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Shamanic "Thought for the Day" Archive

Oct 9, 2008: A high station in life A high station in life is earned by the gallantry with which appalling experiences are survived with grace. Tennessee Williams

Oct 13, 2008: The root cause of all illness The root cause of all illness can be imbalance of a person's souls caused by disruption in the pattern of the souls' movement in the body, intrusions by foreign spirits, or outright soul loss brought about by spiritual or physical trauma. Shamans are aware of the fact that the physical symptoms of an illness must also treated, and medicines are used in addition to spiritual healing. The spiritual aspect of the illness, however, is important because the physical symptom alone is not the true problem. Spirit intrusion and soul loss suppress the body's natural capacity to heal itself, so unless the spiritual ailment is cured, the physical ailment will never be healed. Sarangerel Riding Windhorses "A Journey into the Heart of Mongolian Shamanism"

Oct 14, 2008: Life is thickly sown with thorns Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us. Miguel de Cervantes

Oct 15, 2008: Let mystery have it's place in you. Let mystery have it's place in you. Do not always be turning up your whole soil with the plowshare of self-examination, but have a little fallow corner in your heart read for any seeds the winds may bring. And reserve a nook of the shadow for the passing bird. Keep a place in your heart for unexpected guests, as an altar for an unknown god. Henri Fredric Amiel

Oct 16, 2008: If you want your heart If you want your heart to brighten, Expect to exert yourself a bit. Rumi

Oct 17, 2008: Security is mostly a superstition Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. Helen Keller

Oct 20, 2008: Forget past mistakes Forget past mistakes. Forget failures. Forget everything except what you're going to do now and do it. William Durant

Oct 21, 2008: Initiatory events Initiatory events are those that mark a man or woman's life forever, that pull a person deeper into life than they would normally chose to go. Initiatory events are those that define who a person is, or cause some power to erupt from them, or strip everything from them until all that is left is their essential self. Michael Mead "Men and the Water of Life"

Oct 22, 2008: The rapture of being alive I think that what we are seeking is an experience of being alive so that our life experience on the purely physical plane will have resonances within our innermost being and reality, so that we actually feel the rapture of being alive. Joseph Campbell with Bill Moyes "The Power of Myth"

Oct 23, 2008: Much of life Much of life can never be explained but only witnessed. Rachel Naomi Remen