Astral travel itself has the advantage that a person receives a lot of positive energy there, and the chakras are also charged with energy. This also has a great advantage in reducing suffering – our life is projected by the chakras, and the cleaner they are, the less suffering a person has, so it is something very practical. (If a person has completely clean chakras, they have no suffering at all).
But it's not all about leaving the body. Another very difficult task is the ability to know how to orient oneself in other worlds and dimensions, to know how to move around there at all. Allegedly, it is quite difficult. It is also a great art to move in this world itself on planet Earth, it is more difficult than moving in the astral world, where it pushes a person like a bubble above the water surface, it pushes them into higher worlds.
Only shamans, or people who have completed the entire shamanic training , can fully control AC. This training is extremely difficult and demanding and lasts 10-15 years. It can be done, for example, in Peru, where the most important shamans on this planet are located.
Of course, nowadays, few people are motivated to work on themselves more, today people desire nothing but pleasure (this is called hedonism) and few people want to work on themselves with great effort and toil for spiritual growth even in the form of learning to control AC, learning to communicate and communicate as much as possible with the highest "angelic" beings, which in South America are called "apu" and so on. (This is also part of shamanic training.)
Even a top athlete who wants to be successful must work hard to achieve a medal or at least finish in a good position. Similarly, it is necessary to work on mastering AC as best as possible.
In the case of healing, these apu beings send very strong and high energy directly from the Absolute to the shaman .
It is also possible to contact extraterrestrial civilizations telepathically, which shamans are very good at.
More experienced shamans can do many supernatural things, such as
-materialization and dematerialization (materialization or dematerialization) of objects
-breatharianism (no need to eat food)
-bilocation (being physically present in two places in this material world)
-teleportation (moving a physical body from one place to another within a fraction of a second in this physical world)
-the ability to travel to the past and to be and materialize in a situation several thousand years ago
– and of course, also the treatment of terminally ill people, even the most difficult cases, within a very short time, let's say 10 minutes.
The very best shamans who were here a few years ago (they are no longer on this planet) can allegedly heal just by touch.
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By treating diseases, they can significantly relieve human suffering.
Also, shamans themselves have such clean chakras that they are able to see auras, see in detail the activity of the chakras and the extent of their pollution. In a relatively short time , shamans can partially cleanse the chakras of a given person, or remove certain negative "codes" and "programs" from the chakras that bind and limit a person and cause them suffering.
Shamans can significantly reduce the suffering of a given person in their life. And it is very important and very practical to help people in this way.
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" Shamans can also auto-initiate."
Yes, I can agree with that in many ways. Of course, from what I've heard, there are many teaching beings in the astral dimensions, and beings who are very willing and able to help a person with their spiritual growth.
And if a person is really sincere and serious about their spiritual growth and wants to work on themselves even with great hardship, I believe that they can become a shaman even without the help of another shaman.
On the other hand, a living shaman on this planet also seems to have certain advantages compared to teaching beings.
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It is not important to try to be like some great shamans, for example by imitating their culture and being great…
It is better to be a person of healthy "peasant" common sense than some ornamental, overly spiritual, artificially positive snob.
It's useless to be some kind of comic book superhero and savior of people.
It can also be a person suffering from their own importance, arrogance and a "strong" ego (psychiatry also has its own term for this, e.g. "delusion of megalomania" https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blud )
Falsely "spiritualized" or falsely "spiritual" people can often be all sorts of embarrassing exhibitionists who need to draw attention to themselves.
I have heard that some people who believe they are enlightened show off and draw attention to themselves with torn, ragged clothes.
On the contrary, I have heard that people who are truly spiritually advanced are very modest, withdrawn, never draw attention to themselves, and in no way allow themselves to be worshipped (as is typical of Indian gurus), etc.
Amazonian and Andean shamans are also known for their great humility. If someone tries to admire or worship these shamans, they will shower the person with black humor and sarcastic remarks to discourage them from worshiping.
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The Benefits of Astral Travel
The main advantage of AC is that it strengthens the body very strongly and gives it energy. So you will not have any diseases.
Overall, AC increases the vibrations of your consciousness, moving it closer to the Absolute, which in practice means that you will have fewer complications, worries, suffering, fewer limitations and more freedom in life. You should be more successful in all areas of life.
Living on planet Earth also means experiencing an extreme amount of suffering, worries, and troubles for every person without exception – you will not avoid suffering (in the broadest sense), especially in old age (think about the future). But if you master AC, you will not have suffering, complications, or limitations, and you will be successful in life. You will only be accompanied by positive "coincidences," and you will simply avoid negative "coincidences" and complications in the fate of your life.
On the contrary, if a person suffers or is sick, they feed evil – they feed and strengthen demonic beings.
Of course, religion also teaches people to suffer and to seek suffering (to follow the cross of Christ) – religion is perverse. We must do the opposite of what religion does – avoid suffering in every possible way.
Suffering is a broad concept, it includes everything negative in our unconscious, e.g. disharmony in interpersonal relationships, bad mood, etc. …