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Apr 2015
I walked out on to open plain and I saw the mid-day sun. I watched my brother the Eagle soar into the sky. I looked at the lonely mountain and I began to climb,on through the day and into the evening past many clinging Pines. On to the top of the mountain from which I saw my brother the Eagle fly. I watched the sun go down and I saw the stars fill the sky. Shining down as the souls of the ancestors watching me down on the Earth below. I sat down by a roaring fire and began to chant and listen to the night, when I was taken by a vision in to the heavens and there I saw many wondrous sights.  I soared into the clouds with my brother the Eagle and I watched the ground pass below. I saw the tops of mountains and the clinging Pines as I went on. I came to the birth place of the river and saw how it is given life, as it pours up out of the Earth and begins on its long journey. I asked the rushing water where it had come from and where it intended to go. It replied I came from the Earth and to the plains I must flow. I followed the raging river until it became calm and at peace. I saw the great Buffalo grazing beside it's banks and they stopped by it to take a drink. As I poured out my soul into the heart of all living things, I ran with the Buffalo as they thundered across the open plains. I went to so many place and saw so many things, I heard the stories of the mountains and of all living things. When at last I returned to my own place on the lonely mountain top, I knew that I had been changed inside and many new lessons I had been taught. I saw the world through new eyes as I completed my Spirit Walk.
James M Vines
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James M Vines  50/M/Atlanta Georgia
(50/M/Atlanta Georgia)   
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