"Most of the shamans that I know work through word of mouth only, and do not need to advertise anywhere; but this is not always the case. One woman I know swears to me that when she was ready to start working on others, her clients just started appearing, and said ‘the spirits send them to me, even when I’m already pretty busy working on my farm!’"
I find this fascinating because my mentor has said that a lot in the last year - basically "when you're ready to do the work, the people will just show up" - and then one of the hawaiian elders on the weekend said exactly the same thing. He doesn't advertise, if anything he discourages people by living in the deepest valley in the eastmost corner of one of the islands of Hawaii, and has signs like "no trespassing" up when you get to the end (literally the END of the paved road) of the road... so if you show up on his doorstep, he sees that as the sign that you are meant to be there and he is meant to see you.
It's given me a lot to think about - definitely :)
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Date: 2010-03-15 05:53 am (UTC)I find this fascinating because my mentor has said that a lot in the last year - basically "when you're ready to do the work, the people will just show up" - and then one of the hawaiian elders on the weekend said exactly the same thing. He doesn't advertise, if anything he discourages people by living in the deepest valley in the eastmost corner of one of the islands of Hawaii, and has signs like "no trespassing" up when you get to the end (literally the END of the paved road) of the road... so if you show up on his doorstep, he sees that as the sign that you are meant to be there and he is meant to see you.
It's given me a lot to think about - definitely :)