(^14) SECRETS OF SHAMANISM
- Your awareness of personal relationships will change and
your method of communicating will improve as well. You
will gain a new insight into what compassion means be-
cause you will understand yourself and others better. - You will feel inspired and challenged by obstacles that you
are capable of handling and you will know how to avoid
obstacles that you cannot overcome. - You will understand how to access knowledge and infor-
mation that you did not think you possessed. - You will learn how to tap into an infinite supply of energy
available to every human being who knows the process. - You will learn how to feel more relaxed and less stressed in
the face of obstacles.
To develop your shamanic abilities you'll first need to
learn about energy and how it works, because the intensity of
thoughts and emotions direct energy and initiate results both
in the ordinary world and in the spirit world. You can then
learn about the human spirit body, what it does for you, and
how to understand and use it. You will learn how to manage
the energy within your spirit body in a way that energizes
you rather than depletes you. You will need to know how to
ground yourself and protect yourself when you are involved
in shamanic work. In addition, you will be introduced to the
tunnels to the spirit world and you will discover how you can
develop your personal gateways for greater power and mas-
tery.
When you study shamanism you are studying a system of
knowledge that predates all your familial, social, and cultural
conditioning. You are cutting through the confusions and ab-
stractions of centuries of theologies and dogmas and return-
ing to a simple direct method of apprehending the world. Yet
unlike primitive human beings, you have the benefit of the
incredible discoveries of physics and biochemistry to validate
your experience. You can see with the eyes of a child, yet act
with the body of one who has centuries of experience and
wisdom at your immediate disposal.
When you practice shamanism you become a co-creator in
the collective will of nature. You become a change agent in
the drama of evolution. More than that, you release yourself
from the illusion of isolation and step into the reality of the
interrelationship of all life. Finally the practice of shamanism
leads you to eventually align yourself with the healing forces
of nature. You find balance and integration. You know who
you are and where you are going.