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N. Scott Momaday, The Great House of Birds
Once in his life a man ought to concentrate his mind upon the remembered earth. He ought to give himself up to a particular landscape in his experience; to look at it from as many angles as he can, to wonder upon it, to dwell upon it.
He ought to imagine that he touches it with his hands at every season and listens to the sounds that are made upon it.
He ought to imagine the creatures there and all the faintest motions of the wind. He ought to recollect the glare of the moon and the colors of the dawn and dusk.
The remembered earth
Joan Borysenko, A Woman's Book of Life
In Ojibwa and many other Native American cultures, women are revered because they are thought to be in especially close connection to the Great Mystery. Traditional Native women are indeed exquisitely attuned to the natural world, and to the interconnectedness of the seasons, the plants, the festivals, the holy days, the harvest.
Women are revered
Joan Borysenko, A Woman's Book of Life
The Mohave Indians place great significance on the dreams that occur during menarche. Young girls are instructed to remember all their dreams, which are then shared with a wise elder of the tribe. The girl's future life can then be predicted and guided on the basis of information that she has retrieved from the dreamtime — our connection to an expanded, interdependent reality.
Dreamtime -- our connection to an expanded, interdependent reality
Susan Chernak McElroy, Heart in the Wild
Observing animals over the course of my lifetime had made me deeply respectful of the practice of ritual and ceremony — even those of the smallest sort like that enacted by my early morning crow. In the lives of animals, I saw daily and seasonal rituals that evoked in me a deep sense of the sacred and of mystery. This is what ritual is: an invitation into the sacred, a bridge constructed between the landscapes of mystery and our everyday world.
Observing animals over the course of my lifetime
Cheyenne Proverb , A Woman's Book of Life
A nation is not conquered until the hearts of its women are on the ground. Then it is done, no matter how brave its warriors or how strong their weapons.
No matter how brave its warriors
Susan Chernak McElroy, Heart in the Wild
Some animals would return to me again and again, bringing gifts of healing insight and energy. Elk was one of them. Over and over he came to me in life as well as in spirit and dreams, an enormous wealth of mystery and comfort attending his visits.
Some animals would return to me
Kenneth Cohen, Honoring the Medicine
The first "tool" in the Native counselor's medicine bag is encouraging patients to talk from the heart.
The first tool
Kenneth Cohen, Honoring the Medicine
To walk a spiritual trail is to walk with courage and commitment. Walk your vision, walk your goals.
To walk a spiritual trail is to walk with courage
Kenneth Cohen, Honoring the Medicine
From the Native American perspective, medicine belongs more to the realm of healing than curing. . . . Healing emphasizes your connection to people, nature, and spirit. It includes more than self-centered or personal care. The goal of healing is both wellness and wisdom.
The goal of healing
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