I see many of us around…This country, that country….few Smiles,Once in a while.Covered in “busyness”….Have we forgotten it?Lovers and Kids still do!Let’s try to fall in LoveWith the Beautyful in our Reality,And Remember to “Be There/Here”,Once in a while…
Kategoriarkiv: Spirituelt
Time of Miracles
The time of Miracles is approaching,
hard for us waiting… still coming.
And, however down or up we are,
we will get Out there,
back to the Light,
to the Spring Exploding,
to the Beings Growing,
Shining again,
to the Birds Singing…
Back to Nature, back to the Mother,
to melt within her Embrace,
to Inhale Soft Winds,
to Rest between Sky and Earth,
to Reconnect,
to be Whole again,
Washed clean,
Open and Ready
for Spirit
and Life.
“overload”, “underload” ? …
“Overload” or “Underload”,
and a lot of Confusion.
Nerves on the “edge”,
extra Sensitivity,
urge to Change, Clean, Progress,
and all blurred, all weird, or unclear.
Identity in doubt,
Priorities in doubt,
Knowledge in doubt…
Suffering or Apnea,
Dull…
We are many who feel like this now.
Should it help to know, many.
Let us not throw away our Vulnerability,
or hide the fact it is hard now.
We are being shaken.
We may be Changing and Transforming,
like the little Sprout Fighting its way up…
from one State to the next,
Energy is needed…
Let us Respect our Vulnerability,
and keep True to Ourselves, True to our World,
Compassionate and Caring to our Hearts.
A troubled Spring?
We are going to be all right.
Water’s day 24
Many People will be celebrating this day, 22 March, worldwide.
Why? To rise our Awareness, and focus our Attention on the preciousness of Water,
and remind us of our use/misuse, and the need of taking care of its Purity.
It is a great idea!
Water is extremely precious, and we “should” use it wisely,
even in countries like Danmark, where we have plenty of it.
Every day we use, and maybe forget.
All Waters are Sacred, with or without Salt.
Our Oceans are just as important for Life and other Creatures.
And… We got Water inside our own Bodies,
we are ourselves so much Water!
In our cities, Water is trapped through tubes,
and “suffers”: aware of this, we have methods to Cleanse it as arrives to our homes,
by filters, Energy or Crystals, and Intention.
Are you on your own on this day, and you “feel for” ritual, here is a simple,
and “effective” way to celebrate, or maybe an inspiration for you.
Here a visualization you may use if you so wish.
Get ready in your own best way, creating a Sacred space, have some Water in a transparent Bowl,
and some pictures of Water, or Blue colors, in front of you.
(Should you have “blessed Waters” from other occasions, offer a couple of Drops to the Bowl).
If you are comfortable with it,
take a little journey or visualize the Water places you know, may it be Ocean, Lake, Stream, River, or a Well.
Go and visit and Honor those Waters, and Bless them.
Allow the Waters to Bless you back and (ask permission to ) move into them.
Allow them to Wash and Purify you, maybe drink a little zip.
Stay there as long as the experience is fresh, maybe they will “tell you” something “special”.
Thank, and move back to your Sacred space.
Here is a little ritual you can do if you wish, expand it or change it as it feels right.
Connect to the Water through your Palms, hold it close to your Heart,
and transfer the Power of the Wild Waters you just “met” (or you know) into it.
Bless and thank this Water too.
Charge it more, with Love and Gratitude.
(“Try to”) Feel the inner Waters in your Body,
and Bless them too, and your Blood.
Sprinkle it on and around yourself, drink some of it,
or/and have a little “ritual wash”…
Thank for Life that Water gives us all.
Collect then some of your Water into a separate bottle, to keep for other occasions.
And collect some to bring to a lager Body of Water, now, or when you can.
There, then, it will be released with a Blessing or a Prayer, and given away.
Water remembers.
Keep being aware of your Water use.
Thank you for doing this.
Spring Equinox 24 ( part 2), a Prayer
Wonderful Human Being,
Being of Light,
Being of Life, Being of Love!
Crossing the Year’s Wheel,
Crossing the Sun’s Wheel, Crossing this Moment…
Let go of all your Weight…. I let go of all my Weight
let go of all your Burdens, Now…. I let go of all my Burdens Now.
Connect to Space and Consciousness…. I connect to Space and Consciousness
to your inner Source, to Spirit…. and to my Inner Source, to Spirit.
Purify and Connect…. I purify and Connect.
Allow all Prayers to express loudly, or through a Song from deep Within.
Talk to Spirit, in your simple Words…
Gratitude and Forgiveness.
Pray for All that is important to your World,
and pray for the Ones no one ever prays for.
Compassion and Peace.
I Release from Limitation, I enter Wholeness
I Release from Fear, I enter Harmony
I Release from Suffering, I enter Healing.
I Release from…., and so may All humans do.
I Bless myself, I bless my Friends and Family,
I bless my and our World.
May the Blessing spread to whoever and whatever may need it.
Blessed and Healed be our Planet, and our Lives.
Thanks.
Spring Equinox 24
Many many years ago we were working in a shamanic group in the Forest.
We had an urge to ask a common question to Earth and Spirit.
“How can it be that Human Beings cause so much Destruction to each other and to Earth?”
The common answer, coming through different persons, was a chock to us all.
The essence was that the “Bad” happens because our Life here is governed by Duality, and it “has” to
be this way. It sounds like a “Law”, and it maybe is.
This did not mean we could not make progress, become better or improve the “Good”,
but something somewhere “had” to be the Opposite.
Realm of the Opposites, here we are, in Movement from one extreme to the other.
I would rather tell “something else”: this has come again and again, in different fashions and ways,
to many of us, so it “may be true”. Each one of us is of course free to “take it” or “discard it”.
So, suppose it is like this, how do we best deal with it?
Doing the “best” we can, supporting all what and who we each one believe is “good and fruitful” ,
exploring and creating new ways to improve our Lives and Surroundings,
by Compassion, by Friendships, by Sharing, by Love,
by gently or less gently “fight” for Rights and Brother/Sisterhood, Peace and Justice,
and… the list may go on, and we all have our own “to do” list .
For us who is into Spiritual or Religious praxis of some kind, we Pray, Bless, and do Rituals.
Purification, Prayers, Blessings, Donations, Forgiveness, Sharings, Retreats, Silence…
We have a Challenge to do whatever we can , and the right moment is any time.
On the Sun festivities, we globally connect to all the ones doing the same Work,
and “it” will improve, and “it “will Change, and “it” will get better, somehow, somewhere, at some point.
We need to keep on Trusting Human Being, Earth, and our Lives.
We may have no other Choice.
Have a Beauty-full Power-full Celebration, alone or together, wherever you are, whatever you do.
In the next text an inspiration of you are on your own.
Why? asked a Friend…
Why? asked a Friend in the phone today.
She is a “fan” of my work and my blog , still, she could not fully understand why at times I wrote about (as she called them) “not so positive things” like sickness or error, or “simple-ordinary” ones.
A good question! And it is a while ago since it was asked last.
First, dear Friend, my blog is about ” Life and Shamanism”.
Second, most of the things we go through as Human Beings, silly or heroic as they may look, are all part of our Education and Growth, the whole bunch, and our moving towards ourselves as whole Beings.
I meet People, their Lives and challenges, that is my job, and a blessing. I hear all kinds of stories. No judgement, and no shame! We are Human!
If you look at those “things” from the Shamanic point of view, you may see them (the “not extremely lucky ones”) from a different perspective.
AWARENESS, one of the pillars of Shamanism.
One can learn much about the movements of Nature, Life, one’s own and others’s stories.
TRUTH and HONESTY, two another pillars.
From our Heart comes Truth. Truth can also be painful , if “hidden” or “lied about” it may create more unbalance.
No JUDGEMENT, another pillar.
From our “mistakes” we learn, from being “touched”, from allowing our “movements” to express, we learn.
FOKUS, next one.
From Examining and Listening to ourselves, to Energy, to the Spirit and the Natural World, we learn.
And, no, I do not wish or need to “hide”, nor should You, or anyone.
So…
The point is to inspire, to share, so someone else can maybe learn.
I hope you are satisfied, dear Friend?
Re…constructing, re…membering
A “Journey”
Our plan was…
Walks in Nature, in the Sun…
Break from the Winter,
Recharging, relaxing, having a good Time…
Our plan got scattered,
thrown away…
“Bam!”, said the Body,
“Down with you!”.
Flu, or whatever it is…
Stop, stop, stop!
Get off the World!
Get in!
It turned into a Retreat,
a “lonely-double” one,
a long long one…
While our Bodies are resetting,
“Sickness” is the Companion,
Stillness is the Companion…
We do what is necessary,
as little as possible.
Altered Consciousness…
we fly,
we feel dull,
we sleep and sleep,
we dream, and dream…
Quiet,
Blurred,
Clear?
The Animal Human is recovering,
Healing itself,
Resting,
“Forced” to Rest.
Patience, dear ones…
Patience with yourselves!
Energy “low”,
(or am I “judging”?) …
Maybe “Energy Change”?
“Refining oneself”?,
“Re-defining oneself”?
Purging?
Cleansing?
Reconstructing?…
It all, and more?
Accept, accept, accept…
What is the Gift of this time?
Spirit is Smiling,
Floating,
and says
“It is all right”,
“It is a part of the “Journey”,
called Life”…
Meet you on the other side.
A “bad” cold
I hardly get “really sick”.
Was this a surprise? No, not really, I “should” have known, but…
Reminders/”lessons” are always good, presents of Life, Experience,
and they can come from everywhere.
So… I had just finished a “home-coming” ceremony, and everything had gone very well.
I had been a little tense, because of the responsibility connected, and a some participants I did not know.
Outside, Storm, Eis flying through the Air, a real Winter Evening, strong, and New Moon.
I went out to enjoy a “landing smoke”, and thanked all Spirits around for support,
basically in a tea-shirt and my thin leather jacket, real silly…
Eis and Wind hit me, but I thought it was alright, call it “refreshing”.
My body said “Careful!”, and, twice, I “ignored” it… (ego, ego…)
Two days after, I collapsed, and still “sick”.
Usually I am an active person, and three days in bed , forget it.
Now my Body dictates: “stay there”, ” do nothing”,
and I am listening! , (almost a “Miracle”, smile).
Why I am writing about this?
I “found out” that the “condition” I am in, while my Body is “sick” and “reconstructing”
is an “altered state of Consciousness”:
the Foggy “all-embracing”, “no thoughts”, “empty and silent” , “floating dreamy state”,
is “interesting” and Healing, (which is what is happening).
Body working, Energy working… need Rest and Peace.
So… I was reminded of a few “things”… And thanks for that!
Great is the power of the Body, and I need to listen to it.
“Sickness” (at least this one), can be “enjoyed”, as a different Journey.
That is it,
maybe a banality, maybe not,
or just a story, up to you to decide.
“Magic”
Oh FullMoon
Dear Moon,
Sister.
Gentle,
Powerful
Goddess.
Reflection of Sun,
Reflection of Light,
Reflection of Time.
Tides, Blood, Rising…
Temper, Emotions, Rising…
Sacred Rising,
Sacred Fullness.
Completion.
Abundance.
Culmination.
We will purify in your Presence,
we will offer in your Honor,
we will pray for the Forgotten Ones,
for the Growing Ones,
for the Gone Ones,
and for Us here,
and for our Mother,
thank and Bless, thank and bless,
thank and Bless,
Them All, You, Us.
May we All Heal.
“Never”
Crystals
Keep on Dreaming
“Bad news” are sticky, and
“Horrifying pictures” too.
“Bad stuff”, “depressing shit” sticks, and sucks.
(I am sorry even to mention it!)
NOW we STOP the silly “Game”.
We need to protect ourselves, not by forgetting, but by CHOOSING.
We know and are aware of what is going on in our World, (and act as we can),
but we ALSO know how wonderful it is when we “forget it”, how light we can feel!
Let us “Dream” a little more, and allow our “lies” (cause we know they are) about Reality become our “Truth”.
Let us “play” a “better Dream”, an Avatar that one day may Become and Be,
a Hologram of Peace and Harmony that we maybe never met…
“Imagine…” said John Lennon long time ago…
Imagining may be shaping our Future,
And may even “save us”?
So, whatever happens, let us keep on Dreaming.
I have to admit…
Yes, it is very bad for the Animals, for the climate, for so many reasons,
but I still love them, what can I do?
Fireworks ignite my childish part,
I get lost, turned on,
enthusiastic,
empty…
Screaming, jumping, admiring.
“Expensive magic”, once a year,
in a frenzy…
Fireworks are Fire works,
I love Fire,
I love Light,
and the Sky.
And I forgive myself
for this …
…
Let us Dream,
let us Live,
let us Enjoy,
let us Love,
let us…
Good 2024!
Dear Being
Long long time ago You were Born,
down below, inside Earth, in your Cave, your Mother.
Drop by Drop Awakening, Shaping, Growing…
Drop by Drop You became Solide, became Rock,
bit by bit…
Half Sleeping, in the Sweet Moist Darkness,
You were Resting… in Soft Oblivion,
for many many Years.
One day, all around You Collapsed.
Big Chock, Big Noise, Big Light entering, suddenly it was Day,
suddenly it was Night, and Stars appeared.
Suddenly, You were exposed,
born off the Mother, into Life.
And Winds, and Rains came,
and Storm and Lightening shook the Earth…
Suddenly Humans appeared, and made their Home by You,
You became a Statue in their Presence.
But You still are there, and You are still Alive.
Winter Solstice 23
… And let us be Faithful to Ourselves!, to Life, to Creation!
We Know! Our Light is there, no matter what. We know this, We remember this.
We are Gratefull for our Life, with “right and wrong”, and “ups and downs”.
No matter what, Light Will Shine again, and so Will we, if we Accept it….
We are Beings of Light.
Sun Will Come back, so far, always.
It is this time We Are here, Present, Aware, Awake, Concious, Gentle in Life and Trust, and Beautyfull.
In Prayer, True, Resilient, Humble…
In Thought, the Best We can…
We…. turn a Light On for All that needs Support and Love, and Care…
We… turn a Light on for the Past and the Future which do not exist, and the Now that is All We maybe have.
All is fine, We do not worry, We Trust, and Thank.
“Happy” Solstice whatever we do, wherever we are.
foto: exit from the underground Sacred Maria Grotto in Melliah, Malta
Earth our Mother
Our Mother is shaking…
Tectonic plates sliding and rearranging,
Vulcanoes spitting out of their hot Treasure, Magma.
Water rising, Winds raging…
She is Alive!
Destruction, Creation,
Creation, Destruction,
in a raw and powerful Dance.
We witness it as Rage,
and we tremble,
and we fear.
Manifestations of our Mother,
her unique Life…
And then… we get reminded…
we are so small, so small,
so small….
In this Universe,
on this Earth,
we are so tiny…
and yet as immense…
If nothing else, Respect is called for,
and Gratitude for all we got so far…
Let us keep Humble,
and Bless Her,
and Love Her,
however She expresses.
Let us talk to Her,
and pray to and with Her,
if we can.
Snow and Ice, a miracle
Everything looks “simpler”,
“black and white”,
Shapes are Clear…
Everything turns into Beauty,
and everything Shines.
Ice gives it the “final touch”,
in millions of unknown Flowers and Shapes.
Silent.
Pure.
Crispy.
Clear.
The cold Air is clean and fresh,
it has its own Power,
it lifts up our Spirit.
Light light light refracts,
multiplies,
and tumbles back from thousand Sources,
Light, light , light.
Gifts all over,
and Diamonds.
Ecstasy feels closer.
Lessons from Winter.
Let us spend time out there,
even it’s cold,
relax,
take it in,
be still,
and contemplate.
It is a miracle, each and every year.
A gift from Winter
low wave…
Like in our Reality, Waves come and go, high and low…
In these times, beginning of winter, loved from some, and “feared” from some,
the “low” may become, for the last ones, more apparent, stronger.
Gratitude may be hiding away, Energy too.
Our first impulse may be reacting like ” Are you still there?
Have you not learned it yet… What are you doing? Grow up!” , the “Judge”.
Others would give themselves “alternatives” of different kinds, or entertainment,
to “forget it all” (if one could)…
The Shadow can only be embraced, if refused it will grow, and “mess up” our Being somewhere else…
The Shadow has messages, and is not a Lier, it shows the “other side”,
and maybe what we still “have to” work with, if we so wish.
Let us accept it, and be Gentle with it,
like we would accept and take care of any other Being in Pain.
From then on, we can “rebuild”…
Do, Be, or/and ?
We have probably talked about it before…
We have become highly “Doers”, do, do, do, and do again.
And that is fine, except…
The “Being” part has gone a “little lost” in the increasing “speed of Doing”,
and the “official Being” has maybe become reason for stress?
Pushing on and on, our “digestion” may be “punished by pressure”,
and maybe “details” lost?
Are we still here?
Whatever we may mean, there may be an “escape” to this:
Meditation may be the way to ” make legal” our “not Doing”,
and may elevate us into “Being”,
(without being “badly” judged by ourselves or the World).
We can finally legitimately
“Do nothing, just Be”?
or at least try…
Halloween/Samhein
If you are going to party on Halloween night, with masks and dresses, and funny scary beings around you, enjoy, and have fun!
For us who don’t, it is each year a very special moment, a sacred moment to celebrate.
On 31 October night, Samhein, as in all other Sun festivities, the Other Reality is closer to this one, the Gates are more opened.
We have the opportunity to get in “contact” with both Our Dead and Ancestors, not to bother them, but to recall them, and honor them.
The approach can be done in different ways, simple or complicated, but a thought and a candlelight would do, since the intention is “clear”, and if one feels “okay/strong” and ready for it.
Offering a Thought or a Prayer, and a Thanksgiving, is always all right!
We honor our Roots, the Energy Dna bond, and the Life stories we shared in the past, before They left us.
If Forgiveness is needed, we forgive, or offer Forgiveness, and forgive ourselves, to release both parts.
If Love is strong, know that Love never dies.
If our contact is with other Beings, Pets or so, same thing.
We prepare ourselves as we feel and know best, dedicate a place as your little “Alter” for this purpose, summon our Spirit friends , (if we have some), and turn a Light on to let Them know we are ready.
Pictures, objects are welcome, but more “needed” from us than from Them.
A Song, a Meditation, a Prayer, Music, Words, it all works when we have our Intention.
“Offerings”, and “ritual sharing of Food and Drink ” can be present.
Moments of Silence and Inner Peace can be shared as “precious”, to “feel” Them, and very appreciated from the Other Realm.
Insights, Messages, may or may not come.
Nearness may or may not come, and the Ones we wish to meet may or may not appear in our Awareness, as they are just “as free” as we are, or maybe “as busy” as we are 🙂
Should we work with “other Plans” too, we can also help the Victims of War/Violence or Natural disasters to release this Earth and move on.
We can end by thanking, dismiss our Friends and Dead/Ancestors, close our Ritual, and go fully back to our Reality and Life.
Have a good Samhein, or a good Halloween!
Shaking…
“Things” happen around,
to Friends, Family, and in our World…
Relations break, Sickness explodes, Someone dies, Crises grow, War goes on.
Talking to the “Older ones”, they may say “It is Life”,
still the Shaking shakes us, at times very deep.
When the Shaking comes,
at first we get blurred…
We are touched!
And fall off Balance.
It is both a “little Death”, and an “opportunity”.
A “little Death”…
to “remember” our Humanity,
to “polish” our Hearts and Eyes,
to “reconnect” to our Vulnerability,
to remember the Value of Life,
to be Grateful,
and to recall the Power and Importance of Deeds…
To each “Ending”, we all know,
something else “Starts”,
something “Different”…
The Shaking gives us
Opportunity
for “Recalling”,
for “Reflecting”,
for “Discerning”,
and maybe “Clarity”?
And then we move on.
These (also) wonderful times…
A Touch of Cold, a harder Breeze…
Shorter Light, Colors change.
Deeper Skies…
Harder Rain?
Nature Retreating,
back to Earth, back to Earth…
Us, Retreating?
Observing Decay, or Transformation,
its Manifestations,
and intaking its Gifts…
Another Time,
other Smells, other Sounds, other Emotions…
More…Inner?
More…Quiet?
Different.
Embracing Autumn,
Adjusting…
Actions,
no Actions,
different Actions?
Embracing Life at this Moment,
its Blessings and Revelations.
Work to do, as usual…:)
Fall Equinox today
Balance? As the World looks today?
It is hard to see, and understand,
but hopefully things are adjusting, in their own strange way?
Equinox, a symbol, and a Natural fact.
A moment of Equity and Union between Opposites,
Dark and Light, “Good and Bad”, Life and Death, is a Gift to our Wholeness,
Contemplating the ever evolving Movements of Everything, crystalized in today.
Fruits of Life, admiring, and collecting for the Winter approaching.
We thank for our Lives, in ups and downs, and honor our Achievements.
We thank and honor our Bodies, our Emotions, our Minds, and our Spirits.
We thank and honor the Earth and its Beings, our Friends, its Elements,
and the Sky Beings, Sun Moon, Stars, and Beyond.
By listening to ourselves, we know much of what “needs to be done”,
to ourselves, to others, to Earth.
Our Intent is clear and transparent, and follows a new Path,
a path with the Heart,
a path to equally Give and Receive,
to become Whole and Heal, and be Healed.
Have a good Equinox, alone or with Friends.
Blessings!
my photo from part of the Himalajas, Nepal
new “number”
Birthday, new growing number.
Older, maybe wiser, maybe sillier :), or going nuts?
All right?
Important?
… ” how am I?”,
“what now?”, any change?, any progress?, any fall backs?
Healthy?… more or less attachment?
Closer to my Core?
Who is with now, Love, Friends, social?
“Count my blessings”, honor my Life, and the Gifts I got,
Gratitude…
Spirit Life growing? Inner?, social?
Balance give/take? Adjustments? New “needs”?, new “specialities”?, new “addictions”, or free from them?
Still things to be done, for the World, for Spirit, for me, for you?
Inner Peace growing, it is good, no matter what number it is.
Many things still to be seen and done.
And my Time here can end any moment,
better keep moving…
better keep loving… 🙂
… Message from the Trees…
We , a group of Women, were working in the Forest: theme was, among others, “Helping a Tree”.
I “was found” by a big long “double” Tree, and allowed to bless myself by a lille Water at the bottom of his Trunk.
Little “Energy present” was given as a thanks, and to “keep the Balance”.
I “entered” its Space more closely,
forehead and palms on its Body, what did it need?
What could I feel ?, what was that…
“Fear”?
I asked if I was right, was I?
It was “Fear”!
The Tree was “afraid”
of …
All around… Cut down Dead Trees and Destruction, Destruction caused by us. First “Fear”.
The second one was Noise: the cutting machines, loud and polluting machines…(the Train close by, it was “used to it” now).
And the third was the Climate, its lost “stability”, even it itself was Living ok…
I touched it again, this time with my hands to the Roots, to give it Comfort, and “told it” that not all Humans cut Trees, some plant them…., we are many and different, us Humans…
I “told it” that many of us love and respect Trees, and the ones who cut “just” do their job, some of them that I know even try to do it as fast and as respectful as possible…
I apologized from deep.
Clearly, the Roots felt fine and strong, and not “afraid” at all, only the Trunk and Crown were, (very interesting, by the way)…
I left the Roots, and went back up : just as I moved, the Tree made me aware of an old “message” from its own Brothers and Sisters Trees, received many years ago…
“Send Love and Support to the Trees, we need it, we need to be reminded of that “You and Us are Friends”… Do you recall?” It “told” me…
Yes, I did… that particular practice had gone “out ” of my memory for some time…
I was told then that, by gently hitting the low Tree Trunk or Roots, Trees were “called awake”, they connected,
could “receive a Message”, (if put into the “calling”) , and repeat it on to the Others.
So…important one…
to be shared on…
Thank You!
Now I “have to do”… maybe you also wish?
Allow yourself to “be found” by a Tree Being, approach, connect:
if fine with the Tree (you will “know”), send Love and Support to the whole Family, by gently hitting its Body.
It would be highly appreciated, and it is needed!… (Trees do not lie 😉
Thanks from the Tree,
and from me.
Thylejren sommerfestival
We were just the right number,
and we Met.
We Crossed our energy,
we Connected,
in Respect of Differences,
giving Room and Space to each other,
in Thylejre Time, in Patience.
We Shared,
we Worked,
we Enjoyed,
we Created,
and we Learned.
We found Home,
we found Tribe,
we re-found the Dream,
or just shined it up.
We fell in Love with each other,
and warmed each other’s Lives.
Thanks to us all dear Ones,
it has been a good time,
and a deep pleasure Meeting .
See you later,
be Well and Strong.
Hugs!