“circumstances”

…are a catalyst. You energetically create them, as a way of igniting/initiating/evoking your power. They emanate from your source as a way of deliberately activating and accelerating your spirit energy.

Through ceremony or ritual, they serve to heat up your intention. They add fire energy to your desire by creating passion, instilling enthusiasm, and fostering commitment.

All the while, you’re provided with divine security and protection through your transformation.

They offer you a view into your relationship with your own spirituality, religious attitudes and beliefs, provide you the opportunity to gain a broader perspective, and allow for a psychic view into the truth of what is really going on in your life. They present the opportunity to realize the deeper emotions of your soul, call you to the secretive, seductive, otherwise unknowable shadow aspects of your own, personal power that you’ve not yet realized.

They guide you to your own innate ability to *reincorporate parts of your self, to realize your multi-faceted nature, to your capacity for expanding in multiple directions. They are divine direction from your higher self. Although it might not appear that way, they are always ‘on track with your life’, in the way that they lead you towards your innermost self, towards your brilliantly intuitive soul. Allow them to guide you towards True success, power, and influence.

When you’re feeling low on energy, especially, your source is transmitting the message to surrender your attachments, as a means of gaining clarity. Allow for the rise of the instinctive, primitive feelings that they prompt. Make an ally of your resistance, to bring out your untamed animal power, your connection to your wild side… sexy, tough, strong. You’ll find strength, groundedness, and stability through this ancient wisdom. With its rise comes an ability to get a handle on life, to take control. Your innermost being is providing you capable, knowledgeable, and useful assistance. Your power is intimately connected to the right hand of God, the macrocosm within the microcosm. Reap the abundant harvest that the rise of this in your personal power provides; allow your visions to come to fruition.

Get a handle on what’s beneath the surface, the loyalties you cling to that keep you from realizing your mysterious depths. Emotional issues and unconscious desires may seem a strange and foreign area of life, but they’ll give you access to the vastness that is your passion and spirituality.

You are naturally suited to this (element). It is you. You will not leave yourself behind. You will not leave yourself without support. You will not leave yourself without a way of communicating your needs to others. Through journeying with your emotions, you will see clearly!

Enter the space of feminine creation. On the other side is freedom, unity, a whole new beginning and dimension of your being. Your inner children provide innocence, surrender, peace, and protection. They allow for the natural expression of femininity, vulnerability, softness, sensuality. They are the seat of your power. Through the perspective that you gain by re-incorporating them, you are able to own your energy and influence.

*Each healing that I’m blessed to participate in manifests differently depending on how I‘m intuitively guided. That said, much of what transpires can be described as ‘soul retrieval‘. Here’s a very basic definition… When you undergo something traumatic enough in your life (either physically or emotionally) such that your soul feels as though it might not be safe to remain in your body, it'll send off parts of itself for safe-keeping. If you're in a serious car accident, for example, and it appears that you might not survive, off a piece goes, for the sake of ‘safe-keeping’. Soul retrieval is the process you go through to get those pieces/fragments back so that you can be whole again. It can involve the discovery of identities whom you were in past lives and helping them ascend so they can rejoin their soul-group (in effect, connecting to you), or finding parts of you that became disconnected earlier in this life, as in the case of challenges experienced during childhood. While what you imagine the process to be like may leave you feeling a little unsettled - even apprehensive - at first, once you realize the gifts/benefits you gain from reincorporating one soul fragment, you’ll find yourself surprisingly, pleasantly excited to retrieve others!

If what’s presented in the article above appeals to you, contact me for a Free consultation, and I’ll do my best to advise you in what my guidance suggests would be most helpful to you on your healing journey.

Big Medicine Love to You!

~ Black Feather



(For those of you who follow my writings out of an interest in channeling and symbolism, what follows is - as ’functional’ as I can offer - a literal description of the visual messages I transcribed to arrive at the article (in italics) above:)

a chrome lighter with the lid open

(((((((())))))))
(with a flame in the centre)

looking through (the flame),
at the black (spaces) in between church windows

(figure)
starfish hairband/antenna/
candle, unlit
wraps of leather around (her) black hair
a (rock) hand holding sheaf (sp?) of grain

hand like a sea (‘clinger’/) dog

goose, merganser

the void under a white dress - seated

(thanks to the work of Kelly Sullivan-Walden for contributing to this translation)

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Robin Medicine: Bravery(?) has its Rewards!

Sha-moose and I have been busking on the Royal Mile the last couple of days. I wanted to share with you how incredibly rewarding it's been by relating one of the experiences I was blessed with...

I have to say that I was a little nervous about busking to begin with. Actually (who am I trying to kid?), I had some altogether serious butterflies in my belly. I did try my best to be grateful for them, though; after all, they are symbolic of a beautiful transformation to come!

I had set up with a chair, a puppet, and a sign that reads "Ask Sha-moose... for a vision of clarity". I put a couple of 'suggestion' questions (that people often ask) up, too: "Will I find True Love?", and "What's my animal Power?"

As Sha-moose was amusing me between vision quest requests (you can read that as: doing his best to keep me from 'chucking butterflies'), I noticed a group of teenage boys at the edge of my vision who seemed to have been watching me/us for a while. They came up as a group and one of them asked (I might have imagined it, but he seemed to be asking kind of smugly), "So... What's the meaning of Life?"

...

I said that I could tell him what the meaning of life might be for him (in hindsight, I'm ever so grateful that he decided to follow through). He waited for me to continue. (Sha-moose) said to him that he'd seek a vision, and added (as he often does) that it helps to hear the voice of the person that he's visioning for; he'd receive a vision regardless, but it can take longer otherwise. He asked the boy if he'd mind singing, and - without waiting for a reply - put the feather over his Moosey puppet eyes and got into it. Again, perhaps my imagination, but it seemed to me that - since he'd been (bolstered) to take it this far - the young man wouldn't want it to seem that he was backing down now.

He sang. And I can't begin to tell you how beautiful I found it. I was so overwhelmed that I lost all thought. I couldn't even remember what song it was, although I was sure I'd heard it before - a love song that included the name "Cynthia" (I think).

Immediately, I saw a vision of a Robin. After just a couple of lines into his song, Sha-moose interrupted and started extolling Robin's Medicine. Robin is the first bird to sing in the morning. Robin's red breast is the colour of the rising sun. By being the first to express his true self, he calls forth the dawn. He's a solitary singer; he doesn't need to convince anyone else.

Robin sings. That's what it does, what it is. Robin's song is Robin; it's his nature, just as much as his feathers and (even) his perch are. Just by doing, by singing his/her own unique song, he's available for others to see as an example, and be encouraged by his Be-ing to express what it is their own souls are calling for them to express. The colour of the dawn is on his chest. The colour of the dawn is the colour of the new self that is You, constantly being (re)born, calling you to Be. Creative expression is you. The new dawn, the sun and its power, the New Self, is you!

Although I wasn't looking directly at him, I could tell how moved he was (I certainly was), and I could tell, as well, how moved his friends were by what had transpired.

While the boy might have been coerced(?) into his actions out of a sense of bravado, the rewards were great. Not only was he himself inspired, but his friends were undoubtably inspired as well; and what's more important to a teenager than his/her friends? It's the early bird - getting past the idea of what a worm looks like (read as: being hampered by feelings of insignificance, playing small) - that receives the nourishment. I believe that, if any of us refuses to express the creative Truth that we are, we'll be presented with an opportunity, one way or another. Being 'inspired' to go out busking, forced me past my own reservations about looking the Fool, for instance. As I can wholeheartedly attest to, you won't be disappointed that you did; they feel like butterflies, and they do come out that way, too!

I'm always very appreciative when I get to thank someone for sharing their medicine with me, but this exchange hit a particularly high note!

Big Medicine Love to You!!

~ Black Feather


(As ever, if you feel that you'd like some help expressing your own Truth, I'd be more than delighted to share medicine with You!)

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How to DreamSurf

I‘ve got a couple of treats for you. One is a great technique that I came up with to facilitate lucid dreaming (realizing you‘re dreaming while you‘re in a dream). The other is a PowerDream. I was listening (and called in) to an interview on the Awakening Zone with Robert Moss (that was amazing, by the way!) during which Robert mentioned the aboriginal/shamanic practice of ‘dream-giving’, telling a dream in such a way that the receiver is given power by owning the dream themselves. I had a dream that same night that really fits, and I’d Love to share with you.
But first, my non-fail technique - after using it, I wouldn’t be at all surprised if you find yourself lucid dreaming the first time out! (I’d say I’m really proud of the fact that I came up with this my ‘self ‘, but I appreciate that every great inspiration is a result of being a good channel). What I recommend is this:

First, think about what you dream about most often (or ‘a lot’, at least). This (item/action/person?) will act as your ‘cue’; it’ll be what wakes you up to the fact that you’re dreaming while (for example) the Pope is toasting marshmallows over a campfire for you. Next, grab yourself some sticky-notes, and write “Am I Dreaming?” on them. Now, go around your waking lifespace and stick those notes on images/pictures of the ‘cue‘ item that you picked (for people who may be more ‘literal’ than visual, you might want to stick your notes on text) . For instance, my wife’s sister shows up in her dreams most often, so she’d go around sticking her notes on letters from her sister, or on (family) photos with her in them. For me, it’s water, so I might put mine of a magazine cover I have laying around, on drawings I’ve done that include water in them, or on my drinking glass. Get creative with it (not that it’s necessary for the exercise, I’d just be thrilled that you did)! Put an image of your dream cue on your desktop and post a virtual “Am I Dreaming” sticky on that!

For some of you, it might take a few days for this to result in full dream awareness, but don‘t worry if it does; you will get what you need out of the process! I will say, though, that when you do, Please, re-cycle the karma by sharing your dream/experience with me!

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I trust you to stay open-minded about what I’m going to say next - as Kelly says herself in the interview, I Love nightmares. If I’m having one, I know I’m ripe for something really, really great to follow it. I see them as a precursor to a rebirth, to another ascension stage on my personal journey (and who doesn‘t love the gifts that come with that?). What I find lucid dreaming most helpful for is resolving nightmares. And, now that I‘ve said that, I’ve got yet another great treat for you, and I have a feeling it’s going to be the best one for You, personally…

Robert mentioned a few things in the interview about what you can do to resolve nightmares, but - unless you’re really practiced or have a shaman or dream practitioner coaching you - they can be hard to remember while you’re being chased or _ _ _ _ (I’ll leave it up to you to fill in the blank - I’m pretty sure you don’t need me to give you a nightmare suggestion)! The tip I’m going to give you will empower you to do something about what’s happening while you’re in your nightmare (to get the Pope to stop burning your mallows, for instance). If you’re having nightmares lately, make your cue something related to that. Then, once you’re aware that you’re in a dream that’s a nightmare, start saying “I Love You” to whatever (situation) it is that’s troubling you (or to whatever‘s chasing you). I’m getting confirmations all over my body that you’re going to be extremely happy with how will this works!

Now for the other treat I was talking about: sharing a PowerDream. I highly recommend that, once you finish reading this version of the dream I had (once you get to the *), you continue the dream-story by carrying on the visualization to see what happens next, or by simply paying attention to what happens afterwards in your lifedream as a result of hearing/seeing/owning this dream…


“SurfDream”

You’re in Australia, headed down to the water/beach with a young, blonde-haired man. He’s there to help you - he’s really experienced at surfing. There are lots of white barnacles on the way down the beach’s sandy slope. You’re both making your way over them in flip-flops, but while they seem sharp to you and you go slowly, gingerly, you notice that your guide is moving over them very quickly. You realize watching him that you don’t have to worry about being so careful and you go fast over them, too (and you’re fine)! Standing at the shore, you see other people with their boards having Great fun in the water. Your guide points out that this is the perfect place for you. Even as a beginner, it’s obvious to you that it has the most awesome beginner waves, and you start heading out to find your very own ‘sweet spot’.

To your surprise, rather than paddling out, you’re actually standing, riding your board, moving it forward by pumping your weight up and down on it. You have a couple of things in your arms, but it doesn’t seem to matter; before you know it, you’ve moved over the incoming waves and you‘re sitting on your board out in deeper water, with guides as good as your friend floating all around you. They’re really excited! You’ve taught them a new trick - they all got out by paddling with their arms as they laid on their bellies! One of the items you’ve been holding is a long, grey ‘foamy/floatie‘, about two centimetres in diameter and as tall as your self. It doesn’t seem to ‘do’ anything, and you wonder why you’ve even been carrying it. You might be a little nervous as you wait for your first wave, but you realize that doesn’t make sense, since you’d actually ‘surfed’ out the way that you did, which should have been far more difficult! *


Please let me know how this dream continues for you, especially as it continues in your LifeDream!

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I have to say that I really debated whether to include the part about carrying the ‘stuff ‘ in my telling of that dream, but my guidance seemed to be suggesting I leave it in. We don’t incarnate into these earthly forms to be baggage-free; part of the ‘fun‘ of our experience is to overcome our challenges! I can well imagine for some of you that something interesting happened with it during your ride, but - for those of you who found it problematic - I’d be more than delighted to help you relieve yourself of whatever it is that you’re carrying, to help you drop your stuff. It got you to where you are, but you’ll be able to enjoy your (next) wave much, much more without it!