Quiet

"All things that have flowered return to their root. This returning to the root has a name: Quiet." Lao-tzu.

Have you ever noticed the relaxed, quiet afterglow that follows making love? All the senses have been stimulated, the endorphins are now rushing through the brain, and the deep sense of satisfaction hums through the aura. This is a "returning to the root". The same is experienced after spirit dance. Everything has built up to a climax and afterward there is a calm within and a connection with Spirit that glows all around us. We also get this effect from drumming circles and meditation. These things nourish our bodies and our souls. On the Wheel of Life, returning to the root would be the point of crossing over to the other side of the Veil of Existence until we reincarnate. This is also the experience that is promoted during the "shaman's death", which is the death of an old way of being and the birth of a new way of being that is actually primordially older than the way that we have just sluffed off. It is a return to the shamanic roots that exist in every culture and every race around the world. It is a connection with Nature and with the Divine, internally and externally.

Some have roots that grow deeper than others. This is not about "my people have been here longer than your people" and it is not about "Our ways are older and better than your ways." This is about working on returning to the root daily. Our personal backgrounds have little to do with our personal potentials. No matter what has forced us to bloom, we each have the capacity to deepen our connections.

Blessed Be

Trent
www.deerhornshamanic.com

Love Languages

There are many of them. Picture a couple who speak different love languages. For the purpose of the example this couple will consist of a man and a woman. So one of his love languages has to do with food. When she cooks a good meal for him he knows that she loves him. However, her love language is being taken out for dinner. So if he doesn't know that this is her love language, then no matter how much he demonstrates appreciation for the meals she prepares, she is not going to feel loved because he has not taken her out. And he is probably thinking to himself,"Why go out and waste that money when I eat better right here at home?" So then he takes her out for a meal, eventually, and she enjoys the meal but feels that there is pressure to "perform" afterwards. She already knows that one of his love languages is physical connection. That is excellent when this is a love language for both people. But if it is not so much for her, then there is another stumbling block in the relationship.

It is amazing how complicated people make their relationships. When it all comes down to the nitty gritty of it all, if you know your partner's love language, then speak it. This is a person that you love and trust and if you are not willing to speak the love language, then you are not really loving that person in a demonstrative way. So cook, clean, take out to dinner, make love and do everything that you can to connect in a loving way with each other. The relationship will flourish when both parties do this. If you don't know your partner's love language, find out what it is. Love language is easy to learn. Then all you have to do is respond to it.

Blessed Be

Trent

www.deerhornshamanic.com

Love and Sex

I can't believe how often people differentiate the two! Yes, one could have sex without love. But why? Yes, one could have a "romantic" love without sex. But why?

Sex is something that is sacred, good, godly and healthy. Adults often forget that they need to play too. We are programmed to think that the only folks who are allowed to play are kids, and this would only be if they aren't too busy doing assigned homework (a stupid concept), running to various activities in a "keep them busy" mentality, eating or sleeping. So when does anyone, child or adult, ever get to just play???? Oh, ya, that would be on the two weeks of vacation time. Sorry, but that is not enough play time. No wonder people die young! They don't have any life force left inside of them to sustain their sacred temples (bodies).

The Creator gave us sex. We were given gender for a reason. This determines what forms of pleasure we experience. This does not determine what orientation we are "supposed" to have, just the forms of pleasure. Yes, the Creator gave us sex as a means of procreating. But we were not given sex only for that purpose. There are plenty out there who are unable to procreate but are still able to enjoy sexual pleasures. Sex was given to us as a wonderful means to play and experience pleasure and connection with one another and with the Creator.

It is my personal recommendation that a practice of daily sexual activity be incorporated. DAILY!!!??? Yes, daily. We are not creatures who are designed to just turn off a switch and not go back into that room for days, weeks, months or years at a time. We need to visit the room daily. This way our sexual energies (the largest amongst all human energies) are well lubricated, well utilized and strengthened so that they can support all the other energies throughout the human form. Besides....it will help your complexion. ;-)

Blessed Be
Trent

www.deerhornshamanic.com