Black Elk

A good nation I will make live.

— Black Elk

Know the Power that is Peace.

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And when I breathed, my breath was lightning.

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The power of the world always works in circles.

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I cured with the power that came through me.

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It's in the darkness of men's eyes that they get lost.

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

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Everything tries to be round.

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And I saw that the sacred hoop of my people as one of many hoops that made one circle.

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To use the power of the bison, I had to perform that part of my vision for the people to see.

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All things are our relatives; what we do to everything, we do to ourselves. All is really One.

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Everywhere is the center of the world. Everything is sacred.

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After the horse dance was over, it seemed that I was above the ground and did not touch it when I walked.

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“I knew that the real was yonder and that the darkened dream of it was here.”

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Everything the Power of the World does is done in a circle.

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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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I looked below and saw my people there, and all were well and happy except one, and he was lying like the…

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One should pay attention to even the smallest crawling creature for these too may have a valuable lesson to teach us.

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You see, I had been riding with the storm clouds, and had come to earth as rain, and it was drought that…

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Grown men can learn from very little children for the hearts of little children are pure. Therefore, the Great Spirit may show…

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I know now what this meant, that the bison were the gift of a good spirit and were our strength, but we…

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“Crazy Horse dreamed and went into the world where there is nothing but the spirits of all things. That is the real…

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At the center of the universe dwells the Great Spirit. And that center is really everywhere. It is within each of us.

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“This they tell, and whether it happened so or not I do not know, but if you think about it, you can…

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Crazy Horse dreamed and went into the world where there is nothing but the spirits of things. That is the real world…

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My friend, I am going to tell you the story of my life, as you wish; and if it were only the…

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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…

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I cured with the power that came through me. Of course, it was not I who cured,it was the power from the…

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It is good to have a reminder of death before us, for it helps us to understand the impermanence of life on…

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And I say the sacred hoop of my people was one of the many hoops that made one circle, wide as daylight…

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Perhaps you have noticed that even in the very lightest breeze you can hear the voice of the cottonwood tree; this we…

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Also, as I lay there thinking of my vision, I could see it all again and feel the meaning with a part…

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

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The Universe is circles within circles, and everything is one circle, and all the circles are connected to each other. Each family…

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We should understand well that all things are the work of the Great Spirit. We should know the Great Spirit is within…

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Every place is the center of the world.

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Behold this day. It is yours to make.

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The center of the universe is everywhere.

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“there can be no power in a square”

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The Holy Land is everywhere.

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