SELF-MASTERY, POWER, & JOY, these are the topics Caroline will discuss today. Self-mastery is important for all people who want to evolve into better people, but it is especially important for a Shaman. It is imperative in doing Shamanic Journey Work that the Shaman be able to get their mind, their ego, and their Self out of the way so that they are truly a hollow reed open to receive what the spirits are showing them without imposing their viewpoint, perspective, or rationalization on it. We have to empty our cup of all our issues, expectations, and limited knowledge, in order to clearly interpret what we are being shown. Mastery and Power are linked by the authority that they each convey. Power, among indigenous peoples, was not about money and fame, it was about personal original medicine that empowered an individual to become all that they came here to be. And the manifestation of original medicine or power results in an abounding Joy in being alive, in being part of this grand creation and the Oneness with all that is. The Way of the Shaman is truly a path to self-mastery, power, and joy!