"We shouldn’t be writing about our traditions, we shouldn’t be writing about our spiritual practices. Not in the ways in which some people are doing it. Certainly, if you’re writing a poem or story about a spiritual experience you had, you can do it. But you also have to be aware that it’s going to be taken and used in ways, that you never intended for it to be. I think it’s dangerous, and that’s really why I write about day-to-day life."

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Sherman Alexie

Forced to consider an unwanted audience and censor in the face of it. Appropriation of Native peoples’ spiritual practices does real harm.

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This is why I don’t talk about certain things I do, and it makes me super uncomfortable that some people will freely talk about it on such a public form.

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It’s sad that I’ve seen this shit play out even (or maybe especially) on tumblr.

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Totally agree with Alexie. In this world, it’s inadvisable to throw all your doors and windows open, shine lights on your inmost treasures, and expect burglars to stay away. In Buddhism we have “ear-whispered truths” which are never put to paper.

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