What  Southern African and other Indigenous Wisdoms 

have to Offer the West # 4

Its all very well looking at the extraordinary paranormal abilities of the San, the sangomas and other indigenous peoples but how can that apply to us? We should have our own proclivities for the paranormal and must identify our own strengths. We cannot expect to duplicate what they have experienced. Below are some of those more commonly described. We each may only have one or two of these depending on our inherent nature and that potential. I wasted a lot of time in my early years trying to replicate the experiences described in yoga texts and elsewhere. The Ancestors say; "you are to find the ones meant for you ..."

Synchronicity

We are all able to experience synchronicity when we are attuned to some inner or spiritual pursuit. This is the phenomenon where an outer event coincides with an inner event and it is not coincidental. For instance you are thinking of a college friend that you have not seen or contacted in years and synchronously the phone rings and its him/her on the line. In some way when this happens we are picking up on the intention of the call with that thought of the person. The thought is connected with a certain energy arising from the Field. As our spiritual practice deepens these events become more common.

Superfluidity 

Superfluidity is a state of mind or spirit where things are unravelling perfectly in accord with the universe. A musician has a faultless recital which just "flows." A surgeons feels that some sort of divine intervention has intervened during a challenging surgical procedure which unfolds effortlessly. This has also being called being in the zone.

Power Animals

Having an encounter with a "power animal" may occur because your guides are manipulating an animal to empower you or send you a message - say a humming bird that circles around your head and then hovers while facing you. Usually the animal concerned is not behaving normally.  These type of encounters are also not coincidental.

Coherence

This is commonly experienced in group meditations where the sum of the parts of the meditators is greater than the whole and the meditation for each individual is more propound than it would have been meditating on their own. There are many other examples of coherence. Indigenous healing rituals usually occur when many people are present creating coherence and more power.

Dreams scripted by your guides to instruct or warn.

"Truth bumps" when truth that has been expounded that creates piloerection sometimes also sending shivers up the spine. On occasion this can also cause one to tear up.

Music

Experiencing a particular genre of music that makes you come alive. I believe this may be an indication of a past life that enhances the profound feeling. The music is familiar to your soul essence.

More advanced levels of expertise

The Oneness Experience or Unity Consciousness 

In Yoga - the Knower, the Known and the Experience of Knowing fuse and become one thing. You may be looking at a rainbow: The Knower - that's you, the rainbow - the Known - and in the process of the experience you become the rainbow. 

Maslow described this as a Peak Experience.

These phenomena are not rare but sadly we often trivialize them, rationalize them away or forget them or others invalidate them for us. They are sacred and only to be shared with the right kind of person.

In its more sophisticated manifestation it is called Unity Consciousness or the Oneness Experience in Eastern traditions and Union or Unity with the Divine in Kabbalah. 

Other more advanced levels of expertise

Telepathy, Precognition, the three "Clairs" - Clair-voyence (seeing what seeing eyes cannot,) Clair-audience (hearing what hearing ears cannot hear,) Clair-sentience (feeling what the five senses cannot feel,) distant viewing, diagnosis or healing, and telekinesis.

Many scientists refuse to concede that such phenomena are real. Hence they try and find names that sound profound but essentially confirm that they do not know what the hell is going on. Neither do we but we do not pretend that we do but rather acknowledge how useful and even life saving these blessings can be. Here are some of these terms. Medical Intuitive, Remote Viewing, Energy Medicine, Physiological Arousal, Cathartic Conversion Experience, Distant Mental Influence on biological systems…

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The San dancer travels out of body to glean non-local information from the Field which can help the clan. S/He also may learn who among them needs healing. The other dancers help those to come out of trance and back into their bodies. In this video (shot by myself in the Kalahari in 2000) several of the clan tranced. One of them finds the person who needs healing, putting "Num" into her - the same magical energy that enabled them to trance. The San are known for their renowned healing abilities. The dance can go on all night and is a more extreme example of Coherence facilitated by the clan - it takes a village.

                    San Bushmen Out of Body Spirit Healing Trance Dance