RESPECT FOR THE NATURAL WORLD

The communication between the world of men and the world of animals is constant and uninterrupted. Men are "older brothers" of animals and they have the task of watching over the welfare of their "younger brothers".

Everything is sacred.
Everything lives.
Everything has a conscience.
Everything has a spirit.

"Every part of all this soil is sacred to my people. Every hillside, every valley, every plain and grove has been hallowed by some sad or happy event in days long vanished. The very dust you now stand on responds more willingly to their footsteps than to yours, because it is rich with the blood of our ancestors and our bare feet are conscious of the sympathetic touch."
— Chief Seattle,

Meditate to gain clarity, Then act with Courage

"When you are in doubt, be still, and wait; When doubt no longer exists for you, then go forward with courage. So long as mists envelop you, be still; Be still until the sunlight pours through and dispels the mists, as it surely will. Then act with courage."
- Ponca Chief White Eagle (1800's to 1914)

Learn from the Earth

Earth Teach Me,

Earth teach me quiet ~ as the grasses are still with new 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 mothers nurture their young. Earth teach me courage ~ as the tree that stands alone. Earth teach me limitation ~ as the ant that crawls on the ground. Earth teach me freedom ~ as the eagle that soars in the sky. Earth teach me acceptance ~ as the leaves that die each fall. Earth teach me renewal ~ as the seed that 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.
- An Ute Prayer

What we do to others, we do to Ourselves

"Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect."
- Chief Seattle, 1854

Exerpts and Examples attained from:

10 Pieces of Native American Wisdom
That Will Inspire the Way
You Live Your Life

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