STORYTYMES The Shaman of Unreality: The balancing apprentice

Do It Yourself

content:

  • 1 shaman apprentice narrowly escaped death of apprentice trial designed to kill
  • 1 lazy dove
  • 2 spiders in a hole
  • 1 world portal
  • 1 army of gigantic proportions is reported
  • 1 bicycle
  • 1 lost love
  • 1 mountain
  • 1 fox with two tails
  • 1 snake with one tongue
  • sheep up a tree
  • a lot of persuasion going unrewarded
  • 1 normal person with lots of power
  • many other persons claiming they are normal, but not in that way
  • 1 grandmother (seemingly) without baking (or any other social) skills
  • great emotions, distinct feelings
  • great fear, no angst
  • long and hard speculations about the no angst
  • 1 minister who cannot fly
  • 1 who can
  • 1 expecting brown bear
  • 1 tricycle
  • 1 happy ending for some
  • several unhappy endings for others

Fear vs. Angst

In today’s ListServe Claire wrote of dealing with fear in her life.

Lately I’ve been digging into some deeply rooted fears and thought patterns that were established long before I can remember. It’s been a terrifying, humbling, hilarious and enlightening process. I’d like to encourage you to notice your fears when they arise and spend some time thinking about what fears and fear mean to you. Do your fears inspire you, challenge you or leave you feeling stuck? Is fear something to be conquered, managed, ignored or befriended? How does fear impact your relationships, goals and health?

THE INITATOR OF A HUG GETS TO LET GO

Having a discussion with someone, who sees Islam as the only right way, is not possible.
Having a discussion with someone, who sees Christianity as the only right way, is not possible.
Having a discussion with someone, who sees Buddhism as the only right way, is not possible.
Having a discussion with someone, who sees Sufism, Judaism, Hinduism as the only right way, is not possible.
Having a discussion with someone, who sees Capitalism as the only right way, is not possible.
Having a discussion with someone, who sees Liberalism, Socialism, Sex as the only right way, is not possible.
Having a discussion with someone, who sees Ecology as the only right way, is not possible.
Having a discussion with someone, who sees Family as the only right way, is not possible.
Having a discussion with someone, who sees Class Division as the only right way, is not possible.
Having a discussion with someone, who sees Personal Empowerment as the only right way, is not possible.
Having a discussion with someone, who sees One Nation, One Education as the only right way, is not possible.
Having a discussion with someone, who sees Automobilism, Two-wheelerism or Pedestrianism as the only right way, is not possible.
Having a discussion with someone, who sees Self-caught Food or Vaccuum Packing as the only right way, is not possible.
Having a discussion with someone, who sees Love as the only right way, is not possible. Or Aggression for that matter too.
Having a discussion with someone, who sees the Way of the Warrior or the Healer as the only right way, is not possible.
Having a discussion with someone, who sees him or herself as the only right way, is not possible, full stop

No.
Having a discussion with someone, who sees Discussion as the only way and unity as the only result, is not possible, so what do I do?

What do I do, when I cannot talk my way to terms of being here, both of us?
Do I sleep badly at night from fear or anger? Do I ignore them?

Do I take their unwillingness as a threat in itself? Do I try to understand them, embrace them, become the one to create the space inside of me and my world for those, who have no room for me?

Am I the warrior just waiting for the cup to be filled, or the healer, whose cup never runneth over?
Or am I the Man in the middle, endlessly pondering which of the two I actually ought to be, now, right now!?

Having a discussion with someone, who sees Faith as the only way. Not possible.
Having a discussion with someone, who sees Doubt as the only way. Not possible.
Having a discussion with someone, who has all bases covered, just isn’t possible.

There is only one way.

Find it yourself.

Teksten er oversat fra “lige nu” og udvidet.

digtet er en reaktion på flg. i Jyllandsposten:
http://blogs.jp.dk/denlitteraerejaeger/2010/01/11/fak-m%C3%B8h%C3%A6mmed/