Jose ATID LEIIA STEVENS 219- Is bigoted.
- Is shortsighted.
- Is attacking or violent.
- Is insensitive.
- Is overly serious.
- Has a "Do what I say, not what I do" point of view.
- Drinks heavily or consumes lots of drugs.
- Is ingratiating.
- Is controlling.
- Makes you wrong or an outcast for questioning.
- Teaches by belittling or making you an example in front of
everyone. - Wants lots of money up front.
- Has assistants, cohorts, or senior students who act inap-
propriately in your view and whom you are expected to
obey. - Believes the form of ritual is more important than the re-
sults. - Pretends to be perfect.
- Is overly idealistic, not practical.
No matter what teacher you are drawn to, or whom you
study with, you will ultimately learn everything you want to
know. In a sense, you cannot go wrong, no matter what you
do because you are simply occupying a temporary position
on the medicine wheel, a position that is endlessly shifting
and rotating you toward the center. Even if you decide that
shamanism is not for you, you will be making the right deci-
sion. Shamans know that this is so; they make a point of
being where they are, present and in the moment, not resist-
ing the place they occupy on the power circle. Yet they do
have goals that help them proceed toward positions on the
medicine wheel that give them greater satisfaction and
knowledge.
We hope that you have benefited from what we and our
helpers have written in this book. We hope that you will turn
to those magnificent inner resources that are available within
you and become strong and powerful. We hope that you will