tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915423025917785375.post1557981729694825384..comments2024-03-26T22:40:30.265-07:00Comments on Dishin' It Out: Can You Imagine?Connie Vineshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17835205487088200480noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915423025917785375.post-75886335921127367192010-05-04T19:43:47.257-07:002010-05-04T19:43:47.257-07:00Hi, Ginger,
I think that a vision quest is compar...Hi, Ginger,<br /><br />I think that a vision quest is comparable to the notion of seeking enlightenment in the Hindu and Buddhist traditions. However, for Native Americans the material world mirrored the spiritual world (whereas in Buddhism and Hinduism the material world is "maya", illusion) so seeking truth in the forest, naked as an animal, makes some sense.<br /><br />One reason I never had kids, btw, is the fact that I knew I'd be terrible overprotective. I'd worry night and day and I know that is not healthy for a child (that's the way my own mom was). Hey, I obsess about the health of my cats!<br /><br />Warmly,<br />LisabetLisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915423025917785375.post-4265153067396276292010-05-04T14:46:41.249-07:002010-05-04T14:46:41.249-07:00There is an essay by John (Fire) Lame Deer and Ric...There is an essay by John (Fire) Lame Deer and Richard Erdoes called <i>Alone on the Hilltop</i> published in <i>Lame Deer: Seeker of Visions</i> (1971) which is about Lame Deer's vision quest as a 20th century Lakota Sioux. If you haven't already read it, you might find it as interesting as I did.Rhobinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08627825512017360508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915423025917785375.post-10675830691834936892010-05-04T13:28:53.117-07:002010-05-04T13:28:53.117-07:00Funny you should say about the living conditions o...Funny you should say about the living conditions of the native americans now. When I was writing my book, I researched the Navajo to death. Their old way of life is now almost crushed beyond recognition. How sad such spiritual people, who lived from the land and respected it, are now so changed in every way.Margaret Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13771552615505635250noreply@blogger.com