Spiritual Wisdom from the Altai Mountains Quotes

“Anyone who has retained their connection with Nature is capable of feeling these earthly and cosmic energies. They can manifest as a rush of energy, a sudden realization, inexplicable feelings of happiness, or perhaps troubled unease at sunrise, beneath a starry sky, in a mountain landscape, flowering meadow, or beside a bubbling spring.”
― Nikolai Shodoev, Spiritual Wisdom from the Altai Mountains

“In the stories of the ailatkyshchi (Altai folk philosophers — keepers of antiquity) the stars and planets are living beings that communicate with each other exchanging energies either in harmony or in enmity with one another. Amongst them the earth is the cradle of life for it is from her depths that the energies of the cycles of Nature emerge accounting for the birth and development of all the diversity of man and the plant and animal kingdoms.”
― Nikolai Shodoev, Spiritual Wisdom from the Altai Mountains

“According to the bilik, life on earth has a cosmic origin linked with the influence of the subtle worlds on nature and human consciousness. The life forms known to us are born and develop as a result of interaction between heavenly (cosmic) and earthly energies, the paternal and maternal essence.”
― Nikolai Shodoev, Spiritual Wisdom from the Altai Mountains

“Dmitriev points to the existence of “some common, life-giving and information-giving energy that is present throughout the whole universe, every process and object. In addition it fills our every thought, feeling and action. This energy is the life source of every substance and all that exists either in reality or as potential. In the form of pure energy, it exists in every point of space and can be interpreted as potential fire that may be called to manifestation given the observance of required conditions. That call of energy is thought and emotion. Lightning and earthquakes represent the same phenomena.”
― Nikolai Shodoev, Spiritual Wisdom from the Altai Mountains

“Faith is the knowledge that is found in the original sources of nature and society that are one for every individual irrespective of nationality, religion or education. It is an understanding of spiritual unity and the laws and phenomena of the universe that influence man as much as all other living beings on this earth.”
― Nikolai Shodoev, Spiritual Wisdom from the Altai Mountains

“As a rule shamans do not reveal or explain sacred knowledge”
― Nikolai Shodoev, Spiritual Wisdom from the Altai Mountains

“Although the main ideas and concepts are given here in translation, this should not prevent the reader from attempting to feel the indigenous meaning and sounds of the Altai words and the resonance of their inner energy. Unfortunately, in today’s world this is a rare ability.”
― Nikolai Shodoev, Spiritual Wisdom from the Altai Mountains

“Many ideas and notions originating from faiths external to the indigenous world, even those forcibly imposed, are ultimately simmered away in the cauldron until they eventually become an organic part of the native belief system.”
― Nikolai Shodoev, Spiritual Wisdom from the Altai Mountains

“The bilik concentrates largely on the soul, its heavenly origin and different states and stages of development.”
― Nikolai Shodoev, Spiritual Wisdom from the Altai Mountains

“The acceptance that every individual has their own truth and knowledge in accordance with their own unique destiny is a common characteristic of the Altai faith. It is believed that every individual carries and develops a particular aspect of knowledge throughout their life.”
― Nikolai Shodoev, Spiritual Wisdom from the Altai Mountains

“Despite being just a tiny particle in the world, man nonetheless reflects all the energies and rhythms of the earth, sun and universe in his soul, intellect and body.”
― Nikolai Shodoev, Spiritual Wisdom from the Altai Mountains

“knowledge is expected to be spiritually oriented and so draws on faith. The limitations of purely rational thinking are acknowledged for it is held that certain higher truths exist which are inaccessible to the rational mind being made conscious through the heart or soul only. Such knowledge becomes wisdom and serves as a genuine source of strength and support.”
― Nikolai Shodoev, Spiritual Wisdom from the Altai Mountains