O' GREAT SPIRIT
    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
                      
 
An Ute Prayer
 
Earth teach me stillness
as the grasses are stilled with light.
Earth teach me suffering
as old stones suffer with memory.
Earth teach me humility
as blossoms are humble with beginning.
Earth teach me caring
as the mother who secures her young.
Earth teach me courage
as the tree which stands alone.
Earth teach me limitation
as the ant which crawls on the ground.
Earth teach me freedom
as the eagle which soars in the sky.
Earth teach me resignation
as the leaves which die in the fall.
Earth teach me regeneration
as the seed which rises in the spring.
Earth teach me to forget myself
as melted snow forgets its life.
Earth teach me to remember kindness
as dry fields weep with rain.
 
 
 
         SOMETIMES I GO ABOUT PITYING MYSELF,
               BUT ALL THE WHILE
            I AM BEING CARRIED BY GREAT WINDS
               ACROSS THE SKY......
                      
 
Native Prayer to the Four Directions
 
 
Great Spirit of Light,
come to me out of the East (red)
with the power of the rising sun.
Let there be light in my words,
let there be light on my path that I walk.
Let me remember always
that you give the gift of a new day.
And never let me be burdened with sorrow
by not starting over again.
 
 
Great Spirit of Love,
come to me with the power of the North (white).
Make me courageous when the cold wind falls upon me.
Give me strength and endurance
for everything that is harsh,
everything that hurts,
everything that makes me squint.
Let me move through life
ready to take what comes from the north.
 
 
Great Life-Giving Spirit,
I face the West (black),
the direction of sundown.
Let me remember everyday that the moment will come
when my sun will go down.
Never let me forget that I must fade into you.
Give me a beautiful color,
give me a great sky for setting,
so that when it is my time to meet you,
I can come with glory.
 
 
Great Spirit of Creation,
send me the warm and soothing winds from the South (yellow).
Comfort me and caress me when I am tired and cold.
Unfold me like the gentle breezes
that unfold the leaves on the trees.
As you give to all the earth your warm, moving wind,
give to me,
so that I may grow close to you in warmth.
 
 
 
         Man did not create the web of life, he is but a strand in it.
         Whatever man does to the web, he does to himself.
                  - Chief Seattle
                      

      
 
Cherokee Blessing
May the warm winds of heaven blow softly upon your house.
May the Great Spirit bless all who enter there.
May your moccasins make happy tracks in many snows,
And may the rainbow always touch your shoulder.
 
 
 
         A Native Prayer
                      
         O Great Creator,
            I come before you in a humble manner
               and offer you this sacred pipe.
         With tears in my eyes and an ancient song from my heart
      I pray.
                      
                      
               To the four powers of Creation,
          To the Grandfather Sun,
           To the Grandmother Moon,
          To the Mother Earth,
          And to my ancestors.
                      
 
               I pray for my relations in Nature,
            All those who walk, crawl, fly, and swim,
                  Seen and unseen,
         To the good spirits that exist in every part of Creation.
                      
                      
      I ask that you bless our elders and children, families, and friends,
            And the brothers and sisters who are in prison.
         I pray for the ones who are sick on drugs and alcohol
         And for those who are now homeless and forlorn.
         I also pray for peace among the four races of humankind.
                      
                      
         May there be good health and healing for this Earth,
               May there be Beauty above me,
               May there be Beauty below me,
               May there be Beauty in me,
            May there be Beauty all around me.
         I ask that this world be filled with Peace, Love, and Beauty.
                      
                      
               - Medicine Grizzly Bear
               Earth Healing Ceremony
               Spokane, Washington, 1990
                      
 
 
There Was A Time When Man Took No More
Than He Needed
That Time Is Gone.....
 
There Was A Time When He Gave Something Back
That Time Is Gone.....
 
There Was A Time When He Worshipped The Creator
And Honored Creation
That Time Too Is Gone.....
 
And Now The Waters Are Polluted
Our Natural Resources Are All But Gone
And Creation Is Dying.....
 
It Is Time.....To Find Our Way
Back To The Earth.
 
                      
 BE KIND TO OUR MOTHER EARTH ~SHE IS THE ONLY ONE WE HAVE.
                      
                      
Lakota Prayer
 
It is true that many of the old ways have been lost.
But just as the rains restore the earth after a drought,
so the power of the Great Mystery will restore
the way and give it new life.
We ask that this happen not just for the Red People,
but for all people, that they all might live
  In ignorance and carelessness
they have walked on Ina Maka, Our Mother. 
They did not understand that
they are part of all beings,
the Four-legged,
the Winged,
Grandfather Rock,
the Tree People,
and our Star Brothers.
Now our Mother and all our Relations are crying out.
They cry for the help of all people.

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