Children, today I will begin by speaking of how it is with us and of what our hearts are feeling....
It
is a green-land here at the Spirit Horse Ranch in the Black Jack Hills
of Oklahoma, not really warming up yet...the greens are the new
children born of gray skies, a cool, later Spring and cold rains.....a
very northern green. These late cold snaps remind me of a teaching I
was given in story form one day, many moons ago when I lived in the
deeper south.
These
'winters' bring late 'colds' and would have us to understand and accept
that nothing happens suddenly or all at once and can teach us how to be
mindful and gentle with ourselves as 'things' unfold and sprouts emerge
in our minds, hearts, bodies and spirits according to the passing
hours, days, months and seasons of our lives. Our first, most beautiful
and reliable 'mirror' has been, is, and will always be...our Mother
Earth and Father Sky-Sun, the skebyak;, the green beings, noden;, the
winds, m'bis; the waters; the fire beings, directions and elementals.
This
is the story of 'the 3 winters'. This story is to be told after full
winter is giving way to the 'longer sun'. This and other stories help to
explain the shifts our Mother Earth and Father Sky-Sun are living
through and offer us a 'way' to view and welcome in the new season (s)
while not having yet fully emerged from the creative void of winter.
The first 'winter' of spring comes when the red bud tree flowers. It is called 'Redbud Winter'.
The second 'winter' of spring comes when the dogwood tree blooms. It is called 'Dogwood Winter'.
The third 'winter' comes when the blackberries bloom. It is called 'Blackberry Winter'.
To
continue in the vein of the 3Winters, additional photos will be posted
of the vegetable garden with white eagle Cherokee blue corn sprouts
reaching for the sun and drinking of the rain.
One
week from today we will be sitting in circle with our sisters and
brothers at the Wisdom Keepers Gathering, Council Grove, KS, mirroring
the spring greens of our newness for one another...
We
are the new myth makers. Watch your personal myths reveal themselves
and emerge in your minds, hearts, bodies, spirits, FACES and WORDS.
Come, let us truly mirror for one another that we might see who we are in one another's eyes.
Migwech, wewene kiche migwech,
Bama pi,
Dawnwoman
Spirit Horse Ranch
April 21, 2013
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