Looking for North

                  (I'm not exactly sure how authentic the music that I picked out is, but it's pretty.)

While reading our new book, The Sacred Tree, I found it fascinating that there are so many links to Indian culture and Western culture. They both have their differences, sure. And they each have their own philosophies. The journey that a human being is to go on around the medicine wheel where he will find who he is, who he is supposed to be, and how he connects with the surrounding universe. This journey is life-long, and the goal is to be all you can be. Western culture has a faster way of getting there with the personality test. You can take yours here.  Below is an example of the tease they give you so you'll buy the 15 page report. Yeah, it's mine.

You Are an INFJ (Introvert, iNtuitive, Feeler, Judger)

INFJs represent between 1 and 3% of the U.S. Population

INFJs inhabit a world of ideas. They are independent, original thinkers driven by their strong feelings, and personal integrity. Sensitive, committed, hardworking, and perceptive, INFJs are often excellent listeners, skilled at generating enlightened and creative solutions to people’s problems. Thoughtful and careful decision makers, INFJs prefer to have plenty of time to let ideas “percolate” before taking action. Because they value harmony and agreement, INFJs like to persuade others of the validity of their viewpoint. They win the cooperation of others by using approval and praise, rather than argument or intimidation.

INFJs go to great lengths to promote fellowship and avoid conflict. They are also often perfectionists highly focused, and driven to accomplish their goals. Rather formal and reserved, INFJs can be difficult to read, but it is critically important to them that their values, needs and concerns be understood and respected.

Personality Type can be a gateway your ideal career, relationship, parenting and even your sales and networking. You can learn more about your personality type by purchasing a Custom Personality Type Report.

There's only 1-3% of the population in the U.S. who are like me. That might be a good thing. Heh. I'm glad I'm original though.

On pages 72-3 in our book, there is a list of gifts for each direction on the medicine wheel. These gifts are learned for a price. "For each of the great gifts of the medicine wheel there is a price. And yet we learn that the mystery of sacrifice is that there is no sacrifice" (58). The book is telling us that through this journey of our life, we are going to have to slowly learn how to be the best person we can be. It is a life journey. So, this little personality test hardly gives us any answers into our inner-selves according to the spiritual Indian. We have to look into ourselves, figure out what's there, and decide on how to become who we want to become. 

Indian spirituality is alive, but it's not well. Tribes are fighting against Christianity's movement to enlighten all the Indians. Our government has taken away unemployment rights from Indians who tried to practice their religious freedom. In 1993, Clinton passed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act only for it to be shot down by Congress. Read all about it here.  

A land dispute in Arizona is at the center of religious rights for American Indians. They claim that the San Francisco Peaks are sacred. From our reading, we should be able to see that American Indian spirituality is integrated with the Earth. It is a human connection to all things in the universe.

This country was founded on religious freedom, but when land disputes involve Indian religion, the property takes precedence and the Indians usually lose.