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Every place is the center of the world.

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
Center
Unity
Opportunity
Place
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World

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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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It is in the darkness of their eyes that men lose their way.
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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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The center of the universe is everywhere.
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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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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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Let every step you take upon the earth be as a prayer.
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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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All things are our relatives what we do to everything, we do to ourselves. All is really One.
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I had a vision with which I might have saved my people, but I had not the strength to do it.
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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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May you always walk in Beauty.
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As you walk upon the sacred earth, treat each step as a prayer.
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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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It's in the darkness of men's eyes that they get lost.
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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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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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Everything an Indian does is in a circle, and that is because the power of the world always works in circles, and everything tries to be round. In the old days when we were a strong and happy people, all our power came to us from the sacred hoop of the nation, and so long as the hoop was unbroken the people flourished.
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Know the Power that is Peace.
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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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