White Cloud's Prayer
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A Native American Prayer
My spiritual philosophy is both simple and complex. A long journey with many detours and I'm still traveling.
I love the quiet and patient philosophy of Eastern and Native American spiritual beliefs. Peace, harmony, tolerance, respect. A connection to the earth.
This is White Cloud's Prayer - the prayer that I say every day.
It's a prayer that connects all people regardless of spiritual or religious beliefs...it's a very beautiful prayer. I hope you agree.
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The Prayer of White Cloud
Great Spirit,
Whose voice I hear in the wind,
And whose breath gives life to all the world,
hear me!
Let me walk in beauty and make my eyes ever behold the red and purple sunset.
Make my hands respect the things you have made,
and my ears sharp to hear your voice.
Let me learn the lessons you have hidden in every leaf and rock.
I seek strength, not to be greater than my brother,
but to fight my greatest enemy - myself.
Make me always ready to come to you
with clean hands ...
and straight eyes,
So when life fades, as the fading sunset,
my spirit may come to you ...
without shame.
White Cloud's Prayer - A Song
I cannot express how beautiful this video is. And it absolutely illustrates how this prayer is a prayer for everyone. It's perfomed by a Christian choir but it hasn't been altered in any way except for a bit of poetic license. Mother Earth is listening.
Please watch and listen. You will be moved.
Let Me Walk In Beauty...
...and make my eyes ever behold the red and purple sunset.
There is little that is as spiritual or as awe-inspiring as a beautiful sky. Here's a collection of my photographs that I particularly love.
It's easy to believe that there is God or Great Spirit after witnessing a sunrise or sunset or a rainbow. It's easy to understand how Native American tribes revere Mother Earth.
I believe that White Cloud held these things to be sacred.
Why is this White Cloud's Prayer?
It's what the prayer means that's important.Actually, it has been credited to several Native American Chiefs. When I first read this prayer, it was as a quote by the Indian Chief White Cloud.
According to Wikipedia, there were several Indian Chiefs named White Cloud. One was an Ojibwa chief. Ojibwa translates to Chippewa and White Cloud's Ojibwa name was Wabanquot.
Another Chief named White Cloud lived in Illinois in the 1800's. He was of the Ho-Chunk Tribe and his name was Waokieshiek (White Cloud). Ho-Chunk translates to Winnebago Tribe.
It really doesn't matter to me who originally said this prayer. It's what the prayer means that's important.
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Tipi
Apr 5, 2012 @ 11:51 pm | delete
- Just stopping by to breathe in this wonder...again!
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CherylK
Apr 6, 2012 @ 3:22 pm | delete
- Oh, Susie, thank you...you are sweet.
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HERBMASTER
Apr 4, 2012 @ 12:16 pm | delete
- Touching the sacred is always beautiful to me. Its similar to the Egyptian idea that the soul needs to be as light as a feather to enter into Paradise.
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CherylK
Apr 6, 2012 @ 3:23 pm | delete
- Well, I truly believe that all faiths touch the sacred in much the same way. Now if we could only learn to tolerate each other's differences...
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CherylK
Apr 6, 2012 @ 3:23 pm | delete
- Well, I truly believe that all faiths touch the sacred in much the same way. Now if we could only learn to tolerate each other's differences...
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Abbie Reid
Apr 2, 2012 @ 4:56 pm | delete
- Do have copies of White Cloud's Prayers as decals for windows and wallpaper or removable etchings that can be put on church windows, doors, or wall.
Abbie Reid< Meherrin Native American Church, Winton, North Carolina
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ElectricCarBuff
Mar 25, 2012 @ 2:43 pm | delete
- I love White Cloud's Prayer. When I have a printer, I will print it and stick it on my wall. Thank you.
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kougar
Mar 17, 2012 @ 7:06 pm | delete
- Beautiful lens. Thanks for sharing.
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CherylK
Apr 6, 2012 @ 2:43 pm | delete
- You are very welcome! Thank you for visiting.
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siobhanryan
Mar 13, 2012 @ 5:49 pm | delete
- I never saw or heard the prayer before but it is beautiful with very deep meaning- great lens.
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