and began searing his own skin upon his
chest, making three horizontal lines which
bled profusely. Somehow a sign of bravery,
he began to laugh with an evil tone as he
tossed the still raging and fiery rock to the
Chief. In his mind, there was no way the
Chief could top this sign he had made.
Surprising us all, however, the Chief
caught the rock in his bare hands as its
solidity became more and more fragile.
Reaching it to his mouth, he bit into it as
blood began pouring out into his hands. This
was a very powerful symbol, one that
surprised the younger native, and showed
superior strength. "I will take your heart
out!" the Chief said.
The strongest words an eternal
alterer may utter, 'taking someone's heart
out' means that they will be made to look
upon it, and to truly feel all the pain they
have inflicted upon others, thus, coming to
the receptive end of their own defilement.
There is no greater suffering than this.
"He also saw a skull floating on the water;
he said to it: 'Because you drowned others,
they drowned you; and those who drowned
you will be drowned eventually."
The Siddur, Minchah for Sabbath, Page 553, No.
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