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May you always walk in Beauty.

Black Elk

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Black Elk
Age: 86 †
Born: 1863
Born: December 1
Died: 1950
Died: August 19
Heyoka
Medicine Man
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Every place is the center of the world.
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And if the great fear had not come upon me, as it did, and forced me to do my duty, I might have been less good to the people than some man who had never dreamed at all, even with the memory of so great a vision in me.
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Now suddenly there was nothing but a world of cloud, and we three were there alone in the middle of a great white plain with snowy hills and mountains staring at us and it was very still but there were whispers.
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Behold this day. It is yours to make.
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Know the Power that is Peace.
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Like the grasses showing tender faces to each other, thus should we do, for this was the wish of the Grandfathers of the World.
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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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And I saw that the sacred hoop of my people as one of many hoops that made one circle.
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If I thought that I was doing it myself, the hole would close up and no power could come through. Then everything I could do would be foolish.
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The center of the universe is everywhere.
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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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All things are our relatives what we do to everything, we do to ourselves. All is really One.
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Grown men may learn from very little children, for the hearts of little children are pure, and, therefore, the Great Spirit may show to them many things which older people miss.
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It's in the darkness of men's eyes that they get lost.
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I think I have told you, but if I have not, you must have understood, that a man who has a vision is not able to use the power of it until after he has performed the vision on earth for the people to see.
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The Holy Land is everywhere.
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As you walk upon the sacred earth, treat each step as a prayer.
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Even the seasons form a great circle in their changing, and always come back again to where they were. The life of a person is a circle from childhood to childhood, and so it is in everything where power moves.
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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 this earth, and this understanding may aid us in preparing for our own death. He who is well prepared is he who knows that he is nothing compared with Wakan-Tanka, who is everything then he knows that world which is real.
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The power of the world always works in circles.
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