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The Heart of The World
It is so easy to judge and dismiss that which you do not understand. Most of the world believes that indigenous ceremony is superstition and something that has no grounding in science. To the Indigenous people of North America however, this is the truth of their reality. They believe it in every cell of their bodies. Mankind has moved away from the heart of the world to the logic of the mind, and their belief is in the chemist, the physicist, and the mathematician. Science has proven to them that all this ancient belief in ceremony is simply ignorance… And yet modern man has created, with its great science, which it is certain is the ultimate “truth”, a world on the brink of total destruction in less than two hundred years. Whereas ancient man, with its ceremonies, managed to sustain itself for millions of years. Perhaps we should consider this ancient wisdom, at least to understand, even with our logical mind, how it is possible that ceremony actually can create a world in balance. The only shadow cast here, is that of your own doubt.
— All my relations.. Black Eagle, Niksokowa.. Piita’Siksinam
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I want purity in my life. And kindness…and I want to keep moving and learning. This is not what most people want, so I go it alone, but I’m not lonely: I’m protected.
— Lillian Gish
