(This article was first published in 1994, and has now been rewritten and updated by the author, Stuart Camps – November 15, 2020)
The Lakota Sioux maintain a centuries-old legend involving two warriors from the region known today as Dakota. One day, the two young braves were confronted by a brilliant white buffalo who, before their eyes, turned into a youthful-looking woman – the White Buffalo Calf Woman. She instructed them on how the people should live, and prophesied her return in the form of a white female bison calf who would reinvigorate their culture in a time of need, and bring peace and harmony to humanity. Continue reading
Time spent with camels and other animals, and human and spiritual mentors, has shown me that good leadership is actually about the collective transcending of separateness and thing-ness.
The large orangutan sits beneath trees at the forest’s edge, gazing across farmlands and logging tracts. The human apes moving around the palm-oil plantations appear confused and bewildered to the calm old forest man. 
Somewhere in the mid 70’s, Adi Da Samraj gathered with a group of people late into one night. At some point, he asked the women to leave the room and continued with the men.
