving among different groups, teaching and reflecting peace. Wolf = Teacher, moves between solitary life and public life Lockwood = family name father's side.
Bell = English = Father's family name-= Mayflower=

Settled Stamford, CT.

Gumaer - Mother's maiden name - added 30+
years ago to balance history (feminist influence) French Hugenot
Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great  Grandfather Gumaer
Christina = birth given name = Christian
Legal name change to Sakanta to reflect  heart's path and

spiritual identification with my Native American, Micmac heritage.

Micmac = one of 500 indigenous nations of USA. French Hugenot intermarriage

with Micmac, erased  from written family tree.
Sita - name given to me by OSHO  25 years ago From Wikipedia : Sita  is the wife of Rama, the seventh avatāra of Vishnu, and is esteemed an exemplar of womanly and wifely virtue. According to Hindu belief, Sita was an avatāra of Lakshmi, Vishnu's consort, who chose to reincarnate herself on Earth as Sita and endure an arduous life, to provide humankind an example of good virtues. Sita is one of the principal characters in the Ramayana, a Hindu epic named after her husband Rama.Enduring arduous life and providing humankind with example of good virtues..Enter Quan Yin: I am on the Quan Yin Ray - returning to the Earth by choice to assist others in enlightenment- Quan Yin = compassion, the Mother, unconditional love, service

Th'e Chup'ke Ya Kah Pah - Name given to me by
Medicine Man Bearheart following Vision Quest=
Walks in Freedom. Bearheart's book is, The Earth is My Mother

My name reflects my spiritual path, spiritual history, life purpose,

political history of ancestors, ethnicity of ancestors

I am Metis - mixed heritage -many years of  identity issues

because I was neither Native nor Non/Native and could not find my family.

Then, Metis meant for me a Bridge Walker - one who walks in both worlds.

My family is Metis.

I am Global Citizen, Human Being. I am my name and I transcend  my name. My walk is the measure of my name. My name  is my ancestors, my spiritual, political, and ethnic history. These  names do not reflect all of my Earth life locations, but they do reflect my life's path as healer, teacher. My names reflects this life's work and other lives. Other lives as politician, religious  leader, artist, musician - still , all with purpose

of healing, equality, highest truth, light, love, wisdom, humor.

My name is Sakanta,Human Being, Caretaker of Animals, Children, Those who Suffer, God (God Within, God Above), Goddess,Divine, Saint, Sinner, Guadalupe, Facilitator Global Peace, Global Healing, Global Consciousness, Servant of God, Medicine Wheel Walker, Sacred, Divine, Dancer, Healer. I answer to Mom,Beloved, Wife, Sakanta, Running Wolf, Goddess, Hey You.Take it higher. My name is Highest Truth, Light,Love,Wisdom,Humor. My name is fear. My name is ego. My name is

your name. My name is Compassion, Unconditional Love, Hugging Saint, Osho, child of all religions and none. I Am That I Am. Celebration, Transformation, Inspiration, Healing. My name is One World One God.

One Earth One People. Diversity, Respect.  My name is beautiful. Sacred.

Chop Wood Carry Water. Zorba the Buddha. My name was suffering,

illusion, lost, hopeless, helpless, without support, alone, stuck, depressed, victim, enduring, depressed. Worked 40 years to be healed.

Karma, Will. Divine Intervention. Dark Night of the Soul. Spiritual Emergence. Earth Dance. Earth School. Who, me?

Gone.