Rick McBride
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Medicine Wheel Expert
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- Native American Lifeways, Medicine Wheel
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- Native America, Mixed-bloods, Metis wherever our paths may cross
I am mixed-blood Tsalagi (Cherokee) and have followed my heritage since childhood. I also sundance and lead inipi (sweatlodge) and will share the Medicine Wheel teachings with serious people. I am not comfortable with the word "expert" associated with me, but that is the term used on this site.
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The Medicine Wheel
The Medicine Wheel is perhaps the single most intriguing symbol of the ancient Americas. It is a physical structure, typically made with stones arranged in a circular pattern, usually on consecrated ground. This configuration is big enough for people to enter, and Wheels built this way tend to ...The Medicine Wheel is perhaps the single most intriguing symbol of the ancient Americas. It is a physical structure, typically made with stones arranged in a circular pattern, usually on consecrated ground.
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Religion v. Spirituality
A sundance brother recently asked my views on the differences between religion and spirituality for possible inclusion in his doctoral thesis. An interesting question, I thought, as the common assumption is that religion is spiritual, that the two terms are interchangeable, even synonymous. To ...A sundance brother recently asked my views on the differences between religion and spirituality for possible inclusion in his doctoral thesis. An interesting question, I thought, as the common assumption is that religion is spiritual, that the two terms are interchangeable, even synonymous.
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Ceremony Or Ritual
What is ceremony? And what is ritual? Are they the same thing? In some circles, these are two, distinct activities. In others, they are interchangeable. Still in others, there is only confusion. We look in the big dictionary, the three-pounder, and what we read there we could swap one for ... What is ceremony? And what is ritual? Are they the same thing? In some circles, these are two, distinct activities. In others, they are interchangeable. Still in others, there is only confusion.
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Opportunity
Once every so many purple moons I manage to get off a fairly decent article. I can already tell this won’t be one of them. The reason is simple: Like the rest of the non market-gambler, nonpolitico, nonbureaucrat nation, I have been slammed back into the psychedelic, but oh-so-unavoidable, ...Once every so many purple moons I manage to get off a fairly decent article. I can already tell this won’t be one of them. The reason is simple: Like the rest of the non market-gambler, nonpolitico, nonbureaucrat nation, I have been slammed back into the psychedelic, but oh-so-unavoidable, "real" world.
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Oneness
Whenever I get the opportunity to teach a workshop on the Medicine Wheel, or Medicine Shields, or to lecture on Native American Lifeways, I take it. And in each of these I will teach early on what I call the Relationship Exercise, which goes something like this. I begin with a somewhat lengthy ...Whenever I get the opportunity to teach a workshop on the Medicine Wheel, or Medicine Shields, or to lecture on Native American Lifeways, I take it. And in each of these I will teach early on what I call the Relationship Exercise, which goes something like this.
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A Metaphysical Interpretation of Constructal Theory
A principle has leaped out of thermodynamics so hot it’s bubbling up in other disciplines as a major law of physics, to wit: “This principle predicts natural configuration across the board: river basins, turbulence, animal design (allometry, vascularization, locomotion), cracks in solids, dendritic solidification, Earth climate, droplet impact configuration, etc.”
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Is Karma Absolute?
Or is it relative? I admit I am confounded by this idea called karma. It seems so simple I’m embarrassed to admit such a thing. The source of my confusion comes from other ideas we have about how the universe works that seem to conflict with it; quantum theory, relativity, synchronicity, constructal theory, and cognitive theory, all so lofty sounding, all so language intense. And specialized language at that, developed by people so smart they would be hard pressed to change a light bulb.
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It Takes a Village to Raise a Child
It takes a village to raise a child. Ever think about what that might really mean or where the statement comes from? While there are some who say it originated in Africa, there is no clear proof. Like so many other common sense insights, it may have many origins; indigenes across time and continents very likely made similar observations long before the modern era. In 1996, Hilary Clinton released her book, It Takes a Village: And Other Lessons Children Teach Us, her inspiration no doubt borrowed from the ancients.
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Native American Mixed Blood
Dedicated to the support of mixed blood Native Americans and to all on a path of developing Self-Knowledge, with a particualr focus on Teachings of the Medicine Wheel as a tool for understanding Lifepatte s and making better choices.
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Mixed Blood
Sharing Native American Life Ways, including Teachings of the Medicine Wheel with mixed-blood Native American and other interested people.
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