By Jim Redtail Collins, PhD If you can’t discover … [the bars of the cage] … keeping you in, the will to get out soon becomes confused and ineffectual.”—Daniel Quinn, from the novel Ishmael Many years ago, on my first “vision quest”—what the Lakota call the hanblechya, or “crying for a dream”—I had… Read more »
By Jim Redtail Collins, PhD In the wisdom teachings of the Lakota, it is said that our primary “spiritual” task is to become as a “hollow bone.” This teaching is embodied symbolically in the eagle bone whistle—a whistle carved from the wing bone of an eagle—worn by Sun Dancers and medicine people. It is chiefly… Read more »
By Jim Redtail Collins, PhD Would you like to let go of the need to learn through adversity and become a creative force in your own life? Personal power—according to the shamans of Peru—involves two interrelated components: flexibility of perception and an attitude of complete responsibility for everything: the opposite of being a victim… Read more »
By Jim Redtail Collins How you see the world determines what you see. And how you see it is determined by the memories that you have accumulated, and what you believe to be true, based on those experiences. What do you believe to be true? You probably think that your memories are real, and you… Read more »
By Jim Redtail Collins A well-known axiom, expressed in various ways but common to all spiritual teachings, is: As within, so without. In practical terms, this means that our experiences of life spring from the patterns we carry within us. Although we think we are walking around making conscious choices with our “free will,” more… Read more »
