Spirit

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It's a truism that Spirit is all around. We're made of and by the creator who is known by a thousand names and remains nameless and unfathomable.

Joseph Campbell said that we cannot comprehend the idea of the creator, we cannot express our connection, and that all we can do is the third-best thing: to attempt to describe our feelings and our thoughts.

Joachim of Flores, a 12th century Christian mystic, thought that there were three great ages of mankind.  The first was the Age of the Father, which is where God speaks to us and treats us like his children.  This is the stern god of Judaism and the old testament.

The second great age was the age of the Son, where we have an intermediary--Christ and his priests--who can talk to the father and plead our case to earn us forgiveness.

The third great age--the one that he thought was just about to occur--is the age of the Spirit, the Holy Ghost, where we engaged in direct communion with Godhood, without intermediaries and without mis-communication. Like him, I think that time is here.

Again.

And it's not just something we can do. It's what we must do.

30October

Life as a Paco

What's simple is true

Over the years, I've been studying the energy medicine of the Americas--mostly the form still used by the shaman, currandero, and curandera of the high Andean mountains of Peru. The Q'ero--the descendants of the Inca--have been practicing their medicine ways almost undisturbed for centuries, and largely bypassed the destruction meted out to the rest of the indigenous population by the Spanish colonialists and conquistadors by simply living in isolation in the harsh environment at altitudes hovering around 16,000 feet.

Written by R. N. Homer Christensen, Posted in Spirit, Shamanism

07November

Eight Verses for Training the Mind:

Teaching by his Holiness the Dalai Lama

The Dalai Lama spoke in San Jose on October 12, 2010. Thanks to the good people at the Gyuto Center who hosted the event, his teaching is online and available for free viewing or listening.

Posted in Spirit, Vipassana

13November

Tipping the Balance

2012: The Great Turning Over

There is a growing awareness about 2012 and the great shifts coming. Personally, we're not sure what forms they'll take, but no matter the form, one of the best courses we can take is to work on healing ourselves, stepping into our power, and offering what assistance we can to facilitate the healing of others.

Written by R. N. Homer Christensen, Posted in Spirit, Shamanism

15November

How Energy Healing Works

Beautiful intelligence

Energetic healing works with a beautiful intelligence that is outside our Western, science-based understanding of how things work. The healing begins when you state your intention and take action, and deepens as your practitioner clears heavy, disordered energy and adds light to your energetic body.  The healing continues even after you leave.

Written by R. N. Homer Christensen, Posted in Spirit, Shamanism