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The Native American Ten Commandments
1) Treat the earth and all that dwell thereon with respect.
2) Remain close to the Great Spirit.
3) Show great respect for your fellow beings.
4) Work together for the benefit of all mankind.
5) Give assistance and kindness wherever needed.
6) Do what you know to be right.
7) Look after the well-being of mind and body.
8) Dedicate a share of your efforts to the greater good.
9) Be truthful and honest at all times.
10)Take full responsibility for your actions.
--Black Elk (Oglala)
Pagan Prayer for Today
Prayer of Thanksgiving and Praise
Standing in the presence of the mighty gods,
my mind is turned toward all I have been given,
I thank them, as is only their due,
for they pour out blessings on all their children.
Ceisiwr Serith
"A Book of Pagan Prayer"
2002 Ceisiwr Serith
Native American Thoughts
".... everything on the earth has a purpose, every disease an herb to cure it, and every person a mission. This is the Indian theory of existence." -Mourning Dove (1888-1936)
"A very great vision is needed and the man who has it must follow it as the eagle seeks the deepest blue of the sky." - Crazy Horse
"Each man is good in His sight. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows." Sitting Bull -Hunkpapa Sioux
"A little while and I will be gone from among you, when I cannot tell. From nowhere we came, into nowhere we go. What is life? It is the 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." -Crowfoot, Blackfoot warrior and orator