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Originally posted by antar
reply to post by chickenshoes
Yes sweat Lodges can be pretty intense, and if you dont identify with the body, you get past all that physical stuff and the trust you show to yourself sends you into a higher state of being.
Fasting and hydrating the days before helps as it stimulates the cleansing process prior to the event. Afterward you feast both spiritually and physically. I always felt like I was going to die. Did not do it enough I guess.
My family and I walked away many years ago from the disputes and the separations which were occurring at Hotevilla and big mountain. Simply put, it was a time when much change was happening within the Tribes themselves. We were advocates and friends of the old traditional ways, and now that I have said this, I know that it opens this thread to the negative dark forces which seek out to crush and eliminate the light and truth of the old ways.
Originally posted by iiinvision
,It must have been the third time when I realized that when I took my focus off my own pain and into my prayers and on to other people with positive intentions, I lost track of my own suffering and my body got almost cold. quote]
This speaks volumes about you my friend.
Oh I remember my first sweat. Man it was hotter than blazes! I thought my skin was going to melt off. At my uncles house it was cool because there was enough room, but I remember the lodges at Big Mountain. It was literally knee to knee and you couldn't even move to get on the floor to escape the heat of those 100+ glowing red hot grandfather rocks!
I know what you mean, there is a point where when you finally let go it is like dying... So so hot and smothering...
It must have been the third time when I realized that when I took my focus off my own pain and into my prayers and on to other people with positive intentions, I lost track of my own suffering and my body got almost cold.
This is the real majic, the untouchable kind.
No sundancer in this lifetime... know what I mean?
Im astonished to this day at how the fbi was able to disrupt A.I.M. and the people in such a tragic way. There were/are a lot of issues that we are today trying to resolve amongst the people, but there are so many stubborn people that do not want to open their minds. Even a lot of elders refuse to accept the fact that some of the new ways are complimentary to the old ways.
Scary I know, and to talk too much is dangerous, they have their own laws.
Many of the same evil men who originally captured and tortured the ancestors, are alive and well within the population today continueing their deal with the devil, believe it.
Oh I remember my first sweat. Man it was hotter than blazes! I thought my skin was going to melt off. At my uncles house it was cool because there was enough room, but I remember the lodges at Big Mountain. It was literally knee to knee and you couldn't even move to get on the floor to escape the heat of those 100+ glowing red hot grandfather rocks!
Originally posted by rjmelter
Look at whats happening to the Indians. You my fellow American are next. Once the corporations no longer need bodys to fill their factories... you are next.
I look for patterns, it is how I see the world. The next pattern that I see is of destruction... There are way too many people on earth. The world is soo polluted, the oceans are teeming with trash and not fish, the water is purely polluted... ground water is polluted, you will find trace minerals from factories wherever you go. The world has to heal and it doesn't need us to do so. ManKind is corrupt, and it will wipe itself off of the planet.