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Let every step you take upon the earth be as a prayer.

Black Elk

Any man who is attached to things of this world is one who lives in ignorance and is being consumed by the snakes of his own passions
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Ignorance Men Passion
But if the Vision was true and mighty, as I know, it is true and mighty yet;for such things are of Spirit, and it is in the darkness of their eyes that men get lost.
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Country Darkness Eye Men Native
And when I breathed, my breath was lightning.
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Breath Country Lightning Native
I think I have told you, but if I have not, you must have understood, that a man who has a vision is not able to use the power of it until after he has performed the vision on earth for the people to see.
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Country Men Native People Thinking
The boys of my people began very young to learn the ways of men, and no one taught us; we just learned by doing what we saw, and we were warriors at a time when boys now are like girls.
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Boys Girl Girls Learned Warrior
And while I stood there I saw more than I can tell and I understood more than I saw; for I was seeing in a sacred manner the shapes of all things in the spirit, and the shape of all shapes as they must live together like one being.
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Circles Country Inspirational Native
We should understand that the Great Spirit is also above all these things and peoples.
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Great People Spirit Things Understand
Everything tries to be round.
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Education Statistics Trying
Now suddenly there was nothing but a world of cloud, and we three were there alone in the middle of a great white plain with snowy hills and mountains staring at us; and it was very still; but there were whispers.
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Clouds Mountain Whisper White
For instance, the coyote is sly, so is the Indian. The eagle is the same. That is why the Indian is always feathered up, he is a relative to the wings of the air.
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Air Country Eagle Feathered Wings
All over the sky a sacred voice is calling your name.
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Inspirational Life Sky
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
It is in the darkness of their eyes that men lose their way.
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Darkness Eye Men
The Holy Land is everywhere.
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Inspirational Land Life
As you walk upon the sacred earth, treat each step as a prayer.
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Earth Prayer Sacred
Even the seasons form a great circle in their changing, and always come back again to where they were.
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Circles Country Moving Native

Let every step you take upon the earth be as a prayer.

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