| Inspiration can come from
many different sources.
The Muses are not
hampered by the
boundaries of time and space. They can draw from the limitless,
boundless infinity of
cosmic energy to fashion packets of wisdom which then are dropped
into our personal
universe with surprising accuracy of timing. Such was the
synchronicity of circumstances
in my life.
About two years ago, I was attending a retreat,
the theme of which was
"A time for healing". I was presenting two seminars. One
focused on "Actual
Healing" - what it was, and how it could be experienced, and
the other on"The
Shattered Self - Reintegrating Lost Identity".
As a part of the registration events, we were
asked to select name
tags. These tags were designed to depict ancient Runes. After
selecting a tag, we were
invited to read the "oracle" of that rune. My selection
was the "Blank
Rune" - the Unknowable-Creator/God/Odin.
The subscript on the tag was: "standing
whole on the living earth,
Beacon of Light through fires, floods, earthquakes".
The "oracle" definition read. .
.
The UNKNOWABLE:
I no longer try to change outer things. They
are simply a reflection. I
change my inner perception and the outer reveals the beauty so
long obscured by my own
attitude. I concentrate on my inner vision and find my outer
view transformed. I find
myself attuned to the grandeur of life in unison with the
perfect order of the universe.
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So it was that the following experience had its
seed planted. A seed
which took almost two years to grow, and whose blossom was only
realized with the writing
of this posting. Since that retreat, I've had several experiences
which can be directly
linked to the consciousness shift inspired by that
rune.
We often think of communication from nature and
the need to be in
places that are natural for this to happen. These experiences can
also be connected with
communication of nature essence through man-made structures. The
most startling was the
communication from a bridge!
I was riding across the Verrazano Bridge
linking Brooklyn with Staten
Island, New York. My attention was drawn to the tower structure
looming overhead. As I
looked up, I was flooded with an awareness of the BRIDGENESS! The
FORM brought through
from the mind of the engineer, and given life by the creative
efforts of the workers who
participated in its birth. I experienced the sub-atomic particles,
coming together as
molecules, that came together as steel, that came together as
sheets, columns, wire
cables. These in turn supported the sub-atomic particles that came
together as molecules,
that came together as the rock and other minerals which comprised
concrete.
From the smallest to the largest, these
elemental components were all
unified and harmonized in consciousness to bring about and hold
the FORM of that Bridge.
Each knew its part within the whole. And, from this unity came the
essence of BRIDGE...and
even further, the very individual and special quality of THAT
particular Bridge!
Without that shift in perspective brought about
through the seed
awareness planted by the definition of the Blank Rune, I might
never have come to the
place of communication with nature through the form it held as
that bridge!
I would like to
share an event that took
place last September at a place called Glen Ivy in California. I
had gone there to attend
our annual all school retreat - to teach a few sessions, and get
some much needed spa
relaxation. I had been going through a really rough period -- too
long to be funny -- each
event a repeat of a similar situation some 10 years ago. As I
passed through these
personal challenges, I first thought - "my goodness, I
thought I'd been through THAT
ONE!, and then I realized that I was being given (or had made for
myself) the opportunity
to revisit these challenges and literally fine
tune my responses even
with more detail. I was able to see that in this given situation,
back in '84, I did thus
and so, and it turned out this way...was that what I had intended?
was I satisfied with
the results, or did I want to try another approach? This helped me
go through some really
difficult events -- and I must add that this is STILL going
on!
Anyway, I am at this wonderful healing spa
which I understand is
replete with ancient American Indian lore as a healing center, and
one of our stalwart
group leaders takes us on a short "nature walk" where we
can commune with the
Devic kingdom! I am assured that this is really a no trouble walk,
as I am recovering from
a very serious knee problem, and my knee does not like difficult
paths, inclines, stairs,
etc.
As I set out on what is NOT an easy route, we
come to a Gigantic tree
which literally blocks the path and we have to maneuver around it
to go to a bridge across
a brook. Well, I am enjoying all this, and yet I am feeling a pull
back to that tree.
Eventually I give in and return to the tree, and there begins the
wonderful story of
cycles, spirals, circles and growth. I felt compelled to
"unify" with the
elemental being of that tree. I simply asked telepathically - What
do you need to tell me.
And the tree responded. It said that it was Grandfather, guardian
of the path, and it was
its job to teach the younger trees. I found out later that this
was a special species of
Oak, I believe the California Pin Oak which is a very old variety,
and this tree was a
very old tree. It's trunk was a good three feet in diameter. The
next thing that happened
was that I felt drawn to stand with my back against the trunk -
full body - and it was at
that time, the "tree" spoke again. This time by touching
telepathically into my
awareness and drawing my awareness to where and what it wanted me
to experience.
I felt the tree moving in the "wind"
and realized that it did
not sway back and forth, but felt the spiral, cyclical motion of
the trunk - it rotated
from a central axis. This was reinforced as it led me to the
branches, which moved in the
same manner. And then on to the twigs. I was led to a leaf,
hanging from a spider thread -
it too spiraled. Everything moved in a spiral fashion. It was
fantastic.
The next thing that it communicated was to look
at the ground where I
spotted acorns. Again I was led by the tree to find the cycle of
growth of these acorns,
and I found buds, full capped acorns, and split ones which had
left their caps to become
seeds.
All of this took place within a time frame of
about 20 minutes to half
an hour. When we returned to the facilities after the walk, I
tried to share this with
others, as I am doing now. Some understood. Others were more
interested in Devas than
Grandfather Tree.
The capstone to this adventure came at the
close of the retreat where
we do a gift exchange of something that is meaningful for us for
the year. As I came to
the place of the gifts, I spotted a beautiful large Auger shell -
spiral in form, and to
emphasize the spiral, someone had carved another spiral so that
the conical form spiraled
even more dramatically.
I knew that that shell was mine, and that it
was the emotional tie to
the earth experience that I had had with the tree.
Yes, folks, we really never do come to the same
place twice, it is
always just a shift beyond!
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