All Blog Posts Tagged 'spirituality' (9)

Spirituality and Dreams: A Blend of Native and Christian Traditions Given the complexity of contemporary Native spiritual practices as being influenced by both traditional Native spiritual beliefs and western Christianity and the centrality of dreams to Native culture, the topic of this paper is the relationship between these forms of spirituality as expressed in dreams. It was predicted that through the interviews conducted for this study we would identify potential relationships between the s… Continue

Hey hey! Hey hey! Hey hey! Hey hey! Grandfather, Great Spirit, you have been always, and before you no one has been. There is no other one to pray to but you. You yourself, everything that you see, everything has been made by you. The star nations all over the universe you have finished. The four quarters of the earth you have finished. The day, and in that day, everything you have finished. Grandfather, Great Spirit, lean close to the earth that you may hear the voice I send. You toward… Continue

First Philosophy - TO THE WOMEN The cycle of life for the woman is the baby, girl, woman, and grandmother. These are the four directions of life. She has been given by natural laws the ability to reproduce life. The most sacred of all things in life. Therefore, all men should treat her with dignity and respect. Never was it our way to harm her mentally or physically. Indian men were never abusers. We always treated our women with respect and understanding. So, from now on, I will treat women in… Continue

The American Indian is of the soil, whether it be the region of forests, plains, pueblos, or mesas. He fits into the landscape, for the hand that fashioned the continent also fashioned the man for his surroundings. He once grew as naturally as the wild sunflowers, he belongs just as the buffalo belonged.... Out of the Indian approach to life there came a great freedom, an intense and absorbing respect for life, enriching faith in a Supreme Power, and principles of truth, honesty, generosity,… Continue

Prayer of the Wolf Great spirit watch over me Through the darkness of the night As I go to quell my hunger Guide me with the moon's light I know that I am hated By Man deep within his mind But this world is one of the predator That is how it was designed I ask only to be left in peace… Continue

My grandfather is the fire My grandmother is the wind The Earth is my mother The Great Spirit is my father The World stopped at my birth and laid itself at my feet And I shall swallow the Earth whole when I die and the Earth and I will be one Hail The Great Spirit, my father without him no one could exist because there would be no will to live Hail The Earth, my mother without which no food could be grown and so cause the will to live to starve Hail the wind, my grandmoth… Continue

Great Spirit Grandfather, I send these words to you, Hear my prayer. For these are my words, To Father Sun, To Grandmother Moon, To Mother Earth To all my relations, That have been Created as I. To the Four Winds, That bring us the Seasons of Life. To the East Where Father Sun rises Bringing to us a new day A new meaning of life, A light in which to see The path before us. To the South Where the warm air comes to us Bringing heat and warmth, The seasons of spring And su… Continue

Introduction " What path is right for me?", is a question that each seeker asks at least once in their lives. As children, most individuals follow the pathways of their parents. Even if a parent has no particular spiritual path, the child is influenced by their parent. This is almost genetic as, regardless of a path, the mother, to the child, is the goddess. As one grows older and begins to think for themselves, they begin to feel a desire to either embrace or reject their parental sugge… Continue

Humans are always reachinShaman, Pastor, Priest, Priestess or Candlestick makerg for understanding. Whatever their religious, spiritual, or non spiritual philosophy, they are always seeking to understand the world around them. In our pre-industrialized world we sought these answers from individuals who seemed to have a better connection than the general population with unseen realms. They were sometimes called shamans, druids, priestesses or priests. Our post industrialized world calls… Continue