Across The Mountains explores the life of Billy Lor, a young Hmong American shaman. Thank you Hey Billy for allowing us to document and share your story it with the world.
White Settlers stole Native American land while Chinese people stole Hmong lands, natives to China in the Yellow River. We both share similar traits of pain. We had an empire, while the Native Americans had their dynasties.
@@KevinVang1000"Powerful"? Not at all, the Hmong and Natives are no different. They betrayed their own people and sold each other out. That's nothing but shameful. You just look at the small stuff barely outside the box to see the full picture.
I feel the same way!! I'll stumble upon this video ever so often, but everytime I watch it, its as if this is my first time watching this clip. I'd love to see more documentary
Thank you for sharing this video and doing this interview. What an eye opener and inspiration to us younger folks who may have no idea how to understand or appreciate the traditional religion and shaman men/women.
My grandfather was a shaman. It was always interesting to watch him but at the same time i was scared. I was only scared cause i was ignorant. Now that im older, i wish i had the opportunity to speak to my grandfather about it.
I just want to say, thank you for sharing this experience with us. It’s definitely not an easy journey for you, but you definitely helped a lot of people. It’s sad to see you go through and deal with a lot of people who don’t understand you. But I’m really glad that you at least have people around you that put your interest before anybody else. It’s like being a health care provider, you can’t help everybody, you can only help those you can help, but most importantly, you got be alive to be able to help people. You too are a human being.
It must be so difficult to see how cruel people truly are when they want something done. So sorry you go through that. You're so strong and brave to have to walk that life. Thank you for healing the world 🙏
You are someone very special. Chosen because of who you are. May your life be successful in everything you do. I can tell, you will be highly sought after. May people be respectful and appreciative of you and your time.
Truly appreciate this content! 🙏 I resonate with certain things Billy expressed, about feeling lonely in the journey, but yet we're only humans. Tysm for this content!
So proud of you son, shamans is a gift no body just do it it has to be chosen. But when you sick you sick ok you don't have to do what people want you to do you love yourself or no one will love you.
Thank you for sharing this! Sending lots of hugs to this young man who has so much burden on his shoulders. Sometimes the elders forget that we are still human and shouldn't put so much pressure on you to meet all of their needs.
How you speak is like an Angel and Thank You so much for Spreading Awareness! As well as going through this as it sounds greatly uncomfortable - you really must be an earth Angel and appreciate you 💛🌟🌞
Hey billy, idk if you still look at the comments here but you can still live a beautiful and normal life you just have to set boundaries between yourself and the people you help
So proud of you, You are one of the chosen ones, My mom just passed on last 2 months, she was 97, She has helped the Hmong community since she was 6 or 7 years old, You can't refuse to help if your qhuaneeb already told you to go before people ask you for help, But if your qhuaneeb can't help that individual. they will tell you that you can not help so even if they ask you for help. you would not be able to help, Just to let people know that if you are sick and you need help from a shaman but he/she refused, that means he/she can not help you even if they would do the ceremony for you, If he/she is able to help, his/her qhuaneeb already told him/her to accept the request before you even ask, And true shaman never ask for money upfront, They will just take whatever is given to them,
I was listening to your message, absolutely powerful! No matter what you believe in your roots is the truth and it runs through your blood, it cannot be denied. He who understands that understands that we're spiritual beings having a human experience and trying our best to survive in this world 🌎 The heaven knows will need guidance therefore, you are the light to the humans.
Thanks for sharing and Billy thank you for sharing your journey. Your story is exactly what my sister has experience herself. I have seen it for myself. For the last past 4 years my sister went through that experience of physical pain everytime the doctor would say she fine. She did the test and has spirit calling. She was scared but with family support and love, beginning of this year she decided start her journey. Yes it do really take up a lot of personal time and a lot work. Now I have learn to respect you and anyone that is a shaman more after seeing my sister own journey.
You're a great person. Don't let others bring you down. Just remember they are the ones who need you, not the other way around. Keep up the great work that you do, you are special.
My wife has the gift, she trances and talks to the dead in her sleep. It is only the dead, never the living. She ignores her gift, and it causes her great pain. She speaks Hmong plain as day in sleep trance as well. All conversations with the dead. Her last two dreams were pretty terrifying, her mother cut her throat in shaman ritual and sacrificed her. She woke up screaming, saying she could feel the knife on her throat. The last dream she had was of her brothers torturing her by making her look at her father's dead body they dug up. Pretty freaky stuff.
Here are all of the memories i still remember. My grandfather used to be a shanman, but sadly, he passed away in 2018 until this day, my dad is now a shanman today in 2023 but my dad starts to shake around 2 seconds when its starts.
I hope everyone can learn to treat their spiritual practicioners with respect, be kind to them and support them in the needs of their own life. It makes me very sad to see that people are overwhelming him with demands. I hope he's blessed with love, personal satisfaction and that his personal wishes are granted 😢💔
My moms been in pain for over 15 years, please help if you can. I believe she has spiritual guides. She had a master that actually made her shake once and she felt even worst after. Then the master bailed on her. 🙏
This goes against all the OG’s saying that the Hmong culture or the way of shamanism is going to be forgotten and die. A young Hmong first generation man keeping it alive. Many more out there
A 3 year old Hmong child is missing in Wisconsin, his name is Elijah Vue. He has been missing since 2/20/2024. His mother and the mother's boyfriend are in jail for child neglect so they are locked up and not able to ask for help to find the little boy. The biological father, Billy Vue is in prison for something unrelated. This 3 year old child needs to be found. The FBI is offering $15,000.00 reward. This 3 year old Hmong needs a Hmong Shaman to locate his soul parts. The grandparents recently participated in Two Rivers WI police press conference asking the public to help locate this little Hmong 3 year old, so that is an invitation but someone who can qualify as next of kin for this child... Hope you can locate this boy.
My love, you are a gift from god 💕 I am truly sorry that you missed out on a teenage childhood 💔 but I hope you know that we appreciate you, and kno that you are a gift from god!!!
By the color of his cap, he's a shaman with the authority to pass judgement onto ghost, spirits, demons, and entities. And he's right, it's lonely becuause of the rule from the other side/realm that he has to follow.
I believe we are spiritual beings in a body. There’s spiritual battles around us everyday. Anyone can go to church but when you don’t understand the power in the name Jesus and you don’t know your identity in Jesus, you are easily swayed (deceived by evil spirits) to try something else. There is freedom in knowing Jesus.
God is you and you is god. You make your own decision and your own beliefs. Rather you're Shamanism or Christianity, it's all the same. Whatever works for you. No need to call other evil or selling soul to the devil. Bashing on the sacrifice animal is so stupid. It's no difference from you eating a Big Mac at McDonald's. Like I say I is God and God is I.
Zoo siab kawg koj txawj neeb hluas heev thiab koj tseem tuav peb hmoob tus dab qhua, tsis tag li ntawv koj tseem muaj lub ntsej muag zoo nraug ib yam Bruce Lee thiab ❤❤❤
Wonderful video brother. Keep doing what you do and don't pay attention to those who are negative because they will never understand you. That is why they are not the chosen ones and not walking this spiritual path. I walk with you!
You don’t know wtf a Shaman is for, it’s not a religion it’s a spiritual way of living. Shamans have purpose on Earth, they have cleansed homes and removed demons. Your old book cant do any of that.
Question Billy, Since you went to church and then converted to Shamanism, what made you choose this path vs going to church? If you had called for Jesus and strongly rejected the shaman, would that have helped? or, was it because you saw that you were the chosen one? One day when you grow older/wiser, this question will come back. The shaman work , you sell your soul to the other world. Curses can be broken.
Agreed! We hav a girl cousin, was tormented by devils n so sick………when she went for help, first she went to see a shaman n only thing the shaman can say was she’s going to be a shaman, but she refused to be a shaman. So she went to see a priest n they performed exorcisms on her n got her baptized. It’s her will power n strong beliefs that conquered n defeated the devils. N saved her from selling her soul to the other world. …… it all depends where u go to get help…….if u approach a shaman for help, he/she will turn u into a shaman, ……. if u approach a priest for help, they’ll get u to the right ppl to exorcists n baptize ……you will eventually get better. We’ve seen it happened to a couple ppl in the hmoob community where the person refused shaman n found other ways to get better.
maybe because most young girls do not want to be a shaman or niam neeb because they felt too embarrassed and young. I mean if I was in her shoes I would chose to opt out of being a niam neeb, too. But for you to said he sold his soul to the other side, I don’t think this young man has taken side but he did exactly what God had chosen him to do… to become a shaman to cure people. It’s a gift not a curse. So, who are we to judge these people? I’m sure his parents would rather see him become a preacher but his calling is to become a shaman. Now, have you actually spoke to God about this young man’s decision to become a shaman and that God disapproved? No matter what we all believe, please be respectful of others culture and belief.
@@fantasty9311 I'm living proof. That's what you do when you are chosen. You work for the dark side to help,guide, and interpret. Eventually you will need to do more and more so that the dark side is happy. If they are not happy, you in return gets sick. If it's not you, it goes to family members. Jesus already died for us all. His blood is enough. These animal sacrifice is not needed no more, therefor, need to be updated. People change, the world spins, we need to also change.
@@evoixmr8426 if you’re living proof, then what are we? Jesus and Christianity is not new. When you say “updated” what do you mean? If it’s a belief that you don’t believe, that’s on you. The spirits that we live in, the communication that we have with the spirit is a method we practice. These spirits and guardian helps us in times of need, they help guide us. Just like how to reach out to God in times of need, we reached out the guardians and our ancestors to guide us. If you don’t believe it, that’s on you. The intention was never to change your mentality, it’s was just to make you understand. But if you don’t understand, so be it.
John 8:31-55 The Truth Will Set You Free 31 So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, 32 and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” 33 They answered him, “We are offspring of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. How is it that you say, ‘You will become free’?” 34 Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who practices sin is a slave[a] to sin. 35 The slave does not remain in the house forever; the son remains forever. 36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. 37 I know that you are offspring of Abraham; yet you seek to kill me because my word finds no place in you. 38 I speak of what I have seen with my Father, and you do what you have heard from your father.”
Your shrine is ginormous 🙀 Also, you’re young and it is time for you to be a rebel… do the ceremonies on your own terms and time…. Or go on a sabbatical.
The bigger the shrine, the more spirits visits, the more the shaman gets sick n have to sacrifice more animals to feed to the spirits……imagine the bigger the party the more food you have to prepare! This boy is working overtime n lonely! Is this the right way to live life? This is hell!
@@animelovergirl8461 We don’t hate. We come fr many generations of shamans too. This is what we see. If u want to continue to practice these rituals it’s on you. Just know what you’re dealing with. That’s dangerous stuff.
@@flryprn745 Well at least you're honest without using Christianity in your sentence as that is too extra, and our debate has nothing to do with comparison. Just direct and that's all I want.
@@animelovergirl8461 I swear this guy or girl has nothing better to say than bashing others given gift. Is this how Christian people act? Aren’t they supposed to be loving and understanding people🧐? Oops! I didn’t finish reading the rest of the comments. If he’s not a Christian than he must be jealous. Just saying because I have family who are shaman and don’t say things like this guy did. They are proud.
peb Hmoob muaj txuj ci kab lig kev cai dab qhuas zoo zoo kawg tiam sis tsi tshua zoo rau peb Hmoob vim peb Hmoob txawj tsim txua tab sis tsi meej pem muaj kab xeb rov noj Hmoob roj haus Hmoob nrhav
Hmong commonly known as Miao are an indigenous ethnic group in Asia actually…and because they didn’t assimilate to Chinese culture- they stuck with being Christian’s and then got booted out of Asia. The end.
Kwv tij Hmoob txhua leej - txoj kev ua neeb yaig & kev txiab nkees mas Hmoob yuam kev loj: TIM MOB TOJ MOB TAUG YUAV NRHIAV YEEB NRHIAV TSHUAJ; TIM NTSUJ TIM PLIG YUAV NRHIAV NEEB NRHIAV YAIG. Hos Hmoob ces mus ua tsheb sib tsoo los tim "tsuj plig tsiv tsawv, zawv plab los tim ntsujbtsis puab cev..." Tam tseeb lau Hmoob eh....
Respect to you. For those who keep on saying God is the only way or Jesus with the Holy Spirit can only heal you. Think about it? Shaman calls on SPIRITS guide to help and heal. Jesus with the Holy SPIRITS will heal the sick. So what y’all bitching about this and this is better. He already stated that they went to church and it didn’t help. So his parents turn to shaman for help and yes there will always be regrets but he was brought to this world to help heal people. I have cousins that shaman couldn’t help and heal them. They turn to Jesus for help and that turn out to be what they needed. So it go’s both ways. So STOP preaching one is the only way. Be who you are Billy.
Hmong don't use the word shaman,the American put that in.The Hmong say "txiv neeb" which is "priest".Shaman means witch doctor that practice black magic.The word "txiv neeb" does not mean witch doctor,means priest.The Hmong do not practice black magic.Those Hmong that practice black magic and voodu,got shot by the other Hmong.
