Native American Blog

Today was very interesting to me in class learning about your own spiritual calling. During class the idea came to mind of the quiz my friend had once found online about finding out what your inner animal is, which I thought fit quite well.

http://www.quiztron.com/tests/animal_does_spirit_m_quiz_87150.htm

That is the link to the website, it's just made by a random quiz maker and is probably a teenager so it's not very accurate but it's fun to do. If you try it and do it, comment my post so I can see what other animals there were to be and the description of it please! I personally did it and got a dog [description below].. which isn't very surprising considering my previous post.

"As a dog spirit, you are funny and fun. Your vibrant nature makes people want to be around you, so you are friends with many people. Plus, you are sociable and outgoing. It is easy for someone to be your best buddy forever. Your fun attitude helps you live an easy life with lots of excitement. Here is a quote that I think you would enjoy: What’s life without a little risking, without a little fun? Maybe if you dare and have excitement, you’d have more real problems, but less imaginary ones."

And yes, I liked the quote so much I made it my Facebook status, all for you Chunky Bits and Pieces.

Now, for something that will actually be getting me my points in this blog post, I researched a chant for dancing under the moon that the Native Americans would have performed. The video has a lot of added music and sounds so it's probably a little more than what they would have done, but the chanting is still in there. One of the comments was the words, I am going to take that as a good source because it does describe a chant to the moon pretty accurately to me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWm87vQLnyI

"Dance the dreams of souls,
dance the sound of hearts,
find the rhythm that moves the earth,
seek the beat of the mighty waters,
feel the tune that is carried by the winds of change,
thunder echoes the band,
and rain is it's choir,
and it's song is life"

From this chant I can tell a lot about the way Native Americans felt about music and nature in general. They refer to the waters as mighty, the winds to cause change, rain is of a choir, and a song is life. They had such great values back then and had harmony with nature. A quote I found on a Native American Music website (Native American Life Living Art) is "Music is in the heart of the Native American. One doesn't think about it, one feels it. Music touches our hearts in ways that words can't explain. It is the universal language, but it has no words." I 100% agree with this quote because music is something that every culture and society has in common, it's a way to express feelings and emotions in a way that pretty much everyone can relate to.

Here is a photo of a Native American, I find this picture amusing, and also very fitting to my blog.