Desire

The name of this Goddess figure is "Desire". When I first picked it up and held it, I felt such a complete sense of peace that I had to instantly adopt it as my own. That is code for "charge it!". It took me a long time to reconcile the name of the figure with the experience I have inwardly in response to holding it or even just seeing it. This is because of worthiness issues that I had been carrying.

I now understand that what brings us peace is having our desires acknowledged and honoured. This means that we not only have to know what our desires are, but we have to own up to them. Once we do, they can be fulfilled.

Some people feel ashamed of their desires. I used to. I no longer feel that way. I have found a number of ways in which to express my desires and have them fulfilled. But many struggle with that, as did I for many years. What it comes right down to is understanding that we all have needs and desires. These are not whims. These are things that actually feed our souls.

We may not know for sure why it is that we desire a trip to Greece, for example, but once we get there we have an overwhelming feeling of deja vu and understand that this is a location that we have visited before and in which we have had excellent lifetimes. We may not understand why we have always wanted to try singing or dancing or learning accounting skills. Yet once we do these sorts of things, we find a part of us becomes nourished in a way that nothing else can achieve.

I remember wanting to explore painting on canvas. Part of me was excited when the opportunity came up. The other parts were scared as all get out. Painting brings me peace. It allows me to express myself in ways that I can't express through other avenues. With the skill, however, there also came opportunity for me to heal many karmic issues that were associated with painting. Some of these issues were not very pleasant, but as I have walked my path, each of them has been healed. So I continue to paint because that is a desire and a passion of mine that must be fed. As I feed this passion and desire, I feed my soul.

Blessed Be

Trent

www.deerhornshamanic.com

Awakening from Within

Every now and then in our lives we discover that there is a part of us that is asleep. Not only is it asleep, but it has basically been in a coma for YEARS! Once we discover this we have to make a decision....do we leave it sleep? After all, we have all heard that expression,"Let sleeping dogs lie," or do we gently nudge it and hope that it wakes up? And if it does wake up, then what do we do with it?

Coming from personal experience, I can honestly say that, although it is a much scarier path, it is far better to wake up. You see, when there is a part of us that is constantly asleep there is so much that we miss out on in life. How can we attend a party if we sleep through it? How can we attend a wedding if we are in snore mode? How can we live, laugh and play if we are unconscious?

Waking up those parts of ourselves can also be as adventuresome as it is scary. We experience new and wonderful sensations in our bodies and we actually see the terrain before us with refreshed eyes that behold the world with a sense of wonder and excitement. The thrill of this experience far surpasses any fear based issues that we may have been trying to sleep through in the first place. And the next thing we know, we have discovered passions that we hardly remembered ever having. So although you might not want to "go to school" when you wake up, you can always know that life is the school and we can declare summer holidays any time we want!

Do you hear that? Not only is the clock ticking, but the alarm just went off! Wakey, wakey!

Blessed Be

Trent
www.deerhornshamanic.com