Guest guest Posted May 30, 2006 Report Share Posted May 30, 2006 Namaste,All, I take some interest in Native American.Canadian Spirituality as it is the first method I studied that led me on to the Vedanta. One of my daughter's,(I have several), partners was active in local Indian Sto:Lo tribes here in B.C. and sometimes gave me descriptions of sensitive ceremonies etc etc. The Sun Dance was actually called the 'Sun-Gazing Ceremony'. It was banned in the USA, and was a central cause of the massacre at Wounded Knee, and the Pine Ridge Reservation problems. However it has been preserved intact until this day, whether it is still illegal is moot. Sun-Gazing was a form of meditation through sitting and dance, but it was done at such a time and in such away so the eyes weren't damaged. " I should explain to you here that in setting up the Sun Dance lodge, we are really making the universe in a likeness; for, you see, each of the posts around the lodge represents some particular object of creation, so that the whole circle is the entire creation, and the one tree at the center, upon which the twenty-eight poles rest, is Wakan Tanka , who is the center of everything. Everything comes from Him, and sooner or later everything returns to Him. " -Black Elk The Sun as a source of energy/prana and life giving warmth has always been used as an image of the eternal Brahman. From ancient times to Egypt, Hindu, and even the Essenes and to this day to the Christians/Catholics. Whose symbolism in the sun chalices is much in evidence today...ONS..Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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