Native Wisdom For White Minds

Author : Anne Wilson Schaef
Publisher : One World
ISBN 13 : 0804151156
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Native Wisdom for White Minds written by Anne Wilson Schaef and published by One World. This book was released on 2013-08-14 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You don't have to be white to have a white mind. What is a white mind? As Anne Wilson Schaef learned during her travels throughout the world among Native Peoples, anyone raised in modern Western society or by Western culture can have a white mind. White minds are trapped in a closed system of thinking that sees life in black and white, either/or terms; they are hierarchical and mechanistic; they see nature as a force to be tamed and people as objects to be controlled with no regard for the future. This worldview is not shared by most Native Peoples, and in this provocative book, Anne Wilson Schaef shares the richness poured out to her by Native Americans, Aborigines, Africans, Maoris, and others. In the words of Native Peoples themselves, we come to understand Native ideas about our earth, spirituality, family, work, loneliness, and change. For in every area of our lives we have the capacity to transcend our white minds--we simply need to listen with open hearts and open minds to other voices, other perceptions, other cultures. Anne Wilson Schaef often heard Elders from a wide variety of Native Peoples say, "Our legends tell us that a time will come when our wisdom and way of living will be necessary to save the planet, and that time is now." Anyone ready to move from feeling separate to a profound sense of connectedness, from the personal to the global, will find the path in this mind-expanding, deeply spiritual book.

Author : Anne Wilson Schaef
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780091832209
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Native Wisdom for White Minds written by Anne Wilson Schaef and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A page for each day of the year. Each page consists of a quotation from a Native source - African, American, Pacific, Aboriginal, Tibetan or Irish - followed by a meditation on its wisdom, often contrasted with Western culture. With index. The author of 'Meditations For WomenWho Do Too Much', Anne Wilson Schaef is related to native Americans and the Irish, and has travelled among many of these native peoples.

Author : Kent Nerburn
Publisher : New World Library
ISBN 13 : 157731297X
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Wisdom of the Native Americans written by Kent Nerburn and published by New World Library. This book was released on 2010-10-06 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The teachings of the Native Americans provide a connection with the land, the environment, and the simple beauties of life. This collection of writings from revered Native Americans offers timeless, meaningful lessons on living and learning. Taken from writings, orations, and recorded observations of life, this book selects the best of Native American wisdom and distills it to its essence in short, digestible quotes — perhaps even more timely now than when they were first written. In addition to the short passages, this edition includes the complete Soul of an Indian, as well as other writings by Ohiyesa (Charles Alexander Eastman), one of the great interpreters of American Indian thought, and three great speeches by Chiefs Joseph, Seattle, and Red Jacket.

Author : Ed McGaa
Publisher : San Francisco : Council Oak Books
ISBN 13 : 9781571781147
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Native Wisdom written by Ed McGaa and published by San Francisco : Council Oak Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nitakuys oyasin -"we are all related." The Oglala Sioux saying is the philosophy underlying Native American spirituality and practices, a sense of connection to the entire universe. “Native Wisdom” features several informative appendices, including a brief glossary of Lakota words and traditional spiritual songs in English and Lakota.

Author : Chronicle Books (Firm)
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 9780811804509
Total Pages : 70 pages
Book Rating : 4.0X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lakota written by Chronicle Books (Firm) and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 1994 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This exquisitely illustrated volume presents a concise account of history of the Lakota and of the practice and fundamental principles of their spiritual and ceremonial life, from the appearance of the White Buffalo Woman and the observance of the Seven Sacred Rites to the Vision quest, the sweat lodge, and an ultimate communion with Wakan-Tanka, the Great Spirit.

Author : Apela Colorado, Ph.D.
Publisher : Hay House, Inc
ISBN 13 : 1788175719
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Woman Between the Worlds written by Apela Colorado, Ph.D. and published by Hay House, Inc. This book was released on 2021-07-20 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Apela Colorado shares her knowledge and experiences of indigenous wisdom and promotes an understanding between the indigenous and modern world perspectives. A ceremonial journey to reconnect with the essence of indigenous spirituality and awaken to its beauty, power and potential in contemporary society. In this book, Apela Colorado, the inspirational authority on indigenous wisdom, shares her lifelong journey of connecting with the essence of indigenous spirituality and culture. From China to Alaska, Benin to France, Apela recounts her passionate work to communicate, conserve, and celebrate sacred indigenous ways, all while reawakening to the wisdom of her Native American and French Gaul ancestors and reclaiming her own truth, healing, and story. With gentle grace and generous insight, this book lovingly teaches us to honor the power, beauty, and potential of indigenous wisdom, and explores how it continues to resonate in modern life. Apela's experiences form a ceremony of remembrance and renewal, a spiritual guide to help you reconnect to the wisdom of your ancestors, apply sacred ways of knowing and being to your life, and reclaim your own Creation Story.

Author : Gary H. Holthaus
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813124875
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Learning Native Wisdom written by Gary H. Holthaus and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2008-05-30 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Publisher: Many native North American cultures have origins that predate Confucius, who lived five hundred years before the birth of Christ. For generations the people of these traditions have thrived under conditions that many view as harsh ifnot hostile. Through their close association with nature, members of native communities have created complex systems for cooperating with one another and living within their environments. Learning Native Wisdom: What Traditional Cultures Teach Us aboutSubsistence, Sustainability, and Spirituality explains how to nurture a society by closely observing the traditions of various native cultures. Author Gary Holthaus explores the need to live sustainably, in harmony with the land, in order to preserve our cultures, communities, and humankind itself. Holthaus asserts that all cultures are subsistence cultures: urban or rural, all humans depend on the land and its provisions for survival. Humankind faces a convergence of forces: climate change, oil depletion, loss of water, loss of topsoil, and species die-off of proportions that exceed those of the past 65 million years. In Learning Native Wisdom, Holthaus shows that any path to sustainability includes elements of both subsistence and spirituality. The book offers a way to confront potential perils and create a better future.

Author : Heyoka Merrifield
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416562370
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Eyes of Wisdom written by Heyoka Merrifield and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-07-01 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this first volume of The White Buffalo Woman Trilogy, author Heyoka Merrifield celebrates the sacredness of nature and the return of a culture hidden by time. Eyes of Wisdom offers a deeply moving narration of life and ceremony on the plains that is richly interwoven with Native American and other mythic traditions. The author draws inspiration from the legend of White Buffalo Woman, his vision quests, and experiences in the Sun Dance lodge.

Author : Anne Wilson Schaef PhD DHL
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1532030533
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Living in Process written by Anne Wilson Schaef PhD DHL and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2018-04-13 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life is a process. We are a process. The universe is a process. Everything is a process and in process. Schaef teaches us an action philosophy that will reconnect us with our deep, long-forgotten spirituality filling our souls and setting our spirits free. Drawing on inspiring real-life stories, the experiences of professionals worldwide who have participated in her Living in Process training, and her close association with native peoples from around the globe, Schaef shares her evolutionary model for maintaining our balance in the midst of lifes seismic upheavals. With her inimitable wit and charm, she guides us to a larger spirituality and a rediscovery of our personal power. For Living in Process is a moment-by-moment revealing of and reveling in, our life as mystery honoring its challenges, truths, and joys. This is mindfulness at its fullest I am inclined to hold Living in Process very near to my heart and soul until I have absorbed every morsel of truth. NAPRA ReView A penetrating vision One of Americas most sagacious and perceptive writers on the souls challenge to find a way of being in the world. Wendell Charles Beane, religious historian and former chair, University of WisconsinOshkosh A vital and precious guide A plea for honesty, love, compassion, and respect for the human inner process. Frederick Franck, author of The Zen of Seeing and To Be Human Against All Odds

Author : Larry J. Zimmerman
Publisher : Paul Watkins
ISBN 13 : 9781780280134
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sacred Wisdom of the American Indians written by Larry J. Zimmerman and published by Paul Watkins. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at religion and the social customs of Native Americans of North America, focusing on tribes, territories, spirits, symbols, myths, cosmos, and other topics.