SURA Episode 2 The Shamanic Journey & The Three Worlds

00:00:11: Welcome Wandering Soul.

00:00:15: I'm Alex, come sit by the fire Tonight be journey deeper into the oldest and most sacred practices within shamanism The shamanic Journey And the ancient world view that carries it The teaching of three words.

00:00:39: But there is also another question i want to explore with you tonight.

00:00:45: A question many people ask themselves the moment they begin walking this inner path.

00:00:53: How do I know if what i experience is real?

00:00:59: What if it's only imagination, Only thoughts?

00:01:04: This questions more common than you think.

00:01:07: So let us begin as a beginning!

00:01:12: What Is a Shamanic Journey?

00:01:15: A shamanic journey is consciously guided in experience.

00:01:20: You enter what many traditions call a non-ordinary reality, A space that moves differently from the world we know in everyday life .

00:01:32: A space beyond logic alone ,a space of symbols intuition feeling and spirit.

00:01:45: usually a steady rhythm helps off the doorway The sound repetitive pulse.

00:01:58: Much like meditation or trance, the rhythm quiets to noise of mind.

00:02:06: but there is an important difference your journey with intention.

00:02:12: you are not simply drifting.

00:02:15: You're listening seeking remembering and within these inner landscapes Spirit helpers, teachers or energies that wish to guide you.

00:02:38: Sometimes they appear clearly sometimes only as fragments a pair of eyes in the darkness A distant voice...a feeling.

00:02:55: and sometimes They arrive with overwhelming clarity.

00:03:04: Your spirit early calls And it is often helpful to first build a connection with this being because your power animal becomes the companion in your journeys.

00:03:19: It protects you, guides you works beside you sometimes it speaks and Sometimes it simply reminds that You are not alone.

00:03:33: traditions Non-ordinary reality is divided into what?

00:03:39: are called the three worlds.

00:03:42: These are non-physical places in the geographical sense, they're inner landscapes symbolic layers of experience.

00:03:55: The lower world is often misunderstood.

00:04:00: it's not dark and the sense of evil.

00:04:04: It is deep ancient filled with primal wisdom instinct animal souls and the raw forces of nature.

00:04:18: It is wild, earthy alive a place of healing and remembrance.

00:04:31: then there is The Middle World A subtle reflection Of our everyday reality almost like a spiritual mirror of the world we already know.

00:04:43: There one may encounter natural spirits plant beings, ancestors but also confusion distortion and wandering energies.

00:05:00: this realm requires awareness.

00:05:04: And then there is the upper world.

00:05:07: many experience it as luminous vast peaceful a realm of spiritual teachers ancestral wisdom and archetypal beings.

00:05:24: But remember, these worlds are not meant to be taken literally.

00:05:31: They're symbols for the movement of the soul And no journey is ever the same.

00:05:40: There's no better world.

00:05:43: Each carries its own medicine Its own language.

00:05:49: Sometimes we spend months journaling only into the lower world, reconnecting with forgotten roots and then suddenly something within us begin reaching upward towards light in clarity.

00:06:10: Allow yourself to be guided not by the mind but by the inner call that leads you.

00:06:21: The words are like a garden they become.

00:06:30: And perhaps in the beginning you encounter only darkness, Perhaps You see nothing at all, perhaps You hear only a distant rushing soul.

00:06:43: but even that is part of their experience.

00:06:47: trust The process.

00:06:50: your soul knows the way.

00:06:54: and now we return to the question many people struggle with How do I know if what i receive is real?

00:07:05: The answer often comes through feeling, Through experience.

00:07:12: Thoughts created only by the mind usually feel controlled Predictable Shaped by wishes or feels But through messages often arrive differently Unexpected Clear Quiet but powerful.

00:07:34: You may suddenly feel goosebumps or deep inner stillness as thought.

00:07:42: something gently enters you from beyond yourself and unfurls inside.

00:07:51: When people speak about power animals, they are speaking of spiritual companions.

00:07:59: They often appear in animal form but not always.

00:08:04: Sometimes it's plants nature beings or creatures from ancient myths.

00:08:13: A dragon, a human bird, white wolf and glowing serpent.

00:08:23: Anything is possible because the spirit alley isn't simply symbol.

00:08:30: it's relationship And these beings are not fixed.

00:08:37: they evolve with you.

00:08:40: My own spirit alley has changed many times throughout my life.

00:08:46: Sometimes powerful, immense almost intimidating.

00:08:54: other times gentle quiet shy.

00:09:01: It reflects parts of myself I could not yet fully understand.

00:09:08: my spirit alley first appeared to me in dreams when I was around sixteen years old.I stood on a forest,on the narrow woodland path and there directly infront of me stood ther being.

00:09:28: at that time i did not understand what it was.

00:09:33: .i had this dream many times It blocked my way completely.

00:09:40: othertimes ,it turned away & disappeared into the forest.

00:09:46: But in every version of the dream, I could not continue walking this path.

00:09:53: Something always stopped me!

00:09:56: Now i understand why The path was blocked because I wasn't yet ready to walk it.

00:10:04: And looking back now It is beautiful to realize that This companion had already been beside Me for so long Perhaps even since birth.

00:10:19: And whatever your own spirit alley may be, do not reveal it carelessly.

00:10:29: Partly of your own protection and partly out-of-respect for the being itself.

00:10:38: There are many lists online that say The beer means strength The serpent means transformation.

00:10:52: Sometimes these meanings can be useful beginnings, but your journey is personal.

00:11:00: For you the bear may represent softness, retreat a childhood memory Spirit alias speak through symbols and symbols are deeply personal.

00:11:16: they are alive They change and the connection is not built through knowledge alone, but through relationship.

00:11:29: True relationship begins with listening!

00:11:35: In next episode we will journey even deeper into the world of shamanism.

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