New CD production

PLEASE HELP support my efforts! To all my friends out there I am recording a new CD entitled "Holy Wind Warrior" and I am using a popular avenue or website (called Kickstart), connected with Amazon, to succure donations or pledges in any amount from a dollar on up. This will buy me studio time! I am releasing this notice today! Please SHARE this with as many as possible! There are rewards!! involved..CLICK ON LINK BELOW to learn the details! Thanks
 -Thunder / Spirit of crazy horse

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thunder/native-american-flute-cd

The Arrow Maker / Kiowa

If an arrow is well made, it will have teeth marks upon it. That is how you know. The Kiowas made fine arrows and straightened them in their teeth. Then they drew them to the bow to see that they were made straight.

Once there was a man and his wife. They were alone at night in their tepee. By the light of a fire the man was making arrows. After a while he caught sight of something. There was a small opening in the tepee where two sides had been sewn together. Someone was there on the outside looking in. The man went on with his work, but he said to his wife, "Someone is standing outside. Do not be afraid. Let us talk easily, as of ordinary things." He took up an arrow and straightened it in his teeth; then, as it was right for him to do, he drew it to the bow and took aim, first in this direction and then in that. And all while he was talking, as if to his wife. But this is how he spoke: "I know you are on the outside, for I can feel your eyes upon me. If you are a Kiowa, you will understand what I am saying, and you will speak your name." But there was no answer, and the man went on the same way pointing the arrow all around. At last his aim fell upon the place where his enemy stood, and he let go of the string. The arrow went straight to the enemy's heart.

THE STORYTELLER

‎"THE STORYTELLER IS ONE WHOSE SPIRIT IS INDISPENSABLE TO THE PEOPLE"
In his traditional world the Native American lives in the presence of stories. The storyteller is one whose spirit is indispensable to the people. He is a magician, artist, and creator. And above all, he is a Holy Man. His is a sacred Business.
-N.Scott Momaday, / Kiowa

TYPES OF STORIES
Symbolic—refer to larger bodies of oral literature.
Lessons—describe how and why things are the way they are.
Instructions from spirit mentors—explain how to conduct ceremonies.
Descriptions of natural processes—water cycles, inter-species relationships, life cycles of plants, earth movements and soil types.
Survival accounts—hunting, gathering, and farming stories talk about how to collect, prepare, and eat foods.
Oral maps for travel—describe historic and on-going migrations of tribe for subsistence and holy journeys.
Magical tales of transformation—articulate the mystery and complexity of being human.
Adventures in love, romance and marriage.

"I have been called many things, but I think If I had to have a label for myself it would be "Storyteller." For nothing gives me greater fulfillment." -Thunder

A SHORT STORY / FOR LEONARD!

As the prisoner sat against the wall in what they call "the Hole" he buried his face in his hands. Tears welled up, but he had been through this before. Almost all hope was gone, but he was still in a space of oneness with Great Spirit. Just then he heard what sounded like a small scuffle and some sounds of muffled bursts! He heard the door latch release and as he looked up the door swung open. He was almost startled when he saw the figure appear. A highly muscled man with shoulder length hair dressed in black camoflage and knee high moccasins stood at the door. He had some kind of suppressed firearm in his right hand. His face had a black handprint across his mouth and cheeks, like warpaint! "Let's go" the man said, it's time to blow this pop stand! The prisoner stood up and embraced what could only be described as a hardened warrior! "Who are you?" he said. The man replied, "We are called, The Silent Ones."
Two more men quickly appeared and surrounded the prisoner in a protective mode. They moved with stealth and speed as they expertly guided the prisoner through some hallways and doors. As they were making their way out, the prisoner caught a glance of some figures laying prone and lifeless on the floor. They had obviously been dealt with on the way in. They rounded the corner kicked open a door to the outside and found themselves between two walls. "Squat down for a minute and cover your head" said one of the men. He pulled out a small hand held electronic device, with a blinking red light and small antenna. The man pushed a button and there was a muffled, barely audible explosion. After the dust cleared there was a round hole in the outside wall about 4 ft in Diameter. "Quickly! lets go, said the leader." Before the prisoner knew it they were through to the other side. It was pitch black out with many clouds overhead. He was out, he was free!
The rest would be like precision clockwork. He was loaded into what looked like a small black Humvee with an antenna on the roof and some kind of official emblem on the door! The plans had been meticulously thought out to the last detail with no stone unturned! All scenarios had been covered, bribes had been taken care of, along with offers that couldn't be refused. The ride to a small dirt airstrip was fast and short. A dark, small and sleek, single engine cargoe plane awaited with engine running. All piled aboard. They were across the northern border in no time. The prop jet skimmed the tree tops all the way under the coverage of radar! It seemed like minutes before the extremly capable pilot landed the plane in a small stretch of grass. The elated ex-prisoner soon found himself inside a warm log cabin in a thickly forested area. Food had been prepared and hot coffee was on the table. As the men shedded their elite combat equipment complete with mini headsets and micro mouthpieces, one of them said, let the celebration begin Mi Kola! Some friends and family came through a door from another room. The prisoner looked up and a tear rolled down his cheek! A smile came to his face! "What took you guys so
long?"
-RTG

NATIVE POLITICAL PRISONER LEONARD PELTIER HAS BEEN THROWN IN THE HOLE!:

That's a prison term for solitary confinement! Everyone from Mother Teresa, Amnesty International, and Nelson Mandela has said he is an unjustly accused political prisoner, but at least three President's of this country (including the current one) and other's have just turned their back's and taken a blind eye to it! In fact some Government agencies (FBI) have consistently intimidated Presidents and worked against his release in fear that their lies will be uncovered! If you don't know who Leonard is? Google the name and learn. To put it in a few sentences, he is a brave warrior who stepped up to the plate when his people needed him and the chips were down! He was unjustly convicted through false evidence and has served over thirty years. He is 66 years old and in poor health! Why does the government do this to what some would call a Native American Elder? They have no honor!
They want to break a warrior's will to live, and they don't want to be exposed for the liars they are! Putting him in the hole at his age is torture! I wish I was younger, I would act as a warrior of the past times did! In my dreams I see some brave young warriors in the "Spirit of Crazy Horse and Geronimo" out there somewhere, stepping up to the plate!? I see visions of him being extracted with military precision ( spec-ops style), reunited with family, and whisked away to places safe and unknown! Our people are some of the best trackers,and Guerrilla fighters in the world! Some are ex-military and know the drill! I and others are getting tired of the bullshit! Cards and letters and calls to officials either don't work, or the assholes stop for a while as subterfuge, and then start in again! The system is broken, it is no longer just!! Send some prayers to Great Spirit for him TODAY, and dream some dreams!

Emergence / New book by Thunderhands aka Roger Gilbert

Although this book is classified as a work of fiction, I would like to say a word about it. This novel is based on my experiences of growing up in Arizona, and most of it is fact based. The exercises or techniques in the chapter "teaching the techniques" are real, and I encourage you to try them. The Tantric and Yogic descriptions are also authentic. This book is full of esoteric and shamanistic teachings.
My purpose was to entertain while informing. The “Twin Soul” concept offered a "way" to do that. Many have asked me about Hopi prophecy and the fifth world. This novel includes my visions and ideas regarding that, and more. Many writers claim authenticity. Authenticity is like that old saying, "The proof is in the pudding." My view is, try some of the techniques and ideas in this book. There are also advance (tantric) sexual techniques described in this book, in a tasteful and thoughtful way, along with some incidents of fighting. The techniques described regarding the martial arts that are used, are also real and fact based, as are the concepts and traditions surrounding them. The author suggests you seek professional training regarding any fighting art. The bottom line? This book might best be described as, “A Shaman’s Bible” hidden within a novel.

Good Reading
Roger "Thunderhands" Gilbert

Available now at the following locations.

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Lakshmi

Colorized Photo by thunderhands.

Lakshmi is the Hindu goddess of wealth, prosperity (both material and spiritual), light, wisdom, fortune, fertility, generosity and courage; and the embodiment of beauty, grace and charm. Representations of Lakshmi are also found in Jain monuments. Mahalakshmi brings good luck to her devotees. She is believed to protect her devotees from all kinds of misery and money-related sorrows.

Lakshmi in Sanskrit is derived from its elemental form lakS, meaning "to perceive or observe". This is synonymous with lakṣya, meaning "aim" or "objective". The Hindu Sacred Texts Vedas call Mahalakshmi as Lakshyayidhi Lakshmihi which means she is the one who has the object and aim of uplifting mankind.

Goddess Mahalakshmi is called as Shri or Thirumagal because she is endowed with six auspicious and divine qualities or Gunas and also because she is the source of strength even to Lord Narayana. She is the consort of Vishnu and married Rama (in her incarnation as Sita) and Krishna (as Radha and later Rukmini).

Gandhi

In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in a clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness. Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth.