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Indigenous Spirituality.




               There  are  so  many  people  trying  to  be  somebody,  not

               realizing they are, or not happy with, who they chose to

               be when they selected the parents to provide them with a

               body  and  a  time  and  place  to  born  into.  In  their

               ignorance  they  seek  popularity  and  love  posing  as
               someone  else,  one  that  gets  respect.  Native  American


               people have great respect through the spiritually seeking
               world,  and  like  anything  that  becomes  popular

               imitations soon start to flood the market. Unfortunately

               the  imitations  obscure  the  original.  With  spirituality

               God has been obscured by the image of Jesus. In this case

               it was the Romans who created this falsity on order to

               control the masses. Many were, and still are, victims of

               this  deceit,  and  feeling  disillusioned  seek  alternative

               religious  solace.  Native  American  spirituality  can

               provide this but as it belongs to another culture does not

               snugly fit the psyche of those of another culture. In my
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