Buffalo Woman Comes Singing

Informationen zum Autor Brooke Medicine Eagle Klappentext "This vibrant book of wonders speaks true and dreams deep. Writng with blazing honesty she tells of her hard-won knowledge of many of the world's spiritual and healing traditions, while hold the Sacred Hoop of Natie Amreicanwisdom. This magnificent teacher becomes for us a new embodiment of White Buffalo Woman." Jean Houston Author of THE SEARCH FOR THE BELOVED BUFFALO WOMAN COMES SINGING explores fascinating uses of traditions like the Medicine Wheel; healing through ritual action; dreamtime; and the moon lodge -- the woman's place of retreat and visioning. These powerful personal tools integrate ancient wisdom with contemporary experience, as Buffalo Woman calls each spiritual warrior to her own true place in the dance of life.INTRODUCTION In our present time of ecological and social crisis, all of humanity is looking for new ways to move forward, ways that will solve current problems without creating new ones (as we have in the past with gasoline engines and other technological advances). One place it has been obvious to turn is the native peoples of our lands, whose ancient ways reveal a deep ecology that is at once both physical and spiritual, even though their practice is varied in the hundreds of tribes on this continent. These ancient teachings call us to turn primary attention to the Sacred Web of Life, of which we are a part and with which we are so obviously entangled. This quality of attentionpaying attention to the wholeis called among my people holiness. Holiness is never understood to be focusing attention on a white-bearded old man figure as God, or on any specific spiritual figure, but rather enlarging our awareness to consciously include and respectfully consider All That Is, All Our Relationsall beings, energies, and things in the larger Circle of Life. This sacred focus on holiness as an integral part of everyday life is central to Native American teachings, and is of great value to us today. White Buffalo Calf Pipe Woman, the mystical woman who came long, long ago to bring the sacred pipe as a symbol and reminder of the holiness, stands today as a central figure in the spiritual way of the Lakota Sioux and many other native tribes. The symbolism of the two men in the story of White Buffalo Woman told in the Prologue, as well as her pipe and teachings, are clear metaphors about how we are to approach life on Mother Earth if we two-leggedswe humansare to make it through this next century and create a new way of being on Earth that will open us to our full human-ness. Central to White Buffalo Woman's message, and to all native spirituality, is also the understanding that the Great Spirit lives in all things, enlivens all forms, and gives energy to all things in all realms of creationincluding Earthly life. Several things follow from this understanding: ? We, and all things in the web of life, are related. We are not only children of our Mother Earth, but also of our Father, the Great Spirit. And thus we are all each other's brothers and sisters. ? Primary to our beingness, and to our relationships in the larger hoop, is the feminine energy of nurturing and renewingof ourselves, each other, and all those peoples in our Sacred Circle of Life, especially the children. ? Each of us has Spirit within us to develop and bring forward. Each thing and being contains Spirit's living flameconsciousness and alivenessand thus has the right to be respected and honored for its unique power and gift. ? Through each of us Spirit can speak, and thus guide us and our people. ? Each of us is a small, yet significant part of the wholeness and at the same time contains the wholeness. As in a hologram, where each piece contains the whole picture yet the picture becomes clearer as more and more pieces are joined together, so our harmony, unity, and coopera...

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Brooke Medicine Eagle

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"This vibrant book of wonders speaks true and dreams deep. Writng with blazing honesty she tells of her hard-won knowledge of many of the world's spiritual and healing traditions, while hold the Sacred Hoop of Natie Amreicanwisdom. This magnificent teacher becomes for us a new embodiment of White Buffalo Woman."
Jean Houston
Author of THE SEARCH FOR THE BELOVED
BUFFALO WOMAN COMES SINGING explores fascinating uses of traditions like the Medicine Wheel; healing through ritual action; dreamtime; and the moon lodge -- the woman's place of retreat and visioning. These powerful personal tools integrate ancient wisdom with contemporary experience, as Buffalo Woman calls each spiritual warrior to her own true place in the dance of life.

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INTRODUCTION
 
 
 
In our present time of ecological and social crisis, all of humanity is looking for new ways to move forward, ways that will solve current problems without creating new ones (as we have in the past with gasoline engines and other technological “advances”). One place it has been obvious to turn is the native peoples of our lands, whose ancient ways reveal a deep ecology that is at once both physical and spiritual, even though their practice is varied in the hundreds of tribes on this continent. These ancient teachings call us to turn primary attention to the Sacred Web of Life, of which we are a part and with which we are so obviously entangled.
 
This quality of attention—paying attention to the whole—is called among my people “holiness.” Holiness is never understood to be focusing attention on a white-bearded old man figure as God, or on any specific spiritual figure, but rather enlarging our awareness to consciously include and respectfully consider All That Is, All Our Relations—all beings, energies, and things in the larger Circle of Life.
 
This sacred focus on holiness as an integral part of everyday life is central to Native American teachings, and is of great value to us today. White Buffalo Calf Pipe Woman, the mystical woman who came long, long ago to bring the sacred pipe as a symbol and reminder of the holiness, stands today as a central figure in the spiritual way of the Lakota Sioux and many other native tribes. The symbolism of the two men in the story of White Buffalo Woman told in the Prologue, as well as her pipe and teachings, are clear metaphors about how we are to approach life on Mother Earth if we two-leggeds—we humans—are to make it through this next century and create a new way of being on Earth that will open us to our full human-ness.
 
Central to White Buffalo Woman’s message, and to all native spirituality, is also the understanding that the Great Spirit lives in all things, enlivens all forms, and gives energy to all things in all realms of creation—including Earthly life. Several things follow from this understanding:
 
‣ We, and all things in the web of life, are related. We are not only children of our Mother Earth, but also of our Father, the Great Spirit. And thus we are all each other’s brothers and sisters.
‣ Primary to our beingness, and to our relationships in the larger hoop, is the feminine energy of nurturing and renewing—of ourselves, each other, and all those peoples in our Sacred Circle of Life, especially the children.
‣ Each of us has Spirit within us to develop and bring forward. Each thing and being contains Spirit’s living flame—consciousness and aliveness—and thus has the right to be respected and honored for its unique power and gift.
‣ Through each of us Spirit can speak, and thus guide us and our people.
‣ Each of us is a small, yet significant part of the wholeness and at the same time contains the wholeness. As in a hologram, where each piece contains the whole picture yet the picture becomes clearer as more and more piec…