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Shakti is the life force that fills each of us. We are vessels for this life force, and like tribal rattles, how we move on the different levels shakes this life force within us, making music in tune and out, leaving us differently arranged on the inside. My history as one of the Universe's tcha-tcha's began three years ago. Recently, I began a cycle of unification, of linking upward. I've encountered many different ways, from qi gong to voudou, and I find now that each of these things that was external are at least much closer if not completely a part of my being. I had a tarot reading two years ago and the reader told me "we carry the Universe within us". At this point, I am realizing that I, like anyone who reads these words, carries a bit of everything within. How great or small each bit is depends on the individual, and on how much the individual wants to develop that part, a part that the Universe integrated into each of us when we were born. Gods and Goddesses are a part of my beliefs and thus a part of me, also. Here are my insights into my patron Goddess, Manman Brigitte. Manman Brigitte Haitian Loa of the Spirit | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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When you start out on a spiritual path, regardless of what path it is, traditional religious or New Age, one thing you eventually find is that you are going through a never-ending game board of sorts. Climb up the spiritual ladder, and you'll go several, maybe many paces to find the appearance of another ladder to climb. Not all moves you make will be upward; sometimes you'll find yourself going down a chute, dumped on your spiritual hind end, seemingly far from the original lofty destination you were at. The truth is, every destination has it's own lofty, elevated and spiritual components to offer. And while one's journey seems to be "two steps forward, one, two or three---or a hundred---steps back, they aren't always. Each place you are in has it's own element of perfection. Imagine facing a long car ride until you can break open a much-hungered for picnic lunch. The car overheats and you're forced to pull over until it cools down and is driveable (at least to somewhere it can be fixed). It's either a spot to bitch and kick the car or a place to make a picnic, it ends up being up to you. And most of us kick that car until we're starving enough and weak enough to just give in and eat those sandwiches. This brings another point up: that picnic basket, those sandwiches, everything you "packed", are things you have with you right now that you can use during your spiritual reflection. Caroline Myss said "the gods don't take a room at the Ritz". From experience, I can tell you that's true. There are dozens of books that can be bought online and off, casks of oils to elevate your spirit, tapes, incense to put you in the frame of mind for a meditation---and all this means nothing if you fail to listen to the tapes, smear on the oil, or read and apply the information in the books you've brought home. So my advice is to start small. The Internet is one heck of a library and laboratory in cyberspace. Make the best use of it by looking up different things you feel will take you on this journey. Go to the library, too, and if you find something that you like and will be of continued use, then buy it. Just realize that right now, within you, is everything you really need, and all the extra stuff that carries a price tag (classes, readings, cards, etc) are just external items meant to tease out and develop what is already inside. While you can't develop the spiritual through solely physical means, there are methods of using the physical world to connect you with your spirit, by keeping your body under control. One method I've used and continue to use is Sacred Dance. Call it beledi, raqs sharki, middle eastern dance or danse orientale. Me, I call it: Bellydance is Sacred Dance | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Illness, especially chronic illness that doctor's can't explain, or sudden life changing events of health or other nature can and do shake you like a baby shakes a rattle. | Never forego medical treatment when it's indicated. Anything alternative is a compliment to conventional medicine, but always allow your doctor to give you the Spock-eyebrow as you mention you want alternative healing adjuncts. More and more, doctors and hospitals are finding that these alternative treatments do patients more good than harm (to body or wallet). If it's at all possible, learn to heal yourself to the extent that your brainpower and skill allow. One natural healing method I chose to learn when I felt like garbage (for years, actually, in spite of medical tests showing I was in good health) was Reiki. Healing with the Universe While I never participated in an actual ceremony, I found that the lwa of voudou, the African-transplanted religion of Haiti offered lessons and help in healing. All that I have integrated within this page and myself was shown to me by these spirits. And yes, I carry them, too, within me. VOODOO
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