Everywhere is the center of the world. Everything is sacred.
BLACK ELKWe should understand that the Great Spirit is also above all these things and peoples.
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Sometimes dreams are wiser than waking.
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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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The visions and ceremonies only made me like a whole through which the power could come to the two-leggeds.
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Know the Power that is Peace.
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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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I saw more than I can tell / And I understood more than I saw.
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I cured with the power that came through me.
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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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When I got back to my father and mother and was sitting up there in our tepee, my face was still all puffed and my legs and arms were badly swollen; but I felt good all over and wanted to get right up and run around.
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It is hard to follow one great vision in this world of darkness and of many changing shadows. Among those men get lost.
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Everything the Power of the World does is done in a circle.
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We should understand that the Great Spirit is also above all these things and peoples.
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But I think I have done right to save the vision in this way, even though I may die sooner because I did it; for I know the meaning of the vision is wise and beautiful and good; and you can see that I am only a pitiful old man after all.
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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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The center of the universe is everywhere.
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