This Silence is full of Wonder,
Embracing me…
And I allow it to take me,
and I follow…
in Trust,
to Where?
Fragile, sensitive, and strong at once…
In less Noise,
Manifestations become clearer,
in less Words
Symbols can arise.
In this time I can only be THERE,
where, maybe?
Everything begins and ends.
HA! HAHA!
I am quiet! I am quiet!
Listen to me, I am quiet!
Silence is deep.
now.
Listening, questioning…
and not.
Full Emptiness,
Compassion,
giving me
Time…
Open,
vulnerable,
being Born again,
maybe in another Shape.
31 October.
Most of us have Relations who died, of different kinds,
and we all have a Tail of Ancestors in our Body Dna.
Our Dead are our “Life and Experience” Dna.
The two together make us Whole.
Death comes, touches, and everything changes.
Pain, or Release from Pain for us who stay.
Release from Pain, hopefully, for the ones who move further.
With before, without now.
Still,
Love stays.
“New” Teachings, “new Life”, brutal,
for us who stay,
vulnerability,
or Peace.
Half way to the Winter Solstice,
we get caressed by the Dark growing.
Today is a moment of Sharing.
Sharing with the Unseen, sharing our Hearts with our Beloved ones.
Remembering our Lives together, things learned, our growth,
experiences done,
honoring and thanking for our Time,
maybe expressing, or
listening to them,
sending a Blessing.
Let us honor our Ancestors also,
however we best feel right,
turning a candle on, sharing some food, or just thoughts.
Have a Peaceful, Love-ful and Fruitful time.
Pain?
Maybe “that day” (in the past)
was the last time with Pain?
Let us try not to crystalize Reality
or reinforce a condition that may not be permanent,
let us open to Possibilities (future).
Let us Honor our “Waves”,
our “ups and downs”,
our “Light and Dark”…
It is all One…
foto: from exibition in Cisternerne, København
Days getting shorter,
Colors exploding,
Beings retreating.
Chill, darker Sky, Clear Air,
the Parfume of Decomposition,
and Mushrooms, and Musk.
Retreat,
and Silence growing Inside.
Like the Trees, and all Plants,
we move Closer to our Essence,
our Core,
we shake off our Leaves now dying,
and we make Friends with the Dark.
“This too, will pass”,
we better Enjoy it while it is here.
Equinox,
“Balance” of Light and Dark.
“I” Surrender today,
to “myself”,
to Infinity.
“I” bury the Axe of Judgement, down Below, anywhere.
“I” bury Who “I” am not,
Who “I” wished to become,
because “I” AM.
“I ” AM the LIGHT,
“I” AM the DARK,
“EVERYTHING” and
“NOTHING”.
“I” RELEASE,
“I” FORGIVE,
“I ” EMBRACE.
“I” BREATHE through the Veil of Illusion,
“I” ACCEPT,
“I” SURRENDER.
In Gratitude,
“I” SEE,
our World HEALING,
HEALED.
“I” BECOME “MYSELF”,
and “my” PRAYER,
REALITY.
NOW.
Many years with the Sweatlodge,
each time surprising and different,
each time touching and purifying.
Earth, its own Being, Fire, its own Being, Air and Moist, their own Beings,
Sweat its own Being, Water its own Being, Rocks their own Beings.
We, our own Beings, and the Ones who come…
Different strong Personalities, working Together.
Voices Together.
Togetherness…
As it “should” always be…
The Sacred Ceremony, a mix of “Us” All,
All other “Beings” that are with,
Spirit,
the Prayers we take with, our Whole…
… Whole…
Organic, It moves, It evolves, It changes…
Whole, Movement, Evolving, Change…
Deep, Human, Spiritual,
Humble, Sweet, Strong, Wild, Intimate …
We are Grateful,
and We Surrender…
Thank.
Surrender.
Home.
In “my” Garden, on Mother Earth,
“my” Garden, so called ’cause in our society we created separation,
and separation fits most of us well…
In “my” Garden, on Mother Earth,
I learn and learn.
All Beings, and all Spirits show,
both the Cycle of Birth, Death, and Renewal,
the “Fall/Develop/or Disappearing” of Spieces, and Beings,
the Amazing Beauty of Blossoming and Decay.
In “my” Garden there are always Surprises , there is Change.
Under the Skies, We (the Garden and I) Rejoice, call for Rain, pray for Sun.
Beings Fly, Crawl, Slide…Appear as Visitors.
Trees Whisper, and Dance, change Color…
There is total Peace, and yet total Movement,
total Life in “my” Garden.
I love it very much.
I love you Earth, I love you Sky, I love you Wind, I love you Sun, I love you Rain…
I love You…
After an active, developing, social and spiritual period with People, some of us need to digest and re-balance.
So I went to my Other Friends, the Sky, the Wind and the Sun, the Waters, and the vaste empty Landscape.
In Loneliness, I also thrive.
In the massive Sound of wild Waters, and in the violent Wind, I clean, I heal, “I” not any longer…
In the Sun Light, in the deep always changing Sky, “I” melt, “I” disappear…
And in the Soundless, deep Silence of the Earth, “I” become…again.
I was visiting an area with many burial “hills” (gravhøje) a short time ago.
Usually I go for honoring, sometimes for meditation: this time I was “taken in” and “taken away”.
“Stop!”, and “Stay!”
When Spirit or Spirits talk, I have to follow.
It clearly felt like a friendly mix of Ancestors and Nature Beings, quite unusual.
I had to explore, and see Beings, I had to listen, move and honor in a Circle that became only apparent when I saw the photo later.
They opened the Other Reality for a while, all was more alive than usually, and in a completely different way.
Nature Beings had other Faces, Shadow and Light were both present, soft, and playful.
They talked to my Inner, not to me.
Life multiplying, Life Cosmic, Life Essence, Infinity.
I stayed, as long as it was “necessary” or “allowed”… in Gratitude…
One and half hour had gone, no Time…
I may be back one day.
photo: maybe the “Guardian”
Sometimes we do “bad” things
sometimes we do “silly” things
sometimes we do “amazing” things
sometimes we do “boring” things
sometimes we do “crazy” things
sometimes we do “no” things
sometimes we do…
On the Bigger Plane,
nothing of this probably matters,
still, we Believe we are Important,
and still, we can discern between “good” and “bad”.
Can we?
A new Sharing Circle has started.
It is a “Heart thing”, so whatever we may share, stays there.
The first Sharings from each one of us, were very different.
We stand in different positions in our Growth,
we have different Dreams and Paths.
Whatever we express, even it may be “humble” at first glance,
contains a part of our Life,
of the greater Mandala of us as Human Beings.
Each happening we react on, is a part of us,
therefore Precious, and to be Respected.
Each little story has a deeper meaning,
and a “Treasure” to be found in it, if one takes the time…
And as we express, we get to know ourselves,
as we listen we learn to know the others, and ourselves.
Thanks, Manitonquat, for teaching and bringing the Circle into my Life.
A hug to you wherever you are, on the Other Side. Ho!
A short time ago I had the challenge and the honor to work with one of my dear returning clients, who , in the
meantime got pregnant. Now, one, two months to go…
Her Belly was amazing, and She was shining.
Having chosen not to have Kids at all, it felt very special and a privilege,
at the same time I was a little tense. It had been ages since I worked with a pregnant Woman.
The “what to do” list from my Helpers had been scarce, and it clearly felt like we had to work together, how?…
We should see.
Following her wishes, I checked with clairvoyance Mother and Baby condition, and connection/involvement with
the Father: everything was fine. The Baby even got a “sacred name”, it just came, without us asking.
The Woman Goddess was Creating Magic, Creating Miracle inside her Body,
and it felt very Sacred, very Perfect, and a little (much) surrealistic to us both.
In the meantime, the “rest” of the session had appeared.
She “went into” her Belly, met this new Being,
we prayed loud for Her Arrival and Life, and sang for Her.
We were touched both, almost burst into Tears.
So beautiful, so intimate, so strong, powerful and delicate at the same time!
Be Welcome soon to your new Life, fresh new Being!
To every Carrier of new Life:
may You take time to “meet” your Baby, may you talk loud and pray and sing for Her/Him.
With Love, from J and Ada.
Greetings to You, Beauty-full Human Being!
On Solstice day, You may wish to undertake this Journey.
“Simple” instructions follow.
Get ready in your best way (own praxis)
Connect both to Earth and Sky (if right for you, especially to the Sun), and to your Spirit (and other) Friends
Visualize you are the Sun (or if you cannot, just see the Sun close to you, then enter it)
Feel the new condition, the Glowing, the Light (it is comfortable), and adjust
Expand through your Corona, so you cleanse your Past and Future through the Glowing
Expand through your Corona, so you cleanse whatever needs to be Released now
Thank
Expand through your Rays and Bless whoever and whatever you Love and Care for (included Earth)
If you feel strong enough Bless whoever and whatever you worry about (all less good stuff)
Thank, and bring your Rays back
Enlighten the Corona again, Cleanse once more, and Bless yourself too
Thank
Enlighten your whole Being with Light (if it feels right)
and even intake in your Organs, your Heart, and Chakras (if it feels right)
Thank
Dissolve the picture, and visualize soft Rain Drops all over you. Enjoy for a while
Thank All your Helpers, the Sun and the Water Drops, yourself
Go back to your Body, Breath, Heart , ordinary Reality
Wake up slowly, Peacefully, in good mood and Energy
Welcome You Beauty-full Human Being
Have a good Solstice, and a good Life!
Sun is Rising,
Looking at Earth.
I am Rising,
Looking at Sun.
We both Shine.
That’ s All We have to Do.
One day I will be gone,
Sun still will be there,
Shining on Earth.
I will be Shining
from Somewhere else.-
Before we happened to populate the Earth,
Millions years ago, the Plants, (very recent Life also, compared to our supposed Planet Age),
successfully moved out of the Primal Swamp.
How They did, we can guess, maybe some Scientists know.
Respect to Evolution, and to the Plants!
And many Beings still move, undetected by Us.
It also seems We started on 4 legs, and moved to 2, later on.
We got Feet and Legs (and all the rest), and the amazing Virtue of Moving.
It is maybe not often enough We Remember our Great Gifts,
Movement being a Great one of them.
We Move through Space and Air, and sometimes We “Fly”.
Yesterday, I was looking at Us,
Walking, Strolling, in the Sunshine …
Spirit reminded me of Being Grateful for What I have,
for my Legs and Feet, for the Whole Body,
and I smiled inside.
Walking Miracles,
Living Miracles,
Us and the rest.
Coming back here.
The Sun is Shining,
The Sweatlodge is Growing,
My Princess is Blooming,
A Flower Bee on My Knee,
And the Dancing Mosquito Dance fast today…
Simple Things…
Bit by bit,
Landing in this one Reality…
Grateful.
Cloud Veils on the Hills
Water Vails on the Sea
Shadow Veils on the Grasses
Thought Veils on me.
The little Yellow House by the Ruins is gone
Spring Opens Views, New Lights
Millions of Shining Beings are Watching…
Resting, still Moving, Evolving,
Resting Moving Evolving Resting
Resting Moving Growing Resting….
Sky and Earth Nourishing again and again.
Gratitude
This country, that country….
Few Smiles,
Once in a while.
Covered in “busyness”… (we are…?)
Or…have we forgotten it?
Lovers and Kids still smile!
Sun Sun, Sun, Illumination…
We are back!…
Falling in Love
With Beauty in our Reality,
Remembering,
Once in a while…
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” 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.
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.
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.
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 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?
Bit by bit,
reconstructing,
remembering.
Reality still little strange,
Energy still little funny.
Gratitude for what one is and has,
steps into one’s “ordinary” again.
Do things the best one can.
It is going better and better.
Gentle to myself.
Spring is coming.
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.
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” is anywhere,
dressed in poor or shining Robes,
out there in Nature, or in the City,
in the middle of Rubbish,
in a cracked Wall,
in a forsaken Corner.
In the Eyes of Beings,
in the Smiles of Flowers.
Humble, Discrete, or Screaming,
it is here.
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.
