All Power Is Equal: Shamanic Truth Number One

Traditional Shamanic Explanation of the Shamanic truth that all power is equal.

TAKEN FROM THE CHAT TEACHINGS THAT SHAMAN MAGGIE OFFERS HER STUDENTS FOR FREE EACH WEEK.

I wanted to talk again on energies and power tonight as we did several weeks ago

we talked about how all power or energy is equal remember?

it is truth number three in Shamanism

can you look at just light without seeing dark too?

so tell me a power and the two sides it contains
anyone

I will give an example

if we look at electricity

it can light your house or start a forest fire right?

name another power and show us the two sides anyone

any others?

ok now where I want to go tonight is this

when one is using the power of electricity to light their house, where is the power to start a forest fire?

is it gone away?

but is that side of the power of electricity gone away?

and with water

it can give you a drink or drown you

so when you are drinking it what happens to its power to kill you?

does it go away somewhere?

its always there

where is that part of the power?

it is not manifested at that time is it?

so where does it go?

when I drink a water I don’t see the power it has to kill me

can we say that the other side of that power is not manifested at that time?

can we say that the power of water to kill is not manifested in that glass of water at that time?

see I am getting around to manifestation

OK so we all agree it is not manifested as a killer when we take a drink?

both sides of the water are there yes

but the one manifested is the one we see at the time, the one we are using right?

if we use the power of electricity to light our house then that is the side of electricity that is manifest at the time

does this make sense to everyone so I can go on?

ok good! feedback is good, I can’t see you shaking your heads in agreement or the question mark on your faces

we are talking about power in all its forms being equal
truth number three of shamanism

OK so we know that a power has different sides that make it up

and we know many powers that we can identify at least two sides a positive side and a negative side to that power

and here I am thinking more like the sides of a magnet

not about good and bad

and we said that the power has both sides all the time

but when we use that power for one purpose its latent side is unmanifest

for example when we use electricty to light our house, its power to burn down a forest is unmanifest but present at the time

OK I can go 3 ways here, I will try to do them all quickly

first of all, what if you want to manifest money because you are poor

what is the power you are calling into your life?

poverty and abundance are two sides of what power?

how about the power of obtaining

poverty would be the negative side of the power of obtaining

and abundance would be the positive side of obtaining

does that work for everyone?

poverty is stuck on the one end of obtaining

but prosperity is there too right?

it is just not manifest

so is there such a huge ocean between poverty and abundance?

they are the same power aren’t they!

I want to show you that you have the power of obtaining already in your possession

so it is just turning the poverty which is manifested into abundance which will then manifest and poverty will go unmanifest

never said it was easy

but once you get the concept you have the tool

is it easy to use water to drink?

is it easy to drown yourself in it?

both are easy

and you have the ability to use the power of water either way

second point about manifestation

when something is not manifest does it exist anyway?

if you are poor does abundance exist anyway

they are both parts of the power of obtaining aren’t they

OK there are so many things that are not manifest to us

but they do exist

when the shaman journeys to the inner worlds she or he sees all kinds of things that are not manifest

but they exist

I am often glad that they are not manifest in our physical world believe me!

it is realizing this truth

that you can begin to learn how to work with manifesting

I am just trying to teach you this truth

all the things the Shaman sees in the inner worlds are part of the power of the person whose inner worlds I go to, my own included

when I see the inner worlds of the client I see those parts of their power that are not manifested and parts that are manifested in their lives

so there is so much here that is not manifest that is important

and all power is equal, balanced, both positive and negative poles

so when we manifest something what are we doing?

bringing it into our physical world, right?

I teach awareness so that you learn to do this

we are not trying to create something out of nothing when we manifest

we are simply bringing the unmanifested side of a power up into manifestation

I have been reading a lot of metaphysical information on creation theories

yes that is what I do in my free time! LOL

and the big bang theory and many more do not take into account the power that is unmanifest

the scientists felt that if we can’t see it , it isn’t there

but for every proton there is one or more electrons

and for every positive pole energy there is an equal and opposite negative pole energy

it is the unmanifested charges and atoms and electrons

that they did not consider

and today it is proven that there are equal unmanifested quarks and neutrinos

like in a negative space

that have always been there too

so I am saying that the powers which have a positive and negative pole and which usually only one or the other is play at one time, are whole and equal even if we only see one side of them

do not discount the other pole

so what does this mean to us?

that everything has more than one side

that like the moon even though we can only see one side that does not mean there is not another side

we only see manifested the side that is being used

the lightning

the river

the lightbulb

the use of the power at the time

poverty

please learn to look at everything as a ball with a positive side and a negative side

you may only see one side of the ball at a time

but be aware of the other side

so people come at us angry

but they also have a happy side

people come at us mean

but they also have a gentle side

people look kind

but they also have a mean side

so rather than let our emotions take us where we should not go, how much better to see

that a Grizzly bear is a wonderful salmon catcher and can also swipe your arm off

it is not about judging

it is about being aware

how do we make the best choices?

by having all the facts!

right?

so often we do not have all the facts

we make the best choices we can with the facts we have

and then we get into all kinds of trouble because we find out later we didn’t have all the facts

or we had wrong facts

or somebody lied

so by being aware of all sides of all powers, and people are power, we can see what they are

it is awareness, practice awareness and work with little items until you get good at it,

work with people you know or hang around, look for all sides of their power

just observe

and eventually you will get good at it

I love to observe people!

each one is a unique power

each one has a unique combination of the basic powers of the human being

some more this some more that but a combination and each combination is unique

see what energies they are using and how they are using them

are they coming with their happy side?

are they really using their nasty side?

not to judge but my goodness, to be aware of what is going on eh?

ok last thing here I want to talk about is fear

what power is fear?

what is the opposite of fear? sometimes this is a good way to find a name for the power

so what is the opposite of fear?
courage!

there is not much evidence of courage in our lives anymore is there?

we don’t often get to fight a battle in the field anymore

or fight a bull

or do some couragious act.

have we gotten out of touch with courage?

do you think about your own courage?

do you have courage?

which is king in your life, fear or courage?

I would say that the power we have here is called ability

ability, to not do or to do

ability is the power and it can be fear which means to not do something, or it can be courage which means being able to do something

would this be fair to say?

anybody have a better power name for fear and courage?

it is about the power of ability, are you able?

if you are manifesting fear than no you are not able

if you are manifesting courage than yes you are able

right?

they are both with us all the time right?

it depends on which one is manfested

so just like poverty and abundance what can we do about fear?

ok now back to intent

how do we manifest something?

we manifest with our intent

what is intent?

it is a thought powered by emotion made deliberately on purpose,
a specific intention

we don’t just choose it, we manifest it

it becomes, no doubt about it

no doubt in your thought at all

it is not a wish or a desire

it is an intent

hopefully good emotions

although horrible emotions propel intents too

often terrible intents

so how do we bring courage into our lives?

how do we unmanifest fear and turn that ball around so that courage is manifest?

intend courage

yes

each power is like a ball

you are looking at one side of that ball

I want you to see all the sides of the ball

and then intend to manifest the side you wish to work with

all the time

and when we think of how many powers or balls there are in this world, like a million trillion, this will take some work eh?

each person is a ball unto themselves too

I guarantee you that as you do this work you will be much more in charge of your own life

this is a a difficult topic to teach by typing in one hour though! LOL

my guides really challenged me tonight!

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Born into a long lineage of Shamans from Europe, Shaman Maggie has been practicing Shamanism since the age of three. She has spent the last fifty years studying with Shamans from all over the world and teaching what she has learned in an effort to keep Shamanism alive and viable as an alternative method to health and happiness. She feels that Shamanism is not some mysterious practice for a special few but that we are all united in Shamanism as it is the paste that connects us to ourselves and to each other. Her classes are very interactive, fun, uplifting and learning new skills through her lectures keeps people coming back for more.

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