http://www.shewolfnative2.com Poetry, Culture, Soul Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:42:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which said: "I am blind, please help." There were only a few coins in the hat. A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his pocket and ... http://www.shewolfnative2.com/2008/11/seeing-with-the-heart/ “ Someone asked a spiritual writer awhile back if religion and spirituality were the same, and his reply was: "Is rain water?" – Richard Doiron I know that I struggled with breaking away from a degrading religion in my life.  Protecting one’s soul from its authenticity is imperative. I finally got ... http://www.shewolfnative2.com/2008/11/this-i-believe/ I have been working hard on myself to learn to listen, again, to that still small voice.  I thought it had abandoned me for it spoke nonsense, I felt.  But, I was to be proved wrong, perhaps. I was on the last two days of a six week medical visit to ... http://www.shewolfnative2.com/2008/11/still-that-small-voice/ I have just returned from Alberta for medical reasons.  It was time.  I have let things slide.  I had three major issues and have gotten some answers and help. The best part of the six week visit was staying with ShirRae, Quinn and Paisley and getting to meet my older sister Sandy.  Paisley ... http://www.shewolfnative2.com/2008/11/update/ A friend asked us to comment on Canada eventually having a First Nations' Leader. Here is my reply: That would be awesome if we could have one who could figure out how to be truly traditional and contemporary. I have had friends who tried combining both politics ( Band leadership) and ... http://www.shewolfnative2.com/2008/11/a-first-nations-leader-for-canada-yes-we-can/ I am going to Alberta for a month or two. I have some medical issues to take care of and I also have a new granddaughter. I will update as soon as I reach a computer. I leave on Amtrack early Wednesday morning. I arrive on Friday and will stay overnight ... http://www.shewolfnative2.com/2008/09/going-home-to-alberta-for-couple-of-months/ "Coincidences are homing beacons. They are secret handshakes from the universe. They are extraordinary sources of guidance and direction." ~ Robert Moss ~ Now and again something wonderful comes our way, something wild, something weird, something mysteriously connected.  I have heard we are the answers to some ancient grandparent's prayer.  Do they help ... http://www.shewolfnative2.com/2008/09/synchrodestiny/ Breathe, Michael smith About the only time we take notice of breathing is when we can't get air, or we are choking or drowning.  Do you realize what miracle breathing is? The diaphragm is a dome-shaped muscle underneath the lungs.  The pleura are membranes around the lungs, with some pleura outside.  ... http://www.shewolfnative2.com/2008/09/breathe/ "Terry Philips, Founder of the Corps of Diploets, was an aspiring poet from West Hartford, Connecticut when he underwent life-changing inspiration in April 2003. Eager to meet the mythical muse, Terry was skeptical that such events really happen... until the muse met him! "I got only one word. That word ... http://www.shewolfnative2.com/2008/09/international-corps-of-diploets/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6sUkGuU5WI Carlos Castaneda wrote of Toltec knowledge in the late 1960s and ' 70s.  A central theme in Castaneda's books is his apprenticeship with the nagual (master) don Juan Matus, a Yaqui Indian.  Nagual is the  unstructured aspect of Self.  His writing speaks to the pragmatic view of taking nothing at ... http://www.shewolfnative2.com/2008/09/on-being-a-warrior/