THE MEDICINE WHEEL

WANT VERY MUCH TO POST THIS BECAUSE I HAD THE GREAT HONOR TO BE MADE SHAMAN FROM THE NATIVE AMERICAN FROM GEORGIA,I WILL NEVER FORGET THAT BEAUTIFULL AND MAGICKAL RITUAL,WADO.ALL SPACE IS SACRED SPACE.EVERY INCH OF MOTHER EARTH HOLDS A SPECIALLY ENERGIZED CONNECTION TO SOME LIVING CREATURE,AND IS THEREFORE TO BE HONORED.THE MEDICINE WHELEL IS A PHYSICAL EXPRESSION OF THIS KNOWLEDGE,AND CAN BE USED TO SET UP SACRED CEREMONIAL SPACE,IT IS CONSTRUCTED BY PLACING TWELVE LARGE STONES IN A CIRCLE,SIMILAR TO THE FACE OF A CLOCK.THE FOUR LARGEST STONES ARE PLACED AT THE FOUR CARDINAL DIRECTIONS.BEGIN BY PLACING THE STONE IN THE SOUTH,THE PLACE OF THE CHILD,WERE LIFE BEGINS,THEN MOVE TO THE WEST,TO THE NORTH,AND FINALLY TO THE EAST.THE EASTERN STONE IS PLACED LAST BECAUSE THE SPACE INSIDE OF THE CIRCLE IS FILLED BY SPIRIT ENTERING THROUGH THE EASTERN DOOR.THE GOLDEN DOOR TO ILLUMINATION IS THIS EASTERN DOOR.WHEN IT IS ABOUT TO BE CLOSED,IT IS TIME TO ASK SPIRIT TO FILL THE SPACE SO THAT MUTUAL HONORING AND LOVE CAN OCCUR.THIS IS ONE OF THE TRADITIONAL WAYS TO BUILD A MEDICINE WHEEL.THE MEDICINE WHEEL IS USED TO GATHER TOGHETER THE ENERGIES OF ALL THE ANIMALS OR CREATURE BEINGS,THE STONE PEOPLE,MOTHER EARTH,FATHER SKY,GRANDFATHER SUN,GRANDMOTHER MOON,THE SKY WORLD OR STAR NATION,THE SUBTERRANEANS,THE STANDING PEOPLE OR TREES,THE TWO LEGGEDS OR HUMANS,THE SKY BROTHERS AND SISTERS,AND THE THUNDER BEINGS.THESE WE CONSIDER TO BE ALL OUR RELATIONS IN THE NATIVE TEACHINGS.CEREMONY IS A METHOD FOR HONORING AND RECOGNIZING THE CONNECTIONS TO ALL LIFE TROUGH THE EXPRESSION OF GRATITUDE IN CHANTS,DANCES,AND RITUALS.IT IS ALWAYS DONE WITH THE GUIDANCE OF GREAT SPIRIT AND THE GREAT MYSTERY.THE MEDICINE WHEEL IS A SYMBOL FOR THE WHEEL OF LIFE,WICH IS FOREVER EVOLVING AND BRINGING NEW LESSONS AND TRUTHS TO THE WALKING OF THE PATH.THE EARTH WALK IS BASED UPON THE UNDERSTANDING THAT EACH ONE OF US MUST STAND ON EVERY SPOKE OF THE GREAT WHEEL OF LIFE MANY TIMES,AND THAT EVERY DIRECTION IS TO BE HONORED.UNTIL YOU HAVE WALKED IN OTHER'S MOCCASINS OR STOOD ON THEIR SPOKES OF THE WHEEL,YOU WILL NEVER TRULY KNOW THEIR HEARTS.THE MEDICINE WHEEL TEACHES US THAT ALL LESSONS ARE EQUAL AS ARE ALL TALENTS AND ABILITIES.EVERY LIVING CREATURE WILL ONE DAY SEE AND EXPERIENCE EACH SPOKE OF THE WHEEL AND KNOW THOSE TRUTHS.IN EXPERIENCING THE GOOD RED ROAD,ONE LEARNS THE LESSONS OF PHYSICAL LIFE,OR OF BEING HUMAN.THIS ROAD RUNS SOUTH TO NORTH IN THE CIRCLE OF THE MEDICINE WHEEL.AFTER THE GRADUATION EXPERIENCE OF DEATH,ONE ENTERS THE BLUE OR BLACK ROAD THAT IS THE WORLD OF THE GRANFATHERS AND GRANDMOTHERS.IN SPIRIT,ONE WILL CONTINUE TO LEARN BY COUNSELING THOSE REMAINING ON THE GOOD RED ROAD.THE BLUE ROAD OF SPIRIT RUNS EAST TO WEST.THE MEDICINE WHEEL IS LIFE,AFTERLIFE,REBIRTH,AND THE HONORING OF EACH STEP ALONG THE WAY.WADO!BLESSED BE ALL NATIVE ONES THAT ARE ALSO MY PEOPLE AND I LOVE SO MUCH.