Season 2 Episode 15 - In this episode the shaman discusses the influences that intolerance has on societal ties. Whether we are attempting to bury them, or if we are intolerant out in the public view, the idea that harmony cannot exist with intolerance.

In this episode the shaman speaks about growing the love within each of us to create a more balanced existence on the planet. Learning to love like those items of nature, being open to demonstrating the real power of love.

Over these last couple of months we have been discussing the importance of our culture has on our intellectual fulfillment, but there is so much more value to embracing our ancestral cultural than one might think, far deeper than just the adopting a new practice in our lives. As we mentioned it is the centralistic fulfillment that is achieved when Freyja (Mother Earth) is open to speak to us, and through us, and most importantly, that we can hear.

Because of the onslaught of cultural dilution that has occurred over the last several millennia many of us find ourselves deeply pondering what culture are we exactly, and what possible influence does it have on our lives. Sometimes it takes some searching, sometimes it takes an investment in the culture, most of the time it takes a lot of reading. It takes different kinds of reading. Firstly, it takes a historical perspective. Truly understanding what our ancestors were thinking and feeling. Secondly, it takes a spiritual dive into what they may have understood as the boundaries of this physical life time. As well we need to look at their understanding of the spiritual world around us, and how they interpreted that.

We have spoke of the necessity of embracing our culture, yet many have asked me what this really means. But yet many don’t understand the infusion of individuality within centuries of generations. How each generations adds to the collective of the cultural heritage, yet their environment is just as important as the people in the environment. Especially during the earliest of civilizations we witness the migration of the hunter/gatherers followed the herds, leading them into new environments, new spiritual connections that those people had to interact with.

While I may have discussed many different topics, one may wonder where is my pedigree for becoming a Celtic Shaman. Why aren’t I a Druid instead of a Shaman? Why do I feel as if I am a Shaman, particularly given that the religious figures associated with the Celtic culture? While some of my wisdom has been gathered from experiencing many different events in my life, much of what I now know has been given to me through a spiritual connection, or channeling spiritual entities. Unlike some I’ve spoken to over the years, I have practiced my channeling skills to the point where I now have simple conversations with my ancestors, and other spiritual entities. Sometimes I receive connections from you, the listeners, as I seek aura connections during meditation and trance work. I have been given the role of the Shaman, not by physical mortals, but by the infinite beings of energy I call my deities. These deities have determined that because I have developed the skills of traveling in both: the world of the physical, and the world of spiritual energy. This ability is what allows me to communicate the wisdom and knowledge from the spiritual realm, to help other physical beings experience the joy and harmony that they were designed to have.

While this week’s episode may sound very close to the stereotypical guru atop the mountain peak offering words of wisdom, it is truly the very core of our function here on the physical plane of existence. Seeking the meaning of life. Many have asked about what is the true meaning of life, and as I’ve been taught, the true meaning of life is contentment. Not wealth, not power, not religion, and certainly not politics, and believe it or not, it is not even happiness. While there are as many ways for each of us to find contentment, it can be fleeting, or an overarching source of true lifelong intrinsic definition of true success.

Most physical beings throughout the history who have put any thought to it, have wondered what happens to our consciousnesses when our physical sensory input stops and the physical body ceases to function anymore. What really happens when the bio-electricity generated and managed by our physical body stops inputting information into our brain? Many have come to me fearful of death, and I have met many who are fighting tooth and nail to retain their physical body, fearful of succumbing to their physical death , sometimes enduring endless pain and suffering. The aged old questions about what we can expect to experience when we let out our last breath has plagued humankind for as long as we have had cognitive thought. Many people have come to me and inquired as to whether they should be afraid of death, or not. Humankind has been afraid of the unknown powers of the universe for as long as they have had cognitive thinking processes. Some have been programmed by years of religious practices that have taught them to fear death because of this unknown. However, I am here to tell you that there is no unknown. Death, is just the passing of the physical body leaving then the spiritual consciousness to then explore its next phase of existence. Remembering that the spiritual realm isn’t bound by the laws of time and space means, many, many, questions could be answered as we slip our earthly bonds. All of those things attached to our biological body are then left behind, typically this includes pain and suffering as the physical body has been shutting down. Much like all other life forms, in many cases, we have a rebirth in to the next phase of our lives which, is our spiritual existence.

Humans do not seem to have as many struggles with their physical relationships as they do with their spiritual ones. We (the human race) have a much easier time interpreting our visual, combined with our audible input, as to better understanding our physical relationships than we do with interacting with a spiritual force that gave us life. Regardless as to whether you believe in evolution, or one of the many creation stories documented throughout the previous millennia, I believe we can all agree that there was a process that begat modern day humans. Whether it’s Embla and Ask, Adam and Eve, or Dick and Jane, they did not have the technological minds that modern day humans current use.

There once was a time, way back in history, long before the Jewish peoples of the Middle East began the practice, and control of their peoples understanding of the mysterious forces of the world, there were men and women who interacted directly with the spirits. They recognized the balance maintained by these spiritual forces throughout all of existence. Today, I’d like to take a minute to express my understanding of the practice around monotheism took a darker, more sinister path. Now, before one gets upset, I understand the recognition of a singular deity figure. I get it. However, knowing what you think you know about your deity, don’t you think it might be a little arrogant to think he/she/they have only one presence? Could the same deity be viewed from any other angle, maybe in another form, or even in a different way all together?