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| '''The Way of the Hollow Bone''' is a Native American [[Path of Connection]] that uses intent and [[Shamanic Drumming]] to induce a [[Trance Event]] that allows healing and teaching to flow from [[The Fabric]]. | | '''The Way of the Hollow Bone''' is a Native American [[Connectin Practice]]. It is a method used to open a [[Trance Connection]] to [[The Fabric of Consciousness]]. |
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| ==List of Connection Paths== | | ==List of Connection Techniques== |
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| Once connected via trance, information may be received that may facilitate healing and stronger connection. As "venerated, late Native American Holy Man Frank Fools Crow taught...'We are called to become hollow bones for our people, and anyone else we can help, and we are not supposed to seek power for our personal use and honor. What we bones really become is the pipeline that connects [[Wakan Tanka]] [whom we could call Great Mystery, God or the Tao], the Helpers and the community together.<Ref>Fools Crow quoted by Drake, Michael. "Drumming the Hollow Bone." Sacred Hoop Magazine 2012.</ref>
| | Michael Drake presents drumming as a practice capable of inducing a "transcendent state of unity consciousness" where one becomes a [[Hollow Bone]], an individual who has or can enter a trance state "without their personal ego. This non-ego hollowness makes a way for Spirit to use them as a healing tool. In this way, the shaman is a channel for higher consciousness."<ref>Drake, Michael. "Drumming the Hollow Bone." Sacred Hoop Magazine 2012.</ref> |
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| ===Becoming a Hollow Bone===
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| The following is the [[Connection Practice]] used to become a hollow bone, i.e. to facilitate a [[Trance Event]] or [[Trance Connection]]. Note the statement of intent (the intent to remove blockages, the intent to be a 'hollow bone' to enable one to become a pure channel for [[The Fabric]]. Notice also that "clean" may be a reference to healed. The healthier one is, the better the connection and the more "energy" one can handle.
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| <blockquote class="quotation">To become a hollow bone, try the exercise below. To perform the exercise, you will ideally need a drum, or at least a shamanic drumming recording. If you do not have a drum, simply improvise one from available materials; try tapping on an overturned plastic container with a spoon - the larger the container: the deeper the sound. A five-gallon bucket, for example, makes an excellent improvised drum. Read through the exercise first to familiarize yourself with the process.
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| Dim the lights and sit comfortably erect in a chair or on the floor. Close your eyes and breathe slowly and deeply seven times. Let your abdomen rise and fall as you breathe. Focus on the breath as it enters your nose and fills your lungs, and then gently exhale any tension you might feel, clearing the energy channels of your body.
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| When you are fully relaxed, ask the 'Higher Powers' to remove any blockages that prevent you from functioning as a hollow bone. Repeat the affirmation, "I choose to be a clean, hollow bone." Visualize yourself as a hollow bone or tube that is all shiny on the inside and empty. The cleaner the bone, the more energy you can channel through it, and the faster it will flow.
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| The next step is to enter a trance state. Begin drumming a steady, metronome-like pattern at a tempo of about three to four beats per second (or listen to your shamanic drumming recording). Focus your attention on the sound of the drum, thereby stilling the chatter in your mind. Allow the drum to empty you - become one with the drum.
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| As you drum, imagine the unifying spirit of the divine source flowing through you. Visualize a spiral of energy descending from the heavens above, entering your hollow bone and traveling down into the earth. You may feel it, see it, sense it, or simply imagine it. As you focus on it, it will occur, for energy and life force follow thought. Allow spirit to flow into and embody you so that the speed and rhythm of your playing come under its control.
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| As the drum meditation evolves, you will become more ecstatic and spirit will perhaps create new rhythms. You are now moving into a higher state of universal consciousness and developing a new shamanic skill. At the higher levels, a healer becomes adept at detaching all sense of self, fully present in the moment, as a hollow bone or living conduit for healing energy to move through.
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| When it feels appropriate, gradually slow the tempo of your drumming to draw your consciousness back into your body. Do not rush the transformation. Visualize yourself fully grounded in your body, and then slowly open your eyes. Once you have returned to ordinary reality, end your drum meditation with four strong beats to signal that the sacred time of focus is ended (If you are listening to a shamanic drumming recording, most recordings have a similar call back signal near the end of the track). Sit quietly for a few moments, and then open your eyes.<ref>Drake, Michael. "Drumming the Hollow Bone." Sacred Hoop Magazine 2012.</ref>
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| | Michael Drake suggests a tempo of three to four beats per second. "Focus your attention on the sound of the drum, thereby stilling the chatter in your mind. Allow the drum to empty you - become one with the drum."<ref>Drake, Michael. "Drumming the Hollow Bone." Sacred Hoop Magazine 2012.</ref> |
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| | Shamanic drumming facilitates [[Channeling]], specifically [[Trance Channeling]], a disconnected form of [[Intramonadic Communication]]. There is absolutely nothing wrong with this, but the long term goal is not [[Trance Connection]] but [[Perfected Connection]]. |
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| | [https://shamanicdrumming.com/drumming-the-hollow-bone.html Drumming the Hollow Bone] |
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The Way of the Hollow Bone is a Native American Connectin Practice. It is a method used to open a Trance Connection to The Fabric of Consciousness.
List of Connection Techniques
Connection Technique > Affirmation, Affirmation of Connection, Autogenic Training, Biofeedback, Bornless Ritual, Breathing, Caloric Reduction, Cocooning, Connection Visualization, Dance, Deprivation, Detachment, Dhikr, Drumming, Fasting, Flow Control, Flow Purification, Graduation Invocation, Holotropic Breathwork, Hypnotism, Hypoventilation, Intent, Intent to Connect, Japam, Mantra, Meditation, Mindfulness, Musical Audition, Mysticism of the Historical Event, Poetry, Power Quest, Receptive Seeking, Relaxation, Sensory Deprivation, Spirit Canoe, The Method of the Lamp, The Way of the Hollow Bone, Thought Control, Vajra Breath, Vision Quest, Visualization, Writing, Zazen
List of Connection Practices
Connection Practice >
Notes
Michael Drake presents drumming as a practice capable of inducing a "transcendent state of unity consciousness" where one becomes a Hollow Bone, an individual who has or can enter a trance state "without their personal ego. This non-ego hollowness makes a way for Spirit to use them as a healing tool. In this way, the shaman is a channel for higher consciousness."[1]
Michael Drake suggests a tempo of three to four beats per second. "Focus your attention on the sound of the drum, thereby stilling the chatter in your mind. Allow the drum to empty you - become one with the drum."[2]
Shamanic drumming facilitates Channeling, specifically Trance Channeling, a disconnected form of Intramonadic Communication. There is absolutely nothing wrong with this, but the long term goal is not Trance Connection but Perfected Connection.
Further Reading
Drumming the Hollow Bone
- ↑ Drake, Michael. "Drumming the Hollow Bone." Sacred Hoop Magazine 2012.
- ↑ Drake, Michael. "Drumming the Hollow Bone." Sacred Hoop Magazine 2012.
