Spirit Journeys
Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2021 5:16 pm
I have begun doing spirit journeys with a couple other women. We use drumming and, after clearing the space, we always choose cards from my medicine card deck (animals), and the Herbal Healing deck. I drew the Shooting Star card last time, and I didn’t know this one. I hadn’t heard of it before. So I looked up more information on it, and found that I have been looking at it every summer since I’ve lived out here, and didn’t know what it was. I find it even more interesting, as I’ve been reading Dolores Cannon’s book, Jesus and the Essenes, for the first time. I know many people have begun to question the narrative about Jesus as described in religious dogma and the Bible, and some even question whether he was an actual historical figure at all. I agree that there has been much distortion, much of it purposeful, by those who wish to hide the truth about most everything. But on an inner level, for me, I have always known that there is something very real about the Christ energy. And the message, if one can look deep enough, is straightforward and easy to understand. For me, anyway.
As an embodied being, part of the message that rings true for me is that the kingdom of heaven is within. We do not need a book or an institution to access this realm. It IS real. He also imparted the message that all the many seemingly miraculous things he was said to have done in his lifetime, others who came after would also be able to do. He scorned the hypocritical nature of the religious institutions of his day. In a way, not much has changed there. He also understood that people can be possessed by evil spirits, and the need to take responsibility for keeping our space and physical/spiritual being clear of these nefarious intentions. We do have an adversary in our midst.
But most of all, he demonstrated that we are spiritual beings. It seems that a great deal of energy is being expended in recent times, to convince us we are just the result of evolution, just a hair above the animals in consciousness, and that there is nothing inherently special about us at all. This is dangerous thinking (it leaves us very open to external control by very non divine forces). For if there is no such thing as a spirit world, and a divine purpose to our experience, then it leaves us floating, without much of a moral compass. It also leaves us without much of a respect and sense of honor, for all that our reality and experience of being embodied has provided. The awe, and wonder, of nature gets shoved to the background, in the name of some imagined and made up pseudo science, that suggests we can ever completely control our experience here through purely external means, and technology. It also obscures the hidden hand that operates in this reality, that does not have our highest good in mind. Quite the opposite, in fact.
Anyway, I’m going to start this thread, and add to it as we continue our spirit journeys through the winter months. Winter is the time of going within, and much of what occurs in springtime, is cultivated by seed thoughts planted in winter. I continue to plant my garden, both within and without. It does seem as though much is dying in our world, but still, I look to the future. We are each creators in our own right, and I will not give my creative energy to the current main attraction playing out on the collective screen of life. I continue to see, and imagine, therefore believe, I can create a different reality. One that maintains a sense of honor, integrity, and respect for all life. And, I am so not alone in this endeavor. Even as our bodies age, our souls continues to create a life filled with beauty, love, and light. As I said many years ago now, we truly are like stars. The opportunity for Christ to be born within us is real. I see miraculous and positive things happening in the lives of so many who are spread from one end of the planet to the other. Try as they might, they will not be able to extinguish this light.
Shooting Star: Birthing the Holy Child
http://www.fesflowers.com/shooting-star ... oly-child/
By Patricia Kaminski
The compelling archetype of the Christmas season is that of the Holy Child being born on earth. The entry of this Holy Child is fraught with peril, whether we consider the story of the mother looking for a place to give birth, or the more ominous picture of King Herod who massacres children in order to prevent the life of this soul on earth.
The poet Wordsworth proclaims: “…not in utter nakedness /But trailing clouds of glory do we come/From God, who is our home/Heaven lies about us in our infancy…” Yet for many children, birth into the earthly realm is filled with challenges — these children cannot feel a genuine connection to their Divine Spiritual origins. This may be due to conditions of extreme poverty, violence or warfare; an unstable family matrix, nutritional choices of the mother; and perhaps most devastating of all, the materialistic, technological conditions of modern society which provide no connection for the soul to its prior home in the spiritual realm. These conditions contribute to the root causes of many illnesses and unusual mental and/or emotional qualities that plague today’s child, resulting in conditions such as autism, allergies, failure to thrive, disturbed developmental stages, or learning disabilities.
One of the most important flower essences to help incarnating souls find their home on earth is Shooting Star (Dodecatheon hendersoni). Catherine Burns is a Certified Birth Doula and Lactation Counselor practicing in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She reported recently that “Shooting Star flower essence is a standard remedy for babies who have had any sort of traumatic birth experience, from a fast and hard birth, to a long, difficult birth process. We administer it to babies who have any sort of problems in utero, who have had any trauma or shock with the birth experience, if the mother attempted an abortion, if there was threat of the baby being premature, or any otherwise difficult pregnancy. We use Shooting Star if the mother has a life-threatening condition, such as hemorrhaging, or problems delivering the placenta. Other indications are if the mother and baby have to be separated after birth, or if the baby is born cesarean. Shooting Star is so important, to ‘call the baby in’.”
Shooting Star is an exquisite native American wildflower, flourishing in alpine water-saturated meadows as the snow melts. This affinity with moisture evokes a picture of the deep watery womb that is the child’s home before coming into earth. Furthermore it is a member of the Primulaceae family, a group of plants known for their forces of strong vitality, literally “springing” from the fresh etheric forces of the water element in primavera (the spring season). In the formative gesture of the Shooting Star we see a further aspect of cosmic and earthly being joined together. The reflexed magenta violet sepals of the flower appear as “wings” still connected to higher realms, while the stamens form a pronounced central point diving down into the gravity of earth. The Shooting Star provides a strong impulse from the etheric/life realm of Nature, to help the soul remember its spiritual heritage while at the same time embracing its new home on earth.
From this perspective we can deeply appreciate the affirmation for Shooting Star, written by Patricia Kaminski:
“I have come to Earth to find my humanness.
Life on Earth can reveal who I am.
I am on Earth to find the meaning of Love.”
https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/ipnf/map ... sm9_019162
History: The genus name "Dodecatheon" comes from two Greek words "dodeka" meaning twelve and "theoi" meaning gods, the plants protected by the gods. The species name "pulchellum" is derived from a word meaning handsome or beautiful.
Description: The flowers of the Shooting Star are like deep purplish-pink darts that point in all directions from atop a long stalk. The flowers are 3/4 to 1 inch long. The stamens of the Shooting Star are fused to form a "beak" or "dart" pointing downward. This plant has a cluster of leaves at the base of the stem. At times white petals may be found on the Shooting Star instead of rose-pink petals. Blooming time is the latter part of April through July.
Habitat: The Shooting Star is found in open places such as plains, hills and mountain sides.
Edible and medicinal value: The roots and leaves of another species of Shooting Star may be eaten or boiled. There is no information available on any poisonous species of Dodecatheon, so it is unknown for sure if all are edible. Because this information is unknown, this species should be considered poisonous. In early spring when green forage is scarce, elk and deer will eat the Shooting Star.
As an embodied being, part of the message that rings true for me is that the kingdom of heaven is within. We do not need a book or an institution to access this realm. It IS real. He also imparted the message that all the many seemingly miraculous things he was said to have done in his lifetime, others who came after would also be able to do. He scorned the hypocritical nature of the religious institutions of his day. In a way, not much has changed there. He also understood that people can be possessed by evil spirits, and the need to take responsibility for keeping our space and physical/spiritual being clear of these nefarious intentions. We do have an adversary in our midst.
But most of all, he demonstrated that we are spiritual beings. It seems that a great deal of energy is being expended in recent times, to convince us we are just the result of evolution, just a hair above the animals in consciousness, and that there is nothing inherently special about us at all. This is dangerous thinking (it leaves us very open to external control by very non divine forces). For if there is no such thing as a spirit world, and a divine purpose to our experience, then it leaves us floating, without much of a moral compass. It also leaves us without much of a respect and sense of honor, for all that our reality and experience of being embodied has provided. The awe, and wonder, of nature gets shoved to the background, in the name of some imagined and made up pseudo science, that suggests we can ever completely control our experience here through purely external means, and technology. It also obscures the hidden hand that operates in this reality, that does not have our highest good in mind. Quite the opposite, in fact.
Anyway, I’m going to start this thread, and add to it as we continue our spirit journeys through the winter months. Winter is the time of going within, and much of what occurs in springtime, is cultivated by seed thoughts planted in winter. I continue to plant my garden, both within and without. It does seem as though much is dying in our world, but still, I look to the future. We are each creators in our own right, and I will not give my creative energy to the current main attraction playing out on the collective screen of life. I continue to see, and imagine, therefore believe, I can create a different reality. One that maintains a sense of honor, integrity, and respect for all life. And, I am so not alone in this endeavor. Even as our bodies age, our souls continues to create a life filled with beauty, love, and light. As I said many years ago now, we truly are like stars. The opportunity for Christ to be born within us is real. I see miraculous and positive things happening in the lives of so many who are spread from one end of the planet to the other. Try as they might, they will not be able to extinguish this light.
Shooting Star: Birthing the Holy Child
http://www.fesflowers.com/shooting-star ... oly-child/
By Patricia Kaminski
The compelling archetype of the Christmas season is that of the Holy Child being born on earth. The entry of this Holy Child is fraught with peril, whether we consider the story of the mother looking for a place to give birth, or the more ominous picture of King Herod who massacres children in order to prevent the life of this soul on earth.
The poet Wordsworth proclaims: “…not in utter nakedness /But trailing clouds of glory do we come/From God, who is our home/Heaven lies about us in our infancy…” Yet for many children, birth into the earthly realm is filled with challenges — these children cannot feel a genuine connection to their Divine Spiritual origins. This may be due to conditions of extreme poverty, violence or warfare; an unstable family matrix, nutritional choices of the mother; and perhaps most devastating of all, the materialistic, technological conditions of modern society which provide no connection for the soul to its prior home in the spiritual realm. These conditions contribute to the root causes of many illnesses and unusual mental and/or emotional qualities that plague today’s child, resulting in conditions such as autism, allergies, failure to thrive, disturbed developmental stages, or learning disabilities.
One of the most important flower essences to help incarnating souls find their home on earth is Shooting Star (Dodecatheon hendersoni). Catherine Burns is a Certified Birth Doula and Lactation Counselor practicing in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She reported recently that “Shooting Star flower essence is a standard remedy for babies who have had any sort of traumatic birth experience, from a fast and hard birth, to a long, difficult birth process. We administer it to babies who have any sort of problems in utero, who have had any trauma or shock with the birth experience, if the mother attempted an abortion, if there was threat of the baby being premature, or any otherwise difficult pregnancy. We use Shooting Star if the mother has a life-threatening condition, such as hemorrhaging, or problems delivering the placenta. Other indications are if the mother and baby have to be separated after birth, or if the baby is born cesarean. Shooting Star is so important, to ‘call the baby in’.”
Shooting Star is an exquisite native American wildflower, flourishing in alpine water-saturated meadows as the snow melts. This affinity with moisture evokes a picture of the deep watery womb that is the child’s home before coming into earth. Furthermore it is a member of the Primulaceae family, a group of plants known for their forces of strong vitality, literally “springing” from the fresh etheric forces of the water element in primavera (the spring season). In the formative gesture of the Shooting Star we see a further aspect of cosmic and earthly being joined together. The reflexed magenta violet sepals of the flower appear as “wings” still connected to higher realms, while the stamens form a pronounced central point diving down into the gravity of earth. The Shooting Star provides a strong impulse from the etheric/life realm of Nature, to help the soul remember its spiritual heritage while at the same time embracing its new home on earth.
From this perspective we can deeply appreciate the affirmation for Shooting Star, written by Patricia Kaminski:
“I have come to Earth to find my humanness.
Life on Earth can reveal who I am.
I am on Earth to find the meaning of Love.”
https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/ipnf/map ... sm9_019162
History: The genus name "Dodecatheon" comes from two Greek words "dodeka" meaning twelve and "theoi" meaning gods, the plants protected by the gods. The species name "pulchellum" is derived from a word meaning handsome or beautiful.
Description: The flowers of the Shooting Star are like deep purplish-pink darts that point in all directions from atop a long stalk. The flowers are 3/4 to 1 inch long. The stamens of the Shooting Star are fused to form a "beak" or "dart" pointing downward. This plant has a cluster of leaves at the base of the stem. At times white petals may be found on the Shooting Star instead of rose-pink petals. Blooming time is the latter part of April through July.
Habitat: The Shooting Star is found in open places such as plains, hills and mountain sides.
Edible and medicinal value: The roots and leaves of another species of Shooting Star may be eaten or boiled. There is no information available on any poisonous species of Dodecatheon, so it is unknown for sure if all are edible. Because this information is unknown, this species should be considered poisonous. In early spring when green forage is scarce, elk and deer will eat the Shooting Star.