Oh Great Spirit of our Ancestors, I raise my pipe to
you.
To your Messengers, the Four Winds, and to Mother
Earth who provides for your children.
Give us the wisdom to teach our children to love,
to respect, and to be kind to each other so that they may grow with peace of
mind.
Let us learn to share all good things that you
provide for us on this Earth.
A warrior is a person whose Spirits one with the
Creator...whose
heart belongs to the
People....whose life is a sacred gift given by the
ancestors....whose mind is the greatest weapon and shield in life's
battles.
The foremost responsibility of a warrior is to be
true to one's
self...to the People...and to the
Creator. The purpose in life is to ensure
the
survival and well being of The People. A warrior transforms
knowledge into wisdom and therefore understands that the greatest enemy
in
life is one's self. He must overcome
weaknesses.
A true Warrior will sacrifice His Heart upon the
altar of life for the
survival of the People. He
may be wounded or killed a thousand times in
battle, but the spirit cannot be destroyed for the spirit of a true
warrior
is eternal as the stars. A warrior lives by
a code of
honor...beyond the reach of most
mortals.
A warrior speaks directly to the Creator and
Mother Earth thru
sacred prayer and ceremony,
giving offerings of gratitude and respect. A true Warrior is Proud...yet humble, with a heart full of love for the
People.
The path of a warrior is the most difficult path
of all for He will
know pain and suffering in ways
no one else ever can. The pain of life's
injustices will be absorbed into the whole of their being.
He may be captured...imprisoned...and taken away
from the People, but the
Spirit lives in the hearts
of The People....for He is one of The People and
will always be loved an respected by the
People...Unconditionally.
He will be forgiven mistakes by the Spirits and
the Holy People because He
has forgiven the self
and humbled oneself before the People.
He will go to the mountaintop without food or
water to pray to the Spirits
of the land and cry
for a vision. This sacred vision will lead thru the
darkest hours of life. It shall lead to the light of the
Creator.
A warrior must always believe in Himself...in the
Spirit
helpers...and in the Way of Life. He must
always speak and live the
truth of who...and
what...he is when standing before the eyes of the Creator.
A warrior is not afraid of Death...and shall NEVER
surrender to the
Dark Forces of Life which attempt
to break the Spirit...for the Spirit
cannot be
broken...the mind cannot be defeated.. The vision of life is
that
of the Eagle...with clarity and purpose in
being. The wings are strong and
carry the spirit to
the highest levels of self-understanding and spiritual
growth as a human being.
To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.
Thomas Jefferson
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