| Native American Prayer Oh Great Spirit,whose voice I hear in the winds,and whose breath gives life to all the world - hear me.I come before you,one of your children.Iam small and weak.I need your strength and wisdom.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, my ears sharp to hear your voice.Make me wise,so that I may know the things you have taught my people,the lesson you have hidden in every leaf and rock.I seek strength not be superior to my brothers,but to be able to fight my greatest enemy, *MYSELF*.Make me ever ready to come to you,with clean hands and straight eyes,so when life fades as a fading sunset, my spirit may come to you without shame. Yellow Hawk,Sioux Chief
Navajo Wind Prayer Oh Great Spirit,Oh Grandfathers,How fortunate can one be to know such beauty?One can search the world over and not find his much loveliness.Her heart is pure,and radiates love and warmth. Oh Mother Earth,It is from your womb which she comes.It has to be,for she reflects your beauty that i see all around me. Oh Navajo Wind,blow softly upon this desert rose.Embrace her always with your warm,gentle breezes.Fill her heart with pride and happiness of a proud,and noble people from which she comes.Whisper soft reminders in her ear,"never forget..." Oh Father,the Navajo Sun,Shine brightly down upon her path. Allow her to see the beauty in herself as well as in others. Protect her and keep her warm.Hide her in your absence from the despairs of this life.Allow her always to walk in beauty. Oh Woman,who walks in beauty like the night,I am friend who is distant and silent.I will care for you,always. Wahariwah'ts he : nri "Apache Wedding Blessing"
Now you will feel no rain,
for each of you will be shelter for the other.
Now you will feel no cold,
for each of you will be warmth for the other.
Now there is no more loneliness.
Now you are two persons,
but there is only one life before you.
May your days together be good and long upon the earth.  "Giving Thanks" Great Spirit, Creator of all that we
see, hear, smell, taste, and all that we touch.
Mother Earth, Make Ina, Womb of all beings,
Provider of all our needs.
Keeper of the West, Home of the Thunder People,
place where Grandfather Sun sleeps at night.
Keeper of the North, Home of the Great White Giant,
from where fresh breezes blow.
Keeper of the East, Land of the Rising Sun,
Home to the Big Red Mountain.
Keeper of the South, Land that we always face,
from where the Growing Warmth comes.
I pray to the Stone Peoples, the Green Peoples, the Winged Peoples,
I pray to the Four-legged Peoples, the Swimming Peoples,
the Crawling Peoples, and to the Star Peoples.
I pray to ALL who give us food, clothing, medicine, dwellings, and designs
To the Ancestors of All The Peoples,
I pray for their Help in Keeping Us in Balance and
Teaching us the ways of the Creator and Mother Earth.
To the Star Peoples, Grandfather Sun, Grandmother Moon
I give thanks for their lighting our way in times of darkness.
To All these Peoples, I give Thanks for all the Gifts and Help
I get in My Life Each and Every Day.
For ALL These Reasons and for LIFE Itself, I GIVE MY THANKS !  "Great Spirit Prayer" ....Ancient Prayer.... "Oh, Great Spirit, whose voice I hear in the wind,
Whose breath gives life to all the world.
Hear me; I need your strength and wisdom.
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.
Make me wise so that I may understand
the things you have taught my people.
Help me to remain calm and strong in the
face of all that comes towards me.
Let me learn the lessons you have hidden
in every leaf and rock.
Help me seek pure thoughts and act with the
intention of helping others.
Help me find compassion without empathy
overwhelming me.
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.
"May you always walk in Beauty."  "An Indian Prayer" My Grandfather is the Fire
My Grandmother is the Wind
The Earth is my Mother
The Great Spirit is my Father
The World stopped at my birth and laid itself at my feet
And I shall swallow the Earth whole when I die,
and the Earth and I will be one.
Hail The Great Spirit, my Father, without him no one
could exist because there would be no will to live.
Hail The Earth, my Mother, without which no food
could be grown and so cause the will to live to starve.
Hail the wind, my Grandmother, for she brings loving,
life-giving rain nourishing us as she nourishes our crops.
Hail the fire, my Grandfather, for the light, the warmth,
the comfort he brings without which we be animals, not men.
Hail my parent and grandparents without which,
not I, nor you, nor anyone else could have existed.
Life gives life which gives unto itself a promise of new life.
Hail the Great Spirit, The Earth, the Wind, the Fire
praise my parents loudly for they are your parents, too.
Oh, Great Spirit, giver of my life please accept this
humble offering of prayer, this offering of praise,
this honest reverence of my love for you.
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