shaman's thoughts

Go put your masks on and play a little. It is Halloween! But then what masks will you put on at home? Who are you? Be careful most wishes have a way of Quantumly being granted.

The very notion of SIN gives way to negativity. We all have much to learn about how to be in harmony with the universe and GOD without feeling guilty about our shortcomings. A good way to teach ourselves this art is to practice not looking down on others for their shortcomings. This act alone can free much guilt ridden anxiety from our lives. LIVE IN PEACE WITH LIFE!

Still working on letting go? Yes I see that! good luck with that my child, you are in my prayers. Just don't ever give up.

"Problems cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created them." Albert Einstein (1879-1955). So what is he saying? Raise your level of awarness and you may have a shot at solving your problems. And just how do you go about raising the level of you awareness? Isn't this what we've been talking about for about 21/2 years now? Let's go do it then and quit your bitching!

Every day is another blank canvas before me, whether I do any "Intentional" painting or not, there WILL BE on that canvas the story of my life for this day, painted by the energies with which I choose to surround my self with this day. A blank one is never produced, as even my thoughts are enough for the hands of destiny to paint with or about. Then this canvas is displayed for all to see! Where do I hide my inequities? Where shall we go to hide?

Ask me where I have been the past few days? I could not tell you for certain as these are indeed dead days!

What is after all the meaning of this life if not MU! From nothing we come, busy ourselves with matters which will not last as all things must fade and die. And, within a blink of an eye in real time we fade and die to nothingness. Is this nothing stuff really worth having a heartatack over? Is it worth agonizing over any part of it? is it really?

Light up a candle instead of complaining about the darkness. Let your thoughts not wonder long in (who said what and how come I cannot, have not)'s of this world. Always maintain hope in the LIGHT that ilumens the world and the SOURCE which nourishes its inhabitants.

Expectations oh expectations! how you have ruined many a good days with your wicked creeping in from the dark corners of our minds. "I thought they'd surely write back, I'm so baffled and saddened.." yes indeed I expected and not having been fulfilled the same energy turned into sadness and anxiety. LET GO OF IT CHILD, DO NOT OWN YOUR MOVES BE FREE!

It is imperative that we all learn to "get along". One of the ways to make this happen is by not going into our daily life's activities filled with thoughts of "this can’t be done, too hard, impossible, I'm tired of life....” Because the very negative nature of these thoughts, will insure our failure at creating working relationships with just about anyone. It is an old cliché', but hey think good and good things will happen to you. When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change!

From the first spec of life to the vast universe which we have now, the one Constant has been the INTENTION! It is my intentions that would carry me through the rest of my life and cause the energies to flow in and out of my days. Let my INTENTIONS always be Trust in the UNIVERSAL SOURCE OF LIFE!

Is any color more gloomy than the color of death? Indeed I have seen death and am not afraid of anything else. My own demons seem to think they can have the better of me, they are dreaming! I have friends in high places and my wish is their command. Bring it on baby!!

So the teacher teaches what he needs to learn most himself. I miss the days in Iran, I had a purpose, to help others see the light of their inner strength I was strong and full of wisdom, patience, and grace. Now alone in the little town of Cornville, Arizona I find I have lost my purpose and no longer care if I am filled with grace or not. I do not seek God's company regularly and seem to be still quite hazy about the direction of my life. Once thing seems to be clear as always however, God the SOURCE of all that is, will find a way to bring HIS GRACE back into my life full time. I realize that it is the emotional need for the family I just lost that is weighing heavy on my mind. But this too shall come to pass as have most other matters of emotional needs. I will be in touch with them online and via the phone, and get back to doing good here for my kids and friends and my self too. I will be having my time with HIM again soon enough. I will be patient and accepting for now!

So the teacher teaches what he needs to learn most himself. I miss the days in Iran, I had a purpose, to help others see the light of their inner strength I was strong and full of wisdom, patience, and grace. Now alone in the little town of Cornville, Arizona I find I have lost my purpose and no longer care if I am filled with grace or not. I do not seek God's company regularly and seem to be still quite hazy about the direction of my life. Once thing seems to be clear as always however, God the SOURCE of all that is, will find a way to bring HIS GRACE back into my life full time. I realize that it is the emotional need for the family I just lost that is weighing heavy on my mind. But this too shall come to pass as have most other matters of emotional needs. I will be in touch with them online and via the phone, and get back to doing good here for my kids and friends and my self too. I will be having my time with HIM again soon enough. I will be patient and accepting for now!

A day without contact with THE SOURCE and the heart goes limp at the first sign of difficulties. A week without the contact and you will be a walking target for problems. Go longer and my child you are now at the mercy of the floating energies without any control or say so in the direction of your life.

As a Zen teacher put it once; "that towards which your gaze is fixed on and your motionsdirected towards, you will reach and obtain in the end" In other words keep the faith and keep your eyes on the prize and its yours. Easier said than done. But do-able.

Let's go boldly where most dare not to. Let's break the traditions of hundreds of years. Let a Muslim become a Buhdist, a Christian turn to Tao ways and let the Zen master bow to the west when in meditation! Let's wreak havoc on this Earht and see what happens! Oh, and while we are at it let us not forget cause and efffect. Some changes are good, some are not so good! My child pray to gain the wisdom to know the difference.

SOK in a Dashti dialect in Iran means to poke at, to cause a reaction in another person. Life does this daily by giving us people, things or places that won't be what we wish them to be and accepting what is in peace and harmony.

Thank you! Let there flow in my life energies abundant with effectionate grace. Let me continue to be an instrument of healing and serenity. Let me sing the song of LIFE daily my love!

It seems like I do so much better when there are others who count on me. I become this strong pillar of hope and positive thinking. I carry myself like a seasoned old man, calm, serene, wise and ready to accept anything that life has to throw at me. This above all else is the single most important reason why I am who I am today, because I always pray to be an instrument of help and service without any regards for my own gain. Voila! life gives me exactly what I pray for or ask for, I am always put where help is needed and I fulfill my desire!

Not a drop of rain fell upon this barren land, nor did the sparrows sing this spring, the vacant field of his heart remained a sand doon for the snakes and lizards to bore through. This then, is the Hell with which he was promissed. A self made dessolate heart which has not taken time to keep in touch with THE SOURCE!

We bow and are so humbled daily befor kings and big shots of the world and yet when most of us are told to bow before the CREATOR, that SOURCE OF LIFE, we find ourselves reluctant. Imagine if you were indeed God the Creator and this human creation of yours kept on denying your place in his life and did not cooperate for the good of all creation! what would you do to such a creature? None can be as patient as God is with us children of Adam. Though we deserve to be kicked in the butt!

shaman's daily thoughts There are times in life when having to accept and just accepting are one and the same. If you feel life is "Pushing YOU" and "forcing YOU" to accept a condition, you have two choices either accept or keep fighting off these forces. Winning at all costs is not all it is cracked up to be. Let go of the need to always win or be in control, let go and accept. You will find that the freedom and serenity after, is far more precious.

There are times in life when having to accept and just accepting are one and the same. If you feel life is "Pushing YOU" and "forcing YOU" to accept a condition, you have two choices either accept or keep fighting off these forces. Winning at all costs is not all it is cracked up to be. Let go of the need to always win or be in control, let go and accept. You will find that the freedom and serenity after, is far more precious.

There are times in life when having to accept and just accepting are one and the same. If you feel life is "Pushing YOU" and "forcing YOU" to accept a condition, you have two choices either accept or keep fighting off these forces. Winning at all costs is not all it is cracked up to be. Let go of the need to always win or be in control, let go and accept. You will find that the freedom and serenity after, is far more precious.

The day you can control your breathing my child, have it stop at your will and resume at your command you can call yourself God! Untill that day my good one learn to aknowledge THE SOURCE OF THIS BREATH WHICH SUSTAINS LIFE WITHIN YOU AND CARRIES YOU. Use this to meditate on.

It is a good day to be alive. I shall wait on you my Lord to move the energies within my life and direct my path. Save me from my own ignorance and haughty self. All that emenates from you is good only if I choose to see the good and be patiently grateful.

"He WHO LEARNS MUST SUFFER. EVEN IN OUR SLEEP PAIN THAT WILL NOT FORGET FALLS DROP BY DROP UPON THE HEART. UNTIL IN OUR DESPAIR COMES AGAINST OUR OWN WILL, WISDOM FROM THE AWEFUL GRACE OF GOD." This is a quote from an American poet which I have unfortuantely forgot the name of. It is just so apropriate now .

The reluctance of the body in doing what is "hard" is very natural. We are lazy animal by nature. Even doing what we are certain gains us much in the end seems to be easier to put away and ignore than our self afflicted adictions to food,drugs, etc. It is only through daily strugle that one can appreciate the result of that for which he has toiled. Ahh success such sweet splendor!

The reluctance of the body in doing what is "hard" is very natural. We are lazy animal by nature. Even doing what we are certain gains us much in the end seems to be easier to put away and ignore than our self afflicted adictions to food,drugs, etc. It is only through daily strugle that one can appreciate the result of that for which he has toiled. Ahh success such sweet splendor !

The reluctance of the body in doing what is "hard" is very natural. We are lazy animal by nature. Even doing what we are certain gains us much in the end seems to be easier to put away and ignore than our self afflicted adictions to food,drugs, etc. It is only through daily strugle that one can appreciate the result of that for which he has toiled. Ahh success such sweet splendor!

Here is another way of saying the same thing I have trying to say for a while now. Unless you like being depressed and miserable, confused and unhappy, you need to do some sort of daily practice of calming the churning mind. This mind needs the prayer/meditation time as much as your body needs oxygen. What is so hard about accepting this simple fact? You want water for thirst, air for oxygen, food for stamina and prayer/meditation for inner peace and joy. SIMPLE AS THAT, YES IT IS THAT SIMPLE! Find your way of centering the scattered mind my child.

Well friends today this old man sat and did the deed. I was blessed again with a contact, a touch of THE SOURCE! We can go on looking for "comfort, happiness, serenity,feel good" and all these good stuff outside of our selves. You know the routine, a new lover, a sucessful business of my own, better children, a good mate! Yes indeed none will satisfy the need for the daily nourishment which the spirit within me needs in order for me to have INNER CALM AND PEACE! enough said.

One week without the daily contact with THE SOURCE and already the signs are evident. My usual zest for life is dwendling and the spark is out of my eyes. Well this too shall come to pass. If I have any sense at all, I'd be to my daily prayer soon enough. You too my child remember, that as long as you long for that union with THE SOURCE, The Weaver will bring you back home. Faith is knowing that your intentions will either save you or destroy you. What are our Intentions today?