- Great Spirit -
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... "
As the infinite intelligence of the Universe,
The one God of all religions
Called by many names,
Bring our hearts together in peace,
So we may realize that all things
Are connected through You;
Remove our fear
So we may see the true meaning
And purpose of our existence;
Fill our souls with Your spirit
So we may join together
With all loving beings
To bring peace and joy
To all the world
According to Your plan
So thy will be done.
Peace... Peace... Peace...
Aho!
dwells in every object, in every person and in every
place, we cry unto Thee. We summon Thee from the
far places into our present awareness.
O Great Spirit of the North, who gives wings
to the waters of the air and rolls the thick snowstorm
before Thee, Who covers the Earth with a sparkling crystal
carpet above whose deep tranquillity every sound
is beautiful. Temper us with strength to withstand the
biting blizzards, yet make us thankful for the beauty which
follows and lies deep over the warm Earth in its wake.
O Great Spirit of the East, the land of the rising Sun,
Who holds in Your right hand the years of our lives and
in Your left the opportunities of each day. Brace us that
we may not neglect our gifts nor lose in laziness the
hopes of each day and the hopes of each year.
O Great Spirit of the South, whose warm breath of compassion
melts the ice that gathers round our hearts, whose fragrance
speaks of distant springs and summer days, dissolve our fears,
melt our hatreds, kindle our love into flames of true and
living realities. Teach us that he who is truly strong is
also kind, he who is wise tempers justice with mercy, he who
is truly brave matches courage with compassion.
O Great Spirit of the West, the land of the setting Sun,
with Your soaring mountains and free, wide rolling prairies,
bless us with knowledge of the peace which follows purity of
striving and the freedom which follows like a flowing robe in
the winds of a well-disciplined life. Teach us that the
end is better than the beginning and that the
setting sun glorifies not in vain.
O Great Spirit of the heavens, in the day's infinite blue
and amid the countless stars of the night season, remind
us that you are vast, that you are beautiful and majestic
beyond all of our knowing or telling, but also that you
are no further from us than the tilting upwards of
our heads and the raising of our eyes.
O Great Spirit of Mother Earth beneath our feet,
Master of metals, Germinator of seeds and the Storer of
the Earth's unreckoned resources, help us to give thanks
unceasingly for Your present bounty.
O Great Spirit of our souls, burning in our heart's
yearning and in our innermost aspirations, speak to us now
and always so that we may be aware of the greatness and
goodness of Your gift of life and be worthy of this
priceless privilege of living.
Never to take from creation's beauty more than we give;
never to destroy wantonly for the furtherance of greed;
Never to deny to give our hands for the building of
earth's beauty; never to take from her what we cannot use.
Give us hearts to understand...
That to destroy earth's music is to create confusion;
that to wreck her appearance is to blind us to beauty;
That to callously pollute her fragrance is to make a house
of stench; that as we care for her she will care for us.
We have forgotten who we are.
We have sought only our own security.
We have exploited simply for our own ends.
We have distorted our knowledge.
We have abused our power...
Great Spirit, whose dry lands thirst,
Help us to find the way to refresh your lands.
Great Spirit, whose waters are choked with debris
and pollution, help us to find the way to cleanse your waters.
Great Spirit, whose beautiful earth grows ugly with misuse,
help us to find the way to restore beauty to your handiwork.
Great Spirit, whose creatures are being destroyed,
help us to find a way to replenish them.
Great Spirit, whose gifts to us are being lost
in selfishness and corruption, help us to find the
way to restore our humanity.
2) SHOW GREAT RESPECT FOR YOUR FELLOW BEINGS
3) GIVE ASSISTANCE AND KINDNESS WHEREVER NEEDED
4) BE TRUTHFUL AND HONEST AT ALL TIMES
5) DO WHAT YOU KNOW TO BE RIGHT
6) LOOK AFTER THE WELL-BEING OF MIND AND BODY
7) TREAT THE EARTH AND ALL THAT DWELL THEREON WITH RESPECT
8) TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR ACTIONS
9) DEDICATE A SHARE OF YOUR EFFORTS TO THE GREATER GOOD
10) WORK TOGETHER FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL MANKIND
Remain close to the Great Spirit.
Show great respect for your fellow beings.
Work together for the benefit of all Mankind.
Give assistance and kindness wherever needed.
Do what you know to be right.
Look after the well being of mind and body.
Dedicate a share of your efforts to the greater good.
Be truthful and honest at all times.
Take full responsibility for your actions...
And the Great Spirit dwells within all living things
Tree
Flower
Water
Earth
Wind ... all things
At times the Great Spirit is severe
At times the Great Spirit is soothing
Encompassing all life
Everyplace the Great Spirit dwells
is the source of a gentle crystalline light
And within that light we become One
Floating as if in our mother's warm body
Living together as children of the earth
Without time
Without end...
(Transcribed from the CD Mandala 1994)
