Search ijkahn's booksRandom books from ijkahn's libraryThe Victorian Country House by Mr. Mark Girouard Norma Shearer: A Biography by Gavin Lambert Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss Pocket Watches: L'Orologio da Tasca (The Bella Cosa Library) (Italian Edition) by Leonardo Leonardi Golem's Eye (Bartimaeus Trilogy) by Jonathan Stroud Baron Dominique Vivant Denon (1747-1825): Hedonist and Scholar in a Period of Transition by Judith Nowinski History of Art by H. W Janson Members with ijkahn's booksMember connectionsFriends: axel, benjclark, jmveazue, JustinTheLibrarian, Stonepier, TheBookProwler, theoldman, WholeHouseLibrary RSS feeds
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There is a road in the hearts of all of us, hidden and seldom traveled,
which leads to an unknown, secret place.
The old people came literally to love the soil,
and they sat or reclined on the ground with a feeling of
being close to a mothering power.
Their teepees were built upon the earth
and their altars were made of earth.
The soul was soothing, strengthening, cleansing and healing.
That is why the old Indian still sits upon the earth instead of
propping himself up and away from its life giving forces.
For him, to sit or lie upon the ground is to be able to think more deeply
and to feel more keenly. He can see more clearly into the mysteries of
life and come closer in kinship to other lives about him.
Chief Luther Standing Bear
posted by theoldman at 12:15 pm (EST) on Jan 9, 2009