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Know the Power that is Peace.

Black Elk

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Black Elk
Age: 86 †
Born: 1863
Born: December 1
Died: 1950
Died: August 19
Heyoka
Medicine Man
Tribal Chief
Peace
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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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When you pray with this pipe, you pray for and with everything.
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As you walk upon the sacred earth, treat each step as a prayer.
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Every place is the center of the world.
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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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All things are our relatives what we do to everything, we do to ourselves. All is really One.
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It is in the darkness of their eyes that men lose their way.
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So I took the bright red stick and at the center of the nation's hoop I thrust it in the earth.
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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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Peace will come to the hearts of men when they realize their oneness with the universe, It is every where.
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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 first peace, which is the most important, is that which comes within the souls of people when they realize their relationship, their oneness with the universe and all its powers, and when they realize that at the center of the universe dwells the Great Spirit, and that this center is really everywhere, it is within each of us.
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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 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.
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The Holy Land is everywhere.
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The power of the world always works in circles.
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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 did it for I know the meaning of the vision is wise and beautiful and good and you can see that I am only a pitiful old man after all.
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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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Also, as I lay there thinking of my vision, I could see it all again and feel the meaning with a part of me like a strange power glowing in my body but when the part of me that talks would try to make words for the meaning, it would be like fog and get away from me.
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When I got back to my father and mother and was sitting up there in our tepee, my face was still all puffed and my legs and arms were badly swollen but I felt good all over and wanted to get right up and run around.
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