Enlightenment: A Shamanic Perspective

At the beginning of my spiritual search I believed that enlightenment was all about reaching a place where there were no more challenges and problems and I could live a life of bliss.

Now I know that ‘enlightenment’ is a state of consciousness. The pure acceptance of the duality of reality; both the dark and light, the blessing and the burden, the joy and sorrow, the fear and the love that is manifesting all the time, just like the waves crashing onto the shore. As one wave disappears, another takes its place in a constant flow.

Rather than judge what is happening as either good or bad, see it as experiencing. When we can step back and view the moment as just another experience, we can see the blessings in the burdens and sail more easily through the chaos.

Life is constantly providing opportunities for change if things are not in alignment with who we are. When we are aligned and follow our deepest desires we see that these waves of destruction are actually waves of synchronistic chaos leading us closer to our dreams.

With Love & Gratitude,