Wallace Black Elk:
The word "tradition" causes separation. "That is your way." "This is my way." It separates us. The Spirit doesn't talk that way. For what I described in my talk here today [contrasting a world view in harmony with nature to a materialistic world view], you have to listen, and not try and twist it into "my way," "your way," "their way." That separates us.
So we really have to understand what we say. It's good to ask the Spirit. We bring our agenda back to the Spirit, and let the Spirit interpret for us and set our minds straight, so we won't be separate.
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Wallace Black Elk interview on Men's Web