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Dear Steven,
This piece resonates true with me in this moment. A relative newcomer to shamanic practice, I have experienced ebbs and flows in my sense of authenticity when journeying and performing ritual. You provide a helpful frame here to support folks me on the path of relating in a healthy way with the Ego while opening ourselves up to connect with Spirit.
Dear Steven, thank you for sharing – this is powerful, and risky to say; the risk being that people could see us taking acting classes and jump to the conclusion that we are acting… being false. I believe, as you do, that we step aside to allow the Shaman Within to act through us. It is a kind of channelling. The idea that we could, as human beings, do the things we do without the help and perspective of a deeper connection is as limited as the humans we help, and are. Thank you for your courage, and love for All-That-Is, the Power that sustains and uplifts us.
Powerful, and(speaking as an actor myself), accurate. Thanks.
…ahhh, synchronicity!
Having just worked with my “go-to” Shamanic Practitioner, Spirit guided her to bring into my awareness an Ally/Spirit Guide, much needed at this time for me. A Native American “Shaman” came forward sharing his Indian name “One Who Sees” (I’m aware that this name/phrase is commonly used to describe a Shaman). Nonetheless, such an Ally resonates for me, as a “Seer”, this is my strength rather than an “Healer”, for example.
So reading your article at this point during my period of “meet and great” is welcomed. “MergIng” comes to mind when reading the description of “acting”. It’s my perception that we all will likely struggle against Ego for a position at center-stage. Being authentic, our True-Self, would better enable us to Merge (with humility), when projecting a “character“ through physical animation. I would hope that this “acting” exercise would reveal to us, a more authentic perception of our Soul. No doubt when we “act out” much of what is revealed has been influenced by what each of us have accumulated over lifetimes that emanates from a cellular level.
Break a leg, Two-Legged. 🕺🏽