Elder's Meditation of the Day - March 1

[Ghost in the Machine]

Elder's Meditation of the Day - March 1


"The beginning is purification, that's the first step..And purification means purification of body and mind. You don't purify the body without cleansing the mind; that's the way it works."
--Rolling Thunder, CHEROKEE


If we have bad thoughts or poison in our minds, they will eventually show up in our bodies in the form of headaches, pains, and stomach problems. It works this way because we are interconnected. Our minds and our bodies are one system. So when we start to grow, or commit to the Red Road, we need to start cleaning up our thoughts and start showing respect for our bodies. We start purifying our minds by prayer and meditation, and we start cleansing our bodies by getting the right amount of sleep and developing good eating habits. Today, I'm going to observe my thoughts. Will my thoughts be clean today?


Great Spirit, let me focus on Your love today so my mind will be pure.

http://www.whitebison.org/meditation/index.php

[leftstreet]

1. Purification: BushInc must be held accountable for war crimes

Oh, and burn the f&*king Patriot Act!

[Ghost in the Machine]

8. That'll be a start...

for repairing our Nation's standing in the world...

Peace,

Ghost

[Delphinus]

2. Thank you.

Good thoughts.

[Ghost in the Machine]

10. Peace to you and yours, Delphinus... n/t

[I Have A Dream]

3. Very nice. Thank you for posting these.

:thumbsup:

[Ghost in the Machine]

11. I'm glad you enjoy them..

Peace to you and yours,

Ghost

[H2O Man]

4. Very good.

Thank you for posting this. I think that it is something that benefits us as individuals, and also should help us recognize that on the larger level, our society needs a purification.

Nominated.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

6. I believe Obama is leading us in that direction

in his attempt to change how we look at issues. He is reminding us of our common values, and looking to our common goals--that's what's important, not the personalities or politics that surround issues. He is also stressing getting along by looking for the best in others--acknowledging where they are but also showing where they can go, given a little Light.

[H2O Man]

7. Yes.

I agree, 100%.

(Please check your e-mail in a minute.)

[omega minimo]

16. .

:grouphug:

[Ghost in the Machine]

12. Wise words, H2O Man...

Our society, as a whole, *could* use a good purification. However, it's up to each individual to work on themselves, with the ultimate goal of creating a more peaceful society...


Peace to you and yours,

Ghost

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

5. Purification

I have appreciated and supported those walking the Red Road, and understand how important the aspect of mental purification is. I think it is one reason preparation for rituals such as the sweat lodge or vision quest or sundance are so very important. While you are helping tie the hundreds of tobacco ties that will surround a person while they are out on the hill for vision quest, your mind quiets and focuses on the task at hand. You feel the connection with the one who is going out on the hill as you do this and as you join them in the lodge for the sweat that starts before they go out and ends only when they return. In the traditions in which I have participated, it is the only lodge where the door cannot be opened between rounds, and these sweats are amongst the most intense physically, emotionally, and mentally, in which I have participated.

[Ghost in the Machine]

13. Wow, thanks for your input on this, ayeshahaqqiqa

My girlfriend participated in a sweatlodge ceremony before. If memory serves correctly, it was with the Blackfeet Tribe. She said the same thing about them being very intense, physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually.

Peace to you and yours,

Ghost

[NightWatcher]

9. Damn, a sweat lodge and two day fast would go good right about now

[Ghost in the Machine]

14. Sounds like a winner, doesn't it?

I've been reading up on sweatlodge ceremonies and it sounds like something I'd like to try at least once in my lifetime...


Peace to you and yours, NightWatcher


Ghost

[conscious evolution]

15. I highly recommend them.

I help a guy facilitate sweats a couple of times a week.
We don't do a Native American style sweat,though.It is more a hybrid hippy/hindu thing my friend came up with.
I was skeptical at first but I have seen it help bring about profound changes in many of the attendees lives and outlook on life.

I also do a sweat or two each week that are more swedish sauna then ceremony sweats.As far as I am concerned a regular suana is almost just as good.Certainly,from a physical standpoint its no different.And even the mental cleansing could be done in such a way if one were so inclined.

Either way they both get my endorsement.