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You
Are All Artists and Healers!...
Perhaps
not in the narrow sense that we usually assign to these words,
but in the sense that as we learn to reconnect with our own beauty
and healing power, we become the artistic “canvas”
upon which the Great Spirit is able to paint and express, in ways
that we cannot now imagine.
As
we give ourselves permission to just “come out
and play” in childlike freedom, we set into motion creative
streams of energetic thought forms that give power and velocity
to our intentions. And as we embrace and give voice to this power,
the “scripts” of our lives unfold in such a way that
we marvel at the “Great Author” behind it all.
Meet
your “Inner Shaman.”
Learn the language of subtle mysteries
This site is for those who are awakening into the dance and dialog
of their creative Selves—the Inner Shaman. It is for those
who are learning the language of the subtle mysteries all around
in nature and in the open heart. It is also about the play of
energies that show up in ways that inspire as well as confound
us.
Whether
you are an artist, musician, writer, or perhaps a banker, homemaker,
student, or accountant, this site will help you reconnect with
your “Inner Shaman,” the creative source of all beauty,
whether in music, painting, writing, or in the uniquely expressive
way that you are as yet to discover for yourself.
My
name is Bruce Manaka, author of “Flights of a Runaway Monk.”
I lived for 19 years in a monastery seeking truth through
meditation and inner seeking. In July of 2001, shortly before
the horrors of 9/11, I left the “safety” of the monastery,
driving out into a world I had little understanding of. The book
describes the difficult process of leaving behind a lifestyle
and belief system that I was a part of for almost two decades.
It also describes how I learned to connect and dialog with the
guidance (the Inner Shaman) that lovingly and powerfully made
its presence known.
As
I learned to trust what I was being shown, I came to understand
the importance of the energy component in creativity as well as
in my own health issues. When I gave myself permission to deeply
feel and connect with the flow of energy within that seemed to
want to express outwardly, I found myself creating artistically
in ways I never dreamed possible. Some of my art and designs are
on this website, created after leaving the monastery, during some
of the most tumultuous moments of that time period.
Since leaving the monastery, I have married and relocated to Northern
California, where my wife, Patty, and I have been putting on special
sound healing events for groups. We use quartz
crystal singing bowls combined with my overtone chanting to create
dynamic vibratory environments that uplifts everyone present.
I also meet individually with those who request private sessions
(please see the testimonials).
Learning
to move energy for healing
As I allowed myself to express and give outward form to what wished
to be created, I also found my innate healing abilities magnified.
First of all, I was healed of chronic and debilitating bronchitis
that was getting worse and worse with each bout as the years flew
by. When I started to connect and dialog with the energy of bronchitis,
the amount of information and understanding that came to me was
astounding, allowing me to finally release compassionately the
stored-up energy blockages that kept me in a repeating loop of
frustration and illness. Here is an excerpt from my book that
describes a dialog that I had with the energy of “Bronchitis”:
“I
am your body’s way of getting you to give voice to who
you are. You have suppressed yourself to such a degree that
I am coughing you up bit by bit. The cough is a metaphor for
making yourself heard and taken note of. You even try to stifle
your cough. Have you noticed that you cough more during those
times you want most to be silent. You cough more during times
when those around you are more likely to be disturbed. You disturb
their peaceful sleep. You may not agree but I am a great blessing
to you. I will frustrate all your plans and bring you to a point
of such exhaustion that all you know will be your unending cough,
a constant reminder that will drive you to the point of deep
inner seeking. It is 3 a.m. and your body is racked with cough.
You cannot breathe because breathing means coughing, and so
you try not to breathe. I am a spitting dragon of fire that
is awake within. You hold back even in your coughing and so
you miss out in experiencing my serpent breath.
“But
I don’t wish to disturb my neighbors! Please explain serpent
breath.
“The
coughing is a violent reflex to expel something that is irritating
to the lungs. On a deeper level, there are irritations or emotional
issues to be resolved, mainly the issue of learning to love
and accept yourself and living the purpose of your life. Your
life purpose is not so much in doing as it is in being. It is
not about perfecting a craft, but rather an allowing of yourself
to just simply be. And who you are is infinite depth. You are
a submarine seeking to follow the deepest currents of the most
subtle thoughts and feelings.Why do you think it has always
been so difficult for you to figure out what you want to do
with your life? You have focused so much on an external job
description that you lost the opportunity and gift of just being
your true Self, which is infinite.” (page 38)
Uncover your unique gifts
It still seems quite strange and wonderful to me that even as
the healing of my throat and lung issues were being resolved,
and as I was learning to give voice and expression to what wished
to be born in my life, I found myself acquiring almost overnight
an unusual gift and ability to sing in overtones. Overtone singing
is an other-wordly way of singing two, three, four and more notes
at the same time! I have since used it to access deep levels of
meditation and also to move energy in my healing practice.
Awaken
the Artist/Healer within!
I want to share with you an incredibly simple and yet powerful
technique that propelled me along the path that my Inner Shaman
wished me to travel. My book is pretty much a product of having
used this technique, and one which I would recommend to anyone,
especially if they are feeling “stuck” in any aspect
of their lives. I will use an excerpt from my book that describes
this simple technique:
“The
process is quite simple and something that anyone can do. It
just requires an openness to the possibility that we hold within
ourselves a magnificence of light and love, that these energies
can manifest to us in ways beyond what we are now able to believe
or dream.
“Throughout
my time in the monastery, I would write in my journal. It was
an “on-again, off-again” practice and I found it
to be therapeutic in the sense that it helped me gain some insights
into my life. It wasn’t until I learned about dominant/non-dominant
writing that I started to get what seemed to be very important
and crucial information. I would write out questions to myself
with my dominant, left-brain controlled right hand and answer
with my non-dominant, right brain controlled left hand. I began
this practice after hearing about this technique from some outside
friends. It was also right about the time I was considering
the option of leaving the monastery. I desperately needed some
answers and adapted to this technique with startling ease. It
offered a way to get outside the habitual stream of the logical,
linear mind that wanted to keep me safe and secure in an ordered
environment. Through this technique I was able to access aspects
of my nature that up until then had very little opportunity
to express.” (page viii)
What you can learn for yourself and from this site
is that it doesn’t require living in a monastery to access
the deepest and most profound sources of wisdom and love. All
that is required is an openness of heart to the possibilities
that there are worlds upon worlds of creativity and inspiration
floating within us and that we have it within ourselves to experience
and express the beauty and wisdom that wishes to be born.
Embrace
the Universe of Infinite Creation!
Excerpts from “Flights of a Runaway Monk”
“Do
not allow the illusion of time to discourage you. Our help can
be instantaneous.We create changes in the blink of an eye. The
continuity of your present troubles exists because it is the
ongoing hypnosis you have chosen to remain in. You feel stuck
only when you allow yourself to dwell upon the nightmare of
unsolvable life riddles. The mind gets stuck in its own loop
of repeating patterns of fear and doubts. Energy is meant to
be free, to move and expand. How can energy be contained and
not cause harm of stagnation and rot? Your Source is infinite
energy. You were meant to be free and powerful. The bars you
have placed yourself behind are mere toothpicks. You only dream
they are made of unbreakable steel. You are meant to expand
in all directions. There are no boundaries! There is no “stuckness”
save in your own self-limiting thoughts. It is time to step
outside, spread your wings, expand your large Self and embrace
the Universe of infinite creation! (page 105)
“I’d like to create something that is beyond
the conventional ways of seeing and experiencing.
“Wake up to what is with you now! Do you think you are
limited or held back by lack of time or money, or distance between
what you believe to be your present mode of existence and your
dreams? If you believe you only have limited options then your
choices will reflect a life that expresses limitation. Broaden
the palette of your choices and watch the vibrant colors of
multiple dimensions open up to you. You are pushing on the doors
to the wide range of possibilities and will find infinite subtleties
of consciousness available to you. No need to live only in the
world of the physical senses. There is so much more available
to you. Can you feel on the inside what each position or posture
of the body conveys? Or what the environment is conveying from
the inside? Can you feel that the body is connected to a larger
range than what you are now able to feel? When you understand
this experientially, then you will see that the body and all
its seemingly different parts are energetic doorways to wider
ranges of consciousness. You will learn to create in ways far
beyond what you are now able to imagine. Breathe and be open
to the forces that are there right now.
“Recognize
those old friends that are making their presence known to you.
Can you feel that there are doors all around, that many paths
to learning can be taken everyday? Do not think yourself limited.
Follow the infinite number of trails to Beauty and Wisdom. The
time of learning is with you now; learning that comes to you
from deep within.
“Life
will bring more of the same when the mind remains in one narrow
avenue of thinking. Open up and fall to the core of your Being.
You are creating every moment of your existence by what you
do and don’t do. Not doing creates stagnation and overall
breakdown of the bodily instrument. Believe and act according
to the powers that you feel bubbling up from within. The time
is now! Do not wait for a better day! Do now what you know in
your heart you must do and manifest. Use the power of your thoughts.
Make use of what you already know. The intensity of each moment
can explode you forward in new and vibrant realms of knowledge
and adventure. It is all with you now. Ride upon the crest of
the wave that is building up within. It gains momentum when
you learn to focus and inwardly generate what wants to create.
The power within is ready to be unleashed. Do not let the opportunity
pass through your grasp. It intensifies the more you allow it
life and energy. It is power born through your prayers and inward
knocking. It is banging on the doors of your hard beliefs of
limitation and wishes to be let loose. Do not worry! Keep your
heart free of debilitating fear and allow your “beast”
to roam the spheres of your life. The beast is your own power
that is being guided to create and smash walls of limited thinking
and narrow beliefs. Do not hinder your own power!” (page
113)
If you have read thus far, thank you for your interest.
My intention for this site is to help individuals:
- Create
their Souls’ Masterpiece, in whatever areas the Universe
has gifted them with
- Connect
energetically with the very source of their creativity and innate
healing abilities
-
Meet their own “Inner Shaman” of infinite wisdom
-
Develop intuition and clarity of life direction
-
Learn to sense non-physical “realities”
-
Discover that we are all Artists/Healers
-
Learn about the healing powers of harmonics (overtones)
My book, “Flights of a Runaway Monk” is an outpouring
of my “Inner Shaman” or “Higher Self.”
Reading the book will give you a feel or insight into how you
are already connected with your own source of wisdom. Reading
the book may also give you glimpses into your own sphere of life
experiences, calling you to listen and create from the infinite
storehouse of your soul’s longing.
Purchase “Flights of a Runaway Monk” now at:
Amazon.com
There
are infinite ways and multiple dimensions of creativity
that we can access. Using breath and vocal overtones is a powerful
way to do this. You already produce vocal overtones! It's just
a matter of deep listening and focusing attention to magnify their
power.
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