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Wings of Fire 11-19-2010 12:55 PM

Yeah, Shamanism is such a cool clique that no real information about it will ever end up on the internet. Ever.

OddjobAbe 11-19-2010 12:55 PM

Your work can't be that amazing. It's never affected me whatsoever.

Asmoden 11-19-2010 01:00 PM

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Your work can't be that amazing. It's never affected me whatsoever.

You are the one who didn't notice.

OANST 11-19-2010 01:01 PM

Notice my psiballs. They're in my hand right now.

OddjobAbe 11-19-2010 01:13 PM

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You are the one who didn't notice.

Might you describe to me what there is to notice?

Asmoden 11-19-2010 01:15 PM

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Might you describe to me what there is to notice?

Let's start with: are you happy?

OddjobAbe 11-19-2010 01:16 PM

Don't give me all that shit. Describe to me what there is to notice or fuck off.

Asmoden 11-19-2010 01:24 PM

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Don't give me all that shit. Describe to me what there is to notice or fuck off.

Belive me there is a reason why you aren't born with an istructions manual on your hands.
There are things you need to learn yourself otherwise they are meaningless.

But if you insist give me your mail and i will show you i chant chant like abe.

OddjobAbe 11-19-2010 01:29 PM

No, no. You've told me that your work is amazing and that it is me who is too stupid/ignorant to notice it. You then proceed to feed me shit about things happening for a reason. All I was asking, basically, was "what does your work involve that makes it important?". I would have no problem with you if you didn't accuse me of ignorance and then refuse to tell me properly why you are doing so.

Asmoden 11-19-2010 01:43 PM

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No, no. You've told me that your work is amazing and that it is me who is too stupid/ignorant to notice it. You then proceed to feed me shit about things happening for a reason. All I was asking, basically, was "what does your work involve that makes it important?". I would have no problem with you if you didn't accuse me of ignorance and then refuse to tell me properly why you are doing so.

1 The amazing thread title yust inspired me and, belive me or not i relly hate to see other peole suffering.

2 This has nothing to do with being stupid or not (why did you assume that?)
This isen't a race

3If i tell you what i'm doing i have to tell you why, and that is a problem.

4It's important because... it will make us free

STM 11-19-2010 01:43 PM

Jeez they're the fucking enclave or something? Asmoden the shamans are like, dead since the celts...do you have the power to start a fire with no fuel or make a car move with your mind, if you have no such power the shaman is a redundant factor in society.

OddjobAbe 11-19-2010 01:44 PM

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1 The amazing thread title yust inspired me and, belive me or not i relly hate to see other peole suffering.

2 This has nothing to do with being stupid or not (why did you assume that?)
This isen't a race

3If i tell you what i'm doing i have to tell you why, and that is a problem.

4It's important because... it will make us free

I don't think I'm going to bother.

Asmoden 11-19-2010 01:50 PM

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Jeez they're the fucking enclave or something? Asmoden the shamans are like, dead since the celts...do you have the power to start a fire with no fuel or make a car move with your mind, if you have no such power the shaman is a redundant factor in society.

Are you a glukkon?
Do you want to use your soul to make profit?
I can't start a fire or make a car move... but i can stop a car even thought it will be useless if you want to make an industry:happy:

STM 11-19-2010 01:55 PM

I'm sorry what? Of course I'm not a bloody glukkon I live in the real world...And of course I want to make profits, profits equal money which in turn leads to nice things and the ability to donate to charity...Your last bit makes no sense either.

Ugh, I'm just tired and I've watched too much fat-pie

Wings of Fire 11-19-2010 01:56 PM

Are you an otherkin?

I kind of have to know this.

Asmoden 11-19-2010 01:57 PM

You have to look inside if you whanna be freee

Wings of Fire 11-19-2010 01:58 PM

That's a yes.

Wonderful.

Ridg3 11-19-2010 02:01 PM

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You have to look inside if you whanna be freee

Your weird.

T-nex 11-19-2010 03:24 PM

Ok people, don't degenerate this thread into spam too! Not that it has, Im just giving a precaution.

Also Asmoden. People usually have a problem when you use the "I have a secret, but I'm not gonna tell what it is". It's a waste of posts and people's energy to try to decipher that. If you don't wanna start a heated debate leading to nowhere, I suggest you either give whatever info these people want, or stop discussing this for now.
Unless annoying people, and causing a heated discussion was your plan all along.

Anyway, I'd say... If you believe you're a shaman, and it makes you happy... By all means continue doing it. But if you can't provide substantial proof that you actually have any powers, then no one will ever take you seriously.
If you can't even explain the why's and hows.... Then it's no better than religious people using circular logic. So I suggest maybe giving this thread a rest. But it's your choice of course



Oh and... Yea. Further shallow reserach tells me that there are socalled electronical equipment and such that will help people lucid dream. I guess some people are really into it.

Wings of Fire 11-19-2010 03:27 PM

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But if you can't provide substantial proof that you actually have any powers, then no one will ever take you seriously.

Except my brother. He has a spirit dragon.

He's told me many tales about travelling astral plains whilst he's asleep, that's sort of lucid dreaming right?

T-nex 11-19-2010 03:30 PM

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Except my brother. He has a spirit dragon.

He's told me many tales about travelling astral plains whilst he's asleep, that's sort of lucid dreaming right?

Well. I'm pretty sure. :p Dunno what else it could be, cos from my chats with him, it didnø't seems like he was insane or anything.
Maybe people like him just want to believe something so much that they even alter their own mind and subconscious to make these things real. Such as a form of self-hypnosis. To him, all this is very real.
It may even be that it's true. But we'll never know will we? Chances are that he just made himself hallucinate or lucid dream :p ... Which can both be obtained through hypnosis(i think).

Wings of Fire 11-19-2010 03:37 PM

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Well. I'm pretty sure. :p Dunno what else it could be, cos from my chats with him, it didnø't seems like he was insane or anything.

hmmm!

T-nex 11-19-2010 03:48 PM

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hmmm!

What????? Is he insane? Did he get diagnosed with something?? :S Dunno, to me he just seemed like a depressed guy who really wanted to believe in magic.

Wings of Fire 11-19-2010 04:03 PM

Well at least he's not an otherkin.

I think.

Nate 11-19-2010 04:24 PM

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At basic levels it's not dangerous; but if you become really good at it other than aquiring some interesting benefices you can come in conctact with other inorganic beings and at this point it become crazy dangerous....

Inorganic beings? You can chat with rocks?

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Google about this is just trash.
Real shamans will never whrite something like this on google... 80% of people are complete idiots after all and they will just end up making fun of our amazing work or misuse it.:p

I can assure you that I'm not an idiot, but I'm still going to make fun of your work. Or at least I would have if OddjobAbe and T-Nex hadn't beaten me to it.

Bullet Magnet 11-19-2010 04:24 PM

If its real, he should be able to prove it to us. I have high standards of evidence, but real things are quite able to meet them. Being real is a significant advantage. I won't accept any handwaving or special pleading as anything besides an admission of abject idiocy and/or barefaced lying. Or insanity.

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Well at least he's not an otherkin.

I think.

Give it a week.

Jordan 11-20-2010 06:03 AM

Don't know if it's been mentioned in the thread, I don't want to read all 3 pages, but I've had this thing called sleep paralysis, which if I'm correct is similar to lucid dreaming. Basically I "woke up" and was lying in bed but I couldn't move at all. My arm was stretched out and so was my hand. My fingers seemed to be being bent backwards and I couldn't stop it. At the same time I heard this screaming noise in my ears. It wasn't a proper dream either, I can't describe it, but I know it was real life. Can't remember how long it lasted, but it wasn't nice and I wouldn't want anyone to have one of these things, really scared me.

lismati 11-20-2010 06:42 AM

Aliens, PM Asmoden, he will help you with them.

OddjobAbe 11-20-2010 07:05 AM

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Don't know if it's been mentioned in the thread, I don't want to read all 3 pages, but I've had this thing called sleep paralysis, which if I'm correct is similar to lucid dreaming. Basically I "woke up" and was lying in bed but I couldn't move at all. My arm was stretched out and so was my hand. My fingers seemed to be being bent backwards and I couldn't stop it. At the same time I heard this screaming noise in my ears. It wasn't a proper dream either, I can't describe it, but I know it was real life. Can't remember how long it lasted, but it wasn't nice and I wouldn't want anyone to have one of these things, really scared me.

I get sleep paralysis all the time. It's awful, but I just rest until I properly wake up. First time I got it, I really panicked, but there's no way you can wake yourself by conciously trying to wake yourself (or at least, that's the case with me). I ususally wake up when I try to alter something without waking myself up - the other night, I woke up when trying to make my arm comfortable while I waited to wake up. A different night, I woke up when trying to check the time to see how long I had been in that state. I don't panic half as much as I used to. I used to really struggle to move, and I used to really try to vocalise to get help, but it doesn't work.

lismati 11-20-2010 07:30 AM

When I try to get asleep I sometimes get that feeling of falling down through my bed. When that happens I usually move quickly, and my sllepy feelings go away :|