“Urban Shaman” has the first article about ‘Karma’ that does not make me feel hopeless. Thank you Serge Kahili King.

“One common western tradition holds that you are rewarded in this life for obeying specific
social or religious rules and punished in this life for breaking those rules, no matter how long ago you obeyed them or broke them nor whether or not anyone was there to see you do it.

My interpretation of the above s about the damage to humanity caused by unhealthy festering guilt. I can’t understand why religion for such a long time insists on dis-empowering believers as though forgiveness does not exist. Of course Catholics will insist on confession.

“Another more modern western tradition lays the praise or blame for your present attitude, action and circumstances on heredity and your early social environment. The implication is that you were shaped by forces beyond your control and cannot be held responsible fr what your genes, your parent or society did to you.”

I cannot subscribe to the above belief because I don’t believe in victimhood nor martyrdom.

Steve Jobs and Wayne Dyer are glorious examples of “Now is the moment of power.” Both had childhoods that could have prevented them from becoming who they turned out to be.

“The Shaman tradition…says:”… the past did not give you what you have today”.

“It is your beliefs, decisions, and actions today about yourself and the world around you that give you what you have today and what make you what you are.”

“Your environment and circumstances in this moment are the direct reflections of your mental and physical behavior in this moment.”

After the March Indonesian trip of Emil, i have been brave and creative. after our Singapore trip (April and May) I am braver and more creative.  After the 5th anniversary of my 2012 stroke I am even braver and more creative.

After reviewing Serge Kahili King’s “Urban Shaman” I have a clear understanding of life. All I have to do to travel my particular pathway to Source is to follow he 7 principles ofUrban Shamanism.
1.  The world is what we think  it is.
2.  There are no limits.
3.  Energy flows where attention goes.
4.  Now is the moment of power.
5.  To love is to be happy with
6.  All power comes from within.
7.  Effectiveness is he measure of truth.

Without dogmas, without arbitrary prohibitions life is simple. I can usee all the god-given gifts i received before i hose to enter into this life and meet the challenges of the universe.

What a joy to believe that God does not want nor need to test me.

What a joy to be liberated from he limiting interpretations of God’s requirements.

What a joy to be affirmed that God is already in me!

According to Ronald Mann:”Spirituality refers to one’s direct, personal relationship with God without prescribing any particular path or way for sustaining hat relationship or any one specific concept of God.”

But i do believe God is spirit. God is energy. God is Source. Does this mean I am not spiritual? Actually, it makes no difference to me. I think this is the 7th principle of Serge Kahili’s “Urban Shamanism”.

I believe I chose to leave Source to enter into this particular life but I did not leave Source without being equipped. God gave me all that is needed to follow my particular pathway and to be assured of returning to Source.

I may have forgotten what it was before i left Source because i was spirit then without senses, without he human faculties. When i entered this life i became subjected to the programs and menus of life. Challenges. Tests. Irritants. I believe they are not from God to test me. What for? God is Source. Ultimately, everything and everybody will return to Source.

In my forgetfulness i often get agitated with challenges  but my recovery gets faster daily. I now am even braver and even more creative, firm in my belief that God gave me all that I need to meet the challenges.

Every day I get better in connecting back to Source.

  “Looking past our customary answers can be disconcerting at first, confusing, or even painful, but it allows us to open to our actual experiences and see what’s really there.”  (“Zen Body”

The above explains how I came about my present beliefs.

God is Source. God is complete. God does not need anything nor anybody. God does not even need to be worshiped. That is why I can no longer believe God tries or tests me. What for? As SOURCE, ultimately everything and everybody will return to God. God does not need to find out who can return.

I can no longer believe in the forbidden fruit. I believe that before I chose to leave God to enter into this life I chose my own pathway. God gave me everything needed for my pathway.I was assured of my return. What I can’t understand is why I came into this life with forgetfulness!

The moment I entered into this life, the Universe subjected me into its programs and menus for options.

God equipped me with everything needed. It is incumbent on me to  listen to my Inner Guidance to creatively respond to the programs and challenges of the Universe.

I believe I have chosen my own pathway; I don’t believe in the one size fits all belief!!!!!

I grew up with a litany of rules and responsibilities. I lived in a culture of salvation, struggle, guilt etc. Esther Hicks, Neale Walsch, Sylvia Boorstein, Gill Edwards, Mike Dooley, etc have liberated me.

Esther Hicks:”…to be self-serving is a good Thing for when you care enough to bring yourself into alignment with the greater part of Who-You-Are, while you have certainly served yourself (and you know that because you feel so much better) you now are in a position to be of value to others.”

Neale Walsch: “It is important to understand that life is nothing but energy. It is energy organized and who does the organizing? we do. Surprisingly the answer is…us. life is pure energy that circles back into itself.”

Boorstein: “Sweetheart, you are in pain. relax. Take a break. Let’s pay attention to what is happening. Then we’ll figure out what to do.”

Gill Edwards: “I believe that our first responsibility is to make our own lives work.”

Mike Dooley: ” Our first responsibility in life is not to make this world a better place or to tend to those less fortunate but to live up to our own high standards, to act with faith that our dreams are meant to be and to maintain a tolerance and compassion for our own divine journey.”