Thank you Sandy and Inda.
These are all vey beautiful Native American Indian prayers.

Love,
Vicky

Thank you Sandy and Inda.
I am really interested in this Native American Indian wisdom. These are all beautiful prayers.

Love,
Vicky

AMEN!

Dearest Sandy, what a wonderful prayer and what a light and love-filled thread this has become. I am in awe and I wonder how I missed this?!

But here I am ... and share in our connection of Love and Light.


Hugs. Margherita

your avatar is so beautiful!

I’m open to love
my heart invites you to dance
come share my delight


senryu by Margherita

Ahhh, My Margherita!
I have missed talking with you! In fact I was thinking of you last night!
I am glad there are people enjoying this thread! I did not know there was so many people who enjoyed the American Indian prayers as I do!
Love you, my heart sister!
Sandy
My avatar turned out so HUGE!! Ah, but maybe it showed up that way for hope to light the way of the world!


Sandy

The Sacred Instructions given by the Creator to Native people at the time of Creation were as follows:

A. To Take Care of Mother Earth and the other 3 colors of Man.
B. To Respect this Mother Earth and Creation.
C. To Honour All life, and to support that Honour.
D. To be Grate-ful from the heart for All life.
It is through life that there is Survival.
Thank the Creator at All times for All life.
E. To Love and express that love.
F. To be Humble. Humility is the gift of wisdom and understanding.
G. Kindness. To be Kind with one-self and with others.
H. Sharing. The Sharing of feelings and personal concerns and commitments.
I. Honesty. To be Honest with one-self and with others.
To be Responsible for those Sacred Instructions and to administrate those Instructions to other Nations.


Sandy

Thank you Sandy,for your prayers.
The image is absolutely beautiful.
I am happy to see you here Margherita, sharing your beautiful words with us.

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...The water's murmur is the voice of your
great-great- grandmother.
The rivers are our brothers.
They quench our thirst.
They carry our canoes and feed our children.
You must give to the rivers the kindness you
would give to any brother.

~Native American

[This message was edited by Inda on Friday March 12th, 2004 at 12:19 PM.]

This is a wonderful thread. I have always loved Native American customs and wisdom. Thank you everyone for your contribution.

Here is another Native American saying:

You must speak straight, so that your words may go as sunlight to our hearts.

Gisele

Great Spirit, God, Creator of All

Great Spirit, God, Creator of All
I welcome You into my heart, mind, body and soul
There is always room for You here.
Grant me the wisdom to heed my inner voice
And the strength to stay grounded while I sing my sacred song.
Guide me down my chosen path and give me the courage to pursue
what is available to me.
I am thankful for the lessons and grateful for my struggles;
I have not forgotten what has brought me to where I am today.
Open my heart to the healing wholeness of nature;
We are all related, and through this I will find serenity.
Great Spirit, God, Creator of All
Cleanse my spirit and wash my soul.
There is always room for You here.

-Laurel Singing Water Cat


Sending love to all

Sandy

We do not walk alone.
Great Being walks beside us.
Know this and be greateful.

~Polingaysi Qoyawayma
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~Artist: Susan Jeffers

All things are connected like the blood that unites us. We did not weave the web of life, we are merely a strand in it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves.

~Native American

Native American Prayer for Peace


O Great Spirit of our
Ancestors, I raise
my pipe to you.
To your messengers the four winds, and
to Mother Earth who provides
for your children.
Give us the wisdom to teach our children
to love, to respect, and to be kind to each
other so that they may grow
with peace in mind.
Let us learn to share all good things that
you provide for us on this Earth.

Love to all,
Sandy
For a few days there I couldn't reply. Everything showed up really really tiny and I kept getting error messages!

Hope this comes up this time!

[This message was edited by Sandy on Friday March %79, 2004 at 07:51 AM.]

Thank you Sandy.
The images are beautiful.
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What is life? It is a flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset.

~Native American

Woman's Prayer


Great Spirit, I am Mother.
I was made by You so that the image of Your love
Could be brought into existence.
May I always carry with me
The sacredness of this honour.

Creator, I am Daughter.
I am the learner of the Traditions.
May I carry them forward
So that the Elders and Ancestors
Will be remembered for all time.

Maker-Of-All-Things, I am Sister.
Through me, may my brothers be shown
The manner in which I am to be respected.
May I join with my sisters in strength and power as a Healing Sheild
So that they will no longer bear the stain of abuse.

Niskam, I am Committed Partner:
One who shares her spirit,
But is wise to remember never to give it away,
Lest it become lost,
And the two become less than one.

I am Woman.
Hear me.
Welal'in.
Ta'ho!



Native American (Mi'kmaq)

Dear Sandy,
I am very happy that you brought back this post. I love these prayers.
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Earth Teach Me to Remember
by John Yellow Lark



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 in the rain.



Ute, North American

I love this thread as well.
Thank you dear Sandy for starting it.

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Ojibwa Prayer


Oh Great Spirit, whose voice I hear in the winds

And whose breath gives life to everyone,

Hear me.

I come to you as one of your many children;

I am weakÖI am smallÖI need your wisdom and your strength.

Let me walk in beauty, and make my eyes ever

behold the red and purple sunsets.

Make my hands respect the things you have made,

and make my ears sharp so I may hear your voice.

Make me wise, so that I may understand what you

have taught my people and

The lessons you have hidden in each leaf

and each rock.

I ask for wisdom and strength,

Not to be superior to my brothers, but to be able

to fight my greatest enemy, myself.

Make me ever ready to come before you with

clean hands and a straight eye,

So as life fades away as a fading sunset,

My spirit may come to you without shame.



-Author Unknown

Wow!
This is a great prayer Inda! I just love American Indian prayers!
Love you!

Dear Sandy,
I love Native American prayers and wisdom as well.
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Hear Me
Hear me, four quarters of the world-- a relative I am! Give me the strength to walk the soft earth. Give me the eyes to see and the strength to understand, that I may be like you. With your power only can I face the winds. Great Spirit...all over the earth the faces of living things are all alike. With tenderness have these come up out of the ground. Look upon these faces of children without number and with children in their arms, that they may face the winds and walk the good road to the day of quiet. This is my prayer' hear me!


Black Elk, Sioux Indian

Dear Friends of Givnology,


"May you always walk in Beauty."
Ancient Native American Prayer

Love
Vicky

Great Spirit Prayer


"Oh, Great Spirit, whose voice I hear in the wind,

Whose breath gives life to all the world.

Hear me; I need your strength and wisdom.

Let me walk in beauty, and make my eyes ever behold the red and purple sunset.

Make my hands respect the things you have made and my ears sharp to hear your voice

Make me wise so that I may understand the things you have taught my people.

Help me to remain calm and strong in the face of all that comes towards me.

Let me learn the lessons you have hidden in every leaf and rock.

Help me seek pure thoughts and act with the intention of helping others.

Help me find compassion without empathy overwhelming me.

I seek strength, not to be greater than my brother, but to fight my greatest enemy

Myself.

Make me always ready to come to you with clean hands and straight eyes.

So when life fades, as the fading sunset, my spirit may come to you without shame.


Native American