shamanism

A racist notion found in neoshamanic circles is placing high value on indigenous wisdom but not on indigenous people.

We can only prosper where we are.

When I say __ractice_ I don__ meanrepeating an act until you get it right. In this use, it means to instill regular discipline to accomplish a specific task, ritual without which we feel incomplete, or that our experience of each day is less.

Need is choice come to fruition.

In the end, bless the darkness, hold the light, because the two aren't divisible.

What people resist the most about spiritual healing is changing their minds.

The forces that we deal with have two sides: one is good and helpful and the other is dark and dangerous. Part of your training is to learn to distinguish between them, and know when to use which._ (Nakoma)

Health is being in harmony with the world view. Health is an intuitive perception of the universe and all its inhabitants as being of one fabric. Health is maintaining communication with the animals and plants and minerals and stars. It is knowing death and life and seeing no difference. It is blending and melding, seeking solitude and seeking companionship to understand one's many levels. Unlike the more "modern" notions, in shamanic society health is not the absence of feeling; no more so is it the absence of pain. Health is seeking out all of the experiences of Creation and turning them over and over, feeling their texture and multiple meanings. Health is expanding beyond one's singular state of consciousness to experience the ripples and waves of the universe.

When I started to climb, the sky seemed to be sunny and blue. But being up here on the oak tree it is cloudy and foggy.

Exploration is a quite legitimate purpose for a journey. You have the opportunity to learn the territories of the Upper and Lower Worlds and their assets, which you can employ as needed in the future.

Unless we can interpret that ecstatic trip in a way that better grounds our physical reality, trance isn__ worth much.

In most cases, it's not what you do but what you don't do that delivers you to a state of personal power.

The deep self has been referred to by many names over the ages. You may know it as Essence, Spirit, Soul, Source...or, perhaps by no name at all. I prefer to call it The Inner Shaman...The Inner Shaman simply waits for your sanity, that glimmer of light or recognition on your part. In short, it is waiting for your readiness to be aware of it.

Be within your heart.See and feel with your heart.Recognize your heart within another.Speak words from the heart.Receive the words of another,within those precious chambers.

Becoming 'color blind' isn't helpful. Who you are matters, how you are matters. Things like race and culture are a manifestation of flows of creation. Your identity doesn't just matter, without it your soul can't interact with the world. The key is we need to understand that all races, ethnic groups, cultures and like treasures are equal and we must remember to follow our soul rather than our identity. The identity is something the soul works through, not the other way around.