Robin K. Shannon

[ManyMansions]

Curious about Robin K. Shannon's work...  Personally, I found fruitful.

http://liveworldpress.wordpress.com/2010/12/16/2011-earthquakeenvironmental-predictions1-by-r-k-shannon-tekontah/ 

In all humbleness, Thank you. 

[ManyMansions]

I am a Tekontah, which is a “universal” Shaman. I have been practicing various types Shamanism for many years. My initial interest in Shamanism began in Asia and I continued to pursue this interest over the years, learning all that I could from the shamanistic practices of Native Americans, South American Indians, Hawaiians, Tibetans, ancient Celts and Norse, and many others. I label my style of Shamanism as Tekontah, which is mixed Indo-Euro-Asian. I actually do have some Native American ancestry myself but I do not use sacred objects or copy rituals that belong to any particular tribe. My Tekontah practices are Earth centered and universal. This is because Shamanism is in itself universal, and has always been practiced in many ways. It’s been around since the Stone-Age and doesn’t belong to any particular tribe or culture. It can be practiced by anyone who is seriously dedicated and learns the ways. Honoring and respecting the Earth as our Mother, and taking care of her and all life are the basics principles needed before one can learn to become a Tekontah Shaman. R.K. Shannon is the name that I use as a Tekontah and for my pen name. My real name is W.A. Lamont

http://liveworldpress.wordpress.com/about/

[Lodro]

Yet another practitioner of "shamanism" who needs to be told that a shaman, in the original sense of the word, is always deeply rooted in his or her community and works for that community. "Tibetan shamanism" again.

[earthw7]

what is wrong with these people and the people who follow them

[Saga]

It's the want to be special thing and to be admired going on. I mean, I have done "shamanistic" exercises (aware that it is new age for of it) too, to get insight in some situations in my life. But that is what you get from it, Insight for your own situation in something, not the universal truths. And even if you do, why would you want to force or sell it to other people anyway. But surely, when you "succeed" in something spiritual and get a "message" from your own inner self, as it usually is, you do have temptation to brag with it, especially in this non-spiritual way of life we live in most of the time. This is what brings people together too, the spiritual sponges of the "white world", the yearn to be special and to be part of something special when most of the world has a focus only on greed and money. Most of us are so lost that we won't trust our own intuition even when it hits us in the face, just explain it away and follow someone who is so full of her/his own ego that claims to know everything and to be connected in every possible deity/god/angel/spirit.
Sorry, forgot the frustration filter.

[earthw7]

I guess it is hard for me to understand, as a part of our culture is called
choice, we make choice to follow a way no one tells us to follow them, we dont follow any person.
I understand that there are special people out there that have gifts but the day they stand in front
of people and get paid is the day their gifts are gone. These workshop to me are just strange.
We have no Universal shaman because each nation is its own nation and we follow no one.
There have never been one man who can stand up for us because it is not a part of our culture.
Searching for your center by looking in strange place will only bring distruction in the end,
Each of us have that inner most inside of us and no one can show us or tell us what it is.
we know

[critter - a white non-ndn person]

I agree earthw7, however, most of these people looking to someone else to have the
answers, looking for someone to follow, are basically looking for a 'savior' type who will
'show them the way'...  this is what is wrong with religions that teach to look outside
of your own self and that there is only one way to follow. When the religion fails for some
people, they are still left with the belief that there has to be someone (savior) to lead
them and tell them what to do and what to believe.

[earthw7]

that is the whole problem no one should follow
it is ashame that they have no innerself