Wednesday, January 30, 2019

'Circle of Life' by Minisa Crumbo





Circle of Life
The Circle of Life, as the water flows, the grass grows, and the winds blow: there is beauty above, beauty below, beauty all around.

Deer stands at the East, direction of illumination and mental clarity -- Spring.

Mouse stands at the South, direction of innocence and new life -- Summer.

Bear stands at the West, direction of introspection and heart-felt gratitude -- Fall.

Buffalo stands at the North, direction of wisdom and purity -- Winter.

-- Minisa Crumbo, from 'Spirit Talk'

Monday, January 28, 2019

8 Manik

Circle of Life (12 x 12)
On 8 Manik (January 26, 2019) we celebrate the initiation of the new Deer Priests with fire and offerings.

Deer is viewed by many as residing in the east-spring direction of the Medicine Wheel.

The east is a young, mental fire direction and represents inspiration and illumination. The shadow side of this direction is anger.

This is a day to mindfully seek balance and harmony with these powers.

AHO!
Dawn Woman

Friday, January 11, 2019

Excerpts from 'Spirit Talk'

Excerpts from 'Spirit Talk':

This beautiful creation of Mother Earth and Father Sky-Sun offers each of us an opportunity to walk, always, in balance and harmony by remembering them as our elemental parents. We remember … we have access to an orderly and supportive life view within the context of the Sun, Moon, seasons, the natural world, and the elementals of wind, earth, fire, water and the directions of the Medicine Wheel … Universally, the traditional view of life is one of a sacred nature. Myriad helpers and companions accompany each person, and these helpers may be recognized through vision, dream, inspiration, or experience. Vision, dream, and inspiration are personal and vital connections to enhanced understanding, experience and attunement with the Spirit World. In this way, we honor ourselves as Sacred Beings and begin, or continue, to participate as co-creators in a living world. And so, we move in wholeness and beauty.

May we have a strong body
May we have a good mind
May we have a heart full of love
And know no fear.
Aho!
-- Minisa Crumbo

Of all the paths and choices and histories, the energetic pathways of the directions and elementals are the most real and vital … I think they are only found by mind-oriented persons who comprehend the true energetic, light components of the Medicine Wheel … fuse, merge, again and again with the strips, rays, fibers, and channels of light … Find places of being that are lighter and broader … just make sure that once the light paths open up, and you know it, that some mental program stores it 24-7, making awareness and experience of the light never far from surface consciousness, making the full experience known, close and available, as soon as possible. Form new habits of association … linking the moments like beads on a string until they can be slipped over the head and worn … Our thoughts are our reality. We must think better, smarter, longer, and deeper about ourselves, our world, and what we really want that to look, feel, and be like. Be it. Do it. Don’t let up.