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If we talk about our dreams as if they have already been accomplished, rather than as a future scenario, our minds begin to think about them as a clear fact. When that happens, your ego, which always wishes you to be right, is empowered to ensure that the future is in line with the desires of your mind. And you've transformed your wish into a reality without realizing it. Chapter 5 - You can give way to the darkness by addressing the underground spirits. We have discovered that darkness is characterized by the author as anything that is not associated with love and optimism in the universe. But in our worlds, how does this darkness show itself? How does it look? You might visualize ghosts, monsters, and devils when you imagine darkness. But the darkness is not as blatantly frightening as that. Usually, the darkness shows itself in your mind like a little voice. It sounds like the voice of your own. This voice tries to make you believe that you don't deserve love, or you won't be good enough. But even if it feels like a sound of your voice in your mind, it is not yours. Although it doesn't seem like that, Shaman Durek assumes that this voice truly is a spirit's from the underworld. Maybe you're curious how this works. The author describes the underworld as a place in which human souls are stuck. Their spirit gets stuck in space in the underworld if a person dies before they can get over a traumatic event they have had. And, when a living human experiences the same trauma like a specific spirit from the underworld, the traumatized spirit is drawn to them and begins to feed off their emotions of conflict and sorrow. And how are we coping with these spirits from the underworld? Oh, that's for certain, not with a sharp pole and garlic. You should handle these spirits with kindness and make them leave the underworld and get it over with if you want to save yourself. You can do this with this basic practice. Simply stand up with your arms folded. It's important to take a strong attitude, so the darkness understands that it can't deal with you from now on. Then, start to hear the voice in your mind that's been dragging you down. Question this sound, but don't get mad or judge it. Ask it if it is an underworld spirit. For you, the spirit will be frank and inform you if it is. When you know that you are struggling with a spirit from the underworld, ask why it has been chasing you for so long. After this, when you've dealt with the spirit and understood why it's in your life, it is time to set free this sorrowful underworld soul. Just tell it that you're bringing it back to the light, to a position where it has the love it wants. Chapter 6 - By engaging with your ancestors, you might be able to cure chronic pain. Most of us struggle with chronic pain, pain that doesn't go away, but doctors appear incapable of understanding or treating it. Some individuals live their entire life with this pain, never knowing the condition that triggered it or what they should do to recover. Shamans think that the origin of some chronic pain is in the deep of the molecules of our body cells. This suffering has been passed down from our ancestry to us. Modern Western culture would have you believe that your ancestors do not exist anymore -that they are completely gone when they die. But Shamans realize, as we heard earlier, that there are so many multiple dimensions, and time is not linear. This implies that your ancestors are still around now, with every action you take, standing near you. As Shaman Durek explains it, many of the ancient human lineages and communities have unfinished ancestral suffering written into their genetic code, which leads the young generation to suffer. So, if you'd like to cure your suffering, you'll also need to relieve the wounds of your ancestors. You'll need to build a deeper bond with your ancestors to begin the recovery process. This is a part of life for certain cultures. Mexico's Día de Los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, for example, is a holiday where people set out presents, sweets, and drinks to commemorate their ancestors. By creating an ancestor altar, you can build your ancestor ritual. Prepare a table with a picture or painting of an ancestor with whom you would like to interact. Now, put presents that you think they would like on the table. You may also put some gifts that represent things that you want yourself to get. For instance, if you want wealth, then you might give your ancestor some money. After this, light the candle for your ancestor and place it on the altar too. Unfortunately, other negative stuff, not just physical discomfort, can also be passed down to us from past generations. Our bloodlines are influenced by the functionless values of our ancestors: maybe your great parents had pessimistic views about wealth and thought his family would never be rich. Today, such beliefs can still influence your life and your attitude towards wealth. Fortunately, by addressing them and changing your behaviors, you can relieve your bloodline of harmful beliefs like these. Not only you but every member of your family, past, current, and future will gain from this. Chapter 7 - On Earth, every creature is conscious and strong. The internet is generally our first source of information in the new digital world. We believe that you can find multiple precious pieces of knowledge online. However, there's also another global web at our fingertips, only if we want to open our eyes to see it. It is a network of information that exists in the natural instead of the digital world and it is called Gaia. Gaia is what Mother Nature is called by shamans. Gaia is a female spirit, and with her blessings of sun and soil, and oceans, she brings harmony and peace to the earth. Shamans value Gaia as a life force that is mindful and intelligent. Unfortunately, the majority of mankind refuses to value the natural world or the other creatures that live on our earth. We just live believing that we are the only creatures that matter in this world. Almost like human greed by itself was not terrible enough, our disregard for Gaia has catastrophic effects on our world as well. But almost none of us say a thing about mining, logging, and global warming, which is a life-threatening thing. It's time for everyone to get connected to nature with this in consideration so that we can begin to understand it and avoid its damage. By leaning into its strong healing powers, you can create a deeper bond with nature. Shamanism tells us that we can interact with plants, trees, and even the soil and benefit from their energy waves. It works with this strategy if you're physically connected to the thing that you'd like to experience in spirit. For instance, if you'd like to go into nature's world and interact with a plant, then just hold your finger up next to the leaf. Then draw a circle in the air with your finger. This represents the room where you can carry the plant's spirit in shamanism. Then, to reflect the shamanic antennas, draw a triangle inside the square from where the energy will be funneled. Ask the plant's spirit to flood through you. Tell out loud that you'd like to sense in your body the energy of the spirit. You can guide its energy to the part of you that wants to heal when you feel connected with the plant's spirit. We do not always require the internet to find a connection, as shamanism teaches us. Spirit Hacking: Shamanic Keys from Shaman Durek Book Review to Regain Your Personal Power, Turn Yourself, and Light Up the World Many of us, the machine that has tricked us to lead traditional, consumerist lives that alienate us from our true selves. By breaking out of the box that society has placed you in, accepting your authentic self, and allowing yourself to be directed by the spirits and the energies that influence you, you will overcome the matrix and the darkness it represents. Fight back against the darkness. It may be real that the system is built to keep in the matrix but this is not a reason for not fighting back. It is your choice to fight it or not now that you learned about the darkness we're all struggling with. So take a look at how you live your life now and ask yourself if you can make a more meaningful additive to Gaia or humanity.