Dec. 31st. 2012

Today I got reminded of a truth which I must share. When you harbor fear, resentment, hate or any of the negative emotions, you are as sick as if you had cancer, or any other disease. Until you are ready to give up any negativity you can not be cured of anything brought on by it. It does not affect the people who the negativity is directed at but the person who harbors the negativity.
Please be ready to change yourself if you are going to heal yourself.

Big Tree 12/31/2012

26 Dec. 2012

"If you would change the world, first change yourself."

Unknown

Big Tree 12/26/2012

December 25th. 2012

Elders Wisdom: "I don't care what religion you follow. I don't care what politics you espouse. As long as you care for and protect other life forms beside two legged, as long as you speak for those who have no voice, as long as you stand against war for any reason you are doing the job the two legged were put on Mother Earth to do". Uncle Gus to a hippie who stopped him on his daily walk one day. Shortly before he passed on.

Big Tree 12/25/2012

December 11th. 2012

In most native communities the rights of children under six are protected by the parents and other parents who have such children. Children be from six to twelve have a right to speak but are protected by both parents and the elders. Once a boy or girl reaches thirteen they become fully able to decide for them self. At that time they join in the councils, speak for them self and are also liable for their actions. This is a basic right of all children.

1: Freedom from violence both from governments and each other.
    This includes wars, executions and use of troops or police to punish protesters.
        All use of force by the police should be investigated by a grand jury or similar Judicial tribunal not related to or beholden to the police.

2: A world wide guarantee of food, clothing, medicine and shelter at least at a minimum level for all people.

3: A guarantee of education for all men and women.  This includes the teaching of critical thinking. Especially critical thinking which is the capability of understanding and rejecting government or employers actions. This education must be from cradle to grave and controlled by the people affected. It is not just educating to make better employees who perform without asking questions. It must also be education in the humanities and arts.

4: Freedom to be included in government decisions. If nothing less then local councils who have the right to propose better solutions for them self. This must also include the right of prisoners to ask for and suggest better treatment and rehabilitation.

5: Uniformly applied laws. No more laws aimed at minorities. If the police are going to stop and frisk in a Black. Asian, Hispanic or native  neighborhood it must also be equally applied to Wall Street or K Street or the gated communities.

6: Freedom to participate in or reject religion based on your choice and nothing but your choice. No laws may be based on religious standards but all laws must be uniform in application.

7: The right of minorities and tribal units to self government, based on the standards of the tribe. However that tribe also has the power to try and punish infractions against it or it's people the same as any other government and this includes infractions by a colonizing government.

8: The right of every member of society to meaningful and rewarding employment. Be it a Medical Doctor, police officer, lawyer, artist or farmer. Society is built not on uniformity of work and rewards but on diversity and each contributing as she/he is capable.

9: All laws must be written not in legalize but in the plain language understood by everyone. Corporations may be formed for limited time and specific purpose which must include a public interest. Any corporation which wishes to extend the time must prove  additional public good.

10: Add your ideas here and send them on.

December 5th. 2012

No matter how good or bad your health, No matter how rich or poor you are, As long as you woke up this morning and are able to communicate with others you still have a purpose here on Turtle Island. You now can try to make life better for all my relations, or you can fail at the most important thing you can do in this lifetime. Maybe it's someone else who will finish what you start, it's up to you to get started.

Big Tree 12/5/2012

December 2nd. 2012

If the United States was a person he/she would need help. Anyone or any thing that reacts only with anger toward others or other things is far from balanced.

Big Tree 12/2/2012

Nov. 21st. 2012

When Uncle Bob and some of the other elders were teaching us boys and girls to shoot a bow they did it by steps. First they took a small hoop and placed it at our feet until we could put the arrow in it every time. Then they moved it further away.  By the end of the day we were shooting the length of the yard at a hoop they rolled in front of us and hitting it. The same can be said for anything you want to learn or do. Break it up into simple steps and take each step in turn. After a while you also will be hitting a 8" hoop rolled a hundred feet away.

Big Tree 11/21/12

Nov. 18th 2012

"Yesterday is a memory. tomorrow may not be yours. That leaves today as the canvas on which you can paint anything you want."

Uncle Gus 1953

Nov. 17th. 2012

I can't remember who first taught me this or what the occasion was, but the words still ring inside me. "Remember no matter where you go or what you do, your thoughts and dreams are the prayers which carry you in life."

Many elders in the nineteen fifties. 
Big Tree 11/17/2012

Nov. 2nd. 2012

I once again must speak out for the elders, the medicine people, the story tellers, the water pours, the singers and the herb medicine people of all the nations. If you go to them for help you take tobacco or one of the sacred herbs as a contract between you and them. After they have helped you however much you gift them with frog skins today. It used to be these people were a resource for the tribe and were provided with food, clothing lodging and what ever other needs they had because they were available to everyone 24/7. They are no less valuable today then they were a century ago.

Big Tree 11/2/2012

Oct. 31st. 2012

Elders Wisdom: If you would change others, first change yourself. If you are unwilling to changeyourself then how are you going to change others?

Uncle Gus 1953

Oct. 17th. 2012

Use what you take from Mother or her children and never take more then you need. Work with respect for the people and other life which surrounds you and they will respect and care for you. Above all learn the wisdom does not always come from a book but from little children, animals and each other. Learn that the more you give away the more you have. Learn that you can never own another, instead give them respect and freedom and they will draw closer to you.

Big Tree 10/17/2012

Oct. 8th. 2012

"People make promises to many. To their boss the promise to do the job. To a church they promise to tithe. To their children they promise to do many things. to their spouse they make many promises, even as they forget them all to often. However the promises to your self are the most important and lest likely to be honored. Who is more important your boss or you?

Grandmother 1957

Oct. 7th. 2012Remember if you woke up in this body this morning you still have something special to do. It doesn't matter how bad you feel, it doesn't matter how insignificant you feel, it doesn't matter if your a man or a woman, what matters is that you have something special to do. No matter what race, sex or nationality you may be right now you can choose to be a leader, a example or a beloved teacher for someone else. Big Tree 10/7/12

Remember if you woke up in this body this morning you still have something special to do. It doesn't matter how bad you feel, it doesn't matter how insignificant you feel, it doesn't matter if your a man or a woman, what matters is that you have something special to do. No matter what race, sex or nationality you may be right now you can choose to be a leader, a example or a beloved teacher for someone else.

Big Tree 10/7/12

OCT. 1ST. 2012

Each and every human being has different talents, thoughts, understanding's and above all a different way of relating to the world. This is in answer to someone else's post on a list I belong to. do you not talk about a difference you have just because you might be kidded or shunned or whatever for being different? This is about myself and what makes me human.
Even our dreams are unique and meaningful if you just pay attention. I told my wife a while back that someone was pregnant. The next day she called to say she was pregnant and had just told her husband.  I know of dangers to people I care about well ahead of time and unless thru their attitude I know not to tell them I do warn, so they might change the outcome. Not so much now as a few years back but I used to know when Mother was going to have a major Earthquake and where.  I also when I was younger and used to hunt for food for my elders, I could ask before I went out and find a animal within a few min. I also knew without knowing how, where to find missing people and if they would be located alive or dead.  Had a hard time getting anyone to listen to me with that one. Everyone has different abilities, unless we share them people will think they are weird because they see, hear or feel things others don't. I have seen at least a few children who had special abilities who had it beaten out of them. It's time to say I am different because I am human. If I was like everyone else I would not be truly human.

Big Tree 10/1/2012

Sep 23rd. 2012

I was sitting in the kitchen peeling potatoes when one of my Aunt's walked into Grandmothers kitchen. Grandmother and Kathy were folding bread dough so it would rise properly (no they never kneaded it, but folded it). Aunt Lucy had a broken nose, black eyes and a broken arm. Grandmother asked what happened. She responded that son or a *&^% husband of mine came home drunk last night and beat me. I hate the Ba****d.

Grandmother looked at he and responded. " Anyone or anything you hate is not hurt by your hatred, so let go of it now, it only harms you. If you feel afraid of what he might do, go your separate ways but do not do so with a heart full of hate for anyone or anything. Hatred causes cancer, madness and early and painful death for the one holding it. It eats you alive starting with your stomach and your ability to relate to to anyone or anything from that day on."

Grandmother 1956

Sep. 13th. 2012

Whenever you feel alone, not understood or just down on yourself remember, we are all part of the whole. We are all brothers and sisters. We are but one of many nations, groups and even planets working to make living better for our self and the next seven generations.

Big Tree 9/13/2012

Nov. 6th. 2012

No matter what you think, no ownership of anything is permanent. You
could be forced into bankruptcy and loose everything, then who's
property is it? Adopt the habit of land and home you are the caretaker,
your children are not yours, but somebody you help grow and hope they
accomplish more then you did, but that is a choice they face. not you.
Remember they teach you as much as you teach them during the growing
period. Even your community, state, country, tribe or world is not
yours but something you live within and hopefully make better by your
being part of it.

Big Tree 9/6/2012

Aug.30th.2012

All ceremonies evolved from the simple ceremony of thanks for the sun each morning, thanks for the food we eat and thanks for whatever good came your way during the day. Others have evolved as our needs grew more complex. What ever the ceremony you partake of do so with all your being.

Grandmother 1952

Aug.29th. 2012

Grandmother and the other elders taught me long ago that The difference in worship was not difference but a difference in the peoples history. Not a difference in purpose but a difference in language. The difference in creation myths is not a difference but different times for the people and lands to form. Thus despite the attempt to prove superiority over others is but a way to excuse the greed, murder and slavery imposed on other people. Once we were all the same color and family. People have forgotten that.

Big Tree 8/29/12

Aug. 28th. 2012

I have met more then one person who excused poor behavior on just being themselves. My response is if your going to be your self why not be the best self you can. If your actions hurt others, are strictly self serving or just irresponsible they are not being your best self. If your actions and words lead to harm to you or those close to you they are not being your best self. At least try to be the person you would most admire. You might just find others admire you also.

Big Tree 8/28/2012

Aug. 25th. 2012

Everyone on Earth has a lesson we need to learn if we just stop and look and listen. The young children show us how we are supposed to approach life. They are smiling, loving and without worries most of the time. They don't worry about money or any other artificial things.  They only have three needs which even the smallest and newest can express. To be fed when they need it. To have their pants changed when they are full or wet. Last and not least to have love and attention.  Do any of those needs change as we age? Really we only add one other need as we advance in age. The need to have something meaningful to do with our lives. This applies to everyone.  Big Tree 8/25/2012 

Aug. 24th. 2012

Who is your community? Perhaps it's the people you grew up with even though they do not live close. Perhaps your community consists of your fellow church goers or people you work with. Or your community consists of fellow club members or even those you share drugs with. Very rarely does it consist of members of the opposite sex or another race. Why, because you were taught to fear anyone unlike yourself. Like Uncle Gus told me one time when I was visiting him." You see this neighborhood, it looks poor. It's rich if you get to know the people. I know everyone from the black family next door to the Chicano family next to my shop and everyone who i pass in the three blocks from here to the shop. They all have the same hopes and dreams. They all have parents they love or children they hope will grow out of this neighborhood. The only reason I know these people is because I made it my business to stop and talk to them. Take them groceries when I found out they didn't have enough to eat. Get small presents when someone had a birthday. Bought flowers when a death occurred. Celebrate with, shared my thoughts and opinions with them every chance I got and more important listened to their opinions, hopes, dreams and fears. I hope you will learn to do the same."

Big Tree & Uncle Gus. 8/24/2012

Uncle Gus was Gassed in WW1 and in the Vets Bonus march on Washington where he was bayoneted. He always walked with a limp, and could not hold down a factory job so he started making custom furniture and never made much money but always had enough for his needs and a little bit extra for anyone who asked him to help out.

Aug. 23rd. 2012

This is to compare true prayer with false prayer. False prayer is loud long and ritualistic. False prayer is said on street corners, in meetings and at worship service to show everyone how pious and spiritual the prayer is. False prayer is the saying of petitions and such to be relieved of some defect. False prayer is that said to prevent some catastrophe from happening. These prayers never work for three main reasons. First they have no real force behind them. Second they are not performed as true prayer but wishful thinking. Third the problem being addressed is not let go of.
So what is real prayer? Real prayer is something that should be practiced every moment of every day. It is forming a picture of what is desired as if it is already accomplished. You see it, feel it taste,smell or experience it as if you were n the future and seeing the results of your prayer. No words are needed with true prayer and nobody has to know you are praying. When you have sent this you drop all thoughts of the prayer confident it will be accomplished. Then go on to whatever you are doing in your life then. This is the most important step in true prayer, to let go and let your higher self, or whatever power including Great Mystery bring it into being. If you continue to worry and fear that is your true prayer and that is what will be brought into being.

Big Tree 8/23/2012

Aug. 21st. 2012

Gratitude. It's not shared enough or expressed enough. Do you express
gratitude for your shelter at night? Do you express gratitude for the
animals and plants which given their life that you might live each
meal?Do you express your gratitude for the smile and kind word of a
stranger? Do you express gratitude in the morning for another day to
serve and each night for all the good and all the potential friends you
have encountered or lessons learned learned during another day given to
you by Great Mystery?

Big Tree 8/21/2012

Aug. 20th. 2012

Each and every day is a time to make new friends, learn something new or
do something you enjoy. After all that is the purpose of life.

Uncle Bob 1953

July 30th. 2012

It's hard to comprehend that the Government of the Six Nations and the Government of the United States both came from the Great Law of Peace. Remember the traditional chiefs were chosen by the women in secret, without the men being considered even knowing who was being considered. They were chosen by who has treated his mother, sister, wife and daughters the best. Who has helped his village, friends and even strangers the most. Who has taught the children and watched over them without being asked. Who has given of his own for the sick injured and those without. Sometimes it took weeks of discussions for the women to finally choose a new chief. The law making is different to. The subject of the council was announced by the firekeeper (president or senior chief) then the person next to him spoke about what he thought should be done. It went around the circle with every person speaking and at times asking for clarification on what someone had said before. If they came to consensus within four rounds of discussion then the decision was given to the women to approve up or down. If not the subject could not be brought up again for a year. Yes it is hard to think of the savage and the civilized governments of the two nations. The Savage has only either or as a model. The civilized has peaceful and respectful discussions that result in consensus. Big Tree 7/30/2012

July 29th. 2012

All of nature speaks to us and contains lessons or information we can use in our everyday life. If it is a fox showing up at your door seeking scraps for it's young, a bird flying overhead and talking to you or the voices of the tree people dancing and embracing their partner the winds. Each lesson or message is for the individual but each message also has universal meaning. If encountered by many people it has both meanings at the same time. Enjoy, learn and put into practice the lessons of each day. Big Tree 7/29/2012

July 28th. 2012

You do not fight wars except to protect your way of life, elders, women and children. The you do not demonize the enemy, instead you spare the lives of your captives and treat them like human beings. You also respect their religion and way of life.

You do not fish for sport. Instead you fish to feed your family and those who have nobody to fish for them.

You do not kill for sport. If your family needs food you kill only what is needed and always with permission and with respect for your brothers the animals.

Nobody owns Mother Earth. You use what you need to live, shelter and feed your family.

Above all you remember and leave enough for the next seven generations. For that is what those who came before did for you.

Big Tree 7/28/2012

July 24th.2012

Grandmother taught me, Never say goodbye, instead say until next time or later. " Because even on your death bed, it is not final but merely a seperation until your spirits and being reconnect." I said until next time to her in 1962 shortly after her 102 birthday. Big Tree 7/24/2012

July 23rd. 2012

A warriors job and a policeman's job are the same. To prevent trouble b knowing what is going where they have responsibility for. To have a open dialogue with the people they serve and to remember that it is people and not business that are their primary responsibility. When trouble does come they both have the responsibility of dealing with it in the least harmful method.

Big Tree 7/23/2012

July 22nd, 2012

Do you remember the first time you saw the clouds flying across the sky in all their majesty? Do you remember the first time you saw a tree scraping the sky? Do you remember the first time you felt rain on your face? Do you remember the first time you saw a bird fly? Do you remember the first time you saw a flower open? Do you remember how important the hug was when you fell down and hurt yourself? Do you remember the first time you heard the sound of moving water? Do you remember the sparkle of sunlight on the dew? Do you remember your first kiss? Stop and Remember these things are all part of you and more important you are part of them. Never loose that sense of wonder and aliveness, that sense of being part of something special for that is the best part of life. Big Tree 7/22/2012

July 21st. 2012

As much as I talk about everything you have to remember everything you do or don't do reverberates through the next seven generations. If you remember this it will affect every decision you make. It is both the good and the evil of your actions that carries down through the next seven generations plus your intentions. So above all you need to do what you can to make your inner circle, your community and your world a little better for you being there. Big Tree 7/21/2012

July 20th. 2012

As all the elders taught me when I was growing up, it's not the religion you belong to or the place you find yourself in society but how you live your life and how you treat others that governs your final relationship with Great Mystery. All of the teachers who came before only showed you what is possible in your own life. Our purpose here on Mother Earth as every species has a purpose is to take care of the planet and the other life's upon it. Instead we are acting like a cancer infesting our only planet.

Big Tree 7/20/2012

July 16th. 2012

Pride is something we all have to work on. Yes be proud of the accomplishments you helped others achieve, but give thanks and credit to those who help you.

I am in Johnson City, TN Medical Center trying to recover from heart attack number fourteen with the help of many good and kind people. In the next few hours they will decide if the are going to continue treating me here or ship me to Vanderbilt University Hospital in Nashville for further treatment. So I ask for your songs, smoke prayers. For right now I need them and my wife needs them even more. Thank you from a old tired man.

Big Tree 7/16/2012

July 11th. 2012

Just returned from about six days in the hospital of which I remember nothing. A reminder that Creator/Great Mystery has his/her own way of ordering our lives. Sometimes it's a end, sometimes it's a new direction and sometimes it's just to say you need to rest and care for this body better.

Big Tree 7/11/2012

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Community

Community is built on shared experience, shared ideas, shared play and shared bread. Most people are afraid of the idea of sharing because they think others will rip them off. It's up to us show them the rewards can be greater then the risk. It can't be done based only on money for money in true community is only a system of barter. A way to ensure everyone shares in the gifts of the community. we all seek community, when in truth the whole world is our community. Every stranger is a friend waiting to be found, every person down is the one who will help you when your down. If you don't worship money you are half way to community all ready. Big Tree 6/17/2012

June 17th. 2012

Within the tribal structure you often had people who displayed the
riches of their society. However they were never the chiefs, the
peacemakers, the medicine people or the ceremony leaders.

Those people were among the poorest because they lived as examples of
the giveaway. The sharing of what you have with others who's needs are
greater then yours. The tribe supported them knowing that most of what
was given to them for their work would in turn be given back to the tribe.

Too bad that today's politicians, MD's, religious leaders and NGO
leaders don't follow this example.
Perhaps we need to choose our leaders based on how they live rather then
what they say.
Perhaps more people need to show the way. I try to do so.

Big Tree 6/17/12

June 16th. 2012

One of my first lessons on life came early. It was don't fall victim to
pain and suffering or you will destroy yourself. You stop living when
you concentrate on poor me. If you think of others or anything except
the suffering you are undergoing you come out the other side a better
person.

Big Tree 6/16/2012

June 13th. 2012

Solstice ceremony The night before at Sunset a sacred fire is lit. This fire is given during the time from dark until midnight the bad things and misfortunes of the previous six months. The fire from midnight till morning is given the hopes and dreams of the people. At sunrise on the first full day of the new season we greet the Sun with the following greeting. First you smudge to cleanse yourself that the ceremony is performed properly. Good Morning Grandfather. Thank you for your light and warmth. Thank you for impregnating Mother Earth that we her children might have life. Thank you for providing us with a pale reminder of the far greater light beyond you. Since the next solstice is the 20th. Of June and the first full day of Summer is on the 21st. The ceremony will be on the morning of the 21st. After you greet the Sun you move to the West of the circle. You then call on the spirit of Fall to come help heal Mother earth. You ask the spirit of the Elders, the spirit of strength and the spirit of wisdom to assist in healing Mother. The you give a small gift of corn pollen or corn meal and move to the North of the circle. You call the Spirit of Winter to come help heal Mother. You ask the Spirit of New, the healing energy and the transformed to help you in this healing ceremony. Then once again you give your corn gift and move on. You call the Spirit of Spring, the giver of visions, the future and protector of the young to come help heal Mother. Then you give your corn gift and move on. Now you are facing the direction of the new season. Welcome the New season The season of Adulthood, love and growth. Ask the spirit of the season to help Heal Mother Earth. Now go to the center of the circle. Ask Mystery/Creator to use you as a hollow bone to help Heal Mother Earth. Hold your hands about 4” apart in front of you until you feel a tingling or warmth. The spread your hands at shoulder level and ask that the healing energy go to the places it is most needed. When you do not feel the warmth or tingling any more bring your hands together and give a big thank you. Then say AHO, AMEN or However you complete a prayer. The leave the circle and go break your fast. On the next season just start your ceremony one season over until after a year you have circled the seasons. Big Tree 6/13/2012

Jun. 12 th. 2012

Today is a give away. It is given by the Great Mystery/Creator to be written upon by us,his/her children. In that spirit, I give the following healing knowledge. For someone needs to balance them self today and others know someone who needs healing. The following chant or sacred sounds has the purpose of bringing healing to every part of a person.This in different forms was taught to me by at least five elders. I give the method I have found to work for me. Each of the sounds is of equal importance for each brings a different aspect of the spirit or immune system into harmony. AH repeated four times. Starting as high a note as you can reach and sweeping downward to the lowest note you can reach, for all healing comes from above and has to fill the body from top to bottom. then AY again repeated four times as given. then EE repeated four times as given. then II repeated four times as given. then U or OO repeated four time as given. then then Y repeated four times as given. then OH repeated four times as given. Followed bu a sincere thank you, Ah HO or Amen Best used with the burning of sage to help cleanse self or who you are giving this gift to. Big Tree 6/12/2012

June 5th. 2012

Have you noticed those who come back from the light never come back because they want to or for personal reasons. It's always to do something or other for everyone. Have you noticed those who respond to the still small voice never hear good job or take it easy. It's always go tell Pharaoh too let my people go or change what you are doing for that way leads to death. I guess all of us need to listen to that voice more. I do not belong to or follow any religion for they are all corrupt. However I do believe all prophecy whatever it's source contains both warnings and guidance within. Even Jonah was sent to warn of destruction if the people didn't change. I don't know what source he had but I have seen that in the cases where I am given a glimpse of the future. Creator/Great Mystery always uses men and women to accomplish good changes. It is never done in a standoffish way but it involves a Moses parting the Sea or the sudden flash of knowledge given to people like Tesla when he designed the electric motor. It does not take a genius to say" I will make war no more", just the inspiration of a still small voice. Listen then act is what I was taught so many years ago. Big Tree 6/5/2012

June 2nd. 2012

One thing I have observed in life is most people pray wrongly. Either they pray rightly, asking for what they need and thanking the source and then keep up the what if's and why me's. That or they ask the source not for what the want but a whole list of complaints and fears which bring direct results of their prayer in the continuation of their problems. Either approach is in direct violation of the law of prayer. For each is actually a prayer for the problem being prayed about to continue. Instead visualize in every way you can being free of the problem. Make your vision so real you can see, feel and whatever the problem as gone. Then say a simple thank you to whatever you think source is and go about your life as if the help you need has already come. That is true prayer. Remember the definition of prayer is talking to your source. Meditation is listening to your answers. Big Tree 6/2/2012

May 31st. 2012

I usually do not repeat something I have sent before. This one is important enough to send not once or twice but weekly if necessary. It has to d with mans failure to be a good steward of Mother Earth. I could add to this list have you sen the family tore apart by a coal dust explosion that could have been prevented? Have you seen the streams that used to provide drinking water covered and destroyed by mountain top removal? Have you watched a National park loose 40 % of it's trees because a coal burning power plant was sending nitric acid into it? I have. That is my local park (The Smokey Mountains) Have you seen the cost of air, water and ocean pollution caused by mans activities? I HAVE! Have you watched the blue sky turn a dirty brownish gray, I have. Have you watched the oceans fish and coral die off, I have. Have you seen the litter and trash alongside the roads, I have. Have you seen the forest raped for profits, I have. Have you seen the sprawl as people try to flee the cities and take the cities with them., I have. Have you seen the birds and animals die off because they have no place to live or nest, I have. Have you felt Mother Earth sob at what we are doing to her, I have. I look in the mirror and see the person who is doing this, I look in the mirror and see the person who can change this, have you? Big Tree 4/10/2011

May 23rd. 2012

Do you eat? So do the animals. Do you sleep? So do the animals. Do you breath? So do the animals. Do you bleed? So do the animals. Do you feel pain? So do the animals. Do you use sex to recreate? So do the animals. Do you suckle your young? So do the animals. Do you feel fear, joy, passion or grief? So do the animals. Are you one with your world? The animals are. Big Tree 5/23/2012

May 22nd. 2012

When you stop thinking me and mine and start thinking our world, our forests, our oceans, our people and our mutual problems.
We owe thinking not of me but of we to the next seven generations. Remember we are caretakers and stewards.
Only then do you begin to gain wisdom.

Big Tree 5/22/2012

May 19th. 2012

Among other things the Great Law of Peace told the tribes to welcome into the longhouse any other tribe that came in peace. It also told them to welcome anyone who sought to trace the roots of peace. It gave a means to make relatives. Where is this being followed today? That was just the first call to bring all the tribes together in a coalition because a single twig snaps but a bundle of twigs can't be broken. Every tribe I know of had making of relatives, ways to treat those who came in peace and so on. We need today a single voice for every tribe, and people. We need today to extend from Pt. Barrow to the tip of S. Turtle Island. We need to speak with one voice for the rights and the treaties that have been forced on us and broken repeatedly by the colonist. We need to work together for peace, social juistice, the rights to conduct our own governmental affairs without colonial supervision or colonial theft of our land, resources and children. We need a dance of unity, of empowerment not just for the First Nations nor the Tribes of North America but for all tribes everywhere, including the tribes of Africa, the Gypsies and the hill tribes and minorities of Asia. I am too old to lead this effort, who will step up. Who will say it's time for the women to speak out, for the elders to stand up and for the warriors to do their duty of protecting the weaker members of society by crating a government big enough and strong enough to protect all of them. Not a Representative government ,that is failing even in the U.S. but a confederation that gives the confederacy power to speak for the tribes to other governments and allow the tribes to govern themselves. We need to say to The United States, Canada or any other colonial power including Mexico, honor the Nations within your midst. We need to start making relatives again, so the tribes will not become so diluted that their identity is lost. We need to say we have ways of peace and honor, learn from us. Come become one of us and we will teach you the ways of peace and honor. No more will we do as you the colonial powers say, but the ways of our people shall guide us. Big Tree 5/19/2012

May 17th. 2012

Every tribe and in reality every person has their own medicine. Every
person has their own connection to Great Mystery/Creator. Every person
needs no other to heal or guide them to what resides within. Remember
prayer is talking to your source and meditaion is listening to the
wisdom that comes from your own connection. Illness means either you are
out of balance within or you have something special to accomplish that
requires you to know the suffering of others. Either way once you have
accomplished what is necessary you can heal yourself. All the medicine
people, doctors or any other healing art does is help you to heal yourself.

Bib Tree 5/17/2012

May 6th. 2012

Today is Sunday, holy to the Christians for some reason. Yesterday was the Sabbath holy to the Jews for some reason. The day before was Friday holy to the Muslims for some reason. among our people everyday is Holy. Everyday is a wholeday to be started by listening to the morning chorus of joyful greetings shared by the birds and other creatures. Started by talking to Great mystery/Creator and taking time to listen to the messages he sends. Being grateful later in the day when he sends additional lessons in the form of people/clouds/ animals/ the wind spirits or even the water spirits to remind you of your humanness and need for something greater. Later when you are ready to fall asleep you ask Great Mystery to help you fall asleep and bring you dreams so you can process that days lessons and take them with you if you choose to go die or use them on the following day. Life is Good Though as one man put it their is no good save god. Big Tree 5/6/2012

May 4th. 2012

We say this religion or that guarantees you access to Heaven. I doubt that very much. The studies of near death shows that every religion encounters what they have been taught. I have crossed over five times. The first time when I was ten. That time I was none religious and just went into a white light. I became part of the light and was pain free, knew something I was unable to bring back and felt rather then heard a voice resonating within "Your purpose has not been served your time has not yet come." Then i found myself waking up to intense pain from major burns over sixty per cent of my body. I will share some of my other experiences in following Elders Wisdom. Since that time I either see or know things before they happen or can feel things others have lived through either in this lifetime or others. No I do not hear voices, nor do I try to see what Is given because nobody should without a request from the people involved. Big Tree 5/4/2012 Please share widely as that is the purpose of sending it.

May 2nd. 2012

Wars do not show the best of civilization, they show man's savagery. Wars do not make for gain of one people by the misfortune of others, they slowly destroy the best of both. Wars are primarily against the women of both sides. It is the women who send their husbands, fathers sons off to war. It is the women who are raped and left hungry, broken in spirit and alone. Let then the women rise up and demand of their men in every nation on earth, No more wars. No more killing for some thing called national interest, which means they have something we want to steal. No more spending our nations riches and lifeblood on winning something that has never produced a winner. War is insanity and the women are the last sane voice left to be heard. Please women of the world demand of your husbands, sons, fathers and friends to promise, "I will make war no more forever." Use the money saved to house, clothe, feed and educate everyone. This from a one time warrior.

( Bob Smith) Big Tree 5/1/2012

April 29th. 2012

All religions contain some good and some truth. However no religion has all the good or all the truth, not even the religion of science. No religion can claim exclusivity for they all came from the same source. Big Tree 4/29/2012

April 28th. 2012

I met a older man of origin I didn't know who shared some wisdom with me a long time back. As we sat on a bench looking out over a park he told me his story. He pointed out a large group having a good time across from us. He said my wife passed about from cancer about forty years ago. Before she passed she told me something I have followed from that day until now. Do what is good for you, and good for others. Live life as a adventure. When something excites you give it your passion. Shortly after I found out a girl nearby was pregnant. Her family had thrown her out and she didn't have any place to go. I took her in, and after about two months, married her so her baby could have a name and a father. We have had our up's and downs. But she gave me five children. She is over there with her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. I started a business shortly after we got married and it has prospered. All of my children have enjoyed the fruits of my labors. So never turn away from someone or something that interest you. Follow your heart and follow your dreams. Big Tree 4/28/12

April th. 25th 2012

Always remember our people came from the stars. We are here to care for Mother Earth, teach others how to live in harmony and learn to return to the stars. Grandmother 1953

April 23rd. 2012

A elder from another tribe once told me "The people is what we call our self, but every village, every clan, every nation and all of the races have to learn we are all one." Big Tree 4/23/12

April 21st. 2012

The first thing most of the elders taught was simple. Address the needs
first, the need for shelter, the need for food, the need for health,the
need for clothing, the need for education, the need to contribute and
the need for companionship. Every thing else is a want, not neccesary
for the growth or well being of the person.

Not just the medicine person or chiefs had this responsibility but every
man, woman or child of either acting when they saw a need or bringing to
the attention of the people.

Big Tree 4/21/2012

April 20th. 2012

Cornplanter said. "I see two types of governments. One like that of the USA tells the people what to do and only at the threat of rebellion gives the people anything they need. The other like the traditional government of our people listens to the people and responds. One plays on fear to keep the people in line. the other is loved by the people. Your job as you come of age is to hang onto the one and try and change the other." As he spoke to a bunch of thirteen year olds including me.

Cornplanter 1955

April 18th. 2012

I usually try not to repeat what I said before, however this needs

repeating.

Love your neighbor.
Love your black neighbor, love your gay neighbor, love your illegal
neighbor, love your single parent neighbor, love your pot head neighbor,
love your ex-mate neighbor, love your oriental neighbor, love your redneck
neighbor, love your disabled neighbor, love your American Indian neighbor, love your Muslim
neighbor. Why because that is what Jesus and a whole bunch of elders
said is the way to live. Time to walk your talk.

Big Tree 4/18/12

Apr. 16th. 2012

Fortunately most of our children are growing up much better educated then their parents. Today most of them have renounced much of what their parents believed and acted on. It will make a big difference when they turn on the masters. When they say take your greed and shove it. when they say to the politician walk your talk. It doesn't matter what race, nationality or religion, they were born into, the blindfold has been removed and they are demanding equal pay for equal work, a voice in what they do, a voice in government, a voice in every area of life. the Indians had this all along and offered it to the colonist in the beginning, now what we offered is being accepted by the great grand children of those who put their feet on our necks. Their is hope for Mother and all our relations. Rejoice and share your knowledge with the young.

Big Tree 4/16/2012

April 13th. 2012

In both politics and religion words are but window dressing. So it is in
living. If the words and deeds are not the same the words are but lies
and the deeds are to speak for you, the politician or the religious
leader. the same with the words and actions of the parents, if they
differ which do you think the children will follow?

Big Tree 4/13/2012

april 11th. 2012

How many people do you know that kill them self in order to keep a promise to others? They same people make promises to them self, with the idea that someday they are going to do this or that. It's always someday. what have you done to bring those promises into being? Even small steps toward the promises of someday are better then wishful thinking. Or maybe promises to self don't count in your world. In mine all promises are to be carried out to family, friends, strangers and above all to self.

Big Tree 4/11/2012

Apr. 9th. 2012

If life is difficult remember that's either because you choose it or because you are not growing in purpose. If you seem to be going in circles. choose something you can do that benefits others. Each of us entered the Earth to learn, to serve or both. Also never stop learning, all new knowledge is beautiful, even if you don't think you will use it. Above all don't think you know everything because Great Mystery/Creator will give you a kick in the pants to make you wake up.

Big Tree Apr.9th. 2012

April 1st.

It is time. time for the women of the world to stand up to the men and say no more war. Women are more affected by war then men are. They send their children and husbands to war, only to get back a shell or a body or nothing at all. They suffer rape, mutilation or forced prostitution at the hands of the soldiers. They are made homeless, widowed or bereaved no matter how far from the fighting they may be. If they are to be killed, raped or ravished let it be for standing between the warriors and saying no more fighting. No more of the insanity called war. From this day forward we will support only men who stand for and work for peace and understanding between all people.

From the elders who met me and asked that I come back when I passed on the time before last to the place of light.

Big Tree 4/1/2012

April 1st. 2012

It is time. time for the women of the world to stand up to the men and say no more war. Women are more affected by war then men are. They send their children and husbands to war, only to get back a shell or a body or nothing at all. They suffer rape, mutilation or forced prostitution at the hands of the soldiers. They are made homeless, widowed or bereaved no matter how far from the fighting they may be. If they are to be killed, raped or ravished let it be for standing between the warriors and saying no more fighting. No more of the insanity called war. From this day forward we will support only men who stand for and work for peace and understanding between all people.

From the elders who met me and asked that I come back when I passed on the time before last.

Big Tree 4/1/2012

March 31st. 2012

Remembering Kinzu brings back memories. A poor but happy community which
had the giveaway as the cement that kept it working. Usually When a
known need popped up. Remeber the giveaway benefits everyone not just
the person receiving. When community works it's not the rich supporting
the poor but everyone helping each other.

Big Tree 3/31/2012

Mar. 26th. 2012

Begin and end each day with a thanksgiving prayer. Begin each season with thank you and blessing for Mother Earth. Give thanks in ceremony at each planting and harvesting. Celebrate each new moon as a time of renewal both for the people and all our relations. At the end of each period of mourning celebrate the continuation of life. These are the things the elders did when I was young. I still try to do them the best I can today. Remember that ceremony is a help in the journy we call life. Every ceremony is both a remembering of living and all our relations and a time of renewal for us two legged animals.

Big Tree 3/26/2012

Mar. 25th. 2012

the purpose of the drum is to make you aware of Mothers heartbeat, that you may accomplish things of the spirit. The purpose of the rattle is to stop unnecessary thoughts or to divert negative thoughts so you can focus on what is important. Big Tree 3/25/2012

Mar.22nd. 2012

Which type of prayer do you use? the negative which asks for help from Creator and then worries about anything and everything that can go wrong then wonder why things do go wrong. All the elders agree effective prayer is from the heart with a spirit of thanksgiving will bring the desired results. On the other hand if you worry and fret about the things that might go wrong with what your asking, that is what you are really asking for, the failure of your prayer. so that is what Great Mystery delivers to you.

Big Tree 3/22/12

Mar. 19th. 2012

I was taught by the same people as all the six nations. Taught that the whites who come in friendship are to be allowed to explore the white Roots of Peace. that all my relations means all life on this our Mother the Earth. I pass this on with my warning. Just because the Whites are still trying to steal our lands and our ways of life does not make all white/black/ yellow people bad.

Big Tree 3/19/2012

Mar. 18th. 2012

Seeking the light at least once a day. Saying later when you feel an urge to do evil. Doing good when you can. These things help you in your walk of life. These things make the red road good.

Big Tree 3/18/2012

Mar.14th.2012

It takes far more courage to take a stand for peace or justice then it does to fight in battles as a warrior. It takes more because you stand alone. Because you stand for those who can't stand or speak for them self. You stand for ideas that are far from what you hear everyday by your peers. You have to walk your talk instead of just mouthing something you don't really believe. You have to expect attacks on you from those you care about the most.

Big Tree 3/14/12

March 12th. 2012

You and I are responsible for the treatment of Mother Earth, the treatment of the one legged, four legged, finned, crawling and even the invisible ones. We are responsible not just for responding to the sickness we see, no we are responsible for preventing trouble also. Remember at one time that was the job of the Elders, the warrior society and the women's society. today that job falls on all of us.

Big Tree 3/12/2012

March 10th. 2012

A Earthkeeper has to serve all of my relations. When ever you see injustice, illness or injury you have to speak out, help the hurt to heal them self and above all never turn your back on anyone or anything. Nor condemn those who's footsteps you have not walked in.

Big Tree 3/10/2012

March 7th. 2012

As the Spring Solstice comes up on the 20th. Earhkeepers will once again hold public ceremonies. This is one of the few times when Earthkeepers stand with those who are not in healing ceremony of Mother Earth and all her Children.
I used to fast for four days before conducting the ceremonies. Now due to heart disease and diabetes I can't fast even for a few hours. I used to stay u all night tending the sacred fire, giving voice to the failures of the previous three months and offering the herbs of the four directions in atonement for the two legged's failures. Then from midnight until sunrise offering the same herbs in recognition of the hopes of all Mothers Children being sent up as prayers. Then at sunrise greeting the Sun as we have always done. " Good morning Grandfather. Thank you for your light and warmth. Thank you for impregnating Mother that we her children might have life. Above all Grandfather thank you for providing a pale reminder of the far greater light beyond." Then facing South, we begin the ceremony. " Spirit of the South, Spirit of Love, Adulthood, and the time of growth. We the caretakers of this land ask that you come and aid in this our healing Ceremonies. Then we offer a gift of cornmeal or corn pollen to the spirit of the South." next we move to the Western side of the ceremony area. "Spirit of the west, spirit of the ancestors, spirit of wisdom and strength. We the caretakers of this land ask that you come and aid in healing of Mother and all her children." Then we offer again the gift of corn meal or corn pollen to the spirit of the West. Then we move to the North side of the ceremony ground. " Spirit of the North, Spirit of renewal and beginnings. Spirit of Healing we ask for your aide in healing Mother Earth and all her Children.' Then we give a offering of corn meal/corn pollen to the spirit of the North. Then we return to the Eastern side of the ceremony grounds. "Spirit of the East, Spirit of Vision, Spirit of Spirit of things to come, Spirit of the coming season, we ask your help in Healing Mother Earth and all her Children." then we give once again the gift of corn meal/corn pollen. Finally we move to the center of the Ceremony grounds. "Great Mystery/ Creator we ask you that you use us your Children to act as hollow reeds, hollow bones to send your healing light to Mother Earth and all Her Children. " The you stand in silence and allow the healing energy, light or whatever you call it to flow through you to Mother and all her children. Then you give a gift of corn meal/corn pollen to the Creator. Finish with the simple Aho or Amen and leave the ceremony area to partake of a breaking of bread/pot-latch with the other people attending. So goes the Spring Ceremony The next season finds you beginning in the West and finishing in the South. and so on.
Big Tree 3/7/2012

Mar. 6th. 2012

Live each day, each moment and each friendship as if they would be your last.
Act as if everything would come to a end unless you did something to prevent it.

Big Tree 3/6/2012

Mar. 4th. 2012

Was told by the elders when i retired from the Navy, you must now become a peacemaker for you have spent your life as a warrior. Also told by them that I must serve in any way I could every place I lived. Because any community I lived in was now my reservation.

Big Tree 3/4/2012

Feb. 29th. 2012

All my Relations. That means not just your family, nor extended family but all life upon mother. It's time to get beyond settling things with bombs and start settling differences by council. Time to put down the warclub and use the pipe and truthful discussion to find agreed upon solutions. It's no longer win/loose in war but loose/loose. We are no better then the barbarians if we continue to fight for anything. Create a peoples council for peace and make membership open to every man or woman on the planet. Not a United Nations for that has proven to be controlled by politicians and bankers. No a council working for the men and women of everywhere.

Big Tree 2/29/2012

Feb. 28th.2012

Music is the oldest and most universal of all languages. It serves many
purposes but most of all binds the players and the listeners to the same
emotions & understanding
Big Tree 2/28/2012

Feb. 25th. 2012

"Stand in the rain and allow the water spirits to wash away your hurt,

disappointment and anger. Stand in the stream and allow the water
spirits to gently caress your body. Sit next to the ocean or a cataract
and listen to the water spirits play. Be thankful for them and the
numerous lives they sustain for all our also children of our Mother
the Earth."

Grandmother 1953

Feb.22nd. 2012

To be a successful Earthkeeper try sitting on a rock and noting your
thoughts, then sit with your back to a tree and see what your thoughts
are, then sit in a grassy field and see how your thoughts differ and
finally sit in a construction site or next to a parking area and see
what thoughts come up. In this way you will learn to communicate with
Mother and all her children.

Big Tree 2/22/2012

Feb. 20th. 2012

"Remember no matter what you do or do not do, you are responsible for
your choices."

Uncle Bob at the coming of age for four of us thirteen year old people
in 1955

Feb. 18th. 2011

Recently i went and built a small (About 12" across) Medicine Wheel. People ask why so small, and where would you put such a small Medicine Wheel? As a Earthkeeper, i am responsible for Mother everywhere. Each and every Medicine wheel serves one of two purposes. The large one's are to heal the relationship between the two legged and Mother. The small one's like this are to heal land that has been bulldozed, raped of it's tree's or developed where you can't even feel any relationship between the land and you. They work like a shot in the arm for Mother and if not felt by Man is still conducive to all life in it's area of influence. In this case the Wheel was built with pebbles in the corner of a new development. It wasn't for people to see, but for being felt by Mother and all her children. I ask each of you where would you build such a wheel and why.

Big Tree 2/18/2011

Feb. 16th. 2012

Uncle Bob was teaching me and two other boys how to shoot a bow and arrow. He said "This lesson is not about using the bow, it's about being the arrow. Just as no life is lived without purpose, so it is with the arrow. A arrow is not shot randomly but with purpose. It does not fly to the target by itself but by intentional design to hit where you have chosen. So it is with Creator and your life."

Big Tree 2/16/2012

fEB. 12TH. 2012

I was taught that the giveaway had to be a ongoing and multi approach

to the joy others gave, the sense of compassion for those who suffered
and the goodwill that comes from building community. Anything less is
not giveaway but a act of selfish self promotion by the giver who for
the most part should not be known as to who received the gifts.

Big Tree Feb. 12th. 2012

Feb. 6th. 2012

The difference between religion and spirituality is religion is a cult
like device. Every religion has portions of the truth and none have all
of it. Spirituality is a individual way of life. Not bound by rules but
by what you feel and how you relate to yourself and others. Religion is
a way to relate to the people in your church, Spirituality is a way to
relate to the world.
One is a social activity, the other is walking your talk. both may be
necessary one for the group but the other is necessary for your own
growth and well being.

Big Tree 2/6/2012

Feb. 5th. 2012

Only by bringing the causes to light may you overcome hatred between two
people's. Only by understand another can you cure your own fear of them.
The same also is the main issue between men and women. Seek then the
answer within and then go and heal the relationships.

Unknown 2/5/2012

Jan. 31st. 2012

The next need not just of Earthkeepers but all mankind is to learn the
variations of Mother Earth not just where they live but within ten miles
in every direction (more if possible). That way you may heal the scars
of construction, loss of habitat of mothers other children and stand up
for the other children as well as the two legged who have nobody to
speak for them. It means making friends not just with people of like
interest but choosing to make friends with all you meet.

Big Tree 1/31/2012

Jan. 30th. 2012

A part of being a Earthkeeper is the Greeting of Grandfather Sun each

day. Though some also or instead of said goodbye to grandfather each
evening.

This is the morning greeting, which should be given in the language you
are most converse with or your native language.

Good Morning Grandfather.
Thank you for your light and warmth.
Thank you for impregnating our Mother the Earth that we her children
might have life.
Above all Grandfather Thank you for being a dim reminder of the far
greater light beyond.

The evening prayer is the same.

Good night Grandfather.


Both are followed with smoke and prayers as needed.

Jan. 28th. 2012

"It doesn't matter what you believe. It doesn't matter how you came to believe that way. What matters is that you live the basic ideals of whatever you believe. That and treat everyone you meet like you want to be treated."

Unknown

Jan.27th. 2012

Live each day as if it's your last and enjoy the journey. Do as much good as you might and extend your friendships at every opportunity. This is a recipe for life that I try to follow myself.

Big Tree 1/27/2012

Jan. 26th. 2012

No matter where you are in life be it the newborn, the youth, the adults
or the elders you have a purpose in life and to the others in life's
wheel. The newborn to teach care and responsibility to the adults. The
youth to teach fun and learning ability to the elders and adults. The
adults to care for and protect the children and elders. The elders to
teach the youth and the adults that everything comes full circle.

Big Tree 1/26/2012

Jan. 24th. 2012

I remember the first time I sat in council at 13. The person who called the council, though I forget it' purpose now, spoke first. I remember her telling what the problem was and asking for help in resolving it. Slowly each of us in the room gave our understanding of the problem until after four rounds and we were ready to say consensus has not been reached. I was the next to last person to speak when I had a idea. As it came my turn I asked the one person who was blocking why he was doing so. It turned out he was afraid the he would have to help with the cost. Also turned out the village had extra money set aside for such emergencies. Once that was understood, consensus was reached and we finished the business. I had remembered one of the lessons from a few days before. If you disagree on something, obviously one of you is asking the wrong question. I thought of this because of a question someone asked me a couple of days ago. Hope it helps someone. Remember sometimes the person you need to ask a new question to might be you.

Big Tree 1/24/2012

Jan. 23rd. 2012

Grandmother often told me "Your worst enemy and best friend are both the same person. the one you see in your mirror."

Big Tree 1/23/2012

Jan. 22nd 2011

All negative emotions stem from fear. Control fear and you control greed which is fear of not enough, lust which stems from the same emotion and all other negative thoughts and emotions. How do you control fear, by recognizing for what it is when it comes up and thinking of something positive in place of it.

Big Tree 1/22/2012

JAN. 21ST. 2012

Without both Wisdom and Feelings you are nothing. Meditation allows you
to honor and access both.

Big Tree 1/21/2012

More Jan. 20th.2012

"No matter how much you learn of stuff of the spirit, none of it is worth anything if you don't live it."

Uncle Gus 1954

Jan. 20th. 2012

To begin the healing process which we all need in order to live life to it's fullest we meed to meditate. In order to use meditation to it's fullest, we have to before going into meditation ask our self a question that we do not have the answer to. A good question to ask in the beginning is "What is the main thing I am doing that I need to change."

Big Tree 1/20/2012

Jan. 18th. 2011

Meditation is need for renewal, understanding and even answers to problems. First before you even start to meditate each time, ask yourself any question you can't answer for yourself. The use the following technique to deepen your meditation. Breath in thru your nose for a count of four. Hold your breath for a count of four. Breath out thru your mouth for a count of twelve. Repeat for either three or more times (up to twelve). Just enjoy the time in meditation. Sometimes you will get your answer during meditation, but usually it will come unexpectedly from some source within the next week. So use the meditation to renew yourself and expect it to help you in your life as a side affect.

Big Tree 1/18/2012

Jan. 17th. 2012

The biggest lesson to learn is, we are all alike. We are all special. We
all are different in some unique way. We all have a gift or something to
share that can and will make a difference to someone or mankind. If
nothing else share your dreams, even the ones you have killed in your
quest to make a living. Often we get so wrapped up in making a living we
forget to live,

Big Tree 1/17/2011

Jan. 16th. 2012

"People have to start telling them self the truth first about them self then about their world. Only then will they heal everything."

Uncle Gus 1953

Jan. 13th. 2012

Love has to start with love for self. Without that you can not love others. No amount of things can or ever will replace love. A desire for and system based on things leads to greed and a unending consumption and misery for everyone involved.

Big Tree 1/13/2012

Jan. 11th. 2011

"It doesn't matter what color you are or what language you speak. What matters is what is in your heart and how you serve the rest of humanity and Mother Earth."

Cornplanter 1954

Jan. 10th. 2012

Nature is ever changing. Everything in nature grows, changes, dies and is reused. That should be the same with mankind. Always be ready to grown ,change, die and be reused for some other purpose as Great Mystery/Creator ordained. Everything you use or construct should be made and used in the same manner.

Big Tree 1/10/2012

Jan.9th. 2012

If you grow up on the red road you are taught right from wrong. That way
when life situations arise, you know how to respond.

Big Tree 1/9/2012

Jan. 8th 2012

It is time for all mankind to live in harmony with each other, the other
living things and Mother Earth. Anything less is suicide for all life on
this planet.

Big Tree 1/8/2012

Jan. 7th. 2011

Being either a hollow bone or hollow reed means allowing something higher then self to take over for the greater good. It's not a process you control or can direct. The person or thing being helped knows what is needed, just allow the energy to flow through you.

Big Tree 1/7/2012

Jan. 6th. 2011

Once you go to the other side these lessons are learned and purpose served. However as long

as you are here you have to deal with the problems and opportunities of
this life. Either you keep growing with the changes you encounter or you
fall back and have to learn the same lessons over and over.

Big Tree 1/6/2012

Jan.5th. 2012

What ever you try to do involving others, join together in a circle. Not
because you want to but because you wish for the undertaking to be
successful.

Grandmother 1956

Jan. 3rd. 2012

Remember you have choice in what you think, say and do. Always use that choice wisely for each choice leads to others. Never go with what is easy or what you think others want to hear, see or whatever. Others do not have to live with your choice but you do.

Big Tree 1/3/2012

Jan. 2nd. 2012

"Today you have reached the age of self determination. Before this day and this ceremony your actions reflected on your parents and grandparents. Now that you have reached the age of thirteen and been welcomed to the councils of men and women you are responsible for your actions and even thoughts."

Big Tree 1955

Jan. 1st. 2012

What ever you hold onto emotional, whether threw
fear or joy will come to

you. It's easier and safer to call the good rather then the bad.

Big Tree 1/1/2012