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    <title>Circle Of All NAtions</title>
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    <author>
      <name>Lummis</name>
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    <id>http://shamanism.tribe.net/thread/7560a774-5b79-4ebf-8c7c-92566d1fbee0</id>
    <updated>2008-07-24T23:36:19Z</updated>
    <published>2008-07-14T12:53:13Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;www.circleofallnations.com
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&lt;br/&gt;GRANDFATHER WILLIAM COMMANDA’S
&lt;br/&gt;ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL
&lt;br/&gt;CIRCLE OF ALL NATIONS SPIRITUAL GATHERING
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;AUGUST 1, 2 AND 3, 2008
&lt;br/&gt;KITIGAN ZIBI ANISHINABEG
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Grandfather William Commanda is pleased to invite you to his annual international spiritual gathering at his home at Bitobi Lake, Kitizan Zibi Reserve, Maniwaki, Quebec.
&lt;br/&gt;The key themes that Grandfather advances at the Gathering, through a series of presentations and workshops, are
&lt;br/&gt;*    	Indigenous Wisdom, Respect for Mother Earth and Healing,
&lt;br/&gt;*    	Racial Harmony,
&lt;br/&gt;*    	Social Justice and
&lt;br/&gt;*    Peace Building.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;	The Special Focus for 2008 is COMMUNICATIONS!
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;	Come prepared to share your own story about why the gathering is important to you – we really want to document the nature of this transformative experience, and need your help to do this!
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;The Gathering provides opportunity for community development, networking, individual and communal healing, spiritual growth and creativity. Its key objectives are to
&lt;br/&gt;*    	Share the wisdom, knowledge and sacred teachings of Indigenous Elders, Spiritual leaders and Medicine people
&lt;br/&gt;*    Promote discussion on a range of topics – justice, poverty, aids, racism, spirituality, peace, leadership, healing
&lt;br/&gt;*	 Raise awareness about our relationship with Mother Earth
&lt;br/&gt;*	Facilitate individual healing, spiritual growth and creativity
&lt;br/&gt;*    	Foster positive inter personal relationships and harmony
&lt;br/&gt;*	Celebrate life, and build community
&lt;br/&gt;	
&lt;br/&gt;A special priority is the vision for ASINABKA, the Sacred Chaudière Site, including the Healing and Peace Building Centre on Victoria Island.
&lt;br/&gt;The daily activity plan is simple and comprehensive:
&lt;br/&gt;*    Sunrise pipe ceremonies,
&lt;br/&gt;*    	Morning presentations by special guests,
&lt;br/&gt;*     Afternoon workshops, sweat lodge and other healing   ceremonies and creative activities,
&lt;br/&gt;*    Late afternoon time for personal reflection,
&lt;br/&gt;*    	Evening drumming, dancing and socialization.
&lt;br/&gt;On Saturday evening, all participate in a community feast, and on Sunday afternoon, in a traditional Giveaway Ceremony.
&lt;br/&gt;Grandfather encourages participants to engage in all the activities; the weekend is an unprecedented blueprint for experiencing the timeless wisdom of the Sacred Medicine Wheel, with extraordinary opportunity for emotional, physical, spiritual and mental development.
&lt;br/&gt;The Gathering is a very special event that engenders a spirit of generosity and generates harmony, peace and unity.
&lt;br/&gt;ALL ARE WELCOME!
&lt;br/&gt;DETAILS:
&lt;br/&gt;Date
&lt;br/&gt;*    	1,2, and 3 August, 2008, commencing at sunrise on Friday, and closing on Sunday afternoon
&lt;br/&gt;*    	Camp set up commences on Thursday
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Location
&lt;br/&gt;*    	Grandfather Commanda’s residence, 231 Pitobig Mikan, Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg, Maniwaki, Quebec, J9E 3B1.
&lt;br/&gt;*    	Camping space is available; there are also hotels and motels in town.
&lt;br/&gt;*    	Please bring your own tents, sleeping bags, personal supplies, equipment and food.
&lt;br/&gt;*    There are outdoor toilet facilities and bathing at the lakeshore shower
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Spaces
&lt;br/&gt;*    	Parking – special parking lot across the road
&lt;br/&gt;*    	Camping – north of homes, alongside the road
&lt;br/&gt;*    	Security – entrance and elsewhere
&lt;br/&gt;*    Communications and Registration – beside Grandfather’s shop
&lt;br/&gt;*    	Vendor for fast food – beside Grandfather’s shop
&lt;br/&gt;*    Kitchen, Elders’ Eating Space – North of Grandfather’s home
&lt;br/&gt;*    	Sweat Lodge Ceremonies – East of Grandfather’s home
&lt;br/&gt;*    	Sacred Fire, Sunrise Ceremonies, Meditation – Sacred Point
&lt;br/&gt;*    	Morning presentations – Lakeside Arbor
&lt;br/&gt;*    	Children’s activities, Drumming, Giveaway – Round Arbor
&lt;br/&gt;*    	Workshops – Lodge, Lakeside Arbor, grounds
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Ceremonies
&lt;br/&gt;*    	Please respect the expectations of the Fire Keeper, Elders, Lodge Keepers, ceremonial leaders and security, with respect to individual protocols – tobacco offerings, dress (especially for the sweat lodges: cotton, long gowns or loose cotton skirts and t-shirts for women, shorts for men), moon cycles, etc.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Considerations
&lt;br/&gt;	PLEASE: NO DRUGS; NO ALCOHOL; NO PETS.
&lt;br/&gt;*    	This in an indigenous spiritual gathering, rather than a camping outing, and ALL ARE ASKED TO DRESS WITH RESPECT AND DECORUM THROUGHOUT.
&lt;br/&gt;*    	Please take special care with dress, noise and conduct in the area designated for the sacred ceremonies - East of Grandfather’s home
&lt;br/&gt;*    	Children are welcome and some activities are organized for them; however, THERE IS NO BABYSITTING, AND PARENTS ARE FULLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR CHILDREN AT ALL TIMES.
&lt;br/&gt;*    	NO BOATING is permitted.
&lt;br/&gt;*    	NO SWIMMING into the lake is permitted; PARENTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SUPERVISION OF CHILDREN AT THE WATER’S EDGE.
&lt;br/&gt;*    	Donations for the Giveaway and Community Feast are welcomed.
&lt;br/&gt;*    	Please be respectful of the communities at Kitign Zibi and Maniwaki
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Volunteers
&lt;br/&gt;*    	Grandfather Commanda hosts this Gathering in its entirety; his friends volunteer to prepare for the Gathering and to clean up afterwards, and to take care of most needs during the Gathering.
&lt;br/&gt;*    	ADDITIONAL VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED THROUGHOUT THE GATHERING to help with security duties, food preparation and cleanup, assisting elders, facilities cleanup etc. Please be generous with your support: sign up on the Volunteer List in the Communications Booth upon registration.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Directions:
&lt;br/&gt;From Ottawa and points South:
&lt;br/&gt;*    	Go North to Maniwaki
&lt;br/&gt;*    	As you approach Maniwaki and enter the 50 km per hour zone you will see a flashing traffic light in front of a Freshmart Grocery store on the right.
&lt;br/&gt;*    	There is a "T" shaped intersection there, turn left, go down that road, cross a small bridge and continue past a sharp curve until you come to another "T" shaped intersection located just before a children’s playground equipped with colourful plastic slides and castle like structures.
&lt;br/&gt;*    	There is a stop sign there, make your stop and turn left.
&lt;br/&gt;*    	Stay on that road for approximately 4 kilometres.
&lt;br/&gt;*    You will see the Gathering grounds on your left as you drive along a lake on your left.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;From Montreal and points East:
&lt;br/&gt;*    	It is much shorter to come through Grand Remous.
&lt;br/&gt;*    	Approximatly 20 KM past Mont Laurier, there is a small town called Grand Remous.
&lt;br/&gt;*    	Just past the town bridge, there is a flashing traffic light indicating the intersection to Maniwaki.
&lt;br/&gt;*    	Turn left to go to Maniwaki.
&lt;br/&gt;*    	Drive South through Maniwaki until you get to a flashing trafic light in front of a Freshmart grocery store.
&lt;br/&gt;*    	Turn right at that intersection, go down that road, cross a small bridge and continue past a sharp curve until you come to another "T" shaped intersection located just before a children’s playground equipped with colourful plastic slides and castle like structures.
&lt;br/&gt;*    	There is a stop sign there, make your stop and turn left.
&lt;br/&gt;*    	Stay on that road for approximately 4 kilometres.
&lt;br/&gt;*    	You will see the Gathering grounds on you left as you drive along a lake on your left.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;From points West:
&lt;br/&gt;*    	It is shortest to come trough Pembrook and cross the Ottawa River to the Province of Quebec.
&lt;br/&gt;*    	Follow direction to Cambell's Bay and from there turn North West to Kazabazua.
&lt;br/&gt;*    	From Kazabazua, turn left to Maniwaki.
&lt;br/&gt;*    	As you approach Maniwaki and enter the 50 km per hour zone you will traffic light in front of a Freshmart Grocery store on the right.
&lt;br/&gt;*    	There is a "T" shaped intersection there ,turn left, go down that road, cross a small bridge and continue past a sharp curve until you come to another "T" shaped intersection located just before a children’s playground equipped with colourful plastic slides and castle like structures.
&lt;br/&gt;*    	There is a stop sign there, make your stop and turn left.
&lt;br/&gt;*	Stay on that road for approximately 4 kilometres. You will see the Gathering grounds on your left as you drive along a lake on your left.
&lt;br/&gt;MOST PEOPLE CAMP. POSSIBLE ACCOMMODATION OPTIONS WITH RESTAURANTS IN THE TOWN OF MANIWAKI INCLUDE:
&lt;br/&gt;CHATEAU LOGUE - 1-818-449-4848;
&lt;br/&gt;AUBERGE DU DRAVEUR – www.aubergedraveur.qc.ca; 1-819-449-7022;
&lt;br/&gt;AUBERGE DE LA DESERT – 1-819-449-1213
&lt;br/&gt;FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE WRITE TO US AT circleofallnations@sympatico.ca or call 819-449-2668 or 613-599-8385
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;DAILY AGENDA
&lt;br/&gt;ELDER WILLIAM COMMANDA’S
&lt;br/&gt;CIRCLE OF ALL NATIONS
&lt;br/&gt;ANNUAL SPIRITUAL GATHERING
&lt;br/&gt;AUGUST 1 - 3, 2008
&lt;br/&gt;Special Focus - Communications
&lt;br/&gt;A special priority is the vision for ASINABKA, the Sacred Chaudière Site, including the Healing and Peace Building Centre on Victoria Island.
&lt;br/&gt;5.30 – 7.30 SUNRISE CEREMONY
&lt;br/&gt;7.30 – 9.00 BREAKFAST
&lt;br/&gt;9.00 – 12.00 DAILY PRESENTATIONS AND TEACHINGS
&lt;br/&gt;12.00 - 1.30 LUNCH
&lt;br/&gt;1.30 - 4.00 SMALL TALKING CIRCLES – LIST AT COMMUNICATIONS BOOTH*
&lt;br/&gt;SWEAT LODGE CEREMONIES COMMENCE
&lt;br/&gt;4.00 - 8.00 INDIVIDUAL ACTIVITIES, DINNER
&lt;br/&gt;8.00 - 11.00 DRUMMING, DANCING AND SOCIALIZATION
&lt;br/&gt; 
&lt;br/&gt;NOTE SATURDAY 6.00 PM – COMMUNITY FEAST
&lt;br/&gt;SUNDAY 1.30 PM - CLOSING CEREMONIES, GIVEAWAY
&lt;br/&gt;*Circle of All Nations volunteers and other interested parties will be coordinating small talking circles on various topics of interest: Asinabka, The Sacred Chaudière Site, including the Victoria Island Healing Centre Project, Circle of All Nations, Water Stewardship;women’s issues; French talking circle; conflict resolution; nutrition; health, environmental issues etc. Participants are encouraged to participate, share or coordinate circles on topics of interest to themselves and others on the grounds. You are requested to communicate your interest in this regard to volunteers at the communications booth upon registration .
&lt;br/&gt;Circle of All Nations volunteers thank Grandfather William Commanda and his family for sharing their home with us and we commit on behalf of all participants to honour and respect this generosity.&lt;/div&gt;
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  <entry>
    <title>2012 End Times &amp;amp; Global Paradise</title>
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    <author>
      <name>Esoteknic</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://shamanism.tribe.net/thread/f0a0736a-8304-4e1e-a120-d930a416154f</id>
    <updated>2008-07-24T23:32:04Z</updated>
    <published>2008-07-16T09:50:38Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;I wrote this stuff a while ago, but revised it after great feedback here on Tribe...
&lt;br/&gt;It's a pretty lengthy post, and it covers a broad spectrum of topics,
&lt;br/&gt;so you may find it in other tribes as well - plz forgive me for cross posting ;)
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&lt;br/&gt;-2012 and the great Pyramid-
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;These days, many people feel they might actually become witness to the End of the World.
&lt;br/&gt;But for as long as humans existed, it seems they have always at certain points in time believed the End of the World had arrived, when nothing actually happened. So what's up with all these prophecies and this End-Time belief among humans of all ages and times?
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;How can anyone look into the future anyway? Well, perhaps the only things you need in order to look into the future is knowledge of cycles, and experience with the cycle. You know the cycle of your washing machine, the processes it goes through, and how long it takes. You can look into the future and estimate if the sun will still be up to dry the laundry, since you know about the Sun's cycle as well. This way, people look into the future all the time, and plan their actions according to knowledge of cycles like pregnancy, menstruation or the seasons. If a cycle is longer that the general life span of a human being, the information about the cycle could be recorded on a medium with a longer lifespan than carbon based lifeforms, and passed on to future generations. Is this what the ancient civilizations did?
&lt;br/&gt;Those tablets, monuments, documents and artworks would become like a road map of time, especially usefull if positioning of stars and planets have an actual affect on our planet through energy and magnetism.
&lt;br/&gt;The Mayans apparently spoke of a cycle 25,800 years long, and they spoke of (or wrote about) a certain point within that cycle. According to some people's calculations, this point, or event, which the Mayans called the "Sacred Tree", will next occur on December 21, 2012. There is a heap of different perspectives on this 2012 'event' online, and I leave it up to you to draw your own conclusions, as I am by no means a scholar of any kind, and all I'm offering here is my perspective.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Did the ancients believe there was ultimately One Order and One Truth to the way of the Everything, Universe, or whatever you wish to name it, much like religion does, even science? I personally believe so, and I assume that many different cultures and religions contain fragments of knowledge of it. Maybe many 'different' cultures and religions have intuitively discovered these truths, shared such truths and recycled them, or purposefully changed them to fit an oppressive agenda. Is it a coincidence that while the Mayan's "Sacred Tree" approaches, other cultures also expect certain prophetic events? Besides most muslims, even Iran's current leader Ahmadinejad firmly believes the awaited "Mahdi" is near, at the same time as many christians are preparing for Jesus' 2nd coming, rapture and Armageddon? Also we now have a profit in the form of Al Gore, with his doomsday scenario's, and the internet has blasted open total access of information; almost making it seem as if we are living in the times of revelation. The worlds religions grow stronger, seemingly with more fanaticism than ever, inspired by each other's hatred, violence and repression, back in full force and worse, since September 11th. The U.S. and E.U. Governments are increasingly more violent and oppressive towards their people and other nations, with permission of the United Nations. Many people strongly believe 9-11 was like Nero's Rome, or Hitler's Reichstag; an attack on us, from our own leaders, to set something in motion.
&lt;br/&gt;Do 'they' know something about our imminent future that we don't - but the Mayans did?
&lt;br/&gt;And who is 'they'?
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;It's widely known and accepted that most of our planet's resources are basically 'owned' and controlled by a small group of people, which have passed that control down from generation to generation. I always wondered how these 'royal' families came to 'own' the land and orchards in ancient times, and I assume it's got something to do with the religious/spiritual beliefs of the people back then. The abundant wealth of the Vatican is a perfect example of how religious belief can make people give up their money or freedom voluntarily, and I suspect the origins of royal families also lie in the spheres of religion, mystery and spirituality.
&lt;br/&gt;Nowadays, it's obvious there's nothing magic or special about the royal families and their big business,
&lt;br/&gt;and many people have stopped supporting and believing in the Vatican.
&lt;br/&gt;Now more than ever I wonder why these families still 'own' most of our planet.
&lt;br/&gt;What is ownership anyway?
&lt;br/&gt;The dictionary states: The state, relation, or fact of being an "owner".
&lt;br/&gt;An 'owner' is: to have or hold as property, and for 'property' it states: "something owned or possessed"
&lt;br/&gt;The dictionary says of "possession": something owned, occupied or controlled.
&lt;br/&gt;My guess is that they claimed "God" had told them they have more rights to the land than the people,
&lt;br/&gt;and performed a nifty magic trick to support their claims of divine descent.
&lt;br/&gt;Wheter they were masters of slight of hand, or Aliens from outer space, is up to you to decide.
&lt;br/&gt;I personally feel there's absolutely no reason for anyone to own more than he can occupy;
&lt;br/&gt;the land under his feet, the apple in his hand, the air in his lungs, the light in his eyes, the sound in his ears.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;If you claim ownership of a huge orchard filled with apple trees, then after the harvest the thousands of apples will start to rot before you can eat them all. Of course you can 'exchange' some apples with your neighbour, who claims ownership of a thousand chickens, and you both agree to the exchange rate of one apple for one egg. But eggs rot too.
&lt;br/&gt;So those who claimed to own the land and the fruits it bears, needed an exchange medium that doesn't rot, and metal coins were born. The root of all evil isn't money, but the idea of "ownership".
&lt;br/&gt;The knights who used to collect the physical taxes with their swords are now collecting digital numbers with computers, and the royal families have spread their control over our planet's resources through banking, business and government.
&lt;br/&gt;With the trouble this planet is in, and the obvious connection of our problems to the destructive forces of greed, you'd think we'd form a strong alliance for the annihilation of ownership, and the fair distribution and sharing of our planet's resources,
&lt;br/&gt;but this has still yet to occur.
&lt;br/&gt;Why is this?
&lt;br/&gt;Well, first of all, their property is protected by laws, contracts and other written documents.
&lt;br/&gt;And these contracts have not been signed by God, nor by Mother Nature, nor by the people.
&lt;br/&gt;They are merely words on paper; nothing that can't be burned.
&lt;br/&gt;How can it be this injustice has been tolerated for so long?
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;In order for a few to control so many, they use hierarchical structures of authority, creating pyramids of possession and power, and reflect that in every aspect of society. In the military, in schools, companies, etc. you are positioned somewhere on the pyramid; most people start at the bottom, a few people are born at the top. It is evident that our planet's abundance is greedily controlled with these pyramids and it is evident to me that together with the "property-illusion" this is the only real problem this planet faces. All other problems are mere symptoms. War, starvation, poverty, crime, and even many seemingly 'natural' problems like disasters, diseases and extinction of species. All these are after effects of the growth of these pyramids, as people desperately try to climb them, trampling those below them, including Mother Earth. The bigger the Pyramid, the more possession and power for those at the top, and the more degrading and miserable the situation at the bottom is. People that rise to higher levels on the pyramid, or are born there, are not likely to give up their position as they know what awaits them below. People like you and me, with generally 'normal' lives, but not so much compared to the lives of people in Somalia for example. With a system like this, the most uncompassionate, ruthless people around rise to the top, or are born and raised there. I would not be surprised that the idea of different classes of humans also has it's roots in religion and mysticism. A good magic trick could easily make people believe you are closer to God then they are. Of course the ramification of the pyramid shape is that most people are at the bottom, carrying the heaviest weight, putting the ones on top in a fragile position. The magic tricks don't work anymore, and they need to keep those at the bottom distracted, to prevent them from looking up.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;One of these distractions is fascism, the highly delusional, contagious and effective "we" versus "them" syndrome. Some examples are Christian vs. Muslim (marketed heavily since 9-11), Nazis vs. Jews, Humans vs. Animals, or "consciousness vs. matter". In reality All is ultimately One, and variety in this Universe is created through subdivisions of polar opposites. For example, the subdivision of a human being is Male/Female, opposites indeed, yet when you zoom out one level, you will conclude they are both the same thing. The strength of the pyramid relies on the belief of those below in the illusion of separation. Most violence, murder and massacre is the result from this concept of we vs. them, or even "we vs. everyone else", and these ideas are propagated through religious or cultural media, education or propaganda.
&lt;br/&gt;Not only does it serve the divide &amp;amp; conquer technique, but it also gives people enemies to fear, so you may be their saviour and provide protection and security.
&lt;br/&gt;It's also a very lucrative business model if you can sell weapons to both sides of a fight.
&lt;br/&gt;Of course there's also the continuous flood of "entertainment", elevating the artists involved to 'star' heights, and giving them a great abundance of wealth. Millions of dollars for something as fun as acting in a movie, playing sports or performing music, while those behind the conveyer belts get minimum wage.
&lt;br/&gt;Some of these 'celebrities' are so super-special that they have many talents, and appear in music, movies, tv, videogames - you name it, they have the talent. They give us rags-to-riches stories and TV talent shows so we think the ones at the top deserve to be there, and one glance at the tabloids in the supermarket can give you an idea of the psychological effects these stars apparantly have on the masses.
&lt;br/&gt;"They" may not be able to control the people whose talents and creations inspire the masses,
&lt;br/&gt;but they do control who gets the stage and the spotlight.
&lt;br/&gt;"They"???
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Many people believe (some of) the royal families have over the course of centuries been collaberating on the construction of an all-encompassing global pyramid that would grant the people at the top total global control.
&lt;br/&gt;There are all kinds of stories out there as to the origins of these royal families, including alien DNA bloodlines, fallen angels and such, and again I leave it up to you to draw your own conclusions. But is it possible that a multi-generational elite is working towards a global empire? Is this something you witness around you? You might live in Europe, and have witnessed the change of currency there. All money was collected, and exchanged for the Euro. Who collected the money, who printed the new money, and for who? How do they know how much to print? Who decides the value of an apple? It was them, at the top of the pyramid, and it shows how big the pyramid already is. Now they are working on the "Amero" in the US, and I'm sure we'll get universal medical care soon, with required microchip implant? Yes, it is possible, if not likely, that this 'obscured' elite exists, and there is a lot of information on this subject online. Wasn't it Bush Senior himself who in September 11th 1990 coined the term "New World Order"? What? 11 years before 11-11-2001 when the big 11 in new york was attacked? The same 11 as in the $ symbol, or the two pillars of Solomon? FTW?
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;For as long as man existed, it has discovered truths about the world he lived in, truths about reality. Truths such as the inevitability of death, or that fire is warm, truths which he can use to plan his activities. With these pyramid structures it becomes possible to keep knowledge at the top hidden from those below. People are "initiated" to this knowledge when they are considered 'ready' by those above them, who know they need successors. The elite certainly uses knowledge of reality for their agenda on a material level, with advanced weaponry, telecommunications and machines to name but a few, but many suggest they also seem to believe in a non material level - the paranormal, witchcraft and magic stuff. Even though Bush Junior pleads us to not allow ridiculous conspiracy theories, he himself is part of the Skull and Bones society. I'm sorry, but having a secret club with skeletons and secret meetings is more ridiculous than the people wondering about them, unless you guys have some really cool secret knowledge - which makes conspiracy theories all but ridiculous.
&lt;br/&gt;There is reason to believe that the elite uses occult knowledge on numerology, astrology, symbolism, ritual and even sacrifice, besides modern technology, to increase their chances of success. One look on your dollar bill will tell you.
&lt;br/&gt;Actually, many people worldwide firmly believe in this spiritual world, and even though always opposed by science,
&lt;br/&gt;string theory and quantum physics seem to move into the spiritual domain. It is as if science deals with the separateness of everything, and spirituality focusses on the interconnectedness of everything, yet upon further investigation this is just a spectrum of polar opposites meeting in the middle. Perhaps the popularity of the 'scientific' atheist perspective is a result of the military campaigns against the Gnostics, Cathars, and of course the burning of "witches" on the stake, which pushed personal spiritual experience into the dungeons of the pyramid. Not to mention the "War on Drugs"; many plants in nature provide people with strong personal spiritual experiences. Even in Holland now magic mushrooms are illegal, as the attack on individual spiritual freedom continues. In the meantime, of course, institutionalized religions with pyramid-style organization thrive. It seems as if those above us at the top of the pyramid don't want us to find out our own gnosis, our Truth. If that's the case, perhaps that explains why people feel the world is being so radically changed by them. Maybe the Mayans were right about 2012, and the elite want their global Pyramid ready for this mysterious date?
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&lt;br/&gt;If you are a devout Christian or Muslim, or any other organized religion, you will probably feel that you already know the Truth, since it is written in your holy scriptures. But do you really feel with your whole being that it is the Truth that the Almighty Creator has written those books for us? There are a lot of very disturbing, conflicting and violent passages in those books, as well as some beautiful teachings.
&lt;br/&gt;Can you find it in your heart to give this consideration? Could it be we are born with free will, imagination, a conscious and intelligence, among all the other things we need to try to make the right decisions in our unique situations? I personally believe that the All is so glorious and perfect, that creation is perfect, has been, and always will be, and doesn't need an instruction manual. It doesn't need a Great Flood for Plan B. And yet, with all these 'blasphemous' thoughts, I still feel a strong connection with the All. Is it possible the All will create this connection with anyone seeking it, regardless of religion, culture, ritual or intention? I believe so, and I suggest to the devout among you to consider an even closer relationship with the All, where you can truly believe in the perfection and glory of the almighty.
&lt;br/&gt;Where you don't have to invent strange excuses for the derogatory, hypocritical, and violent characteristics attributed to your god through the scriptures. Where you don't have to be afraid of laws written on paper, but gratefully use your free will to make the decisions you feel are in correspondence to the way of the All. And where you respect God's decision to give each individual a spark of life and free will, confident that all roads lead back to him, live and let live. "Your freedom to punch ends where my nose begins."
&lt;br/&gt;Perhaps not for you, but for millions of people around you, these scriptures have done more wrong than good, and need to be taken less seriously. I'm suggesting that your connection with the All will increase if you have faith in yourself, and start filtering the scriptures for what they are worth. Have faith and trust that the All has made you in his/her image. That you are a tiny holographic cell of the All, and as such have all the answers safely stored within. Findings of modern technology actually support the idea of a holographic, fractalized universe, with "Sacred Geometry" woven throughout it.
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&lt;br/&gt;On the other side of the spectrum we find the atheists. They wonder why scriptures and religion have such a strong hold on so many people? I think that is because they feel a connection, a connection with the All. Some atheists argue none of it is real, but these people feel the connection is real, and don't want to let go of this feeling. We are all connected, regardless of what vile and disgusting scripture, behaviour or worship people surround it with. Instead of denying this connection, we should argue that people can let go of the scriptures without losing this sacred connection. We all are perfectly capable of living together harmoniously if we live in accordance to the logic and flow of the All. We need to use a balance of logical intelligence and emotional intuition, to filter the crap of the scriptures of all traditions,
&lt;br/&gt;and the Truth and Order of the universe will emerge, and set us free.
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&lt;br/&gt;The only things we need to do is to stop supporting the Pyramid, and realize that property is theft, as Proudhon noted,
&lt;br/&gt;that the fruits of Mother Earth belong to all of her inhabitants equally. Bloody revolutions don't work. Revolutions have to come from within, for people just need to drop their destructive habits. We need to realize we are all connected, and that separation is an illusion.
&lt;br/&gt;I believe, and many others with me, that the All is the ultimate Parent, and has ensured we all can always "call back home", from wherever we are in the universe. The phone will always be answered. There are telephone booths all around us, all we gotta do is pick up the phone, and the All will comfort us, guide us, teach us, and make us laugh, or it will help us through the darkness back into the light. The call might not always be pleasurable, there might be tears, letting go, fear, self-reflection, and such. But if you prepare for the call, and surround yourself with your loved ones in a comfortable and familiar environment, I believe your phone-call with the All will be productive and helpful. I don't suggest a prank-call. The telephone booths I am talking about here are Entheogens: any substance, such as a plant or drug, taken to bring on a spiritual experience.
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&lt;br/&gt;Did you know mushrooms can be extremely usefull in the cleaning up of toxic and even nuclear waste? Did you know you have a neurological landscape that looks like mycelium? That your brain neurons and astrocytes are similarly arranged to the mycelia network aka the mushroom's underground web below the forest floor? These patterns are even discovered in outer space, between solar systems. Quantum 'String' theory speaks of a similar web. Or how about this one - that all humans, and probably loads of animals, produce DMT naturally in their physical body? DMT is considered to be the most powerful psychedelic on earth. With meditation or dance techniques, you can probably trigger the secretion of DMT, and feel drastic emotional or mental changes. DMT is also the active ingredient of Ayahuasca, a psychedelic brew people have consumed for years. There are those that suggest the small photonic light your DNA transmits could be the intense lights people see behind closed eyelids while under the influence of DMT. There are people who feel a full grown amanita muscaria clearly resembles a cup, and can easily hold some psychedelic rainwater, suggesting this magic mushroom might be the fabled 'Holy Grail'. In the past, the US Military tried LSD on soldiers to see if it could be useful for mind control, but they discovered instead that LSD made people peaceful, ecstatic and 'enlightened'. Soldiers dropped their guns, and picked up flowers in awe of the beauty and glory of God. Psychedelics like MDMA continuously proof very beneficial in trauma therapy and humans with terminal diseases. With many traumatized veterans coming home from Iraq &amp;amp; Afghanistan, researchers are 'ecstatic' about the results of treating Post Traumatic Stress Disorder with MDMA. Then of course worth mentioning is the psychedelic African root Iboga, which is extremely powerful against addiction, curing some heroin addicts instantly. The benefits of the Marihuana plant are seemingly boundless.
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&lt;br/&gt;Why is it the liquor stores, pharmacies, and streets are flooded with all kinds of drugs, except for Iboga, Peyote, Amanita Muscaria, Psylocibin, Ayahuasca, LSD, Salvia Divinorum, Marihuana, etc. etc. Except for the "psyche-delics", the "mind clarifying" plants? Because the international "War on Drugs" is a war on psychedelics, and has resulted in the world we see today. In light of the hypocrisy of this war, I dare to state we need to re-connect with these psychedelics. I believe it is the most basic of solutions, and they are way more safe than cigarette's, pharmaceuticals, crack and alcohol. I think it is especially important for our younger generations, as it is the ultimate right of passage, if done with the proper respect, education, care, timing and love. We all long back to our 'childhood happy carelessness',
&lt;br/&gt;and I suggest the only reason we've lost it is because we were not given our rites of passage, our psychedelics. Instead we get schools with pyramid structures, where some teenagers feel so disconnected that we see more suicidal massacres nowadays.
&lt;br/&gt;Most of these kids were on anti-depressants, not MDMA or Ayahuasca. At home a perpetual horse-and-pony show is blasted onto billions of retina's worldwide through television, internet and handhelds, solely for the purpose of misdirection and distraction. Will Brad Pitt ever marry Christina Aguilera? I believe a good psychedelic trip will benefit people and families, and the internet provides sufficient information for all to do it safe and wisely. Perhaps instead of prozac, try and and visit the forest's pharmacy. Mother Nature's pharmacy.
&lt;br/&gt;You go to her for your food, so what's wrong with her medicine? Who tell us they are wrong? Right, those above you...
&lt;br/&gt;Believe in your own judgement, not in the judgement of those above you. It's your choice.
&lt;br/&gt;Even though I believe people need to "call back home" more often, I strongly discourage the macho "getting F'd up!" approach. "How many do you dare to eat?" is the same as "How fast do you dare to drive this car?", and will get you in trouble. It is this sort of reckless carelessness that results in a "bad trip", and if you aren't like this, the chances of having one of the most wonderful times of your life are huge. A great mindset, a comfortable familiar setting, the right dose, the right choice of psychedelic, proper preparedness, a company of people that you completely love and trust, and an experienced "trip-sitter". These are the ingredients that will almost certainly guarantee a good time, and inspire you for a lifetime. If we want, we can drop the pyramids, and pick up the pieces. Drop our money and power, and share the abundance. Us below will have to welcome those that fall down from the top with open arms, if we ever want to make something really beautiful on this planet. Entire industries and avenues of 'employment and deployment' will evaporate, and we need to welcome back everybody that drops their weapons, or had a part in such destructive or meaningless industries. The wealthy need to give up their wealth, and the poor need to forgive them, a tough process with which the clarifying and connecting properties of psychedelics will help. With voluntary mutual cooperation we can turn this planet around, and the more people help, the easier it gets.
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&lt;br/&gt;2012:
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&lt;br/&gt;If nothing happens, we might by then be well on our way to paradise on earth.
&lt;br/&gt;If something great happens, we will be ready to integrate it into our sustainable earthly paradise, and take it to the next level.
&lt;br/&gt;If the earth explodes, we'll meet again.
&lt;br/&gt;Either way, there should not be a Great Pyramid of Tyranny in place, I assume, and we should aim for the destruction of the Pyramid, the New World Order, or whatever they call it, to the best of our individual capacity. This could be the moment billions of humans have talked about for millennia... now what are you going to do? If something as huge as all this End Time stuff can't make us all synchronize a global effort, then what will? The internet is the connection we have with each other, as Nationless, Global citizins. We need to have a good look at the Pyramid, not just at its symptoms.
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&lt;br/&gt;I dedicate this Tribe to everyone working towards a global paradise through the way they live and act.
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&lt;br/&gt;tribes.tribe.net/global-utopia
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&lt;br/&gt;Cheers,
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&lt;br/&gt;Ramon&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:date>2008-07-16T09:50:38Z</dc:date>
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    <title>Has anyone worked with Don Miguel Kavlin?</title>
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      <name>Shirak</name>
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    <id>http://shamanism.tribe.net/thread/8af28057-b75a-4d3a-bc7a-03165126c52b</id>
    <updated>2008-07-24T21:01:32Z</updated>
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    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;I and a friend are interested in working with him and I was hoping for some testimonials.
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&lt;br/&gt;Thanks.
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&lt;br/&gt;P.S.  To the two who replied to my las post of the same subject.  I apologize for removing the last post.  It had nothing to do with your replies but another issue.  Please repost your thoughts to this post as well (it will NOT be deleted again) as I value yours and the all community's thoughts on the subject and I do not believe in ANY form of censorship!  
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&lt;br/&gt;Blessings&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:date>2007-03-30T18:11:54Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>David Bowie and Tsunami</title>
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      <name>Geert</name>
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    <updated>2008-07-24T15:59:19Z</updated>
    <published>2008-07-04T11:00:59Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;I was in my old house where I had a room with friends and there were a lot of people because David Bowie was going to perform there. Important people were setting up the stage and the lights. There was no one to really talk to because everybody was so busy setting things up. I really wanted to be part of the process of setting things up, but it was not my job. 
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&lt;br/&gt;I felt really great because I would meet with David Bowie. He showed his face and walked around through the crowd and we met, we did not really speak but exchanges glances of recognition. He was wearing his wig from the labyrinth and fancy shiny clothes. 
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&lt;br/&gt;Then there were some loose cables on stage that had to be taped to the floor but the stage people forgot to bring tape so I told them I would get some from my room where I had a big roll of it lying around. I went to my room but found out the tape was stuck to my bookshelves and there was only a little bit left on the roll. 
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&lt;br/&gt;I went back but the show had already started. David Bowie was not there anymore but there was a man in the middle of the sitting-room performing songs on guitar. His appearance kept changing between the lead guitarist of my father’s old band, American comedian Patton Oswald and the husband of my father cousin. He spoke in the microphone he would sing long forgotten songs that would be remembered again.
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&lt;br/&gt;It was crowded, there were pretty girls there and we sat down on the couches and the floor. Everybody got in the groove of the first song that reminded of burlesque women dancing with their legs in the air, ancient playboy bunnies. Then the girl that sat on the couch I was leaning against grabbed my head. I asked “What is up?.”
&lt;br/&gt;She said “Can you quit grooving your body so much because the couch is trembling.” 
&lt;br/&gt;I said “Too bad, I thought you were going to kiss me.” The room of girls laughed.
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&lt;br/&gt;I looked at the couch and noticed one of the legs was slightly uneven causing the couch to be unbalanced. I said to the girl, “Did you know I am a genius?” I grabbed a peace of cardboard to put under the leg, but when I turned back to it, the leg was partially gone, standing on a strange construction of metal wire, the couch was completely out of balance. 
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&lt;br/&gt;I thought nothing of it and turned around to the guitarist who had just finished his last song. I was bothered that I missed his show because of this couch and the girl. I hoped he would not be angry at me distracting his audience with that strange situation. He walked up to me and said. “I think you really like my music, I can give you a CD, you should really listen to it, it is made for people like you, I think you really dig it..” 
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&lt;br/&gt;The crowd went outside but the house was very tall and still under construction so we had to walk high from the ground on iron building constructions for workers to walk on, it was really big and high. I was walking there with a good friend who had an art magazine with some great illustrations. Suddenly I heard glass breaking, I looked down to the ground below and saw the girl from the couch who was walking there had apparently dropped a case of beer and the beer was all around her on the floor, there was little I could do from up there so I turned back to my friend and we talked about how art can be so powerful and how we love life and that life is like art and art is like life. I looked down again and the girl was still there some people had gathered, next to the group I noticed an increasing current of water on the street, “Strange” I thought. 
&lt;br/&gt;A teacher of my former school had joined the conversation about art, but because I had just graduated I wanted to test his wit, challenge him intellectually and explain to him how I care, how my passion works. I was talking so passionately I kind of scared him and he began to stutter, I had never heard him stutter. 
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&lt;br/&gt;Then I heard a loud bang and the earth shuddered, I looked down and saw the girl of the couch and the current of water growing bigger and faster, big waves formed. It washed the girl and the people around away and it kept growing bigger and bigger. The earth trembled again and I looked at my friend and my teacher whos faces were struck with fear. Then through the metal constructions I saw a big wave heading our way, it struck us and the construction collapsed. And while I was falling, seeing the ground and the waves come closer, feeling death coming, I thought about how I had lived my life so far where passion had taken me so far and how the water would destroy everything, my family, my friends, my work but I would have to embrace it, embrace what was happening. Be at peace with it. . 
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&lt;br/&gt;Then I hit the ground. &lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:date>2008-07-04T11:00:59Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>Healing Attempt for Self</title>
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      <name>bearsky</name>
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    <id>http://shamanism.tribe.net/thread/09e4e585-177e-4d14-8bc6-68a8c3e8d959</id>
    <updated>2008-07-24T14:58:11Z</updated>
    <published>2008-07-14T23:37:34Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;In two weeks I'll have another MRI but looks like I have an aggressive form of MS - not good. I at least have a good doctor now. I will do healing attempt before this next MRI with mushrooms. Figure that I do not have much to lose but I cannot say that I go into this with any confidence of success. I will put myself in their hands, in total submission, and ask that they help heal me in the name of love. As I posted earlier with last years "failed" healing attempt with my wife, I have a Blue Whale Spirit Guide who I hope will help also. So I do not go into this alone. The mushrooms have healed me emotionally and spiritually and for this I am literally eternally grateful. I am not afraid of dying but the thought of going through what I recently went through again - or worse, is daunting. I have to at least try. The way I look at it is that if they can heal anything physical, it would have to do with the nervous system. And in my wife's healing attempt last May there was the whole psilocybin fairy thing up and down my spine which I had a notion even then might have to do with MS. Weird stuff. 
&lt;br/&gt;... I saw the mushroom path stretched out before me and there were dark parts hidden in heavy forest and looking into their shadow made me shiver involuntarily ... 
&lt;br/&gt;some serious shit, I must say but I have to think that eternity is simply teaching another lesson just the same as a "trip" is teaching a lesson - sometimes this kind of teaching has some teeth, evidently 
&lt;br/&gt;And thank you Terence Mckenna for having led me to both the recognition and the lessons of eternity. 
&lt;br/&gt;While overall I am still more grateful than I am bummed, I do feel a little like someone just punched me in the stomach - still following the mushroom path, though ...
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    <dc:date>2008-07-14T23:37:34Z</dc:date>
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    <title>Hi from the 4th Shamanic conference in Iquitos, Amazon.</title>
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      <name>Dean</name>
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    <id>http://shamanism.tribe.net/thread/a6eb59ae-db25-46ba-afb6-f8ded9ed3bc9</id>
    <updated>2008-07-23T20:40:40Z</updated>
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    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;Hi from the 4th Shamanic conference in Iquitos, Amazon.
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&lt;br/&gt;Well what an adventure so far. Im now in Iquitos and its day 4 of the 4th Shamanic conference
&lt;br/&gt;After completing an amazing 16 day shamanic tour in Peru it was time to fly to Iquitos one hour flight from the nearest road. Its hard to imagine this thriving frontier town in the middle of the amazon jungle was build and exists quite well without any roads connecting it to the outside world. Iquitos is the host to the 4th Shamanic conference and presents around 20 shamans and a few western philosophers. About 300 people have flown to this remote town to listen and get a direct experience from the shamans of the amazon and the power plants themselves, mainly ayahuasca. Last week Peru  proclaimed  ayahuasca a national treasure therefore keeping it out of the clutches of Americas desire to outlaw all power plants. On the first day 12 shamans introduced themselves and people could choose who they were going to drink the sacred brew with. It was a smorgasbord of shamans. I picked one to be my guide for my ayahuasca journey tonight in a thatched hut on the other side of the amazon river. There are 3 sessions planned over this 8 day conference so it not all talk. 
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&lt;br/&gt;I just returned from a 3 day trip to visit the Shipebo people and had an amazing night experiencing the ayauasca brew and 5 Shipebos chanting the mystical icaros. 
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&lt;br/&gt;Dennis Mc Kenna speech declared that ayahuasca was now going global in an attempt to get humanity to reconnect with nature and regain harmony with the natural kingdom. 
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&lt;br/&gt;I have uploaded the 4 days proceedings to my website www.planetearthinternettv.com  Ill be uploading edited stories and camera tapes of the conference and sessions daily. For more info on the conference see http://www.soga-del-alma.org/ConferenceSite/ 
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&lt;br/&gt;For the whales
&lt;br/&gt;Dean Jefferys
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&lt;br/&gt;See my other websites and become a friend
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&lt;br/&gt;http://www.planetearthinternettv.com
&lt;br/&gt;http://www.flightofthehumpback.org 
&lt;br/&gt;http://www.myspace.com/whalingdontbuyit 
&lt;br/&gt;http://www.myspace.com/deanjefferys
&lt;br/&gt;http://www.youtube.com/shaman1958
&lt;br/&gt;http://www.youtube.com/flightofthehumpback  
&lt;br/&gt;http://www.shamansoftheamazon.com
&lt;br/&gt;http://operator11.com/people/9343
&lt;br/&gt;http://people.tribe.net/c5ad8e1e-af29-441b-9087-28fbaaacad09
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    <dc:date>2008-07-23T20:40:40Z</dc:date>
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    <title>get these old spirits away for good</title>
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    <author>
      <name>distroyers</name>
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    <id>http://shamanism.tribe.net/thread/8b4d7604-8b4a-459c-8937-5db9af4a8ef5</id>
    <updated>2008-07-23T19:33:18Z</updated>
    <published>2008-07-21T16:42:24Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;I dont relly know the proces of removing strings from myself from all the people I've met through my quest. I know there are some who I'd like to keep away that keep appearing. Then there's the ones that represent a past life where I was wrong and liked to do wrong. I am not like that anymore and dont wish to be like that yet Im still bothered by them. It's now like they push buttons trying to bring it back. I've crossed the waters with a load on my back and yet I'm still being followed. I dont feel weak but I dont know how much endurance I have either.&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>distroyers</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-07-21T16:42:24Z</dc:date>
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    <title>Amazonistas.org is now online</title>
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      <name>amazonistas</name>
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    <id>http://shamanism.tribe.net/thread/f246aa69-ebf9-49ab-92c9-ccc9f79601b6</id>
    <updated>2008-07-21T17:17:04Z</updated>
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    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;
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&lt;br/&gt;We are still adding content and tweaking it a bit (in fact if you have any requests or suggestions please feel free to let me know here actually let embrace know in a message).
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&lt;br/&gt;We encourage everyone to go to the site and join the network. We would love to see all your photos, videos, hear your recordings, and share our stories.
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&lt;br/&gt;Looking forward to seeing you there. 
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    <dc:date>2008-07-21T17:17:04Z</dc:date>
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    <title>First experience of the Organic Light</title>
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    <author>
      <name>Zorro</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://shamanism.tribe.net/thread/7a167ec3-14d2-4ead-914c-09c5e27881f3</id>
    <updated>2008-07-18T02:30:16Z</updated>
    <published>2008-07-18T02:30:16Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;Hi friends,
&lt;br/&gt;this is the first of a series of talks by John Lash on the Organic Light.
&lt;br/&gt;Here he tells his very first experience:
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;http://www.futureprimitive.org/interviews/83
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;warm greetings
&lt;br/&gt;Zorro&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:date>2008-07-18T02:30:16Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>First experience of the Organic Light</title>
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    <author>
      <name>Zorro</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://shamanism.tribe.net/thread/55f92e9b-4073-450b-b739-38c6ccf90cbc</id>
    <updated>2008-07-18T02:29:46Z</updated>
    <published>2008-07-18T02:29:33Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;Hi friends,
&lt;br/&gt;this is the first of a series of talks by John Lash on the Organic light.
&lt;br/&gt;Here he tells his very first experience:
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;http://www.futureprimitive.org/interviews/83
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;warm greetings
&lt;br/&gt;Zorro&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:date>2008-07-18T02:29:33Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>Beware of Rich Friends</title>
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    <author>
      <name>Zen</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://shamanism.tribe.net/thread/a31939f3-efd1-4737-a13a-c6f7e1d4beea</id>
    <updated>2008-07-17T22:08:32Z</updated>
    <published>2008-07-14T01:43:39Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;Aloha friends of the Eco-Ark Project. I will be heading back to the Eco-Ark soon, and will again enjoy the peace and serenity that only being cut off from civilization can provide. I would like to thank all of you who have supported out efforts over the last few years, and especially those who have been inspired to carry a part of our vision into your own local communities. our work will never truly be completed until the world comes together in re-establishing sustainable resource developments around the globe.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I am happy to announce the publication of two new E-book downloads that are now available. They chronicle the development of the vision that led to the establishing of the Eco-Ark in the Puna Rain Forest on the island of Hawaii. A long, strange, and mystical journey that began on The Great Peace March 
&lt;br/&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Peace_March_for_Global_Nuclear_Disarmament
&lt;br/&gt;from Los Angeles, CA. to Washington D.C. in 1986. Sharing the inspiration I received at the '86 national Gathering of the Rainbow Family in Pennsylvania. 
&lt;br/&gt;http://www.welcomehome.org/rainbow/main.html 
&lt;br/&gt;And the mysterious happenings in the vortex region of Sedona AZ. Where I was recruited as a bodyguard for an heiress to one of America's Wealthiest families. They are full of tales of Mysterious, Humorous, and sometimes horrific occurrences and the people we met along the way.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;"Beware of Rich Friends", and the sequel "With Friends Like This" continues the adventure five years later. With remembrances from the '95 gathering in Taos N.M. Living in an Earthship there. Then carrying the vision to the tropical island of Maui. And further struggles and victories in our attempt to create Sustainable Eco-communities in our island paradise. Culminating in the a final battle between the powers of light and darkness, and the grounding of the Eco-Ark vision.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Article from The Great Peace March 21st reunion
&lt;br/&gt;http://www.ojaipost.com/2007/11/great_peace_march_arrives_in_d.shtml
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;You can find the downloads as well as links to sample pages at:
&lt;br/&gt;http://stores.lulu.com/jwbush
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Our tribe is at http://tribes.tribe.net/ecoark&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:date>2008-07-14T01:43:39Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>Reality Sandwich</title>
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    <author>
      <name>Maya</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://shamanism.tribe.net/thread/93015994-7b53-496e-b594-53a1914ba7bc</id>
    <updated>2008-07-17T15:29:36Z</updated>
    <published>2008-07-17T15:29:36Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;Reality Sandwich is a cutting-edge Internet magazine and community forum aimed at "evolving consciousness bite by bite."  We publish news, essays, interviews, videos, and podcasts for those seeking fresh perspectives and new possibilites of living. Our subjects run the gamut from sustainability to shamanism, alternate realities to alternative energy, holistic healing techniques to the promise and perils of new technologies. Our central theme is transformation, as we study how a shift in personal awareness relates to the global challenges we face today. Unlike traditional media, Reality Sandwich encourages a dialogue between contributors and readers, featured in the comments section under each piece. We see ourselves as a visionary think tank, helping to genearate new ideas on important subjects of our time.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;New articles posted daily at http://www.realitysandwich.com.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Also, join the Tribe: http://tribes.tribe.net/realitysandwich?_click_path=Application%5Btribe%5D.Tribe%5Bed95a7c9-934b-4cb6-973f-c6d0a86b6391%5D&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:date>2008-07-17T15:29:36Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>Tree talks and circular waves sent deep...</title>
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    <author>
      <name>CG</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://shamanism.tribe.net/thread/62bc4b23-6ca0-4965-b55a-25ac5340aa77</id>
    <updated>2008-07-16T22:56:08Z</updated>
    <published>2008-07-06T20:04:37Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;As I was gardening and communing in the yard where I live, I opened up to tree who lives here too. It's in the lower garden above the green belt, and provides the shade through summer for the new hidden garden there. It's branches reach high and then spread and drop almost to the ground, forming an umbrella of shade beneath thats perfect for Rhododendron's, azalea's, hasta's and any shade loving plants. It's down a narrow winding path that looks like a game trail more than a foot path, so no one really goes there except me.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;The tree is some kind of false plum, and while it doesn't produce any fruit, it's completely covered in delicate white flowers during the spring when the plums and cherries are also blooming. When it happens it's a gift, a few weeks of amazement and beauty capable of shaking people up, and waking people up the the value and beauty of nature. Now that I think of that, and while the tree is all green leaves now, it would be a great time to talk to people about the person-hood of the tree, when it's gifts of beautiful expression are literally in full bloom.
&lt;br/&gt;I was talking to it, telling it my wish to prune it in certain places to improve my view of the lower flower garden from the deck off the back of my apartment. It was really asking to shape the tree to give me more access to beauty, and I didn't need it for food or any survival type of need. I felt a little nervous about asking permission to be a creating sculpture with the living space around me. I think it's valuable for awakening a sense of beauty in those human persons who live there and have trouble seeing the beauty in chaotic growth. I feel like if they can appreciate the beauty of the landscape they'll behave differently towards it, see it more deeply, and hopefully relate to it with more consciousness and courtesy. I also love to work together with the living scape as a partner by gently shaping it.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I've spent most of my time in the city it's shaped in many ways how I relate to and perceive the greenscape. I'm aware of that, and while it's growing and changing, that background of gardener as opposed to grower of foods and other types of harvesting for living is still new to me.
&lt;br/&gt;Anyway, I say all that as a little bit of history so that you understand my development has a starting place, and a certain limited perspective.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;So I asked the tree. I included the context the way I've explained it to you, and listened... The first impression I had was to look more closely at the tree. I found myself looking carefully at the shape of the leaves and mostly looking at the pattern of the bark on the trunk and branches.
&lt;br/&gt;I took this to mean that I needed to know the tree better by seeing and feeling, and know it less as an idea or object to think about. To see it less as something that needed something done about it, and more as an already person doing it's thing. 
&lt;br/&gt;A certain amount of embarrassment always accompanies the realization of my previously limited perspective when the new way is presented, especially when it's coming from a person I thought of as an ornament before then. :) Nothing to be done about that except to change and carry on. After looking carefully and closely and relating my wish, I got a quiet impression of acceptance, but a conditional acceptance. I knelt beneath the tree while listening, my hands on the ground and my head bowed. It happened that way without thinking about it. When I understood and agreed, a little surge happened, and from my hands a drop turned into a circular wave, kind of like the way a drop of water makes a small splash and then concentric circles move out from the center, only upside down. My impression was of having seen a tone, like a bell would make, travel down and out from the point of our understanding and agreement. Something happened between us that moved into it all somehow. It felt like a prayer. I wanted to do it again, but didn't want to be frivolous with it like it was a new toy. It was something I realized I could do on my own, to bounce my intention into the all, but it was different when it was in relationship with the living green and bounced into the earth, in a specific place and signifying a specific agreement, or understanding.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;The tree asked, (I received impressions that felt like a request) and I said alright and agreed. It asked that each branch, no matter how big or small, be carried down to the place where I was putting them individually. It seemed inefficient and it was going to take a lot of time to do it that way, as opposed to cutting them all and making a pile and carrying the whole pile in a few trips. Along with asking before each cut and listening to confirm it was alright, I carried the branches slowly down to the hillside spot they were going to. 
&lt;br/&gt;Then I stopped. I quit honoring that request because it was taking to long and I have so much else to do that I don't really have time to go so slow. This happens in ceremony too. I get a specific request and then at some point in the process of carrying it out I do something else. I do what I want to do. It always turns into a lesson about listening, about listening and considering more deeply what I'm hearing. When I do, new layers of meaning unfold at deeper and more encompassing levels of relationship. I made aware when I don't of the excuses I make for not doing so, and this teaches me about what attitudes hold me back from the depths of understanding, and I'm embarrassed and grateful at the same time. 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;The lesson the tree taught me was that each leaf is an event, each branch more so, and that each one took time and effort and had a reason for being. Going slow would honor each event and the importance of each act of being that made up this tree. It would help me become aware that the tree was aware and invested in each movement of it's expression. It wasn't like every cell was a spectacular event, but maybe that's because I gave up on going slowly. Maybe there is a depth I didn't get to because I was "busy".
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I apologized to the tree by writing this today, and to make amends I'm going now down into the garden to kneel and listen and explain my sorrow for not listening as good as I could have before. If I'm lucky the tree will hear my sincerity and understand that I've learned, and maybe we can send a water tone prayer together into this place, where it grows, and where I'm growing too.&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:date>2008-07-06T20:04:37Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>i need a house blessed</title>
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    <author>
      <name>allillusory</name>
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    <id>http://shamanism.tribe.net/thread/2606f638-1903-450a-8c2d-86b47a113f62</id>
    <updated>2008-07-16T04:46:46Z</updated>
    <published>2008-07-13T23:14:42Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;I am moving into a house that I believe to have been etherically compromised.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;If anyone is up for some work...
&lt;br/&gt;They must prove to me they are competent by email...  
&lt;br/&gt;First by looking at photos of the place and from those photos alone ...
&lt;br/&gt;Tell me the energy they read.
&lt;br/&gt;The reason for this is that I myself am aware of certain vibes (empathically and visually)... So I must find someone who is able to perceive this same vibe... Or else they wouldn't be fixing the right problem. 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;And from there we can talk about what they can do and the compensation for their service.
&lt;br/&gt;The house is physically located in Pacifica, CA.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Please if you know somebody that might be able to help, let me know.
&lt;br/&gt;thank you.&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:date>2008-07-13T23:14:42Z</dc:date>
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    <title>contact info for us</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://shamanism.tribe.net/thread/b4afe371-92b9-4f26-bf89-934b0157dcfc" />
    <author>
      <name>rareworlds</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://shamanism.tribe.net/thread/b4afe371-92b9-4f26-bf89-934b0157dcfc</id>
    <updated>2008-07-16T01:32:24Z</updated>
    <published>2008-07-16T01:31:52Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;if you are interested, i'm starting this thread for us to leave contact info where else we can be found online.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;my experience of social networks that experience frequent technical down time is that they are short on the resources to keep things rolling. i could be wrong and pray i am but just in case we can keep in touch ...&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:date>2008-07-16T01:31:52Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>sha-man theatre</title>
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    <author>
      <name>Sizzle</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://shamanism.tribe.net/thread/34a75573-65ed-44fe-97f4-75a21169bf7c</id>
    <updated>2008-07-15T21:03:08Z</updated>
    <published>2008-07-11T18:00:48Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;As part of this years Capital Fringe Festival , (unjuried, risk- 
&lt;br/&gt;taking, independant perorming arts)- www.capfringe.org 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I'm inviting you to include you all in this amazing production! 
&lt;br/&gt;please invite your friends too! 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;july 19-27 2008 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Theatro Jaguar Luna 
&lt;br/&gt;A deep woods art production 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;invites you to: 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;THE DREAM-CASTING 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Change the Dream 
&lt;br/&gt;magic once asleep is now awake! 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;dance mask video ritual magic 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;An experimental multimedia ritual spectacular awakens the senses 
&lt;br/&gt;preparing humanity for unified consciousness. dancing with mysteries 
&lt;br/&gt;of 2012, myan/aztec mythology and more, Hulio Marvavilla and guests, 
&lt;br/&gt;create a special interactive dreamscape inviting the viewer to 
&lt;br/&gt;comtemplate thoughs beyond the apocalypse. 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Change the dream-magic once asleep is now awake! 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;the tools? Imagination and wonder. 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;with hulio marvailla 
&lt;br/&gt;visuals by I I I 
&lt;br/&gt;origional music by: 
&lt;br/&gt;Crystal Cobra 
&lt;br/&gt;arya wacaksono 
&lt;br/&gt;lucia comnes 
&lt;br/&gt;nezzy iddy 
&lt;br/&gt;&amp;amp; more 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;The Baldacchino 
&lt;br/&gt;Fringe Home - Tent 
&lt;br/&gt;607 New york Ave. NW 
&lt;br/&gt;Washington, DC 
&lt;br/&gt;20001 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Saterday 7/19 10pm 
&lt;br/&gt;Sunday 7/20 8pm 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Wednesday 7/23 8pm 
&lt;br/&gt;Thursday 7/24 9pm 
&lt;br/&gt;Friday 7/25 9:30pm 
&lt;br/&gt;Saturday 7/26 9pm 
&lt;br/&gt;Sunday 7/27 2pm 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;ticket info: 
&lt;br/&gt;www.capfringe.org 
&lt;br/&gt;www.deep-woods-art.com 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;after this it goes to NYC fringe fest&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:date>2008-07-11T18:00:48Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>Spiders Squeezed Out of Arm</title>
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      <name>hoopervillain</name>
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    <updated>2008-07-14T15:00:01Z</updated>
    <published>2008-07-09T14:25:33Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;Hello all. I had an unusually disturbing dream last night I was hoping someone could give me some insight or thoughts about:
&lt;br/&gt;I was looking at my hand and there was a hole in it, a sore. I thought  I saw something and it turns out it was a spider, or fly or something crawly. I squeezed my hand and was pushing out a blackish, hairy bug. Smaller things kept coming out. I continued until a very large, slimy spider came out. I knew i had to see a doctor but also had to get them out, as it was obviously very disturbing. I also saw a hole in my arm and a larger creature, slimy with tentacles came out. i grabbed it and pulled it out with my fingers in an aggressive sort of way in that I had to pull very hard to not lose it. It did not want to leave.
&lt;br/&gt;Would you think this signifies deep psychological disturbance (this makes me laugh to say since the imagery seems very much so) or could it possibly be therapeutic in that I was attempting to rid myself of malicious entities?
&lt;br/&gt;It made me wonder if I was filled with these things, if I was a host without hope.
&lt;br/&gt;Yuck, and scary!
&lt;br/&gt;Any comments would be appreciated. Thanks.&lt;/div&gt;
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  <entry>
    <title>2. Miss-Information around ENLIGHTENED AWARENESS</title>
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    <author>
      <name>Sam</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://shamanism.tribe.net/thread/a236077e-8a68-446d-8ad4-993f2751cb23</id>
    <updated>2008-07-14T11:37:03Z</updated>
    <published>2008-07-13T07:07:59Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; IN SERVICE TO Clarity of Mind 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; It's feels like time to cut thru the MISS- 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; INFORMATION surrounding ENLIGHTENMENT. . 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; It's time to explore this issue FULLY for the 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; benefit of our Earths Survival. 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; It can alter some individual journeys, due to 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; NOT falling down the traps;1) Society has set 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; for us, 2) We have set for us, 3) Lack of clear 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; information has set for us. 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; Clearly, we have ALL been born to LIVE, real 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; CLARITY in the World around us, 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; . . . But due to MISS-INFORMATION, . . . we 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; knowingly-unknowingly absorbed thru our Lives, 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; to known-unknown forces in the World, Clarity 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; DOES NOT HAPPEN for all of us. [This too will change]. 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; MUSIC TV is singing right NOW in the background 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; “”WAKE UP, 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; WAKE UP, 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; WAKE UP, 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; WAKE UP, 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; wake up to the manipulation”” 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; Pink Floyd sang it clearly, as did many others 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; in music, film, writing, paintings, drawing, 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; photography, etc. 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; It’s IN the category of “THE EARTH IS FLAT” 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; All the evidence showed that the Earth was round, 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; BUT 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; . . . It didn't stop, the consensus of the day, 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; saying the Earth was flat, (and that was only a 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; few seconds ago, in Earth history)---ONLY a few 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; Hundred Years Ago, our time . . . 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; Similarly, as a group of people on this Earth, 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; many have been hoodwinked into thinking that; 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; . . . Enlightenment is DIFFICULT to comprehend 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; . . . We cannot talk about IT [to a certain 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; degree true] 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; . . . We must follow a GURU, a recognised 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; Teacher, or Lineage of Teachers, or a pathway 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; designated BY someone else 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; . . . THE PROCESS of CLARITY into ENLIGHTENED 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; AWARENESS, is DIFFICULT to conceptualise- 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; experience-and KNOW, . . . . 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; IS THIS ALL a blatant UN-TRUTH ??? 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; [Something I read years ago was a paper on an 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; obscure subject, that around c.1900 was in ONE 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; book published, followed by another book several 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; years later. This, over a period of 50 or so 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; years, was followed by 70+ books until one guy 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; at the end of the process did a study that 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; established that all 70+ books came from most of 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; the information from the first and second book . 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; . . Nothing else was of any REAL relevance.] 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; How THIS Writer established Clarity, [in this 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; Life], DID NOT COME from any religion, or book, 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; or person 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; . . . the Writers’ Awareness came from a 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; personal event 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; . . . that created the decision to live TRUTH, 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; . . . in every moment of every day, 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; . . . It came from breaking away (from all 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; current ways found in Society) and going 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; directly IN to TRUTH. 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; The process of living TRUTH in every aspect of 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; Life 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; . . . CREATED THE INNER ENVIRONMENT for the 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; experience to HAPPEN by itself (to unfold 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; effortlessly), and to become so amazing that 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; research to unearth others who have this same 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; experience, was a very juicy recent experience, 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; and the writer realized that this experience is 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; transferable to the Minds and experience of 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; others. 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; WE can NOT grow a lettuce when the environment 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; does not support that growth 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; . . . Our Culture of Mis-information we ALL have 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; been exposed to, has not supported the growth of 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; our OWNERSHIP of OUR OWN Enlightenment Awareness 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; in its Clarity. 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; It does not feel to me to be an isolated 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; experience that has happened to the writer . . . 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; This feels to be a planetary unfolding of 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; Awareness happening here, between us 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; . . . that we are ALL PART OF... 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; Every person on this planet EARTH is related to 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; you. 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; The TRANSFORMATION IN AWARENESS,. . . of every 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; person seems to BE a  part of the Planetary 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; Awareness in progress. 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; IN SERVICE TO THIS "I AM" 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; What are your thoughts??? 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; ESTABLISHING the process that Transforms into 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; simple understandings 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; . . . Is a process of Education-not an altered 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; state of High Awareness 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; . . . Blind Freddie can do it 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; . . . It is NOT a Religion 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; Call it whatever you like 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; . . . FREEDOM, 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; . . . Clarity 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; . . . Enlightenment
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; . . . OR, just a time in your Life when you say to 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; yourself, . . ."Oh! ! , So that’s what IT IS . . . ' 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; . . . ‘THE WAKE UP CALL’ HAPPENS 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; . . . Enlightened Awareness 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; It does NOT MATTER WHAT IT IS CALLED 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; . . . .It is An Experience we can all avail 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; ourselves INTO  . . .[if you so Allow IT to BE . . .] .
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; Do you think it is Earth time for its people to 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; live in Clarity of Awareness ??? 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; Where IS the information that cuts thru the Miss- 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; Information found by many of us??? 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; It sounds like a tribe for this needs to be 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; established, and later this may be so. 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; Regards and Blessings 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt; Sam 
&lt;br/&gt;&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:date>2008-07-13T07:07:59Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>Shifting Energy, Explanation of Love Prophecy</title>
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    <author>
      <name>rachel</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://shamanism.tribe.net/thread/5ef4f904-bf2c-4a7b-a977-aa364ae99262</id>
    <updated>2008-07-11T21:19:21Z</updated>
    <published>2008-07-11T19:01:14Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;It has come to my attention that viewers are having trouble opening a link I included in a previous post.  This previous message was posted as a loving message to get word out about something that I stumbled upon and found to be a great source of hope.  It hurts to imagine that such a movement of healing and love as this would be labeled as SPAM.  Although I can understand the confusion, I am reposting with message included, no links, so I am sure that all those who want to receive the message can.  
&lt;br/&gt;This information has been copied off of a website from Shalomar Productions. com;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Worldwide Prophecy of Love Day 
&lt;br/&gt; 
&lt;br/&gt;And the Angel said: 
&lt;br/&gt;"The day of the fulfillment of the prophecy given long ago draws nigh. We would ask you to be the messenger for this day which shall be called the Prophecy of Love day, in your time and calendar July 13th 2008.
&lt;br/&gt;We would ask that for 24 hours on this your day of July 13th, 2008, that people all over your planet would commune at all of the Sacred places upon beloved Gaia and allow the energies of unconditional love to flood every cell, every fiber, and every molecule of their Beings. We will be focusing our collective energies upon each of you as you do this. The frequency of Love that you will feel in your bodies will be more than you have ever felt before because of this collective focus. If you would do this you will literally become Lightning Rods of Love.
&lt;br/&gt;We ask you to hold this energy and not to project it outward. After 24 hours of receiving and Being unconditional love it will become apparent to you that, indeed without projecting, your outer world will have already changed.
&lt;br/&gt;If 1 million or more of you will answer this call then all of the other prophecies of destruction and doom will be shifted. For it is Love that will bring balance and harmony to your world.
&lt;br/&gt;Focus not upon what you think is wrong in your world rather focus on the Kingdom of Heaven manifested now within the hearts of all creatures and upon Terra and it will be so.”
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;The vision for this conference is this: There are so many prophecies out there of doomsday and cataclysms, with floods, earthquakes, plagues and war, that it makes one feel that everything is hopeless. That is certainly one time line for the future. But I have had dreams and visions of a different future, a future based upon love and brother- &amp;amp; sisterhood where this Earth becomes the beautiful garden and radiant star that it is destined to become.
&lt;br/&gt;Thus, I am now guided to co-create this conference to counterbalance all of the fear-based prophecies running amok throughout the unconsciousness of so many people, and anchor into the morphogenic field this new dream, this new vision based upon the prophecy of love.
&lt;br/&gt;Where will you be July 13th, 2008?
&lt;br/&gt;Will you be one of the millions who will help make a difference in the Destiny of Terra? 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;For more extensive information and to get info regarding a July 13 conference upon Mt Shasta, you can visit shalomarproductions.com.  For all those who wish to participate privately in your own sacred palce and in hopes of bettering our world, thank you.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Rachel&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:date>2008-07-11T19:01:14Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>Singing and Painting in caves Upper Paleolithic</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://shamanism.tribe.net/thread/3c9f83b2-ac83-497b-a697-e1e37a4af92a" />
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      <name>bearsky</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://shamanism.tribe.net/thread/3c9f83b2-ac83-497b-a697-e1e37a4af92a</id>
    <updated>2008-07-10T04:09:33Z</updated>
    <published>2008-07-06T13:12:15Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25516181/&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:date>2008-07-06T13:12:15Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>Temptation</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://shamanism.tribe.net/thread/7aec1fff-05ce-4213-ac9e-f7bd45a98aa3" />
    <author>
      <name>Geert</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://shamanism.tribe.net/thread/7aec1fff-05ce-4213-ac9e-f7bd45a98aa3</id>
    <updated>2008-07-09T20:18:57Z</updated>
    <published>2008-07-08T17:58:10Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;Drinking, smoking, young(er) girls, heavy metal, dirty jokes. 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Things that please my demons. 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;How do you deal with your temptations. &lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:date>2008-07-08T17:58:10Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>About : Bön / Bon</title>
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    <author>
      <name>dragonfamily</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://shamanism.tribe.net/thread/13821658-1b3b-44ee-98f8-5efec1e33172</id>
    <updated>2008-07-05T13:29:18Z</updated>
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    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;Often described as the shamanistic and animistic tradition of the Himalayas prior to Buddhism's rise to prominence in the 7th century, more recent research and disclosures have demonstrated that both the religion and the Bönpo are significantly more rich and textured culturally than was initially thought by pioneering Western scholars.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;... considered an axis mundi, which is traditionally identified as Mount Yung-drung Gu-tzeg ("Edifice of Nine Swastikas"), possibly Mount Kailash, in western Tibet. Due to the sacredness of Tagzig Olmo Lung Ring and the Mount Kailash, both the sauwastika and the number nine are of great significance and considered auspicious by the Bönpo as well as Hindus.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Animistic Bön
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;The first phase of Bön was grounded in animistic and shamanistic practices and corresponds to the general characterization of Bön as described by western scholars.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Initiation rituals and rites closely correlate to the indigenous shamanic traditions of Siberia. Many Bönpo shaman were members of a clan-guild from which the volume of shaman came. Shaman were of either gender. A shamanic aspirant was often visited and possessed by an ancestral shaman and/or one or more of any number of entities such as gods, elementals, dæmons, and spirits. The possession typically results in a divine madness and a temporary retreat into the wilderness, where the shaman lives like an animal and experiences visions of his own death at the hands of spirits.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;After the newly-possessed shaman returns, they are taught by senior practitioners and members of the clan-guild how to exert power over the spirits that visit them, as well as incantation of mantra.&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:date>2008-07-05T13:29:18Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>Anti-Capitalism, Shamanism  and the big Boo Boo</title>
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    <author>
      <name>Boo</name>
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    <updated>2008-07-05T04:43:23Z</updated>
    <published>2008-07-03T01:27:23Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;I am asking for forgiveness for ever having criticized commercialist  greed, egocentricity and I-Me-My attitude in regard to Ayahuasca;  for having insinuated that people who consider Ayahuasca some kind of Western, bullshit, self-improvement program are on a path of ignorance, and that Ayahuasca does not come to you, but you come to it as a selfless supplicant, and not with some kind of sense of overblown self-importance. For ever suggesting that you and I are of total unimportance in the cosmic sense and nothing more than grains of sand on an endless beach, I do humbly apologize. I have just returned from Colcamar, outside of Chachapoyas and am now in the bustling metropolis in the center of Chach. Strange shamans up there in the mountains; I was a scared little Gringo. I actually fell off a cliff while visiting some hidden burial sites in the mountains and was caught by vegetation. After almost soiling myself (read "soiling myself¨"as almost defecating in my britches) when I looked down and saw where I would have landed, I kissed the plants and continued through the foliage-choked mountain path to the tombs,  where I meditated for some time. When i returned on horseback to Colcamar, I asked one of the village shamans what my potential death at that moment meant. He paused for what seemed like 10 minutes and stared at the dirt floor. I began counting the sticks of straw in an adobe brick and became somewhat distracted. He then spoke,  his eyes penetrated uncomfortably into mine and, to paraphrase his words, he said "Mind your own fuckin´ business". He then invited me to eat a meal of majas, and we both ate in silence. I finally arrived back in Chachapoyas, ready to continue my journey to the River and my own ego-erasing attempts in some little out-of-the-way spot. So I can only say I´m a new man, wholeheartedly encouraging everyone to go on their own path of self importance and self actualization, and I hope you all are invited to the Oprah show. (Can´t seem to completely rid myself of that  old piss-and-vinegar attitude, eh?) As for Boo, he will be just a little anonymous turd, sunning himself on the muddy river bank. (P.S. Thanks for the kind remark, Alan....I mean Mariela.)  &lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>Boo</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-07-03T01:27:23Z</dc:date>
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    <title>8th Annual Shaman's Gathering.... THE CALL</title>
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    <author>
      <name>Dreamie / DreamEagle / Christophe</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://shamanism.tribe.net/thread/03398b3b-5221-4b95-8142-373be1d86cad</id>
    <updated>2008-07-05T04:36:54Z</updated>
    <published>2008-07-05T04:36:54Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;The 8th annual Queer Shamanism Gathering will be held between August 15th-24th, 2008 @ Zuni Mountain Sanctuary in northwestern New Mexico.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;The Stewards of the sanctuary are putting out a call for energy assistance in this endeavor.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;This years proposed and requested possibilities include -- Storytelling, Heart Sharing; Sweat Lodge; Positive Tea; Playback Theater; Acoustical Music Circle, Divination Studies,  Desert Walkabouts / Visionquesting ; Massage, Energy Balancing, Claycrafting; Desert astronomy; entheogen discussion; body/energy playgroup; BDSM workshop, desert spirit rain dance; Morning/Evening Yoga; Incense Making; Herb Wildcrafting;  Poetry ReadingRants, permaculture and various happening and on-going infrastructure projects.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;A  Know-Your-Talent Show Multi-Media Arts Exhibit is planned for the Wednesdays (in the middle of the happening) as a benefit for the sanctuary and the neighboring community.  Help make this your gathering by letting us know where your interests are and how you would like to plug your energy into the mix.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Plenty of tenting areas are being prepared by faeries for camping on Camp Hill as well as more secluded permaculturely friendly areas on the land. The RV parking is also available for persuns wishing to camp nearer the road. Food and water will be provided by the sanctuary with vegetarian meals prepared and served by volunteer attendees. Please notify us of any dietary restrictions, allergies or other health concerns or with special needs we should know about.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;*** To help cover the costs for this years event a suggested donation of 35/day per persun per day is requested - more if you can less if you cant; no one turned away for lack of funds. This year as in the past there will be also be study/actualization spaces for those seeking independent explorations.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Full or partial pre-registration funds would be most helpful. Checks can be paid to the order of Zuni Mountain Sanctuary and sent to us by snail mail care of ZMS attn: ShamGath 2008 PO Box 636 Ramah, NM 87321 Even if you are unable to prepay please notify the sanctuary to let us know if you are planning to attend.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;---  IN YOUR REGISTRATION REPLY PLEASE INCLUDE --- How you want to be referenced - name and the best way to contact you; your estimated time of arrival in New Mexico -- also if you are driving to the sanctuary and need driving instructions or a map.  Pick-ups from the bus/train/airport in Gallup or Albuquerque can be arranged, compensation for gas requested. Carpooling is also helpful so let someone know if you have extra room for sharing space with other travelers.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;It is also proven helpful for visitors to have a persunal intention declared for themselves lending definition and structure to their time in space in the sanctuary during the gathering. Intentions can be general or specific but should allow for open-ended possibilities. Past experiences on the land indicate that in offering such a devotional pledge - such an act lends definition and measure to your experience and the ways in which we may better serve one another.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;If hospitality is your scene you can contact the sanctuary to let us know your specialties. We always need crews for Cafeteria Committee, Kitchen Queens, HydroGrrls , Dish Dudes and Wood Tenderers. If you have any other skills or talents you would like to share let us know in advance so as to better accommodate your context for space and/or materials in which to honor your gifts.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;*** Please notify ZMS either by email zunimtn@wildblue.net or by phone 505.783.4002 to let us know you if intend to attend - to arrange transportation or with any questions. &lt;/div&gt;
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  <entry>
    <title>LOOK FOR AMAZONISTAS AT THE 4TH ANNUAL SHAMANISM CONFERENCE</title>
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    <author>
      <name>amazonistas</name>
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    <updated>2008-07-05T01:30:18Z</updated>
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    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;We are very pleased to announce that Amazonistas will have a table at the 4th Annual Shamanism Conference held in Iquitos, Peru. The conference begins on the 19th of July through the 28th.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;The Amazonistas site is scheduled to go online the following day, the 20th, at noon in Iquitos, Atlantic time in the states where we are registered.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Marco Schneider of Amazon Action will be sharing the table with us and the ladies he works with from Puchano will be cooking and making available healthy traditional food out there at the Parthenon during the conference to fortify you and Amazonistas will have cold beverages to refresh you and we are going to do our best to prepare fresh, cold (disinfected) fruit in the morning.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;We are looking for volunteers to help man the table because our one representative is also translating at the conference for all you attendees (and ceremonies if you ask him nicely) so if you could offer him a bit of your time at the Amazonistas table you would be doing a lot of good.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;We look forward to meeting you.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Many blessings to you all for your health and well being.&lt;/div&gt;
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    <title>looking to move to san diego</title>
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    <author>
      <name>Amber</name>
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    <id>http://shamanism.tribe.net/thread/373a24d1-0109-4f42-8b46-21e059c6bd44</id>
    <updated>2008-07-04T03:37:19Z</updated>
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    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;hi any info on rooms, jobs, shamans would be appreciated! I do healing work also! ;)&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:date>2008-07-04T03:37:19Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>Shamane</title>
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    <author>
      <name>dragonfamily</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://shamanism.tribe.net/thread/49609e08-f788-45c4-b74d-61de7494f897</id>
    <updated>2008-07-03T17:29:47Z</updated>
    <published>2008-07-03T16:49:29Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;A Shamane does not wont anything.
&lt;br/&gt;A Shamane takes what he gets.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;So what he gets! That is the Energy on Healing the Person gets.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;A Shamane who wants money and asking for, is called a chicken shamane.
&lt;br/&gt;A Shamane gets what he gets, and thats thy healing the person gets.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;heheh
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    <dc:creator>dragonfamily</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-07-03T16:49:29Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>The Number</title>
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    <author>
      <name>dragonfamily</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://shamanism.tribe.net/thread/8c9db2d4-08c2-467d-a4de-3b7f6f85bd68</id>
    <updated>2008-07-03T16:45:07Z</updated>
    <published>2008-06-14T21:24:17Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;What's the magic number .....?&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>dragonfamily</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-06-14T21:24:17Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>waht is hapenin in baltimore?</title>
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    <author>
      <name>shelbac</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://shamanism.tribe.net/thread/5fa44090-aa4b-4571-8ecf-00f98be5c1d4</id>
    <updated>2008-07-03T07:28:19Z</updated>
    <published>2008-06-12T23:34:53Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;     
&lt;br/&gt;threaded | unthreaded | newest first tribes » Religion &amp;amp; Beliefs » Shamanism » topics »  
&lt;br/&gt;Whats the way in Baltimore?topic posted Today, 3:38 PM by  Shel Bac delete entire topic  
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;i wonder at whats happening around me. my derstiny has led me to be here. destiny created each moment to moment to moment.........being here in the haven of crack and heroin addicts, someone you met five months ago really cool findiong out they are on crack and super refined sexuality. no judging just seems like craving for craving on a hyper scale here in the US of A/ energetically waht is happening? a more intense communication on the physical level, after being in south america for 20  the states is very complicated, so many choices, why am i here is what i ask myself. everything that i do not believe in. crazy. i left when i was 19 i am back the longest i have been in those years at 43, what to do in baltimore because it seems like i am going to be around here for a while, anyone have any ideas? 
&lt;br/&gt;posted by: &lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>shelbac</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-06-12T23:34:53Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>bee shamans</title>
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    <author>
      <name>tatiana</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://shamanism.tribe.net/thread/2c6ff53e-9e37-4089-8e7d-ef5614c7ad72</id>
    <updated>2008-07-03T06:46:28Z</updated>
    <published>2007-07-31T17:20:57Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;i'm working on a project on behalf of the bees 
&lt;br/&gt;and seeking folk savvy in bee magic, bee masters, melissas, bee witches, beekeepers wise in the ancient ways...
&lt;br/&gt;also bee activists tuned to the bee on ecological, social, political fronts
&lt;br/&gt;anyone got any tips? 
&lt;br/&gt;many thanks
&lt;br/&gt;tatiana
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    <dc:creator>tatiana</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2007-07-31T17:20:57Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>wanna exchange?</title>
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    <author>
      <name>gnomeseer</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://shamanism.tribe.net/thread/ece17fc9-32f1-4b01-848e-61f27c16f252</id>
    <updated>2008-07-03T05:02:30Z</updated>
    <published>2008-07-03T05:02:30Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;hello, i'm maestro (or gnomes) and i'm moving to the bay area via wv...i am looking to exchange reiki or jsj for bodywork...lookin' forward to seeing what the west coast is all about...tribe has been a satisfying introduction...
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;loveZ from WV 
&lt;br/&gt;('til 8/8/8)&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:date>2008-07-03T05:02:30Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>Gathering the wisdom of this tribe.</title>
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    <author>
      <name>CG</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://shamanism.tribe.net/thread/4ff3b2dd-4670-43a8-b3c4-e8358a6e1336</id>
    <updated>2008-07-02T19:19:23Z</updated>
    <published>2008-02-08T22:15:29Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;I've pulled from all the recent threads related to the moderator issue in an attempt to help us get closer to consensus. It's long, so forgive me, but their was a lot of wisdom offered lately. It's not a complete picture, and not everyone is represented here, but my intention was to gather a cross section of offerings out of which a group consensus could be pulled, a clear intention stated, and a new moderator chosen  to uphold it.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Any omissions or mistakes are my responsibility, and If I edited your words in a way that displeases you, I apologize sincerely.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;(Richard), on the subject of banning someone, " he was given no notice as to why, nor was there any warning given to him. I think an explanation is warranted."
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;(Jazmin), "Definitely, an explanation is warranted."
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;(Steve), Isn't this the sort of action which should be discussed beforehand with the whole tribe? Shouldn't he have been given a chance to defend himself publicly? Shouldn't the moderator have made public the specific reasons for banning him -- and quoted the posts at issue?
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;(Frank), to the moderator, "Are you sure this is something that you can't speak to him about?"
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;(Steve),If you could point to some specific passages....
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;(Sun), anyone being "Banned should have his/her opportunity, moderator his/hers."
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;(orpheus), Do you actually feel that everyone should be treated equally?
&lt;br/&gt; personal abuse is kind of crossing the lines a moderator is in place to uphold..
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;(Jeannie), As moderator I feel it's part of my responsibility to make sure that members of this tribe aren't subjected to abuse. I take stock of who is saying abusive things to members on a regular basis or are posting content that is offensive/racist. So if it comes between one person who is abusive to many or the many who leave because of that one person....the choice seems straight forward....not easy....but straight forward. 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I'm listening to you all, and obviously there's some things to discuss...
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;(Steve), Here is a principle that I think makes sense: The answer to bad speech is more speech, not less speech. If Lamaku was out of line, then that is something that could be worked out in the context of the whole group. Perhaps it could be a learning experience for everyone. 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;(D), abusive attack is not what I would think any of us are here for. It is a lot to presume to call another a coward. And this kind of directed language could cause harm to someone who happened to be emotionally vulnerable, someone here to learn or get help, not something that I would think such a tribe as this would want to tolerate.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;(Jazmin), If someone is abusive towards me in any way, I don't want another to swoop in and rescue me. I want them to support me, if that is their heartfelt choice, as I stand in my own power and deal with the situation in my own way and learn what I learn and teach what I teach as I do it.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;If I'm unable to stand in my own power to deal with the situation, I want to be supported in finding that place within myself so I can stand for myself. I want other's of the tribe, along with the moderater, to support myself and the other as we work through the upheaval between us, until at least some understanding is gained, or we arrive at a place where we will simply allow the lack of understanding minus the animosity for the sake of the rest of the tribe.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;(Julie), What kind of world do we want....a world where we keep out all of the "bad guys" and live in a pretend world of happiness and light. Or a world where we allow the mirrors of those "bad guys" to reflect the parts of us that we need to heal.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;"asking for a way to work with this out in the open"
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;(Jeannie), I don't think abusive people who bully members on a regular basis should go unchecked. 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;(Veg), asking myself what it is he's trying to teach me. I realize that he's offering me a chance to be more patient, more allowing of people who show up in ways that I don't like. He gives me a chance to reflect on how I, too, show up in ways that are bombastic or otherwise inappropriate at the time. He's given me a chance to consider how people carry and express woundedness, how it shows up in any number of ways, including arrogance or a tendency to push people at the slightest sign of disagreement. I've had to ask myself if I can relate to that, if I have been guilty of doing the same at times in my life.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I feel like a tribe should have a clear policy in place for handling situations.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Whatever policy a particular tribe adopts should be clearly stated to all members to see and understand. Then people can make their own decisions about whether or not they want to be a part of that policy, and stay or leave accordingly. 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;If a tribe's policy isn't clearly stated, and something like this happens, everyone is left feeling unsettled, confused, angry, etc.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Maybe this is an opportunity for the community itself to decide what sort of role they'd like the moderator to fill, what they'd like the person acting as mod to do or not do, to what degree they should be involved, etc. Perhaps, if seen with bigger eyes, this is the gift in this situation, the medicine behind the situation itself that can lead us all into a clearer vision for this tribe.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;A number of people have said that a group discussion is a good thing, particularly if it involves removing a member. I agree. I think it's important for everyone involved, including the person potentially being removed, to have a chance to say what they need to say and to have it heard by everyone here. The ultimate decision may or may not follow the consensus of the group, but I do feel it's important that everyone be allowed to speak, and to be aware of what's happening to begin with.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;(Julie), I would like this also.....to allow the consensus of the group to guide this tribe. 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;(Sailin), i dont feel like having someone permanently removed is a good solution to the problem..
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;(Richard), I just hope via this discussion we can all learn something. 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;(embrace), i recommend the tribe agree on how they would like abuse handled and state it
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;(Kiara), Differing viewpoints can be helpful in strengthening one's own viewpoint and/or helping one to grow.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;(Shel), i think the situation just merits an agreement that moderators should disclose on a thread situations, so that we can come to a consensus....
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;(Shek...)If the thread has become toxic with throws of anger and negative intentions I do not engage..
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;(khem), what is important to keep in mind is .. as long as YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE.. it shouldn't matter what anyone says or feels about you..
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;it is just a reflection of the way he is treating himself. and instead of sending him away.. we should be sending him love.. to help him heal. as we are all part of a whole.. that creates all that exists.. we all react to living in this world in different ways.. and all of our actions and thoughts create our realities..
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;i dont condemn him for it.. as i can feel his pain.. and that pain is all of humanities.... 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;(gayle), It's too bad that each "tribe" has only a single moderator, rather than allowing a mod team.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;(Frank), "I think it's important that we have more than 8 or 10 people vote for a new moderator on a tribe of over 3000. I think now is the time for those who don't often or maybe never post, to post a vote." 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;(Michelle) I would love to see that played out. A group of people who can get annoyed, irritated, angry with each other and then figure out how to get back to neutral -- that place where neither is compelled to bring up the issue again.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;(Vegetalista) My deep sense is that what seems, on the surface, like drama and chaos is really a deeper push toward growth, a chance to clarify our presence, our vision and our way of showing up in this tribe. I don't view this as random upset, but rather an invitation to something more.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;(Richard), we're all adults here and can handle some strife and slight sparing matches.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;(Rebecca), To exchange information, stories, and to engage in productive conversation that better my understanding of the shamanic path. And to help others with their understanding as well.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;(Michelle), "came here to meet people who are willing to look inside and do their internal work and be a part of a community that sets the example for how we'd like the entire world to eventually be" 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;(buster) "I still would like to see the folks here develop a basic statement about what's acceptable behavior. Something simple to balance any action against. Then if you feel someone is off base with their remarks, the moderator could point out the simple agreement and ask them to try to get in line with it. I'd like to see healthy differences of opinion or insight be ok, if offered with some level of courtesy and respect as defined by the tribe." 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;(Nick) "I don't find it necessary to involve the entire group in each squabble, or have a nanny moderator coddling people of weak will."
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;(embrace), i offer to make it as simple as "abuse will not be tolerated" and when it occurrs and the individuals cannot work it out themselves in private, post it and let the accuser and accused explain themselves and face the scrutiny of the tribe. that way the entire tribe is called upon to assist in resolving disputes.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;(ik), I'm sure some lessons have been learned., shall we carry on? &lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>CG</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-02-08T22:15:29Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>GOING TO IQUITOS THIS SUMMER? VA A IQUITOS ESTE VERANO?</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://shamanism.tribe.net/thread/e0b56634-d08d-4631-9041-478f4a4fb8be" />
    <author>
      <name>rareworlds</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://shamanism.tribe.net/thread/e0b56634-d08d-4631-9041-478f4a4fb8be</id>
    <updated>2008-07-02T14:15:48Z</updated>
    <published>2008-06-28T17:41:41Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;PLEASE BRING INFANT, CHILDREN AND WOMEN'S CLOTHING, SHOES AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;POR FAVOR TRAIGAN ROPA PARA INFANTES, NINOS Y MUJERES. ADEMAS DE CALZADO, ZAPATOS Y ARTICULOS PARA ESCUELA.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;You may contact Amazonistas for details at  rareworlds@gmail.com or if you are Spanish speaking contact Amazon Action at rombolo@hotmail.com or call Marco Schneider at Phone: +51 65 605558; +51 193117475 while in Iquitos.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Para Ingles contacte Amazonistas para cualquier pregunta a rareworlds@gmail.com
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Si habla espanol contactenos a rombolo@hotmail.com
&lt;br/&gt;Para contactarnos via telefonica en espanol llamenos a +51 65 605558 o +51 193117475 Pregunte por Marco Schneider
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;In Iquitos you may leave your donations at Morona 531
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Para donaciones en iquitos puede ir directamente a morona 531
&lt;br/&gt;
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    <dc:date>2008-06-28T17:41:41Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>PRAYERS NEEDED FOR THE DRAGON MILL!!!!</title>
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    <author>
      <name>dragonfamily</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://shamanism.tribe.net/thread/e4fb8e2f-43fc-4db9-ab43-42f4c3fab09d</id>
    <updated>2008-07-02T12:37:30Z</updated>
    <published>2008-06-14T16:29:27Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Holla, Brother and Sisters!
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Still everthing is open for her Dragon Mill!
&lt;br/&gt;I am here to ask You : what can we do about ?
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I ask seriously, because it is up to us, if will get it in her 21`century gregor time.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Mother, it shall heal our all situation, it will give our all Childreen a future!
&lt;br/&gt;If we will do it, everybody Organic can do it.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;For more Infos see : http://tribes.tribe.net/bioregionalanimism/thread/ae1fabc0-f627-4817-b59d-d742bceb9385
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Yes LLB sayed it is all now done, but it is like allways it is up to us.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
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&lt;br/&gt;Bless and Blessings,
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Dragonbrother Kyo
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt; Aho.&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:date>2008-06-14T16:29:27Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>Prophecy of Love Approaching Fast Please Read</title>
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    <author>
      <name>rachel</name>
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    <id>http://shamanism.tribe.net/thread/5cfc79fe-2ef5-416b-9056-82ebf5a606fb</id>
    <updated>2008-07-02T01:03:12Z</updated>
    <published>2008-07-02T01:03:12Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;I recently was directed to receive information regarding a prophecy of Love to be fulfilled on July 13, 2008. Please go to this link, shalomarproductions.com/home.php, to receive complete information. Spread the word, Go somewhere sacred and think love on July 13, 2008!! &lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:date>2008-07-02T01:03:12Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>A Prayer</title>
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    <author>
      <name>shelbac</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://shamanism.tribe.net/thread/e309673a-749c-4a64-af35-64439ead9f9c</id>
    <updated>2008-07-02T00:43:38Z</updated>
    <published>2008-07-01T23:05:38Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;may our enemies become our freinds in this circle that never ends 
&lt;br/&gt;may the truth always bend the light into harmony
&lt;br/&gt;may we come to feel grateful to our enemies
&lt;br/&gt;may the enemies everywhere see through their blindness to the light 
&lt;br/&gt;may water always flow though our earth and all her many beings
&lt;br/&gt;may love and compassion find shelter everywhere
&lt;br/&gt;
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    <dc:creator>shelbac</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-07-01T23:05:38Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>Channeling Alien Visions</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://shamanism.tribe.net/thread/591fb657-8f2c-42f0-aebd-0a9f3cd7f399" />
    <author>
      <name>Geert</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://shamanism.tribe.net/thread/591fb657-8f2c-42f0-aebd-0a9f3cd7f399</id>
    <updated>2008-07-01T23:19:32Z</updated>
    <published>2008-05-28T22:35:08Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;*bleep* *bleep*
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&lt;br/&gt;I see a future for mankind in which their essence of being is going to be more spiritualised, where spirituality will actually be a part in a child’s education from birth to adulthood. The education will be handling interpretation of reality and all it’s aspects of time and space consciousness. The main focus in this teaching will be the quickening of the transfer of information. 
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&lt;br/&gt;When in consciousness there can be made a stop in human experience of time, in which information can be passed along, the knowledge of the human will be increased without physically having aged, say 15 minutes, but in that time have obtained the knowledge of the entire world history, astrology, advanced physics, math, biology, botany, neuroscience astronomy and interdimensional travel.   
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&lt;br/&gt;If  the transfer of information is relocated to a point outside human consciousness, to a place where time and space don’t exist, then a lot of information can be passed along without any passing of physical seconds on a watch. 
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&lt;br/&gt;For the passing of information you have the sending party and the receiving party. 
&lt;br/&gt;Between them is the communication that takes time and space. If both sender and receiver are in a point where no time and space exist, it means the receiver ‘is’ the sender. At that point all the knowledge has been transferred in the blink of an eye. 
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&lt;br/&gt;These are next steps in the development of consciousness, knowledge of spirit, and forms of communication through vibration. . 
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&lt;br/&gt;To develop the spirit humans must be one with the forces all around, they must go deeper into the essence of their existence and find peaceful solutions to the world’s social struggles among humankind. They must respect nature’s gifts because they are part of her. And they must stop polluting the earth. 
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&lt;br/&gt;*bleep* *bleep*&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>Geert</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-05-28T22:35:08Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>Conversations on Love</title>
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    <author>
      <name>big john</name>
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    <id>http://shamanism.tribe.net/thread/36426902-dabb-4323-8c2b-1260082400b6</id>
    <updated>2008-07-01T23:16:35Z</updated>
    <published>2008-05-31T05:34:13Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;Recently I was Blessed by one of the most beautiful conversations i have ever had, and I felt it needed to be continued. Here are my thoughts on it. 
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&lt;br/&gt;Love is truth, Love is God, Love is the most beautiful and most raw feeling we could ever have as humans.  So here we are the essences of the vision our fathers and mothers had for us, cultivating the one Love. Living in Love, creating happiness as often as we can.  We have learned to Love our friends, our community, our music, ourselves, we have made so many changes to be in the path of enlightenment.  Still with all that evolution some how we have neglected our ability to Love in the construct of personal relations.  Why do we loose the feeling of the one Love when we are in Love with one?  What is it that changes our thought processes when it comes to "Lovers"?  We are able to love those we call friends unconditionally with out expectations, we allow those people to be themselves, have there faults. And without even a blink of an eye we accept because we Love them.  But when in the structure of relationship those same faults, demons, and down falls challenge us to the core.  Is it not the same Love?  Have we let archaic relationship structures cloud our ability to Love one with one Love?  We are embarking on a time of great change and we know deep in our hearts that those that love can be the answer.  So now I think we have a challenge to redefine these old traditions with in relation, as we have redefined so many other structures we have been conditioned with.  I am not in full support of polysexual relations (if thats what you like go for it) I am personally in support of monogamy with ties to sex.  But I am curios about the truth behind polyamory, the ability of the human mind to love in multiples. I truly believe we can change the way we love within relation, as well as how we define relation.  I believe this to be one of the more perplexing and challenging philosophical issues i have wrapped my mind around, and i really would love you to sit on this topic, please write any thoughts down.  We will be Blessed to hear your thoughts.&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>big john</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-05-31T05:34:13Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>Cleansing others energies out of my system. Issues with shapeshifting and feeling people from past inside me.</title>
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    <author>
      <name>jaya</name>
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    <id>http://shamanism.tribe.net/thread/61f9cc36-10de-48d2-a1c5-01bbc6433a12</id>
    <updated>2008-07-01T23:14:23Z</updated>
    <published>2008-05-08T22:45:32Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;Hello all,
&lt;br/&gt;Have you ever had the experience of momentary embodiment of other people's energy? i'm empathic, working on more solid boundaries.
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&lt;br/&gt;I've been noticing over the last few years that i tend to store other people's energy in me. (a feminine trait especially with old intimate partners and friends.) this is especially strong with people who i have shared deep intimacy with, and even sometimes people they have shared deep intimacy with. it's like i'm finally realizing the power of energetic merging of sexual and deep intimate relations. kind of like a family tree of sexual energetic relations.
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&lt;br/&gt;The way this feels for me is as if I'll drop into someone's character (facial expressions, movements, sounds, and general vibe) it's more intense than just picking up someone's common expressions like when you pick up someone elses laugh or saying. i actually for a very quick moment, actually feel the person in me. kind of a shape-shifting of sorts. it feels similar