Happiness

I got up this morning and saw this happiness award on my blog page. What a way to start the day! The sun isn't up yet so I still have time before I go greet the sun and all it sheds its light on. When I was living in northern az., it was called " walking in beauty". One wakes before the sun, offers corn pollen to the creator and the creation. "Long Life Happiness", "The One Who Brings Joy", are names that refer to the One. All of the creation invites you to dance in beauty, singing songs of prayer and thanksgiving." The earth under bare feet, sky over uncovered head, air filling lungs with cool air, moment by moment, step by step, walking in beauty. Earth under my feet, you feel my steps, in beauty. Mountains, you see me walking in your shadow, in beauty. All living things, on the earth and in the air, you see me walking in your presence, in beauty. Rivers and streams and all the oceans, you see me walking by, in beauty. All the heavens and all you lights, you see me live and walk in beauty." This kind of thinking was completely forign to my mind for sometime, than I began to notice some certain things. First if you don't know who you are and where you fit in this whole of creation, you can't walk in beauty. Love is the key. Knowing and understanding love is what holds everything together in ballance allows one to see and feel true love from inside first, then from EVERYTHING else. When a Human Bieng is aware and full of this love that is brought by "Long Life Happiness", that person will natrually walk in beauty. There are many more facets, sweathouse, night chants,( nine day healing ceremonies ), herding sheep, chopping wood, even down to the way you enter somones house, all these things to be done in, for, and through beauty. When I began to understand some of these things, I couldn't help but to want to live in beauty. So people can do only two things. Say what you want, but it's true. You can ONLY DO TWO THINGS!! You can either choose to walk in beauty, or not, there are no other options. I'm not saying that you have to belong to a certain religion, or be of any religion at all. You are just better off if you understand that you are loved by all of creation, and can therefore can return that love to all of creation. It can sometimes be hard for us in western society to accept certain ideas like a rock has a spirit, but misstreat one in the sweat house and see what happens. He's going to get very aggitated, and maybe even explode. Or that by shaking a 500 year old rattle in rythem, and singing a certain song the right way, and dancing in the right way, could heal someones illness. Well I'm saying that it's all just as true as any truth of western society. Anyway, it seems as if I chased a few rabbits this morning. Thank you for happiness, and I wish ALL "Long Life Happiness"! Until next time. I am what I am