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Comment by Dept of PMM Artists & things on June 1, 2012 at 10:29am

"You have to have a lot of patience to hear those old people talk, because when they talk, they talk about motivation, the feeling, the unsound that is around the universe. They explain everything to one understanding. They bring it all together, and when they finish, just one word comes out. Just one word. They might talk all day, and just one word comes out."

-- Wallace Black Elk, LAKOTA

We need to be careful about judging the old ones when we talk. At first they may not make sense to us. Maybe we'll say they're old fashioned and don't understand. But the old ones do understand! When they speak, listen very carefully. Often it will take weeks or maybe even years before we understand what they are really saying. This is the way of Wisdom. We need to listen, listen, listen.

Great Spirit, today, open my ears so I can hear the Elders.

Comment by Dept of PMM Artists & things on May 31, 2012 at 8:16am

ARIES (March 21-April 19): You want better things and situations for yourself., Your attention goes to getting better clothes, finding better friends. You want to improve yourself so that you're more likeable or more pleasant in social situations.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You are greatly concerned with money and financial security today. A potential crisis seems to be developing. Take strong measures to get as much control and possession of your assets as possible.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You must speak up for those who can't. Take responsibility for your children and advocate for their best interests. Adults who are somehow disadvantaged need your proactive support now.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): You appreciate a lot of support today, both emotional and mental. For now, you need a helping hand but this can be quickly dispensed with once you have confidence. Your environment needs to be stable and reliable.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You need good friends for discussing ideas and options. Some will want to simply shoot the breeze and enjoy company. Others have more serious concerns that need to be talked about in hopes of a solution.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You tend to react more than you are proactive today. You depend on events and the moods of others to determine what you do. You're challenged to respond to inner motivation and to behave true to your character instead.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You have difficulty standing your ground today. You feel you are right yet you don't think it's politic to offend at this point. You may need to draw back for now and plan for the long term.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): It is very hard to concentrate on goals mandated by society. Your attention is drawn inward toward psychological or spiritual needs. This is a key time for increasing self-understanding but don't obsess on it.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Some find themselves being a representative for an organization or on behalf of a popular cause. Many can be held back because of reservations or apparent conflicts of duties. Make a decision that allows you to take a stand.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You are sensitive to the distress of the people around you. You're aware when people are being taken advantage of. You want to meet up with people with social or business concerns similar to yours.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You want to relax today. A lot of hard-driving motivation goes out of you now and you want to play and have fun. It's important to you be stay in touch with friends and to be on good terms with everyone.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Trust your creative instincts today. Something makes you doubt yourself, probably some negative person from your past. Move past that and try expressing yourself, no matter how imperfect it may be at first.

Comment by Dept of PMM Artists & things on May 31, 2012 at 8:15am

"Sell a country? Why not sell the air, the great sea, as well as the Earth? Did not the Great Spirit make them all for the use of his children?"

-- Tecumseh, SHAWNEE

The White Man's way is to possess, control, and divide. It has always been difficult for Indian people to understand this. There are certain things we cannot own that must be shared. The Land is one of these things. We need to re-look at what we are doing to the Earth. We are digging in her veins and foolishly diminishing the natural resources. We are not living in balance. We do not own the Earth; the Earth owns us. Today, let us ponder the true relationship between the Earth and ourselves.

Great Spirit, today, let me see the Earth as you would have me see Her

Comment by Dept of PMM Artists & things on May 30, 2012 at 8:24am

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Cause she’s just like the weather, can’t hold her together
Born from dark water, daughter of the rain and snow
Cause it’s burning through the bloodline
It’s cutting down the family tree
Growing in the landscape, darling, in between you and me

Comment by Dept of PMM Artists & things on May 30, 2012 at 8:02am

At Rouen in English-controlled Normandy, Joan of Arc, the peasant girl who became the savior of France, is burned at the stake for heresy.

Joan was born in 1412, the daughter of a tenant farmer at Domremy, on the borders of the duchies of Bar and Lorraine. In 1415, the Hundred Years War between England and France entered a crucial phase when the young King Henry V of England invaded France and won a series of decisive victories against the forces of King Charles VI. By the time of Henry's death in August 1422, the English and their French-Burgundian allies controlled Aquitaine and most of northern France, including Paris. Charles VI, long incapacitated, died one month later, and his son, Charles, regent from 1418, prepared to take the throne. However, Reims, the traditional city of French coronation, was held by the Anglo-Burgundians, and the Dauphin (heir apparent to the French throne) remained uncrowned. Meanwhile, King Henry VI of England, the infant son of Henry V and Catherine of Valois, the daughter of Charles VI, was proclaimed king of France by the English.

Joan's village of Domremy lay on the frontier between the France of the Dauphin and that of the Anglo-Burgundians. In the midst of this unstable environment, Joan began hearing "voices" of three Christian saints—St. Michael, St. Catherine, and St. Margaret. When she was about 16, these voices exhorted her to aid the Dauphin in capturing Reims and therefore the French throne. In May 1428, she traveled to Vaucouleurs, a stronghold of the Dauphin, and told the captain of the garrison of her visions. Disbelieving the young peasant girl, he sent her home. In January 1429, she returned, and the captain, impressed by her piety and determination, agreed to allow her passage to the Dauphin at Chinon.

Dressed in men's clothes and accompanied by six soldiers, she reached the Dauphin's castle at Chinon in February 1429 and was granted an audience. Charles hid himself among his courtiers, but Joan immediately picked him out and informed him of her divine mission. For several weeks, Charles had Joan questioned by theologians at Poitiers, who concluded that, given his desperate straits, the Dauphin would be well-advised to make use of this strange and charismatic girl.

Charles furnished her with a small army, and on April 27, 1429, she set out for Orleans, besieged by the English since October 1428. On April 29, as a French sortie distracted the English troops on the west side of Orleans, Joan entered unopposed by its eastern gate. She brought greatly needed supplies and reinforcements and inspired the French to a passionate resistance. She personally led the charge in several battles and on May 7 was struck by an arrow. After quickly dressing her wound, she returned to the fight, and the French won the day. On May 8, the English retreated from Orleans.

During the next five weeks, Joan and the French commanders led the French into a string of stunning victories over the English. On July 16, the royal army reached Reims, which opened its gates to Joan and the Dauphin. The next day, Charles VII was crowned king of France, with Joan standing nearby holding up her standard: an image of Christ in judgment. After the ceremony, she knelt before Charles, joyously calling him king for the first time.

On September 8, the king and Joan attacked Paris. During the battle, Joan carried her standard up to the earthworks and called on the Parisians to surrender the city to the king of France. She was wounded but continued to rally the king's troops until Charles ordered an end to the unsuccessful siege. That year, she led several more small campaigns, capturing the town of Saint-Pierre-le-Moitier. In December, Charles ennobled Joan, her parents, and her brothers.

Comment by Dept of PMM Artists & things on May 30, 2012 at 8:02am

In May 1430, the Burgundians laid siege to Compiegne, and Joan stole into the town under the cover of darkness to aid in its defense. On May 23, while leading a sortie against the Burgundians, she was captured. The Burgundians sold her to the English, and in March 1431 she went on trial before ecclesiastical authorities in Rouen on charges of heresy. Her most serious crime, according to the tribunal, was her rejection of church authority in favor of direct inspiration from God. After refusing to submit to the church, her sentence was read on May 24: She was to be turned over to secular authorities and executed. Reacting with horror to the pronouncement, Joan agreed to recant and was condemned instead to perpetual imprisonment.

Ordered to put on women's clothes, she obeyed, but a few days later the judges went to her cell and found her dressed again in male attire. Questioned, she told them that St. Catherine and St. Margaret had reproached her for giving in to the church against their will. She was found to be a relapsed heretic and on May 29 ordered handed over to secular officials. On May 30, Joan, 19 years old, was burned at the stake at the Place du Vieux-Marche in Rouen. Before the pyre was lit, she instructed a priest to hold high a crucifix for her to see and to shout out prayers loud enough to be heard above the roar of the flames.

As a source of military inspiration, Joan of Arc helped turn the Hundred Years War firmly in France's favor. By 1453, Charles VII had reconquered all of France except for Calais, which the English relinquished in 1558. In 1920, Joan of Arc, one of the great heroes of French history, was recognized as a Christian saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Her feast day is May 30.

Comment by Dept of PMM Artists & things on May 30, 2012 at 7:17am

ARIES (March 21-April 19): You jump to conclusions today. Leaping before you look, you have cause later to change your mind. You're challenged to set aside a thought or impulse and consider its advisability before acting on it or rejecting it.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Your energy is devoted to several distinct but related projects today. You need to coordinate several approaches at once. You need to be able to switch at need and not emphasize one to the neglect of the others.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You're very self-assured today and you're liable to be insulting to show it. You need to be assertive and confident while not putting down others. Use logic, not intimidation, to reach agreement.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): You need to balance compassion with professionalism today. Your approach tends to be impersonal but your dedication can't be questioned. Try to make others feel comforted

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You are awakened to how much you are being mentally conditioned. You go against this now and try to find ways to think independently. Emphasize critical thinking, not just contrariness, and explore ideas you've neglected or rejected.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You are enthusiastic today and you can make important decisions at a moment's notice. You can be a good critic but don't take it to an extreme. Try giving advice only when it's asked for.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You're concerned about how much attention you get or what kind it is. You can be prone to change your feelings at the slightest excuse. You are challenged to keep feelings that are noble and valuable.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): It's important to be able to switch between introspection and external activities today. Monitor your thoughts and keep them positive. Having a goal and having thoughts supporting your motivation are both very important today.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You feel you need to take charge and give orders today. You can also get on some people's nerves by this. You need to learn how to be persuasive without raising ire or resistance. Enthusiasm is the key.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The demands of your job can disrupt your family life. Balancing the two isn't easy but the rewards can be desirable. You must consider carefully where the greater need lies and what that need actually is.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You're shocked out of intellectual or philosophic complacency now. Accepted truths are overturned. You have cause to reconsider beliefs and think things through again from the beginning.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You're in strong competitive situations. You can win or hold your own by using your wits. You're likely in a team that requires cooperation among you but pits you against others.

Comment by Dept of PMM Artists & things on May 30, 2012 at 7:17am

"Power comes and goes. It can vanish in the twinkling of an eye, like smoke dissolving in the air."

-- Archie Fire Lame Deer, LAKOTA

The East, South, West, and North are the powers of the four directions. The Creator makes these powers available to do things. We pray to the Creator to give us the power to do these things. Often, we are given these powers for awhile, then these powers disappear. Power is given and taken from us by the Great Spirit, the source of power. During the time we have this power, we should be responsible and use the power in a good way. Many good things can be accomplished when we realize where this power really comes from.

Great Spirit, today, show me how to use Your power

Comment by Dept of PMM Artists & things on May 16, 2012 at 7:33am

ARIES (March 21-April 19): You may focus on change for its own sake today. You can lose sight of a particular goal. As long as the status quo is destroyed, you equate that with progress -- perhaps incorrectly.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You're not satisfied unless your tasks are done well and thoroughly. You may need to make yourself stop because of a deadline diminishing returns for your effort.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): There are developments today that seem to disconnect you from the past. You have the opportunity to step into the life you've been trying to make if you can accept this sort of discontinuity.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): There is a shocking development today. It can have an impact on your job or your social status generally. Accept the change. What's important is how you incorporate it so that you come out of it ahead.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You're eager to learn today. You become aware of a new perspective, which seems more useful and fitting to reality than what you've been believing. You switch ideas; the fringe is becoming mainstream.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You are willing to go to extremes when taking risks today. You need to understand what purpose is being served by this. Is it a genuine goal or are you simply drawing attention to yourself?

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): There is a change in relationships today. There may be someone who no long fits in your life and drops away but there is just as easily someone new who can enter who fits in perfectly with your new developments.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Be alert to new developments at work or in your health. Go with the opportunity for change or be alert to trends. Something is happening that's out of your control, yet you can adapt to it if you try.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): There are intense feelings in romance today. A powerful attraction or separation is likely. Also be alert to potential crises in your finances, which you can ride out if you allow basic changes in your approach.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Events help you to understand yourself at a deep psychological level. Tradition or habit meets the need for change -- even revolution. You have to make the choice now that the contradiction is glaringly evident.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You become aware of challenging new information today. The way you see things is altered. Many will switch to a new mental paradigm now that what had seemed preposterous is supported by the facts.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Changes are afoot regarding your possessions and earning capacity. You need to unload what you don't need, while retaining what can be the seeds of a new direction. It's time to be bold, instead of stubborn.

Comment by Dept of PMM Artists & things on May 16, 2012 at 7:33am

"It's time. If you are to walk the path of heart, then it is time..."

-- Nippawanock, ARAPAHOE

If not now, when? If not me, who? To walk the path of the heart is a great honor. Every human has the choice to walk this path, but very few will decide to make it. Why? Well, because you can't act and behave like everyone else behaves. You must be the person who will learn to look within. You must be the person who will be fully accountable for yourself. You must be the person who prays and meditates. You must be the person who will sacrifice. You must decide to be a Peaceful Warrior. What will you decide today?

Oh, Great Mystery, lead me on the path of the heart.

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