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Popular in Pagan and rites of passage ceremonies for young girls.
As I Walk with Beauty
As I walk, as I walk
The universe is walking with me
In beauty it walks before me
In beauty it walks behind me
In beauty it walks below me
In beauty it walks above me
Beauty is on every side
As I walk, I walk with Beauty.
-Traditional Dine (Navajo) Prayer
Earth Teach Me to Remember
Earth teach me stillness
as the grasses are stilled with light.
Earth teach me suffering
as old stones suffer with memory.
Earth teach me humility
as blossoms are humble with beginning.
Earth Teach me caring
as the mother who secures her young.
Earth teach me courage
as the tree which stands alone.
Earth teach me limitation
as the ant which crawls on the ground.
Earth teach me freedom
as the eagle which soars in the sky.
Earth teach me resignation
as the leaves which die in the fall.
Earth teach me regeneration
as the seed which rises in the spring.
Earth teach me to forget myself
as melted snow forgets its life.
Earth teach me to remember kindness
as dry fields weep in the rain.
-John Yellow Lark , Ute
(Often used as an Earth Day Prayer)
Give us hearts to understand;
Never to take from creation's beauty more than we give; never to destroy wantonly for the furtherance of greed; Never to deny to give our hands for the building of earth's beauty; never to take from her what we cannot use.
Give us hearts to understand
That to destroy earth's music is to create confusion; that to wreck her appearance is to blind us to beauty; That to callously pollute her fragrance is to make a house of stench; that as we care for her she will care for us.
We have forgotten who we are.
We have sought only our own security.
We have exploited simply for our own ends.
We have distorted our knowledge.
We have abused our power.
Mayan Prayer to the Seven Directions
From the East, House of Light ,
May wisdom dawn in us so we may see all things in clarity.
From the North, House of Night, May wisdom ripen in us so we may know all from within.
From the West, House of Transformation
May wisdom be transformed into right action so we may do what must be done.
From the South,
House of the Eternal Sun
May right action reap the harvest so we may enjoy the fruits of planetary being.
From above, House of Heaven.
Where star people and ancestors father, may their blessings come to us now.
From below, House of Earth
May the heartbeat of her crystal core bless us with harmonies to end all war.
From the Centre, Galactic Source,
which is everywhere at once,
May everything be known as the Light of Mutual love.