Starting in childhood, we are typically trained to see the world through the eyes of predators: Is it good to eat, or not good to eat? Good or bad. Worthy of my time, or not worthy. If it is deemed not worthy, curiosity and potential disappear.
A basic belief of stalkers, however, is that everything in the world of creation was created by Creator (“the Great Mystery,” or Wakan Tanka), and so Spirit is in everyone, everything, and all events. Stalkers wish to experience the spiritual in everything—all the time—as a way of being in the world. On this ancient path, Spirit brings people and events to help us “polish our connection with Spirit.”
When we are able to know Spirit in all, we bring order to the chaos of our mind and the world. We are free from being “a leaf at the mercy of the wind.”
So, stalkers learn to stalk every place we think, act, and behave as “a leaf at the mercy of the wind.”
As stalkers, we are taught that this Medicine Way is supported by awareness and responsibility: awareness of my reactions, thoughts, and behaviors, and responsibility for the same.
A FIRST LESSON
We live in a culture where people often say things like, “You make me feel...” As stalkers, we hear that as “I am a leaf at the mercy of the wind.” You like me, I’m happy. You withhold approval, and I’m on a bummer.
“Poor me!” You are responsible for my emotions.
“You be different so I won’t be upset.” The victim role.
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THE HEART OF HAPPINESS
WAITING IN LINE
OUR WALK IN THE WORLD
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the trail of ATONEMENT
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STALKING YOUR Mind
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ARCHETYPAL ASTROLOGY
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