Shamanic Lessons
I just wanted to post an interesting and important thought, IMO, from noted author, visionary, psychonaut, and shamanic specialist Daniel Pinchbeck. This is taken from an interview done with Tim Boucher from Pop Occulture. You can find the interview here -- http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2005/10/26/evolver-an-interview-with-daniel-pinchbeck-part-1/
The inspiration for this topic is directly from fellow VOX neighbor [quick]silver and his interest in the subject.
I'd just like to preface this quote by stating that the importance of maintaining a positive outlook and not submitting to fear and paranoia is crucial to success in any endeavour, especially life. Easier said than done, right?
"My personal hypothesis is that our consciousness is co-creating reality, therefore we want to be increasingly careful about the kind of thoughts we are allowing to absorb our awareness. If we spend too much time worrying about surveillance and Grey Alien predation and the HAARP Project, it is like we are attracting negative energy and negative vibrations towards us. We are substantiating that kind of material. I don’t mean that one should become polyannaish – one should stay grounded, but one should realize that one is better off practicing an inner ecology on the level of thought, or you will end up in a frothing state of apocalyptic terror, which is what much of our culture seems to be trying to induce. ... If our consciousness and therefore our intention is embedded in the structure of reality – as quantum physics, for instance, tells us – then how we focus our thoughts could catalyze certain possibilities and support more or less desireable outcomes. In that case, logically, we should use our psychic energy to support the best, most compassionate and generous future conceivable for ourselves, the world, and humanity."
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Comments
For me personally, I think this is why a part of me instinctively believes in "prayer" and it doesn't necessarily have to do with any religious sect, just internally voicing out intentions and/or letting go of worries to the Universe, or the collection unconcious or whatever higher spacial level/being that floats your boat.
I've read Daniel Pinchbeck's book 'Breaking open the head'--he has really great insights and I appreciate how he takes shamanism and psychonautical adventures seriously, we need more people like him in the world.
peace
If you haven't already, check out Gregg Braden's 'Secret of the Lost Mode of Prayer.' I think you'll find it quite valuable.
Peace.
I think it was from 2003 to late 2004, that I stopped updating my site completely. I was concentrating on clients who needed expertise from a web designer, a web developer, and an all-around go-to-guy for standards compliant, CSS design/redesign.
I stopped my conspiracy theorist career, full-tilt. I had been updating continuously since 2000 (first on Geocities, then to my own domain). All my skills as a widely-read conspiracy junky had consumed me for years. The break I took revitalized me - and it was liberating.
During the period of refuge and happiness (which is what it really was), I realized that obsession - in any form -can become debilitating, and inevitably metastasizes into something dark and foreboding.
As I've since resumed my chosen path, melancholy sets in - more often than not.
Reconciliation comes from readers who take the time to email me with encouragement. They assure me that it is not all in vain. The overall lesson of quitting cold turkey has given me a much-needed boost of reality (and dare I say it: skepticism).
If I were an Alex Jones or a Texe Marrs - depended upon conspiratorial outrage for sustenance and livelihood - I think I'd go insane from the sheer magnitude of the debilitating vibes received on an hourly basis.
I guess I'm not the only one who finds it helpful to step back and think, and even try to see things from another's perspective. The more I learn, the more I realize what I don't yet know...
thanks for the book tip...at library now so I will see if they have it
peace