Till now I always got by on my own
I never really cared until I met you
And now it chills me to the bone
-from the Song “Alone” by the group, Heart
" Spend some time alone every day."
~His Holiness the Dalai Lama
"When you venture beyond identity, you realize that what you are is awakened consciousness. No longer a separate piece of the puzzle of life, but interconnected existence itself." - J. M. Harrison
That’s it. There is nothing more to say.
Blessings,
Judy
Blue Jay popped into our yard today, and foraged around for some seeds, and picked at some food that the dog left. He then popped up on a log, and started to chat.
He said that the signs are all pointing to an early winter, and that the food would be scarce for the birds and animals this winter.
I asked him how he knew.
He says that the birds and the animals can feel the weather and how it is shifting. He said to watch some of the birds like the Artic Tern and the Robins. They are heading south already, and that is early for them.
The squirrels, he says, are madly stashing food. He says that the Blue Jays try to keep an eye on where they put the food because they can raid it if they get too hungry.
Blue Jay went on to say that the weather would fluctuate drastically, and that there would be extreme cold and snow, and then warm weather would hit. This will cause melting and freezing that will make getting food on the ground very difficult because there will be a coat of ice.
Blue Jay asked me what we were going to do to prepare for the winter. I said that we would harvest our garden, and get some farmer market veggies to store, and that we would get our snow blower checked over. We also got our first load of wood, and hoped to get another load before the end of September.
Blue Jay said that we were doing well, and flew away.
Many blessings,
Judy
What I remember about Mink from my childhood, is that when Mink is around, it may dig into the hen house and eat the chickens.
When Mink popped into my meditation today, I was rather surprised. Mink was offended by my surprise and insisted that she mattered as much as any of the other animals. Mink tells me that she is gifted with abundance by Creator. She says that in Nature, Mink is given a territory that she must guard or defend from other Minks, and often from other predators.
Mink offers that her diet is what humans should be eating because it keeps her slim and healthy. She eats fresh fish twice a day, or wild meat (rabbit and small animals are her favorites) and she drinks lots of water and gets lots of exercise. She loves to swim, and believes the cold water keeps her blood circulating.
Mink has some thoughts to share about life.
An interesting perspective popped up in the meditation today. I felt my angels come in, and then I heard them ask, “What time is it?” Since my understanding is that time has no meaning for Angels and Creator, I thought that was an odd question. Of course, there was a lesson there for me.
The Angels said that there is a time for everything on Earth. However, there is never a specific time set for healing. Christians think that they get their soul healed when they attend church on Sunday. Other religions have the same beliefs about attending their institutions. No one however, seems to take time to heal on a daily basis.
The message from the Angels is that it is time to pay attention to one’s physical ailments and to get them healed. Prayer and meditation will help this process.
Blessings,
Judy
This is a case study from my files that seems a good time to share with all of you as you may be feeling resistance to a trip or a big change.
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Years ago, when we visited the Sun Dial Medicine Wheel, I was grateful that I knew how to clear karma. You see, I was quite resistant to going to the medicine wheel, and I did not know why. I just knew that something dreadful would happen.
I let this emotion build and build and I talked myself out of going several times. Finally, common sense kicked in and I realized that there must be some reason for the reluctance to go to the medicine wheel.
I sat in meditation one night, and asked why I had this issue. I heard that I needed to clear Karma using the guidance of the Angels of Karma. I have a great meditation for this purpose and I sat in meditation.
The first story that needed clearing was that several thousand years ago, I was a Medicine Man working with my tribe at the medicine wheel. At the end of our ceremony, the sky went dark for three days because of an eclipse. At that time, the Earth turned more slowly. My tribe believed that I had stopped the Sun. They thought that no one should have that power, and they killed me. Coincidently, the Sun returned after they killed me, and the People believed that they had done the right thing.
There were several more stories that were similar in that I died near or because of the medicine wheel.
When I cleared the energy of imbalance around these stories, my body relaxed and I was able to travel to the wheel, and to enjoy.
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Many Blessings,
Judy
“Lightning is good. When Lightning strikes a tree, people say that tree has been blessed and they go to gather that wood for special purposes.” - Apache Tradition
Last week, lightning hit a tree on Poplar Island, an island in the Bow River, and part of Fish Creek Park. The tree burned for a long time, for it was a large tree, and had lived a long time.
I began to think about the tree. One of my thoughts was that the Elementals had decided that this tree was special, and that it should not suffer the fate of being chewed down by beavers, and then becoming part of the next beaver dam.
Instead, the Elementals decided that this tree would be transformed from tree to charcoal. It then becomes a wonderful instrument of cleaning and healing for all the animals that ingest it. As it washes into the river, it becomes a natural filter.
It seems to me that this is how humans may transform – with one flash of great light they become less than they were before and then so much more.
I wish you a flash of inspiration!
Blessings,
Judy
-Sharon Salzberg, “A Quiver of the Heart”
When I read this passage, I am reminded that not all of us see the same way. I realize that many people judge others’ pain to be lesser than their own. I wonder why we seem to feel aversion, or even jealousy, about other people’s pain. A scene from the movie, “Grumpy Old Men” sticks in my mind. Jack Lemmon’s and Walter Matthau’s character each competed to see who had the biggest hurt! It was funny, and sad, at the same time.
I confess, when I see other people in pain, I most often seem to hurt for them. It quickly goes away. The pain lets me see/feel how they are feeling, and, I empathise with their pain. I typically respond the same way to tears of grief or sadness.
I think most people are like that!
Many blessings,
Judy
