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Tuesday, March 30, 2010
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE BROADCAST - Architects of a New Dawn
Link I hope that all who can attend do otherwise do your part to bring PEACE & HARMONY TO THIS WORLD TODAY! We need UNITY to suceed.
Full Moon Ceremony 3/3/10
Link I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE WHOEVER WANT'S TO ATTEND OR JUST KNOW ABOUT THIS SACRED AND SPECIAL CEREMONY
Friday, March 26, 2010
Getting to the root of opioid addictions - Topix
Getting to the root of opioid addictions - TopixThe root of the problems begins with doctors not supervising their patients. Not keeping up with their pain management issues and doing their jobs. They provided too many pain pills uneccessarily to too many patient's. Without supervision and checking them after they took the meds for a while. They just wrote scripts and left the patients on their own to get addicted. As for the heroin users they are just trying to numb themselves from reality. They all have some sort of underlying problems in their lives otherwise they wouldn't need to be self medicating themselves for numerous years on end! I am a perfect example of this, I used drugs & alcohol for the past 35+ years, I was self medicating. Because of depression, and other issues in my life. I am now in Recovery and in the Opioid MMT program. I am sucessfully drugfree for the past 3 1/2yrs now. I never been sucessful before. I am now and loving the non-drug use of illicit drugs.I wished I would have done this sooner, but I didn't even know about this option. I could have had a better life before now! I say that methadone has helped me out of lifetime of drug abuse. I am looking forward to the future now and before I could never had said them words ever in my lifetime
GotQuestions.org Blog Your Turn
GotQuestions.org Blog Your Turn CHECK OUT THIS SITE AND YOU CAN ASK ALL THE QUESTION'S Y0U ALWAY'S WANTED TO KNOW, AND THEN SOME. DEB.
Getting to the root of opioid addictions - Topix
Link The root of the problems begins with doctors not supervising their patients. Not keeping up with their pain management issues and doing their jobs. They provided too many pain pills uneccessarily to too many patient's. Without supervision and checking them after they took the meds for a while. They just wrote scripts and left the patients on their own to get addicted. As for the heroin users they are just trying to numb themselves from reality. They all have some sort of underlying problems in their lives otherwise they wouldn't need to be self medicating themselves for numerous years on end! I am a perfect example of this, I used drugs & alcohol for the past 35+ years, I was self medicating. Because of depression, and other issues in my life. I am now in Recovery and in the Opioid MMT program. I am sucessfully drugfree for the past 3 1/2yrs now. I never been sucessful before. I am now and loving the non-drug use of illicit drugs.I wished I would have done this sooner, but I didn't even know about this option. I could have had a better life before now! I say that methadone has helped me out of lifetime of drug abuse. I am looking forward to the future now and before I could never had said them words ever in my lifetime
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Changing our thoughts....
"The first factor in the revolution of consciousness is the mystic death of the ego - the death of negative thinking, negative personalities. We must purify the soul of the inner enemies. Every time a defect manifests - envy, gluttony, anger, lust, whatever - that impulse to the heart. Ask, `Do I really need to invoke this?' And then honor the heart."
--Willaru Huayta, QUECHAU NATION, PERU
Our egos have character defects. These character defects we sometimes act out and they invariably bring results to our lives that we might not want. If we continue to use these character defects, we will continue to have undesirable results in our lives. How do we change ourselves or get rid of a character defects. We can go to the heart and ask a question, make a decision, then honor the heart. For example, say I get angry today. I would go to the heart and ask, would I rather be right or would I rather be happy? How we answer this question can have an enormous impact on how our day goes. Once we decide the answer to this question, we need to honor the heart by saying, "Thank you for the power of changing my thoughts. I choose to be happy and to experience peace of mind."
Great Spirit, today, let me teach only love and learn only love
Remember Mother Earth
There's a deep wound in people - that they have been so cut off from the source of their being, their mother, their Earth Mother." --Francis Story Talbott II (Medicine Story), WAMPANOAG
When we are connected to the Earth Mother, or when we are clear on our purpose, we will feel connected and safe. We will feel love. When we are disconnected from the Earth Mother, or we don't know who we are or why we are, we will feel pain. It will be similar to a little child who has lost its Mother. We will hurt insid - we will be wounded within. If this happens to the whole community, the people will be very sad and lost. It will seem like there is death in the air. When this happens, it is time for ceremony and reconnection to God and Mother Earth. This is the time of prayer.
Great Mystery, today, help me to stay connected to the Earth and to You, my Creator.
Native American Medicine Wheel
--Dr. A.C. Ross (Ehanamani), LAKOTA
Be still and know. The Medicine Wheel teaches the four directions of inner power - not personal power, but the power of God. These four directions are emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual. As our emotions get too far out of control, we simultaneously create an equivalent mental picture, our physical body fills with stress and tension, and we become spiritually confused. When we experience these uptight feelings, the best thing to do is mentally pause, slow down our thinking, breathe slowly, or pray and ask the spirits to help. Only when we approach the stillness of the mind do we get access to our spiritual guidance system. To be guided, let your mind be still.
Creator, today, let me reside in Your stillness
REMEMBER THIS
"The manner with which we walk through life is each man's most important responsibility, and we should remember this with every new sunrise."
--Thomas Yellowtail, CROW
Every spiritual person should carry a vision of God's will in every area of their life. One day at a time, each morning at sunrise, we should spend time praying to the Creator. We should say something like, my Creator, this morning I ask you to show me, in terms I can understand, what you have for me to do. By doing this daily, over time, we will develop an unquestionable vision. Each person is responsible for taking the time to do this. It will bring great joy and peace of mind to those warriors who do.
My Creator, give me the vision, today, of what you want me to do
Come away....
Come away....Mark 6:31 "And He said to them,
"Come away by yourselves to a secluded place and rest a while."
LORD..HELP US TO TAKE TIME OFF FROM ALL OUR BUSY SCHEDULE,
TO STOP AND BE REFRESHED, RENEWED, RESTORED BY STAYING STILL IN YOUR PRESENCE.
"Come away by yourselves to a secluded place and rest a while."
LORD..HELP US TO TAKE TIME OFF FROM ALL OUR BUSY SCHEDULE,
TO STOP AND BE REFRESHED, RENEWED, RESTORED BY STAYING STILL IN YOUR PRESENCE.
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Friday, March 19, 2010
Becoming Fit For Glory!
Becoming Fit For Glory!Becoming Fit for Glory
The Lord will give grace and glory. (Psalm 84:11)
Grace is what we need just now, and it is to be had freely. What can be freer than a gift? Today we shall receive sustaining, strengthening, sanctifying, satisfying grace. He has given daily grace until now, and as for the future, that grace is still sufficient. If we have but little grace the fault most lie in ourselves; for the Lord is not straitened, neither is He slow to bestow it in abundance. We may ask for as much as we will and never fear a refusal. He giveth liberally and upbraideth not.
The Lord may not give gold, but He will give grace: He may not give gain, but He will give grace. He will certainly send us trial, but He will give grace in proportion thereto. We may be called to labor and to suffer, but with the call there will come all the grace required;
What an "end" is that in the text--"and glory!" We do not need glory yet, and we are not yet fit for it; but we shall have it in due order. After we have eaten the bread of grace, we shall drink the wine of glory. We must go through the holy, which is grace, to the holiest of all, which is glory. These words and glory are enough to make a man dance for joy. A little while--a little while, and then glory forever!
The Lord will give grace and glory. (Psalm 84:11)
Grace is what we need just now, and it is to be had freely. What can be freer than a gift? Today we shall receive sustaining, strengthening, sanctifying, satisfying grace. He has given daily grace until now, and as for the future, that grace is still sufficient. If we have but little grace the fault most lie in ourselves; for the Lord is not straitened, neither is He slow to bestow it in abundance. We may ask for as much as we will and never fear a refusal. He giveth liberally and upbraideth not.
The Lord may not give gold, but He will give grace: He may not give gain, but He will give grace. He will certainly send us trial, but He will give grace in proportion thereto. We may be called to labor and to suffer, but with the call there will come all the grace required;
What an "end" is that in the text--"and glory!" We do not need glory yet, and we are not yet fit for it; but we shall have it in due order. After we have eaten the bread of grace, we shall drink the wine of glory. We must go through the holy, which is grace, to the holiest of all, which is glory. These words and glory are enough to make a man dance for joy. A little while--a little while, and then glory forever!
Becoming Fit For Glory!
Link I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR GOD'S HELP EVERYDAY, I wished that I could do more. I am getting fit for glory everyday of my life in the future is for God's wishes.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Ball Of Confusion (That's What The World Is Today)
I remember this song from a very long time ago in my teenage years, or kinda when I was growing up. I wanted to save and share it with whoever like's it also. dEB
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
San Manuel supports American Indian Veterans Memorial - Care2 News Network
San Manuel supports American Indian Veterans Memorial - Care2 News NetworkThis is a proud and long awaited moment for alot of Native American soldier's that fought for this country in many and all the war's. It's about time they are given some sort of recognition. THEY DESERVE MORE THAN THIS, THEY DESERVE TO BE KNOWN ALSO IN HISTORY BOOK'S LIKE OTHER'S! THEY ARE ROLE MODEL'S AND HERO'S AND GREAT WARRIOR'S. I AM PROUD TO BE INDIAN!
Monday, March 15, 2010
Friday, March 12, 2010
HELP REFORM LIVES, JOIN US IN THIS NOBLE CRUSADE!
I myself am undecided about the 12 Steps. I was being forced by my Counselor to do them and attend meetings. It made me angry and just to show her I didn't need them like she did. I got sober and stayed sober without them. I am still not sure if they are right for me and my lifestyle. I alway's wanted to drink or use when I attended these meetings. I found that when I wasn't reminded so often I didn't get triggered to use anymore. I have done fine without them so far. Far be it from me to say they are bad, they just didn't work for me at the time. Maybe I will study them soon and in the very near future and things will change. Whatever works for you, I am all for whatever helps an addict or alcoholic stop their bad habits and change.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Stop the racist attacks on our children (Native Americans) - Care2 News Network
Stop the racist attacks on our children (Native Americans) - Care2 News NetworkJust as we think we’re making progress, another hate crime rears its ugly head. And this time, it’s against our children.
Last week the Web site UsedWinnipeg.com ran an advertisement headlined “Native Extraction Service” with a photograph of three young Native boys. The service offered to round up and remove First Nations youth like wild animals, and “relocate them to their habitat.”
The text of the ad read: “Have you ever had the experience of getting home to find those pesky little buggers hanging outside your home, in the back alley or on the corner??? Well fear no more, with my service I will simply do a harmless relocation. With one phone call I will arrive and net the pest, load them in the containment unit (pickup truck) and then relocate them to their habit.”
They’re talking about our children.
It’s a classic hate crime, carried out for the sole purpose of inciting racism and hate against indigenous peoples.
The message is clear: Native people are like pests or vermin, and can be disposed of by simply calling a free service to have them “extracted.”
It was the cyberspace equivalent of a “Wanted” poster, reminiscent of bounties once paid for Indian scalps in the old West. And in my view, it’s a classic hate crime, carried out for the sole purpose of inciting racism and hate against indigenous peoples.
First Nations leaders from Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak said they want police to investigate the ad as a hate crime. They are joined by an outcry from Native leaders in Washington state and Indian country at-large who know that hate often translates to violence.
Ironically, the photo that UsedWinnipeg.com posted on its site was stolen from Longhouse Media, a nonprofit arts and media organization based in Seattle, Wash., with a stellar record for making quality films about Native people by Native people.
Those three minors labeled as “pests” actually won awards for their first documentary film, “March Point,” which tells their poignant coming of age story in a Native American community near Seattle poisoned by industrial pollution. The photo was part of a copyrighted media kit created to promote the film, and clearly showed their faces.
Tracy Rector, Longhouse Media executive director, said the use of their photo in such a “hateful and demeaning way was deeply hurtful to these young men and their families, and to the Native community as a whole.
“This ad could intimidate and incite violence against indigenous youth in North America, and we are joining with Manitoba chiefs to call for an end to hate crimes such as these. We want to see the perpetrators brought to justice.”
Author and poet Sherman Alexie, a founding board member of Longhouse Media, called for collective action. “As much as the world has changed for indigenous people in good ways, there are still many violent and hateful folks out there who seek to harm us, and we must condemn them in print and in action, and we must do this together.”
While the legal rights of these young men were violated, UsedWinnipeg.com is protecting the identity of the racist person who placed the ad. The online publication admits that while they monitor their sites, “this ad slipped through the cracks.”
Not a single person thought there was something horribly wrong with this ad? No one?
As a former newspaper editor, I can tell you that’s a shoddy excuse. Does no one read the content before it is published? Sales representatives, copy editors and managing editors are responsible for their content. Not a single person thought there was something horribly wrong with this ad? No one? Clearly, the editorial staff needs some cultural sensitivity training.
People who minimize the impact of the racist ad are ignoring the fact that hundreds of Native women have gone missing or been murdered in Canada. The Stolen Sisters project, with the help of Amnesty International, exposed this dark side of Canada’s human rights record in 2004 with a scathing report.
More than 500 aboriginal women have been murdered or gone missing in Canada over the past 20 years. A Native woman in Canada is five times more likely to die a violent death than a woman of any other race. In the U.S., one in three Native women will be raped in their lifetimes, according to Justice Department statistics.
Yet Canadian officials have done little to help. If 500 white women had been kidnapped and brutally murdered, you can bet there would be a national outcry.
Walter Lamar, a twice-decorated FBI special agent and former national director of law enforcement for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, said it was hard to imagine why a news organization would publish such a sinister advertisement.
“Those willing to demonstrate their hate publicly are equally capable of violence,” said Lamar, who now owns a firm that specializes in helping to reduce violence and drug abuse on reservations. “As a former FBI agent and Blackfeet Nation citizen, I have seen firsthand the carnage left by those consumed by racist hatred. History can produce example after example of racist hatred being translated to violence.”
He ought to know – Lamar’s career includes working crime scenes for the 9/11 terrorist bombings, the hunt for Green River serial killer in Washington, the Oklahoma City bombing by Timothy McVeigh, and the fiery siege of the Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas.
Walt and I grew up on the Navajo Nation, where hate crimes have been commonplace for more than 100 years. In towns bordering our reservation like Gallup and Farmington, N.M., brutal crimes against our people date back to the 1870s when white residents used Navajos for target practice.
The worst of these crimes occurred in the 1970s, when three Navajos were found bludgeoned, mutilated and burned. They had been tortured with firecrackers in their noses and private parts by three white Farmington teenagers. The history of hatred and attacks on our people was chronicled in Rodney Barker’s book “Broken Circle.”
In 2006, yet another Navajo man was beaten to death in Farmington by three white men in a racially-motivated hate crime. They were eventually convicted, but most often we do not see justice for crimes committed against us.
The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights recognized the problem and proposed a large-scale investigation of racism and hate crimes in border towns of seven states in 2003, but the Bush administration refused to fund it.
More than 500 aboriginal women have been murdered or gone missing in Canada over the past 20 years.
In response, the Navajo Nation recently formed its own Navajo Nation Human Rights Commission and is moving forward to document these crimes, and to foster greater public awareness and improved relations with border towns.
Everyone who believes in human rights must speak out against hate crimes and demand an end to the racism, hatred and violence. Our silence is our consent
Last week the Web site UsedWinnipeg.com ran an advertisement headlined “Native Extraction Service” with a photograph of three young Native boys. The service offered to round up and remove First Nations youth like wild animals, and “relocate them to their habitat.”
The text of the ad read: “Have you ever had the experience of getting home to find those pesky little buggers hanging outside your home, in the back alley or on the corner??? Well fear no more, with my service I will simply do a harmless relocation. With one phone call I will arrive and net the pest, load them in the containment unit (pickup truck) and then relocate them to their habit.”
They’re talking about our children.
It’s a classic hate crime, carried out for the sole purpose of inciting racism and hate against indigenous peoples.
The message is clear: Native people are like pests or vermin, and can be disposed of by simply calling a free service to have them “extracted.”
It was the cyberspace equivalent of a “Wanted” poster, reminiscent of bounties once paid for Indian scalps in the old West. And in my view, it’s a classic hate crime, carried out for the sole purpose of inciting racism and hate against indigenous peoples.
First Nations leaders from Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak said they want police to investigate the ad as a hate crime. They are joined by an outcry from Native leaders in Washington state and Indian country at-large who know that hate often translates to violence.
Ironically, the photo that UsedWinnipeg.com posted on its site was stolen from Longhouse Media, a nonprofit arts and media organization based in Seattle, Wash., with a stellar record for making quality films about Native people by Native people.
Those three minors labeled as “pests” actually won awards for their first documentary film, “March Point,” which tells their poignant coming of age story in a Native American community near Seattle poisoned by industrial pollution. The photo was part of a copyrighted media kit created to promote the film, and clearly showed their faces.
Tracy Rector, Longhouse Media executive director, said the use of their photo in such a “hateful and demeaning way was deeply hurtful to these young men and their families, and to the Native community as a whole.
“This ad could intimidate and incite violence against indigenous youth in North America, and we are joining with Manitoba chiefs to call for an end to hate crimes such as these. We want to see the perpetrators brought to justice.”
Author and poet Sherman Alexie, a founding board member of Longhouse Media, called for collective action. “As much as the world has changed for indigenous people in good ways, there are still many violent and hateful folks out there who seek to harm us, and we must condemn them in print and in action, and we must do this together.”
While the legal rights of these young men were violated, UsedWinnipeg.com is protecting the identity of the racist person who placed the ad. The online publication admits that while they monitor their sites, “this ad slipped through the cracks.”
Not a single person thought there was something horribly wrong with this ad? No one?
As a former newspaper editor, I can tell you that’s a shoddy excuse. Does no one read the content before it is published? Sales representatives, copy editors and managing editors are responsible for their content. Not a single person thought there was something horribly wrong with this ad? No one? Clearly, the editorial staff needs some cultural sensitivity training.
People who minimize the impact of the racist ad are ignoring the fact that hundreds of Native women have gone missing or been murdered in Canada. The Stolen Sisters project, with the help of Amnesty International, exposed this dark side of Canada’s human rights record in 2004 with a scathing report.
More than 500 aboriginal women have been murdered or gone missing in Canada over the past 20 years. A Native woman in Canada is five times more likely to die a violent death than a woman of any other race. In the U.S., one in three Native women will be raped in their lifetimes, according to Justice Department statistics.
Yet Canadian officials have done little to help. If 500 white women had been kidnapped and brutally murdered, you can bet there would be a national outcry.
Walter Lamar, a twice-decorated FBI special agent and former national director of law enforcement for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, said it was hard to imagine why a news organization would publish such a sinister advertisement.
“Those willing to demonstrate their hate publicly are equally capable of violence,” said Lamar, who now owns a firm that specializes in helping to reduce violence and drug abuse on reservations. “As a former FBI agent and Blackfeet Nation citizen, I have seen firsthand the carnage left by those consumed by racist hatred. History can produce example after example of racist hatred being translated to violence.”
He ought to know – Lamar’s career includes working crime scenes for the 9/11 terrorist bombings, the hunt for Green River serial killer in Washington, the Oklahoma City bombing by Timothy McVeigh, and the fiery siege of the Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas.
Walt and I grew up on the Navajo Nation, where hate crimes have been commonplace for more than 100 years. In towns bordering our reservation like Gallup and Farmington, N.M., brutal crimes against our people date back to the 1870s when white residents used Navajos for target practice.
The worst of these crimes occurred in the 1970s, when three Navajos were found bludgeoned, mutilated and burned. They had been tortured with firecrackers in their noses and private parts by three white Farmington teenagers. The history of hatred and attacks on our people was chronicled in Rodney Barker’s book “Broken Circle.”
In 2006, yet another Navajo man was beaten to death in Farmington by three white men in a racially-motivated hate crime. They were eventually convicted, but most often we do not see justice for crimes committed against us.
The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights recognized the problem and proposed a large-scale investigation of racism and hate crimes in border towns of seven states in 2003, but the Bush administration refused to fund it.
More than 500 aboriginal women have been murdered or gone missing in Canada over the past 20 years.
In response, the Navajo Nation recently formed its own Navajo Nation Human Rights Commission and is moving forward to document these crimes, and to foster greater public awareness and improved relations with border towns.
Everyone who believes in human rights must speak out against hate crimes and demand an end to the racism, hatred and violence. Our silence is our consent
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Monday, March 8, 2010
Celebrate All Women on this Day Today, International Women's day
I now that as mother and grandmother, those job's are 2 of the most favorite job's I have ever been previleged to have in my lifetime. I am happy to know that I have received help from alot of women in my lifetime, starting with my own mother, and aunties and cousins. But, I have recenttly had the priveledge to meet some of the strongest women in know and will ever know in Recovery! They have been through many many year's of addiction, abuse, and loss, and homelessness and other trial's and tribulations. But, they remain strong willed women. Especially the one's who have sought out Recovery in their lifetimes. It takes a very strong women to turn around and ask for help. I know I couldn't bring myself to do it for many years. But, now I am here and I don't ever plan on going back to the destruction lifestyle of alcoholism and drug abuse or domestic violence. I am such a better and happier person now. I have done this not alone, with the help of many women counselor's and therapist's and doctor's. Especially from Joyce Meyer Ministrie's that brought my life to God. Without these special women in my life, I wouldn't be the women that I am today without each and every one of them. So today I would most graciously like to thank all of these women for helping me be a better person for me, and my children, and my grandchildren and for the love of God also.
Why Should Jesus Love Me? - Topix
Why Should Jesus Love Me? - TopixPrinciple One: God loves you and offers a wonderful plan for your life.
God created you. Not only that, he loves you so much that he wants you to know him now and spend eternity with him. Jesus said, "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life."1
Jesus came so that each of us could know and understand God in a personal way. Jesus alone can bring meaning and purpose to life.
What keeps us from knowing God?...
God created you. Not only that, he loves you so much that he wants you to know him now and spend eternity with him. Jesus said, "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life."1
Jesus came so that each of us could know and understand God in a personal way. Jesus alone can bring meaning and purpose to life.
What keeps us from knowing God?...
Encouragement IS A GOOD thing:
I have found myself growing and rising above the person I once was before. It is almost as if I am reborn. Sometimes I don't even recognize the person I have become. Things have changed so fast and so drastically, that I had to do most changes to survive a new recovery lifestyle. If I did'nt remove the things from my past. I wouldn't be this new happy and I have a great outlook on life. I am not afraid of whatever the future brings. Cause I know whatever it is I will be able to handle whatever comes. I had to learn coping skills in recovery and practically start life all over. Cause I began my using life at the age of 15, now I am 47 yrs of age. So, I am a shell of the former person I was, I love God and without his help, I doubt if I would be in this special life I live now. I am just so grateful and encouragement goes along way. So for everyone in recovery or past addiction lifestyles, make sure you encourage someone or take encouragement to heart. It has helped me immenseley now!
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