Got my eye on you, baby!

That is what one of my Spirit Guides said to me today. I was doing energy healing work at a health fair at a college in town when it happened. There was a young guy who was having issues of stress and anxiety and I was talking with him about it while streaming energy into his system. The conversation turned to a moment of grief in his past. As this unfolded, the blockage of the energy in his heart chakra also released and fresh energy was able to then get in.

At that point, the Spirit Guide (a cat/human image) showed up and said to me, "I got my eye on you, baby!" I knew that he was quite proud of what I had done to assist this young fellow. But he was also saying that I needed to apply some of my knowledge, wisdom and expertise toward myself in order to move the healing of the passing of my sister along.

The other day I picked up a birthday card for another sister and it hit me that I had always picked up two, because the sister that had just died had a birthday within 2 weeks of the one for whom I was currently getting a card. Ouch.

It is little rituals like this that bring home the loss for a person when a loved one dies. That is why events such as Christmas and Thanksgiving tend to be emotionally charged for people after a death in the family. So part of the healing that I will be doing is that on her birthday I will be lighting a candle for her and asking her spirit to make a wish for itself on her healing journey on the other side. This will be something I may do once, or it may be something that I do each year for a while. That all depends upon what I sense I need to do. And I have the help of my Spirit Guide to assist me in that process.

Blessed Be

Trent
www.deerhornshamanic.com

Moments of Grace

"Within the sorrow, there is grace. When we come close to those things that break us down, we touch those things that also break us open." Wayne Muller.

At this time of year (Christmas) I always think about those who have lost loved ones. That is the most difficult part of the season. Not the shopping or the traffic or anything else that is just an annoyance. It is the deep sorrow of not having a loved one with us because they no longer walk this earth. It doesn't really matter how they left us. We know that they are in a better place, yes, as though that is any consolation for them not being here. What we miss is their hugs and their laughter and their quirks that make us laugh or shake our heads. This is a Spirit Energy Portrait of my grandmother, who died when I was quite young. You can see her profile (she is looking to the left) if you look closely enough.

What I often do to get through this myself, having lost a lot of family members over the last few years, is I light a candle and dedicate it to them. Unfortunately, I have a whole bank of tealights now. Although the circumstances may be difficult, it is also quite beautiful to have each person represented with light. After all, they have been embraced into the Light. This is just a small ritual. It is one that brings comfort to all those who are still here.

Many Warm Blessings

Trent

www.deerhornshamanic.com

Custom and Ceremony

Yeats wrote, "In custom and ceremony are innocence and beauty born." I love that. I find that no matter how intense a ceremony is, it births a new being within, one that is innocent and full of potential. There are customs that do the same. And when we observe custom, such as showing respect to others, beauty is abundant in our lives.

I am now doing Shamanic Tea Ceremonies. This is an opportunity, through ritual and custom, to have a special tea, and then have the leaves read. This is an ancient form of divination, one that matches the runes, casting of bones, reading the flames and scrying through the water. The ritual itself is simple and beautiful, and then the reading is powerful and multidimensional.

I have had this training for over forty years. And I used to do this for a living way back. So why did I get away from it? Well, other things just seemed more important at the time. But I am now at a place in my life when offering this service once again is of tantamount importance. Perhaps it is simply the offering of the ritual and the divination process. Perhaps there is something more that it is leading me towards. In any case, I will take the leap. After all, as Edward Teller says, "When you come to the end of all the light you know, and it is time to step into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing that one of two things shall happen; either you will be given something solid to stand on or you will be taught to fly." I am going to completely trust this process. I already know, from the tea ceremonies that I have already done recently, that they are even more powerful that they were many years ago. So there is confidence on that front. But, as with any form of divination, one never knows what one will see. So there could definitely be some adventures along the way. I am an adventurous sort, so....game on!

Blessed Be

Trent