long time ago when the world was still young, an old Lakota spiritual leader was in a high mountain and had a vision. In this view Iktomi, the great master prankster of wisdom appeared to him as a spider. Iktomi spoke in a secret language that only the spiritual leaders of the Lakota knew understand.
As they talked, Iktomi took a piece of willow wood older. Gave him a round and placed feathers, horse hair, beads and ornaments, weaving a spider web. They talked about the cycles of life, how we start life as babies and grow to adulthood, and finally to old age, when we return to be careful, as when we were babies, thus completing the circle. At each time of life there are many forces, some good other less-If you're in the positive they will guide you in the right direction. But if you listen to the dark forces, they hurt you and guide you in the wrong direction.
There are many forces and different directions and may help interfere with the harmony of nature. Also with the great spirit and his wonderful teachings. While still talking spider weaving its web, starting outside and working toward the center. When Iktomi finished speaking, he gave the Lakota elder the web and said "look at the web is a perfect circle, but in the middle is a hole, use it to help yourself and your people, for achieve your goals and make good use of people's ideas, dreams and visions.
If you believe in the Great Spirit, the web will catch your good ideas and bad will go down the hole. "The old Lakota, he spent his vision to his people and now the Indians use the dream catcher as the network of his life. They hang above the beds in your home to search their dreams and visions. The good thing about dreams is captured in the web of life and sent with them. The trouble is exhausted through the center hole and no will never again be part of them. The Lakota believe that the dream catcher holds the destiny of their future.
Lakota Story
0 comments:
Post a Comment