He asked her "What do you want to be.....?" She replied...."I will be whatever you want me to be." Again he asked..."What do you want to be?" Again she replied...."Whatever you want me to be...." Iktomi looked at her, "You are so easy to catch within a web...again what do you want to be?" she again replied "Whatever you want me to be." .........He looked to her then..and before he walked away he said. "I want you to be FREE"
Freedom, what is it? Is it choice? I recently talked to a man, in deep discussion and care did we talk about much, moving heart and mind, he reminded me of the memory.
Free Will, Choice..is it really freedom? We talk about this sometimes in education, by giving choice you can open up resistance, but in education we think sometimes about what we call the non overwhelming choice and for small children this maybe ok, but as we grow older, we must become critical thinkers, critical thinkers you may say? You mean I have to think for myself? Yes.....we must shape our own destiny....I do not mean to be trite, but there is a line from Eddie Izzard a commedian , that says...."Cake or death" ....Cake or death?" What kind of a choice is that? We chuckle at these things, but it is true, sometimes the "Choices" are absurd but a person, walking in true liberation knows that there is always more....more choice...so in order to make the right choices do we have to understand what is our common purpose as an oyate...."So the People May Live". This simple truth gives a guideline for each choice a free person must make...so if you think of anything that comes to your mind....the thought must then be weighed against..will this help the people to live? Will this secure the next seven generations?
Yes, true liberation requires heavy sacrifice and service from the "free" Freedom has its price, it is maturation....wisdom.....selflessness.....sacrifice......care.....love...and thinking of others while also caring for the small child inside yourself....heavy thoughts yes?
Free Will, Choice..is it really freedom? We talk about this sometimes in education, by giving choice you can open up resistance, but in education we think sometimes about what we call the non overwhelming choice and for small children this maybe ok, but as we grow older, we must become critical thinkers, critical thinkers you may say? You mean I have to think for myself? Yes.....we must shape our own destiny....I do not mean to be trite, but there is a line from Eddie Izzard a commedian , that says...."Cake or death" ....Cake or death?" What kind of a choice is that? We chuckle at these things, but it is true, sometimes the "Choices" are absurd but a person, walking in true liberation knows that there is always more....more choice...so in order to make the right choices do we have to understand what is our common purpose as an oyate...."So the People May Live". This simple truth gives a guideline for each choice a free person must make...so if you think of anything that comes to your mind....the thought must then be weighed against..will this help the people to live? Will this secure the next seven generations?
Yes, true liberation requires heavy sacrifice and service from the "free" Freedom has its price, it is maturation....wisdom.....selflessness.....sacrifice......care.....love...and thinking of others while also caring for the small child inside yourself....heavy thoughts yes?