Is a Rattlesnake your Kin?

From book: "Kinship with All Life" by J. Allen Boone


The Big Holy
Out west it was widely recognized that rattlesnakes bit "white men" more than Indians (native Americans).  But no one knew why...

Astute observation revealed the mystery.  The Indians did not approach the rattlers with fear & loathing, such as the whites.  They understood the rattlesnakes.  They respected them as a life form and moved in their midst with few difficulties.

The Indian moved in "conscious rhythm with what he reverently called "The Big Holy", the great primary Principle of all life, which creates and animates all things and speaks wisdom throught each one of them all the time". 

If you believe that animals are "your relations", or your kin, think about how you would treat a brother or sister.