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Post by girlscout on Oct 4, 2018 18:32:59 GMT
www.shamanism.org/workshops/coreshamanism.htmlCore Shamanism "After having personally practiced shamanism, shamanic healing, and shamanic journeying for more than half a century, I can say that there is nothing I have encountered in reports of the spiritual experiences of saints, prophets, psychedelic drug experimenters, near death survivors, avatars and other mystics that is not commonly experienced when following classic journey methods using a drum." —Michael Harner Core Shamanism consists of the universal, near-universal, and common features of shamanism, together with journeys to other worlds, a distinguishing feature of shamanism. As originated, researched, and developed by Michael Harner, the principles of Core Shamanism are not bound to any specific cultural group or perspective. Since the West overwhelmingly lost its shamanic knowledge centuries ago due to religious oppression, the Foundation's programs in Core Shamanism are particularly intended for Westerners to reacquire access to their rightful spiritual heritage through quality workshops and training courses. Training in Core Shamanism includes teaching students to alter their consciousness through classic shamanic non-drug techniques such as sonic driving, especially in the form of repetitive drumming, so that they can discover their own hidden spiritual resources, transform their lives, and learn how to help others. Core Shamanism does not focus on ceremonies, such as those of Native American medicine men and women, persons who do both shamanism and ceremonial work. Join the thousands each year who take the Foundation's rigorous training in core shamanism. The training programs have been carefully designed and thoroughly tested to provide an authentic shamanic experience and practical results. I just finished this course, and have done one journey on my own since then (aiming for a once a week practice; second one scheduled for today!!): www.shamanism.org/workshops/calendar.php?Wkshp_ID=10BASIC WORKSHOP MICHAEL HARNER'S The Way of the Shaman® Shamanic Journeying, Power, and Healing The Basic Workshop in Core Shamanism (Weekend) During the Basic experiential workshop, participants are introduced to core shamanism, the universal, near-universal, and common methods of the shaman to enter nonordinary reality for problem solving and healing. Particular emphasis is on the classic shamanic journey, one of the most remarkable visionary methods used by humankind to explore the hidden universe otherwise known mainly through myth and dream. Participants are initiated into shamanic journeying, aided by drumming and other techniques for experiencing the shamanic state of consciousness and for awakening dormant spiritual abilities, including connections with Nature. What participants are saying... Practice includes comparisons by participants of their discoveries in shamanic journeys as well as being introduced to shamanic divination and healing. They are also provided with methods for journeying to meet and study with their own individual spirit helpers in nonordinary reality, a classic step in shamanic practice. Participants learn how the journey is utilized to restore spiritual power and health, and how shamanism can be applied in contemporary daily life to help heal oneself, others, and the Planet. I am scheduled for this one in November: MICHAEL HARNER'S Shamanism, Dying, and Beyond Participants learn how to deal with the issue of dying and the destiny of souls from a shamanic perspective. The workshop is both for those who wish to learn for themselves, and for those who wish to help others who are in terminal situations or who have already passed on. Experiences to be undertaken include learning how to become experientially familiar with the after-death realms, tracking a person using shamanic journeying, completing unfinished business, helping a person to cross over, and classic psychopomp work. Prerequisite: the FSS Basic Workshop, The Way of the Shaman, with an authorized FSS Faculty Member. It feels more sound (and safe) because of Michael Harner's extensive research over at least three decades with true indigenous cultures. =)
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Post by girlscout on Nov 19, 2018 5:33:30 GMT
Shamanism, Dying, and Beyond So! I now know what to do if I ever encounter a ghost, or poltergeist! IF I develop the ability to perceive them... I can also assist in comforting those facing death... I’m now trained in the “lay of the (invisible) land”, according to indigenous cultures. =D. Hoping that more practice will help my perception skills. www.shamanism.org/workshops/calendar.php?Wkshp_ID=23< Phillip Goddard suggests that the invisible realm was meant to be a useful “working space”; which I think the indigenous cultures utilized well. Extensive efforts as a group of shamans doing psychopomp work could clear out the areas, if we were devoted to the task, periodically. At any rate that was a suggestion by one of the participants in the class this weekend. >
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Post by girlscout on Nov 28, 2018 22:47:15 GMT
My Shamanic studies uncovered the dichotomy of “living in the moment” with malleable time referents (meaning repairing things in different times is possible); vs “historical” viewpoints, where history is locked in and human efforts are focused on “affecting” history. I prefer the malleable, myself and plan to dive deeper. Multi-dimensional I think it’d be referred to. =)
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Post by girlscout on Nov 29, 2018 6:08:45 GMT
Quantum Shaman “You have to be immortal before you will know how to become immortal.”
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2018 11:59:51 GMT
Hmm interesting ;P I hope you don't mind me posting here. At least to me I think many traditional shamans of the past were still fairly led by 'the dark' so to speak (even if the same applies to the vast majority of the population). Using drugs for one and belief based, even it they were out to do something good. Drugs open yourself up but also have side effects... Though some of them they recognised 'dark forces' and such, they did have practices against them which could potentially be of use. I'm sure they also have certain understandings that western culture does not have.
I am reminded of paul levy's work on the wetiko, mind virus, he considered ideas from shamans in his work. In fact he uses the idea of shamans to represent the idea of awakening. He also does talk about carlos castendas work. I am quite wary of these traditional things related to shamanism though particularly anything relating to sprituality, but at the same time im open to consider if there is something of use in it relating to self exploration, awakening to truths and understanding. Though exploring creatively yourself (maybe through art, animals, music, journalling etc.) you open yourself up to more 'inner truth'. Myths hold truths but then also most important thing is to find out what makes you live better. I guess you only find things out from exploring things.
The use of drums and such can be ungrounding in certain contexts so something to watch out for. Psychic abilities are something to be wary of because they require ungrounding too, and I learnt that the hard way. Certain sorts of openess and skills in intuition can be good but if it leads to the breaking down of realities walls too much that can be unhealthy, need that balance between aspects.
The invisible realm working space you talk of from philip goddard, the astral non reality I presume, is yeah the creative aspects/backwater of reality. But of current is polluted with thought forms and such. That affects people in serious ways, and it also means its better to be overgrounded at times if you are to avoid the influence of it i think?
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Post by girlscout on Nov 29, 2018 13:50:45 GMT
Hmm interesting ;P I hope you don't mind me posting here. At least to me I think many traditional shamans of the past were still fairly led by 'the dark' so to speak (even if the same applies to the vast majority of the population). Using drugs for one and belief based, even it they were out to do something good. Drugs open yourself up but also have side effects... Though some of them they recognised 'dark forces' and such, they did have practices against them which could potentially be of use. I'm sure they also have certain understandings that western culture does not have. I am reminded of paul levy's work on the wetiko, mind virus, he considered ideas from shamans in his work. In fact he uses the idea of shamans to represent the idea of awakening. He also does talk about carlos castendas work. I am quite wary of these traditional things related to shamanism though particularly anything relating to sprituality, but at the same time im open to consider if there is something of use in it relating to self exploration, awakening to truths and understanding. Though exploring creatively yourself (maybe through art, animals, music, journalling etc.) you open yourself up to more 'inner truth'. Myths hold truths but then also most important thing is to find out what makes you live better. I guess you only find things out from exploring things. The use of drums and such can be ungrounding in certain contexts so something to watch out for. Psychic abilities are something to be wary of because they require ungrounding too, and I learnt that the hard way. Certain sorts of openess and skills in intuition can be good but if it leads to the breaking down of realities walls too much that can be unhealthy, need that balance between aspects. The invisible realm working space you talk of from philip goddard, the astral non reality I presume, is yeah the creative aspects/backwater of reality. But of current is polluted with thought forms and such. That affects people in serious ways, and it also means its better to be overgrounded at times if you are to avoid the influence of it i think? I have that wetiko book! Haven’t finished it though - it can be hard to sit still. Lol. I did just just discover that Della used a mushroom to break her through... I am wary too of using plants in this way. Ken Eaglefeather in The Toltec Way compared the old time shamans with the Neo shamans, too. The old time ones were stuck on their own power in a STS way, according to him. It seems to me that we should become familiar with our unseen side in order to know more about the life we have... Finding the safest way to do that has been challenging. After my catalyst, I looked into the Monroe Institute, which Ken Eaglefeather also participated in, and after reading quite a bit, got the impression that they end up no longer in control of the process. It’s like once you start, these experiences can happen at any time... whether you want to or not. That didn’t appeal to me. the Shamanism taught by the Foundation for Shamanic Studies, founded on Michael Harner’s work emphasize the techniques to always be “in charge” of ones’ own experience; consciously starting, journeying, and coming back. Its good you post here! Gives me pause to consider what my real aim is. Thank you. =)
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Post by girlscout on Nov 30, 2018 4:13:55 GMT
From Quantum Shaman, chapter 7:
SO WHAT’S THE POINT? If a goal or destination of this path had to be named, it is simply this: to exist as a singularity of consciousness comprised of the totality of oneself. What is the totality of oneself? It is the cumulative knowledge, awareness and experience gathered by the mortal self and the eternal double –including all knowledge, awareness and experience traditionally associated with what are commonly misconstrued as “past lives” (see Chapter Ten) –all brought cohesively together under a single assemblage point. As this is accomplished, the individual becomes a Whole being, existing ubiquitously and non-locally throughout the space-time matter-energy continuum. This singularity could be called the I-Am, and would be virtually unlimited as to its potential for existence, with the ability to project a seemingly humanform body, or exist as pure energy, strictly as a matter of her own Will. Death as we currently define it will cease to exist.
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Post by girlscout on Dec 1, 2018 3:59:53 GMT
Chapter 10:
So what I'm asking you to do is to consider for a moment the possibility that each spirit is unique, not born immortal, but becoming an eternal being as a result of the actions of the warrior in this life. Because we are inhabitants of a linear timeline, our paradigm has traditionally been to think in terms of "past lives" and therefore to view the spirit as having been here before we came into what we refer to as "our present incarnation." In actuality, we are looking at it backwards. Our reference points are inaccurate. From my own experience, it is only as the warrior grows and progresses along the path of Knowledge that the unique spirit begins to grow, evolve, and expand throughout the space-time continuum. As humans, we're asking the wrong questions. The student says, "Master, how can I remember my past lives?" To which the master can only reply, "By living this life Wholly."
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Post by girlscout on Dec 1, 2018 12:29:31 GMT
As I read more of this Quantum Shaman - I see an attempt to consolidate all one multi-d existences into a single point. Like Castaneda there is the development of a “double”, which “feels like” creating a skeptomorph that one then merges with in order to retain consciousness and gain immortality.
Continuing....
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Post by girlscout on Dec 3, 2018 18:24:50 GMT
... a "double" which "feels like" creating a skeptomorph that one merges with in order to retain consciousness and gain immortality. Wouldn't gaining immortality be the huge trap of the dark side? It makes me weary of the process for sure. Thanks for sharing GS! Well, from Della's point of view - she's integrating ALL her lifetime perspectives into one being, so there is some sense of "wholeness" there. And yet - I have a sense that mind wiped recycles would do the elite a world of good (as far as experiencing another lifetime and the "out there and adrift" feeling we get with no valid guidance.... Then again - if the tranquility and bliss of the parents exists within - then we could carry that with us throughout eternity with immortality too, wouldn't you think? We could model the fruits forever!
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Post by Hans Schokkenbroek on Feb 14, 2019 11:46:16 GMT
Ok..... What follows is something that I have been contemplating ever since I got exposed to Angeliki's book. And the most relevant thread to put this post seems this one. When I started to wake up HS initially led me to the Great White Brotherhood. Then, when I was about to enter the 2nd virtual paradise (ref Angeliki) I was redirected at the very last moment by HS who made me aware of the Wes Penre Papers. These contain a warning about galactic councils and anything to do with channeling. The moment I read that warning I got this huge knowing and realisation that I was being fooled by the Great White Brotherhood and being led up the wrong path, straight into (as I later learned from Angeliki) the 2nd viritual Paradise, Lucifer's home. So I focussed on reading the WPP and gained lots of new insights and knowledge. I also met new people and gained lost of knowledge on the WPP forum. Then the WPP forum started falling apart and I was led by HS to join Truelight in leaving the forum and landed here on the forum that had been started by Miron (thanks again). On this forum I finally (?) got exposed to Angeliki's book (thanks again Elisabeth!). And suddenly I got a strong realisation and insight that the WPP were leading me up to wrong path (this is a personal opinion and feeling and I have nothing but gratitude for Wes himself who I believe is trying to do good). The most critical element being that the exit through the grid, as talked about by Wes as the ONLY way to save yourself, will lead you into another part of the same trap. So there have been several times where HS led me up some path only to then give me nudge and say 'Ok, enough lessons learnt here, now move onto this path'. If there is ONE thing that I have learnt over the past 5 years it is to TRUST my HS. To keep that relationship strong and to always, always listen to HS. By personal experience I have learnt that EVERY TIME I listened to HS and followed the Inner Feeling it proved to be beneficial to me. Often this was not immediately apparent (patience is an important fruit) but it always proved to be the case. I am referring to HS in this post but it is really (IMO) HS / the Parents. Those that know me from the WPP forum and here are probably aware that I was led up the Shamanistic path about 4 years ago. It is still the most impactful spiritual event that happened to me. Being visited by White Buffalo in my dreams and being chosen to become White Buffalo. Hence my Avatar... Basically I became aware over a period of several years that it was my life's purpose to become White Buffalo with the main task (huge responsibility) of building a bridge between the red physical world and the blue spiritual world, and helping others to cross that bridge, to become aware.... It culminated last year in my trip to Canada where I was led to join a Sundance event and ended up receiving my Turkey Feather from the Shaman who sought me out and helped me on my Shamanic path. The Feather signifies that one has healed oneself and that one is ready to BE a Shaman who can then help others or in my words it is the Shamanic driver's license. Most Native Americans strongly believe that one should never call oneself a Shaman because that is seen as boasting and boasting will reduce the powers of the Shaman. They believe it is up to others to call someone a Shaman based on the results that that person achieves. Although I do not see it as boasting I try to refrain from calling myself a Shaman as much as practically possible in my personal situation (which is very different from living a tribe where everybody knows everybody). Not only did I receive my own Turkey Feather but I also got bestowed with 5 other Turkey Feathers which I am to pass on to new Shamans. A even greater responsibility.... During the past years occasionally the thought would pop into my head if I might be mis-lead with the whole White Buffalo / Shamanism thing... It is all about goodness and helping other people to wake up but what if....? Being more and more aware how things work, what if this was just another case of being led up the wrong path? Occasionally I would therefor ask HS if I was still on the right path and getting a yes, I would continue but the question never left my head.. But if HS says go left I just go left. Now comes the interesting part.... When Angeliki explained the different bodies of man and the difference between the world of 3D matter, the aetheric plane (dark matter) and the huge astral plane (dark energy) it was very revealing and new knowledge to me. The latter, the astral plane, being the place where all gods, demons, all thoughtforms / skeptomorphs of mankind exist, hidden away from the 5th race who are stuck in 3D matter. With so many people producing thoughts and emotions the astral plane is still growing / expanding as scientists have found. That made a lot of sense to me and more importantly it feels correct to me. The moment I accepted this knowledge the realisation hit me that White Buffalo and all my other Power Animals are in fact thoughtforms from the astral plane, albeit very benevolent residing in the Higher Astral. All thoughtforms and beings that exist in the Astral are dependent on our Essence, regardless if they are from the lower (evil) or higher (good) astral realm..... So suddenly I realised that all my Power Animals are literally living of / being sustained by my Essence.... From what I understand it is quite rare to have so many Power Animals. Initially I thought this might have to do with the task that I have and that that task needed a lot of protection and guidance from the Power Animals (although I later realised one does not need protection). A Blue Dragon (cool!!) being the latest addition to my 'pack'. But it still nagged at me.. So I asked HS if I should continue living my Shamanistic path and got a clear yes. And I have for the past months continued to help others with either discovering their Power Animals, doing Soul retrievals (ie bringing Soul splinters back) and even helping a close friend to remove an Annunaki (which I reported somewhere on this forum). Right now I still have a list of 5 people whom I promised to journey for but for some reason I never got myself to do that. Like there was a resistance to do it... Keeping my word is important to me so it bothered me somewhat... So yesterday I decided to ask HS if I should stop honouring (and feeding) my Power Animals and I got a... YES... . And just now I got the same answer. But when I asked if I should continue to honour (and feed...) White Buffalo I got no answer - silence. So I guess the latter is my choice. It is up to me..... Maybe the Parents are letting it sink in a bit more. They are giving me time to realise that even that wonderful thing that happened to me is just part of this 3D realm.... It is like the Parents are saying 'you do not need all those Power Animals' and I agree with that. So although it was incredibly cool and powerful to have all my Power Animals around me I am saying good-bye to them and will no longer feed them as of today.... I also expect that at some point I will say good-bye to White Buffalo but apparently that day has not yet arrived. Apparently there are things I still need to do under that banner. I will also continue to use my Shamanistic morning ritual where I express my gratitude for all things and beings. Another thing that hit me some months ago when reading Angeliki's book is that sometime in the past 5 years I have unwittingly re-united my Divine Spark with my I AM / Higher Self. And if that is true (I asked and HS says it is..) then I have re-established contact with Home, I am being (re)-fuelled by Home and I can no longer be touched or changed by anything that happens here... So no need for Totem, Power Animals etc.. All you need is connecting to Home / Source... The most important thing for me is to keep on listening to my HS / Parents and led them guide me in this process. More to come in the future I guess.... If my Avatar suddenly changes you will know what has happened...
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Post by IW on Feb 17, 2019 13:44:05 GMT
LoL, great posting and great thread too. That we are all individuals, having the experience we need for growth toward "The Truth" which we share in our essence. As unique a path that no one else will have, nor can have, since they cannot be us! The Truth which is compassion, empathy, kindness and the like. Anything against this or opposite this will fail and has failed. I remember being asked by Miron about 6 months ago if I was interested in the Shamanic journey or path, and I said no it isn't something I find necessary. We hold onto that which we find has some understandability, whatever it might be, while we continue to walk the path towards the unknown. The ability to shed the old skin, when faced with growth is completely absolutely necessary in this walk. This is one of the main proofs that we have no fear, that faith is our guide. Following HS is an awesome adventure, and not for the faint hearted! Thanks for listening to your HS Hans
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