Hollow Bone and the Human

Hello Dear Shaman College,

This is a topic that has arisen multiple times over the last couple of weeks... always a sign to me that it wants to be shared with our whole community.

There is a special ability that highly skilled shamanic healers share.  It is the grounded recognition and nuances of the personal experience all the while being able to offer healing and divinations from the hollow-bone state.

As the hollow bone, you move through the realms with clarity.  You are the witness, you are the carrier, you are the messenger and you also have a responsibility of safe practice for yourself and all beings. You move with the purity of light but also the sword of truth... and you are guided and working as a team with the benevolent and compassionate spirits.

As the hollow bone you will also see your human self... and as your human self, you will have all of the traits that we emotive humans have!  We feel, we remember, we laugh, we cry, we hide, we shine.

Excellent practitioners have developed both their self-knowing and their hollow bone abilities so that when faced with challenges in our practice, we can acknowledge when we are moving from our own view/ beliefs and when we are moving from the hollow one. Always keeping in touch with our own hearts as we navigate and travel through the unseen realms.  Yet, always 'doing' the work we do from the clear place of the hollow one.

I hope this meets you and serves you,

In gratitude to all of you out there, doing this beautiful work,

Kimba