| Many Lightworkers today are still working under the | | | | indoctrinated into a consumer oriented society. When a |
| tribal attitudes that probably carry over from past lives | | | | Lightworker offers a service then the tribe expects to |
| when we were shamans, healers and tribal medicine | | | | pay for that service just as they would pay a doctor |
| men. In those days and places we didn't have to fool | | | | or a plumber or a school teacher. When a Lightworker |
| with 'making a living', we could just live and take care | | | | has an inner conflict over accepting payment it actually |
| of the tribe and the tribe took care of us. | | | | interrupts the flow of energy that exists between the |
| Now the world has evolved and there are new ways | | | | tribe and the Lightworkers! We can't teach that |
| and new attitudes. We still need to take care of the | | | | "energy doesn't flow through tight muscles" and then |
| tribe and the tribe is happy to take care of us, but all | | | | create resistance to our energy flows. |
| too often it's we Lightworkers who aren't making the | | | | In the times before the industrial revolution and the rise |
| shift into this new world and it's actually causing | | | | of the consumer oriented cultures Light workers only |
| problems for the tribe. | | | | had to straddle 2 worlds. We had to keep one foot |
| We're seeing an interesting revival of the Old Ways | | | | out in the Universe and the other foot here in the |
| now. Some of the modern religions have done a good | | | | collective illusion that the tribe creates as it flows along |
| job of providing a framework for laws and social | | | | its daily path to awakening. |
| norms and mores, not to mention fodder for countless | | | | Today we have to straddle 3 worlds. The Universe |
| wars and atrocities, but it seems that they've left a lot | | | | and the illusion are still there and we have to help |
| of people looking for spirituality rather than providing an | | | | bridge the gap between these for the tribe, but we |
| easy path to help integrate the body, mind and spirit | | | | also have to stay tapped into the financial world |
| and many people are actively beginning to seek | | | | created by the consumerism of the modern times. The |
| alternative paths. These are our tribe; the seekers, the | | | | problem for many of us is that we literally don't have a |
| wanderers and those open-minded souls who | | | | leg to stand on when it comes to this new consumer |
| intuitively feel that they should be looking inside | | | | society and no one has ever taught us how to |
| themselves for the divinity that they can sense rather | | | | integrate it into our teachings and practices in any |
| than looking outward to the invisible Gods that are | | | | useful way. In fact we've been taught that |
| forced upon them. | | | | consumerism is bad and we've believed it even while |
| A Lightworker is always going to be in the position of | | | | espousing balance and harmony! We can just add this |
| straddling the boundaries between the various realities. | | | | to the growing list of inner conflicts that are blocking |
| We don't believe in the Universal Powers and the | | | | our energy. I hope the tools and exercises in the book |
| Universal Laws, we know that they are real and that | | | | are helpful with balancing out some of those conflicts. |
| they work because we've felt and experienced them. | | | | Consumerism and the modern world |
| One of our missions is to help awaken others to those | | | | Sometimes it can be hard to balance the realities of |
| powers, and in many cases those others don't believe | | | | the worlds we straddle. We can directly attribute much |
| that the powers actually exist because they have | | | | of the rise of the New Age to the books and media |
| been taught that they have to be able to scientifically | | | | distributed throughout our consumer society. In fact the |
| prove their concepts before they can be free to | | | | tools and technologies of the Information Age have |
| believe in them. | | | | made it easier than ever before to develop a healing |
| At the same time the people that we are supposed to | | | | and teaching practice. There has never been a time in |
| be helping to awaken are indoctrinated from birth into | | | | the known history of the human race when the |
| mainstream religions that tell them to have faith in the | | | | common people, the regular, ordinary working people, |
| religious version of the supernatural while teaching that | | | | have had access to the writings and teachings of |
| all other versions of the supernatural are unreal and | | | | every great discipline that has survived the purges of |
| evil. | | | | the religions and ravages of time. Today we can go to |
| It's no wonder that the tribe is confused and looking for | | | | the bookstore, visit the library and read the websites |
| relief and answers. | | | | and find vast amounts of information and guidance |
| Another problem here is that many of the | | | | that previously would have been available only to the |
| Lightworkers are still breaking free of the attitudes and | | | | priests and royalty. Lightworkers have the ability to |
| teachings of the mainstream religions. It's hard to grow | | | | teach, heal and reach across vast distances to help |
| up being taught that "money is the root of all evil" and | | | | the members of their tribe. |
| then being put into a position where one must learn to | | | | Today the members of our tribes are scattered and |
| use money as a tool in order to help the tribe. Many | | | | it's up to each of us to find them and then help provide |
| Lightworkers feel that to accept money for teaching | | | | the healing, teaching and guidance that they might |
| or healing actually sullies the teaching and healing and | | | | need. We may not always be able to meet them face |
| lessens its worth. I've also met Lightworkers who have | | | | to face or heal them directly as in the old days, but |
| difficulties accepting money or even bartered goods | | | | that simply means that the modern Lightworker has to |
| that are offered in exchange for teaching and healing. | | | | be more versatile, persistent and tolerant than ever |
| The tribe, on the other hand, is being taught that "you | | | | before. |
| get what you pay for" because they are being | | | | |