Thoughts

 

Thoughts

By Paul McCann

The first time it happened , it was just like someone uninvited came walking straight through the front door without knocking . Bobby was doing some painting  and heard some voices in the room talking . It was a weird kind of conversation but no one was there , he was alone in the room. Unsure what to say or do so he just continued working away as if nothing happened . Then the next time it happened he was making dinner , he heard different voices but no one was there , . Now he was concerned about the voices he was hearing .

Thinking he was losing his mind he thought he might go to speak with Wise Bird who lived on a reserve on the other side of the old abandoned miners town . Some of the old miners huts were still standing as some of the people who had once lived there mysteriously started dying . Because of the everyone there just walked away and left the place . It was thought that the water supply in the well had been poisoned . No one ever returned there .

Later on the land was handed over to the Shawnee people who made it their home Wise Bird was Chief of the tribe and decided to live in one of the old huts .

He was very knowledgeable about things unknown and could contact the spirit world.

Bobby went to visit him in what most folk said was a ghost town . On his arrival he left an offering before he entered the town as was the custom . Then he waited to be taken inside by one of the tribe

There was a small cluster of little huts and then in the middle of those was Chief Wise Birds hut . He stood at the door and invited Bobby to come in . Once inside the hut Bobby said ,

“Wise Bird I am here seeking an answer to the voices I am hearing “

Wise Bird sat down and placed some Indian tea in a cloth bag and then placed the bag in a wooden bowl adding some water and proceeded to squeezed out the tea from the bag into the bowl . It was all part of the welcome ceremony , After tea that shared a peace pipe and then Wise Bird lit some candles around the hut . Then Wise Bird asked ,

“Are these voices just in your head or are they real voices ?”

Bobby replied .

“Just like you and me talking , that’s what they are . “

The chief asked . “

“ No never “ Said Bobby .

The chief called in some of the tribe and they quickly built a small fire in the middle of the hut . Then after the fire was lit , Wise Bird started to chant and clap his hands ,

together . Over and over he clapped and chanted and then he started dancing and singing ,

“Yeah yeah yah yah ,aah haa , Hey hey yah now how how ah , nah nah nah sha sha shea shea shea , oh come come away now in the spirit running free .

Where we once use to be running free , like the wind over the prairie

when the world had just begun and we were young and free ,

We were all one Shawnee tribe , full of spirit and full of pride and we walked over

all the land “

The Wise Bird sat back down and went into a deep trance .

He sat there motionless for a while and then in the silence the fire started to go out and Wise Bird opened his eyes and said .

“The voices that you are hearing are thoughts . You have been given a rare gift .

You are able to listen to listen to the thoughts from the spirit world . There is nothing to fear , the thoughts cannot harm you however you must learn to control the thoughts other wise they will control you “

Bobby asked

“How do I control the thoughts Wise Bird “

“You must separate them from your own thoughts and if they are yours then let them remain but if they are not from you then you can command them to leave and they will “

Bobby nodded his head and asked ,

“So I have the authority to command the thoughts to leave ?”

“ That’s is correct , as they may try to control you , you must decide what thoughts

you want to hold and the rest just let them go “

“Why all of a sudden has this happened to me “

“ Never ask why you would receive a gift . Be thankful and use it well “

Wise Bird replied .

“Ok ,I’ll do as you say and be in control “

Wise Bird said ,

“One day the thoughts will let you know everything you need to know , Wait for that day and like the sun rising the darkness will be gone and you will see everything clearly “

Bobby said thanks to the chief and got up on his feet .

“Thank you for what you have done for me Wise Bird “

The chief started calling out and clapping his hands together and then he began to sing and chant .

'Yeah yeah yah yah Hey hey hey , aah how how nah nah nah sha sha shea shea shea go away now goi away now , in the spirit we are free m forever free

Great spirit of the light ,keep us in your sight , raise us up , like the wind ,

And we will be running free like the wind , coming in , we are the Shawnee “

Then the chief led Bobby to the edge of the town and they said goodbye .

Bobby returned home and found a peace come over him , He sat in silence and heard the voices of thoughts arrive in the room . He started to take command of what the wanted to hear and sent the rs on their way . After that he began to find answers and enlightenment came to him . He was able to spend fifteen minutes everyday in transcendental meditation where the thoughts spoke to him about a place called no man’s land where their thoughts and his could be one for a while . This is where Bobby now began to have visions of future days when the earth and people of the earth require his help to do what had to be done .

The End