shaman's thoughts

Salaam (peace) children; To be, simply being at any moment aught not to be Painful a torment enormous impossibilities suffering emotions up and down, a yoyo Being after all is a process running a designed pattern of energies and light what might "I" have to do with the why and the whom of it all? one moment low next I stand so tall An air breathing human dependent on the very design of delivery so my life may be sustained! if no air is here where am I? Show up for life daily accept what is whether it pleases you or not No thought is best if you can of this ,the other and that Don't bother to decipher life delete the need to understand my good child Every event is an unfolding of the source of life unto itself, from itself, by itself you and I my love are shadows of that dancing source How can a shadow say "I am"? To be, aught not to be so full of you and me it aught to be as a tree giving and receiving being, without attachment to the drama that flows around eve...

Salaam(peace) children; The toughest lesson to learn for most intermediate to advanced students of spiritual growth into ONENESS , is how to recognize and let go of the EGO games. Who gets offended for one reason or another almost daily? Who's feelings get hurt when expectations are not met? Who sits at judgment of others as to their worthiness and place in life? Who gets satisfaction from praise? Who collects stuff of this world and proudly displays them? You want another good one? Who is so patriotic as to forget the ONENESS of life? Zeal for the religion or belief systems? Pride in a piece of painted cloth?These are SRPC's, Societal Ritualistic Pagan Ceremonies! All, is EGO, vanity of vanities as king Solomon would say, all is vanity my child. The moment we dishonor a teacher or an elder, the times when we dishonor and destroy the face of our mother Earth, we have allowed the Ego to be in charge. How about when we strut our stuff of positions and possessions? If There is ...

Salaam(peace) children; The hands that write the lines that come to be, Who is the one reading, who is the writer? Being mindful is like having a bell around your ankles, jing, gling, jing gling The ear hears the sound, the mind registers the awakened soul is revived by the connections of what is God is in motion, In so many forms, in so many ways Mind is not a big enough of a vessel to hold the essence of such Beingness What will keep you connected this day my child? what sound, what vision, a breath perhaps? Do take the time, to stay connected to THE SOURCE How else will you stay calm to resolve conflicts if not through the daily connection through mindfulness and attentiveness? Humble beings, know not God but live indifferent to all much as a tree, there is no knowing to its nature giving oxygen, never saying a word about the life giving essence it provides. only being the tree, in all moments Yet the cell is conscious of all things and death is only another journey when God is movi...

salaam(peace) children; As we grow in spiritual realm, much like the physical(real?) world, the tests and the conditions of saying "I am here" get tougher. It was easy passing eighth grade and got harder trying to get the diploma at the end of the High School years. In your spiritual learning my child, care to be ready, know this now that just when you think you know enough to go on, just when you think you "got it", the ever present teacher will throw you a curve ball you thought you knew how to hit, and you'll keep trying and trying, but miss over and over again, until you realize that it may look the same as the one you knew, but it spins far differently and requires more practice and yes going back to the basics again! May your eyes be always open and your mind alert enough to see the next bend on the road and accept it as it comes with its load of pain and hardship of learning. May you be humble enough to see that it is THE EGO SELF which is always in the w...

Salaam (peace) children; As soon as you realize my child that you do not control your breath, that it comes from an elsewhere of which no one has really told you about. As soon as you see that no one is really in control of much to speak of, that even the very SUN which sustains all life is a temporary measure of sustaining life on Earth. You cannot help but want to sit quietly and wonder about who or what it is that really is in control! Do this enough times a day, and voila!! You have arrived at the doors of awakening changes. In my times of quiet meditations, there is a sweet voice that says to me "Look my son, I breathe your breath, I play your music, I put the Earth in orbit for your home, behold these and KNOW THAT I AM, Count it all joy even in pain my child, for my gifts do not come wrapped in pretty papers and bows. ONLY GOD ALWAYS GOD ALL GOD ALONE GOD ONLY

Thursday, June 28, 2007 (A RERUN, BECAUSE TIME IS THE SAME, BUT NO FLOODS!) salaam (peace) children; it has not stopped raining here in Texas,since my arrival! They say 21 days of rain in may is the most it has ever rained in Texas, and it has not stopped yet close to the end of June! I have freaked a few Texans by collecting and drinking the precious rain water! My own kids remember us doing it in Arizona, but they have grown and forgotten the ways . I keep getting this message of urgency to remain connected to THE LIGHT SOURCE WITHIN, as if life is saying to all the true seekers "no more half ass'ed measures will do now" (a very awakening thought, more like a kick in the ass ). I have been blessed with the deepest, most intimate moments with THE BELOVED. I found wisdom in getting sick as a dog in the past three days when my teacher Rumi tongue said "THE CURE TO EVERY PAIN IS IN THE PAIN ITSELF". I fell ill a...

Salaam(peace) children: Most of us true seekers of wisdom have also gained the "knowledge" of how to maintain a balanced life and harmonious walks amongst our brothers and sisters. And, it appears that "THE SOURCE" is always giving us hints as to the direction and methodologies that works in our individual cases. No garden shall bear any fruits unless the gardener is at hand daily, weeding, watering, and tending to the plants' needs. Yet I tell you my good children, all we really have to "DO" is show up daily and trust the wisdom that created the garden that is our lives. This trusting business is at once easy and difficult. It is easy because there is no "doing", I am not the gardener. It is difficult because for the most part we don't seem to show up with any measurable amount of trust or surrendering our willful selves to THE ONE! Yes I show up, but my mind seems to be busy with what I was dealing with yesterday or what is to come lat...