How to teach a thing that can’t be demonstrated or in shown in any fashion. There is only doing, sharing, and encouraging. A shaman has the challenging task of trying to guide and direct the novice to the higher planes, similar to dream work.
There are no right or wrongs, just your way of divining or intuiting and that is determined by you as you learn the ropes and decode your personal symbols. One book doesn’t cover it, nor does one method. NO method or book includes the unique specifics of your personal program. Learning from others is a great way to add potentials and identify quirks but the bulk of your learning is done alone and in process.
The goal – to understand and learn how all that we do is carried over to the dream plane and from there we can shift the manifest plane. Explanation? No. Just speaking from experience. There is no logical way to present it or to define how it works other than to say you learn by connecting the dots. And, as with everything else in life, the ability changes given the energetic state of awareness. Too much definition stifles creative ability.
Where to start? Learn how to wake your self in your dream and then determine what – in that dream – you would like to explore. It’s a start. Why bother? When you discover the connection and how much control you really do have in an altered state, that learning and awareness creates a new sense of freedom and release in the day to day interactions of the manifest plane. Life and Dreams do not have to run on autopilot.
Dreams pass into the reality of action. From the actions stems the dream again; and this interdependence produces the highest form of living.
Anais Nin
Conscious Living & Wendy's Coffeehouse 