A Native American Prayer for the Wild Things

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THE WILD THINGS

Oh Great Spirit I am praying
That these words fly like the arrow
To the hearts of those who listen
To the pleas that I am making,
May these words awaken humans
To Your love for all my kinship,
For we all are Spirit’s children,
We are family through Earth Mother
We are each Creator’s sibling,
Some with feathers, some with scales,
Some with tails that wag in pleasure,
Some with warnings “Keep Away!”
Some with fur, some with colors,
Some with short lives, some with sweet song,
Some are swimmers, some are crawlers,
We are all Great Mystery living.
We make prayers to You in our tongue,
When we bark and howl by moonlight,
We believe Your words of wisdom,
When we swim upstream in season,
We have heard Your voice within us,
Saying fly south for the winter,
Through the rocks and leaves and strong winds,
We can feel Earth Mother living.
We believe the way You made us
Was Your way to show we’re special,
None are greater, none are lesser,
Just a spirit with Your blessing,
Now Earth Mother bears the scars
Of a mother losing children,
From the lodge within my heart space,
Hear these prayers for the wild things.

~ Boe Many Knives Glasschild

Tribal Member of the Great Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
http://www.animalchaplains.com/BlessingsforAnimalsandCaregivers.html

We do not deserve the beauty we have been given.

[annabanana]

1. k&r. . . .Very nice,

very right

[BlancheSplanchnik]

2. ...

:cry:

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

3. Hmm

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Celeste: Why do you believe past civilizations, like Atlantis, died
out? And why are new ones created?
Boe: A war came about between people using various energies � light
crystals and dark crystals. Certain people were empowered with the
crystals and learned to control the thought of the people around
them. This created chaos, but chaos is just uninvited change. Chaos
is beautiful, it allows us to restructure and grow. So we create
chaos on the planet in order to grow.
Our people believe that Turtle Island, which is what we call the
United States, was the meeting place of the four people: the Black
people, the White People, the Red People and the Yellow People. As
they accumulated here, they moved into the center and created the
Mixed Blood � the Rainbow People.
At this time, as we go into this new emergence, we will have new
understandings about this, for the time has passed when people could
be considered as pedigreed beings. We all are Rainbow Children now.

[Delphinus]

4. Beautiful prayer.

Thanks for sharing!

[MoonRiver]

5. Beautiful!

I've bookmarked your link. Thanks! :hi: