The ten Indian commandments. 1) Treat the earth and all that dwell thereon with respect. 2) Remain close to the Great Spirit. 3) Show great respect for your fellow beings. 4) Work together for the benefit of all mankind. 5) Give assistance and kindness wherever needed. 6) Do what you know to be right. 7) Look after the well-being of mind and body. 8) Dedicate a share of your efforts to the greater good. 9) Be truthful and honest at all times. 10)Take full responsibility for your actions. Touched by Greatness: Native American meditation Native American meditation _6 comments_ (http://www.newciv.org/nl/newslog.php/_v164/__show_article/_a000164-000011.htm#comments) 27 Nov 2002 @ 07:52, by Tina Hudgell I salute the light within your eyes where the whole universe dwells; for when you are at that center within you, and I am at that place within me, we shall be one. ~ Crazy Horse, Lakota. When you arise in the morning, give thanks for your strength and life...for your food and the joy of living. ~ Tecumseh shooting star, Shawnee. May it be beautiful before me, may it be beautiful behind me, may it be beautiful above me, may it be beautiful all around me, in beauty, it is finished; in beauty it is finished. ~ Traditional Dinah (Navajo) chant. Everything on earth has a purpose... every person, a mission. ~ Mourning Dove/Christine Quinasket, Salish. You will notice that everything an Indian does is in a circle, that is because the power of the world works in circles. Everything tries to be round. ~ Black Elk, Oglala. I see the earth, I see the earth, and smile, she makes me happy, the earth sees me, the earth sees me and smiles. May I walk, walk happily, walk happily and lightly upon her. What is life? it is the flash of the firefly in the night, it is the breath of the buffalo, it is the little shadow that runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset. Teach your children what we have taught our children, that the earth is our Mother, whatever befalls the earth, befalls our sons and daughters of the earth, if men spit upon the ground, they spit upon themselves, this we know, the earth does not belong to us, we belong to the earth, this we know, all things are connected, like the blood that unites one family, all things are connected. We did not weave the web of life, we are merely a strand in it. whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. Spritual power is really a distinctive kind of knowledge, like the key that opens the door, or the switch that starts the energy moving, it is that special insight that we need to break up the jam of knowledge.

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