Doubt has walked 

                    the

  Shadows of our lives from

          Its dark beginning

                     But

       From light we came

                     And

           light we return  !  !  !

Originally shared by Manuel Caycedo

I saw them once, I was going down to the river and I caught them by surprise. They let me see them. They were bathing and singing and enjoying themselves. They were little people, very beautiful. They looked at me and said, ” you are seeing what you are seeing. Come play with us!” Just then I doubted them. The shadow of a doubt crossed my mind and they disappeared. You have to resist the shadow of a doubt. Sometimes you don’t know that’s what it is. You resist it but you actually give it more power. As soon as I threw it off they reappeared. There they were, still splashing, talking about me. They said ” We’re here all the time!” Then the shadow of doubt came up again and they were gone. I tried to see them and I could hear them laughing but it was no use. The shadow of doubt was too strong. You cannot have the smallest edge of it in your mind if want to see or talk to the spirits. See you have to train your mind, learn to shut the shadow of doubt off like that. If there is a shadow of a doubt someplace, that will cause a weakness.

_ Wallace Black Elk by The Standing Bear Press