spider dream catcher indian native feather light bird "The path of the Lightning Dancer is the path of walking through the maze of life on manual pilot. It is the decision to respond to life instead of reacting. The purpose of Lightning Dance is to give the white eyes with split vision the keys to dancing in the center of the circle. Although the practitioners are referred to as shamans, traditional societies shun this word. In the Choctaw Nation, the word is Holhkunna, which means shaman or native curer, (pronounced hoth-koo-nuh). White Eyes is a term that describes people seeking the natural medicine as provided by Earth Mother. Until the veil is lifted, anyone can be a white eyes, but after answering the call to Earth Maker, and walking the talk on this behalf, one is on the path to becoming a Lightning Dancer. This is one of many pathways for Spiritual evolution, and the destination is as individually unique as the journey. When one begins to operate on manual attention, the personal gifts we carry in this incarnation begin to manifest. We become totally aware of the moment and create our actions to be most appropriate for the moment, transcending issues of right versus wrong. Life is a relative engagement, and our physical bodies are just space suits containing the equipment we chose to attend the theatres of this life. The Earth Maker has created the uni-verse as a circle, and the four worlds of the stone people, the plant people, the animal people, and the two-leggeds (humans) are physical manifestations within the circle. The circle is a never-ending flow of energy, all points being equal. Birds build their nests in circles, musk ox encircle their calves for protection, snakes coi
