Green is the color of the Heart Chakra. I am on a journey of the heart, but I knew the message wasn’t about romance. Instead, this is about finding my soul’s connection to the great green spiral that pulses at my core, (at my Soul’s Heart,) and about my on-going dedication to honor my Path, “the Path with the most heart,” which was the most important lesson I got from the Carlos Castenada books.
Honorable Shamans and Fellow Pagans, you must find YOUR Path. The one that will best nurture you and challenge you to grow and flourish. This is the Path with the most Heart,. Sometimes, following this path may require that you take focused steps winding along mountain sides. Other times, you will discover the path completely drops off a cliff and you must ‘high back’ and leap across the chasm. Trusting you will drop into the Sea, the deep waters all around us, and discover you are body surfing, jumping waves and the curl of the waves drops you off in a forest glen, densely green and lush and so soft and you enter it and the big green hum of cicadas sings to you, calls to your heart, their rising and falling crescendos a giant spiral yet again. Find your song, follow your path.
As you can see in the accompanying text, the Koru spiral refers to “going back to the beginning, in order to nurture new phases in life” And, what this means to me is, at that New Moon Ceremony, two months ago I was being encouraged to go back to my Path’s roots, and feel my way forward, to make sure I would make good choices in the subsequent time.
I’ve been through a lot of changes since that New Moon Ceremony, two months ago: I’ve left a ten-year relationship. I moved away from the house where I have lived for 15 years, the County for over 30. I got a new job. I’ve reconnected with my inner spirit, I am happy. I’ve had some wonderful adventures out in Nature. Has my Path sustained me during all this? Yes, it has. Am I connected to Spirit? Yes, I am.
So I say to you, We are all Connected. Share your Peace with Mother Earth, Father Sky, and with the Big Waters all around you.
I sing a lot. Sometimes I sing out loud, and teach songs in sacred space. Other times, I sing along to my cd player in my car as I am driving around Florida, on my circuit of road trips. Other times, the Song is in my head and ears rolling around in a great widening spiral to my heart.
I am on a journey of the heart, but this isn’t about romance. This is about finding my soul’s connection to the great green spiral that pulses at the Heart chakra, and about my on-going dedication to honor my Path, “the Path with the most heart,” which was the most important lesson I got from the Carlos Castenada books.
Honorable Shamans and Fellow Pagans, you must find YOUR Path. The one that will best nurture you and challenge you to grow and flourish. This is the Path with the most Heart,. Sometimes, following this path may require that you take focused steps winding along mountain sides. Other times, you will discover the path completely drops off a cliff and you must ‘high back’ and leap across the chasm. Trusting you will drop into the Sea, the deep waters all around us, and discover you are body surfing, jumping waves and the curl of the waves drops you off in a forest glen, densely green and lush and so soft and you enter and the big green hum of cicadas sings to you, calls to your heart, their rising and falling crescendos a giant spiral yet again.
Find your song, follow your path.
And share your Peace with Mother Earth, Father Sky, and with the Big Waters all around you.
My friend Brizos sent me a website the other day, about totem animals. I didn’t like it as much as I like the website I always quote, so I’m not going to post it here. But it made me think about how people find their totems. I believe you don’t find your totem; it finds you. I believe that when you sense the animal is special to you, then it is. I believe that you don’t have to be in the animal’s presence, to know it is your totem.
We have many animals on our totem. There is usually one that stands out and you know it. Then there are other animals that have special roles and messages.
This subject is very detailed and isn’t suitable for a blog post. Un-plug yourself from technology every so often so you can hear the Earth as she sends you messages, through her messengers. Tap into the awesomeness of the Universe so that when Great Spirit speaks to you, you will hear it. Meditate. Make notes of the animals that come to you in meditations. You’ll know when it is happening, that they are special to you.
If you don’t know how to meditate, then just go outside and explore. Go for a walk. Go for a swim. Sit in a meadow. Animals are all around us and are waiting to “walk” with us on this Earth.
We saw a Hawk landing on a power line as we were approaching our place.
A large bug with purple body and black legs kept landing on one person.
We worked with a wonderful book called Medicine Cards by Jamie Sams and David Carson, with beautiful illustrations by Angela Werneke. I’ve been working with this book and the totem cards since at least 1990.
The Pattern or set of life lessons that is moving through your life.
The Challenge you have Conquered or the lesson just Completed.
What is working For you.
What is working Against you.
It was about 90-95 degrees out and we had a nice spot in the shade, which was only a little damp! Initially there was a nice breeze. On our way to where the shady spot is, we walked past this tree with Yellow Flowers. It was full of bees in every imaginable size.