Yes, as any good gardener knows, for life to flourish, one needs
'sh*t'. Only then will flowers and a wide array of food grow. But
even flowers ultimately emerge from the inside out, from the heart
of the seed. The sh*t is simply food for the journey. This is just
the way of all of life, including those of you reading this
article.
Don Oscar follows the Peruvian path of Shamanistic practice because
of its depth of relatedness to the natural world. We are blessed
that the Peruvian Shamans do not horde and hide their wisdom, even
from the conquering hoards, but rather share it. Thus he takes
Western practitioners from the fake, manufactured plastic, metallic
world back (and forward) into the organic world. Instead of a "dead
universe" as believed in by those of us in the West, he brings one
into knowledge of a "living, breathing, magical universe."
Don Oscar states that what has gotten us into a dangerous position
today is that we don't realize that transformation, or change, is
what is permanent. Our world is in constant flux, transforming and
evolving. If we try to hold onto it, don't recognize it, we fall
into the illusion of control. It is this illusion that gets us into
a mess. Thus, the power elite create the horrid war pictures above.
It is simply created by their fear of transformation, evolving and
the flux of the planet responding to our actions. "We must simply
remain in charge! Our lifestyles must continue on! I'm not giving
anything up!" It might do the reader well to pause and think more
about how this illusion of control has affected our current day
politics, economics, relationships, and environment--indeed, the
state of our entire world.
The reader can start this exercise by considering the political,
national and government scenes and how these externals do hold on
to an illusion of control. More importantly, it is imperative for
the reader to look within his or her self. There are many liberals,
for example, that think if the conservatives behaved themselves by
supporting healthcare, no wars, etc then everything will be fine.
But does this truly change the system? Indeed, coming out of the
60's there were some changes due to anti-war and anti-Apartheid
demonstrations. But, this did not truly change things....for in the
70's there were more what I term as "border wars" going on with the
80's allowing for all-out warfare in the Middle East. These wars
continue to this day. Of course we did win with Obama backing down
on Syria.
But who is the next enemy hidden up the sleeves of the powers that
be? You and I for reading and writing articles like these?
These are huge questions. In this writer's opinion they are
imperative for the reader to explore. How do we make REAL change
while allowing change to occur organically within ourselves, the
systems we live within and on our planet? Our changes must be open
to change! Indeed, there is no sure end result!
At this point, the answers cannot be legislated. Answers can't be
introduced by Obama, a landmark decision of the Supreme Court, or
the ridding of the Koch Brother's Tea Party Republicans in
Congress. If we follow the traditional model of change, as happened
in the 70's during Vietnam with the protests from those days, we
will ultimately remain in chains. How many wars have we been in
since Vietnam? The problems have gotten worse, not better.
Thus, we need to let go of the system we live in. We must recognize
that the life-support machine we have plugged into is really using
us to support destruction. In Rob Kall's terminology, we need a
"bottom up" revolution. This means its up to you and me.
This is truly what Shamanic practices are about. Yes, they get into
different layers of Reality. And, yes, there are shamans who teach
in the traditional manner of the term education, meaning to
unfold. What is it to unfold? It means unfolding the potential
within us. What is potential but power not yet directed. It means
activating our Yin power to enfold the world in our hearts and our
Yang power to emplant our hearts in the world. It is activating the
life-power within us. Thus the shamans are there to help kindle
your power, for they know deep down that your being powerful is
good for the culture as well as the Earth.
Thus is the work of Don Oscar Miro-Quesada. He shares it with us
freely and graciously in his book, Lessons in Courage.
To listen to an interview the author and his wife did with don
Oscar, visit:
Don Oscar's website is at: http://heartofthehealer.org/
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