Friday, April 22, 2011

I'm Pickin' Up Good Vibrations....


Have you ever noticed how easy it is to pick up on someone else's stress? They don't even have to say a word and we are feeling the tension that they are burying. Like when we are in a group and everyone knows we are going to miss our connector flight because the plane we are on is running so behind. The reason this can affect us so much is because the group tension/stress is of a lower vibration than the one we started out with. So our vibration gets pulled down by the anger and stress and frustration of those around us. It may feel like things are escalating, but in reality they are dropping in vibration.

Then we feel the excitement of what is going on around us. The thing about excitement is that it causes us to exit our own selves. Whether the excitement is due to a plane being late, or crush hour traffic, or when we are making love to someone for the first time, we are exiting ourselves. What we need to do is allow ourselves to stay grounded and centred. That way we can feel the good vibrations and not be drawn down into the lower vibrations. We remain intact within ourselves and can therefore respond more appropriately to the situation at hand.

Meditate on growing roots down into the earth and having Her nourishing energy draw up into yourself with every inhale, and with every exhale you grow the roots deeper into Her fertile body. Inhale and exhale through the nose, for this is Earth Breath and it is very grounding. Softly beat on a drum and feel the vibrations of Mother Earth move through you while you do. Take a walk in nature and connect with the earth beneath your feet. Whatever the avenue is that works best for you, incorporate it not just in the good times, but in the low vibrational times as well. You will get through the lower vibrational times much easier if you do.

Blessed Be
Trent
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http://www.deerhornshamanic.com/
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Thursday, April 21, 2011

Frogs Return Moon


As promised, here I am blogging about the moons of the Medicine Wheel once again. We have just entered the Frogs Return Moon (April 20-May 20). This is the moon that carries with it the medicine of total emergence. It is a time when our inner capabilities shine through and pull us out of the rut we have been in over the last few months.

The power animal that adopts those born during this time is the Beaver. This power animal brings with it the medicine of industry. The busy beaver is always actively doing things to feed and shelter the family. Family is the most important thing to beaver people. It is also important that the beaver dam have many entrances and exits. This is a safety issue in nature, but it is also a security issue in a beaver person. The last thing a beaver person wants to feel in a relationship or in a job is "trapped". These are also people who are meticulous in everything they undertake. Just as a beaver will carefully measure the length of the log it is shaping for the dam so that the log is exactly the length from the beaver's nose to its tail, a beaver person will pay infinite attention to the details of what they are doing. These are the types of people you want to hire to build your house or do a renovation or plan a wedding! Those born during the Frogs Return Moon are also members of the Turtle Clan, so they are Earth elementals. This means that things will develop slowly but surely and with thorough attention to details.

The plant totem for those born in this moon is the Blue Camas, which is a wild onion. If one is out in nature and sees an onion growing it is important to know what color the blossom of that onion is, so that you know if it is edible or poisonous. The White Camas is a white blossomed onion that is deadly, thus earning it the nickname "Death Camas". The Blue Camas has the blue blossoms. Here is the confusing thing though...they grow side by side! Aha! Nature's little trickery! Well, find the patch in spring and watch for the blossoms. Tag the blue ones so that you can come back when the blossoms have fallen off (thus the nutrients are in the onion) and pick at that time. When in doubt, leave it in the ground. The Blue Camas is wonderful for feeding the endocrine system and is excellent in soups and stews.

The Chrysocolla is the mineral totem for this moon. It is a cousin of the turquoise and its energy is excellent for feminine reproductive system imbalances and for inter dimensional travel/consciousness. It can help you to attune to the Earth consciousness and communicate with the spiritual forces of the Earth.  It can help heal things such as the pancreas and blood disorders.  It can help to ameliorate disorders of the lungs and bronchial tubes.  It also is a positive energy force for the home, releasing from the environment negative energies and inviting in the positive energies.

So there you have it. Explore and enjoy!

Blessed Be
Trent
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http://www.deerhornshamanic.com/
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Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Elightenment Traps

Personally, I love fruits and vegetables. My thing is to eat as much good food as I can while I have time left on this earth. But the fact that I love fruits and vegetables does not mean that I don't like to consume meat (charred flesh, as a good friend of mine calls it). A number of years ago I went vegetarian. I was very careful to make sure that I was getting all the iron rich foods so that I would not have low iron levels. I was consuming copious quantities of these foods. I still ended up anemic and needed to go back to having meat in my diet. Here is the thing. Once I got away from consuming meat I thought that I was going to feel so much energy and vibrance. Quite the contrary. I was sluggish and low on energy and ambition and felt somewhat depressed. After 2 years of wondering what was wrong with me, I re-introduced meat into my diet and BAM! I felt so much better!

The truth is that back then I fell into what is called an Enlightenment Trap. An Enlightenment Trap is any belief that has an undercurrent of "I know what is best for me....and for you." I had everyone around me raving about how vegetarianism and veganism were the only way to go. I completely bought in. And I almost killed myself in the process. So why is it so much easier for people to believe someone when they say, "I stopped eating meat and wow do I feel so much better" than it is for them to believe someone when they say, "I started eating meat and wow do I feel so much better"? It is the Enlightenment Trap syndrome. It may as well be something like "I chose Jesus and wow do I feel so much better!" Radicals are radicals no matter what form they come in. We don't become enlightened by embracing a particular religion or diet or even philosophy. We become enlightened when we do our personal work and get over our personal issues in life. A diet or religion or philosophy is not going to do that for you. Dogma is dogma, no matter what the form. I get really frustrated with people who think that I am not enlightened and therefore could not possibly be a good healer just because I eat meat. That is just a bunch of bull. How would they feel if I said similar stuff about them because they were one of those "wacky vegans"? I don't say stuff like that, but they think that they have the right to say stuff like that about me or anyone else who eats meat. It really is quite ridiculous. It is very much like reverse racism. I am white so I can't say anything negative regarding anyone else's race (not that I do) but oh boy! Try to tell anyone of another race that they can't say anything negative about me based on my color! Them's fighting words!

I would really like it if people would leave others alone and not threaten them with "You're gonna die of cancer if you continue to eat meat" kind of ridiculous statements. To each their own. And I love having 2/3 of a plate of salad or vegetables and 1/3 meat. So there. Deal with it. No matter how you look at it, we are gonna kill an animal or a plant in order to live. It is called the circle of life. Deal with that too. And get you head outa your a.... and grow up!

 Blessed Be
 Trent
 http://www.deerhornshamanic.com/
 http://www.youtube.com/trentdeerhorn