The Red Road

[cheezgrits]

Elder's Meditation of the Day January 8
"Native Americans are essentially calling for righteousness. By this they mean a shared ideology developed by all people using their purest and most unselfish minds."
--Lorraine Canoe/Tom Porter, MOHAWK

The Native way is to first focus on decisions that will be good for the people and then for yourself. Righteousness means "to think right." Our way is to consider the good of all first. This helps our minds to be unselfish and pure. This is the spiritual way. This can be very hard to do because the world we live in says to take care of yourself first. A man cannot be taken advantage of unless it is the will of the Creator. The Creator really controls everything. To have a good future, the people must gather in a circle and pray for the highest good for the people.

Great Mystery, today let me love instead of being loved. Let me be giving instead of receiving. Show me the advantages of having a giving heart.

[Starman3000m]

Originally Posted by cheezgrits

Elder's Meditation of the Day January 8
"Native Americans are essentially calling for righteousness. By this they mean a shared ideology developed by all people using their purest and most unselfish minds."
--Lorraine Canoe/Tom Porter, MOHAWK

The Native way is to first focus on decisions that will be good for the people and then for yourself. Righteousness means "to think right." Our way is to consider the good of all first. This helps our minds to be unselfish and pure. This is the spiritual way. This can be very hard to do because the world we live in says to take care of yourself first. A man cannot be taken advantage of unless it is the will of the Creator. The Creator really controls everything. To have a good future, the people must gather in a circle and pray for the highest good for the people.

Great Mystery, today let me love instead of being loved. Let me be giving instead of receiving. Show me the advantages of having a giving heart.

Good thuoughts as usual cheezgrits. If only all of mankind could cooperate 100% then we would see a peaceful, loving and giving world. Unfortunately, there is evil in the world because of the fallen nature of mankind and because of Satan's opposition to the Love that God wants mankind to exemplify.

Mankind is in a spiritual battle and the only way to have personal victory of good over evil is when the Love and Peace of God dwells within one's heart. Only then can the Holy Spirit of God guide one into the person that you pray to be.

The truth is that the only time we will have True Peace on earth is when Christ returns to establish God's Kingdom and rules from Jerusalem for the millennial period as prophesied in Scripture found in the Holy Bible.

[cheezgrits]

The Indigenous Knowledge and Wisdom of Truth and Justice
The following story is based on a story by Brother Phil Lane, Jr., Ihanktowan Dakota and Chickasaw Nations, as retold by Richard Wagamese. It considers the valued traits in an Indigenous Leader of truth and justice.

IN THE TIME BEFORE there were human beings on Earth, the Creator called a great meeting of the Animal People.
During that period of the world’s history, the Animal People lived harmoniously with one another and could speak to the Creator with one mind. They were very curious about the reason for the gathering. When they had all assembled together, the Creator spoke.
“I am sending a strange new creature to live among you,” he told the Animal People. “He is to be called Man and he is to be your brother.
“But unlike you he will have no fur on his body, will walk on two legs and will not be able to speak with you. Because of this he will need your help in order to survive and become who I am creating him to be. You will need to be more than brothers and sisters, you will need to be his teachers.
“Man will not be like you. He will not come into the world like you. He will not be born knowing and understanding who and what he is. He will have to search for that. And it is in the search that he will find himself.
“He will also have a tremendous gift that you do not have. He will have the ability to dream. With this ability he will be able to invent great things and because of this he will move further and further away from you and will need your help even more when this happens.
“But to help him I am going to send him out into the world with one very special gift. I am going to give him the gift of the knowledge of Truth and Justice. But like his identity it must be a search, because if he finds this knowledge too easily he will take it for granted. So I am going to hide it and I need your help to find a good hiding-place. That is why I have called you here.”
A great murmur ran through the crowd of Animal People. They were excited at the prospect of welcoming a new creature into the world and they were honoured by the Creator’s request for their help. This was truly an important day.
One by one the Animal People came forward with suggestions of where the Creator should hide the gift of knowledge of Truth and Justice.
“Give it to me, my Creator,” said the Buffalo, “and I will carry it on my hump to the very centre of the plains and bury it there.”
“A good idea, my brother,” the Creator said, “but it is destined that Man should cover most of the world and he would find it there too easily and take it for granted.”
“Then give it to me,” said the Salmon, “and I will carry it in my mouth to the deepest part of the ocean and I will hide it there.”
“Another excellent idea,” said the Creator, “but it is destined that with his power to dream, Man will invent a device that will carry him there and he would find it too easily and take it for granted.”
“Then I will take it,” said the Eagle, “and carry it in my talons and fly to the very face of the Moon and hide it there.”
“No, my brother,” said the Creator, “even there he would find it too easily because Man will one day travel there as well.”
Animal after animal came forward with marvelous suggestions on where to hide this precious gift, and one by one the Creator turned down their ideas. Finally, just when discouragement was about to invade their circle, a tiny voice spoke from the back of the gathering. The Animal People were all surprised to find that the voice belonged to the Mole.
The Mole was a small creature who spent his life tunneling through the earth and because of this had lost most of the use of his eyes. Yet because he was always in touch with Mother Earth, the Mole had developed true spiritual insight.
The Animal People listened respectfully when Mole began to speak.
“I know where to hide it, my Creator,” he said. “I know where to hide the gift of the knowledge of Truth and Justice.”
“Where then, my brother?” asked the Creator. “Where should I hide this gift?”
“Put it inside them,” said the Mole. “Put it inside them because then only the wisest and purest of heart will have the courage to look there.”
And that is where the Creator placed the gift of the knowledge of Truth and Justice.

[Starman3000m]

Originally Posted by cheezgrits

...And that is where the Creator placed the gift of the knowledge of Truth and Justice.

Hmmm... This is similar to what Jesus told the religious leaders who wanted to find out about when the Kingdom of God would appear:

...The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:
Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you..
(Luke 17:21)

[cheezgrits]

Cannot stand this forum anymore. With all the Catholic hatred, the insistence that everyone else is wrong and Starman constantly trying to answer everyone of my posts in this thread with a Biblical reference, I'm done.

I wanted this thread to be an educational thread to enlighten others about my culture, not a comparison competition with evangelical bible thumpers.

Peace.

[mamatutu]

Originally Posted by cheezgrits

Cannot stand this forum anymore. With all the Catholic hatred, the insistence that everyone else is wrong and Starman constantly trying to answer everyone of my posts in this thread with a Biblical reference, I'm done.

I wanted this thread to be an educational thread to enlighten others about my culture, not a comparison competition with evangelical bible thumpers.

Peace.

Don't leave, cheez! Your beliefs and perspective are very inspirational. I would miss you, and hope you change your mind. Peace.

"I am a red man. If the Great Spirit had desired me to be a white man he would have made me so in the first place. He put in your heart certain wishes and plans; in my heart he put other and different desires. Each man is good in his sight. It is not necessary for Eagles to be Crows."
— Sitting Bull, Lakota Sioux

[ItalianScallion (Premo)]

Originally Posted by cheezgrits

Cannot stand this forum anymore. With all the Catholic hatred, the insistence that everyone else is wrong and Starman constantly trying to answer everyone of my posts in this thread with a Biblical reference, I'm done.

I wanted this thread to be an educational thread to enlighten others about my culture, not a comparison competition with evangelical bible thumpers.

Peace.

Pompous much? Boo Hoo! Everyone has to read my posts! I don't want anyone else posting here! Dude you're in a public forum! Post whatever you want but you cannot stop others from posting here.

Did you ever think that people may have Starman on ignore or just don't read his posts? Mamatutu is enjoying your posts. Post on bro!

And get over it! There's no Catholic hatred in here either.

[cheezgrits]

Originally Posted by ItalianScallion

Pompous much? Boo Hoo! Everyone has to read my posts! I don't want anyone else posting here! Dude you're in a public forum! Post whatever you want but you cannot stop others from posting here.

Did you ever think that people may have Starman on ignore or just don't read his posts? Mamatutu is enjoying your posts. Post on bro!

And get over it! There's no Catholic hatred in here either.

True enough. But there is Catholic hatred all over the board. But then again, what concern is it of mine?

[cheezgrits]

Elder's Meditation of the Day January 13

"When you remove love and try to replace it with monetary things, you've got nothing ... get him to understand that he has to love himself before he can love anything else."
--John Peters (Slow Turtle), WAMPANOAG


Great Spirit, You are love; You are spirit. Spirit and love are interconnected. I am spiritual. Let me realize what I am really made of.

[mamatutu]

Originally Posted by cheezgrits

True enough. But there is Catholic hatred all over the board. But then again, what concern is it of mine?

Resolution of the Fifth Annual Meetings of the Traditional Elders Circle, 1980

"There are many things to be shared with the Four Colors of humanity in our common destiny as one with our Mother the Earth. It is this sharing that must be considered with great care by the Elders and the medicine people who carry the Sacred Trusts, so that no harm may come to people through ignorance and misuse of these powerful forces."

Native Americans are very wise. Glad you are back. Peace.