Walking Spirit in a Native Way

Recently a friend of mine began his walk into Spirit world. He did not follow traditional ways yet was very Spiritual. In my way a four day fire is kept to help guide one who has begun their walk. I chose to do that for him. The second night of the fire something interesting happened. Most people probably would not have noticed. At 1:30am I set two logs down to burn low and long so I could take a nap. Then I set my alarm for 4:00am, figuring I would resupply the fire with more wood then. Not unusual when you are tending a four day fire alone. As it turned out the wood burned faster than I anticipated. Everything in camp was very quiet and calm. At 3:30am I was awakened by a strong gust of wind that was very loud. I immediately got up to look to see if it was getting windy. When I stepped out of the cabin there was no wind and everything was quiet and still. I looked over to the fire 🔥. It was flat to the ground and looked like a glowing pool of red hot ash  if I had no...

As we witness the degradation of values in our country  we forfeit the richness in heritage   that make our country great  and  deny those that are indigenous their basic rights of existence.                        Noodin James Beard aka Noodin                Cultural Storyteller, Educator, Speaker,                Author      James B. Beard, Author of:      Walking Spirit in a Native Way

You of little brain! Smarter than we think! The great minds of science know so much and yet ~ Do they really? I read an article recently where researchers determined that animals don’t really reason or think. They only respond instinctively to their habitat and in accordance to the particular evolution of their species. Some scientists disagree but this is the generally accepted thought. In the spring the park where I worked received our firewood packs to offer to campers. We keep a large supply at headquarters and a usage supply near our store for customers. The day the firewood was delivered I was on duty as ranger at the gate of the park. The truck rolled up with the firewood. I asked him to leave a couple of pallets of the firewood at the gate and then unload the rest of the supply in our storage yard. The driver unloaded three pallets and left the gate to deposit the rest of his load. I opened the shed and began putting the firewood packages in the storage shed. I unloaded the fir...