Native Ameican Wisdom - The Great Spirit

Cherokee Prayer

Great Mystery, teach me how to trust my heart,

my mind, my intuition, my inner knowing,

the senses of my body, the blessings of my spirit.

Teach me to trust these things

so that I may enter my Sacred Space

and love beyond my fear,

and thus Walk in Balance

with the passing

of each glorious Sun.

Lakota Prayer

Hold On Hold on to what is good,

Even if it's a handful of earth.

Hold on to what you believe,

Even if it's a tree that stands by itself.

Hold on to what you must do,

Even if it's a long way from here.

Hold on to your life,

Even if it's easier to let go.

Hold on to my hand,

Even if someday

I'll be gone away from you.

A Pueblo Indian Prayer

Humankind has not woven the web of life.

We are but one thread within it.

Whatever we do to the web,

we do to ourselves.

All things are bound together.

All things connect.

Chief Seattle, 1854

May the Warm Winds of Heaven

Blow softly upon your house.

May the Great Spirit

Bless all who enter there.

May your Mocassins

Make happy tracks in many snows,

and may the Rainbow

Always touch your shoulder.

Cherokee Prayer

BlessingOh, Great Spirit

Whose voice I hear in the winds,

And whose breath gives life to all the world,

hear me,I am small and weak,

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.

Let me learn the lessons

you have hidden in every leaf and rock.

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.

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