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The song and the drumming were like this: Behold, a sacred voice is calling you; All over the sky a sacred voice is calling.

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Let every step you take upon the earth be as a prayer.
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Earth Prayer Steps
Everything the Power of the World does is done in a circle.
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Circles Country Native Power
The hawk swoops down on its prey, so does the Indian. In his lament he is like an animal.
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Animal Country Down Hawk Lament Swoops
It is good to have a reminder of death before us, for it helps us to understand the impermanence of life on this earth, and this understanding may aid us in preparing for our own death.
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Country Death Native Real Understanding
It’s in the darkness of men’s eyes that they get lost.
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Darkness Eye Lost Men
It may be that some little root of the sacred tree still lives. Nourish it then, that it may leaf and bloom and fill with singing birds.
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Bird Bloom Depression Roots Singing
I cured with the power that came through me.
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Advertising Agencies Country Dream Native Power
The Universe is circles within circles, and everything is one circle, and all the circles are connected to each other.
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Circles Community Together
Also, as I lay there thinking of my vision, I could see it all again and feel the meaning with a part of me like a strange power glowing in my body; but when the part of me that talks would try to make words for the meaning, it would be like fog and get away from me.
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Fog Glowing Meaning Talk Thinking Words
And as he spoke of understanding, I looked up and saw the rainbow leap with flames of many colors over me.
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Color Flames Rainbow
Birds make their nests in circles, for theirs is the same religion as ours.
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Birds Nests Religion Same
The life of a person is a circle from childhood to childhood, and so it is in everything where power moves.
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Childhood Everything Life Moves Person
We should understand that the Great Spirit is also above all these things and peoples.
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Great People Spirit Things Understand
The song and the drumming were like this: Behold, a sacred voice is calling you; All over the sky a sacred voice is calling.
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Country Native Sky Song
If I thought that I was doing it myself, the hole would close up and no power could come through. Then everything I could do would be foolish.
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Close Doing Everything Foolish
Grandfather, Great Spirit, once more behold me on earth and lean to hear my feeble voice.
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Earth Feeble Grandfather Voice

The song and the drumming were like this: Behold, a sacred voice is calling you; All over the sky a sacred voice is calling.

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