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       Last week  my  friend  Lissa asked me how could she   develop her own way of shifting her energy so that she can journey to the other side.   She  recently had had a remarkable experience going

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to the other side  while on a facilitated journey with a Shaman, and wanted to know how she could develop her personal way of going there on her own .
       I feel that this  brings up an interesting topic, do we need to be  dependent on someone or something  to achieve that shift: to journey to the other side, or can we learn to do it on our own? Must we use a drug, a Shaman, a method, or ceremony?  These things are all tools,  used to shift the mind, which is  what  you must do to  go to the other side. They may get you there, but they can defeat the purpose of it all:attaining personal freedom and power, and keep you dependent on some THING to get there. What if your thing or method isn’t  available? Cant get there. What if your  Shaman leaves town ? Cant get there. What if the conditions are not just perfect? Cant get there. That’s all wrong. Be careful, the mind/ego wants to  fixate on   the mechanics of the process, trapping you in its  details. Because by nature  journeying to the other side is so abstract, the mind seeks to solidify it by focusing on the process.
       It is our birthright to journey to other dimensions and realities, but unfortunately we have been raised in a society that denies the existence of anything we can’t see, feel taste or touch..The Third dimension that we live in, the place of the senses, is but a small portion of all the realities which are present in the Universe. Native peoples knew this and used all dimensions much more than does modern society , it was a part of daily life for them.  Most of their lives were spent in a state of bliss and joy, because they did not allow the ego /mind to dominate them as we do.  And journeying to the other side helped them live the bliss in this  third dimensional world.
       Our Destiny: To journey to the other side and  bring back that big old bucket of bliss.
When you do this, you add incredibly  to the bliss factor on the Earth. You are changing the world in a hugely beneficially way,making your personal contribution  much more than you can by changing the system .
      All you need is yourself , and your phenomenal heart that you always carry   with you.  You can be naked, you can be anywhere :you can be with people, you can be alone.you can be inside, you can be outdoors. Its like a muscle, you develop it and  use it until it comes easily. A little spontaneous practice and you will be  there. No special formula needed, just your own self. Just  leave your ego/mind behind.   As humans, we can get sidetracked and absorbed by the method itself, allowing it  to become the focal point. The ego wants to cling to the method and focus on the ritual, the sweatlodge, the ceremony that was intended to be an inspiration, not a trap.  These rituals have their place, but they should not be the focal point of your journey. They help you to learn how to journey so that you know what its like to go there, but then its up to you to discover and use your own personal method to  get there.  You shouldn’t have to wait for an event in time.   
       Tom Brown calls it finding your hair, your own way of accessing the other side. Carlos Castaneda called it shifting the assemblage point .     
     There are endless ways to make the shift in awareness..  Focus on the breath is onw way.   For many people, water will help them.This  could be using the energy of a  lake ,stream, waterfall  or even a shower.   Anything in Nature that you choose to cultivate a relationship with can be used as a springboard to the other side, simply by honoring its essence.  The rocks, trees, flowers , mountains , animals, every bit of nature has a spirit, an energy that you can tap into . Our relationship with them by design is set up to help  humans explore other realms.  You can also use your dreams and the state of awareness that is present between waking and sleep to begin a journey.  You can begin with one “hair”, becoming familiar with it, then expanding your abilities to use more and more  ways to access the other side.  All you realy need to do is to state your intent to discover your own way and then allow it to come to you.
       My answer to Lissa was to request that  her guides or helpers (whoever she feels assists her ) show her the way to finding and developing her own “hair” or access to the other side.
      Enjoy the adventure of finding your way to your own knowledge of the other dimensions, and ride the energy now.  Surf’s Up!