04-29-2006, 12:00 AM
Words can be healing tools as well, Doktor Green, and as such .... you also seem to know how to use them.
In my culture The World Tree, The World Pole or the World Mountain is the Central Source and The Eagle sits on the top of that "World Pole". Thunderbird/Eagle being the Power Symbol of that Source. Raven in turn is said to be The Eagle's helper.
But this is not here nor there, for I do know what you mean Dok.
Quoting you:
The pressure I spoke of is the constant attack of death. Like standing in the ocean and feeling the never-ending waves. Once embraced, the attack is no longer felt. All life is then guided by death; not the "fear of death",... but the "power of death". You see, once embraced, he cannot claim you! You belong to the Eagle and death can only serve you. Being guided by death is like flowing water. Effortless.
Brilliant !
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But then again to the Shamanic practitioners Death may also come as an "Initiation". The Thunderbird/Eagle descents on one & swallows one up into the 'Void', only to spit or **** one back into the body again ...... "rearranged". This happened, when I was 23.
After that, lived impeccably "according to my death", but after a while a second death started to loom about. This time the symbol of the force-field "hovering" was The Dragon .... beckoning me to invite it upon myself.
I sensed that it was a symbol some people had known about ... in the past .... but it was as if these people had passed onto some other realm (?) ..... leaving me behind to deal with the Dragon.
I had already died !!! ... giving my whole life to "The-Essence-Awareness" .... so what was this Dragon business about ?
I felt that if I would yield to it, it would have been like dissolving into the blue sky ..... (?).
Totally chickened out from that one & then tried to 'escape' the whole thing & live "normal life" .... though I never could anymore ....
And for a while there I did live in paranoia about the Dragon "zapping" me. In one of Castaneda's books the group is so frightened about crossing the bridge in this one town ....
I totally know how they felt !
Though now I do know, that the initiations "offered" can be postponed to a later date, when more ready.
I'm still wondering about that Dragon.
Did read somewhere .... some Shaman say, that "The Dragon" is just another one of the many "Initiation Deaths" that can occur .....
Does your tradition talk about The Dragon DG ? And if so ...... What ?
Do the colours red and white mean anything to you in regards to The Dragon ??????????
Artnwere
In my culture The World Tree, The World Pole or the World Mountain is the Central Source and The Eagle sits on the top of that "World Pole". Thunderbird/Eagle being the Power Symbol of that Source. Raven in turn is said to be The Eagle's helper.
But this is not here nor there, for I do know what you mean Dok.
Quoting you:
The pressure I spoke of is the constant attack of death. Like standing in the ocean and feeling the never-ending waves. Once embraced, the attack is no longer felt. All life is then guided by death; not the "fear of death",... but the "power of death". You see, once embraced, he cannot claim you! You belong to the Eagle and death can only serve you. Being guided by death is like flowing water. Effortless.
Brilliant !
***************************************
But then again to the Shamanic practitioners Death may also come as an "Initiation". The Thunderbird/Eagle descents on one & swallows one up into the 'Void', only to spit or **** one back into the body again ...... "rearranged". This happened, when I was 23.
After that, lived impeccably "according to my death", but after a while a second death started to loom about. This time the symbol of the force-field "hovering" was The Dragon .... beckoning me to invite it upon myself.
I sensed that it was a symbol some people had known about ... in the past .... but it was as if these people had passed onto some other realm (?) ..... leaving me behind to deal with the Dragon.
I had already died !!! ... giving my whole life to "The-Essence-Awareness" .... so what was this Dragon business about ?
I felt that if I would yield to it, it would have been like dissolving into the blue sky ..... (?).
Totally chickened out from that one & then tried to 'escape' the whole thing & live "normal life" .... though I never could anymore ....
And for a while there I did live in paranoia about the Dragon "zapping" me. In one of Castaneda's books the group is so frightened about crossing the bridge in this one town ....
I totally know how they felt !
Though now I do know, that the initiations "offered" can be postponed to a later date, when more ready.
I'm still wondering about that Dragon.
Did read somewhere .... some Shaman say, that "The Dragon" is just another one of the many "Initiation Deaths" that can occur .....
Does your tradition talk about The Dragon DG ? And if so ...... What ?
Do the colours red and white mean anything to you in regards to The Dragon ??????????
Artnwere