“I first encountered the notion/concept of stopping the world early on in my readings of books by Carlos Castenada as he was learning from Don Juan Metuse about the world of sourcery and shamanism.
And Don Juan talked fairly often about the idea of stopping the world…”(listen to video to learn more)
Gerry Starnes, an Austin Texas area shamanic practitioner and teacher, addresses the internal dialog – the incessant internal chatter that most people experience. By halting the internal dialog long enough, one can “stop the world” and come fully into the present moment to access wisdom and power.