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#respectthekoran – an appology from Sweden

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As a Swedish citizen, I want to express my most humblest apologies to the Muslim community for the burning of the Koran in my country. I would never do such a thing and neither would most Swedish people. I hope you can forgive us for not handling the group who are doing this in a better way.

I also strongly urge the Swedish government to apologize clearly and humbly, as well as to act firmly and swiftly to stop the small minority who are burning the Koran in our country.

It’s one thing to have a debate on religion and people are allowed to have their opinion. It’s a whole other thing to burn a book which is not only considered as holy, but is also a basis for the law of many countries. Imagine if a group in a country somewhere would burn the Swedish law book, Sveriges Rikes Lag. We would be equally upset and have the right to be so.

I want to express one thing, which might be difficult to hear for some people, with the hope of achieving a greater understanding for what is going on. It’s NOT an excuse for the act of burning the Koran! That is truly despicable.

But, I want to express that I do understand that some people feel threatened by the large group of new, Swedish citizens who are believers in Islam. It’s just human emotions. Sweden has experienced a large flow of refugees from the Muslim world in a very short time period. Integration and getting used to one another takes more time than we have had. Some people are feeling overrun etc, and I guess that this lies behind some of what it going on right now.

But the majority of Swedish people do not at all agree with the burning of the Koran. Many of us are also happy to welcome people from all over the world to our country, and doing our best to make our special situation work for everyone involved. I hope that our government takes responsibility and show this to the world, today! That we open a dialogue, as well with other countries as within our own. It’s obvious that we need it!

Becoming a shamana

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I have become a shamana. All of a sudden in January, my good friend and spiritual teacher A. told me that he now sees me that way. It felt like a great honor and touched me deeply.

My sense of myself has changed. My consciousness is constantly changing with it. And my inner child is extremely happy to finally have a title for what I’ve really, in a sense, been able to do all my life. At the same time, I am proud of 25 years of disciplined study and practice in shamanism and spirituality in general.

Lifelong practice

Actually, I have practiced much longer than that, ever since I came to this world at least… For example, as a child, I used to stare into a bright point or a candle until I disappeared into complete stillness and lost track of the world around me. Later in life, I learned that this is a well known meditation technique from Asia.

I was born in Stockholm, Sweden on the 11th of January in 1977. I have been what is called spiritual since then. A part of this has meant seeing and experiencing much love, compassion and beauty, but also an awareness of the pain and struggles of the world, in away which differs from that of most people.

Being a shaman or shamana

I can for example see and/or communicate with beings from other dimensions. Very early in life I also observed how even loving, amazing people around me abused and sometimes attacked one another energetically. I remember strongly how I as a young child promised never to act like that.

And now I am officially a shamana (a feminine shaman), authenticated by a respected teacher. I do not work with medicinal plants – I have other ways of sharing changes of coinscousness. I also have two diplomas in Reiki, knowledge of various forms of healing, Feng Shui, tantra, tarot, magic, witchcraft (good) and I love sharing wisdom and inspiration through transformative storytelling. Furthermore I developed a coaching method aimed at empowerment and specialized in organizational development using spiritual tools, amongst other things.

I’m actually really proud of myself and I look forward to sharing even more of my gifts with the world. Holding cermonies, giving sessions full of compassion, care and magic, organizing workshops. I have done this for years already, but I will focus even more on it now.

My inner child is so happy and content about this development. My entire being is. It’s a time for celebration!

Deep into holding a Cacao Ceremony at Gathering the Tribe
on the 6th of July this year. Photo by amazing Sofie Selling.

My deepest compassion for all touched by the Norway massacre

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In every moment since last Friday my heart goes out to the victims – survivors and deceased – of the Norway massacre and bomb attack, and I lack the words to express how deep my compassion with them, their families and their friends are.

My compassion with the perpetrator Anders also runs deep – such a lost person, so full of fear and hate, so alone.

To those who like Anders believe that people of other creeds and ideologies are hateful and dangerous, particularly to those who consider using violence to make their point or achieve their goals, I would like to say – I hope that this event has become a reason for you to think again.


Shall I not inform you of a better act than fasting, alms, and prayers?
Making peace between one another: enmity and malice tear up heavenly rewards by the roots.

Mohammed
http://www.twf.org/Sayings/Sayings4.html#Peacemaking

 

Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.
Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the sons of God.

Jesus
Matt 5:5-9, http://www.christiansforpeace.org/theo/quotes.html