Regrouping

The lightbearers needed to pull out in order to allow for more of the fall. We needed to be in a different space than what will be falling with even more intensity than what we have currently experienced up until now. We are not supposed to be holding anything up….much must go.

The unity consciousness is not taking hold as easily as it could. Many on the planet are not letting go as they could. In this regard, a more shaking up will be needed, and this will arrive with the summer solstice. We are being held back in order to be safe and secure. And after even more shaking up and digging deep, more individuals will hopefully be ready for the help and guidance the lightbearers can provide. They must be left alone with complete non-interference from us in order for them to find their own way, to be willing to allow for something new, to examine themselves and what is no longer working, to finally realize what is truly important to them, and to then be ready for a very new connection.

We will be rocked to the core during this time of the solstice. So enjoy this time of rest, re-evaluation and putting much on hold, as in a few weeks we will experience yet another wild ride. I will be reporting more on this as the time grows nearer, as this will be a monumental event indeed.
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I did indeed need to pull out for awhile. I needed to stop and see where the waters were taking me. I am back now and will be posting new material in the not too distant future.

Aho

Standingtree

Suffering

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"SUFFERING
"ALTHOUGH SUFFERING MAY seem ungodly or perhaps even
a lower vibrating experience, it actually has a very specific purpose. Suffering brings us much closer to Source and also creates compassion. When we are suffering, we are much more open and allowing, and when we are open, willing, and allowing, Source energy can then fill us to a much greater degree.
When we are suffering, we are much more "out of the way." But most importantly, we let go and are willing to allow something New and different to arrive for us. At times we can get desperate when we are suffering, and this is when we let go. Much else in our surrounding reality can seem inconsequential, and this is what creates the letting go and giving up. When we are suffering, we realize that we cannot solve whatever is ailing us, ourselves. These are the things that bring us back to Source. These are the things that get us out of the way. These are the things that cause us to surrender.
And when we have suffered ourselves, we develop great compassion for others. After we have gone through an experience of suffering, we then seem much more ready and in alignment to assist others, or perhaps become involved in some kind of humanitarian work.
When we suffer, we go deep. We feel deeply. We examine
deeply. And we ask for help. When we ask for help and really mean it, we usually receive it. But we have to get out of the way first and let go of our ego or in-charge self. This is all a vital
part of the ascension process. Suffering is another way that we connect more deeply and strongly to Source. After we have connected through suffering, we can then remember what this connection feels like and utilize it again, only in a non-suffering situation. We remember that Source was very present and we can then summon Source again to help others.
Viewing suffering from the higher realms, it looks very different. In the higher realms, it is known that life comes and goes and that energy infuses here and then it infuses there. When looking back at a suffering experience after one has left their physical body, one does not feel that this experience was any big deal. This is the way it is. It is known that this is a part of being
in the physical world. Emotions are very valued, as they are one of the things that being in form is all about. Suffering is simply another experience and no big deal. But we sure think it is when we are the ones who are suffering!
Suffering and compassion are basically partners. And
compassion is a very high vibrating state of emotion. Being that suffering creates a vibrational change in a person and also creates an opening to Source, as well as at times a summoning for the New, we can then see that watching suffering in another is not something we need to meddle in or become involved in alleviating. This is not always a set rule, of course. The nonphysical beings watch us suffer continually and never meddle. And this is why. They are simply honoring our process. And as we are becoming the human angels of the earth, we will need to adopt this higher way of being as well. I can tell you from experience, it's not easy...but it is part of our evolutionary process. Therefore, it is important that we understand and value suffering for what it is and what it produces.
If you have chosen this page, you are being asked to understand the higher role of suffering. When you are able to embrace the process that suffering creates, you will be well on your way to becoming a higher vibrating human."

Karen Bishop www.whatsuponplanetearth.com

Jeff Healey - As The Years Passing By

I wish to bid Jeff Healey
A fond farewell.
His light has gone out
Here on Earth
But is shines ecer brighter
As he walks by Creators side.
He will be missed by many
But he will never be forgotten.
Aho

Earth Heart

Without the beat of her heart we do not exist.

The Medicine

In This Moment
Do You Respect You Without Question!
Do You Trust You Without Question!
Do You Accept You Just As You Are Without Change!!!

Hi I am Jim TwoFeathers and beside me is my wife, Lorraine.

I am a member of the Mvscogee Nation (Wolf Clan)> I am also Cherokee and Ishwa Catawba. I have been an artist and writer and have walked the Medicine Path for many years. These pages are about Native Medicine, Spirit, Poetry and Art. Through my Native Medicine teachers and visioning, I came to understand and walk my Wolf/Coyote ways.

Lorraine, has the ability "see" what's going on inside you physically and Spiritually. We sit in the circle together with our prayers and seeing!

Holding a place for The Medicine.

Sometimes while setting alone late at night Spirit walks into the room. My body reacts in many different ways. Sometimes my eyes flood with tears. Sometimes I shiver. Sometimes I am excited. Sometimes I just sit and listen. But every time I am in awe of the power of it. Spirit enters the room, how can I say it?…”Constant”. I am always flooded with emotion. In that moment my vision clears and from this place I can see great distances. I use to see that if only we could all see from “here” the Earth could be right. But you see, over time, the more I understand the breadth of my vision. I have come to understand my job was never to bring that clarity!

The Old Ones have come to me with their message. “Hold a place for The Medicine”!! What is this….Medicine you ask? It is walking with The Constant Spirit! Not as the world sees fit but with the rightness you truly know in your heart. Trust you now! Respect you now! Accept you just as you are now!!! Honor The Earth Mother and ALL upon and within Now!!! Because Death is always only one heartbeat away, All you really have is Now!!! And why would Creator ask any Less of us. Because only you, can see as you see, which is your gift. And my “Gift” is to hold a place for The Medicine!

Jim TwoFeathers

Post Eclipse

So…………..how is everyone. The night of the eclipse was a wild night indeed. I watched until the moon was dark and that lovely rust colour….then I got too sleepy to stay up, so I went to bed. Even though I was tired, I laid there for a long time feeling the energy pulling on my feet and legs and all the way up to my head. I could feel the energy on the crown chakra, the third eye tunnel and the throat chakra. I could feel it in my hand chakras, and feet chakras and in the base chakra. I could feel it in the heart chakra, solar plexus, navel and abdomen. I felt like I was being lifted off the bed. It was so wonderful and soon I drifted off to sleep with all this going on.
When I woke…….woah…………I was stuffy, and had one big head. Most of the ache was at the base of my neck and into the shoulders. It’s been a rough day after the eclipse and made a bit more difficult with my dog getting sick. He is so sensitive to all the changes and energies flying around. He’ll be okay though. Mommy is looking after him.
The energy that came with this moon was so powerful. It felt as though the head, heart and the base chakra were being all lined up in a row.
Each time we move through one of these powerful stellar or planetary "gates", we move into higher levels of personal and planetary evolution. For here, in the Fifth Dimension of Consciousness, we are all connected. We are all One. The movements of the Planets and the Stars are a part of us. They are the energies that are expressed in our Galactic Lightbodies. The more we are "awake" and connected into our Multi-dimensional self, the more we will be aware of the flows of Cosmic Light and how these flows assist the development of our Personal and Planetary evolution. Events like this Total Lunar Eclipse are the outward "signs" of the Great Heart of the Cosmos moving in us and through us. The beautiful cycles of Light and Energy unfolding on Spirals of Light into further aspects of the Becoming of All That Is.
There is another solar eclipse coming latter this year, and the opening of yet another gateway.
My diet has changed drastically over the years. I can no longer tolerate meat in my diet. It does some nasty things to me. I can tolerate only unbleached white flour as the rest just about do me in. I have tried the gluten free flours…but they are so expensive. I exist on raw vegetables and fruit…..no citrus, as it has me flat out too if I do. I drink herbal teas and lots of water. I also indulge in nuts and seeds. I am looking forward to spring as I will be out there learning how to live without a grocery store on what Creator has provided for us. This is something that I know I must learn for the not so distant future.
Our new Lightbodies will not be able to tolerate the heavy foods much longer and indeed mine already does not.

“The great teachings unanimously emphasize that all the peace, wisdom and joy in the universe are already within us, we don’t have to gain, develop, or attain them.
We’re like a child standing in a beautiful park with his eyes shut tight. We don’t need to imagine trees, flowers, deer, birds, and shy; we merely need to open our eyes and realize what is already here, who we really are…..as soon as we quit pretending we are small or unholy.”

Aho

Oneness and Co-creating

Do not walk behind me; I may not lead,
Do not walk infront of me; I may not follow,
Walk beside me; that we may be as one.
Unknown


The time for oneness has arrived. Can you feel it?
The time to stop thinking with your mind is coming to an end.
The time to start thinking with your hearts has arrived.
Creator has gifted us with the ability to Co-create the new world.
If you truly want a world of peace, joy, and abundance for all, then now is the time to jump in and start creating that world with positive thoughts and positive actions, and positive emotions.
Spirit Bear

For those of us who are stuck on idle while we wait for more people to catch up to us at this time of Co-creating our new world, we are experiencing much in the form of neck and shoulder pain and fluctuations between pure joy and crankiness. My husband would agree to the cranky I am sure and so too the dog who covers me in slim in his efforts to cheer me up…..so, for your reading pleasure today I will share this story written by Jim Two Feathers:

Water Prayers

The old Medicine Man stops along side the stream and takes in his surroundings. He takes in the trees and boulders he has learned to know and respect so well, remembering thoughtfully this place and how many times over the many years he had stopped here to rest on his journey to the Gathering of Elders. The stream, full as usual with the spring rains, fills the air with the familiar sounds and smells of the Water Beings rushing over the boulders on their way to the Great Water. He walks over and steps onto his old friend, a large flat boulder at the edge of the stream and begins…

He takes his well worn backpack off his shoulders, reaches in and pulls out his Medicine Bag and opens it and pulls out his tobacco pouch and pipe bag and lays them gently on his old stone friend now warmed by the morning sun. With a painful grunt and creaking bones he sits cross-legged with his pipe bag and Medicine bag spread out in front of him next to the water. . Out of his Medicine bag he pulls a worn folded square piece of red wool cloth and places it unfolded on the stone. With practiced hands he reaches into his Medicine bag and pulls out his old abalone shell with it's smoke darkened inner bowl. Then he pulls out a small bag full of white sage and cedar mix and lay them on the cloth. He opens the bag and sticks his nose at the opening and inhales deeply taking in the familiar fragrance of the sage and cedar. With a prayer of thanks to the Sage and Cedar beings he crumbles them into his abalone shell and sits it on to the cloth. He pulls his pipe bowl out of its deer hide pouch and his pipe stem out of its pouch and lays them respectfully onto his cloth. Out of his shirt pocket he pulls out a small box of matches out of which he pulls a match and lights it and gives thanks to the Fire Beings for bringing light and warmth into his life and then picks up the shell and lights the sage and cedar mixture while blowing the breath of life gently until it glows and a wisp of smoke rises Skyward. Out of his Medicine bag he pulls an eagle feather. While holding the smoking shell he waves the smoke over his head and his body He then picks up each of the other sacred objects laying there and waves the smoke over each of them, his lips always moving in his prayers of cleansing for all. He then pulls out his tobacco pouch and picks up his pipe bowl and begins to fill it with small pinches of tobacco. Each pinch with its own prayer to the Tobacco being. He takes out one final pinch and offers it to water beings and puts it into the rushing water and watches them race off to the Great Water. Holding his still unconnected stem and pipe bowl he holds them to the seven sacred directions: East, West, South, North, then touches the Earth Mother, and holds them up to the Sky Father and then to himself, each with their own prayers. He then inserts the male symbol of the stem into the female symbol of pipe bowl with the prayer of the union knowing the pipe was live and ready to give birth to the smoke as prayers to the Great Spirit. With another fire stick he lights his pipe and gives his final prayer, the Water prayer because he was here to honor the Life-giving Water Beings. For some years this part of the ceremony brought him sadness because he could not do what he had been able to do in his youth during this ceremony. Drink the Water! So this part of the ceremony had changed and the prayer was changed to; “May this stream one day run clear cold and pure as it once did”. As he smokes his pipe he reflects on his past years in this sacred spot doing this ceremony again with sadness knowing this simple ceremony was done by so few. And knew that when it had been done by many the Water did run clear, cold and pure! In his head he hears the voices of all the Tree, Plant, Stone, Animal, Fish….All of the beings saying, “Remember us and all will run clear, cold and pure”.

After finishing his pipe and ceremony the Medicine Man repacks his pack and stands and gives a small bow to all and turns and walks on to the Gathering.

Remember!!!!!

Jim TwoFeathers

Anomal Totems

About Animal Totems

In earlier days we understood that we were simply a part of the earth. We knew we were only one small part. Now many think humans are the greatest and most important part. But still, we are only a part of the earth, only a part of nature, only a child of Mother, only a part of Spirit. We used to know respect of Nature and killed only what we ate and used only the skins of what we killed and ate. We did not waste life nor disrespect spirits but honored and thanked them for providing us with life, nourishment, and comfort. In earlier days we gave recognition to the power of the animal spirits by wearing skins, masks, mimicking, singing praise, and prayers to specific animals. We painted the animals on our homes, caves, death chambers, and asked the Spirit to guide us to the animal that we consumed and bless the spirit of the animal we kill for we are a predator in the part of Nature and we honored the spirit of our prey. These acts allowed us to remain linked to the animal guides and to accept the power they offer us in lessons, in life, and in death. It reminded us that all animals, were our sisters, brothers, and cousins and most importantly our teachers and our friends. It reminded us that we too are animals with spirit.

The Natural Power of animal totems has not been lost. They still hold the power and the knowledge we can use. Only we must remember how to be One with Nature and all that is, has been, and will be. Cultures of the past understood the connections. We must not lose this connection now that we are 'cultured'. For what was will always be and all those cultures could not have been wrong. There is a reason that Spirit has put all of us together, has given us so many healing stones, and has given us medicine, for the body and the spirit. We are all one. Using Animal Totems will allow you to see and love the earth better, to know life better, to know yourself better, and to commune better with Mother and Spirit. You can be healthier and happier physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually in understanding and honoring your animal totems.

Animals come to us because they have a lesson we need to learn a power they are willing to share with a friend. They seek to give us a gift of understanding, universal love, energy, and knowledge (ULEK). In general, animals remind us that we are part of the earth; that each creature has a place; that each creature has a skill of it's own; that we have instincts given to us from Mother, wisdom born to us that we must awaken. The Animal Totem that comes to you offers you power and wisdom if you will learn to communicate with it, with respect, trust, and understanding. Developing a relationship with a live animal totem takes time, practice, patience and could be very dangerous. Having an animal totem does not mean that you are to pet the animal or even be with it physically. Having an animal totem means that you have lessons to learn and a powerful spiritual friend.

Each animal has it's own special power and message, for each animal has a powerful spirit and an inherent skill. Animal Spirits choose a person to be a companion to, a friend to, not the other way around. You can not think, 'gee a bear is cute or powerful and I like what it represents so the Bear will be my Animal Totem'. No, the animal will choose you and make itself known to you. You will only need to pay attention to discover what your totems are. After you define the types of animal totems you can go to a questionnaire to learn what animals are your totems.

Mistakenly people often think of animals as non-spiritual, uncultured, and less intelligent than humans. Some people do not even think animals have Spirit. Not so - an animal is close to Spirit, is Spirit because they have never been taught differently. They know the truth of ULEK for they are ULEK. Animals are wondrous happy creatures - think of these things to remind you....

Could you, for your whole life without tools or weapons, even survive in the wild?
Could you weave a bird's nest or spider's web?
Could you catch a fish with your hands?
Would you know how to migrate without a compass? Or even when it was time to migrate?
Can you carry things ten times your own body weight?
Do you know what you can and can't eat in the wild?
Can you go through life happy like animals do?
Can you experience the moment like an animal does?
Could you get along with five to twenty other beings for your entire life and remain in the herd?
Could you for hours simply resting and in contemplate (meditate perhaps, perhaps talk directly with Spirit)?
Do you take hours a day to just be with your family and to simply play and hug like most mammals?

Types of Animal Totems

When discovering totems you must first understand if the totem is a Life Totem, A Journey Totem, Shadow Totem, or a Message Totem. All totems are powerful but the meaning that the totem brings will vary on your action depending on what type of totem has come to you.

Your Life Long Animal Totem works with you throughout your entire life or until such time that you no longer need that animal totem. It is always there when you need it's powers. Always reminding you of your power and connectivity. You may have only one or a few Life totems. They may become your Life totem at any time. But the primary Life Totem will be our focus at this time. The messages that your Life Totem brings are a hard reminder from Mother. Your Life Totem is always there for you and generally reflects your inner spiritual nature. Many call your Life Long animal totem your Spirit totem. For example if your Life Totem was a Penguin you would be a person who should be very spiritual since the penguin moves better in water (the symbol of the astral plane - which is were we go when we dream) than it does on land. Being able to leap out of the water (up to six feet) represents the ability of out of body experiences. It is also important to understand which type of penguin is your animal totem since some have additional characteristics that are important to consider, like most penguins life in tropical conditions not arctic ones.

A Journey Animal Totem reflects a period of time. Not just a day but weeks, months, or maybe year s- the time it takes you to walk the path that the Animal Totem is reminding or guiding you on. During this journey you will find that this animal is always showing up in your life or that several animal totems will appear in your life all to guide you on the path. When you find one, two or three animals all of a sudden making an appearance and their nature all has the same basis then you have found the basis of your path. The difference between the Journey Animal Totem and the Message Animal Totem is a period of time. A Message animal Totem will bring itself to you quickly and impartially where a Journey Animal Totem will slip in and out of your life over the course of a period. Looking into the cycle of the animal also can give insight to the length of the journey.

A Message Animal Totem usually is bringing you a self growth, spiritual message, or a cautionary warning. It is often a wake up call or slap in the face. It will usually be a very unusual experience making it very powerful at that time and very impartial. A Message Totem is a brief period of time, a day, a week, and occasionally as much as a couple of months but can be immediate for just a few hours. Sometimes a Message totem is not bringing you a message but causing a delay in your life. This delay, such as when you are trying to leave to go somewhere, is often in assistance for you; to be sure you are not in a place at a certain time so that you avoid an accident or can catch a phone call or meet someone you are supposed to run into.

A Shadow Animal Totem are those totems that test us. They have great power for us but will put us through tests before they will let their power work with and for us, instead of against us. In all of nature there is prey and predator. In the spiritual or Shadow World there is the same. A Shadow Animal Totem is one that initially you fear. The Shadow Totem often represents inner fears that you must overcome. You may have even been attracted by the animal; a very vivid test to see if you are ready to accept the power of the animal totem. Until you face the fears of the Shadow Animal Totem it's powers will work against you, not letting you soar high. When you overcome the fear of the Shadow Animal Totem you bring it into the Light World as a Spirit animal totem and they become one of your most powerful Animal Totems. Your goal with a Shadow Totem is to learn the lessons and incorporate that animal into your life. If you are scared by something over and over then you still have not accepted the lesson that animal has for you.

By Holding Rainbow Warrior Woman.

Aho