A Shaman isn't a lightworker. A Shaman works in the Shadows--in the darkness--silently traveling between worlds while everyone sleeps. He doesn't do what he does for accolades, yet he is not a martyr. He takes pain and darkness into himself so he can transmute it.
The true shaman experiences the most soul-crippling darkness because he will learn to heal himself, and therefore heal all others and Earth.
(Don't forget... the extent to which you experience the darkness is the extent to which you will also experience the light. xo)
