Tell me, is wyrd relating to Word?
Word - Wired - Weird - Wyrd........
And what does that have to do with Shaman?
Goethe said "Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start a winning game."
Shamanism is the earliest spiritual practice known to humankind, dating back tens of thousands of years. The word “shaman”, literally translated as "one who sees in the dark", is a Siberian word for a spiritual healer. Shamanism has been practiced throughout history and continues to this day among most cultures in the Americas, Europe, Africa, Australia, Greenland and Asia.
Shamanism is a path of direct revelation. The practice of shamanic journeying helps us to part the veils between the seen and unseen worlds and access information and energies that can help awaken us and restore us to wholeness. A shaman or shaman practitioner is a man or woman who interacts directly with spirits to address the spiritual aspects of illness, perform soul retrievals, divine information, help the spirits of deceased people cross over, and perform a variety of ceremonies for the community. They take on many roles in communities acting as healers, doctors, rabbis and priests, psychotherapists, mystics, and storytellers.
Many years and many lifetimes were to be lived before realizing that shamanism was my home. It was in the early days when I was living with Baba Muktananda that I accepted the spiritual name he bestowed upon me. It was in those days that I only felt comfortable being called the name I was given when I was living within the Siddha Yoga community. My birth family already thought I was too "weird". I knew they would never go for calling me anything other than what they thought was my name, and especially since it wasn't Jewish. They didn't realize they had already given me many names: Jacke (without an "i") (OY if that wasn't challenging enough?), Jacke Lynn, Loke, Locus, Cookie, Etachasha, J., Jerky Jacky, Fats, Jakala, Cookala.
Now if they could have heard all of them spoken at the same time, together, they might not really have thought that "Gopita" was so weird! I stood in line for hours to receive that name. With baited breath waiting to look into Baba's timeless, limitless eyes...waiting to feel the sweet breeze swift around and through me, waiting to smell the fragrant aroma of the Blue Pearl Classic Champa incense, the original floral blend based on sandlewood....On the box read "so'ham, Thou Art That. That Thou Art. God Dwells Within You As You. See God in Each Other." Jewish families didn't burn sandlewood in my Baltimore ghetto neighborhood....At 24 I was in a new land, a new culture, and I felt like I was home when Baba bestowed me with that name, when he gave me shaktipat with his wand of glorious peacock feathers.
Shaktipat...awakening my kundalini energy....I didn't even know I had energy, that kind of energy, the kundalini kind. It was magical being given that name. In pure ritual form Baba handed me a piece of paper while emitting the oceans from his eyes into mine. He held my hand as I swam into the vastness of all that is. I looked. I saw. Beautifully scripted, "Gopita". I liked it. I felt proud of it. I liked her sound. But wait they motioned to me; that wasn't all? An instuction came to turn the paper over.
WHOA! "One who keeps the secrets"...that was the name he was giving me?!...that was what he was awakening my realization to?!...that's what he wanted me to know about myself?!...that I already was "wired", that I Am and will continue to be one who keeps the secrets. I wondered at that moment what secrets he was talking about.......hehe.
wyrd: It's an Anglo-Saxon Norse word which means essentially “that which has become”. We interact with wyrd (that which has become) to create certain personal patterns which affect and are reflected in universal patterns. Those universal patterns, in turn, exert forces which shape our lives.
WYRD SHAMAN
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Greeting the Divinity Within You!
Green Light! You've given me immediate confirmation to proceed!
Since my first post in the wee hours of the morning on Sunday I've received numerous emails of support and encouragement, and phone calls for appointments. So...thought I'd share some as my way of Greeting the Divinity Within You All!! Thank you from all of the chambers of my heart.
Your blog is a gift! I’m going to read it as much as you write it. T. T.
Love what you’re doing. And you’re looking stunning, to boot! Would you send us an e-mail alert from time to time as a reminder to look at your postings? L.K.
I am way impressed by your blog. To read your words that speak your unique heart is to know you in a new way. You look radiant, so very present, and READY!(for something). D.
Read your blog. It is very impressive..even to a couple of hermits in the mountains. (*.*)
Love the pictures. It's amazing how they crammed all that into one little itty bitty being. Love, s.& E.
What a fabulous post. This is a great outreach mechanism.
I was struck by how YOUNG you look! I love your silver hair, and I think it just accentuates your beautiful skin. L.M.
may i just say how exquisite you look on your blog site!!!!!!! quite an impressive website! D.S.
This is just awesome!!! You are truly amazing and I totally enjoyed reading about all the incredible things you are doing. All I can say is WOW!!! M.G.
Jacke, I love your blog...you look gorgeous, vibrant, and your writing is wonderful... S.F.
Your blog is great! M.M.
I checked out the blog -- Go Jacke! M.C.
Yahoo! Keep following your heart. L.M.
I think you’re brilliant! You have so much to offer…Enjoy the unfolding for yourself and let that beautiful voice express itself! L.C.
You certainly jump right in... it will be interesting to see what your power brings, and how you continue to focus it. I like what you wrote. R.S.
I visited your blog. Tell me is wyrd relating to Word? The concept of healing is eye opening. Is that how the word Shalom relates to nothing missing or nothing broken?
Congrats on the new expression. L.G.
Very cool. Jacke, very cool! H.C.
Great job!!! Writing is good for the soul.Look forward to seeing more great things from you. H.S.
A fine start indeed! D.L.
Great start on the blog Jacke! Inspiring! Your photos are just great. You are so cute. K.C.
It's awesome!! I've already learned more about you (some of the trainings you've done, etc.)... And you're a great writer; I look forward to more! And the page, the colors, etc. look good too. I can't think of anything else to add at this time. Yep... looks good! Congratulations for this beginning! E.T.
Very impressive, Ms. Jacke! K.H.
Okay...
Just read it and yes, you step out of the ancient world and right into into the future. What I mean by that is that I read a prediction of the shape of the future of religion from a seer who writes online, (otherwise known as blogging) who said that religion in the future will be mostly shamanic for humanity but not like what shamanism is now. I can see that easily, especially considering how much trouble dogma is getting us into now and of course how the corporate collective has taken on a souless life of its own. Fab pics too, by the way! What a babe! You look great and sound right on it. I will keep up with your website and perhaps add something into it when I get some time to tap something out on the subject of the evolution of the corporate body. It certainly gives one something to think about.
Take care, and keep on blogging, clogging or snogging. Whichever. B.K.
wow, Jacke, your path has been long, deep, and wide. i've known you for nearly 20 years and learned even more about you. i bow to you as you continue to serve others...with love, M.
I enjoyed this…thanks for including me! A.L.
First of all, congratulations on your Blog. I now have a hard copy of the blog and am looking at your beautiful, smiley face! Of course, everything you have done and accomplished is equally beautiful as well. Incredible the amount of knowledge and experience that you bring to the table! J.E.
Since my first post in the wee hours of the morning on Sunday I've received numerous emails of support and encouragement, and phone calls for appointments. So...thought I'd share some as my way of Greeting the Divinity Within You All!! Thank you from all of the chambers of my heart.
Your blog is a gift! I’m going to read it as much as you write it. T. T.
Love what you’re doing. And you’re looking stunning, to boot! Would you send us an e-mail alert from time to time as a reminder to look at your postings? L.K.
I am way impressed by your blog. To read your words that speak your unique heart is to know you in a new way. You look radiant, so very present, and READY!(for something). D.
Read your blog. It is very impressive..even to a couple of hermits in the mountains. (*.*)
Love the pictures. It's amazing how they crammed all that into one little itty bitty being. Love, s.& E.
What a fabulous post. This is a great outreach mechanism.
I was struck by how YOUNG you look! I love your silver hair, and I think it just accentuates your beautiful skin. L.M.
may i just say how exquisite you look on your blog site!!!!!!! quite an impressive website! D.S.
This is just awesome!!! You are truly amazing and I totally enjoyed reading about all the incredible things you are doing. All I can say is WOW!!! M.G.
Jacke, I love your blog...you look gorgeous, vibrant, and your writing is wonderful... S.F.
Your blog is great! M.M.
I checked out the blog -- Go Jacke! M.C.
Yahoo! Keep following your heart. L.M.
I think you’re brilliant! You have so much to offer…Enjoy the unfolding for yourself and let that beautiful voice express itself! L.C.
You certainly jump right in... it will be interesting to see what your power brings, and how you continue to focus it. I like what you wrote. R.S.
I visited your blog. Tell me is wyrd relating to Word? The concept of healing is eye opening. Is that how the word Shalom relates to nothing missing or nothing broken?
Congrats on the new expression. L.G.
Very cool. Jacke, very cool! H.C.
Great job!!! Writing is good for the soul.Look forward to seeing more great things from you. H.S.
A fine start indeed! D.L.
Great start on the blog Jacke! Inspiring! Your photos are just great. You are so cute. K.C.
It's awesome!! I've already learned more about you (some of the trainings you've done, etc.)... And you're a great writer; I look forward to more! And the page, the colors, etc. look good too. I can't think of anything else to add at this time. Yep... looks good! Congratulations for this beginning! E.T.
Very impressive, Ms. Jacke! K.H.
Okay...
Just read it and yes, you step out of the ancient world and right into into the future. What I mean by that is that I read a prediction of the shape of the future of religion from a seer who writes online, (otherwise known as blogging) who said that religion in the future will be mostly shamanic for humanity but not like what shamanism is now. I can see that easily, especially considering how much trouble dogma is getting us into now and of course how the corporate collective has taken on a souless life of its own. Fab pics too, by the way! What a babe! You look great and sound right on it. I will keep up with your website and perhaps add something into it when I get some time to tap something out on the subject of the evolution of the corporate body. It certainly gives one something to think about.
Take care, and keep on blogging, clogging or snogging. Whichever. B.K.
wow, Jacke, your path has been long, deep, and wide. i've known you for nearly 20 years and learned even more about you. i bow to you as you continue to serve others...with love, M.
I enjoyed this…thanks for including me! A.L.
First of all, congratulations on your Blog. I now have a hard copy of the blog and am looking at your beautiful, smiley face! Of course, everything you have done and accomplished is equally beautiful as well. Incredible the amount of knowledge and experience that you bring to the table! J.E.
Sunday, June 17, 2007
Climbing my trellis.....
One motivation for me stepping onto the blogging path comes from this: I've learned that when I look at any one particular event or time in my life, or any one particular consultation meeting or healing session, the opportune wholeness, guidance, inherent lesson, growth and development, and joy is blocked….as if a veil or curtain is lingering blocking the light. But when I remove the curtain, the moment the curtain comes down and I bring into light several or many events, times, meetings or healing sessions all at the same time, when I gift myself with a macro view….Voila, Magic!
At my core I feel an urgency, a relentless and incessant yearning that my life cannot remain as it is. Something is "calling"; I’ve known this feeling before. And it refuses to give up on me; it is a relentless yearning that things should heal this very moment but like compost, in order for the nutrients to be available for nourishment to a seedling, the timing requires patience. I’m ready, the seedling that I am, to climb my trellis.
Healing is a funny word; it’s use has been over saturated to the point where it’s meaning sometimes is opaque. Here, my meaning of healing relates to what is described in the Kabbalah as the “shattering vessel.” Morning after morning after morning – like a string of real pearls, the kind that when I drag my teeth across them, I feel the sand they called home in their shells – I’ve been making my plea, as though unable to tolerate another moment without arriving. And when the days have come to their end, I demand again as though morning never passed. So to bring tikkun olam of my life, to gather the shards scattered throughout my widely cast net, I’m living on the verge of eternity ready to soar.
At my core I feel an urgency, a relentless and incessant yearning that my life cannot remain as it is. Something is "calling"; I’ve known this feeling before. And it refuses to give up on me; it is a relentless yearning that things should heal this very moment but like compost, in order for the nutrients to be available for nourishment to a seedling, the timing requires patience. I’m ready, the seedling that I am, to climb my trellis.
Healing is a funny word; it’s use has been over saturated to the point where it’s meaning sometimes is opaque. Here, my meaning of healing relates to what is described in the Kabbalah as the “shattering vessel.” Morning after morning after morning – like a string of real pearls, the kind that when I drag my teeth across them, I feel the sand they called home in their shells – I’ve been making my plea, as though unable to tolerate another moment without arriving. And when the days have come to their end, I demand again as though morning never passed. So to bring tikkun olam of my life, to gather the shards scattered throughout my widely cast net, I’m living on the verge of eternity ready to soar.
Business Consulting the Shamanic Way
For thousands of years very powerful and proven processes have been used for general counsel, organizational empowerment, finding solutions to problems and healing.
As allies in their work, shamanic practitioners rely on teachers and power animals from the realms to which they “journey”. By journeying to these intelligent and compassionate helpers, a shamanic consultant becomes the conduit through which guiding messages and spirit are transmitted to the client.
I act as that conduit and apply these practices to professional and personal issues with business owners, executives and leadership teams. With over 30 years amassed in both for-profit and non-profit businesses and organizations, and as a successful business owner and non-profit Executive Director myself, I have vast experience of what it takes to meet the overall and day-to-day challenges faced by Executives and small business owners.
Services Provided
*Assessment and Decision-Making
*Maximizing Revenues
*Problem Solving
*Staffing Decisions and Employee Selection
*Strategic Planning
*Managing Growth and Change
*Mergers and Collaborations
*Mediation – Staff, Collaboratives
*Keynote Speeches
Testimonials:
“Jacke Schroeder is masterful at applying the time proven wisdoms and processes of indigenous peoples to modern business and organizational problems. In her work with me and the processes she has used yielded insights and actions that simply would not have been suggested by either my formal business training as an MBA or years of experience as an entrepreneur. Working with her is like having a special board of advisors comprised of elders and seers.”
~Richard Whiteley, CEO The Whiteley Group; Author, “The Customer Driven Company”
“I wasn’t sure about using this kind of service since it’s a new way, but I did it and it was amazing! I used Jacke's corporate shamanism services for four sessions to examine each of three choices. The clarity she brought our decision making was remarkable. Jacke's skills, intuition and sense of true purpose made our decision easy. The company's revenues have increased by 50% and my confidence in the chosen direction has brought great comfort. I would recommend Jacke's services to any business that faces difficult challenges and choices, or is just looking to grow.”
~Ed Zimmerman, SuccessFoods Marketing, Inc.
As allies in their work, shamanic practitioners rely on teachers and power animals from the realms to which they “journey”. By journeying to these intelligent and compassionate helpers, a shamanic consultant becomes the conduit through which guiding messages and spirit are transmitted to the client.
I act as that conduit and apply these practices to professional and personal issues with business owners, executives and leadership teams. With over 30 years amassed in both for-profit and non-profit businesses and organizations, and as a successful business owner and non-profit Executive Director myself, I have vast experience of what it takes to meet the overall and day-to-day challenges faced by Executives and small business owners.
Services Provided
*Assessment and Decision-Making
*Maximizing Revenues
*Problem Solving
*Staffing Decisions and Employee Selection
*Strategic Planning
*Managing Growth and Change
*Mergers and Collaborations
*Mediation – Staff, Collaboratives
*Keynote Speeches
Testimonials:
“Jacke Schroeder is masterful at applying the time proven wisdoms and processes of indigenous peoples to modern business and organizational problems. In her work with me and the processes she has used yielded insights and actions that simply would not have been suggested by either my formal business training as an MBA or years of experience as an entrepreneur. Working with her is like having a special board of advisors comprised of elders and seers.”
~Richard Whiteley, CEO The Whiteley Group; Author, “The Customer Driven Company”
“I wasn’t sure about using this kind of service since it’s a new way, but I did it and it was amazing! I used Jacke's corporate shamanism services for four sessions to examine each of three choices. The clarity she brought our decision making was remarkable. Jacke's skills, intuition and sense of true purpose made our decision easy. The company's revenues have increased by 50% and my confidence in the chosen direction has brought great comfort. I would recommend Jacke's services to any business that faces difficult challenges and choices, or is just looking to grow.”
~Ed Zimmerman, SuccessFoods Marketing, Inc.
My Introduction and First Post
Greetings,
This is my first post and at 53 this mode of communication is new for me so please be patient as I learn the process and etiquette of blogging. I have a psychiatrist friend who says "Jacke, you cast a wide net". I'm at the point where I need to bring greater focus to all that I create and share and I'm feeling the compulsion to bring voice to my journey....my life is worth being witnessed...and I'm told that my stories are inspirational and motivating. I want to share with you the contents within my net in hopes that it will help bring transformation and joy to you and our world.
I'm curious about what it is that's really wanting to be spoken so here we go!
I'll begin by telling you some about me. I guess we can call it a sort of Bio.
For over 30 years I've been meditating, and studying and practicing a wide variety of healing modalities with the intent of assisting people of all ages to improve the quality of their lives and live fully. I have received 3 meditation initiations over the course of these years beginning with Transcendental Meditation. I later lived with Baba Muktananda and was initiated into Siddha Yoga by him. Lastly with Sant Rajinder Singh in the Science of Spirituality meditating on light and sound.
I have a Masters degree in Administration and in Clinical Social Work and I’m licensed in both Oregon and Maryland as an LCSW-C. I operate a private healing practice incorporating a variety of conventional and unconventional healing methods both in person and by telephone. I provide counseling, healing and empowerment to individuals, couples, groups, mothers & daughters and business Executives. One special group work I facilitate is focused on healing sexuality. The group is called Our Sacred Selves: Weaving Our Sexual Stories. It is a process for writing your sexual story. My favorite healing methods include shamanism, PSYCH-K and Samyama. I am about to learn Matrix Energetics in July in San Francisco with Dr. Richard Bartlett and I am currently a student in a 2-year Wheel of Life course of study with Betsy Bergstrom, renowned for teaching depossession healing and mediumship.
My shamans are from the traditions of Core Shamanism, Judaism, Cherokee, the Divine Feminine, Yaqui, Ecuadorian Shuar and African Dagara. My Beloved teachers include Sheila Foster, Rabbi Gershon Winkler, Ravi Miriam Maron, Rabbi Ruth Gan Kagan, Ed Rothwell, Malidoma Patrice Some’, Peem Arcos, Lench Archuletta, Lenore Norrgard, Christina Pratt, Betsy Bergstrom, Richard Whiteley and Frank Coppieters.
Also, I am Principal and operate "Ma’at Associates: bringing light, wisdom and continuing education to mental health professionals and interested others”. I offer courses and workshops that qualify for CEs for MFT’s and LCSW;s as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. I am certified through California as a continuing education provider. I also serve as a member of the continuing education committee for the National Association of Social Workers Oregon Chapter.
Lastly, I serve as a corporate shaman for bringing Executives’ business to life. Using shamanic practices I consult in person and by telephone with small businesses, non-profits and corporations throughout the country to make better and more informed decisions in all aspects of business, from assessment and planning to decision-making, staffing, execution and evaluation. My corporate shamanic practice is highlighted in Barbara Stanny’s latest book and fabulous new anthology, Breaking Through: Getting Past the Stuck Points in Your Life.
So let me know any thoughts or impressions that occur to you and oh, I would be honored to provide my services to any of you who feel drawn or called. Don’t hesitate to contact me and let’s discuss how I can help. I'm excited to hear from you...
'Til then ~ Love and Blessings
Jacke
"Bringing Your Business To Life"
This is my first post and at 53 this mode of communication is new for me so please be patient as I learn the process and etiquette of blogging. I have a psychiatrist friend who says "Jacke, you cast a wide net". I'm at the point where I need to bring greater focus to all that I create and share and I'm feeling the compulsion to bring voice to my journey....my life is worth being witnessed...and I'm told that my stories are inspirational and motivating. I want to share with you the contents within my net in hopes that it will help bring transformation and joy to you and our world.
I'm curious about what it is that's really wanting to be spoken so here we go!
I'll begin by telling you some about me. I guess we can call it a sort of Bio.
For over 30 years I've been meditating, and studying and practicing a wide variety of healing modalities with the intent of assisting people of all ages to improve the quality of their lives and live fully. I have received 3 meditation initiations over the course of these years beginning with Transcendental Meditation. I later lived with Baba Muktananda and was initiated into Siddha Yoga by him. Lastly with Sant Rajinder Singh in the Science of Spirituality meditating on light and sound.
I have a Masters degree in Administration and in Clinical Social Work and I’m licensed in both Oregon and Maryland as an LCSW-C. I operate a private healing practice incorporating a variety of conventional and unconventional healing methods both in person and by telephone. I provide counseling, healing and empowerment to individuals, couples, groups, mothers & daughters and business Executives. One special group work I facilitate is focused on healing sexuality. The group is called Our Sacred Selves: Weaving Our Sexual Stories. It is a process for writing your sexual story. My favorite healing methods include shamanism, PSYCH-K and Samyama. I am about to learn Matrix Energetics in July in San Francisco with Dr. Richard Bartlett and I am currently a student in a 2-year Wheel of Life course of study with Betsy Bergstrom, renowned for teaching depossession healing and mediumship.
My shamans are from the traditions of Core Shamanism, Judaism, Cherokee, the Divine Feminine, Yaqui, Ecuadorian Shuar and African Dagara. My Beloved teachers include Sheila Foster, Rabbi Gershon Winkler, Ravi Miriam Maron, Rabbi Ruth Gan Kagan, Ed Rothwell, Malidoma Patrice Some’, Peem Arcos, Lench Archuletta, Lenore Norrgard, Christina Pratt, Betsy Bergstrom, Richard Whiteley and Frank Coppieters.
Also, I am Principal and operate "Ma’at Associates: bringing light, wisdom and continuing education to mental health professionals and interested others”. I offer courses and workshops that qualify for CEs for MFT’s and LCSW;s as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. I am certified through California as a continuing education provider. I also serve as a member of the continuing education committee for the National Association of Social Workers Oregon Chapter.
Lastly, I serve as a corporate shaman for bringing Executives’ business to life. Using shamanic practices I consult in person and by telephone with small businesses, non-profits and corporations throughout the country to make better and more informed decisions in all aspects of business, from assessment and planning to decision-making, staffing, execution and evaluation. My corporate shamanic practice is highlighted in Barbara Stanny’s latest book and fabulous new anthology, Breaking Through: Getting Past the Stuck Points in Your Life.
So let me know any thoughts or impressions that occur to you and oh, I would be honored to provide my services to any of you who feel drawn or called. Don’t hesitate to contact me and let’s discuss how I can help. I'm excited to hear from you...
'Til then ~ Love and Blessings
Jacke
"Bringing Your Business To Life"
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