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If i thought that i was doing it myself, the hole would close up and no power could come through. then everything i could do would be foolish.
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Black Elk
If i thought that i was doing it myself, the hole would close up and no power could come through. then everything i could do would be foolish.
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I cured with the power that came through me. of course, it was not i who cured,it was the power from the outer world; the visions and ceremonies only made me like a whole through which the power could come to the two-leggeds. if i thought that i was doing it myself, the hole would close up and no power could come through. then everything i could do would be foolish.
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I often wonder what would have happened to me if i hadn't made that decision. i suppose i would have sunk. i suppose i would have found some kind of hole and tried to hide or pass. after all, we make ourselves according to the ideas we have of our possibilities. i would have hidden in my hole and been crippled by my sentimentality, doing what i was doing, and doing it well, but always looking for the wailing wall. and i would never have seen the world as the rich place that it is. you wouldn't have seen me here in africa, doing what i do.
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