On being a Shaman

It is not an easy task to be a shaman. One has to be very strong mentally and emotionally and then physically. A true Shaman can keep a foot in each world almost equally and by that I mean he/she can function well in two or more dimensions. Many people who fancy being shamen are not always grounded enough to be practical. Many may be going through their shaman sickness to become a shaman at a future date but not a shaman just yet. One cannot just call themselves shaman and have it be so. You can be practising at being a shaman or walker/traveller what have you...but it is up to others whether you truly are or not. If you have come to a place where you are okay ...don't have to be rich or what have you (I've seen and heard of plenty of materially poor shamen)but okayand with a firm grip on this dimension as well as the ability to travel the web by merging their attention to it then they may be a shaman.Then again we have those on a trickster path who may look off their rocker butare very firmly connected to their earth root. We can't assume just by looking at someone...they too may be going through their "sickness" which is a kind of death and rebirth process that can take anywhere from a day to decades.I was just thinking about the strength it takes to follow this path and thought I'd yak again. Blessings Ravy