tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039590131996232909.post7242583920761449548..comments2024-03-05T21:25:44.607-05:00Comments on Shamanic Living Today: When You Grow Up SpirituallyNight Singshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02103447086532715718noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039590131996232909.post-38137770724354483102008-05-27T20:58:00.000-04:002008-05-27T20:58:00.000-04:00Thank you for this excerpt! I agree with much of ...Thank you for this excerpt! I agree with much of what she has said, in particular that we all are spiritual beings 24/7. <BR/><BR/>But, I still get "stuck" sometimes and fall into the dramas of everyday life which can be so discouraging. <BR/><BR/>I suppose this underscores the meaning of "walking in two worlds", staying present while trapped in a carbon-based life form! <BR/><BR/>Here's to the Journey of Ascension!Truth on the Windhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07369100544929376577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039590131996232909.post-92130654995310565812008-05-26T16:27:00.000-04:002008-05-26T16:27:00.000-04:00I think this excerpt is interesting because it is ...I think this excerpt is interesting because it is so *scary* (and often times, meaningful change *is* scary...)<BR/><BR/>I think it is useful to have such changes (such as not wanting to be around old friends, loved ones, and traditions) explained in terms of a new paradigm.<BR/><BR/>I also like how the author points out that as shamans, it is your compassionate duty to continue to reach out and show love and healing towards your former contacts, even if they're not on your level anymore.<BR/><BR/>Kudos to all you Brave Ones on your shamanic journey! It ain't easy!!Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00371267782636235952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039590131996232909.post-16281268974675515122008-05-26T12:36:00.000-04:002008-05-26T12:36:00.000-04:00I to have read her site for years and find that wh...I to have read her site for years and find that when I am feeling something, or sense a shift that she will then write about it. Sometimes I resonate with what she says and sometimes I do not.<BR/>Allowing The Light I can relate to your detachment, for me to it can be exhausting as well, and I think that things will change but they do not. Perhaps it is right in front of us.shewhofacesspirithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07945245293268504017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039590131996232909.post-61565541018725256072008-05-23T08:55:00.000-04:002008-05-23T08:55:00.000-04:00My experience with Karen Bishop's energy alerts ar...My experience with Karen Bishop's energy alerts are usually "right on" for me. I have been reading those alerts for about three years now. <BR/>Also, when I made a commitment to this path, OWL taught me to be very discerning. <BR/>So, like anything else, I take what resonates and leave the rest.Heart of The Motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17529552845603594262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039590131996232909.post-59944567081052419142008-05-23T06:49:00.000-04:002008-05-23T06:49:00.000-04:00I don't like any writer who says "this is the way ...I don't like any writer who says "this is the way it is" and I don't really resonate with the "higher vibration" terminology (though I did just say resonate!)...what I do relate to are many of her points. Not wanting to "heal" anymore, thinking karma must be something we bought, like old time religion (which it is, just new to us). All that. So there is truth here, for me, though not all truth, and never Truth. Love, RobinRobin Ricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14590785363249198281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039590131996232909.post-9185201410256815902008-05-22T23:25:00.000-04:002008-05-22T23:25:00.000-04:00This excerpt at first gave me a lot of hope. It so...This excerpt at first gave me a lot of hope. It sounded so familiar. But then I thought: how many times have I been there? Dropping healing mechanisms (and healers) but also spiritual expressions no longer serving me (I remember a conversation, probably fifteen years ago if no more, with a dear friend of mine who is a monk and who probably felt that I had gone very far from religion and then God; he asked me about my relationship with him and I remember answering him "he is always there, he is me, he is the air I breathe, what I eat, everything, there is nothing I could do that could bring me closer").<BR/>I have also disconnected and re-connected so many times with my family, my friends. Never the same, I know. But... leaving again, changing continents and cultures (it has often felt like changing galaxy), crossing oceans, starting again from scratch, leaving behind career, stuff, books, people. Looking as if I was starting a new life all over again. Forgetting about the last time I had done so. Believing it was the first time. And I know that many people have envied my (apparent) lack of attachments... But it has often been a lonely path. I got tired also. Tired of change, of too much intensity and passion, too many "life and death" kind of choice. Even burnt out. <BR/>So I am wondering: How many lives will I need in that very life to actually grow up? What if I had spent all that time searching for something that had always been there?... <BR/>So I opened one of the volumes of Hafiz poems and, as usual, I found just the right lines...<BR/><BR/>"Hafiz, time, space, and boredom <BR/>Are just passing fads.<BR/>All your pain, worry, sorrow<BR/>Will someday apologize and confess <BR/>They were a great lie."Allowing the lighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17247313376275462805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039590131996232909.post-61206088559523288452008-05-22T21:15:00.000-04:002008-05-22T21:15:00.000-04:00Thank you for posting! Great article! I do agree ...Thank you for posting! Great article! I do agree that you need to heal until you truly realize you were fine all along. I have also experienced many who have in a way become addicted to healing and getting well. It becomes part of the identity and the life's story. Always uncovering another layer that needs to be worked on and healed. Moving from one healer to another and one quick fix to another with the promise of a new tomorrow. Choosing to play the role of one that needs healing and never seeming to want to own the projection of healer. Such a story can last a life time..... at times all it takes is choosing a different story.She.Who.Remembershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03894800748618143926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039590131996232909.post-9019102567251395602008-05-22T21:09:00.000-04:002008-05-22T21:09:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.She.Who.Remembershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03894800748618143926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039590131996232909.post-52368596595905656152008-05-22T20:51:00.000-04:002008-05-22T20:51:00.000-04:00"In the higher realms it is all about joy, fun, ex..."In the higher realms it is all about joy, fun, experiencing, and creating with no attachments."<BR/><BR/>This excerpt describes the natural state I crave--"attachments are a heavy woe for those who only want to climb the sky" <BR/><BR/>But, I wonder, is it really possible for a contemporary shaman to operate this way? the other question is how can humans remain sustainably satisfied with the higher realms? All it takes is one ego-dominated consciousness to bring down paradise. Inevitably, the modern world requires social contracts; for the notion is that those that are having fun and living creatively and freely may also unintentionally do harm to themselves or others. We follow the herd whilst cursing our sense of safety from the dependency it produces.<BR/><BR/>The need to collect the books and think consciously about living spiritually and adopting those values are important reminders to prevent us from getting too far removed from spirit and the natural state of being the author describes--they are post-it notes revealing fragments of what the soul may already know but is too lost and bewildered to fully grasp and retain.Night Singshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02103447086532715718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039590131996232909.post-57686159374159070042008-05-21T07:44:00.000-04:002008-05-21T07:44:00.000-04:00http://www.whatsuponplanetearth.com for the author...http://www.whatsuponplanetearth.com for the authors website, which is great!Robin Ricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14590785363249198281noreply@blogger.com