Friday, July 17, 2009

Physical - Mental - Spiritual

Physical - Mental - Spiritual -

The three are connected. They are inseparable. What ever happens to one also affects the others.

The Human Self and all that comprises it - Physical Body, Mental Mind and Sensual Spirit - is the creative, moving circle of Native Culture and its' People. This may seem to be common sense. Yet, modern thinking abstracts the Mind from the Spirit, the Spirit from the Body, and the Body from the Natural World. This disassociation becomes most pronounced at the level of perception. In Native contexts, perception, creative participation may result in a Story, Song, Dance, a Vision, Ritual, or Ceremony. The so called, "Western Society" perpetuates the illusion of “objective” detachment and psychological disassociation.
THEY REPRESS THEIR FULL INVOLVEMENT OF ALL THEIR SENSES!

White Crow August 1955

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