tom wrote:Thank you indeed, Mr Green, that you mentioned your age. Because I was thinking of one very respected Senior teacher of mine in the UK, who was also on service in the prisons, but he must be now around 70 years of age. So now it is very understandable for me considering your age, your attitude of "I think I am also a sort of shaman ... Everything is O.K. with me ... people taking drugs, shamans with guns whatever, it is not concern of mine whatever people choose to live with". I don't like people with this nonchalance attitude. I see them responsible if one poor idiot reads them and goes and buys the aforementioned stuff to try if he can also have a face to face conversation with God (!), whatever. I was a teen reading Carlos Castaneda's books, so where is Don Juan to take care of any poor guy trying such stuff without any care and control, driving into madness?
I have read the first 3 or 4 Carlos Castaneda books, are they about shamanism? I don't think so. They don't interest me though, in fact, most 'spiritual books' don't anymore. Wasn't Don Juan a fictional charactor? I never saw any reason to believe it was real!
If you don't like my attitude that's fine. I still like you, but it seems like you look up to senior figures, (maybe you mean J, D or S; no, I am not them. None of them would be seventy though). Yes, I agree I am not concerned how people live their lives AS LONG AS THEY DON'T HURT OTHERS.
I don't think I am a sort of shaman, I meant there is a spiritual dimension to my life but I feel it is best left organic at the moment but there is something on that level and it is real for everyone even if they are not conscious of it this is my belief. I've been called worse .
To ex-l, by the way, my friend who took salvia only took it the one time and has never had it since, is he a druggy? ... I don't think so. He has posted his experience in the public domain for all to see. He would be very offended to see how you put him down. He's very serious about it! He encourages me to try it as much a pukka BK would encourage you to come to the centre.
I wish you peace and love.