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AWARENESS AND SPIRITUAL GROWTH
AND THE
VISION QUEST FAST
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The Awareness programs of Windwalker are based on the understanding
that realization of our potential in body and spirit can be attained through a personal
and individual connection with the natural world. These programs teach and practice integrated philosophy and techniques for learning, exploring, and working in the realm beyond the physical. They are grounded in the
spirituality of native peoples of North America. In particular, we acknowledge and
honour the lineage of Tom Brown Jr. and Stalking Wolf.
NOTES:
- AWARENESS PROGRAMS ARE SCHEDULED ACCORDING TO NEED. We will come to wherever
there is a group of ten or more people ready for these teachings. Generally, a person who
wishes to participate will organize these workshops and will be the contact for information
and registration.
- Participants supply their own food unless otherwise indicated. We usually prepare the food
and eat together; most of the time we share or trade as well, maybe cookies for carrots.
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AWARENESS 1: THE JOURNEY INTO POWER
Expand your physical awareness, and use this expanded awareness to explore the
transition from physical to spiritual awareness. Learn how modern science
rediscovered what the ancients knew about brain waves and states of awareness.
Learn the overview map of the spirit realm. Discover the richness of the spirit
realm and create your own "good medicine place" there. Move into and communicate
safely in the world of spirit. Learn the Shamanic Law of native healers.
Minimum age 19 years.
Maximum 25 participants.
AWARENESS 2: THE HEALER'S JOURNEY BEGINS
Using the energy of the realm beyond the physical for healing is a powerful way to share or give back of the gifts we receive.
Extend the detailed map of the spirit realm. Build landmarks in the nonphysical
realm for healing, strength, traveling in spirit, and communicating with physical
and nonphysical beings. Learn directly from the plant people. Practise these skills.
Learn about types of energy and use energy for healing.
Maximum 25 participants. Prerequisite: Awareness 1.
AWARENESS 3: IMPROVING INNER VISION
Complete the map of the spirit realm. Continue to explore this realm; practise and
improve inner vision; learn more ceremonies and tools for maintaining balance and
bringing people together.
Maximum 25 participants. Prerequisite: Awareness 2.
AWARENESS 4 and beyond
There are currently nine workshops in the Awareness series.
All Awareness workshops are progressive.
THE VISION QUEST FAST
With every thought of fear or terror set aside
May I recognize whatever visions appear as the reflections of mine own consciousness. -- Tibetan Book of the Dead
Our story is always unfolding. From the beginning to the present, growth and change have been both our constant allies and our challenge.Truth can always be found in those who are willing to face those challenges and enter birth-passages that lead to heightened awareness and kinship with all creation.
Historically, nature has always been the place for human initiation. The Vision Quest, the search for Inner Vision, is one of the ancient Rites of Passage to undertake this initiation.
Those who seek more deeply will find ancient mysteries of self-transformation, even as nature herself transforms—mysteries of poise and clarity, of self-reliance and faith, of dying and return, even amid times of chaos and devastation.
There is an element of perceived risk. Four days and nights alone in a natural place (solitude) and fasting (emptiness) and exposure to the elements (vulnerability), and self-reliance (self-trust), are the earmarks of old ways of learning. You can expect to invest a good deal of time watching yourself and your relationship to the earth and the rest of humanity, without undue dependence on "therapists" or "experts." You will be expected to live self-reliantly, to pitch your own tent, to cook your own food, to experience a multitude of emotions and feelings as personal borders are risked.
Understandings will be shared in meetings and councils where the right questions are often more significant than answers. A letter of intent for enrolment is required. It is necessary for you to know why you are participating.
For more information regarding Vision Quests, please contact Ernie MacAulay (Deer Heart) at 250-743-1995, or vqf@pacificcoast.net.
"Awareness is the doorway to the world of spirit." - Stalking Wolf
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