"In this culture, we look at life as though it were a straight line. The longer the line the longer we imagine we have lived, the wholer we suppose ourselves to be, and the less horrendous we imagine the end point [...]. But in the American Indian culture one, is not seen linearly but rather as a circle which becomes complete at about puberty with the rites of passage. From that time one is seen as a wholeness that continues to expand outward. But once "the hoop" has formed, any time one dies, one dies in wholeness. As the American Indian sage Crazy Horse commented, "Today is a good day to die for all the things of my life are present." (From Who Dies by Stephen Levine)
About Me
- Naomi S
- A few things I know for sure. That revolving doors make me nervous. That, sometimes, it takes courage to do the simplest things. That the moment in a theatre before the stage lights come on is exquisite. That poetry is often "one short step to the good ground (May Swenson)." That I love swimming anywhere but especially in swimming pools.
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