MY MEDICINE SHIELD

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	Medicine Shields are healing tools representing the steppingstones of our Sacred Paths. They remind us to walk in balance and harmony, and to find Sacredness in all things, each representing the Sacred Inner Space of its maker.
This Medicine Shield was a gift made for me by my parents Walter and Jackie Payne. It contains the symbol of the Sacred Medicine that the Buffalo brought to me nearly fifteen years ago in a Vision through Drumming. It is the symbol that I wear on my Medicine Bag and carry in my heart.

The Buffalo Medicine

teaches us to give praise and gratitude for the riches of life, and for all of the blessings and abundance that is expressed in all things.

The Buffalo gave freely to the People, all that they needed to sustain their lives. Buffalo reminds us to be generous as well, and to share our abundance with others with no qualms or regrets.

It was White Buffalo Calf Woman who brought the Sacred Pipe to the People as a means of offering Prayer. The smoke of the Pipe is Sacred and cleansing, and carries our Prayers to the Great Spirit.

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