Guest guest Posted March 14, 2005 Report Share Posted March 14, 2005 Hi Matt & Shar, > Leave it to you Sharon, to zero in on the one exception to my simple > rule. Spirit is the wild-card. IMO, it is the greatest card, the Ace of Aces. > If a Shaman-healer intervenes in the spiritual realm to affect the > well-being of a person on the material plane, does this qualify as an > Action or Reaction (mechanical intervention of facilitating natural > healing) type of approach? Spirits are part of nature so one could say > this facilitates natural healing. On the other hand, a Shaman's actions > could be seen as a unnatural intervention and this would be of the > Action variety. The one rule you can always count on is there is no one > rule you can always count on. While the wild-card of spirit does add > some shades of grey to my simplified black or white dual > categorization, this categorization still offers great practical > benefits for most concerns regarding how to evaluate healing > approaches. - Matthew Bauer - One could also say that some Shamans act by not acting - merely dreaming of acting. IMO, that qualifies as non-action and can be as powerful as acting. Best regards, Email: < WORK : Teagasc, c/o 1 Esker Lawns, Lucan, Dublin, Ireland Mobile: 353-; [in the Republic: 0] HOME : 1 Esker Lawns, Lucan, Dublin, Ireland Tel : 353-; [in the Republic: 0] WWW : http://homepage.eircom.net/~progers/searchap.htm Chinese Proverb: " Man who says it can't be done, should not interrupt man doing it " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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