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Achieving a New-Found Unity

Posted by ike
/ December 5, 2011 / 3 Comments

In the Dakota tribe there is no word, “goodbye.” Even when loved ones go to the other side of astral veil and into the light, relationships are maintained. And at more levels of consciousness than those we are limited to while on Earth. Here, we constantly take in and process emotional, mental and physical data from inside our bodily systems. When close friends or family members die, and especially in the early part of the transition from physical form to astral/light, we also have the ability to receive and process bits of their emotions, thoughts and even remnants of their physical aches and pains. We are just learning what the ancients already understood: extending our attention to people in transition, and developing telepathic interplay between souls, does not take special skills. Instead these are common, ordinary human abilities.
Clouds as Earthly Expressions

Posted by ike
/ July 25, 2011 / 6 Comments

In the Tribe we learn that when out-of-doors it is important to look for our shadows and feel the blowing wind on our cheeks. Paying attention to shadows helps to consciously connect to the sun in the day and the moon at night (which makes those ever-so-glorious lunar shadows). And the wind connects us to the Spirits that like downy soft feathers, ride even the slightest breezes to alight on any surface they brush against, including the skin of our human hands and faces. As a small boy on the reservation, my son would savor the strong prairie winds. He’d close his eyes, take a deep breath, and giggle. Over the gusts, he’d loudly proclaim: “I am kissed by Spirit!” The only other time my son ever felt such exhilaration was when lying on the ground and letting his spirit spread as far from his body as the clouds. To this day, thirty-some years later, the clouds still draw him in. Like his namesake suggests, the clouds enlighten him the way they might enlighten Eagle. And how exactly can that be, you might wonder. Well, some of you know because the clouds speak to you as well.
Turtle Anchors in Tomorrow

Posted by ike
/ November 13, 2010 / 5 Comments

In the Mayan cosmology, every year and greater cycle of time has a different spirit guiding it in. These spirits appear as elements in nature, taking the form of plant, animal, stone or human. Moving from phase to phase, one of the four main spirits serves as leader for a current time period which in our case is dying out. During the upcoming cycle, another of the “big four” spirit guides takes over the duties of leadership. In this way the group of four spirit guides shares responsibilities, making sure a fresh period of time is truly ‘new’ and different from the last. But not too different.
Take the Hint and Bee-ware!

Posted by ike
/ May 10, 2010 / 4 Comments

During my years in the tribe, I learned that nature provides three warning systems using crickets, snakes and bees. I remember being teased mercilessly about white people and their need for elaborate alarms in homes and cars. The grandfathers especially used to advise me (because I was white, and just might have installed an alarm mechanism somewhere) that it was ridiculous. “All you need is a cricket,” the elders would say.
No Good-Byes for Polly Anna

Posted by ike
/ April 6, 2010 / Leave a comment

Just lately, the shocking news came about the grave illness and then, one week later, the death of my friend Pauline Shields from Ft. Thompson, South Dakota. A ‘Grandmother’ in the truest sense of the word, Pauline will long be remembered for her many wonderful traits. Here I only take space to mention her exemplary demonstration of the Four Dakota Virtues...