What do you consider "sacred?"
Think it's an easy question? Maybe, but you might not be going as deep into the meaning as you think. In our last shamanic workshop, we discussed this in detail, and it was a fun and insightful exercise.
Immediately I thought of nature, forests and trees, mountain streams, the ocean, rocks and birds, butterflies and flowers. "Ok," the facilitator said, "but go beneath the clinical answer, go beneath the answer you've been told to give. Get to the feeling. What is it about nature that makes it sacred? "
Good question, and I had to think about it. When I'm in nature, I see everything as it was intended to be, animals living as they were meant to live, streams flowing unimpeded, trees not carefully pruned or maintained--it's the world without anything human imposed upon it. It's nature being nature.
"Good," the facilitator said, "but go deeper. How does that make you feel?"
It makes me feel free, as well. When I see nature in freedom, that feeling fills me with freedom. And that's what I'm seeking, that feeling of simply being, without any cultural, societal rules imposed upon me. In nature, I'm in touch with ultimate reality, original reality, something real in a primal sense.
"That's sacred," said the facilitator. "You can ask similar questions such as 'What makes me happy?' or 'What does harmony mean?'--as long as you get to the feeling, to the heart, you have the real answer."
Take my new poll in the sidebar and see what other visitors consider sacred.
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