Quote Originally Posted by boywonder
woudl you say shrooms are sacred but ti depends who you you are if evryones into their own reality trip they could well work on a spirtual level for someone who belives in them. the more you belive in it the more it could work for you?

or you dont have to belive you could just accept it as apart of your life.
mushrooms are not "sacred" any more than the chicken soup i'm eating is sacred. everything is holy, everything is a part of god. but i won't play with semantics, because i know what you mean.

one can't deny that shrooms, in their uniqueness, have a definite place in spirituality. they're meant as a tool. for a few hours, your energy is brought to a much higher level, higher than many "clean" spiritual seekers could even imagine. but why is it that some people experience life-changing contacts with the divine, while others are limited to things like their lampshade winking and waving at them? it all depends on the user's current level of energy, or consciousness.

our universe reflects our consciousness. what is outward shows us what is inward. however, many people, less evolved, see the world through facades and symbols. this is because when we deny our inward problems, they manifest as outward problems. if i have a deep fear of lack of trust and security, this could manifest as other people being irresponsible or untruthworthy to me. or maybe an physical object represents a certain ideal. or, in a more Freudian sense, issues with women or sex could reflect in arguments with our mother.

this concept of symbolism manifests in all aspects of life, including tripping on shrooms. if you're a person who lives life through symbols and material things, that will reflect in your trip. instead of world-shifting revelations, brilliant visual displays of infinity, and conversations with god, you'll get laughable hallucinations. this hallucinations may mean things - maybe that miniature demon sitting on your bookshelf represents your guilt at not having enough knowledge - but often it's difficult and confusing to interpret. this is the exact same concept as dream symbolism.

the people who get shamanic, once-in-a-lifetime divine experiences are those that are ready for them. those that, at least to a larger degree than the people described above, see life for what it is and and see beyond the clever tricks. the older souls. the ones who are already a little more familiar with their divine nature. not necessarily spiritual or enlightened, just more awakened.

Quote Originally Posted by Funken Monken
OK...

Its the beliefs of the old Yaqui Indians that to live life in a truley powerful and knowledgeable manner, one must be clear on ones actions and follow the consequences, and that ones will must be unbending and unrelenting.

One mus live life as 'a warrior'.

Accordingly, thoughts and the material posessions of life in general are of no meaning in this world, the other being visible through connection with an 'ally', accessible through things like jimson weed, peyote etc.

Given that, and the theories of shamanism in this area, is it truely possible to live life as a warrior in this day and age? and how does this idea fit with the similar themes within other cultures, such as hinduism, shintoism, taoism, etc, that life is little more than a journey, which should be walked 'as a warrior'?


There you go. Let me know what you think.
I'm not clear on what your question is, and it's a little too high-school-essay-like, but i can try. obviously, the "warrior" is a metaphor, and an innaccurate one for that matter. it's a word that stirs up a certian image in our minds. a warrior is, literally, one who fights war. but the ideal warrior exhibits those qualities - strength, clarity, resolve, persistence. of course you can show these traits in "real life". we are constantly given chances to show these qualities, albeit in a much subtler sense than hundreds and thousands of years ago. a modern "warrior" is one who has the courage to LIVE life, rather than one who sets himself in a rut, shuts himself from other people, and refuses to face the world.

thank you.
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