sadly this is not a post about chocolate – I just named my username after my favourite food ;D
Actually, I just came by to say thankyou :D. I went to the internet thinking "well my sense of the spiritual is very nature based, and I've heard lots of people mention Native American spirituality & shamanism in that sense maybe that's a direction I should look into..." [*I'm looking very embarrassed now, but that's what I was thinking at the time...*].
And I found this site and a few other resources, and learned loads; just not what I was expecting to learn. And now I've at least a start of understanding (still learning..) how that stuff could be harmful/cultural appropriation/perpetuating racist stereotypes that don't see people as 3-dimensional... and hence a really clear sense that's not my path. And I feel really grateful that I learned this stuff before I put a lot of time and energy into something that wasn't a good idea. I've also learned so much from reading stuff here that's given me a lot to think about. I've never really thought about the idea of some spirituality being context or culture-specific before for example.
So thank you so much for putting all this information here :D.
Alex
Welcome. Glad you are reading and learning, I've learned so much here too, still learning. Invaluable education.
Welcome to the forum, and thank you for your kind words.
Thank you :)