1.
Each morning upon rising, and each evening before sleeping,
give thanks for the life within you and for all life, for the
good things the Creator has given you and for the opportunity
to grow a little more each day. Consider your thoughts and
actions of the past day and seek for the courage and strength
to be a better person. Seek for the things that will benefit
others (everyone).
2.
Respect: Respect means "To feel or show honor or esteem
for someone or something; to consider the well being of, or to
treat someone or something with deference or courtesy".
Showing respect is a basic law of life.
a.
Treat
every person from the tiniest child to the oldest elder with
respect at all times.
b.
Special
respect should be given to Elders, Parents, Teachers, and
Community Leaders.
c.
No person
should be made to feel "put down" by you; avoid
hurting other hearts as you would avoid a deadly poison.
d.
Touch
nothing that belongs to someone else (especially Sacred
Objects) without permission, or an understanding between you.
e.
Respect
the privacy of every person, never intrude on a person's quiet
moment or personal space.
f.
Never walk
between people that are conversing.
g.
Never
interrupt people who are conversing.
h.
Speak in a
soft voice, especially when you are in the presence of Elders,
strangers or others to whom special respect is due.
i.
Do not
speak unless invited to do so at gatherings where Elders are
present (except to ask what is expected of you, should you be
in doubt).
j.
Never
speak about others in a negative way, whether they are present
or not.
k.
Treat the
earth and all of her aspects as your mother. Show deep respect
for the mineral world, the plant world, and the animal world.
Do nothing to pollute our Mother, rise up with wisdom to
defend her.
l.
Show deep
respect for the beliefs and religion of others.
m.
Listen
with courtesy to what others say, even if you feel that what
they are saying is worthless. Listen with your heart.
n.
Respect
the wisdom of the people in council. Once you give an idea to
a council meeting it no longer belongs to you. It belongs to
the people. Respect demands that you listen intently to the
ideas of others in council and that you do not insist that
your idea prevail. Indeed you should freely support the ideas
of others if they are true and good, even if those ideas are
quite different from the ones you have contributed. The clash
of ideas brings forth the Spark of Truth.
3.
Once a council has decided something in unity, respect demands
that no one speak secretly against what has been decided. If
the council has made an error, that error will become apparent
to everyone in its own time.
4.
Be truthful at all times, and under all conditions.
5.
Always treat your guests with honor and consideration. Give of
your best food, your best blankets, the best part of your
house, and your best service to your guests.
6.
The hurt of one is the hurt of all, the honor of one is the
honor of all.
7.
Receive strangers and outsiders with a loving heart and as
members of the human family.
8.
All the races and tribes in the world are like the different
colored flowers of one meadow. All are beautiful. As children
of the Creator they must all be respected.
9.
To serve others, to be of some use to family, community,
nation, and the world is one of the main purposes for which
human beings have been created. Do not fill yourself with your
own affairs and forget your most important talks. True
happiness comes only to those who dedicate their lives to the
service of others.
10.
Observe moderation and balance in all things.
11.
Know those things that lead to your well-being, and those
things that lead to your destruction.
12.
Listen to and follow the guidance given to your heart. Expect
guidance to come in many forms; in prayer, in dreams, in times
of quiet solitude, and in the words and deeds of wise Elders
and friends.
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