Drifting boatsIn a world where McDonalds and Coca Cola are the new Idols and “instant”, “ no effort” and “I” has become our daily mantras, many people have lost the helm of their lives and areslowly but surely sinking their little boats against the sharp edges of the storms of life.They struggle to keep their heads up and reach out to others so they can be saved by them.Others resign and disappear forever below the waves of agony in the vast ocean of despair,hatred, negativity and envy.Few boats are capable of saving these people. In fact, some of these boats are just notstrong enough to handle the extra weight and get pulled down as well. Think about thefamilies destroyed because a family member was a drug addict. Other boats will take youon board but after a while, only to kick you back out into the ocean. These are the so calledfriends who are only there when they need you. Be aware of the “black ships”, those whoclaim to save you, so that when you get closer they will push you down and kill all hoperemaining in you. These are the cult leaders and terrorists who promise you heaven if yougive up your life for them and so on.This is our modern society and its inhabitants. The more people and boats that sink themore waves and reefs are made and the more difficult it becomes for us to keep our littleboats floating, not to mention staying on the right course. Modern society is constantlybombarding us with advertisements of how to enhance and boost our primordial instincts butnever any attention is given to who we are, where we come from and why we are here.In the old days, thousands of years ago when we still lived in tribes, the people were guidedin spiritual, mental and social affairs by the spiritual leader of the community. He wasconsulted every time people lost their hopes, their illusions and dreams. This was thenatural way of things. The spiritual leader, known to us as a shaman, medicine man or thelike, had a very important task to fulfill which also carried a serious responsibility. He wasthe one solely responsible for the well being of his tribe. He did this through interpreting andexplaining the will and nature of Spirit which he found by reading the signs of nature.Whether his explanations make sense to our western minds- and way of thinking is notrelevant. Algebra doesn’t make sense to me but it seems to be useful.The importance of these messages from the spirit world was to be found in the fact that theygave people something to believe in. It was like medicine and food for their souls. Theirhopes and believes gave them a clear course in which to steer, a mission and a goal in theirlives. The spiritual nature of these messages and their lives based on them, made peoplemore connected to themselves and the world around them. This made them think even moreabout their place in this world, where they came from, what was the reason for them beinghere and where they had to go to.In their search for answers to these questions they reflected upon the nature around themand came to understand that they were part of nature and had to play out their role in it.Through spiritual guidance and revelations they came to understand why they were here andwhere they came from. This connection with the spirit world was very important for themand kept them from falling into extremes. The American Indians are a very good example of this connection between the tribe and the spiritual world.-“Wait a second”, I hear you say.- “There is no such thing as a spiritual world”.- “I never saw , touched or heard a spirit in my life and now you tell me there is a spiritual