The Seven Paths: Changing One's Way of Walking in the World - Softcover

Foundation, Anasazi

 
9781609949198: The Seven Paths: Changing One's Way of Walking in the World
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1609949196 ISBN 13: 9781609949198
Verlag: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2013

Inhaltsangabe

Simple, poetic, sophisticated prose relays ancient Native American wisdom that will inspire modern-day reflection . . . a book of enlightenment and spirit.” —Foreword Reviews

People have moved away from Mother Earth, bringing heartache, pain, and other maladies of the modern age. The “self-help” movement claims to offer peace and fulfillment to individuals, but this solitary approach takes us only so far. Ultimately, it is in communion with our fellow beings and the natural world that we are made whole. We need to leave the path of Me and follow the path of We.

This poetic, evocative story presents the meditations of an ancient Anasazi tribesman who rejects his family and sets off on a journey through the desert. He walks seven paths, each teaching a lesson symbolized by an element of the natural world: light, wind, water, stone, plants, animals, and, finally, the unity of all beings with the Creator. The Seven Paths reveals a source of wisdom, restoration, and renewal familiar to native people but lost to the rest of us, seven elements among nature that combine to mend human hearts.
 
“A little book with a big message! The Seven Paths reminds us of who we are, our relationship to our Creator, and how happiness with our families is within our grasp.” —Danny Ainge, CEO, Utah Jazz

“Inspiring! The Seven Paths is filled with wisdom and truth—it is the perfect prescription for healing a broken heart.” —Wynonna Judd

“This book is profound! The principle of ‘We’ is the secret to every success on and off the field.” —Steve Young, NFL Hall of Fame quarterback

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Founded in 1988 by renowned wilderness pioneers Larry D. Olsen and Ezekiel C. Sanchez (Good Buffalo Eagle), ANASAZI Foundation gives young people an opportunity for growth through a primitive living experience and a philosophy that invites healing at the hands of nature.

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The Seven Paths

Changing One's Way of Walking In the World

By ANASAZI Foundation

Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc.

Copyright © 2013 ANASAZI Foundation
All rights reserved.
ISBN: 978-1-60994-919-8

Contents

Foreword by Good Buffalo Eagle.............................................xi
Preface....................................................................xiii
Beginnings The Making of a Walking........................................1
The Age of "I".............................................................2
Away from My People........................................................4
My People, Again...........................................................7
Nature as Teacher..........................................................9
Forward and Backward Walking...............................................10
1 The Path of Light.......................................................13
A Ray of Light.............................................................14
Light and Darkness.........................................................15
Illumination of the Heart..................................................17
The Source of the Light....................................................18
Messengers of the Light....................................................20
2 The Path of Wind........................................................23
A Voice on the Wind........................................................24
The Breath of Life.........................................................26
The Connection of Nature...................................................28
The Connection of Man......................................................30
Messages on the Wind.......................................................32
3 The Path of Water.......................................................35
The Need for Water.........................................................36
Drought in the Soul........................................................38
Moisture to the Soul.......................................................39
Water's Lessons............................................................41
Water's Source.............................................................43
4 The Path of Stone.......................................................45
The Wisdom of Stone........................................................46
The Foundation of Peace....................................................47
To Be as a Stone...........................................................49
Forward and Backward Use of Stone..........................................51
Stone's Question...........................................................53
5 The Path of Plants......................................................55
The Secret of Plants.......................................................56
The Service of Plants......................................................57
The Source of Beauty.......................................................59
Counterfeits...............................................................60
Hope for the Desert........................................................62
6 The Path of Animals.....................................................65
A Badger and a Stone.......................................................66
The Language of Animals....................................................68
Faces among the Animals....................................................69
Honoring Creation..........................................................71
The Offering of Animals....................................................73
7 The Path of "WE"........................................................77
The Story of My People.....................................................78
My View of My People.......................................................80
Awakening to WE............................................................81
The Lie in the "I".........................................................83
The Creed of WE............................................................85
Destinations Forward Walking..............................................87
Lone Walking...............................................................88
The Step to a New Life.....................................................90
Together Walking...........................................................93
Words to a Friend..........................................................96
About the Art..............................................................98
Acknowledgments............................................................101
About ANASAZI Foundation...................................................103


CHAPTER 1

The Path of Light



A Ray of Light


A few days into my journey, still kicking against nature,
I swung at what turned out to be poison oak.

I cursed my carelessness and
my anticipated discomfort and pain.

Truly all creation is against me, I murmured.

* * *

Later that day, I tripped in a bone-dry creek bed,
smashing my knee against a rock.
I remember grimacing in pain toward an empty sky.

As I lay there, I recalled words my father had spoken to me
while on a hunt: "WE who lose our footing have lost our
way," he had said. "Our walking is in darkness."

* * *

What did he mean by walking in darkness? I wondered, as
I picked myself up and limped on my way. And what did
darkness have to do with stumbling in daylight?

* * *

Despite my anger toward my father, in that moment I had to
accept that I had seen my father, and the great ones among
our people, sure-footed and rooted upon the earth as any
tree or plant, yet as light as a seed upon the wind.

This memory awakened my life to light
and for a moment brightened a son's hurting heart.


Light and Darkness

Young friend, each morning offers lessons in light.
For the morning light teaches the most basic of truths:

Light chases away darkness.

* * *

We...

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Verlag
Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Erscheinungsdatum
2013
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1609949196
ISBN 13 
9781609949198
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Anzahl der Seiten
120
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