Oy.
One of my shamanic teachers wrote me an email karma bomb tonight. WHY did I not {take care of his personal shit for him} since we've had to change up our workshop weekends since he and his wife are coming about four weeks early?
First of all,
You're Welcome.
I WHOMPED up a workshop out of NOTHING at all in less than three days' time, making the best of a VERY bad situation which said shamanic wife created back in early August. I should have been the Hero, yet, I have become the Villain.
For The Last Time.
I will no longer allow people to treat me as I was treated in tonight's e-mail. Above-mentioned bitchy shaman seems not to understand that he is a Guest Teacher at my circle. I am his employer; I sign his checks. I am NOT his minion, I am NOT his emplyee, I am NOT in any way his underling in this. He is ultimately MINE to command.
After the detritus of a very busy and stressful day at the FullTimeJob, I wrote a neutral response to his caustic missive, and will entertain him in normal style this weekend. After which I will sever our business relationship.
I love them as people, and I respect their teachings.
And I will absolutely not be involved in any business dealings with them from this time forward nor allow them to hold ANY sway over me in any way whatsoever.
Thus do I reclaim a portion of my soul and declare myself a Man.
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24 minutes ago

5 rejoinder(s):
Oh, man, I was in a bitchy mood when I wrote this. Still ticked off, but not so much.
What was the word I used ... erratic? quirky? unfocused?
Seriously, I can't remember now.
Big Smile, BuddyBadger
Some day we can swap stories of egregious behavioral excess over mint juleps
You're so butch when you get mad!
Cathartic, ain't it? But, hon, bitchy or not, it's the truth. If said teaching duo doesn't appreciate all you do (including signing their said paychecks) then "you're fired" is not an inappropriate response. Also, thus far my "official" shamanic training has come from only one source, said teaching duo.
While I've enjoyed their teachings & have learned much, I find the idea of a diversity of teachers (& especially ones that fully appreciate YOU) to be quite exciting! In essence, Eckhart Tolle says the same things that Ram Dass said in "Be Here Now"... but I can tell you, Eckhart's dialect was a lot easier for me to grasp & it was only after reading "The Power of Now" that I understood "Be Here Now"! In other words, what would another shamanic teacher's dialect reveal? I'm intrigued by the possibilities...
OneTree
Good for you!
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