Everything I know about my Culture, I learned by listening and watching. Now-a-day People learn from books instead. Doctors study what other men have learned, from books.
I PRAY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT MAN HAS FORGOTTEN
Ask me questions from your Heart and I will give you answers from my Heart. You always want to know what you can not understand. I can tell you, there are NO Secrets. There's NO Mystery, there's ONLY COMMON SENSE.
White Crow February 2009
Words and Lessons I have heard and learned from the Elders, those who have passed on to me the Knowledge and Traditions of my People.
The Grandfathers' Words: "The Grandfathers are dying out and the Old Ways and Knowledge is going with them. Little Brother, my Gift to you is the Wisdom, the Knowledge, of the Old Ways. Always hold this close to you, in your Heart and Spirit as you Walk your Life Path. Some, now try to mix our Culture, that has existed for countless Generations, with Euro-American concepts. Do not let these People contaminate the Truths in your Mind and Spirit".
The Grandfather October 1943
As a Boy, my Grandmother would take me to Gatherings, now they are called Pow wows. These Gatherings of the People could be a Gathering of a Clan, a Gathering of a Tribe, a gathering of the Confereracy Nations, or Inter-Tribal Gatherings. At these Gatherings, I was always Honored to listen to the Grandfathers and Grandmothers tell their Stories, Knowledge passed down from Generation to Generation as it has been done for countless Generations by my People.
I now pass these Concepts and Perceptions on, in my Tradition of passing on Stories, to keep our Culture alive in this twenty first Century and the future. As I will always say, take from these that what is good for you, let the rest Blow in the Wind. Yet, do not judge me nor the Grandfathers, these ARE a Culture Concept. Thus neither Right nor Wrong as with all Concepts, Perceptions or Opinions. I do Pray you will find within these Words something that may help you along the Life Path that you have chosen for yourself.
Their Stories:
"Everyone got to find the Right Path. You can't see it so it's hard to find. No one can show you. Each Person's got to fine the Path by himself".
"I do not see a delegation for the Four Footed. I see no seat for the Eagles. We forgot and we consider ourselves superior. But we are after all a MERE PART of the Creation. And we must consider, to understand, where we are. We stand somewhere between the Mountains and the Ant. Somewhere and only there as PART of the CREATION".
"You finally Learned that Wisdom comes only when you stop looking for it and start truly living the Life the Creator intended for you".
"If you know my Song, you know me. Everyone has a Song. Creator gives us each a Song. That's how we Know who we are. Our Songs tell us WHO WE ARE".
"With one Mind we address our Acknowledgment, Respect, and Gratefulness to all the Sacred Cycle of Life. WE, as Humans, must remember to be Humble and Acknowledge the GIFTS we use so freely in our daily Lives".
"Man sometimes think he's been elevated to be the Controller, the Ruler. BUT HE'S NOT. He's only A PART OF THE WHOLE. Man's job is not to EXPLOIT but to OVERSEE, to be a STEWART. Man has RESPONSIBILITY, not POWER".
These statements by the Grandfathers and Grandmothers, Lessons as a Boy in the Mountains with no Worldly experiences, have guided me along my Life Path. I do believe these Words are as Revelant today in the twenty first Century as they were when as a Boy in the 1930's and 1940's, as they were in the Time of my Ancestors.
White Crow Lessons Learned between 1941 and 1951
Monday, February 23, 2009
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Knowing - Feeling - Sensing
To know, to feel, to sense. All Human abilities.
KNOWING: Knowledge starts from birth, you learn to speak and to walk, to read, to write and further your education in formal schooling. These are only important and necessary to prepare you for the task of living, your Physiacl Life.
FEELING: Again, this starts from birth. It is sad, in this society, the first feelings are that of pain. A slap on the buttocks to make you cry to start your breathing. A gentle hand, rubbing the cheat will accomplish the same effect, causing a gentler easing into this Physical World and Life.
Much is taken for granted when it comes to your Feelings. You learn to know and accept the feeling of Joy and Saddness, Love, Hate and Anger, your Mental Self. Yet not much attention is placed on the subtle feelings encountered daily in Nature, A PART OF WHICH YOU ARE! A soft and gentle Breeze crossing your face, most often goes unnoticed.
SENSING: This begins before birth. By the time you are able to express what you Sense, in todays' Society, the adults discourage it as silly nonsence, thus depressing it in the Child. Senseing is of the Spiritual Self.
Todays' Society has problems accepting the Concept that the Physical, the Mental and the Spiritual are one, making us Humans whole. The ability to Sense things is not a special Gift from the Creator for a few select Humans, all are born with it. Most Children are not allowed to explore this ability because of the narrow minds of todays' Society, who focus on the so called, what is real, or reality. When reality is trully an individuals concept, thus neither right nor wrong, only a concept to be questioned.
As a Boy, the words of my Grandmother, "You were chosen, not by yourself or by any Human Being, but by a greater Power greater than you or me. Don't listen to those who would criticize you or me for Honoring our Abilities." My Grandmother taught me through many Stories of the Old Ways. She taught through example to be a helper to everyone you meet. That everyone is special in this Life, that Love has no Boundaries, and that Boundaries cannot be set on Love.
My first Lessons were to Respect ALL LIFE, Protect Mother Earth and All of Nature. How can you have or give Love if there is no Respect?
Looking back on the Teachings of my Traditional Ways,
My Concept: Honor, Trust, Respect and Love. To love and to be Loved, you must Honor, Trust and Respect in the HUMAN SENSE. If you cannot Sense Honor in the Person, if you cannot Sense Trust in the Person, if you cannot Sense Respect in the Person, THERE CANNOT BE TRUTH IN LOVE.
For Balance and Peace within: The Knowledge of something or Feeling something, these are not as important for your WELL BEING as Sensing something.
White Crow July 1965
KNOWING: Knowledge starts from birth, you learn to speak and to walk, to read, to write and further your education in formal schooling. These are only important and necessary to prepare you for the task of living, your Physiacl Life.
FEELING: Again, this starts from birth. It is sad, in this society, the first feelings are that of pain. A slap on the buttocks to make you cry to start your breathing. A gentle hand, rubbing the cheat will accomplish the same effect, causing a gentler easing into this Physical World and Life.
Much is taken for granted when it comes to your Feelings. You learn to know and accept the feeling of Joy and Saddness, Love, Hate and Anger, your Mental Self. Yet not much attention is placed on the subtle feelings encountered daily in Nature, A PART OF WHICH YOU ARE! A soft and gentle Breeze crossing your face, most often goes unnoticed.
SENSING: This begins before birth. By the time you are able to express what you Sense, in todays' Society, the adults discourage it as silly nonsence, thus depressing it in the Child. Senseing is of the Spiritual Self.
Todays' Society has problems accepting the Concept that the Physical, the Mental and the Spiritual are one, making us Humans whole. The ability to Sense things is not a special Gift from the Creator for a few select Humans, all are born with it. Most Children are not allowed to explore this ability because of the narrow minds of todays' Society, who focus on the so called, what is real, or reality. When reality is trully an individuals concept, thus neither right nor wrong, only a concept to be questioned.
As a Boy, the words of my Grandmother, "You were chosen, not by yourself or by any Human Being, but by a greater Power greater than you or me. Don't listen to those who would criticize you or me for Honoring our Abilities." My Grandmother taught me through many Stories of the Old Ways. She taught through example to be a helper to everyone you meet. That everyone is special in this Life, that Love has no Boundaries, and that Boundaries cannot be set on Love.
My first Lessons were to Respect ALL LIFE, Protect Mother Earth and All of Nature. How can you have or give Love if there is no Respect?
Looking back on the Teachings of my Traditional Ways,
My Concept: Honor, Trust, Respect and Love. To love and to be Loved, you must Honor, Trust and Respect in the HUMAN SENSE. If you cannot Sense Honor in the Person, if you cannot Sense Trust in the Person, if you cannot Sense Respect in the Person, THERE CANNOT BE TRUTH IN LOVE.
For Balance and Peace within: The Knowledge of something or Feeling something, these are not as important for your WELL BEING as Sensing something.
White Crow July 1965
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