Native American Blogger

  Falling In Love It is a mystery why we fall in love. It is a mystery how it happens. It is a mystery when it comes. It is a mystery why some love grows and it is a mystery why some love fails. You can analyze this mystery and look for reasons and causes, but you will never do anymore than take the life out of the experience. Just as life itself is more than the sum of the bones and muscles and electrical impulses in the body, love is more than the sum of the interests and attractions and commonalities that two people share. And just as life is a gift that comes and goes in its own time, so too, the coming of love must be taken as an unfathomable gift that cannot be questioned in its ways. Sometimes, hopefully at least once in your life - the gift of love will come to you in full flower, and you will take hold of it and celebrate it in all inexpressible beauty. This is the dream we all share. More often, it will come and take hold...

  Soundings: the Shaman's Journey How can we use the creative, projective, and energetic quality of words and sounds to aid a shamanistic journey? We are trying to extend and explore the edges of consciousness for its own sake, as a part of being human; to see if we can acquire knowledge, skills, and insights to help in dealing with our own personal problems and those of the human community at large. "Ordinary" consciousness may be too narrow and limited to solve problems, personal and human -- shamanism implies a willingness to go further afield, to explore and extend the mind in an unconventional way. For those interested in shamanistic practice, this means to experience modern variations on some of the most ancient and widespread of human psychophysical practices, dating back (on the evidence of artifacts) at least 35,000 years. Practices whose aim is to deepen knowledge of existence, penetrate some of the mystery of life, and bring help to others. This is wha...