Do we all live the same lives? No, and we also do not experience the same things that govern how we see our lives.
Understanding and experience are not always the same!
Here is an example:
Two people are tied together back to back and can only face forward. One is facing the moon and the other can see the shadow cast upon the wall in front from the moonlight.
Who is seeing reality?
Possibly you may say that the one who sees the light is experiencing the truth, but moonlight is just a reflection from the Sun! So maybe neither are seeing the truth, only what they perceive to be their truth!
This is so often how life can be, as all we are living with is the idea of something and not the direct experience of it, and for many that is enough because sometimes the truth or another shadow can be too much.
This can be one reason why we are satisfied to live with understanding and not direct experience.
Within understanding is an element of possible experience but for most of us, we use belief systems to get us through and grant the mind the satisfaction it can use.
When a new concept is placed in front of us, we can go one of three ways.
- Observe and sit with it.
- Accept it without really considering it.
- Dismiss it without really considering it.
Number 1 = Evolution
Number 2 = Complacency
Number 3 = Devolution
This is pretty much how the physical world of humankind operates, with most of our motivations coming from either 2 or 3.
So the next time that same concept is placed on your path – observe, sit with it, consider and then come from the realm of experience, not just the mind!
And remember growth in any world is never because of 2 or 3, it is always because of 1.
About Dean
How fortunate we are to be able to live through a time of such significant change, not only to be able to see all of the fantastic achievements in the physical world but also for the unprecedented opportunities for growth of our Spiritual selves!
I have been here before many many times, and I dare say that this will not be the last. But I don’t say that with a sigh, because being here means that the bigger picture has still got a plan that I am involved with!
This time around my first real steps upon this thing called the spiritual path were in the early “70s” with the drawing to the writings of Carlos Castenada, an anthropologist turned Yaqui shaman who set the imagination on fire of a whole new world of seekers.
The relevance of this will become clear at the end of this account.
I never did well with drugs or alcohol so practising many forms of shamanism was never going to be a winner for me. Instead I moved through the many realms of martial arts training and learning from some of the greatest masters that had just emerged from China and the East.
It was during this time that the pull of the Orient led me back into the worlds of India and Tibet. Why back? Because it began to awaken memories of past lives and times spent with beloved families and masters.
I now realise these awakenings have been part of my life since I was very young, travelling with friends to buried spaceships, visiting ancient temples, and all manner of out of body visitations, just seemed somehow normal.
I seem to have spent 50% of my life (sometimes much to the frustration of others) in the world of Spirit, traversing the tree of life and the many levels of energy and knowledge.
During my life (this time around) I have been blessed to be able to study and practise with many great masters on the path of Spirit and gain awakenings to many worlds and understandings.
But it was only during a journey back some 20 years ago, that it became clear that all of the lives I have experienced have been as a shaman or spirit walker and in the service of the energy of the moment. This means that it was to work with either people, planetary, nature, karmic or soul evolution.
But the call of Spirit is one that once experienced you can never dismiss its persistence for action. So for many years, I have practised as a spirit walker working and healing with clients to gain insight and clarity from the many realms that make up our understanding of why we are here.
So it seems that I have come full circle yet again in the service of spirit.
You can reach me through the contact page if you’d like more information or to make a connection.