Drifting boatsIn a world where McDonalds and Coca Cola are new Idols and “instant”, “ no effort” and “I” has become our daily mantras, many people have lost helm of their lives and are slowly but surely sinking their little boats against sharp edges of storms of life.
They struggle to keep their heads up and reach out to others so they can be saved by them. Others resign and disappear forever below waves of agony in vast ocean of despair, hatred, negativity and envy.
Few boats are capable of saving these people. In fact, some of these boats are just not strong enough to handle extra weight and get pulled down as well. Think about families destroyed because a family member was a drug addict. Other boats will take you on board but after a while, only to kick you back out into ocean. These are so called friends who are only there when they need you. Be aware of “black ships”, those who claim to save you, so that when you get closer they will push you down and kill all hope remaining in you. These are cult leaders and terrorists who promise you heaven if you give up your life for them and so on.
This is our modern society and its inhabitants. The more people and boats that sink more waves and reefs are made and more difficult it becomes for us to keep our little boats floating, not to mention staying on right course. Modern society is constantly bombarding us with advertisements of how to enhance and boost our primordial instincts but never any attention is given to who we are, where we come from and why we are here.
In old days, thousands of years ago when we still lived in tribes, people were guided in spiritual, mental and social affairs by spiritual leader of community. He was consulted every time people lost their hopes, their illusions and dreams. This was natural way of things. The spiritual leader, known to us as a shaman, medicine man or like, had a very important task to fulfill which also carried a serious responsibility. He was one solely responsible for well being of his tribe. He did this through interpreting and explaining will and nature of Spirit which he found by reading signs of nature. Whether his explanations make sense to our western minds- and way of thinking is not relevant. Algebra doesn’t make sense to me but it seems to be useful.
The importance of these messages from spirit world was to be found in fact that they gave people something to believe in. It was like medicine and food for their souls. Their hopes and believes gave them a clear course in which to steer, a mission and a goal in their lives. The spiritual nature of these messages and their lives based on them, made people more connected to themselves and world around them. This made them think even more about their place in this world, where they came from, what was reason for them being here and where they had to go to.
In their search for answers to these questions they reflected upon nature around them and came to understand that they were part of nature and had to play out their role in it. Through spiritual guidance and revelations they came to understand why they were here and where they came from. This connection with spirit world was very important for them and kept them from falling into extremes. The American Indians are a very good example of this connection between tribe and spiritual world.
-“Wait a second”, I hear you say. - “There is no such thing as a spiritual world”. - “I never saw , touched or heard a spirit in my life and now you tell me there is a spiritual world” . - “You should be locked away in a mental institution”.