| SPIRITUALITY OF MY BELIEFS | ||||||||||||||||||||
| NATIVE AMERICAN COMMANDMENTS | SPIRITUAL DREAM CATCHERS | |||||||||||||||||||
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THE NATIVE AMERICAN LEGEND: THE STAR, THE MOON AND THE SKY Back when the sky was completely dark there was a chief with two sons, a younger son, One Who Walks All Over the Sky, and an older son, Walking About Early. The younger son was despondant to see the sky always so dark thus he made a mask out of timber and pitch (the Sun) and lit it on fire. Each day he traveled across the sky and at night he slept below the horizon and when he snored sparks flew from the mask and made the stars in the sky. The older brother became jeaulous and in order to impress their father he smeared fat and charcoal on his face (the Moon) and makes his own path across the sky. |
Treat the Earth and all that dwell theron with respect. Remain close to the Great Spirit. Show great respect for your fellow 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. GREAT SPIRIT, give us hearts to understand; never to take from creation's beauty more than we can give; never to destroy wantonly for the furtherance of greed; never deny to give our hands for the building of earth's beauty; never take from her what we cannot use. GIVE US HEARTS TO UNDERSTAND that to destroy earth's music is to create confusion; that to wreck her appearance is to blind us to beauty; that to callously pollute her fragrance is to make a house of stench; that as we care for her she will care for us; We have forgotten who we are. We have sought only our own security. We have exploited simply for our own ends. We have distorted our knowledge. We have abused our power. Great Spirit, whose dry lands thirst, help us to find the way to refresh your lands. Great Spirit, whose waters are choked with debris and pollution, help us to find the way to cleanse your waters. Great Spirit, whose beautiful earthgrows ugly with misuse, help us to find the way to restore beauty to your handiwork. Great Spirit, whose creature are being destroyed, help us to find a way to replenish them. Great Spirit, whose gifts to use are being lost in selfishness and corruption, help us to find the way to restore our humanity. | |||||||||||||||||||
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If you don't already know my name is Dee, I am a 28 year old female of Native American descent. I was inspired to share my Beliefs and Culture with all my friends from the Comic Chat World. It is a culture much rich from the land and now exists more so in History. Please take a moment to read the Commandments of my culture. And to all my friends in Comic Chat see ya in the Bandwagon......................CYA-LuvvBuggg | ||||||||||||||||||||
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