The adventure: MEXICO… Some like it hot. But others – they like it smokin’ hot. You can typically find these people located in the ‘Ring of Fire’, the earth’s most violent earthquake and volcano zone. And with over 20 million visitors each year, for the first time in my life, I finally became one of ... Read More
Shamanism.
The word alone provokes fleeting mysterious images of a supernatural force that bewitches those who are particularly vulnerable and defenseless. It elicits visions of ritualized ceremonies that involve a chicken being drained of its life-force while the sounds of chanting and drumming escalate in tempo and intensity with the beat of your heart. Or not.
The Buddhists have a saying about how one needs to go with the flow and accept life as it happens - without clinging to it or rejecting it - no matter the circumstance. So when something of an unusual nature presents itself, just go with it.
I tried to make sense of the images in my mind. Describing what I saw in my inner mind to the woman sitting across from me, huge tears began to stream down her face. I accurately described her daughter who ran away from home and tried to commit suicide by hanging.
