tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039590131996232909.post7641893687545024113..comments2024-03-05T21:25:44.607-05:00Comments on Shamanic Living Today: Enter SandmanNight Singshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02103447086532715718noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039590131996232909.post-8296019752380962452008-06-14T17:58:00.000-04:002008-06-14T17:58:00.000-04:00I am not usually much attached to "things"; I have...I am not usually much attached to "things"; I have moved so many times in my adult life, from one side of the world to the next that I have left behind most of my "things" each time, giving them away and realizing that there was almost nothing that I really "needed" or to which I was really “attached”. So I have kind of surprised myself realizing that for more than a year now, ever since I started meditating on a daily basis, I have progressively arranged on the small table in front of the cushion where I meditate and also on the floor on the side of my cushion, different very small things that were given to me in specific occasions and are symbols of my healing journey. I also keep there the few stones I often use in my healing sessions and hold in my hands when I meditate. More recently, I have been putting here the gifts and messages I have been receiving from people in exchange of healings. So small things keep coming… I must say that this kind of surprised myself at first but the truth is that if you would ask me which part of my small studio feels more home (and, generally speaking, I really feel at home here), this is that small part of the room where I have those small little things with absolute no "material" value and which would probably look like nothing in the eyes of anybody else. I suppose that's the child in me keeping her little treasures in a small box...<BR/><BR/>Speaking of childhood, I had a beautiful ritual experience a few days ago when working for the second time with a 5-year old girl. She was very eager to light the candle but she did not think she would like the smell of the smudge that I generally use to clear the space in the room and create the healing circle. So her mother proposed to use a Tibetan singing bowl she had. We used it to clean the space and open the healing space (the girl and I did the movement of the opening with our hands and arms) and it was amazing! I was so glad that we could create a different ritual and I know that it was important for the mother also to bring her contribution into it.<BR/><BR/>This to say that I strongly believe in rituals but I am also so glad that we are in an apprenticeship in which we are to imagine our own and can be open to what the people who come to us may also want to create.Allowing the lighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17247313376275462805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039590131996232909.post-12594189321744910212008-06-11T14:17:00.000-04:002008-06-11T14:17:00.000-04:00Thank you for your post Rainbow Warrior. I feel th...Thank you for your post Rainbow Warrior. I feel this way too. I have also started experimenting with ritual. It felt as though in this way I could bring the spiritual element and essence of that which I am working with symbolically into my physical world. Although, it has only been a week, I have felt more connected.<BR/><BR/> I re-created my alter and also chose physical elements that would embody that which I am trying to achieve spiritually. I have a bottle of honey on my alter and consume some each morning in prayer of bringing sweetness into my life. I also have some other elements I am working with for cleansing and transformation. In addition, I place offerings on my alter to those spirits which are working with me. <BR/><BR/>I truly feel that bringing in ritual helps me ground and makes room for physical expression. It also has assisted me in applying focus and intention. I would be really curious to see how your rituals evolve!She.Who.Remembershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03894800748618143926noreply@blogger.com