Alter Thought: "a Shaman in Journey"
What makes me different from others is my perspective and consistency. Quite frankly, my perspective sees many journey in one path, while my consistency allows me to get back up from when I'm falling. We have always been and will always be a shamana journey, and we appreciate you for asking these questions and having us critically think through it to respond. And we take that very serious. If anyone has any other questions or anything that struck them of interest that they're just curious, please ask
Or what is a shaman to you and what is a shaman on journey mean to you? And is this a for lack of better language, a solitary journey for solitary benefit or a solitary journey for a communal benefit? I don't know if that makes sense
Greetings, Christina. Thank you so much for your inquiry. Shamans have been in the cornerstone to religion, civilization, and community as of, like, 35,000, some would even argue 100,000 BCE. The intellects, the healers, the physicians and architects of community. Don Jose Luis wrote a book called Wisdom of the Shamans what the Ancient Masters Can Teach US about Love and Life. And this tattoo shaman from southern central Mexico defines a shaman as a noal, meaning the awakened ones in the world language
Swell Team
@Swell · 0:15
As a PathMaker in journey, we are aware of our relative true north. We have a clear idea of who we are, where we are going and what the right thing is to do relative to us in our context. So hope that helps with understanding the in journey aspect of a shaman. Thank you
I'm not sure that I understood much of what you communicated, but I may have gleaned enough to move forward with other questions. But just putting that caveat out there in case these questions seem a little off. And the first is the in journey phrase. Is it not included or implied in the word shaman, or does it carry different order, meaning, or different significance for you? And that's why you've added it on. A couple more questions first
Because it just doesn't make sense when you apply philosophy like Huawei Buddhism, shamanism, because those particular spaces of thought are not anchored to specific absolute symbols or language. It's a fluid understanding of language. They don't teach you what to do. They teach you how to think. So being a shaman in journey of practicing shaman means I'm actively thinking. We're actively thinking through this shaman consciousness that's relative to us
And this language seems to create a separateness, even if it's within the collective, and from the things that you've said about, for instance, this other level of consciousness that someone might not understand if, let's say, you not shamans in general, but you specifically, if you see yourself as fluid and fluidly flowing through time, space, energy, ancestors, the present, the collective of humans on a whole, it doesn't sound like there is room to flow, to meet someone at a different level of consciousness where they're at
They're both doing the same thing, more or less, but they offer something different. So think of it radio stations, as levels of consciousness. Some of us have tuned into a specific frequency that comes with limited language and limited information and limited ways to express. And then there's the spectrum of frequency where someone can express more, relatively more. They have more avenues, they have more in depth knowledge, they have more information
In fact, I said before that I was coming at it from a place of relatedness not only your perspective, not only their perspective, but this space in between, the energy, the connection that is there, and what does that look like within the scope of the concepts and ideas and the language and so on that you use? I don't, for lack of a bitter phrase, have a horse in this race
Lance Watson
@lwatsonjr · 5:00
Many folks are challenged with the idea two things are more existing in the same space at the same time. But I am spontaneously and simultaneously son, father, grandson, preacher, lecturer, speaker, member and leader, and a host of other descriptive titles at the same time. Not separate from one another, but simultaneous and layered. And this helps me, individual rev LJ to be able to listen. I have, in turn found a symbol in self to understand the symbol in them
Greetings, L. J. Thank you so much for contributing so much love and openness in your thoughts and ideas. Thank you for joining this space of thought, and we greatly, greatly appreciate how you have navigated this space with compassion and empathy. And what you said was spot on. We agree with you to the most, and we love how you said what we're saying, but just from your position, your space, your experiences, and that's powerful