Tagged with Native Americans

My grandfather told me about Wounded Knee and then he ended it by singing an honoring song for all of the people who died there. When you see how that kind of event affects people, you feel pity and empathy, then you become angry. But anger is not a constructive force. It's best to teach with positive emotion. Balance is important. (more)

In May of 2011, the Mamas left their mountain to meet with North American indigenous tribes in upstate New York at the Menla Mountain Retreat. To recover the earth, the Mamas of the tribes of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, whose mission it is to activate sacred sites, had called this meeting to empower indigenous peoples to do likewise. (more)

A zendo with zafus for meditation and chanting is not the same brand as a lodge hall with quartz crystals and circles for conducting séances.  But theosophy and Buddhism are both running subtle energy.  (more)

If you get sick, you heal better in community. When family, neighbors, and clans, come together and push toward a common goal, it actually makes that outcome more likely, because everyone has a stake in the outcome. The dreams of individuals are magnified when people dream together. Gathering together in community is the core experience of all tribal cultures. (more)

Creating intentional tribes and rites of passage can restore a sense of purpose, belonging, respect, and morality. Tribal morality can be assimilated into the psyche, to create a lasting frame of relevance for the individual's gifts.

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A group of Adepts, determined to stop the world's downward course into materialism, caused a spiritual influx to be thrown down into America. Great souls from Atlantis incarnated into the bodies of North American Indians. It was they who brought forward the movement of Spiritualism. (more)