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The Medicine Wheel of Native Americans varies in design among tribes and artists, but some “thoughts are common, such as the principle that life is a circle and that the four directions stand for North, South, East and West with Mother Earth being down and Father Sky being above; giving six directions.”

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1. Respect for all life is the foundation.
   The Great Law of Peace
   • Religious Tolerance (http://www.religioustolerance.org/reciproc.htm)
     
     
2. All things are our relatives; what we do to everything, we do to ourselves. All is really One.
   Black Elk
   • Religious Tolerance (http://www.religioustolerance.org/reciproc.htm)
     
     
3. Do not wrong or hate your neighbor. For it is not he who you wrong, but yourself.
   Pima proverb
   • Religious Tolerance (http://www.religioustolerance.org/reciproc.htm)
     
     
4. We are as much alive as we keep the earth alive.
   • Chief Dan George
     The Golden Rule (http://www.jcu.edu/philosophy/gensler/poster.gif)