I was away
for most of the winter at my long-lost sister’s in Austria. Besides the
gratitude I have for the opportunity to have been able to reconnect with her
and be part of some amazing healing experiences within the family, being in
such a loving environment also afforded me the security of a safe place to
release through some life-changing experiences with the process of shamanic
death.
Winter…
season of hibernating, introspection, and death. Having an appreciation for the
processes/seasons of nature is one thing, but - Shaman or not - ‘on the ground’,
there was a lot more resistance involved on my part (as compared to what an
ascended being with a Divine overview might experience. Ha!).
Sure,
somewhere in the back of my mind lay (dormant) the knowledge that spring would
come, and rebirth, fresh, new and squeeky-clean. But while you’re in
it and your adult mind is playing you, one Coyote trick after another (argghhh),
hell is a womb. Oddly enough, as scary as it was, after a few shake-ups, it
actually felt weirdly warm and comfortable for me to be there. At some point, I
became aware that the Fear I felt had become so familiar that I actually
started to feel more vulnerable about coming out of it than staying in…
a good sign (in hindsight. Ha!). I realized that since I’d been
courageous enough to accept this journey in the first place, reminded myself
that we do this over and over, birth after birth, I stopped resisting. I came
to the point where I felt that there was nothing I could personally ‘do’ to ‘fix‘
things. I gave it up to my higher power, opened myself up, and reached out for
love. As inevitably follows, ‘spring’ did, indeed, come.
I gained a
real appreciation of the idea that death is not the unfamiliar, the
unknown that we all fear. It’s a return to the centre, and where we come from.
Without our mind’s machinations getting a hold of us, we have in innate
awareness that it is, on the deepest level, a journey about Love, a re-birth, a
return to greater Love. What lies ahead is more of ‘us’.
I say ‘us’,
because we’re not just rebirthed as individuals…
Look at
Bear. Bear gives birth, hardly waking, in the sleep mode, the ‘death’ mode of
winter. As the days get longer, the light starts to get brighter. She wakes up
and leaves the den with her cub(s). Having gone in as bear, she emerges as
mother.
Sure, not
having eaten for so long, she’s bound to be a little shaky at his point, but
her transformation is not unsupported; as nature would have it, all the things
that will sustain her also wake up and start their new growth
cycles.
Part of
what the shamanic death experience is is being willing to face your successive
deaths as a natural process of growth, and of reaching for the sun. Thankfully,
I was prepared to die (even more thankfully, I didn’t have to. Hahaha!).
So, did
anything else come out with me when I got ‘birthed’? Yes!!
And thinking about it now, I just realized that it’s no coincidence that my
partner has Bear as a totem!
Throughout
the winter, my twin-flame and I were separated (geographically speaking), each
of us going through our own individual experiences of letting go (long story
short). Thankfully, we were there for each other in support through
our ordeals, to remind each other (metaphorically) what winter teaches us, and
- most thankfully - helping each other navigate a course through the
darkness.
Rubbing our
eyes and shaking the weariness out of our heads, we came out into the luscious
green of spring‘s new growth to realize that something new had indeed been
created, and we’re really excited about it. Tip of the iceberg: we’ll be
working together a lot more, combining our individual talents, abilities and
experience. Jenny’s an exceptional intuitive and healer. She's especially good at helping people to access the powerful transformative energies of change. If you feel that you've benefited from my help in the past, you'll Love what she and I can do for you together!
As a
taster, I’ve made some changes to the 'Services and Mission' page, and added one of our combined offerings, so you can take advantage of
Jenny‘s expertise already. ‘Pinpoint Your Power’ is our commitment to helping
you access your power in a way that best enables you to squeeze out every drop
of magnificence that you are. It’s like tapping into fuel you didn’t even know
you had! On top of everything we’ve been working on, we’ve also developed
a great referral program that enables you to take advantage of things
like, well, your own ‘Pinpoint Your Power‘ session, for one! …as well as credit
towards any of the services I offer.
Black Feather
Medicine will still exist, but it’ll be part of something Bigger. As I alluded
to, what I’ve offered previously will still be available, but ‘morphing’
somewhat. Please be patient as the transformation is taking place. Big Medicine
Love to You, and more coming!!
~ Black
Feather and Jenny Griffin
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