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The Seven Paths

Author Anasazi Foundation
Release Date: 2013/08/01
ISBN: 9781609949198
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Book Description

Discover the Healing Power of the Wilderness People have moved away from Mother Earth, bringing heartache, pain, and other maladies of the modern age. The “self-help” movement claims to offer peace and fulfillment to individuals, but this solitary approach takes us only so far. Ultimately, it is in communion with our fellow beings and the natural world that we are made whole. We need to leave the path of Me and follow the path of We. This poetic, evocative story presents the meditations of an ancient Anasazi tribesman who rejects his family and sets off on a journey through the desert. He walks seven paths, each teaching a lesson symbolized by an element of the natural world: light, wind, water, stone, plants, animals, and, finally, the unity of all beings with the Creator. The Seven Paths reveals a source of wisdom, restoration, and renewal familiar to native people but lost to the rest of us, seven elements among nature that combine to mend human hearts.

Table of Contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. Foreword
  6. Preface
  7. Beginnings The Making of a Walking
    1. The Age of “I”
    2. Away from My People
    3. My People, Again
    4. Nature as Teacher
    5. Forward and Backward Walking
  8. 1 The Path of Light
    1. A Ray of Light
    2. Light and Darkness
    3. Illumination of the Heart
    4. The Source of the Light
    5. Messengers of the Light
  9. 2 The Path of Wind
    1. A Voice on the Wind
    2. The Breath of Life
    3. The Connection of Nature
    4. The Connection of Man
    5. Messages on the Wind
  10. 3 The Path of Water
    1. The Need for Water
    2. Drought in the Soul
    3. Moisture to the Soul
    4. Water’s Lessons
    5. Water’s Source
  11. 4 The Path of Stone
    1. The Wisdom of Stone
    2. The Foundation of Peace
    3. To Be as a Stone
    4. Forward and Backward Use of Stone
    5. Stone’s Question
  12. 5 The Path of Plants
    1. The Secret of Plants
    2. The Service of Plants
    3. The Source of Beauty
    4. Counterfeits
    5. Hope for the Desert
  13. 6 The Path of Animals
    1. A Badger and a Stone
    2. The Language of Animals
    3. Faces among the Animals
    4. Honoring Creation
    5. The Offering of Animals
  14. 7 The Path of “WE”
    1. The Story of My People
    2. My View of My People
    3. Awakening to WE
    4. The Lie in the “I”
    5. The Creed of WE
  15. Destinations Forward Walking
    1. Lone Walking
    2. The Step to a New Life
    3. Together Walking
    4. Words to a Friend
  16. About the Art
  17. Acknowledgments
  18. About Anasazi Foundation
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