Day 72 Freedom

Let me tell you about fear.

We are taught fear from birth. Our parents use fear to control us. If you have raised children yourself you know that you may have used fear to scare the kids into doing what you wanted them to do. Then fear is the controller in school. You will be punished if you do not do things the way they want, stay after school, detention, principal's office, failing grades, its all about fear.

So by adulthood, we are totally controlled by fear and it is the biggest part of our lives. Then we go to work. We learn to fear coming in late, displeasing the boss, not doing a super job every day, taking too long a lunch break, all kinds of things. So fear dominates our work life. Then we get married. And we use fear to control each other. “I won't love you if you ....( displease) me in any way.” “Get that supper on the table in time or I will be angry.” “Mow that lawn or I will shame you to the neighbors.” More, more, more. Fear of anger becomes the control in a relationship many times.

Wow! We are fear based people aren't we! How sad! At what point do we get to breathe??? No wonder we are unhappy. What a crumby way to live!

And who has time now to unravel 30 or 40 years of fear based thinking? It seems easier to take Prozac than to go to a counselor and work on the psychological factors for months or years. It seems easier to medicate than to break the chain. And it takes breaking the chain to find freedom, happiness and power.

What would you like to do? How precious is your freedom to you? How badly do you want to be happy? How much is your personal power worth to you?

Taking my course in Traditional Shamanism requires one to accept his or her own power. It teaches you where it is and shows the way. The course teaches you how to be a hunter, a warrior and work with the tools that have been given to you already but that you are afraid to use (because everybody told you not to). Why did they say that? Because, if you learn to use your God given tools they will no longer be able to control you with fear.

When we truly take back our power, no person can have power over us again.

When we truly take back our power, we become responsible for everything that happens to us. We can make wonderful things happen in our lives. We are no longer under the influence of other people’s poor plans for our lives.

Who knows you better than you? Why do you let others decide what is best for you? Only you know what is best for you. Step up and make your choices, take responsibility for your choices and watch those fear based controllers run for the hills. Those who were controlling you will leave. Why should they stay if they can't touch you anymore! Believe me it a very freeing feeling and all it take is a choice, a different way of living.

Traditional Shamanism teaches you to reclaim your power; that you are strong and yes, you do create your own reality. Traditional Shamanism also expects you to accept responsibility for yourself and for your actions and consequences. But that is not as bad as sitting back saying, "Well, they made me do this." What is that??! It is wonderful to be in charge of your own life! It is great to know that whatever you want in life is yours with the proper knowledge, the sincere intent and the correct emotional control. Traditional Shamanism gives you the skills. It is a great thing!

Should you fear studying Traditional Shamanism? Fear is a choice you can make. The other choice is freedom. Let someone control you, fear; or take control of yourself, freedom. My course in Traditional Shamanism will teach you how to take control of yourself and experience the freedom to have anything you really want out of life.

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Day 69 Why Do I Teach Traditional Shamanism

You are being offered this course to learn Traditional Shamanism. And why was this course given to me to offer to those who seek it? Because, for every dis-ease on this planet there is also a cure. The yin and the yang, the balance in all things is a universal law. And some of the cures are contained only in traditional shamanic healing methods. But Traditional Shamanism is being wiped out by overpopulation, by commerce encroaching on indigenous tribes and the cancerous deterioration of Traditional Shamanism in the name of Christianity over the last 600 years. Traditional Shamanism is dying. Yes, there are many people on this planet today who have been Shamans in previous lifetimes or have some heritage or lineage to it today.

I believe that once a Shaman, always a Shaman. When, in any lifetime, we make the commitment to walk the path of the Shaman,  that commitment comes with us from lifetime to life time. And I know this is true because there are many people out here today who are suffering from physical, mental and emotional pains because they are not following their path as Traditional Shamans. They find me. There is no one else to find out here who is sincere and actually trying to help them re-member their individual tools and skills and abilities that are buried right within their own hearts. They only need someone to shine a light for them.

In the old days we would be reborn into a shamanic society. The shaman there would quickly recognize our shamanic talents and would raise us up to be the Shamans we were meant to be. Bu today we are born into societies that shun shamanism, that tell us to throw away any thought of being a Shaman, that having gifts and skills and tools of a Shaman is sick and disgusting and insane. Who is here to help these people? You cannot just throw away your commitment! Yet you cannot find anyone to help you! And until you do start walking your path, it hurts. You know this is true.

Is it any wonder why Creator called for this course to be created? And yes, every single person who comes to this course receives a life changing gift. If they were not meant to be Shamans they at least see that they are meant to be healers and they have learned some wonderful tools to be healers with. A totem, a medicine wheel , finding one's guides and teachers puts any healer on a wonderful path for growth and fulfillment and joy and healing. And if the student is meant to be a Traditional Shaman, has been a Shaman in a past life or has a lineage to it today, then the gifts they get from this course are astounding! Their whole life takes a direct turn towards their mission in life. The sails billow with a fresh wind and the rudder points true and it is a joy for me to watch them sailing proudly out into the world feeling capable and sure of who they are and ready to bring Traditional Shamanic healing into the world. And this happens for every single student without exception.

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Day 37 The Raven from My Shaman Grandmother’s Perspective.

The Raven from My Shaman Grandmother’s Perspective.

In my Shaman Grandmother’s tradition the Raven was not a welcome being. The raven was a carrier of death and bad news, a feeder on carrion and feces and so weak that even a mouse coud defeat it. My ancestors felt it was brought here by Creator to be a disrupter, a bringer of chaos, to keep us on our toes and to teach us awareness and make us take our guard. In Siberia there is a place where it is said that the Great Raven, his wife Miti and his family lived and you can see black rocks on the cliffs called the house and pots and pans.

If you think about the raven in the forests of Siberia, my people would take the reindeer into the forests in the winter time to stay out of the cold winds and to hide the reindeer from predators like wolves and hunters. But those pesky ravens might come and alert the wolves to the presence of the reindeer and the  people in the forest. It is not a far leap to then understand why the ancient peoples felt the raven was not a friendly thing. In my grandmothers traditions everything is sentient, living, thinking, feeling and not necessarily only what it looks like on the outside. So every time a raven appeared by the herd of reindeer, so too did the wolf show up and the hunters showed up and all hell broke loose. There was a saying that if a raven flew into your yurt, you might as well just slaughter your whole herd! 

My point is that when we look at ancient legends or superstitions or beliefs we have to try to place our feet into their circumstances, into their way of life and see why they might have believed that to be true. I think if you had grown up as a reindeer herder and spent the winter huddled in a Siberian forest with reindeer as your only means of warmth or food or clothing you might not like the raven so much either! 

The Shaman would sometimes go far away from the tribe and leave prayers and offerings of grain after building a wooden kind of scarecrow man hoping to relegate the raven to that area away from the tribe. So actions were taken by the Shaman to keep the raven from visiting the tribe. I wonder if that is where we got the idea of a scarecrow for keeping the birds away from our fields!

Aho

Shaman Elder Maggie

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Day 28 What A Hopi Healer Taught Me About Ceremony

I can tell you the true story a Hopi healer told me. He spent 7 days preparing for a ceremony. He fasted, he dried certain grasses and prepared certain potions. He made a special altar and really worked strenuously for 7 days to have everything perfect. On the morning of the 7th day he went out at sunrise and began his chanting and singing and prayers and doing all these actions and he went on and on for hours.

 

But he could not feel his connection with Creator! Here he had done all this work to please Creator and to call upon him and all the Spirits and he felt nothing. But he kept up with the ceremony for hours more and yet he could not feel that connection, that presence of the spirits.

It was getting dark now but he kept going, doing his ceremony over and over with great fervor but nothing.

Finally it was late at night. The whole thing had been a dismal failure. He felt like a failure as a healer. He put away his ceremonials and went to a tree in the forest. He sat down with his back against the tree in the moonlight and he wept bitterly for a long time and then he just cried out, "why didn't you listen to me?"

And he heard a voice say, "You were so full of yourself and your ceremony there was no room for ME to enter! Here by this tree you are doing the most beautiful ceremony and here I am!"

That is what I wish to teach you about ceremony. Ceremony is what you are doing in your heart. Any rituals or step by step instructions for this moon or that feast day or the other holiday might be just for show, not for Creator. The best ceremony is the one you make in your heart.

Aho!

Shaman Elder Maggie

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Day 20: Your Beliefs Are Not My Beliefs

I believe what I believe. I believe many things. These beliefs started when I was born. First, my parents gave me beliefs. Don't sleep in your clothes, stay clean, don't crawl out your bedroom window or we will kick your butt. And as I got a bit older they started using fear beliefs so they could control me. If I don't clean my room I will be punished. If I don't do my homework I will not be able to watch TV. So on. And then school gave me beliefs. You must go to school. You must go through 12 grades. And fear beliefs became more prevalent for me. I must get good grades or I will be held back. I must be quiet or I will be sent to the principal's office. I must not pass notes or I will get detention. By the time I finished school almost all my beliefs were given to me by parents, school and religion. Give your money to the church or go to hell. You are a sinful ingrate. But at the same time, we begin to wonder what we really believe. It’s a natural thing to challenge beliefs given to us by others. 

Then I got a job. And more beliefs were given to me, very much based on fear. I can't be late or I will lose my job. And culture and government and society gave me fear beliefs as well. Pay your taxes or you will go to jail. Get a car. Get insurance. Get more bills. Pay your bills or go to jail. Wow! Getting a bit overwhelming here! And now you have the picture of Joe America!A whole bunch of beliefs given by other people that are making Joe feel terrible and he isn't even taking the time to look at what he believes and to see if those beliefs are even working for him! 

Many sages throughout history have told us that what we believe creates our reality. If we believe that elevators are dangerous, we cannot ride in an elevator. If we believe that we are less than wonderful, then we are less than wonderful. If we believe that old religious belief that we are going to hell, then we are going to hell. We create our reality with what we believe. And if you look at how people live you can actually sometimes see what they believe. Take the homeless person on the street. Look at their reality. They may honestly believe they cannot have a home. And so they don't. You can stop here and think of other examples.

Now each person has their own set of beliefs. And they base their judgments on their beliefs. But that has nothing to do with your belief system. 

It is a little microcosm, a person’s beliefs create his or her reality, create his or her judgments, create his or her choices based on beliefs. 

Well, that homeless person may be convinced that he cannot have a home but I am not convinced of that. So his belief system does not work for me. And that's OK. That's called the right to choose, free will choice. Even if it is messed up, it is still his free will choice. But what if he told me that I cannot have a home because he believes he can't have a home so no one should have a home. How valid is that judgment for me? Not very valid at all. I don't believe what he believes. And how valid is any judgment he makes about me? Not very valid at all, as he is judging from his own belief system, not mine. And how valid is my judgment of him? Not very valid at all, because I would be judging him based on my beliefs which may or may not be his. So what is the point of judging someone else? There is none. And what is the point of being affected by someone else's judgment of you? None. It is not based on what you believe so it has little to no bearing on you. So relax! 

Understand that people walk around within their own microcosm; their own belief system, their own reality. We are like a million unique snowflakes. The good thing is that you can change your reality by changing what you believe.

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Shaman Elder Maggie

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Day 13: Vibrational levels.

If you have one cricket chirping that is the vibrational level of cricket. If you have two crickets chirping it is the same vibrational level but an increase in volume. If you have a field of crickets chirping, it is the same vibrational level, the same energy signature of a cricket but the volume is magnified by thousands. And isn't it great to be surrounded by crickets chirping together in the night! We seek out that sound on a hot summer's night, don't we! It is lovely!

If you have one human being offering love that is the vibrational level of one human being. If you have two human beings offering love that is the same vibrational level but an increase in the volume of love. If you have a city of human beings offering love it is the same vibrational level but the volume of love is magnified by thousands.

Wouldn't it be great to be in a city of thousands of human beings offering love? Wow! We would seek that out wouldn't we!

And that is a community of healers. Yes, anyone is attracted to the volume of love. So I have no higher vibrational level than you or anyone else. But I do offer love. And that attracts people. And when I am around another who also offers love, that attracts people even more. And when there is a community of people offering love it becomes a beacon in the night, a place our hearts would seek out.  And this raises the love volume on the planet. If the whole world were filled with people offering love it would be a different place altogether. So is it our job to be human beings offering love? Yes.

And are some repelled by this sound of love? Only those who don't feel worthy of hearing it. Only those who for some reason believe that they are unworthy of it. And that comes from their own belief system.  No one can change your beliefs but you. You cannot change the belief system of another unless they choose it for themselves. I respect your free will choice to believe as you choose to believe even if that belief does not seem to be benefitting you according to my limited view. I am not walking in your shoes to make any legitimate judgment about your beliefs. Only you can judge you.

Aho

Shaman Elder Maggie

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