Analysis Of Inde Power Or Diyi

According to the Inde power or diyi' is in the relm of holy phenomena. This power is all around and exists throughout space and time in coexistance with all earthly and ethereal beings and things (Basso 1970). This power can be aquired through seeking it out-- you find power. The one who seeks this power much take on the take of investing themselves completely to the acquisition. One must learn the chants and prayers attateched to a power as to acknowledge, honor, praise and repay the power for aiding them (Basso 1970). Another way to aquire power if if the power selects the owner –power finds you. Whent he power finds you, you are observed as being more worthy. Many times the power seeks you through a dream. In this dream the owner is

If one doesnot pay proper honor through the chants and prayers the power can become displeasedand either leave the owner or impart negative reprocussions on the owner and his family. In addition, others may become jealous of fearful. Conversely, a pleased power can make life easier (Basso 1970). The most interesting aspect about how the Western Apache view power is that the reverance they give to the power, regardless of how it is aquired. This act of honor and appreciation allows for the individual to appreciate the intricacies of the power that is within them and surrounding them. This is such a special connection that many cannot appreciate. So many non-Indian people are so rushed, or cannot be bothered to slow do to honor all of the power around them. This is truly a special gift that the Wesern Apache have. My own view of where power is located is all around and within us. If feel that that is why some see auras, I believe that those people see the power that radiates from the person. So many times I have visited places or been around people that I feel very at ease with or feel very aggitated around. These types of feelings have always been with me for as long as I can remember. But it was not until I slowed down and listened to what these feelings were telling

This alone makes them sacred and allows them to hold the spirits of the past. The names also allow the currnet generation see how the world around them has changed and calls them to find out how or why the changes have occurred in the surroundings (Basso 1996). Sleigman, Arizona holds a teaching story for me. I was only 19 and married to my first husband. We had come out to help his parents build a house. We were sleeping in an 8x10 shed with a sink outside made from a built table and a 50 gallon drum on a support. Our shower was a solar shower that was hung above a pallet on 40 acres, looking out at highway 40 miles, and miles away as the ranchers cattle wander off in the