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Remembering serenity

By James B. Beard aka Noodin
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Moment of Peace On a warm sunny summer day back in 1954, as I recall. I was nine years old and was very bored that day. There was no one around to play with and my mom and dad were busy working around the yard, so I decided to go for a walk and look for friends to play with. There was a place about two miles away from my home that was owned by the Catholic Church. They ran a home there to care for people who were invalids. Maybe the people there were veterans from World War II or something. I really never did know for sure what they did there. It was a property where you just were not supposed to go. The place was a big old estate, thirty or forty acres of land, and was surrounded by a large, forested area. At the back of the estate was a small cottage where one of the nuns lived with her dog. The dog was a beautiful golden retriever who we called Rex because we really did not know his name. I thought by walking down to the cottage maybe I would find Rex and play with him. Rex alway...
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The Peacemaker: Protecting the future with a thousand-year-old teaching - by PATRICK S. WOLFE

By James B. Beard aka Noodin
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Reprinted with permission from the author ~ PATRICK S. WOLFE The Peacemaker: Protecting the future with a thousand-year-old teaching [1] PATRICK S. WOLFE Toby Ord, an Australian philosopher of Ethics at Oxford University, “has systemically ranked existential risks.” Most dangerous, he believes, is A.I., to which he assigns “a one-in-ten chance of ending human potential or life in the next hundred years…. To nuclear technology, he assigns a one-in-a thousand chance, and to all risks combined a one-in-six chance.” Based on his belief in “our responsibility to the most poor and vulnerable,” he maintains that “safeguarding humanity’s future is the defining challenge of our time.” This conclusion springs from his realization “that the people of the future may be even more powerless to protect themselves from the risks we impose.” [2] This recognition echoes the teaching of the Peacemaker from almost a thousand years ago. “We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from ou...
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Noodin and Nish Nung on Moccasin Tracks Radio

By James B. Beard aka Noodin
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Noodin & Nish Nung on Medicine Tracks Radio     EPISODE DESCRIPTION We called out to the traditional territory of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibway to catch up with Noodin (James Beard) and his mentor Nish Nung (Brian Matrious) who gift us with this conversation of stories and a beautiful indigenous perspective. Brian talks about the teachings his Grandfather gave him while "Walking The Traditional Life".  All during the conversation eagles gathered on the snow covered lake and flew above which made a beautiful image in our minds eye! Music Credits: CD, Alive Inside The Tank with Mysteries of the Night; To The Stars, My Love Is Here and CD Keepers Of Secrets with Steven Rushingwind, Rushingwind Track from High Spirits Flutes and Crow Suncloud, Poems on the Edge Of Time , we hear Eldership, self-released find more info about Noodin and NishNung at: www.northeastcultural.com northeastcultural.blogspot.com Moccasin Tracks is heard weekly on community and student rad...
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M’naa den d’mowin (respect

By James B. Beard aka Noodin
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M’naa den d’mowin (respect). Respect everyone, all humans and all things created. Regard each with esteem and consideration. Allow others to believe in their own reality. One of the Seven Gifts of the Seven Grandfathers according to the stories of the Anishinaabe people. Wisdom, Respect, Honesty, Humility, Love, Bravery, Truth ~ Mashkode bizhiki~ Totem Animal ~ [buffalo] Buffalo carries himself with a quiet authority, teaching respect through his actions rather than words. He reminds us that all life is deserving of honor — the Creator, the self, the people, and every being who shares this world. From Buffalo we learn that respect is not a single act, but a way of walking. WALKING SPIRIT IN A NATIVE WAY by James B Beard Buy this at stores her e! Please share this article
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