I have a personal scheduling conflict with our meeting on the 3rd Saturday of July, so I rescheduled our meeting to Saturday, July 22, from 3 to 5 pm Arizona time. I am aware of the scheduling conflict that this creates, and I will do what I can to compensate for the switch in the schedule.
I am putting together a group/individual awareness exercise. The point that I am focusing on is how we routinely and mistakenly focus attention on the mind’s canned egocentric reaction to life’s simple reality. The premise of my multi-leveled exercise is that unfiltered body awareness inherently knows what the process of the mind routinely misinterprets.
The simplest way to eliminate our attachment to the “Dream of the Planet,” and live a shamanic life of peace and balance, is to use our power to determine how we routinely avoid doing so. Along that path, there are some habits that need to go, and others to take their place.
- The amount of television and social media that I observe around me is disturbing. One of my personal peeves is being around distracted people in a crowded gym; where people may phone a friend and chat between sets. While others (me), are waiting to get onto the same machine. I have a dear friend (Donna) that will ask a distracted person working on a machine at the same gym: “Do you know what muscle group you are working on?” Or even better: “Do you know what you are doing?” So, together, let’s get off of social media and communicate directly with each other. I think it’s called growing up.
- Let’s add something creative into our lives, like playing a musical instrument, renovating a “hippie bus,” or learning the art of acting, etc. I have just started playing the harmonica and would love to learn how to play along with you. Instead of our addiction to things that enhance our sense of separation, let’s inspire our spirit guides to guide us along a “Path of Knowledge!” The point is to relax all attention in the here and now. Do something new and creative. Observe mind activity panic when you welcome more creativity into your life. Nothing is Everything!!
- Last, focus your attention on what inspires you about each person who shares a place with you, within this sacred circle. I meet everyone I talk with in this group with an open heart and a freshly renewed impersonal point of view. I am eternally grateful that you welcome an oddball like me into your lives (sound familiar).
As I sit listening to it rain again, I fully realize again and again how we have no control and we just accept and move on. What are we here for? I’ve stopped planning lately, if I do it just changes! So I keep momentum and see what leads me, and it’s been showing up in the form of getting someone lunch, or driving someone home early. I’m just here. More of that Flow Keshav keeps showing up and showing up in form I have not planned. When I went to the studio to maybe start packing up, I had no idea I would stay for 3 hours, put on some music with the window open, and just keep going. Letting Go is huge for me right now, really huge, tears now; they’re past memories , some really really good memories, I’ve put into one bag I’ll go though later. What I haven’t told all of you is that we have planned and decided this Spring to move from VT to Taos, NM to be closer to our guys. It’s so final with this Flood doing what I’m doing, yet what a closing lesson… so much more to process, it’s a blessing. I’ve been seeing your three guides Keshav, the Llama carrying our belongings on its back, the Crow giving guidance from our apple tree, even Toucan working alongside Crow showing up. Thank you all, thank you Keshav, tears again … Love.
Be the light upon yourself. And shine upon the. world! (Jesus)
Missy: It’s wonderful to hear you embrace that we are all here to be leaders by serving ourselves and others. Letting go and letting IT be.
The Llama, Toucan, and Crow brought me to Vermont to mature and trust in my Intent to be a healer. And, as a bridge to what was next on the path.
I just met with a 1st grade student online and I we always color or draw together. I love it so much. It’s very relaxing to tune IN to something creative and open rather than tuning OUT by distracting myself with media.
Hi everyone, by now you know about our flooding here in the quaint Capital City of Montpelier. Initial first day Cleanup has begun, so much about community pulling together, giving wherever & whatever we can. For me there’s a bit of old stuff coming from memories I think? around the pandemic, a bodily memory, but this is different because there is something here we can all do. I feel really sad for everyone in town, and that’s ok, as long as I keep a foot moving forward, and know there is strength in numbers and human compassion. What was there is Gone and we will rebuild a new. Seeing all the trash is hard. It’s happening all over our country and the whole Earth. Trying not to dwell on that atm. I tried to get into my second floor studio today but the front door to the upstairs of the building is swollen shut, so have to wait, talk about blocks! Landlord is pumping out basements., priorities. Totally understand. Glad I’m here to help my community of 24 years. In another post I’ll reflect on why this is so interesting to me this is happening now. Is this what they mean to Go with the Flow ( of Water) ? Riding the Surf Keshav? Thank you all for the prayers and support, you’re the best! Namaste , Love, Missy
Prayers and support continue!
Missy, it is incredible how fast and strong water can move and change things. It is amazing how fast and strong community can come together and change things. Stay safe.
Somehow I thought that what brought us all together to work with a Shaman was our mutual oddness, requiring finding a place where we can fit in and drop any pretense of “normal,” each odd in our own way. I, personally, prefer odd people like us. But of course, on the spirit level we are One with everyone and everything.
Why can’t you be normal? And why do you have to be so sensitive? I carried around those complaints as burdens for many years. They started off by defining me because I bought into the idea that the goal of the game of life was NORMAL. Now, when I see that “why can’t you (fill in the blank)” feel within someone’s eyes, I silently thank them for the reminder that normal is a place that festers in hell.
Thursday night circles have been amazing! Drums, rattles, bowls and intent…!
It’s a celebration, a reunion – being introduced to teachers, guides, power animals, Plant Spirit and unseen physical energy that stay. Information, knowledge shared is timeless, carried across the ordinary reality – bringing us all together. We have never been apart. All here and now. All of service. All ways. Always. Namaste
As you know, the intent for MY Thursday evening “meditation” has evolved into an opportunity to share the essence of shamanism with you all! Now, OUR Thursday evening journeys are inspired by a need to keep them as spontaneous as possible.