Lakota Instructions for Living

Friend do it this way - that is,
whatever you do in life,
do the very best you can
with both your heart and mind.

And if you do it that way,
the Power Of The Universe
will come to your assistance,
if your heart and mind are in Unity.

When one sits in the Hoop Of The People,
one must be responsible because
All of Creation is related.
And the hurt of one is the hurt of all.
And the honor of one is the honor of all.
And whatever we do effects everything in the universe.

If you do it that way - that is,
if you truly join your heart and mind
as One - whatever you ask for,
that's the Way It's Going To Be.

//passed down from White Buffalo Calf Woman

Mistakes and forgiveness

I have done many mistakes in my life that I´m not very proud of.
But I have to forgive myself and also hope that God can forgive me for the trespasses.
I know God forgive me but it´s harder to forgive myself, it takes time.

I don´t want to do mistake but I did because I didn´t know better at this point in life.
Also we grow thrue our mistakes, when we feel guilt we know what we did was not good for ourself or another person and then we try to change our behaviour to try to do better the next time.

But who decide by the way what is a mistake?
Me, you or God?

I think it is that only we ourself know when we did a mistake,
because we feel guilt and that we could have done things in a better way.

So we can say that we evolve thrue mistakes.
Like on Earth today, we are desolate rainforests and do many more things that is not good for ourself or the Earth.
So it´s time to take a good look at ourself and have the insight that we can do better then what we do now.
We can always improve (I believe anyway).

But also forgive ourself for our mistakes, we all do mistakes.

I also think I´m not done yet with doing mistakes (I think we never are),
but I will learn from them and then move on a little bit wiser ;-)

I hope we can make this world a better place for all of us, by learning thrue our mistakes.

A quote about forgiveness:
“To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.” - Lewis B Smedes

Honor the sacred.
Honor the Earth, our Mother.
Honor the Elders.
Honor all with whom we
share the Earth:-
Four-leggeds, two-leggeds,
winged ones,
Swimmers, crawlers,
plant and rock people.
Walk in balance and beauty.

Native American Elder

(from http://www.sapphyr.net/natam/quotes-nativeamerican.htm)

have started read about Job .. very interesting :-)
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The Book of Job helps us to understand the following: Satan cannot bring financial and physical destruction upon us unless it is by God’s permission. God has power over what Satan can and cannot do. It is beyond our human ability to understand the “why’s” behind all the suffering in the world. The wicked will receive their just dues. We cannot always blame our suffering and sin on our lifestyles. Suffering may sometimes be allowed in our lives to purify, test, teach or strengthen the soul. God remains enough, deserves and requests our love and praise in all circumstances of life.
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Wisdom of Do Nothing / Adyashanti

About being a warrior … we all are in different ways :-)
We have sorrow and pain and happiness in our life.
It makes us become a deeper and more understanding person I think. We can only understand another person when we have walked in their shoes.
All the things we are forced to survive in different ways makes us stronger (if we don´t die from it).
I have had things happen in my life which I couldn´t choose such as sickness and accidents.
I think it has a meaning and I have learned by theese painful experinces.

So I´m thankful for theese expierences, because it has learned me a lot.

Love Jessica

Just a quote I found :-)

The truly wise teacher offers you not his own knowledge, but instead leading you to your own treasure inside your own head. -Khalil Gibran

A poem from ShantiMayis book: In our hearts we know.

You seek was is already yours
You travel home
For ever home
East and west
Nort and South
Zenit and Nadir
Unimaginably
Immeasurable
In the simplicity of the everyday
Come home

Love Jessica

Indian quote 2010.01.05

In the beginning of all things, wisdom and knowledge were with the animals, for Tirawa, the One Above, did not speak directly to man. He sent certain animals to tell men that he showed himself through the beast, and that from them, and from the stars and the sun and moon should man learn.. all things tell of Tirawa.

All things in the world are two. In our minds we are two, good and evil. With our eyes we see two things, things that are fair and things that are ugly.... We have the right hand that strikes and makes for evil, and we have the left hand full of kindness, near the heart. One foot may lead us to an evil way, the other foot may lead us to a good. So are all things two, all two.

meditation 2010.01.02

I have been meditating again this time this popped up in my mind:

Choose joy.
Walk the path which give you most joy, then you can overflow to other people even more.

Love again Jessica

El condor pasa

On this day of your life, Jessica, I believe God wants you to know...

. ..that everything is perfect Right Here, Right Now. And

Right Here Right Now is all there is.

Forget about the past. It does not exist, except in your

memory. Drop it. And stop worrying about how you're

going to get through tomorrow. Life is going on Right

Here, Right Now -- pay attention to that and all will

be well.

Embrace the present moment with gratefulness and

wonder, and you will turn it into whatever you have

been waiting for.

A friend send me this link :

Image of today

Native American Prayer

Oh, Great Spirit
Whose voice I hear in the winds,
And whose breath gives life to all the world,
hear me, I am small and weak,
I need your strength and wisdom.
Let me walk in beauty and make my eyes ever behold
the red and purple sunset.
Make my hands respect the things you have
made and my ears sharp to hear your voice.
Make me wise so that I may understand the things
you have taught my people.
Let me learn the lessons you have
hidden in every leaf and rock.
I seek strength, not to be greater than my brother,
but to fight my greatest enemy - myself.
Make me always ready to come to you
with clean hands and straight eyes.
So when life fades, as the fading sunset,
my Spirit may come to you without shame.

(translated by Lakota Sioux Chief Yellow Lark in 1887)

Quote of the day

” IF WE OURSELVES REMAIN ANGRY AND THEN SING WORLD PEACE, IT HAS LITTLE MEANING.
SO, YOU SEE, FIRST OUR INDIVIDUAL SELF MUST LEARN PEACE.
THIS WE CAN PRACTICE, THEN WE TEACH THE REST OF THE WORLD”
THE DALAI LAMA

inspiration quotes

Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news.
The good news is that you don’t know how great you can be! Howmuch you can love! What you can accomplish!
And what your potential is!
- Anne Frank

We can stay young by focusing on a dream instead of on a regret.
-Unknown

We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.
- E. M. Forester

The real secret of patience is to find something to do in the meantime.
-Unknown

Your key to freedom lies in your power to control your thoughts.
-Unknown

Native Indian quotes

Eagles: When they walk, they stumble. They are not what one would call graceful.
They were not designed to walk. They fly. And when they fly, oh, how they fly, so free, so graceful.
They see from the sky what we never see.”


Eagle Chief (Letakos-Lesa) Pawnee
QuotesIn the beginning of all things, wisdom and knowledge were with the animals, for Tirawa, the One Above, did not speak directly to man.
He sent certain animals to tell men that he showed himself through the beast, and that from them, and from the stars and the sun and moon should man learn.. all things tell of Tirawa.
All things in the world are two.
In our minds we are two, good and evil. With our eyes we see two things, things that are fair and things that are ugly....
We have the right hand that strikes and makes for evil, and we have the left hand full of kindness, near the heart. One foot may lead us to an evil way, the other foot may lead us to a good. So are all things two, all two.

White buffalo
The White Buffalo Woman then spoke to the women, telling them that it was the work of their hands and the fruit of their bodies which kept the people alive.
"You are from the mother earth," she told them. "
What you are doing is as great as what warriors do."
And therefore the sacred pipe is also something that binds men and women together in a circle of love. It is the one holy object in the making of which both men and women have a hand.
The men carve the bowl and make the stem; the women decorate it with bands of colored porcupine quills.
When a man takes a wife, they both hold the pipe at the same time and red cloth is wound around their hands, thus tying them together for life.

Another story about White Buffalo
When White Buffalo Calf Woman promised to return again, she made some prophecies at that time.
One of those prophesies was that the birth of a white buffalo calf would be a sign that it would be near the time when she would return again to purify the world.
What she meant by that was that she would bring back harmony again and balance, spiritually.
Chief Arvol Looking Horse, 19th Generation Keeper of the Original Sacred White Buffalo Calf Pipe of the Lakota, Dakota, and Nakota Great Sioux Nation, sends these words on learning of the recent birth of the 9th White Buffalo Calf: “White Buffalo Calf Woman's spirit makes her presence known, a sign of great changes signifying the Crossroads.

I never dreamed I would live to witness this momentous time.
Eight other white buffalo have since stood upon Mother Earth. White Buffalo Calf Woman's spirit has announced her message of support in this time of great danger, and she continues to announce the message in the birth of each White Buffalo--each one of them a Sign, each one a fulfillment of ancient Prophecy as well as a new Prophecy for our times.
” From: White Buffalo Teachings by Chief Arvol Looking Horse "

A prophecy and some wisdom

Help me always to speak the truth quietly,to listen with an open mind when others speak,and to remember the peace that may be found in silence.
~Cherokee Prayer~

As a child I was taught the Taku Wakan (Supernatural Powers) were powerful and could do strange things.
This was taught me by the wise men and the shamans.
They taught me that I could gain their favor by being kind to my people and brave before my enemies; by telling the truth and living straight; by fighting for my people and their hunting grounds.
~Red Cloud~

I had a vision last night about a Condor... El condor pasa, the voice told me.
And today I find this:
We are all witnessing many events which have been prophesied and are coming to fruition in our time. There is one ancient Inca prophecy which proclaims: "When the Eagle of the North flies with the Condor of the South, The Spirit of the Land, She will Reawaken" .

When the children cry

We need to change, live in symios with nature not conquer it.
I´m going to do the best I can, and learn by my mistakes in the past.

Love Jessica