Post by Quil on Jul 26, 2011 8:19:31 GMT -8
i have did many dif paths in my life and because of my earlier paths i did not spend much time with my older children of today who now have children of thier own so tools they pick up are from others around them. yet now when my oldest come... to me i tell him as i see life now a days and what i do to pass my love on with all around me and in most cases open communication and action of one self is still the best way to demonstrate what it is you see as helping your loved ones to live as our people's of old...to me that is what traditional is all about "love"...and language, cerimonial practices are all but tools to help live as our forefathers once did... i sat i remember with this wise man (elder as i seen him) when i was a child...he was well beyond my tupas age and she was in her 80's or 90's.and i "told" him why is ceromonies beneficial to our people's and if he was not able to tell me then why would i want to practice such discomforting practices . sure they may be good to him but to me they are but only old ways and today they seem to be obsolete....he laught at me and talked indian to my tupa and both laught which only discouraged myself cause i was only able to make out some of the conversation and it didnt make sence to me...so i asked again if he could help me in seeing why old ways were still to live by....he told me for thousands of years man was learning to live ans they watched their older brothers and sisters (other animals and plants and motherearth herself) and realized in each and every locations of her she gave tools in that area that helped one live and that area helped protect and helped growth in other areas of her as well...hence the circle of life.... and once man realized not to fight her but use her to help him strive in life life would be that much easier....again as i see what he was triing to get across to me was traditional is the heart and everything around one is tools to help the heart live...