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When celebrated at home I understand that
it is the oldest daughter that wears the
crown of candles on her head.
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prayers sent
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he'll have a sword and I'm pretty dang sure he knows how to use it!
Peace,
I would not hold a sword to promote peace
A Prayer For The World
By Rabbi Harold S. Kushner
Let the rain come and wash away the ancient grudges,
the bitter hatreds held and nurtured over generations.
Let the rain wash away the memory of the hurt, the neglect.
Then let the sun come out and fill the sky with rainbows.
Let the warmth of the sun heal us wherever we are broken.
Let it burn away the fog so that we can see each other clearly
So we can see beyond. labels, beyond accents, gender or skin color
Let the warmth and brightness of the sun melt our selfishness.
So we can share the joys and feel the sorrows of our neighbors
And let the light of the sun be so strong that we will see all people as our neighbors.
Let the earth, nourished by rain, bring forth flowers to surround us with beauty.
And let the mountains teach our hearts to reach upward to heaven.
Amen.
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Prayers and healing energy sent to help
people cope with their injuries and losses
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Beautiful. Makes me want to be there
in person. Thanks for sharing
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Volunteering your services also helps
there are many organization already
supporting those who need a place to
sleep and a hot meal. These organizations
are always in need of volunteer help.
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I am so grateful for all of you in my life ~ for postings and experiences shared,
for the gift of knowing each of you and for the honor of being part of your journey
in life as you are part of mine.
"Everything I need to know is revealed to me""Everything I need comes to me"
"All is well in my life"
Thanksgiving Blessings,
with love, Bridget
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Chi, that was beautiful.
Samhain has traditionally been associated with death, so here's just a little aside taken from this year's ritual as I have written it for myself.
White being the color of absense, death, purity, and cleansing, I will begin my ritual in a dark room with only a white candle which I will use to light all my other candles and the insense. Then I will pass the white candle over the alter saying this incantation which I wrote last night.
The purpose of the white candle is to purge
The message of the white candle is peace
The ash of the white candle is pure
The flame of the white candle is eternal.
I will then blow out the white candle and cast my circle.
Himitsuko,
I like this I can use it to open up my celebration
of the Celtic new year. I have created a little
family ceremony around our ancestors. I am not
pagan but I am drawn to my Celtic roots
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I will be celebrating the Celtic New Year. Oct 31st-Nov 1st
That also happens to be my daughters Birthday.
Chant for Samhain
A year of beauty. A year of plenty. A year of planting. A year of harvest.
A year of forests. A year of healing. A year of vision. A year of passion.
A year of work. A year of rebirth. This year may we renew the earth.
Let it with each chain we break. And let it begin every time we awake.
begin with each step we take. Let it begin with each change we make.Let it begin
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I am the only authority in my own life. I am a reasonable authority on some subjects. I have no authority over the freedoms and decisions of other men.
During my teaching years I wanted to empower
the students in my K- classroom regarding the
blame issue " s/he made me do it" I began to
use the term "you're, your own boss" when helping
them solve disputes. Solving dispute issues worked,
when the children began to understand that they
were in charge of the outcome if they bossed
themselves and not the other person.
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These are challenging times.good wishes going his way
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Fear is worse than the disease.
Sending positive thoughts and
Reiki Blessings
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Positive healing Thoughts going to Hazel
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The news just keeps getting better
and better remarkable recovery.
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Prayer is powerful!
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Maybe different levels of wisdom come
at different stages of your life!
The wise are always updating and learning
We can learn from each other. I learn from
my students, grandkids, my own kids, co-
workers, people on this and other forums I'm
a life long learner, always gaining new insights
and upgrading my wisdom .
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Prayers for your brother and
his family are on there way
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hard that the blood was gushing from his
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The way I see it by placing the link to what someone else has said and adding nothing more, I see it as an implied post thus making it Blackthorns implied opinion. That is the way I would take it anyway.
That's another way of interpreting/translating Blackthorns posting.
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Then all you're doing is ignoring an undesirable part of your genetic heritage and aligning yourself with another that affords you a position of apparent superiority.
An interesting point of view.
A mind is like a parachute
it works best when its fully
open to all information.
Today we can trace our true
ancestors back using DNA
In 2006 my friend submitted
a DNA saliva swab to Oxford
Ancestors for interpretation.
The genetic signature of the Y-chromosome inherited and from his distant paternal ancestors. Tracing to the "Wodan" clan and are of probable Anglo Saxon or Danish Viking Origin. The chromosome match belongs to a group which is prevalent in southern and eastern Britain, reaching its highest frequency in men from East Anglia. -
post #27 was another person's opinion
not Blackthorn's. There are many folks
who do believe that the native American's
were not the first American's. There are
many theories out there each have a
valid point. The Arctic Tundra from Russia
to Canada was believed to be where the
nomadic people first traveled from.
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Just because something is wrong or sinful in one culture does not make it wrong or sinful in another.
Eskimo women used to run around topless in the summer until the caucasians came, and decided it was an invitation to rape.
True, As a child I was never allowed to
use playing cards, they were considered
evil. As a teacher I found playing cards a
valuable tool to teach math
I'm trying to recall a chant that was part
of a game similar to the bone game you
described. Children sat in a circle and
passed a stone around, the stone could
change direction. Players would have their
hands crossed at the wrist as they passed
the stone around the circle, no one knew who
had the stone except the person passing it
and the receiver. The chant started out
something like this..Hey Naya hey
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That's fine we were great gamblers long before the Euros came along.
How do you keep the spiritual/honorable names
alive and not lose your proud heritage to
institutionaizedl gambling casinos ?
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Well,
The simple reason history books are biased is hat the dominant culture writes the books. It has been this way since time began, regardless of the struggle, the memories of the "battle" are always slanted toward the "winning" side, if you can call it that. This is normal. It may not be "right" but it is normal and it is how humans have documented their history forever.
The naming of school mascots, moutains, towns, and companies after Native Americans, to the best of my knowledge, was typically done to preserve their heritage, not destroy it. Our politically correct culture today is removing the traces of our history that have to do with Native Americans at their request and as such they are less in the mindset of the average American than they were 30 years ago. Heck, my college team was the "Resksins" and now they are the "Redhawks"... Go figure...
Most native American traditional cultures want as little to do with American politics and government as possible. To them we are still viewed as the people who took their land and screwed up the balance of nature. Why do I think this? I think it because I had a priviledge of spearfishing in Wisconsin on a reservation when I was in college. I thionk it because I worked on a job in Eastport Maine and spent time every day on a reservation for a year. I think it because I studied Native American culture in college and I think it because I have a good friend who is a Native American and lives on a reservation.
My family settled on the Kennebec river in Maine in the 1600's. My mother passed down stories to me of Indian raids and how our family was taken to Canada and sold into slavery by the Indians. There are 14 graves behind my Mom's home testifying to the violence of the struggle for survival. I have no idea who was right and who was wrong, or if it was just a simple mis-understanding, but the tragedy was very real and a couple of my ancient relatives escaped from slavery and returned to tell their tales.
I am aware of certain reservations, and certain areas on them, that you do not want to travel if you are white. If you do, you will be hurt.
I do have sympathy for the plight of the Native American culture and how the white man basically destroyed it. I do wish to preserve their heritage. I also believe that the world is a different place and that anybody, from any culture, should learn to navigate the chage, whatever it may be, with common sense, intelligence, and respect.
Years back when my father's side of the amily migrated here from Europe they were proud to learn english and become Americans. Today people entering our homeland have expectations of us changing to fit the culture they chose to leave. I think this is wrong. I think it is right to respect heritage but if i wanted to speak a different language I would move to a different country.
The Native Americans are different as they were here first. This was their land and we took it from them. I cannot speak for what was done as I was not there, but I also cannot excuse a failure to accept reality.
The reality is that to most of us uneducated white people living in ignorance of native American culture a place called "** Mountain" in Maine was always a good reason to tell our children stories of Native Americans. That opportunity is now threatened by this: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.petitiononline.com/eastern/petition.html" target="_blank">http://www.petitiononline.com/eastern/petition.html</a> which is an example of how Native American culture is defeating itself and its efforts to be respected by all.
It is very sad that stuff like this is happening. We should embrace our Native Americans and they should, in my opinion, accept such fine establishments as this as promoting their way of life instead of being a threat to it.
Those names that got changed are gone forever my children's school team changed from warriors to falcon
I know that mountain you speak off and have spent many summers in Greenville.
Here in Massachusetts and along the eastern coast line the name now attached to native Americans is casino's
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