Цитаты из книги «Тело шамана», страница 3

You identify with your past and present pursuits, your gifts and your problems. You must erase your personal history; otherwise, you are at the mercy of what others think. Your identity limits you by forcing you into a social role or mold needed by your community. In this sense, other people's thoughts of you have power over you.

When the world speaks to you, it is impossible to tell whether the world is doing things to you or you are doing things to it. You may perceive yourself as causing some events and being the recipient of others, but you never know for sure whether you send messages and get responses or whether the world sends you messages to which you respond.This inherent message symmetry or invariance means that you cannot assume that you are the center of the universe, initiating or creating things. You are an aspect of the world. This radical shift in identity from being the center to being a participant is the goal of mystical and spiritual traditions.Sensing yourself as a part of the entire world would create an identity crisis if you let yourself experience the environment. However, synchronicities, though momentarily shocking, are not enough to shake apprentices like you and me out of our person-centered world. We may need another lesson.

If for example, I ask a member of a couple, family or group a question, it can be a perceptual prejudice to expect an answer from the individual addressed. The answer may come from any part of the environment; someone else may speak up, or the environment may announce itself in other ways. Of course, there are times when each person must speak for himself, but you should be careful not to become one-sidedly attached to the paradigm that the individual is located only in your own body. You must consider the possibility that each of us is a channel for the world, just as the world is a channel for each of us.

Когда вы ошибаетесь и делаете чтото, что кажется глупым, вместо того чтобы ненавидеть себя за ошибку, постарайтесь воздать должное тому неведомому в вашей собственной натуре, что и совершило «ошибку». Полюбите ошибку и поддержите ее, чтобы лучше понять ее.

. В то время как все нормальные люди хотят исцеления и любви, ученик шамана, кроме того, ищет неприятностей и единения с природой