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Bliss
The
realization
of
your
Bliss,
which
is
your
True
Being,
comes
when
you
can
live
any
passing
moment
of
your
life
without
being
influenced
by
any
Fears,
Desires,
or
Social
Duties
to
live
any
particular
way.
As
adapted
by
Sitting
Owl
from
the
Quote
By:
Joseph
Campbell
Sitting
Owl's
Editorial
Just
a
short
editorial
this
time.
I
have
been
in
contact
with
Frank
Cullen
of
Thoughtful
Themes,
a
supplier
of
some
very
thought
provoking
information.
I
have
included
some
of
this
work,
and
hope
to
include
more
in
future
issues.
I
am
feeling
very
blessed
to
have
permission
from
Dr.
Rangimarie
(Rose)
Turuki
Pere
to
reprint
her
Maori
Teachings.
I
hope
to
make
a
regular
addition
of
this
wisdom.
What
Has
Happened to
My
People
By:
Melinda
A.
MacBeth
What
has
happened
to
my
people?
Has
liberation
overtaken
us
So
much
that
men
have
lost
their
identities?
And
modern
learned
psychologists,
Following
their
books
With
the
reverence
of
a
bible,
Gotten
so
socially
blind
They
cannot
see
the
path
to
hell
they
pave?
What
has
happened
to
the
value
of
Life,
property
and
privacy,
Helping
thy
brother,
loving
thy
mother,
and
Doing
unto
others?
What
has
happened
to
the
right
of
Parents,
teachers
and
the
common
law?
As
I
lock
my
doors
for
safety,
I
cannot
help
but
wonder
What
has
happened
to
my
people?
Consciousness
I
AM
VERY
ACCOMMODATING
By:
Margaret
E.
White
I
ask
no
questions.
I
accept
whatever
you
give
me.
I
do
whatever
I
am
told
to
do.
I
do
not
presume
to
change
anything
you
think,
say
or
do;
I
file
it
away
in
perfect
order,
quickly
and
efficiently,
and
then
I
return
it
to
you
exactly
as
you
gave
it
to
me.
I
am
the
reservoir
into
which
you
toss
anything
your
heart
or
mind
chooses
to
deposit
there.
I
work
night
and
day;
I
never
rest,
and
nothing
can
impede
my
activity.
The
thoughts
you
send
to
me
are
categorised
and
filed,
and
my
filing
system
never
fails.
I
am
truly
your
servant
who
does
your
bidding
without
hesitation
or
criticism.
I
cooperate
when
you
tell
me
that
you
are
‘this’
or
‘that’
and
I
play
it
back
as
you
give
it.
I
am
most
agreeable.
Since
I
do
not
think,
argue,
judge,
analyse,
question,
or
make
decisions,
I
accept
impressions
easily.
I
am
going
to
ask
you
to
sort
out
what
you
send
me,
however,
my
files
are
getting
a
little
cluttered
and
confused.
I
mean,
please
discard
those
things
that
you
do
not
want
returned
to
you.
What
is
my
name?
Oh,
I
thought
you
knew!
I
am
your
subconscious.
Regarding
consciousness,
it
is
unfortunate
that
today
our
mode
of
thinking
is
that
consciousness
only
comes
from
the
head,
mind
or
brain.
It
doesn’t!
The
brain
is
an
organ
that
directs
consciousness
in
a
certain
direction,
and
the
mind
can
ramble
on
in
strange
ways
and
want
things
that
the
body
and
soul
do
not
want.
There
is
also
a
body
consciousness,
for
example,
when
we
eat
certain
foods,
the
bile
knows
whether
or
not
there
is
something
there
for
it
to
go
to
work
on.
In
Dr.
Peter
O’Connor’s
book;
‘Understanding
The
Mid-life
Crisis’,
he
says:
"For
the
first
half
of
their
lives
males
have
been
heavily
conditioned
into
believing
that
the
conscious
mind
is
the
centre
of
their
universe
and
that
the
ego
in
particular
is
the
ruler
of
this
universe.
"I
find
in
this
modern
fixed-belief
system,
that
the
conscious
mind
is
the
centre
of
the
psychological
universe,
and
the
ego
the
ruler
of
the
system,
a
strange
parallel
with
the
ancient
view
(some
400
years)
that
the
earth
was
the
fixed
centre
of
the
universe
and
the
sun,
planets
and
stars
rotated
around
it.
It
is
as
if
man
has
simply
shifted
this
erroneous
belief
into
the
realm
of
his
personal
universe…
In
many
ways
Jung
can
be
seen
as
being
to
psychology
what
Copernicus
is
to
Astronomy."
The
problem
in
middle
age,
when
the
body
has
reached
it’s
climax
of
power
and
begins
to
decline,
is
to
identify
yourself
not
with
the
body,
but
with
the
consciousness
of
which
the
body
is
just
a
vehicle.
And
in
growing
old
there
is
the
fear
of
death.
But
this
body
is
a
vehicle
of
consciousness,
and
if
you
can
identify
with
the
consciousness,
you
can
watch
the
body
go
like
an
old
car.
But
it
is
predictable.
And
then
gradually,
the
whole
thing
drops
off,
and
consciousness
rejoins
consciousness.
Out
in
the
bush,
where
I
now
live,
you
can
see
all
sorts
of
different
consciousnesses
relating
to
each
other.
There
is
a
plant
consciousness,
an
animal
consciousness
and
a
mineral
consciousness,
and
we
as
humans
share
all
of
these
because
we
eat
these
things,
we
assimilate,
absorb,
these
energies
along
with
the
matter.
Regarding
consciousness,
Fred
Alan
Wolf
says
that:
“I
realised
that
my
body
is
a
materialisation
of
my
unconsciousness.
My
body
is
not
a
symbolism
of
my
unconsciousness.
It
is
my
unconsciousness.”
This
gave
him
the
connection
between
how
addiction
and
the
unconscious
are
related,
saying;
“Our
bodies
become
addicted
to
material
substances.
In
the
same
way,
our
consciousness
becomes
addicted
to
material
form.
It
is
an
addiction
or,
perhaps
less
strongly
put,
a
desire
to
have
something
rather
than
nothing.”
But
this
opens
up
a
whole
new
subject
about
a
social
problem
that
can
be
solved
with
an
understanding
of
Shamanic
Consciousness.
A
brief
description
of
this
altered
state
of
consciousness
can
best
be
described
in
the
following
passages.
The
first
of
which
is
from
‘The
Truth
About
Shamanism’
by
Amber
wolf,
and
the
second
is
from’
Shamanism
–
A
Beginners
Guide’
by
Teresa
Moorey:
Shamanic
consciousness
"To
understand
the
sacred,
other
world
journey
of
the
shaman,
it
is
necessary
to
first
understand
shamanic
consciousness.
To
begin
with,
consciousness
is
usually
divided
into
two
primary
types:
"1.
The
focused,
waking
consciousness
in
which
we
are
alert
and
aware
of
our
surroundings,
"2.
The
unfocused,
non-waking
consciousness
in
which,
we
are
either
dreaming
or
unconscious
of
our
surroundings."
"Simply
put,
shamanic
consciousness
blends
the
focused
awareness
of
waking
consciousness
with
the
unfocused
flow
of
dreams,
inner
vision,
and
non-waking
consciousness….
"Shamanic
consciousness
is
a
special
altered
state
of
consciousness
in
which
the
shaman
is
able
to
view
his/her
surroundings
as
a
non-ordinary
reality.
The
shaman
is
aware
of
the
concrete
levels
of
reality
that
include
the
everyday
world
of
humankind.
The
shaman
is
also
aware
of
the
abstract
world
of
Nature
energies
and
Spirit.
"For
the
shaman,
both
the
concrete
and
abstract
levels
have
significance,
meaning,
and
validity.
The
shaman
has
the
ability
to
draw
information
and
wisdom
from
all
levels,
and
the
abilities
to
not
confuse
them
with
each
other….
"Carl
Jung,
the
great
Western
psychoanalyst
and
mystic,
once
compared
the
mind
of
man
to
a
large
apartment
building.
While
most
people
in
an
apartment
building
are
familiar
with
a
few
floors
and
a
few
other
residents
of
the
building,
very
few
know
them
all.
The
shaman,
as
an
explorer
and
experimenter
in
mind
and
consciousness,
strives
to
“visit
all
the
floors
and
residents.”
He/she
is
then
able
to
return
to
his/her
own
“apartment”
without
getting
lost."
Psychology
"The
shamanic
state,
especially
at
its
inception,
has
been
likened
to
forms
of
mental
illness,
such
as
schizophrenia.
There
are
several
points
in
connection
with
this.
Firstly,
while
the
shaman
may
begin
her
career
in
crisis,
she
certainly
does
not
remain
so,
for
the
point
of
shamanism
is
controlled
spirit-flight
and
effective
use
of
transcendent
states.
Secondly,
any
‘dualistic’
perception
within
society,
such
as
good/bad,
spirit/matter,
light/dark,
which
occurs
in
many
cultures,
is
bound
to
provoke
crisis
in
one
whose
mystical
experiences
go
beyond
this
resolution
into
opposites,
at
once
unifying
them
and
rendering
them
meaningless.
Third,
our
attitude
to
such
illnesses
as
schizophrenia
may
just
be
misleading,
for
though
these
conditions
entail
an
undeniably
great
degree
of
suffering,
we
totally
fail
to
consider
any
possibility
of
the
sacrality
of
these
states
or
the
possibility
of
spiritual
revelation
in
connection
with
them
–
for
instance,
Mongolian
lamas
may
advise
the
mentally
unbalanced
to
become
shamans…
"As
a
mediator
between
the
comprehensible
and
the
non-comprehensible,
the
unnameable,
the
shaman
could
make
a
perilous
world
seem
manageable."
For
a
detailed
understanding
of
shamanic
consciousness
I
would
recommend
reading
‘The
Eagle’s
Quest’
by
Fred
Alan
Wolf.
Joseph
Campbell
says
that
the
whole
world
is
informed
by
consciousness
and
that
meditation
is
the
transformation
of
consciousness.
Saying
that:
“All
of
life
is
a
meditation,
most
of
it
unintentional.
A
lot
of
people
spend
most
of
life
meditating
on
where
their
money
is
coming
from
and
where
it’s
going
to
go.
If
you
have
a
family
to
bring
up,
you’re
concerned
for
the
family.
These
are
all
very
important
concerns,
but
they
have
to
do
with
physical
conditions
mostly.
But
how
are
you
going
to
communicate
spiritual
consciousness
to
the
children
if
you
don’t
have
it
yourself?
How
do
you
get
that?
What
myths
are
for,
is
to
bring
us
into
a
level
of
consciousness
that
is
spiritual…
Every
God,
every
mythology,
every
religion
is
true
in
this
sense;
it
is
true
as
metaphorical
of
the
human
and
cosmic
mystery.”
This
Great
Mystery
can
never
be
explained
in
any
other
form
because
myths
and
dreams
come
from
realisations
that
have
to
find
expression
in
symbolic
form,
and
because
they
are
manifestations
of
the
energies
within
us,
moved
by
the
organs
of
the
body
including
the
brain.
The
following,
I
believe
is
the
crux
to
understanding
life
and
why
we
have
all
the
problems
that
we
do.
If
you
can
follow
it,
it
will
also
explain
the
importance
of
understanding
the
duality
of
our
existence.
People
say
that
seeing
is
believing,
but
they
have
it
wrong
because
believing
is
seeing.
Each
of
us
creates
the
reality
we
see
from
our
beliefs.
Recording
a
clear
image
of
an
object
in
our
mind
creates
an
object
clearly
in
the
world.
We
see
what
we
want
to
see.
This
is
something
like
thinking
of
an
ice
cream.
If
you
think
it
clearly
enough
and
often
enough,
you
will
go
and
get
one
at
any
cost.
Creating
one
in
the
real
world.
According
to
Fred
Alan
Wolf,
it
is
in
Mythos,
Mythic
Time
or
Mythic
Reality
that
nothing
physically
exists
except
as
all
possibilities.
This
is
the
Quantum
Body,
or
consciousness,
where
will
and
intent
live
together
in
our
conscious
mind.
However
everything
exists
physically
in
Cronos
as
the
real
truth
in
our
unconscious,
mechanical
‘body-mind’,
with
cellular
memories,
desires
and
fears,
but
no
will
or
intent,
or
heart
and
soul.
So
everything
that
actually
exists,
does
so
at
the
price
of
having
no
conscious
knowledge
of
itself,
and
therefore
relies
on
sending
messages
to
our
conscious
mind
that
only
acknowledges,
or
sees,
what
it
wants
to.
So
everything
in
our
conscious
mind
is
in
the
form
of
symbols
and
metaphors,
and
is
factually
false
unless
it
has
a
direct
communication
with
the
unconscious
‘body-mind’.
This
communication
is
what
is
known
as
Shamanic
Consciousness,
and
can
be
accessed
when
the
body-mind
is
dying
or
thinks
it
is
dying,
as
it
prepares
for
it’s
next
stage
of
the
universal
cycle
of
consciousness.
May
You
Have
By:
Thoughtful
Themes
May
You
Have
Enough
happiness
to
keep
you
sweet,
Enough
trials
to
keep
you
strong,
Enough
sorrow
to
keep
you
human,
Enough
hope
to
keep
you
happy,
Enough
failure
to
keep
you
humble,
Enough
success
to
keep
you
eager,
Enough
friends
to
give
you
comfort,
Enough
wealth
to
meet
your
needs,
Enough
enthusiasm
to
look
forward,
Enough
faith
to
banish
depression,
Enough
determination
to
make
each
day
better
than
yesterday.
Maori
Teachings
By:
Rangimarie
(Rose)
Turuki
Pere
Te
Aorangi
–
The
Universe
A
person’s
education
is
based
on
his
or
her
experiences
and
understandings.
The
University
of
Ancient
Hawaiki
is
the
universe.
Education
in
this
context
knows
no
boundaries.
Aroha
–
Unconditional
love
is
derived
from
the
presence
and
breath
of
the
Godhead.
Aroha
is
critical
to
survival
and
true
strength
of
whanaungatange
(kinship
ties,
extended
family
across
the
universe.)
It
is
essential
to
survival
and
total
well
being
of
the
world
community.
Te
Reo
–
Language,
Communication
Language
is
the
lifeline
and
sustenance
of
a
culture.
It
provides
tentacles
to
link
up
with
everything.
It
is
a
form
of
empowerment
as
well
as
a
mode
of
transmitting
values
and
beliefs
of
a
people.
Mauri
–
Life’s
principle,
thymos,
psyche
Each
individual
and
all
living
things
have
a
mauri
or
life
principal
that
needs
to
be
appreciated
and
respected.
How
carefully
we
feel
for
and
consider
the
mauri
of
each
person
and
thing
affects
health,
self-esteem
and
fruitfulness.
Toning –
The
Art
of
Sound
By:
Raven
Wi’
Toning,
Over-toning,
Chanting,
and
Drumming
have
been
used
for
eons
by
indigenous
peoples
of
the
world.
In
addition
to
the
above
mentioned
techniques,
crystal
and
metal
bowls
are
still
used
today
by
the
Tibetan
monks
to
create
healing
by
using
a
padded
mallet
around
the
rim
of
these
special
bowls.
The
didgeridoo,
an
ancient
aboriginal
wooden
instrument,
is
widely
used
for
healing
ceremonies
as
well
as
entertainment.
Tuning
Forks,
which
are
said
to
stimulate
the
vestibular
nerves,
the
basis
of
our
sense
of
space,
proportion
and
balance
are,
sometimes,
the
tool
for
modern-day
therapists.
Sound
therapy
is
being
revisited
as
an
extremely
powerful
tool
for
personal
growth
and
transformation.
Many
holistic
practitioners
believe
we
are
each
a
vibrational
energy
system
whose
patterns
of
intention,
consciousness
and
information
can
be
expressed
dynamically
through
the
human
voice.
It
is
believed
that
sound
vibrations
can
directly
align
all
energy
fields,
especially
when
using
our
own
voice.
Not
only
will
toning
increase
energy
in
the
body,
well
being
and
healing,
but
also
if
used
for
positive
means,
can
help
with
the
healing
of
another.
As
noted
in
Sound
as
Medicine,
“Toning
is
a
practice,
which
refers
to
the
intentional
elongation
of
a
vowel
sound
using
the
voice.
In
other
contexts,
it
is
a
term
used
to
refer
to
stimulating
health,
invigorating
the
body,
or
as
in
a
‘tonic’
a
medicine
to
balance
the
body.
Toning
is
usually
done
with
one
tone,
which
differentiates
it
from
chanting
which
involves
multiple
notes
in
sequence.
This
is
a
process
of
allowing
one’s
own
voice
to
find
and
produce
notes
needed
by
one’s
own
body.
Don
Campbell
states
that
when
we
do
this
for
long
periods
“…we
can
stimulate
the
limbic
area
[of
the
brain]
to
reduce
stress
and
give
us
a
sense
of
well-being.
“Toning
creates
a
deep
sense
of
being
bonded
within
ourselves.
We
can
reach
a
state
of
contentment
in
a
safe
and
fully
aware
state
of
mind.”
Stephen
Halpern
suggests
singing
in
the
shower:
“The
hard
reflective
acoustical
surfaces
in
the
bathroom
enhance
the
voice.
Just
toning
certain
vowels
by
hitting
a
low
note
and
creating
a
gradual
glissando
to
a
high
pitch
will
trigger
some
interesting
responses
in
the
body.”
Toning
in
a
group
creates
a
synergistic
effect.
When
two
or
more
people
create
separate
harmonics,
a
third
harmonic
occurs.
Barbara
Marciniak,
in
her
book,
‘Bringers
of
the
Dawn’
states,
“When
you
tone
with
others,
you
have
access
to
the
group
mind
that
you
did
not
have
prior
to
making
the
sound.
It
is
a
gigantic
leap
in
consciousness.
The
key
word
is
harmony.
When
the
entire
planet
can
create
a
harmonic
of
thought,
the
entire
planet
will
change
and
return
to
the
power
of
the
group
mind
and
the
simultaneous
empowerment
of
the
individual.
Over-toning
is
another
aspect
in
which
we
can
learn
to
project
these
harmonics
into
another
person
with
whom
we
are
working.
Just
as
one
can
project
healing
energy
through
touch,
as
in
Reiki,
the
same
can
be
done
with
the
voice.
This
is
a
powerful
aspect
of
over-toning
learning
to
project
sacred
sounds
for
healing
another.”
Toning
and
over-toning
uses
vowels
to
create
the
tones
used.
They
are
AHHHH,
AAAA.
EEEEE,
IIIII,
OOOO,
YOUUUU.
The
EEEE
sound
is
meant
to
reverberate
in
the
throat.
This
is
created
by
pressing
the
tip
of
the
tongue
up
against
the
roof
of
the
mouth
while
making
the
EEEE
sound.
It
can
actually
be
felt
in
the
chest.
It
is
best
to
do
each
vowel
sound
three
times
using
deep,
full,
breaths.
I
know
some
people
who
do
this
at
the
start
of
each
day
as
way
to
‘jumpstart’
their
bodies
and
brains.
This
practice
is
said
to
be
very
healthy
for
the
body,
centring
and
rejuvenating
and
helps
balance
the
energy
centres
(charkas).
Didgeridoo
The
didgeridoo
is
the
oldest
known
instrument
in
the
world,
dating
back
to
at
least
40,000
years
ago.
Before
the
Europeans
visited
Australia
200
years
ago,
this
instrument
was
known
only
to
the
Aborigines
of
Australia.
At
ceremonies,
or
corroborees,
the
didgeridoo
provided
musical
accompaniment
to
dances,
telling
stories
of
creation
and
other
myths
of
their
culture
and
of
life
on
Earth.
The
Aborigines
have
described
the
sound
of
the
didgeridoo
as
“recreating
creation”
through
the
continuous
tone,
insuring
the
cycles
of
life
on
Earth
would
continue
and
flourish.
The
Aborigines
consider
themselves
as
the
care-givers
of
the
Earth,
stewards
of
this
planet
and
all
of
its
various
life
forms.
Playing
the
didgeridoo
is
part
of
this
continual
prayer,
which
constitutes
their
cultural
life
focus.
Circular
breathing
is
a
process
of
taking
air
in
through
the
nose
while
squeezing
air
out
of
the
mouth
to
keep
a
continuous
stream
of
air
circulating.
A
good
example
of
how
to
do
this
would
be
to
take
a
mouthful
of
water,
and
squeeze
a
fine
stream
out
like
a
fountain.
While
doing
this,
take
a
quick
breath
in
through
the
nose
while
squeezing
the
cheeks
to
keep
the
stream
going.
Another
example
would
be
to
put
a
straw
in
a
glass
of
water
and
blow
bubbles
then
keep
the
bubbles
going
as
you
take
in
a
quick
breath
through
the
nose.
Once
this
technique
is
mastered,
it
can
be
applied
to
the
didgeridoo
or
any
wind
instrument,
which
seals
the
lips
completely
(saxophone,
trumpet,
tuba,
trombone,
clarinet,
etc.).
An
important
thing
to
remember
is
that
it
is
not
essential
to
circular
breath
in
order
to
play
the
didgeridoo.
It
is
more
important
that
one
can
produce
a
tone
easily,
clearly,
and
begin
to
get
creative
with
it
before
attempting
to
circular
breath.
It
will
be
much
easier
to
first
get
completely
comfortable
with
playing
the
fundamental
tone,
and
allow
circular
breathing
to
evolve
later.
Singing
Bowls
Typically,
fine
handcrafted
brass
and
other
metals
are
used
to
create
bowls,
which
produce
beautiful
singing
tones.
Another
type
of
bowl
is
made
out
of
crystal,
and
sounds
much
like
rubbing
your
finger
around
the
dampened
edge
of
a
wineglass.
Michael
Ferguson,
therapist,
states;
“Some
people
have
found
that
playing
crystal
bowls
while
toning
or
harmonising
the
voice
with
them,
creates
a
sort
of
“internal
massage”
which
seems
to
facilitate
and
activate
the
body's
ability
to
heal
itself
and
increase
its
vitality.
My
clients
have
told
me
that
doing
this
helped
them
to
feel
more
comfortable
with
their
voice
and
enter
into
a
deep
space
of
silence
and
receiving.
It
seems
that
the
sound
creates
a
field
of
peaceful
resonance,
clearing
the
mind
and
fostering
a
meditative
state.
“People
have
told
me
that
playing
bowls
in
their
house
helped
to
clear
out
any
“dissonant”
energies,
and
helped
them
to
relax
after
a
busy
or
stressful
day.
“I
have
also
seen
individuals
who
never
considered
themselves
to
be
“musical”
but
were
greatly
empowered
by
playing
these
bowls.
They
are
quite
beautiful
to
hear
and
simple
to
play.
Some
have
also
reported
that
it
has
assisted
them
in
learning
how
to
sing!”
Quartz
crystal
contains
the
full
spectrum
of
light,
reported
to
be
related
to
the
seven
energy
centres
(chakras)
of
the
human
body.
The
human
body
is
composed
of
mainly
liquid
crystalline
structure
bones,
blood,
DNA,
as
well
as
the
crystal-colloidal
structure
of
the
brain.
Eva
Rudy
Jansen,
in
her
book,
‘Singing
Bowls
1990’,
documented
the
effect
of
Tibetan
singing
bowls
on
the
human
brain.
It
was
found
that
among
tones
produced
by
these
bowls,
there
is
a
measurable
wave
pattern
equivalent
to
the
alpha
waves
produced
by
the
brain
state
associated
with
deep
meditation.
Quartz
crystal
is
an
extremely
accurate
transmitter
of
electromagnetic
energies,
and
is
therefore
used
as
the
foundation
of
timekeeping
systems
(for
example,
modern
watches).
This
same
electromagnetic
field
exists
within
all
life
forms,
and
listening
to
the
pure
vibration
of
these
quartz
bowls
can
potentially
assist
in
balancing
and
integrating
these
energy
fields
of
the
body.
By:
Raven
Wi’
In
Life's
Garden
By:
Frank
of
'Thoughtful
Themes'
In
Life's
Garden
Count
your
garden
by
the
flowers,
never
by
the
leaves
that
fall.
Count
your
days
by
the
golden
hours,
don't
remember
the
clouds
at
all.
Count
your
nights
by
stars,
not
by
shadows.
Count
your
life
with
smiles
not
tears,
and
with
joy
through
all
your
life.
Count
your
age
by
friends
not
years.
Dreams,
Mythology
and
Symbolism
In
the
beginning
of
all
things,
Wisdom
and
knowledge
were
with
the
animals;
For
Tirawa,
the
One
Above,
did
not
speak
directly
to
man.
He
sent
certain
animals
to
tell
men
that
he
showed
himself
Through
the
beasts,
and
that
from
them,
And
from
the
stars
and
the
and
the
moon,
Man
should
learn.
Tirawa
spoke
to
man
through
his
works.
(Chief
Letakots-Lesa
of
the
Pawnee
tribe
to
Natalie
Curtis,
c.1904)
The
above
passage
was
taken
from:
‘The
Way
of
the
Animal
Powers
–
Historical
Atlas
of
World
Mythology’
by
Joseph
Campbell.
This
and
other
works
by
Joseph
Campbell
are
the
major
sources
of
my
understanding
of
mythology
and
therefore
of
life.
This
is
because,
in
my
opinion,
no
one
knows
mythology,
and
especially
primitive
mythology,
like
Joseph
Campbell.
He
understood
life
and
the
importance
of
myth
so
well
that
his
work
was
the
major
influence
in
my
own
transformation
as
well
as
the
movie
trilogy
‘Star
Wars’.
Myths,
like
dreams,
visions
and
to
some
extent
channelling,
come
from
the
energies
of
the
universe
and
your
own
mind
and
body
that
are
manifest
in
symbolic
or
metaphoric
images.
As
Joseph
Campbell
says
in
‘The
Power
of
Myth’:
“Myths
and
dreams
come
from
realisations
of
some
kind
that
have
then
to
find
expression
in
symbolic
form.”
Carl
Jung
referred
to
dreams
ranging
from
personal
archetypes
of
the
unconscious
to
universal
archetypes
of
the
unconscious.
It
is
the
personal
archetypal
images
that
come
from
our
cellular
memories,
subconscious
or
unconscious.
These
create
our
personal
dreams,
and
it
is
the
universal
archetypal
images
that
come
from
our
spirit,
soul
or
higher
consciousness
and
that
are
common
to
all
human
beings
from
all
times
and
places,
that
can
be
considered
mythological.
Myths
are
society’s
dreams.
Adolf
Bastian
(from
Wikipedia
-
"Adolf
Bastian
(26
June
1826
–
2
February
1905)
was
a
19th
century
Polymath best
remembered
for
his
contributions
to
the
development
of ethnography and
the
development
of anthropology as
a
discipline.
Modern
psychology
owes
him
a
great
debt,
because
of
his
theory
of
the Elementargedanke,
which
led
to Carl
Jung's
development
of
the
theory
of archetypes,
besides
influencing
work
of
comparative
mythologist Joseph
Campbell.").
Adolf
realised
that
in
the
mythologies
and
religions
of
the
world
there
were
universal
themes
that
occurred
everywhere,
and
he
called
them
'Elementargedanke'
or
'Elementary
Ideas'.
And
the
themes
that
clothed
these
Elementary
Ideas
were
local
and
unique
in
different
places,
different
cultures,
and
different
times,
he
called
'Volkergedanken'
or
'Folk
Ideas'.
The
local
aspects
are
the
concerns
of
Historians
and
Ethnologists
and
they
make
the
point
of
the
differences.
The
universal
aspects
relate
to
psychological
problems
and
are
associated
with
Psychology,
and
this
I
and
Joseph
Campbell
sees
as
the
most
important
part
of
myths.
And
he
sees
Carl
Jung
saying
the
most,
but
he
called
these
Elementary
Ideas,
'Archetypes
of
the
Unconscious'.
According
to
Joseph
Campbell,
myths
serve
four
functions,
which
are:
1/
The
Mythical
Function.
Realising
the
wonder
of
the
universe,
and
the
wonder
of
yourself
as
a
living
symbol
of
the
Creator.
Also
that
behind
the
surface
of
the
forms
of
the
world
there
is
a
mystery
that
somehow
supports
the
surface
physical
world.
“If
mystery
is
manifest
through
all
things,
the
universe
becomes,
as
it
were,
a
holy
picture.
You
are
always
addressing
the
transcendent
mystery
through
the
conditions
of
your
actual
world.”
2/
The
Cosmological
Dimension.
This
is
today
the
concern
of
science,
to
show
the
shape
and
nature
of
the
universe
and
it
is
this
aspect
that
changes
according
a
societies
understanding
of
the
world.
Early
societies
related
this
to
the
visible
world
of
the
sun,
moon,
and
seasons.
But
cosmology
and
structure
of
the
world
must
be
shown
in
a
way
that
allows
the
mystery
and
the
experience
of
awe
to
still
come
through.
3/
The
Sociological
Function.
Where
the
myth
is
supporting
and
validating
a
certain
social
order.
This
is
where
myths
vary
from
one
place
to
another
and
from
one
culture
to
another.
According
to
Joseph
Campbell,
it
is
this
function
that
has
taken
over
in
our
current
world,
and
is
out
of
date,
in
all
the
pages
and
pages
of
rules
on
how
to
behave
and
what
you
should
wear
etc.
4/
The
Pedagogical
Function.
This
is
the
function
that
everyone
must
try
to
relate
to,
and
gain
from
the
wisdom
of
nature,
realising
the
brotherhood
we
have
with
plants,
animals,
minerals
and
all
living
beings
of
the
universe.
This
function
of
myths
is
the
one
that
can
teach
us
how
to
live
a
human
lifetime
under
any
circumstances,
as
it
teaches
us
the
stages
of
life
from
birth
through
maturity
and
death
to
rebirth.
Today’s
“New
Age”
movement
has
sparked
a
lot
of
interest
in
spiritual
matters,
because
spirit
is
the
healing
force
of
life
that
creates
harmony
in
the
world.
It’s
therefore
natural
that
healing
and
spirituality
go
hand
in
hand.
And
there
is
indeed
a
great
need
for
this
healing
energy,
not
only
for
all
of
humanity,
but
for
all
of
life
on
and
within
the
earth.
For
our
Mother
Earth
is
the
one
that
gives
us
all
the
matter
and
substance
of
the
material
world,
and
it
is
our
Father
Spirit
which
lives
and
breathes
through
this
material
world.
Enlightenment,
Ascension
etc.
are
all
words
used
to
explain
the
unexplainable
experience
of
oneness
with
all
life
in
the
material
universe
or
with
the
spirit
of
God,
Great
Spirit,
Creator
etc.
Everything
in
our
experience
of
life
is
an
illusion
because
it
is
in
symbolic
or
metaphoric
form.
Our
physical
body
is
a
symbol
of
God;
it
is
the
manifestation,
in
symbolic
form,
of
the
never-ending
circle
of
life.
When
we
quit
thinking
about
our
own
preservation,
and
ourselves
(our
ego
conscious,
the
"I"
thinking)
we
undergo
a
truly
heroic
transformation
of
consciousness,
and
what
all
the
metaphors
and
symbols
in
dreams
and
myths
have
to
deal
with
is
that
transformation
of
consciousness
of
one
kind
or
another.
Myths
are,
and
have
always
been,
here
to
help
us
understand
life;
the
only
trick
is
to
find
the
message
that
is
behind
the
metaphors
and
symbols
of
the
mythological
stories.
Because
all
native
people
worldwide
relate
intimately
with
the
nature
of
earth
and
sky,
they
all
have
a
shamanic
base;
in
fact,
all
different
religions
began
with
a
shamanic
base,
but
in
varying
degrees
have
missed
the
messages
within
the
mythological
stories
and
religious
texts.
It
is
the
native
cultures
that
have
kept
their
simple
shamanic
ways
of
understanding
the
nature
of
the
universe.
The
shamans
of
the
world
have
been
given
different
names
in
different
cultures,
just
as
the
different
cultures
have
different
names
for
God.
The
Native
Americans
refer
to
them
as
Medicine
Men
and
Women;
the
Traditional
Aboriginals
here
in
Australia
refer
to
them
as
Clever
Men
and
Women.
These
shamans
are
those
people
who
have
been
called
to
the
spirit
realms,
often
via
a
type
of
schizophrenic
crack
up,
and
from
this
time
on
they
become
personally
familiar
with
all
the
natural
forces,
energies,
or
spirits
of
the
universe.
This
is
because
their
consciousness
spends
a
lot
of
time
travelling
with
spirit
to
the
many
realms
of
The
World
Tree,
from
the
Under-world
roots
of
birth,
death,
survival
and
unconscious
energies
to
the
Upper-world
fruits
of
higher
consciousness
and
being
at
one
with
The
Creator,
God
etc.
(see
my
article
on
'Duality
and
the
Order
of
Life
and
Energy').
Most
people,
on
the
other
hand,
spend
most,
if
not
all,
their
conscious
time
and
effort
in
the
Middle-world
of
conscious
thoughts
but
visit
these
other
worlds
at
night
in
dreams.
The
Middle-world
is
governed
by
our
normal
material
five
senses,
but
there
are
another
five
mythical
senses
that
shamans
use,
which
I
will
go
into
in
'Duality
and
the
Order
of
Life
and
Energy'
in
the
next
issue;
Volume
1
Number
4.
The
shamans
and
mystics
of
the
world
are
equivalent
to
the
artists
and
poets
of
our
modern
Western
culture.
In
fact,
the
shamans
of
the
past
have
been
responsible
for
much
of
the
rock
art
and
mythological
stories
that
are
still
relevant
to
us
today,
if
only
we
can
understand
the
messages
behind
the
symbolism.
These
shamans,
mystics,
artists
and
poets
have
experiences
with
the
spirits
or
energies
of
the
‘Other-worlds’
in
an
altered
state
of
consciousness.
Then
they
come
back
to
the
Middle-world
of
physical
consciousness
to
try
to
communicate
to
the
rest
of
us
what
they
experienced
and
learnt
in
the
Other-worlds,
which
is
an
experience
that
can
only
be
described
or
communicated
in
symbolic
or
metaphoric
form.
This
shared
experience
is
what
will
often
become
a
tradition
or
religion.
It
is
because
of
this
symbolic
nature
of
dreams
and
mythology
that
I
teach
no
belief
system.
As
I
only
ask
everyone
to
experience
their
own
worlds,
discuss
or
share
their
experiences
as
best
they
can,
and
to
follow
their
own
path
of
heart,
or
as
Joseph
Campbell
calls
it,
their
BLISS
(see
the
home
page).
The
most
important
underlying
aspect
of
Shamanism
and
all
of
the
native
mythology
is
the
connectedness
of
all
things,
and
the
experience
of
nature,
both
the
human
nature
within
and
the
universal
nature
around
us.
The
best
example
of
discussing
this
connectedness
is
with
the
words
Chief
Seattle
as
follows:
“The
president
in
Washington
sends
word
that
he
wishes
to
buy
our
land.
But
how
can
you
buy
or
sell
the
sky?
The
land?
The
idea
is
strange
to
us.
If
we
do
not
own
the
freshness
of
the
air
and
the
sparkle
of
the
water,
how
can
you
buy
them?
“Every
part
of
this
earth
is
sacred
to
my
people.
Every
shining
pine
needle,
every
sandy
shore,
every
mist
in
the
dark
woods,
every
meadow,
every
humming
insect.
All
are
holy
in
the
memory
and
experience
of
my
people.
“We
know
the
sap
which
courses
through
trees
as
we
know
the
blood
that
courses
through
our
veins.
We
are
part
of
the
earth
and
it
is
part
of
us.
The
perfumed
flowers
are
our
sisters.
The
bear,
the
deer,
the
great
eagle,
these
are
our
brothers.
The
rocky
crests,
the
juices
in
the
meadow,
the
body
heat
of
the
pony,
and
man,
all
belong
to
the
same
family.
“The
shinning
water
that
moves
in
the
streams
and
the
rivers
is
not
just
water,
but
the
blood
of
our
ancestors.
If
we
sell
you
our
land,
you
must
remember
that
it
is
sacred.
Each
ghostly
reflection
in
the
clear
waters
of
the
lakes
tells
of
events
and
memories
in
the
life
of
my
people.
The
water’s
murmur
is
the
voice
of
my
father’s
father.
“The
rivers
are
our
brothers.
They
quench
our
thirst.
They
carry
our
canoes
and
feed
our
children.
So
you
must
give
the
rivers
the
kindness
you
would
give
any
brother.
“If
we
sell
you
our
land,
remember
that
the
air
is
precious
to
us,
that
the
air
shares
its
spirit
with
all
life
it
supports.
The
wind
that
gave
our
grandfather
his
first
breath
also
receives
his
last
sigh.
So
if
we
sell
you
our
land,
you
must
keep
it
apart
and
sacred,
as
a
place
where
man
can
go
to
taste
the
wind
that
is
sweetened
by
the
meadow
flowers.
“Will
you
teach
your
children
what
we
have
taught
our
children?
That
the
earth
is
our
mother.
What
befalls
the
earth
befalls
the
sons
of
earth.
“This
we
know:
the
earth
does
not
belong
to
man,
man
belongs
to
the
earth.
All
things
are
connected
like
the
blood
that
unites
us
all.
Man
did
not
weave
the
web
of
life;
he
is
merely
a
strand
in
it.
Whatever
he
does
to
the
web,
he
does
to
himself.
“One
thing
we
know:
our
God
is
also
your
God.
The
earth
is
precious
to
him
and
to
harm
the
earth
is
to
heap
contempt
on
it
creator.
“Your
destiny
is
a
mystery
to
us.
What
will
happen
when
the
buffalo
are
all
slaughtered?
The
wild
horses
tamed?
What
will
happen
when
the
secret
corners
of
the
forest
are
heavy
with
the
sent
of
many
men
and
the
view
of
the
ripe
hills
is
blotted
by
talking
wires?
Where
will
the
thicket
be?
Gone!
Where
will
the
eagle
be?
Gone!
And
what
is
it
to
say
good-bye
to
the
swift
pony
and
the
hunt?
The
end
of
living
and
the
beginning
of
survival.
“When
the
last
Red
Man
has
vanished
with
his
wilderness
and
his
memory
is
only
the
shadow
of
a
cloud
moving
across
the
prairie,
will
these
shores
and
forests
still
be
here?
Ill
there
be
any
of
the
spirit
of
my
people
left?
“We
love
this
earth
as
a
newborn
loves
its
mothers
heartbeat.
So,
if
e
sell
you
our
land,
love
it
as
we
have
loved
it.
Care
for
it
as
we
have
cared
for
it.
Hold
in
your
mind
the
memory
of
the
land,
as
it
is
when
you
receive
it.
Preserve
the
land
for
all
children
and
love
it,
as
God
loves
us
all.
“As
we
are
part
of
the
land,
you
too
are
part
of
the
land.
This
earth
is
precious
to
us.
It
is
also
precious
to
you.
One
thing
we
know:
there
is
only
one
God.
No
man,
be
he
Red
Man
or
White
Man,
can
be
apart.
We
are
brother
after
all.’
An
Indian
Prayer
Author
Unknown
O’
Great
Spirit
Whose
voice
I
hear
in
the
winds,
And
whose
breath
gives
life
to
all
the
world,
Hear
me!
I
am
small
and
weak,
I
need
your
strength
and
wisdom.
Let
me
walk
in
beauty,
and
make
my
eyes
ever
behold
the
red
purple
sunset.
Make
my
hands
respect
the
things
you
have
made
and
my
ears
sharp
to
hear
your
voice.
Make
me
wise
so
that
I
may
understand
the
things
You
have
taught
my
people,
Let
me
learn
the
lessons
You
have
hidden
in
every
leaf
and
rock,
I
seek
strength
not
to
be
greater
than
my
brother,
but
to
fight
my
greatest
enemy,
myself.
Make
me
always
ready
to
come
to
You
with
clean
hands
and
straight
eyes,
So
when
life
fades,
as
the
fading
sunset,
my
spirit
may
come
to
you
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