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and more opportunities to streamline our behavior and
thought process. We're also given a lot of chances to
prove to ourselves that we've learned valuable lessons
that need not be repeated. Clearly, the necessity of
repetition is not determined by our own lip service or even
our hopeful ideals. It is determined by the KARMIC
REALITY of how we live our life and that includes all the
aspects of our consciousness which we normally overlook
or deny.
TEN SIMPLE WAYS TO GET IN BETTER BALANCE
WITH
SELF & UNIVERSE
1. Stop treating your guides like a childhood imaginary
friend to be blamed or otherwise held responsible for all
thoughts, actions and words that cause inner disturbance,
uncertainty, or a compulsion to distance one's intentions
from the message itself and/or how it's conveyed. See
below for a few more thoughts on the closely related
subject of Spiritual Guide/linear ego confusion.
2. Recognize that 'guides' are always a part of one's
higher self. This means they are not separate or prone to
their own states of whimsy. Inner guidance will ALWAYS
trounce outwardly gained versions of the same thing - at
least at a cellular level. The less you trust yourself, the
more you rely on outside opinion of whatever stripe. The
more you rely on outside opinion, the less clearly one's
own inner guidance can be observed or manifested.
Bluntly put: the less you trust yourself, the less trustworthy
you become.
3. Accept that cosmic flow works on its own volition rather
than any individual human intention or desire. In other
words, it isn't karma's job to cut us a break or grade us on
a curve. It's OUR job to be fully and authentically
'prepared for class'.
4. Study yourself in the mirror as a form of standing
meditation. Observe your reflection in the spirit of
acceptance rather than criticism. I especially advise this
practice when someone isn't feeling too kindly towards
themselves or their place/actions within the larger world -
when something has been said or done that makes us feel
squeamish in mind/belly or at odds with our heart center.
The harder it is to stand still and simply look at yourself,
the more you'll benefit from forcing yourself through
various levels of dismissal or aversion.
5. FACT: The emotions of fear and anger exist in all
human beings. The more firmly you believe they 'shouldn't'
be emotional components of your energy field, the more
one or both emotions is likely to run your inter-dimensional
program and a rather [un!]healthy percentage of your
internalized and/or inter-personal tape loops. Since this
item quite often applies to folks who believe they are "not
supposed" to operate from the ego, either, I often point out
that refusing to acknowledge fear and anger is *extremely*
ego driven. If that goes well, I may move on to discussion
of the differences between linear and spiritual ego -
particularly the fact that one can't function very well without
the other. BOTH must be in operational existence, along
with a full working spectrum of human emotion. In other
words: You can't 'get over' fear or anger (or for that matter
the troublesome actions and opinions of linear ego) if you
don't first fully acknowledge and accept their existence.
6. Excuses are a human coping mechanism. Learn how
to identify your own excuse making habits and then
patiently disengage them. Further learn the truth of taking
self-responsibilty. HINT: The process doesn't begin and
end with the verbal announcement that you're 'owning'
your actions. That's just running-out-of-steam new age lip
service. Please get over it. Your energy field and those
who must inter-act with you will be extremely grateful!
7. Yardstick comparisons between self and others usually
deter spiritual growth and illumination rather than
complimenting it. Yardstick mentality can be particularly
alienating when it is outwardly expressed - such as
undercutting the value of someone else's experience by
announcing why the same thing would never work for you,
etc.
8. Be smart about how you acquire your spiritual and
philosophical information. Save money to spend on a
REPUTABLE class/workshop/seminar experience rather
than relying primarily on cheaper Store Gurus for your
education. Also avoid lemming-like attachments to the
latest spiritual crazes. Re-consider the educational
benefits of working with someone who is highly dogmatic,
rigidly superficial, or otherwise unable to provide solid
answers to your questions and emergent spiritual needs.
9. Check all current and potential teachers for inclusion on
PLASTIC SHAMAN lists here on the internet or through
your most local inter-tribal council. IMMEDIATELY
disband teaching/learning programs with anyone who is on
these lists. If you cannot bring yourself to do this, you
might instead aim for the compassionate and respectful
stance that other people do not have to be subjected to
your defense of such individuals. This will be especially
true for those who quite clearly do not hold your
enthusiasm or respect for the person/people in question.
10. STOP paying or charging for sweatlodges RIGHT
NOW!!!!
Periodically review this list to see what parts of it you're
resisting or ignoring. Learn to take responsibility for the
fact that, if you believe you can't or won't change, then that
is your free will choice rather than a karmic or energetic
meme.
Five Truths About Guides
This info is meant for the consideration of those who are
prone to wishfully thinking higher self guides are speaking
when they are not and one is, instead, listening to an
aspect of the linear ego's voice. Oftentimes it's very
cleverly thrown. You may especially wish to Heed The
[false] Messenger if you're immersed in some kind of
elevated consciousness workshop or pay-for-ceremony
situation. This seems especially true for those who have
attended and/or continue to attend pay-to-sweat 'lodges'
that are inherently corrupt because of the way they are
run. Such folks are generally very reluctant to disengage
from the bad habit - many feel guilty or downright
aggressive to think of something they love and are fond of
considering a spiritual experience 'taken away' from them.
If these remarks at ALL apply to you (particularly if they
make you angry or frightened with their implications),
please work towards the kind of courage and strength it
takes to implement lasting personal changes.
1. Guides NEVER EVER provide information or action
plans that rely on the mis-treatment (however slight) of
other people OR oneself.
2. Guides are not self-serving or inclined towards
elaborate forms of rationalization and therefore neither is
their advice.
3. Guidance that is chronically a day late and a dollar
short reflects one's own perceptual shortcomings 'filtering'
a more timely period of illumination/message delivery OR a
spiritual influence that is not divine in nature.
4. Guides that repeatedly tell you something you don't
want to hear may grow weary of being ignored. You're
'getting' the same unwanted message time after time
because it's IMPORTANT. If you stop ignoring it, other
illuminated changes will be soon to follow. If you learn to
truly *accept* what you asked to receive, rather than
balking at the form(s) in which it was offered, you will
experience MORE rather than LESS divine inter-action in
your life.
5. Guides are not competitive spirits. They have no more
organic place in an inter-personal pissing contest, or
running amok at 'astral tea parties', than a hog has on the
moon.
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