#collectivereality

Belief in the spirit world is common. Half the world's population meets regularly to learn about them. There are over 10,000 mutually exclusive religions. Each one believes its version is correct, and everyone else is wrong.The churches, ashrams, and synagogues all have their version of myth. How are they more valid than shamanism and metaphysical realms of indigenous teachings?The idea of other realities prompts some interesting questions. Is the authenticity of shamanic journeys experience a genuine reality? What qualifies as genuine reality? These questions deserve further investigation.Religions have their versions of spiritual reality, but there are other interpretations. Many of the concepts found in religion come from indigenous cultures, which existed long before organized religion.Shamanism and Metaphysical RealmsUnderstanding shamanic practices starts with acknowledging non-ordinary reality. Our dreams also take place in non-ordinary reality. When we experience them, they are just as real as waking reality. If they are just imaginary creations of the psyche, how does this differ from reality? We know we experience everything with the mind and not the senses of the body. This leads to the conclusion that everything we experience is an elaborate fiction of the mind.Does that mean everything we think is real, or everything is not real, or that there are degrees of reality within our perception? That's a discussion for another time.Let's assume that what we call reality is real. The first thing we need to do is determine how to define it and what the boundaries of ordinary and non-ordinary reality are.Thankfully, some people have already set up the rules on the boundaries of reality. Who gets to decide on what is acceptable and what is not? Those in control of the societal unit get to make up the rules. Read the full article

Belief in the spirit world is common. Half the world's population meets regularly to learn about them. There are over 10,000 mutually exclusive religions. Each one believes its version is correct, and everyone else is wrong.The churches, ashrams, and synagogues all have their version of myth. How are they more valid than shamanism and metaphysical realms of indigenous teachings?The idea of other realities prompts some interesting questions. Is the authenticity of shamanic journeys experience a genuine reality? What qualifies as genuine reality? These questions deserve further investigation.Religions have their versions of spiritual reality, but there are other interpretations. Many of the concepts found in religion come from indigenous cultures, which existed long before organized religion.Shamanism and Metaphysical RealmsUnderstanding shamanic practices starts with acknowledging non-ordinary reality. Our dreams also take place in non-ordinary reality. When we experience them, they are just as real as waking reality. If they are just imaginary creations of the psyche, how does this differ from reality? We know we experience everything with the mind and not the senses of the body. This leads to the conclusion that everything we experience is an elaborate fiction of the mind.Does that mean everything we think is real, or everything is not real, or that there are degrees of reality within our perception? That's a discussion for another time.Let's assume that what we call reality is real. The first thing we need to do is determine how to define it and what the boundaries of ordinary and non-ordinary reality are.Thankfully, some people have already set up the rules on the boundaries of reality. Who gets to decide on what is acceptable and what is not? Read the full article