The way to Power is by giving, not taking. Therefore, a good medicine man is lean and poor, because he heals and asks nothing in return; all food must be shared, or else the spirits in it will leave; the discipline of fasting and abstaining from water opens up space for the spirit to enter; giving away all ones possessions is empowering; the offering of ones own pain as ones flesh is pierced in the Sundance, renews the world. The earth, the rocks, the minerals, all of which most people call dead are very much alive. --John Fire Lame Deer
Posted on: Thu, 22 May 2014 17:40:42 +0000