What Is
Traditional Shamanism? By Shaman Elder Maggie Wahls
What is the path the Traditional Shaman walks? If I had to highlight it in one word I would call it “being;” a state of being.
Every created thing is energy. It receives and emits energy. The fi rst goal for the Traditional Shaman apprentice is to break out of the limits of the physical perceptions only, which create limited beliefs and limited realities by their very nature, and to perceive with inner senses the energies that lie beyond the limits of outer senses.
It is not about accomplishing working with beings or having superhuman powers or creating gold out of dust. It is a state of consciousness that few people in this world ever achieve. It is the perceiving of this Energy in all its innumerable forms and living this life experience from this state of “being.” The Traditional Shaman has the advantage of seeing the fl ow of Energy and cooperating with that fl ow, working within the fl ow of Energy that is all around us and within us, that simply is. It is by discovering this fl ow of
Energy that the Traditional Shaman learns to govern the energy within him or herself. It is our own inner thoughts, feelings, perceptions and beliefs that create our reality. If you are not happy with your reality, the work to make that better all happens within you, you are the creator of this reality. You have the power to create the reality that brings you joy and health and happiness and prosperity. You are the Energy as is everything around you. The path of the Traditional Shaman is a constant walk of becoming, expanding and self- awareness. We cannot create a reality of love and compassion and joy from only the limited perceptions gained by our outer senses alone. We all have inner senses as well but we were taught to
ignore them as they are not necessary to surviving in the physical world. But this world is larger than we have so far perceived when you think of all that is here as being Energy. This Energy can only be perceived using your inner senses. And yet this is reality, a huge reality that we have never perceived. If we cannot perceive something, we cannot take it into our belief system, we cannot make it a part of our reality. We fi rst must perceive. And as we learn to perceive more and more we can begin to understand “being.” Clarity, discipline, a relationship with this Energy is required. Letting go of the negative ego which holds this limited reality in place in our lives, this sense of self importance, that does not allow us to perceive beyond our own little lives, needs to be let go by reaching out and perceiving more of all that is. The more you open up to new perceptions, the more you let this Energy fl ow through you. It’s not all about you! It’s not all about the little reality you have created in your own life. It’s about Energy.
It is a discipline to allow an unfettered relationship with everything around you. And as you align yourself
as an explorer with all that is, you will fi nd this treasure of balance and joy and focus and Energy within you. As we let go of our limited perceptions and explore new perceptions, we loosen up, we can perceive Energy more and more. We can then explore what is really here, far beyond what we thought was here. We can then relax and deepen into ourselves as we see our connection and indeed our essence in this Energy and become the real expression of ourselves within the world, within Light, within this Energy. It takes work, perhaps a lifetime of work, to grow into awareness of this Energy that is you, that is everything. As you explore and grow your awareness, you connect naturally to the fullness of you. The more you experience this Energy, the more deeply you come into alignment with this Energy and your expression of this Energy. The path of the Traditional Shaman is to become One with this Energy. The goal for the Traditional Shaman apprentice is how to go beyond the dogma of the physical world and its inhabitants to really experience an authentic life as Energy. This state of “being” is a place
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