This project is a mixed-media campaign with several goals,
in which the hero gets his powers. . .
The main character is a college professor and this is an extension of the film Scrubbed White.
The comic begins where the film left off.
Scrubbed White, The main character, nameless in the beginning,
loses his position of the comic…
He walks out into the desert on a spiritual quest, and the comic book begins when the character is struck by lightning and transformed into a super hero named RavenBlueWolf (which is also the name of the comic book).
All of his powers are authentic Native American powers.
This will also the name of the comic book.
All of his powers are authentically Native American.
The comic book or graphic novel has several benefits and goals to benefit the success of the project. .
We hope to educate, while entertaining...
The oral traditions and mythologies connected to various tribes,
(Raven)'s goal is to rescue and aid Native Americans in distress or in danger. The comic book or graphic novel has several benefits and goals to benefit the success of the project. .
1st to educate while entertaining.
The educational values will include:
Historical accuracy .
Cultural accuracy .
Traditional accuracy .
Oral traditions and mythologies connected to various tribes in which the hero gets his powers. .
The comic takes place in the present and the hero struggles to save victims in peril. .
To bring comic books into the 21st century we will include: .
Links having to do with Scrubbed White( now Raven)'s powers through history. . Link to each tribe in America's official site…They will ideally be offered. .
A page website dedicated to the comic book will be on the last page.
They will include information mentioned above.
A possibility is to gain Native American companies that may wish to advertise on a page of the comic.
Sponsors will be on an ongoing basis. .
The film itself will be promoted along with the creation of the next film (Master Re-Editions). .
The film would be one of the final stages for profit.
The focus is education, history, tradition, culture, mythology, w/an emphasis on traveling, and on-site research
While on a vision quest as a Native American ritual he is struck by lightning, and all the animals and wise medicine men from traditional Native American times come forth to him.
These were ancestors,who had lived before him.
He was given the gift of shape shifting.
His physical body is transformed into a muscular hero.
He then travels to the Sacred mountain of the Hopi where the
Kachinas give him the gift of the elements to use as power for good deeds. He now uses the power of shape shifting, and the elements to rescue and help others…
also having environmental concerns he wishes to stop man from destroying the earth.
RavenBlueWolf can appear to turn into any animal bug fish or even plant,
as well as the elements.
He rescues whomever is in trouble, and at the end of each rescue he teaches (in word) a Native American truths though history,culture and tradition.
About the status of the earth, and how to treat it with a Native American wisdom (on the particular story at hand).
What I would like to see in colaborating with the backers, is a first edition 1 copy only to be in the Santa Barbara show.
We'll start with "Scrubbed White" and his history as we have that and end with the lightning flash and the beginning of the comic book series.
Statistics: Medium build, fit and wears t-shirt/jeans, muscular when struck by lightning and wears loincloth or trademark outfit after lightning Shapeshifer/Appears to morph The creative people hope to travel, to learn the reference points and background of this comic, which takes place in the present The hero struggles in his efforts to save Native Americans/victims in peril.
FRANK MITCHELL (playwright) earned a BA at Indiana University NW in Sociology, technical Theater and Art and a BFA at CALARTS. He received the prestigious Iowa Arts fellowship from the U. of Iowa where he earned an MA and a MFA. While in Iowa, Frank became involved in a writing group under the Influence of the Writers workshop. Mr. Mitchell has taught a variety of College courses in many Universities and Colleges. He further developed his writing technique while attending a symposium under the direction of the late Arthur Miller. Frank is also an Artist, film maker and published poet.
The main character is a college professor and this is an extension of the film Scrubbed White.
The comic begins where the film left off.
Scrubbed White, The main character, nameless in the beginning,
loses his position of the comic…
He walks out into the desert on a spiritual quest, and the comic book begins when the character is struck by lightning and transformed into a super hero named RavenBlueWolf (which is also the name of the comic book).
All of his powers are authentic Native American powers.
This will also the name of the comic book.
All of his powers are authentically Native American.
The comic book or graphic novel has several benefits and goals to benefit the success of the project. .
We hope to educate, while entertaining...
The oral traditions and mythologies connected to various tribes,
(Raven)'s goal is to rescue and aid Native Americans in distress or in danger. The comic book or graphic novel has several benefits and goals to benefit the success of the project. .
1st to educate while entertaining.
The educational values will include:
Historical accuracy .
Cultural accuracy .
Traditional accuracy .
Oral traditions and mythologies connected to various tribes in which the hero gets his powers. .
The comic takes place in the present and the hero struggles to save victims in peril. .
To bring comic books into the 21st century we will include: .
Links having to do with Scrubbed White( now Raven)'s powers through history. . Link to each tribe in America's official site…They will ideally be offered. .
A page website dedicated to the comic book will be on the last page.
They will include information mentioned above.
A possibility is to gain Native American companies that may wish to advertise on a page of the comic.
Sponsors will be on an ongoing basis. .
The film itself will be promoted along with the creation of the next film (Master Re-Editions). .
The film would be one of the final stages for profit.
The focus is education, history, tradition, culture, mythology, w/an emphasis on traveling, and on-site research
While on a vision quest as a Native American ritual he is struck by lightning, and all the animals and wise medicine men from traditional Native American times come forth to him.
These were ancestors,who had lived before him.
He was given the gift of shape shifting.
His physical body is transformed into a muscular hero.
He then travels to the Sacred mountain of the Hopi where the
Kachinas give him the gift of the elements to use as power for good deeds. He now uses the power of shape shifting, and the elements to rescue and help others…
also having environmental concerns he wishes to stop man from destroying the earth.
RavenBlueWolf can appear to turn into any animal bug fish or even plant,
as well as the elements.
He rescues whomever is in trouble, and at the end of each rescue he teaches (in word) a Native American truths though history,culture and tradition.
About the status of the earth, and how to treat it with a Native American wisdom (on the particular story at hand).
What I would like to see in colaborating with the backers, is a first edition 1 copy only to be in the Santa Barbara show.
We'll start with "Scrubbed White" and his history as we have that and end with the lightning flash and the beginning of the comic book series.
Statistics: Medium build, fit and wears t-shirt/jeans, muscular when struck by lightning and wears loincloth or trademark outfit after lightning Shapeshifer/Appears to morph The creative people hope to travel, to learn the reference points and background of this comic, which takes place in the present The hero struggles in his efforts to save Native Americans/victims in peril.
FRANK MITCHELL (playwright) earned a BA at Indiana University NW in Sociology, technical Theater and Art and a BFA at CALARTS. He received the prestigious Iowa Arts fellowship from the U. of Iowa where he earned an MA and a MFA. While in Iowa, Frank became involved in a writing group under the Influence of the Writers workshop. Mr. Mitchell has taught a variety of College courses in many Universities and Colleges. He further developed his writing technique while attending a symposium under the direction of the late Arthur Miller. Frank is also an Artist, film maker and published poet.
Plays with Death
By Frank Mitchell, Directed by
Dawn Jamieson
Time: Sometime in
the Past
Place: Unknown
In order of appearance:
Stage Directions Tyree Giroux*
A Terry Jones
B
Taylor
Scrubbed White
By Frank Mitchell, Directed by Dawn Jamieson
Time: Present
Places: Lecture
Hall
In order of appearance:
Stage Directions Tyree Giroux*
The Professor Gregory Zaragoza*
Faith Keepers & Changers
By Dawn Jamieson & Tom
Thornton
Directed by Tyree
Giroux
Time: 1990’s
Place: Robert’s Office, Helen’s
Office, Prison
In order of appearance:
Stage Directions Tyree Giroux*
Father Robert Gregory Zaragoza*
Helen Skee
Janice Mann
Allison Shirley Zaragoza
Gerald Joe Cross
Father Esmonde Milton
James*
Theresa Joyce
Keeler
I did not know how much was ended. When I look back now from this high hill of my old age, I can see the butchered women and children lying heaped and scattered all along the crooked gulch as plain as I saw them with eyes still young. And I can see that something else died there in the bloody mud, and was buried in the blizzard. A people’s dream died there. It was a beautiful dream.
— Black Elk
Oglala Holy Man
It is believed that we carry karmic memories in our subconscious, and
that these subconscious memories can undermine our current life
efforts.
Better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.
Andre Gide
It is believed that we carry karmic memories in our subconscious, and
that these subconscious memories can undermine our current life
efforts.
Better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.
Andre Gide
NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN SPIRITUALITY
ANIMAL SPIRIT GUIDES
THE MEDICINE WHEEL
Enter the magical world of Animal Spirit Guides and the Medicine Wheel. Learn the Spiritual Principles and Philosophy of the Native American Medicine Path and unity with all our relations.
The Medicine Wheel
Animal Spirit Guides
ANIMAL SPIRIT GUIDES
THE MEDICINE WHEEL
Enter the magical world of Animal Spirit Guides and the Medicine Wheel. Learn the Spiritual Principles and Philosophy of the Native American Medicine Path and unity with all our relations.
The Medicine Wheel
Animal Spirit Guides
NATURE AND THE CREATURE BEINGS
spiritual principles of the native american medicine path
Of all the people on the planet who respect nature, it is the indigenous tribal nations of the world who respect it the most. In the West particularly, it is the Native American tribes, and their elders, that we need to look to for guidance in saving Mother Earth from ecological destruction. The United States of America, as the wealthiest country in the world, must be much more cautious about avoiding the kind of runaway growth that comes when greed is placed above the common good. We have not had sustainable growth in this country for a long time.
The growth we have experienced in the last twenty years, particularly economic, has been acquired in an unstable fashion where the few have prospered at the demise of the many, and the environment has been, increasingly, harmed. Runaway corporate greed and scandal have become commonplace, as the recent round of media attention has uncovered. But the fact is, this has been going on for a long time and, for every company that gets caught, there are many behemoths that escape detection. What has to change is our irreverence for this Earth that sustains us.
Planet Earth is the Love planet. Of all the planes of existence in the Universe, this is the only planet where Love can be expressed and experienced fully. Since it is Love alone that sustains and nurtures our existence and our ability to interact, since it is this same Love that takes us to God, it is extremely important that we do a much better job of caring for this Earth.
There is a magic in Nature that Native Americans experience in a very special way. There is a lot to learn from the way in which they experience this magic. It is transforming. Several years ago I was brought back to this consciousness through my study of the spiritual connection between animals and us 'two-leggeds.' Some tribes like the Choctaw (my nation) do believe that animals are deities in disguise, placed here on earth to carry messages of Divinity, messages that each of us can learn from.
These messages actually started early for me. The following link goes to a reprint of an article I wrote for the May 2000 issue of Animal Fair magazine. I share it with you here so that you have some additional insight into my Native American roots and experience.
Tribespeople from Nations like the Choctaw, Mayan and Lakota spend a great deal of time observing the behavior and other characteristics of animals as a way of "divining" guidance for their own lives. The The Jim Crowe Coyote Story that I share in one of my articles, a true story that is well-documented, is a perfect example of the kinds of experiences Native Americans (and others) have of animals on a regular basis. Animals are considered to be sacred, as is all of nature.
SPIRITUAL PRINCIPLES OF THE NATIVE AMERICAN MEDICINE PATH
The Native American Medicine Path of the Choctaw, Shawnee and Lakota is based on the American Indian principle of the Medicine Wheel. Medicine is anything that brings you closer to Great Spirit, to the Divine. In our tradition, all space is sacred space. Every place on the planet holds a specific energy connection to some living creature and is to be honored for that reason.
The Medicine Wheel is used to gather together the energies of animals (creature beings), us two-leggeds, the Stone People, Mother Earth, Father Sky, Grandfather Sun, Grandmother Moon, the Sky World (Star Nation), the Subterraneans, the Standing People (trees), the Sky Brothers and Sisters and the Thunder Beings. In our Native teachings, we consider these to be all our relations.
So, the Native American Medicine Path is the study of these energies, all our relations, who we see as part of one whole that we call Great Spirit, who has created what we refer to as the Great Mystery. The Medicine Wheel is our symbol for Great Mystery. It is life, the afterlife, rebirth and the act of honoring each step along the way. It is the experience of living in a natural, free and spontaneous way.
One who studies the Great Mystery, a person who follows the Native American Medicine Path is said to be walking the Good Red Road. The Good Red Road runs South to North and is also the means by which we communicate with our ancestors to receive guidance from them. Travel on the Good Red Road eventually leads one to what we call the Blue Road (referred to as the Black road in some native traditions) of Spirit which runs East to West.
In the tradition of the Native American Medicine Path, this Universe is called the Dreamtime. The world is considered to be our Earth Walk and each lifetime that we live is a direction. Every direction is to be honored as part of Great Mystery. As you read on, you will notice similarities between the Native American Medicine Path and that of Shaivism and Vedanta.
THE COMMON GOOD
In our tradition, the most important principle is that of The Common Good. This landscape that we all experience is the very body of God, Great Spirit. The greatest aspect of this body of God is equanimity. Equanimity is the understanding that we are all the same, we are all equal, because we are all part of Great Spirit and equal participants in the Great Mystery.
Honor is a very important way of life in this tradition. The Common Good is that which is of equal benefit to everyone. Honoring the Common Good means serving Great Spirit by serving others selflessly, and in a way that people reap the reward together as a community. It also means serving the needs of those who have far less than you do.
Honoring the Common Good means no individual in the tribe advances unless the whole tribe advances together. Individuality in service is the act of using your God-given talents to serve the common needs of the community, before tending to your personal advancement. It means putting us first rather than me first. “Us†is extended far beyond that of immediate family.
For the Choctaw, this principle is so important that, in addition to a tribal insistence on it being practiced regularly, once each year there is a ceremony called the pot-latch. In this ceremony, the tribal members give away everything they own and go without for a period of time, to help the tribe. This ceremony is done as a reminder that selfishness and the 'rat-race, 'get ahead' mentality so common in the modern age has no place on the Good Red Road. A person who claims more than his share is shunned by the rest of the tribe and considered to be crazy.
This principle of The Common Good is practiced to instill equanimity in the people. It is practiced to cultivate the understanding that one should only take what one really needs and should spend the rest of one's time in service to the tribe, to his/her community. In fact, the tribal member who sets her own needs aside in order to take on the burdens of the tribe is held in highest esteem. We say that this practice insures one a place on the Blue Road with our ancestors who have crossed over.
SACRED LAW
Our principle of Sacred Law is based on the mystery of the creature being, Crow. For us, Crow is a mystical creature who represents the principle operating behind illusion. We call the Great Mystery an illusion because we believe this Dreamtime we all live in is just that, a dream conjured up by Great Spirit behind which the true Reality exists unending.
In our tradition, many of the Wichasha Wakans (medicine men and women) have the ability to shape-shift, to change physical form as a means of experiencing different aspects of Great Mystery. Shape-shifting, in its most powerful aspect, is the ability to travel to different planes of existence in order to experience the fantasmagorical nature of the Divine.
Crow is the vehicle for this to happen. Having experienced the illusory nature of the Dreamtime, and the world of the ancestors, one comes to understand that the only reality is Great Spirit, the creator of the Dreamtime and Great Mystery.
Crow is our symbol for Sacred Law. We regard Sacred Law to be greater than the law established by societies to perpetuate agendas designed to control the masses. Sacred Law is God's calling. It is the law of Great Spirit, the will of the Divine that has become completely active in the heart of a purified being. Following Sacred Law is the act of cleaning the heart and then following it. We consider Sacred Law to be the awareness of the source of energies that we call all our relations.
RESPECT FOR MOTHER EARTH
AND ALL LIVING BEINGS
In the Choctaw tradition, the earth is the Divine Mother. This earth gives us life and sustains us. Nature is God. Would you shit where you eat? Yet that is exactly what we are doing today. In the name of “progress,†we are destroying the very environment that sustains us. And more and more, progress is just another name for personal greed.
On the Good Red Road, we do not exploit nature for personal gain. We consider crimes against the earth to be crimes against God and humanity. Anything taken from Mother Earth must be given back, and given back in such a way as to sustain the environment for generations to come. We also believe that the creation of products that harm the environment is unnecessary and should not be tolerated. Humankind is a very ingenious species. In partnership with God, products that truly serve the needs of humanity can be created without ever doing damage to Mother Earth.
For every tree torn down, another can be planted. Cars can run on batteries instead of costly and polluting petroleum. Energy sufficient enough to light and heatevery home can be produced from wind mills and the sun. These environmentally-safe technologies exist now. The only reason they are uncommon is that the greedy who currently control these markets don't want to introduce the technologies in a way that would be inexpensive and sustainable, because they fear losing annual revenue increases and they fear competition. It is their greed that keeps the harmful technologies in place.
Another important principle in this regard is that people must not be exploited either. It is a long-standing fact that the most powerful people in business and government have created and maintained an economic and social system that ensures they will always have a large pool of people to draw from for their workforce.
For many there is a (glass-ceiling) that will never move. And opportunities do not exist for every qualified person. In this way, even the economy is manipulated to serve the desires of the greedy at the expense of the needy.
People are not products. They are not commodities to be marketed and traded like baseball cards! God exists within everyone equally. For this reason, especially when it comes to money, all people should be treated with great respect. And their weaknesses must not be exploited for anyone else’s gain or pleasure.
THE CREATURE BEINGS
As I said earlier in this chapter, animals are considered to be sacred in the Native American Medicine Path. The creature beings are deities in disguise. They have much to teach us. Each of their qualities, each of their characteristics is an energy that, when observed, holds a powerful message that can be used to advance human consciousness.
For this reason, we have always chosen to live side-by-side with our fellow beings, the animals; only taking them as food when absolutely necessary, and only after praying for the privilege of taking their flesh for our own sustenance. Animals are our relations.
PRESERVATION OF NATURE
In addition to respecting Mother Earth, an important principle of this path is that of preserving nature for generations to come. For us, this means making the effort to preserve and enhance the natural beauty of all lands. We see all of nature as a sanctuary for the worship of all our relations.
These are the basic principles of the Native American Medicine Path of my ancestors.
Acharya Kedar has combined the teachings of his elders in the Choctaw and Shawnee tribes, with his knowledge and experience of animal totem, to offer a powerful and dynamic Earth Walk Animal Totem Reading. Some may refer to this as a psychic reading. The Earth Walk Animal Totem Reading uncovers your past Karmas, those leanings and tendencies you bring with you from all your past lives. In the Native American tradition these leanings and tendencies are called your medicine. Medicine is anything that brings you closer to Great Spirit and that helps you fulfill your life's purpose in a way that also attracts balanced prosperity into your life. Knowing your medicine allows you to be happy and content in the plans you make for expressing your gifts and directing your life.
The Earth Walk Animal Totem Reading is done only once in a lifetime. It is a powerful means of discovering your medicine, understanding your past Karmas in light of your good and bad circumstances, and making adjustments that will allow you to easily improve and progress in your earth walk.
For a limited time only, Acharya Kedar is offering this Earth Walk Animal Totem Reading to the public as a fundraiser for our not-for-profit organization. This reading is done in private, by appointment only or by special arrangement for those who do not live in the region.
spiritual principles of the native american medicine path
Of all the people on the planet who respect nature, it is the indigenous tribal nations of the world who respect it the most. In the West particularly, it is the Native American tribes, and their elders, that we need to look to for guidance in saving Mother Earth from ecological destruction. The United States of America, as the wealthiest country in the world, must be much more cautious about avoiding the kind of runaway growth that comes when greed is placed above the common good. We have not had sustainable growth in this country for a long time.
The growth we have experienced in the last twenty years, particularly economic, has been acquired in an unstable fashion where the few have prospered at the demise of the many, and the environment has been, increasingly, harmed. Runaway corporate greed and scandal have become commonplace, as the recent round of media attention has uncovered. But the fact is, this has been going on for a long time and, for every company that gets caught, there are many behemoths that escape detection. What has to change is our irreverence for this Earth that sustains us.
Planet Earth is the Love planet. Of all the planes of existence in the Universe, this is the only planet where Love can be expressed and experienced fully. Since it is Love alone that sustains and nurtures our existence and our ability to interact, since it is this same Love that takes us to God, it is extremely important that we do a much better job of caring for this Earth.
There is a magic in Nature that Native Americans experience in a very special way. There is a lot to learn from the way in which they experience this magic. It is transforming. Several years ago I was brought back to this consciousness through my study of the spiritual connection between animals and us 'two-leggeds.' Some tribes like the Choctaw (my nation) do believe that animals are deities in disguise, placed here on earth to carry messages of Divinity, messages that each of us can learn from.
These messages actually started early for me. The following link goes to a reprint of an article I wrote for the May 2000 issue of Animal Fair magazine. I share it with you here so that you have some additional insight into my Native American roots and experience.
Tribespeople from Nations like the Choctaw, Mayan and Lakota spend a great deal of time observing the behavior and other characteristics of animals as a way of "divining" guidance for their own lives. The The Jim Crowe Coyote Story that I share in one of my articles, a true story that is well-documented, is a perfect example of the kinds of experiences Native Americans (and others) have of animals on a regular basis. Animals are considered to be sacred, as is all of nature.
SPIRITUAL PRINCIPLES OF THE NATIVE AMERICAN MEDICINE PATH
The Native American Medicine Path of the Choctaw, Shawnee and Lakota is based on the American Indian principle of the Medicine Wheel. Medicine is anything that brings you closer to Great Spirit, to the Divine. In our tradition, all space is sacred space. Every place on the planet holds a specific energy connection to some living creature and is to be honored for that reason.
The Medicine Wheel is used to gather together the energies of animals (creature beings), us two-leggeds, the Stone People, Mother Earth, Father Sky, Grandfather Sun, Grandmother Moon, the Sky World (Star Nation), the Subterraneans, the Standing People (trees), the Sky Brothers and Sisters and the Thunder Beings. In our Native teachings, we consider these to be all our relations.
So, the Native American Medicine Path is the study of these energies, all our relations, who we see as part of one whole that we call Great Spirit, who has created what we refer to as the Great Mystery. The Medicine Wheel is our symbol for Great Mystery. It is life, the afterlife, rebirth and the act of honoring each step along the way. It is the experience of living in a natural, free and spontaneous way.
One who studies the Great Mystery, a person who follows the Native American Medicine Path is said to be walking the Good Red Road. The Good Red Road runs South to North and is also the means by which we communicate with our ancestors to receive guidance from them. Travel on the Good Red Road eventually leads one to what we call the Blue Road (referred to as the Black road in some native traditions) of Spirit which runs East to West.
In the tradition of the Native American Medicine Path, this Universe is called the Dreamtime. The world is considered to be our Earth Walk and each lifetime that we live is a direction. Every direction is to be honored as part of Great Mystery. As you read on, you will notice similarities between the Native American Medicine Path and that of Shaivism and Vedanta.
THE COMMON GOOD
In our tradition, the most important principle is that of The Common Good. This landscape that we all experience is the very body of God, Great Spirit. The greatest aspect of this body of God is equanimity. Equanimity is the understanding that we are all the same, we are all equal, because we are all part of Great Spirit and equal participants in the Great Mystery.
Honor is a very important way of life in this tradition. The Common Good is that which is of equal benefit to everyone. Honoring the Common Good means serving Great Spirit by serving others selflessly, and in a way that people reap the reward together as a community. It also means serving the needs of those who have far less than you do.
Honoring the Common Good means no individual in the tribe advances unless the whole tribe advances together. Individuality in service is the act of using your God-given talents to serve the common needs of the community, before tending to your personal advancement. It means putting us first rather than me first. “Us†is extended far beyond that of immediate family.
For the Choctaw, this principle is so important that, in addition to a tribal insistence on it being practiced regularly, once each year there is a ceremony called the pot-latch. In this ceremony, the tribal members give away everything they own and go without for a period of time, to help the tribe. This ceremony is done as a reminder that selfishness and the 'rat-race, 'get ahead' mentality so common in the modern age has no place on the Good Red Road. A person who claims more than his share is shunned by the rest of the tribe and considered to be crazy.
This principle of The Common Good is practiced to instill equanimity in the people. It is practiced to cultivate the understanding that one should only take what one really needs and should spend the rest of one's time in service to the tribe, to his/her community. In fact, the tribal member who sets her own needs aside in order to take on the burdens of the tribe is held in highest esteem. We say that this practice insures one a place on the Blue Road with our ancestors who have crossed over.
SACRED LAW
Our principle of Sacred Law is based on the mystery of the creature being, Crow. For us, Crow is a mystical creature who represents the principle operating behind illusion. We call the Great Mystery an illusion because we believe this Dreamtime we all live in is just that, a dream conjured up by Great Spirit behind which the true Reality exists unending.
In our tradition, many of the Wichasha Wakans (medicine men and women) have the ability to shape-shift, to change physical form as a means of experiencing different aspects of Great Mystery. Shape-shifting, in its most powerful aspect, is the ability to travel to different planes of existence in order to experience the fantasmagorical nature of the Divine.
Crow is the vehicle for this to happen. Having experienced the illusory nature of the Dreamtime, and the world of the ancestors, one comes to understand that the only reality is Great Spirit, the creator of the Dreamtime and Great Mystery.
Crow is our symbol for Sacred Law. We regard Sacred Law to be greater than the law established by societies to perpetuate agendas designed to control the masses. Sacred Law is God's calling. It is the law of Great Spirit, the will of the Divine that has become completely active in the heart of a purified being. Following Sacred Law is the act of cleaning the heart and then following it. We consider Sacred Law to be the awareness of the source of energies that we call all our relations.
RESPECT FOR MOTHER EARTH
AND ALL LIVING BEINGS
In the Choctaw tradition, the earth is the Divine Mother. This earth gives us life and sustains us. Nature is God. Would you shit where you eat? Yet that is exactly what we are doing today. In the name of “progress,†we are destroying the very environment that sustains us. And more and more, progress is just another name for personal greed.
On the Good Red Road, we do not exploit nature for personal gain. We consider crimes against the earth to be crimes against God and humanity. Anything taken from Mother Earth must be given back, and given back in such a way as to sustain the environment for generations to come. We also believe that the creation of products that harm the environment is unnecessary and should not be tolerated. Humankind is a very ingenious species. In partnership with God, products that truly serve the needs of humanity can be created without ever doing damage to Mother Earth.
For every tree torn down, another can be planted. Cars can run on batteries instead of costly and polluting petroleum. Energy sufficient enough to light and heatevery home can be produced from wind mills and the sun. These environmentally-safe technologies exist now. The only reason they are uncommon is that the greedy who currently control these markets don't want to introduce the technologies in a way that would be inexpensive and sustainable, because they fear losing annual revenue increases and they fear competition. It is their greed that keeps the harmful technologies in place.
Another important principle in this regard is that people must not be exploited either. It is a long-standing fact that the most powerful people in business and government have created and maintained an economic and social system that ensures they will always have a large pool of people to draw from for their workforce.
For many there is a (glass-ceiling) that will never move. And opportunities do not exist for every qualified person. In this way, even the economy is manipulated to serve the desires of the greedy at the expense of the needy.
People are not products. They are not commodities to be marketed and traded like baseball cards! God exists within everyone equally. For this reason, especially when it comes to money, all people should be treated with great respect. And their weaknesses must not be exploited for anyone else’s gain or pleasure.
THE CREATURE BEINGS
As I said earlier in this chapter, animals are considered to be sacred in the Native American Medicine Path. The creature beings are deities in disguise. They have much to teach us. Each of their qualities, each of their characteristics is an energy that, when observed, holds a powerful message that can be used to advance human consciousness.
For this reason, we have always chosen to live side-by-side with our fellow beings, the animals; only taking them as food when absolutely necessary, and only after praying for the privilege of taking their flesh for our own sustenance. Animals are our relations.
PRESERVATION OF NATURE
In addition to respecting Mother Earth, an important principle of this path is that of preserving nature for generations to come. For us, this means making the effort to preserve and enhance the natural beauty of all lands. We see all of nature as a sanctuary for the worship of all our relations.
These are the basic principles of the Native American Medicine Path of my ancestors.
Acharya Kedar has combined the teachings of his elders in the Choctaw and Shawnee tribes, with his knowledge and experience of animal totem, to offer a powerful and dynamic Earth Walk Animal Totem Reading. Some may refer to this as a psychic reading. The Earth Walk Animal Totem Reading uncovers your past Karmas, those leanings and tendencies you bring with you from all your past lives. In the Native American tradition these leanings and tendencies are called your medicine. Medicine is anything that brings you closer to Great Spirit and that helps you fulfill your life's purpose in a way that also attracts balanced prosperity into your life. Knowing your medicine allows you to be happy and content in the plans you make for expressing your gifts and directing your life.
The Earth Walk Animal Totem Reading is done only once in a lifetime. It is a powerful means of discovering your medicine, understanding your past Karmas in light of your good and bad circumstances, and making adjustments that will allow you to easily improve and progress in your earth walk.
For a limited time only, Acharya Kedar is offering this Earth Walk Animal Totem Reading to the public as a fundraiser for our not-for-profit organization. This reading is done in private, by appointment only or by special arrangement for those who do not live in the region.
Kachina Native Americans
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As of May 2013, 566 Native American tribes were legally recognized by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) of the United States.
"May the stars carry your sadness away,May the flowers fill your heart with beauty,
May hope forever wipe away your tears,
And, above all, may silence make you strong. "
Meaningful Entertainment
Responsible Communication w/Trust! :)
As of May 2013, 566 Native American tribes were legally recognized by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) of the United States.
"May the stars carry your sadness away,May the flowers fill your heart with beauty,
May hope forever wipe away your tears,
And, above all, may silence make you strong. "
