Age-old Indian wisdom. Indian wisdom: When the last tree dies
“When the last tree is cut down, when the last river is poisoned, when the last bird is caught, only then will you understand that money cannot be eaten.” (Indian wisdom)
It’s bittersweet for me to look at these photographs, borrowed from my friend. pkolyshkin
I don't understand this kind of "civilization". Who needs it? For what?
And in general, I think about the global question: why does planet Earth need humanity?
I'm afraid of the answer because I don't expect anything good...
The photos were taken in 1915 by immigrants from “civilized” Europe to the American continent...
This photo shocked me the most! What barbarity!
This tree was probably more than one thousand years old...
My conclusion is this: do not delude yourself about humanity and its intelligence.
First, humanity will destroy the planet, and then it will die itself.
Like a pig that eats acorns under an oak tree, undermining its roots, thereby dooming itself to hunger and death.
When I see the destruction caused by man on planet Earth, by a man who is unable to produce anything worthwhile, by a man who is merely a parasite on the body of the planet and who provides absolutely no benefit (except for low-quality fertilizer) to this planet, no feelings other than deep misanthropy arise in me. ..
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Let's bury the hatchets of war and smoke the pipe of peace.
Probably no one will argue with the fact that the indigenous people of America have a special view of the world and man’s place in it. This is calm wisdom, understanding that the main values on earth will forever remain nature and life.
website collected Indian sayings for his pale-faced brothers and sisters, which reflect the entire philosophy of distant tribes.
- Inside everyone man is walking fight between an evil wolf and a good one. The wolf you feed always wins.
- When the last tree is cut down, when the last river is poisoned, when the last bird is caught, only then will you understand that money cannot be eaten.
- The great spirit is imperfect. He has a light side and a dark side. Sometimes the dark side gives us more knowledge than the light side.
- In order to hear yourself, you need silent days.
- Love the earth. It was not inherited by you from your parents, it was borrowed by you from your children.
- Don't walk behind me - I may not lead you. Don't go ahead of me - I may not follow you. Walk side by side and we will be one.
- We don't want churches because they will teach us to argue about God.
- It doesn't take many words to tell the truth.
- When a person prays one day and then sins for six days, the Great Spirit is angry and the Evil Spirit laughs.
- Even dead fish can float with the current.
- A good person sees good signs.
- Strive for wisdom, not knowledge. Knowledge is the past. Wisdom is the future.
- Let my enemy be strong and terrible. If I overcome it, I will not feel shame.
- One “take” is better than two “I will give.”
- A kind heart and a kind mind are what it takes to be a leader.
- Knowledge is hidden in every thing. Once upon a time the world was a library.
- I suffer when I remember how many good words were said and how many promises were broken. In this world, those who have no right to speak talk too much.
- You can't wake up a person who's pretending to be asleep.
- The one who is silent knows twice as much as the talker.
- The child is a guest in your home: feed it, teach it and let it go.
- A well-spoken word is better than a well-thrown axe.
- Why do you take by force what you cannot take by love?
- Life flows from inside to outside. By following this thought, you yourself will become the truth.
- The white man has too many bosses.
- Don't trust old people who say it's honorable to die young.
- Until every person knows peace in his soul, peace between nations is impossible.
- If you notice that you are riding a dead horse, get off!
- When you were born, you cried and the world laughed. Live so that when you die, you laugh and the world cries.
If the Beam is directed at a goat, it will speak. If the Beam is directed at a stone, it will speak. Speaking is in the Ray, not in the object; in the Ray, and not in me.
Truth is the joy everyone seeks. Bliss! Nothing truly joyful can come from indifference to the truth.
In Christ they call - Christ.
If we are rosary beads, then Christ in us is the thread on which the beads are attached.
Song is silence.
A person becomes a person only in the context of eternity.
There are things that are intuitive, but cannot be expressed in any way, or are expressed with great difficulty. Our understanding precedes language, it is above language, and not in language. The conceptual grid of language is thrown onto what is understood - so that one can operate with what is understood (think), and not just for understanding.
Humanity is divided by streams of aspirations.
The extreme degree of dominance on the other is foolishness.
Life is something that should be given to God and neighbors, given for the sake of Christ - i.e. free of charge.
What I gave in the name of love was my life...
Some life situations have to be navigated not by understanding, but by obedience. However, obedience is not submission to authority, but love for the Truth. Only love can know with the heart without understanding with the mind. Blind submission to authority is mechanical, and therefore dead and incapable of distinguishing between truth and falsehood.
Standing is a match for falling,
When you fall, you strive to get up.
The creative act consists of sketching an internal event using means accessible to external perception and thereby securing the entrance to the experienced state (so that one can return), as well as making it accessible to others.
Our song is Christ in us, and we must sing towards Him, sing in the face of horror and in the face of Joy. From song (in me) to song (in another) the heart lives, and everything else is rubbish.
The worst thing is when a person becomes an unnecessary object (not only an object, but also an unnecessary one), when he does not find a place for himself in the most literal sense of the word. Sometimes an inch of earth in someone else’s heart is enough for a person to survive and not perish, even if there is no longer room for him in the material world. But if there is no heart ready to become a haven for the soul, then it is considered lost. This is exactly what happened to Tsvetaeva.
Only by letting someone else into the heart can you enter yourself. Therefore it is said: whoever says that he loves God but hates his neighbor is a liar.
Russian philosophy reminds me of Zeno's tortoise, which is ahead of Achilles only because it seeks not fractional knowledge, but the whole - that is, the Heart.
Poetry is not rhyming, not the rules of versification, but a conversation with Genesis. The questioner is always a little Job: daring, having ontological grounds for his daring, a saint and a sinner at the same time, and, most importantly, a holy believer in the goodness of the Creator - like Abraham. The intensity of his questioning is extreme, and only for this reason does he obtain a star that is inaccessible to others who are not burned with thirst.
The sighted ones see, but the evil ones hate.
We, through our actions or inaction, create the reality in which we live. In fact, there are many realities; in the end, the one whose carriers are the most active wins.
Statements Indian Chiefs 19th century. Sitting Bull, White Cloud...
When the last tree is cut down, when the last river is poisoned, when the last bird is caught, only then will you understand that money cannot be eaten.
It doesn't take many words to tell the truth.
What is life? This is the light of a firefly in the night. This is the breath of the buffalo when winter comes. This is a shadow falling on the grass and melting at sunset.
Love the earth. It was not inherited by you from your parents, it was borrowed by you from your children!
When the last tree is cut down, when the last river is poisoned, when the last bird is caught, only then will you understand that money cannot be eaten.
In the first year of marriage, the newlyweds looked at each other and wondered if they could be happy. If not, they said goodbye and looked for new spouses. If they were forced to live together in disagreement, we would be as stupid as the white man.
You can't wake up a person who's pretending to be asleep.
The Great Spirit is imperfect. He has a light side and a dark side. Sometimes the dark side gives us more knowledge than the light side.
Look at me. I'm poor and naked. But I am the leader of my people. We don't need riches. We just want to teach our children to be right. We want peace and love.
The white man is greedy. In his pocket he carries a canvas rag into which he blows his nose - as if he is afraid that he might blow his nose and miss something very valuable.
Even your silence can be part of prayer.
We are poor because we are honest.
Knowledge is hidden in every thing. Once upon a time the world was a library.
We don't want churches because they will teach us to argue about God.
When a person prays one day and then sins six, the Great Spirit is angry and the Evil Spirit laughs.
Why do you take by force what you cannot take by love?
The old days were wonderful. The old people sat in the sun at the threshold of their house and played with the children until the sun plunged them into slumber. The old people played with the children every day. And at some point they simply did not wake up...
When a legend dies and a dream disappears, there is no greatness left in the world.
What is a man without animals? If all animals are exterminated, man will die from great loneliness of spirit. Everything that happens to animals also happens to humans.
One “take” is better than two “I will give.”
Don't walk behind me - maybe I won't lead you, don't walk in front of me - maybe I won't follow you, walk next to me - and we will be one.
Truth is what people believe.
Even a small mouse has the right to be angry.
I suffer when I remember how many good words were said and how many promises were broken. In this world, those who have no right to speak talk too much.
Let my enemy be strong and terrible. If I overcome it, I will not feel shame.
He who tells stories rules the world.
Strive for wisdom, not knowledge. Knowledge is the past. Wisdom is the future.
When you were born, you cried and the world laughed. Live so that when you die, you laugh and the world cries.
American Indians (Americanoids or Amerinds) are a special race, and not at all a branch of the Mongoloids.
Love the earth. It was not inherited by you from your parents, it was borrowed by you from your children.
When the last tree is cut down, when the last river is poisoned, when the last bird is caught, only then will you understand that money cannot be eaten
It doesn't take many words to tell the truth
In the first year of marriage, the newlyweds looked at each other and wondered if they could be happy. If not, they said goodbye and looked for new spouses. If they were forced to live together in disagreement, we would be as stupid as the white man.
The Great Spirit is imperfect. He has a light side and a dark side. Sometimes the dark side gives us more knowledge than the light side.
Even your silence can be part of prayer.
Knowledge is hidden in every thing. Once upon a time the world was a library.
When a legend dies and a dream disappears, there is no greatness left in the world.
We don't want churches because they will teach us to argue about God.
Don't walk behind me - I may not lead you. Don't go ahead of me - I may not follow you. Walk side by side and we will be one.
Even a small mouse has the right to be angry.
I suffer when I remember how many good words were said and how many promises were broken. In this world, those who have no right to speak talk too much.
Let my enemy be strong and terrible. If I overcome it, I will not feel shame.
Strive for wisdom, not knowledge. Knowledge is the past. Wisdom is the future.
When you were born, you cried and the world laughed. Live so that when you die, you laugh and the world cries.