The total goal of the shamanistic knowledge that we are handling
is the preparation for facing the definitive journey: the journey that
every human being has to take at the end of his life. Through their
discipline and resolve, shamans are capable of retaining their individual
awareness and purpose after death. For them, the vague, idealistic state
that modern man calls "life after death" is a concrete region
filled to capacity with practical affairs of a different order than
the practical affairs of daily life, yet bearing a similar functional
practicality. To collect the memorable events in their lives is, for
shamans, the preparation for their entrance into that concrete region
which they call the active side of infinity.
Every warrior, as a matter of duty, collects an album that reveals
the warrior's personality, an album that attests to the circumstances
of his life. Above all, it is like an album of pictures made out of
memories, the recollection of memorable events;memorable because they
have a special significance in one's life. Put in it the complete account
of various events that have had profound significance for you.
Carlos Castaneda.
-Learning about lieing
-Learning about self reflection
-Becomming obsessed with death
-Living in Germany
-Having an amazing grandfather
-Having the nagging feeling that all is not what it seems
-Discovering my sexuality
-Learning about the night time and exploring it
-Getting migraine headaches
-Going to court and being convicted at age 13.
-Breaking my Collar bone
-Being told by an army vicar that i will have only 7 opportunities in
life to turn to god
-Setting my head on fire
-First trying Pot
-Understanding that time does not exist
-Seeing that Science and Religion are the same
-Understanding that there are moral guides out there in film and music
-Finding Philosophy
-Meeting my partner Ali
-The need to start CloserToGod
-Discovering my autodidactic tendencies
-Seeing a number of UFO's
-Glimpsing the Collaborative Universe and Polysolipsism
-Having a weird experience over the internet with Mahadava (preacher
Joe)
-Reading the Bagahvad Gita
-Seeing Capitalism as a great evil in the world
-Reading Castaneda for the first time
-Learning to become a Man of Knowledge
-Finding out about the game of life
-Understanding Love
-First Trying Salvia
-Discovering Alan Watts' philosophy
-Redeploying my energy and clearing my island of the tonal
-Losing my fear
-Fighting the corporate machine and winning
-Learning about the roles we all must play
-Discovering that decisions that we make are never owned by us
-Finding God and realising that it is just another game
-Understanding that everyone must be subservient to at least one other
being
-Seeing Bird Flu as a potential test for my belief system |