ABOUT THUNDERHANDS



About Me: "Wakiya" (Thunder)
I am a Tribal, Musician, Writer, Artist. I try to walk the path and have studied the tradition of the "Wisdom keepers" like Lame Deer, Fools Crow, Black Elk, and Rolling Thunder from the tribes of this region, and Lao Tzu, Buddha, Bodhidharma, Yeshua, and other enlightened ones from the many various tribes of the earth. I understand the worlds religions and belief systems, and realize the division this can cause by the lack of understanding the "real message" from the Masters. My intention, and life's prayer is to try to live in harmony with Grandmother Earth, Grandfather sky, (Nature) and "the spirit that moves in all things," and help in any way I can to build a bridge between all men and tribes so they can walk their path in a manner that will benefit themselves, the Earth and others. I open up, and ask Great Spirit, The creator, The Tao, The Universe, to work and direct healing and positive energy through me by different means, like the Flute, drums, Words, Prayer, and Touch. I try to be loving and accept others from the heart, and practice forgiveness. I honor all people, the winged one's, and four legged ones considering us all equal, not one being above another. I honor the bountiful Harvest from Mother earth in the form of plant life, water, air and herbs which sustain our oneness with her. I pray all tribes should re-unite as one, so we may protect the planet and live in harmony. Within you, without you.

Mitakuye Oyasin
( all my relations)
Wakiya

Sunday

Shikantaza / satori



All the written and spoken teachings about life, and our true nature, and the arts are simply words until we actually experience the truth directly, become one with it (satori) instead of standing apart from it as an observer. For there to be an observer there must be two. Oneness is not two When the student of life and the arts practices Shikantaza, a form of Zazen (sitting), he lets go of himself and all concepts. Only then can we function as we were intended to and not simply react.
-Vernon Kitabu Turner

Satori

Satori is the Japanese word for enlightenment in the Zen Buddhist tradition, but you may have heard of one of its other names: "oh" in Korean, "wù" in Chinese. The final goal of Zen is that one might, in a flash, perceive the world in an entirely new and complete way. To this level of understanding, to this grasp of the infinities of the universe, to this peace, Zen Buddhists aspire.

When experienced briefly, it may be called Kensho; a momentary flash of greater conception of the whole. But fleeting glimpses of the greatness of the universe do not mean enlightenment. One must build on these experiences, and through practice and repetition, learn to not only sustain such vision, but alter one's way of perception. This is Satori. As the parable tells us, attaining Satori is like learning to walk. A baby takes a few steps (Kensho) but falls; eventually he learns to stand and walk without falling (Satori).

Enlightenment does not simply befall an individual; Zen tradition teaches us to aspire to be enlightened. One's mind must be prepared by thorough study, the use of koans (zen riddles), and mediation to clear one's mind of all attachments to the physical. When Satori comes, it may be brief. It will be at first shallow. Like wading into a lake, each new step brings greater depth of understanding.

The feeling of enlightenment is one of the comprehension of the boundlessness of all creation. It is a feeling of peace and serenity with the natural harmony and beauty of the universe. What is to happen will happen, must happen, has always happened. Even when individual agents contribute to a greater whole with their own intentions, they are but servants to a greater order which they cannot control. To understand this great and mysterious order is Satori. "
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