“IT IS MY FIRM CONVICTION THAT HUMAN NATURE IS ESSENTIALLY COMPASSIONATE, GENTLE,” said Dalai Lama. As the brain developed more and more over the many centuries, a section for intelligence, the brain matured in a unbalanced way. Anger, violence and aggression arise through a secondary term of frustration in […]
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Here is another quote from Chief Shenandoah; “ There are only circles in nature, which is life. You are the center. If you are the center, you have the power of the Creator when you do good for the people. The earth is a circle, and so is the […]
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LIFE COMES IN NUMEROUS CHAPTERS. Infancy, childhood, youngster, teenager, college student, employed in various jobs and retirement. As a youngster the individual should be taught the VALUES OF LIFE, such as HUMILITY, ASSISTING OTHERS, COMPASSION, PEACE, EMPATHY, FAITH and TRUTH. Then throughout the other CHAPTERS OF THEIR LIVES, these […]
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This is a quote from Chief Leon Shenandoah; “There must be LAUGHTER. That’s one of our Instructions. When the Peacemaker was leaving us to go back to the Creator, he told us to have LAUGHTER. That would show him how much we were enjoying being here on the earth […]
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Here is another beautiful quote from Chief Shenandoah; “The Creator gave us our name Haudenosaunee. That means “Human Beings.” The Creator planted us here. He planted lots of things. So our duty is to keep thanking the Creator. When we pray it’s a greeting. We don’t ask for anything. […]
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To appreciate ALL HUMANS we must be tolerant of HUMAN SHORTCOMINGS. Each of us engage in our own foolishness at some point in our life. We all make mistakes. To recognize the universality of HUMAN SHORTCOMINGS, we should put aside our biases. Such unwillingness to face reality is a […]
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One must always PERSEVERE. Do not allow NEGATIVE EMOTIONS to drain you. To defeat them you must maintain your faith, emotional balance and self-confidence. If you surrender to your NEGATIVE EMOTIONS and allow yourself to wallow in self-pity and despair you will harm yourself and lose. Remain true to […]
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“BY NO MEANS”, is; No, No way, absolutely not. Very difficult words and expression for a person to hear. Mainly a young teenager. I knew a young teenager, that was in his junior year, who had a PASSION for football. He went to the high school coach and asked […]
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We have TWO; EARS, eyes, nostrils, ventricles in the heart, arms, legs, and one MOUTH. Why? The Creator is sending us a message that we should use the TWO objects more and the MOUTH less. The Haudenosaunee understood this hundreds of years ago. They believe the Creator gave us […]
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Focusing is great for analyzing alternatives but terrible for spotting them. Once one is focused it’s difficult to draw our attention to all of our options. Always start with a wider view then narrow the spotlight to a focus (GPS). Always consider more than one option. Push for “this and that” rather than […]
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