To Robert and everyone,
I have read your email, and I would like to take the liberty to answer you. Also by doing so, I win the site that may find this helpful.
Love without judgement. That sure is a warriors path. I may even take many lifetimes to get it. But it is only a fraction of an instant that is takes to connect with it.
I never thought of this site to be for advanced shaman. What is an advanced shaman anyways?
Shaman is a term used for the numerous types medicine people in the Siberia, given by anthropologists. Maybe holy men/women is more like it. A holy men once said to a family member, "Everyone can do this, we all have the capabilities. "
Still it is a mystery to me as who is chosen by the spirits versus who decides on his/her own that should be a "shaman". I will get to this later. But what I know for sure is that everyone can achieve holiness, enlightenment, and finally a non-desired happiness.
I don't think you are in the wrong site, because everything that happens is for a reason, and that is all.
Seeking in to desire. The mind lives either in the past or the future, never the present. When we seek we desire in a future tense, because just the act of desiring moves the object desired into a future form which is not yet obtained. Thus, we miss the present by seeking in the future. Whatever it is that we are seeking.
We have all probably asked ourselves at one time or another, what is truth. You know that every religion in the world asks this question and have their own answer.
But we all know that truth is that which remains constant regardless of ourselves. In addition, the only constants are Birth, Breath, and Death. And everything that happens between birth and death changes, everything. The only thing that remains constant is breath, weather we are conscious or unconscious.
Many of whom has attained enlightenment and holiness have understood one thing, the sacredness of breath. If we understand that breath is sacred, because every time we breath-in is a rebirth and every time we breath-out is a death, but that is not all, there is a fraction of an instant in which everything stops to exist, when there is no time and space. That instant is between breaths, that moment when the breath-in ended and breath-out has not commenced. That moment is the one we must be aware without seeking it, without letting the mind tricking you. Because the moment that your mind seeks it, it is lost; ironically, there you will find truth. There is where we find the universe, it has being there all along, right within us. So close that we have the chance to connect with every breath. We don't need to go for a 4 day and night vision quest, nor take years of meditation practice from a Buddhist dude, or Hindu Guru, neither be trained by any Master Shaman of any culture for whatever fee. The universe is within, there is trillions of cells inside of us. There is trillions of inhabitants within our body and they do their job quietly without seeking or desiring. They are also our relatives. So, we will find the truth in us, within. God is with us always in every breath, every breath is sacred; thus, everything we do while we breath should be honoring the presence of God, the Creator, Woracosh, Wakan Tanka, The Great Spirit, the One with many names and no name.

I am Eric, I am born Peruvian. My grandmother a native of Cuzco died in Puno. I grew up in the coast, next to the Pacific Ocean. Every summer we went to Puno to visit relatives. I did not know then, but the Thunders Beings have being my relatives all along. When I was a child I loved the rain, lightning and thunder. It was in Puno when I met them. I love my people, Puno, Cuzco, and Peru. I love the dances in Puno, the Fiesta de la Virgen de la Candelaria. I miss that festival so much.
I came to the USA in 1984, and I have been back in Peru only once. I have being very poor in the USA. Ever since I read the book of Alberto Villoldo, The FOur Winds, I wanted to learn more about my own people. I thought, how can it be possible that a foreign learns about your own people and you have not. My mind was messing with me, and I was ashamed that I did not learn when I was there. Due to experiencing the suffering of racial discrimination I found a strong interest to learn about the Journey of the Four Winds. Little did I know that we all take that journey weather we want to or not, we are just not aware. I tried to hook up with Peruvian Medicine men, but I was not that successful.
Then I calmed down and gave it up. I even started to smoke pot at one time. But that is just a past, a dream. Now, I am glad that many have taken the initiative to learn what the Master Peruvian Medicine Men has to teach, and use it to help others. Be aware that while you help others, you must become detached of your ego, be a hollow bone where the Great Spirit works through. And be aware of not seeking to heal, that the healing is between the the Great Spirit and the person that is to be healed.

I have learned this through dreams, a Lakota Sioux Interpreter (Medicine Man), and though my detachment of the desire to learn.

You see, one day I fell in love with this girl...
She was going to South Dakota for a vision quest, so I offered to give her support while she was up on the hill. During the night, I would play the Quena and it's eco would help the people in vision to enter into prayer, because music is prayer, and is sacred. Remember, breath?
One night I heard a spirit say something in Lakota out loud. Everyone else heard it, but he was right outside my tent. I was laying facing West.
A year after we came back, I had a strong dream, where I was hit by lightning and the thunder was very loud There was a huge, huge stone where I was told in the dream that it would protect me from being hurt by the lightning. It is because of that dream, which I never asked or planned it, that I was told to get ready for a Lakota Sioux Ceremony where I needed first to go for a 3 day vision. I was just doing it because I was being respectful and well the Medicine Man said the spirits want you to do this sacrifice (well, at that time I did not know he was part Heyoka, and also I did not know that all the good spirits would like you to do it for the people)
To make short this long story, after my vision the Lakota Interpreter tells me that the spirits have chosen me before I was born to be a Medicine Man. To add to my anxiety, he tells me that being hit by lightning in dream is not joke, and I had no choice.
It has being hard ever since. It has not being a walk in Disneyland or Hollywood let me tell you. The anxiety levels went through the roof, I had thought of ending my life, I have being afraid of not knowing what will come, I attention was all over the place and very aware and sensitive to every energy around. I was angry a lot of times and very irritated, many thing in my life were changing. I was verbally abusive to people and had no consideration of their feelings.
It has being quiet difficult, and what has helped has being learning how to digest heavy energy and transform it into light energy. Praying a lot through the Lakota Sweat Lodge Ceremonies, the Sacred Pipe, and the Rosary.

Why I am sharing this with you?
Because I have being told that I will have to do this at one point, and what I have being chosen has not being for me but for the people. I find a some kind of irony that according to the Inca Prophecy, I that Immigrated to the North and learned their sacred ways and did not learned mine own culture's sacred ways. And many of you are learning my culture's sacred way's. I have the feeling that we are not quite done yet my friends. I have not even started. Plus, I am no Holy Man at all, and in fact I am trying not to allow my mind to think about it. The Sacred must be experienced in order to learn to walk that path. I am just a guy that wanted a simple regular 8-4 job and BBQs during the Football game you know!

When I stopped seeking and desiring, something came to me. When I stopped struggling with fear and quiet my mind, I can listen the in-between and found some peace. And we can all hear it.
We are all moving together and nobody is better than the next.

Robert, thank you for your prayers, everyone, do not disappear, trust in God. Because even though is a Great Mystery, there is a plan after all. Remember, between breaths. We will meet,

Wayqe Munay
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> To: Wisdom_of_the_ Andes@yahoogroup s.co.uk
> From: rpnickeas@yahoo. co.uk
> Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2008 17:23:01 +0000
> Subject: Re: [Wisdom_of_the_ Andes]re: Re: requesting help
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> wise words piglet.love without judgement is truly one of the hardest lessons to learn.its nice to hear the true path. when i joined this site i did not realize it was for advanced shamen. i am but a soul that walks the path of truth but it is lovely to hear teachers of teachers.i suppose im more alike to a zen buddhist with a shamen soul. since recieving the holy spirit i have always walked the true path, seeking truth in pagan shamanic hindi and buddhist thought. i realize i am more than likely on the wrong site but i would like to thank you all for your truth and love. in hindi text they have a beautiful interpretation of god/brahman. god is everything god is nothing i will be like the wind and dance the maples dance. kneeling i will send my love and prayers to all of you that make the balance. so our children in need may find our mothers love.
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