That's how you pray to God - you LISTEN.

"You can call Wakan-Tanka by any name you like.  In English I call Him God or the Great Spirit.  He's the Great Mystery, the Great Mysterious.  That's what Wakan-Tanka really means - the Great Mysterious.  You can't define Him.  He's not actually a 'He' or a 'She,' a 'Him' or a 'Her.'  We have to use those kinds of words because you can't just say 'It.'  God's never an 'It.'  So call Wakan-Tanka whatever you like.  Just be sure to call Him.  He wants to talk to you . . . When I go up on the hill to pray I don't just talk to God.  I try to get the talking over quick.  Mostly I'm listening.  Listening to God - that's praying, too . . . So that's how you pray to God.  You LISTEN."

Noble Red Man (Mathew King), Lakota elder

Photo: Bear Lodge, Devil's Tower National Monument, WY, May 19, 2012