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| Topic: NORTH AMERICAN INDIGENOUS SPIRITUALITY & HEALING | |
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Hold On
Hold on to what is good, Even if it's a handful of earth. Hold on to what you believe, Even if it's a tree that stands by itself. Hold on to what you must do, Even if it's a long way from here. Hold on to your life, Even if it's easier to let go. Hold on to my hand, Even if someday I'll be gone away from you. - A Pueblo Indian Prayer |
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The Code of Ethics is really beautiful, jagbird. If only more people lived that way...it seems to me, it is about being mindful, present and aware as you live each day. A challenge to do, I think. Maybe similar to practicing yoga? Each pose is a goal and each day you might not reach the goal, bit that is what is worked toward every time. Yes... and Thanks, Jaded... I'm not too sure about relating it to yoga, though...? Maybe in some of the goals, but the pathway is different.. Different pathways for different people.. or there would be too much traffic congestion, on one... 
The more I talk to people from different pathways, the more I see that the vocabulary used is different, but the ideas and goals are similar. From Buddha to the Creator, and back again, there are many ways to experience stillness in our minds and love in our hearts. 
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Go Forward With Courage When you are in doubt, be still, and wait; when doubt no longer exists for you, then go forward with courage. So long as mists envelop you, be still; be still until the sunlight pours through and dispels the mists -- as it surely will. Then act with courage. Ponca Chief White Eagle (1800's to 1914) I'm finding these words very powerful, today. Thank you for sharing all of these poems/ excerpts! |
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The more I talk to people from different pathways, the more I see that the vocabulary used is different, but the ideas and goals are similar. From Buddha to the Creator, and back again, there are many ways to experience stillness in our minds and love in our hearts.
Agreed, Jaded... Many different pathways.., but most lead to the same goal of "Oneness"... 
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Go Forward With Courage When you are in doubt, be still, and wait; when doubt no longer exists for you, then go forward with courage. So long as mists envelop you, be still; be still until the sunlight pours through and dispels the mists -- as it surely will. Then act with courage. Ponca Chief White Eagle (1800's to 1914) I'm finding these words very powerful, today. Thank you for sharing all of these poems/ excerpts! Very glad to share with everyone, Jaded... I will try to add more every week.. 
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Before our white brothers arrived to make us civilized men,
we didn't have any kind of prison. Because of this, we had no delinquents. Without a prison, there can be no delinquents. We had no locks nor keys and therefore among us there were no thieves. When someone was so poor that he couldn't afford a horse, a tent or a blanket, he would, in that case, receive it all as a gift. We were too uncivilized to give great importance to private property. We didn't know any kind of money and consequently, the value of a human being was not determined by his wealth. We had no written laws laid down, no lawyers, no politicians, therefore we were not able to cheat and swindle one another. We were really in bad shape before the white men arrived and I don't know how to explain how we were able to manage without these fundamental things that (so they tell us) are so necessary for a civilized society. John (Fire) Lame Deer Sioux Lakota - 1903-1976 |
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Lakota Prayer
Wakan Tanka, Great Mystery, teach me how to trust my heart, my mind, my intuition, my inner knowing, the senses of my body, the blessings of my spirit. Teach me to trust these things so that I may enter my Sacred Space and love beyond my fear, and thus Walk in Balance with the passing of each glorious Sun. According to the Native People, the Sacred Space is the space between exhalation and inhalation. To Walk in Balance is to have Heaven (spirituality) and Earth (physicality) in Harmony. |
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Edited by
jagbird
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Wed 08/28/13 07:08 AM
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So live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart.
Trouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view, and demand that they respect yours. Love your life, perfect your life, beautify all things in your life. Seek to make your life long and its purpose in the service of your people. Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide. Always give a word or a sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend, even a stranger, when in a lonely place. Show respect to all people and grovel to none. When you arise in the morning give thanks for the food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies only in yourself. Abuse no one and no thing, for abuse turns the wise ones to fools and robs the spirit of its vision. When it comes your time to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with the fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song and die like a hero going home. --- Chief Tecumseh (Crouching Tiger) Shawnee Nation 1768-1813 |
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Edited by
jagbird
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Wed 08/28/13 12:42 PM
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.."There's two dead women there... and two little kids. They scalped them all, all four of 'em. Bounty hunters. The government down here pays 200 pesos a head for men, 100 for women and 50 for those kids. They kill any Indian and then claim they are Apache. I don't see how any man can sink so low.."...
-Robert Duvall (Geronimo: An American Legend) **** Unfortunately.. this was true.. and the Americans & others matched the same amounts in dollars.. |
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THE INDIAN TEN COMMANDMENTS
- Treat the Earth and all that dwell therein with respect - Remain close to the Great Spirit - Show great respect for your fellow beings - Work together for the benefit of all Mankind - Give assistance and kindness wherever needed - Do what you know to be right - Look after the well-being of Mind and Body - Dedicate a share of your efforts to the greater Good - Be truthful and honest at all times - Take full responsibility for your actions |
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O' GREAT SPIRIT
help me always to speak the truth quietly, to listen with an open mind when others speak, and to remember the peace that may be found in silence. - Cherokee Prayer |
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Peace and happiness are available in every moment.
Peace is every step. We shall walk hand in hand. There are no political solutions to spiritual problems. Remember: If the Creator put it there, it is in the right place. The soul would have no rainbow if the eyes had no tears. Tell your people that, since we were promised we should never be moved, we have been moved five times. - An Indian Chief, 1876. |
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When all the trees have been cut down,
when all the animals have been hunted, when all the waters are polluted, when all the air is unsafe to breathe, only then will you discover you cannot eat money. - Cree Prophecy |
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Like the grasses showing tender faces to each other,
thus should we do, for this was the wish of the Grandfathers of the World. -- Black Elk |
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I do not think the measure of a civilization
is how tall its buildings of concrete are, But rather how well its people have learned to relate to their environment and fellow man. - Sun Bear of the Chippewa Tribe |
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We do not want schools....
they will teach us to have churches. We do not want churches.... they will teach us to quarrel about God. We do not want to learn that. We may quarrel with men sometimes about things on this earth, but we never quarrel about God. We do not want to learn that. - Heinmot Tooyalaket ( Chief Joseph), Nez Perce Leader |
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Certain things catch your eye,
But pursue only those that capture your heart. - (old indian saying) |
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Thanksgiving
We return thanks to our mother, the earth, which sustains us. We return thanks to the rivers and streams, which supply us with water. We return thanks to all herbs, which furnish medicines for the cure of our diseases. We return thanks to the moon and stars, which have given to us their light when the sun was gone. We return thanks to the sun, that has looked upon the earth with a beneficent eye. Lastly, we return thanks to the Great Spirit, in Whom is embodied all goodness, and Who directs all things for the good of Her children. - Iroquois |
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Two Wolves - A Cherokee Parable
An old Cherokee chief was teaching his grandson about life... "A fight is going on inside me," he said to the boy. "It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves. "One is evil - he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, self-doubt, and ego. "The other is good - he is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith. "This same fight is going on inside you - and inside every other person, too." The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather, "Which wolf will win?" The old chief simply replied, "The one you feed." |
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"Give thanks for unknown blessings
already on their way." - Native American saying |
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