I came across this picture that reads: "If you need something to post you can take anything from my page. We are one. There are no Stealing information. We're all in the same mission whats mine is yours."

So you can freely share things from my blog and it's always nice if someone shares. However, there are two people I wish would stop imitating me,.. one is a man I was with for a few months and he is not spiritual at all although he is interested in the paranormal. I have used the name Blue Lotus online and posted with that name and a picture of a blue lotus in many places, as well as my blog. That man somehow got an idea  to put a picture of a blue lotus on his Facebook profile, and when I noticed it, I asked him to remove it. It is weird  starting to be identified with my nickname and the blue lotus is a sacred thing so that even anyone who is not really interested in spirituality should use my pictures.

Another person who often mimics my posts is a woman who claims to be clairvoyant and a healer. He makes money with his activities, although it is questionable to accept money for spiritual matters. He is also egotistical and boosts his ego with these things and he posts a lot of 3D stuff on his facebook profile. He seems to be a beginner in spiritual matters and when he imitates me, you can see that he doesn't really have personal experience. Others have noticed the same.

You don't get a very balanced picture of these two people and they obvious mental health problems they have come to mind. What comes to mind is  a borderline personality where the diagnosis is that life is lived through other people's experiences and one does not take responsibility for anything. It's a personality disorder and it can't be cured with medication because it's about personality.

So others are free to share my stuff and I have seen them shared.

I will add here the position of the Lakota Indians about spiritual imitation and the use of money in spirituality:

Lakota Declare War Against “Shamans” & “Plastics”

http://www.thepeoplespaths.net/articles/ladecwar.htm

At the Lakota Summit V, an international gathering of US and Canadian Lakota, Dakota and Nakota Nations, about 500 representatives from 40 different tribes and bands of the Lakota unanimously passed a “Declaration of War Against Exploiters of Lakota Spirituality.” The following declaration was unanimously passed on June 10, 1993.

Declaration of War Against

Exploiters of Lakota Spirituality

Whereas we are conveners of an ongoing series of comprehensive forums on the abuse and exploitation of Lakota spirituality; and

Whereas we represent the recognized Lakota leaders, traditional elders, and grassroots advocates of the Lakota people; and

Whereas for too long we have suffered the unspeakable indignity of having our most precious Lakota ceremonies and spiritual practices desecrated, mocked and abused by non-Indian “wannabes”, hucksters, cultists, commercial profiteers and self-styled “New Age shamans” and their followers; and

Whereas with horror and outrage we see this disgraceful expropriation of our sacred Lakota traditions has reached epidemic proportions in urban areas throughout the country; and

Whereas our Sacred Pipe is being desecrated through the sale of pipestone pipes at flea markets, powwows and “New Age” retail stores; and

Whereas pseudo-religious corporations have been formed to charge people money for admission into phony “sweat lodges and vision quest” programs; and

Whereas sacrilegious “sundances” for non-Indians are being conducted by charlatans and cult leaders who promote abominable and obscene imitations of our sacred Lakota sundance rites; and

Whereas non-Indians have organized themselves into imitation “tribes” assigning themselves make-believe “Indian names” to facilitate their wholesale expropriation and commercialization of our Lakota traditions; and

Whereas academic disciplines have sprung up in colleges and universities institutionalizing the sacrilegious imitation of our spiritual practices by students and instructors under the guise of educational programs in “shamanism”; and

Whereas non-Indian charlatans and “wannabes” are selling books that promote systematic colonization of our Lakota spirituality; and

Whereas the television and film industry continues to saturate the entertainment media with vulgar sensationalist and grossly distorted representations of Lakota spirituality and culture which reinforce the public’s negative stereotyping on Indian people and which gravely impair the self-esteem of our children; and

Whereas individuals and groups involved in the “New Age Movement,” in the “men’s movement,” in “neo-paganism” cults and in “shamanism” workshops all have exploited the spiritual traditions of our Lakota people by imitating our ceremonial ways and by mixing such imitation rituals with non-Indian occult practices in an offensive and harmful pseudo-religious hodge-podge; and

Whereas the absurd public posturing of this scandalous assortment of pseudo-Indian charlatans, “wannabes,” commercial profiteers, cultists and “New Age shamans” comprises a momentous obstacle in the struggle of traditional Lakota people for an adequate public appraisal of the legitimate political, legal, and spiritual needs of real Lakota people; and

Whereas this exponential exploitation of our Lakota spiritual traditions requires that we take immediate action to defend our most precious Lakota spirituality from further contamination, desecration and abuse;

Therefore We Resolve As Follows:

1. We hereby and henceforth declare war against all persons who persist in exploiting, abusing, and misrepresenting the sacred traditions and spiritual practices of the Lakota, Dakota and Nakota people.

2. We call upon our Lakota, Dakota and Nakota brothers and sisters from reservations, reserves and traditional communities in the United States and Canada to actively and vocally oppose this alarming takeover and systematic destruction of our sacred traditions.

3. We urge our people to coordinate with their tribal members living in urban areas to identify instances in which our sacred traditions are being abused, and then to resist this abuse, utilizing whatever specific tactics necessary and sufficient, for example: demonstrations, boycotts, press conferences, and acts of direct intervention.

4. We especially urge all our Lakota, Dakota and Nakota people to take action to prevent our own people from contribution to and enabling abuse of our sacred ceremonies and spiritual practices by outsiders; for as we all know, there are certain ones among our own people who are prostituting our spiritual ways for their own selfish gain, with no regard for the spiritual well-being of the people as a whole.

5. We assert a posture of zero-tolerance for any “white man’s shaman” who rises from within our own communities to “authorize” the expropriation of our ceremonial ways by non-Indians, all such “plastic medicine men” are enemies of the Lakota, Dakota and Nakota people.

6. We urge traditional people, tribal leaders, and governing councils of all other Indian Nations, as well as all national Indian organizations, to join us in calling for an immediate end to this rampant exploitation of our respective American Indian sacred traditions by issuing statements denouncing such abuse; for it is not the Lakota, Dakota and Nakota people alone whose spiritual practices are being systematically violated by non-Indians.

7. We urge all our Indian brothers and sisters to act decisively and boldly in our present campaign to end the destruction of our sacred traditions, keeping in mind that our highest duty as Indian people: to preserve the purity of our precious traditions for future generations, so that our children and our children’s children will survive and prosper in the sacred manner intended for each of our respective peoples by our Creator.

Wilmer Stampede Mesteth; (Oglala Lakota);

Traditional Spiritual Leader & Lakota Culture Instructor;

Oglala Lakota College, Pine Ridge, South Dakota

Darrell Standing Elk; (Sicangu Lakota);

President, Center for the SPIRIT, San Francisco, California,

& Pine Ridge, South Dakota

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Speaking out on the theft and abuse of spirituality

https://ictnews.org/archive/speaking-out-on-the-theft-and-abuse-of-spirituality

SAN FRANCISCO - It was a strange sight, at least in East Los Angeles.

While walking her dogs recently at Arroyo Seco Park, Marisol Crisostomo-Romo, 26, said she spotted a van with a tipi on it. Into it piled a group of white children clutching bows and arrows.

They were members of the five-week-long Camp Shi'ini, ''a Native American-themed summer camp'' that is named after ''a Native American word meaning 'Summer People,''' according to its Web site.

The 60-year-old camp divides children into nine ''tribes'' and offers activities ranging from horseback riding (in the tradition of the Navajo, Comanche and Eskimo, its Web site stated) and archery (Mohawk, Seminole and Blackfoot) to fishing (Zuni, Iroquois and Apache).

Crisostomo-Romo, who is Pascua Yaqui, immediately wrote the camp a letter and e-mailed 422 people to do the same, beseeching all those ''offended and disgusted by cultural exploitation and mainstream society's self-entitlement.''

Her anger is echoed across the country by Natives who continue to be frustrated with what they view as misappropriation and abuse of spiritual and cultural practices.

Similar Native-themed camps, nonprofits, centers, programs, workshops, retreats and seminars offered mostly by non-Natives thrive across the country. And the number of non-Native people operating as medicine men and shaman - and often charging for their services - has only grown despite opposition from traditional elders, groups and Native activists.

''We don't charge for ceremonies. People with real sicknesses actually go to these people; we've heard of these people even taking advantage of women,'' said Charlie Sitting Bull, 54. ''That's the danger in people being misinformed. We battle it all the time.''

Sitting Bull is a traditional Oglala Lakota from South Dakota who said he is a direct descendant of Chief Sitting Bull. He began noticing the misuse of Native culture as a teenager, when he first saw a Boy Scout troup ''dressed as Indians,'' he said.

Since then, he has confronted Native and non-Native people falsely claiming to be descendants of Chief Sitting Bull and has worked to stop non-Native people from charging for spiritual teachings. Most recently, Sitting Bull said he prevented a white man from charging to teach Sun Dance songs at a Washington state bookstore, which the man had learned from a legitimate medicine man.

Responding to a request from the medicine man himself, Sitting Bull confronted the white man, telling him he could not hold the workshop, and asking for a written apology. The man was arrogant, but eventually obliged, he said.

A non-Native person practicing Native spirituality presents a similar danger to all Natives as a Native person who practices but ''isn't clean'' - taking drugs or not ''living a good life,'' - Sitting Bull said.

''They actually infect us like a sickness,'' he said, referring to both scenarios.

In 1993, a decree passed at an international gathering of 500 representatives from 40 different tribes and bands of the Lakota, titled the ''Declaration of War Against Exploiters of Lakota Spirituality,'' stated that immediate action be taken to defend Lakota spirituality from ''further contamination, desecration and abuse.''

It detailed what it described as the destruction of sacred traditions, reminding Natives of their highest duty - ''to preserve the purity of our precious traditions for our future generations, so that our children and our children's children will survive and prosper in the sacred manner intended for each of our respective peoples by our Creator.''

Among the ''disgraceful expropriation'' that even then had ''reached epidemic proportions in urban areas throughout the country,'' according to the leaders, were corporations that charge money for sweat lodges and vision quest programs; Sun dances for non-Natives conducted by charlatans; and cult leaders and new age people who imitate Lakota ceremonial ways and mix in non-Native occult practices.

The decree urged traditional people, tribal leaders and governing councils of all other Indian nations to join ''in calling for an immediate end to this rampant exploitation of our respective American Indian sacred traditions.''

The decree was published in a newsletter, in controversial author Ward Churchill's 1994 book ''Indians Are Us? Culture and Genocide in Native North America,'' and online.

Since then, an active stand has been taken by medicine men and traditional practitioners even against ''Native healers that are out of line,'' Sitting Bull said.

Responses to the decree from non-Native people on various Web sites explain why they engage in Native spiritual practices.

''I understand the importance of the statement and feel money is being made by the stealing of the traditionalists,'' Mark Montalban wrote. ''I also feel that ghosts and spirits can enter your life and give purpose and direction.''

But many Native people disagree, arguing that the appropriation of spirituality is not only disrespectful, but also dangerous if practiced incorrectly and by non-Natives.

''One can study Native culture all they want, but if it's not Native blood flowing through their veins then they'll never truly understand those ways and how to use them,'' said Anthony Thosh Collins, 25, of the Pima, Osage and Seneca-Cayuga tribes. ''I support the use of our Native culture to help heal this world, but only through the guidance of one of our own qualified elders.''

The movement against non-Natives appropriating and sometimes selling Native spirituality is growing, with younger Natives joining the forefront.

In her letter to Camp Shi'ini, Crisostomo-Romo explained the sacred nature of the face paint and war bonnets displayed on its Web site, saying, ''Non-Natives don't have business messing with these things.''

She suggested the camp instead teach children about modern issues faced by Native people, including the desecration of sacred sites, poverty and substance abuse.

It is important for non-Natives to understand that Natives do not exist only in museums or in Western movies: ''We are a people who have a future and who want the best for our children,'' Crisostomo-Romo said.

''The very notion of trying to recreate a lifestyle of a people that are still in vibrant existence is purely ridiculous,'' she said. ''Native people are not just about bows and arrows, feathers and dream catchers. The depth and beauty of our cultures can never be captured in a summer camp.''

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sama suomeksi - same in finnish_

Tuli vastaan tämä kuva jossa lukee: "If you need something to post you can take anything from my page. We are one. There are no stealing information. We're all in the same mission whats mine is yours." ("Jos tarvitset jotain julkaistavaksi, voit ottaa mitä tahansa sivultani. Olemme yhtä. Tietoa ei varasteta. Olemme kaikki samassa tehtävässä, mikä on minun on sinun.")

Eli blogistani voi vapaasti jakaa juttuja ja se on aina kivaa jos joku jakaa.  On kuitenkin kaksi henkilöä joiden toivoisin lopettavan matkimiseni,.. toinen on mies jonka kanssa olin muutaman kuukauden ja hän ei ole lainkaan henkinen vaikka on kiinnostunut paranormaalista. Olen käyttänyt netissä nimimerkkiä Blue Lotus ja postittanut sillä nimellä ja sinisen lootuksen kuvalla moniin paikkoihin kuten myös täömä blogini. Tuo mies sai jostain päähänsä laittaa facebook profiilkiinsa sinisen lootuksen kuvan ja kun huomasin asian pyysin häntä poistamaan sen. Omituista  alkaa identoiitumaan minun nimimerkillä ja sininen lootus on pyhä asia niin ettei edes kenenkään joka ei ole oikeasti kiinnostunut henkisyydestä pitäisi käyttää kuviani.

Toinen joka matkii useasti postauksiani on nainen joka väittää olevansa selvänäköinen ja parantaja. Hän tekee rahaa toiminnallaan vaikka on kyseenalaista ottaa rahaa vastaan henkisistä asioista. Hän on myös egoistinen ja pönkittää egoaan näillä jutuilla ja hän postittaa facebook profiiliinsa paljon 3D juttuja. Hän vaikuttaa olevan aloittelija henkisissä asioissa ja kun hän matkii minua huomaa kyllä ettei hänellä ole oikeasti omakohtaista kokemusta. Muutkin ovat huomanneet saman.

Näistä kahdesta henkilöstä ei saa oikein tasapainoista kuvaa ja mieleen tulee väkisinkin heillä olevan ongelmia mielenterveyden kanssa. Tulee mieleen epäavakaa persoonallisuus eli rajatila persoona jossa diagnoosiin kuuluu, että elämää eletään toisten kokemusten kautta ja mistään ei oteta vastuuta. Kyseessä on persona häiriö ja sitä ei voi parantaa lääkkeillä koska kyse persoonasta.

Muut saavat vapaasti siis jakaa juttujani ja olen nähnytkin niitä jaettavan.

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If Native Americans traditions is not familiar, this image tells more about it... even selling or taking money from sage is not allowed.