Daily Inspiration

[Krista]

O ye people, be ye healed;
Life anew I bring unto ye.
O ye people, be ye healed;
Life anew I bring unto ye

Through the Father over all
Do I thus.
Life anew I bring unto ye."

[Krista]

A Prayer For Eagles
"And he will raise you up on Eagle’s wings,
Bear you on the breath of dawn,
Make you to shine like the sun and,
Hold you in the palm of his hand."

[Krista]

An Apache Scout Prayer
  "Grandfather of all Scouts…
Teach me to be the eyes of my people.
Teach me to move like the shadow.
Allow me to become the winds, the rocks,
the soils, and the life force in all it’s forms.
Allow me to suffer for my people and take away their pain.
Honor me by allowing me to die for my people.
For I love my people beyond myself and I will
sacrifice my all for my people, my earth, and for you.
Test me beyond all hardship and pain.
Create me as you would forge a tool, and
if you find I am worthy, then bless me
as your servant – your Scout."
 
Shadow Walker
1807, Age 91
Panther Ridge

[Krista]

Black Elk’s Great Vision
"Then I was standing on the highest mountain of them all,
and round about beneath me was the whole hoop of the world.
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.
And I saw that the sacred hoop of my people was one of many hoops
that made one circle, wide as daylight and as starlight,
and in the center grew one mighty flowering tree to shelter
all the children of one mother and one father.
And I saw that it was holy."
 
Black Elk, 1931

[Krista]

Earth Prayer
"Grandfather, Great Spirit, once more behold me on earth and lean to hear my feeble voice. You lived first, and you are older than all need, older than all prayer. All things belong to you — the two-legged, the four-legged, the wings of the air, and all green things that live.

"You have set the powers of the four quarters of the earth to cross each other. You have made me cross the good road and road of difficulties, and where they cross, the place is holy. Day in, day out, forevermore, you are the life of things."

Hey! Lean to hear my feeble voice.
At the center of the sacred hoop
You have said that I should make the tree to bloom.


With tears running, O Great Spirit, my Grandfather,
With running eyes I must say
The tree has never bloomed


Here I stand, and the tree is withered.
Again, I recall the great vision you gave me.


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!


Hear me, that the people may once again
Find the good road
And the shielding tree.

[Krista]

The Sunset
Then I was standing on the highest mountain of
them all, and round about beneath me was the
whole hoop of the world. 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.

And I say the sacred hoop of my people was one
of the many hoops that made one circle, wide as
daylight and as starlight, and in the center grew one
mighty flowering tree to shelter all the children of
one mother and one father. And I saw that it was
holy…

But anywhere is the center of the world.

[Krista]

A Native American Prayer
O Great Spirit of the North,
O Great Spirit of the South,
O Great Spirit of the East,
O Great Spirit of the West.
O Great Spirit, you are one.

You have given us our house,
Where there is food,
Where there is drink,
Where there are clothes.

You have given us our house,
Where there is fellowship,
Where there is companionship,
Where there is friendship.

You have given us our house,
Where we can grow,
Where we can learn,
Where we can know you.

O Great Spirit:
You are One,
Our house is One,
We are One!

[Krista]

Native American Prayer
Morning star wake us, filled with joy
To new days of growing to man from boy.

Sun, with your power, give us light
That we can tell wrong and do what’s right.

South wind, we ask, in your gentle way
Blow us the willingness to obey.

North wind, we ask, live up to thy name,
Send us the strength to always be game.

East wind, we ask, with your breath so snappy,
Fill us with knowledge of how to be happy.

West wind, we ask, blow all that is fair
To us, that we may always be square.

Moon, that fills the night with red light,
guard us well while we sleep in the night.

Akela, please guide us in every way,
We’ll follow your trail in work or play

[Krista]

Dakota

Grandfather, Great Spirit, fill us with light. Teach us to walk the soft earth as relatives to all that live.

[Krista]

Sign Language

Form a circle, do what I do and say what I say

MAY THE GREAT SPIRIT
use the scout sign on the forehead, and as the words are spoken, fingers make small circles upward as though smoke is going into the sky.
BRING SUNSHINE
make sign for the sun – index finger and thumb form circle while arm is being held out to the right.
INTO MY HEART
bring hand over to heart.
NOW
both hands down along sides, with palms facing forward.
AND FOREVER MORE
bring hands up from sides with palms up.
IN GREAT MEASURE.
bring palms together and then apart as if measuring something.

[Krista]

Apache Wedding Prayer
Now you will feel no rain,
For each of you will be shelter to the other.
Now you will feel no cold,
For each of you will be warmth to the other.
Now there is no more loneliness,
For each of you will be companion to the other.
Now you are two bodies,
But there is only one life before you.
Go now to your dwelling place
To enter into the days of your togetherness
And may your days be good and long upon the
earth.