Anishnaabe Friday laugh break!
'Friday' is 'naano giizhigad' in Ojibwe!
Friday, February 15, 2019
Saturday, February 9, 2019
'Friday' is 'naano giizhigad' in Ojibwe
Anishnaabe Friday laugh break!
'Friday' is 'naano giizhigad' in Ojibwe!
Monday, February 4, 2019
Making drums with the Spirit Horse Ranch Women’s Drum Circle.
Making drums with the Spirit Horse Ranch Women’s Drum Circle.
Wednesday, January 30, 2019
'Circle of Life' by Minisa Crumbo
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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
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| Circle of Life (12 x 12) |
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.
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.
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.Sunday, December 23, 2018
'Winter Solstice' excerpts from 'Spirit Talk'
Winter Solstice: By the calendar of the natural world, the winter solstice
marks the ingress into the profound precincts of the deep Mother Earth Womb,
the original confirmation point of all seed soul, sprout, and rootlet growth.
The days and nights of silent contemplation and Quiet Time observances have
served to quiet the mind and prepare the body, much as the field is prepared to
receive the new seed. Winter means that much of the northern hemi-turtle shell
of this hemisphere is blanketed by the purifying powers of Snow Woman’s gifts
and freezes … We live always within the Sacred Rainbow Hoop. This hoop of life
is a threshold of all the moments of the eternal present. The eternal present
we now find ourselves within and contemplating is the first of the White Plains
of Spirit, others will follow in succeeding seasons, each with basically the
same purifying intent. The winter solstice, embedded within the purifying power
of the cold, cloaked with the white plain of purity, located in and upon the
wisdom body of the original gift, represents the core wisdom quality of winter
… Conscious arrival and acquaintance with the Winter threshold of the Sacred
Medicine Wheel Hoop of Life is a primal renewal experience, made ceremony. If
this is a new concept to you, trust that you have entered into one of the most
beautiful and comprehensive systems in this galaxy and beyond for containing,
supporting, and interpreting life in a sacred way. Best wishes upon this
journey. The winter solstice is a naturally occurring station within the year
and, as such, has accrued a long history. The holy days, holidays, are usually
grounded in natural phenomena that grew out of the Creative Mind and manifested
in the first, most beautiful and enduring gifts of our Mother Earth, our Father
Sky-Sun and the myriad of clustering entities we call the powers and fixtures
of the natural world … This then, is the sacred charge: to bring oneself
forward in all possible wholeness, mindfulness, and beauty, and to conceive of
and design ceremonies of personal meaning, fulfilling the sacred charge to be
happy and enjoy life. This winter solstice is our time to unite with the
natural world. Take these long nights to rest, tell stories, celebrate, and
dream deeply of life before the stronger suns call us forward once again to
grow and to labor. But for now, enter into and be one with the conceptual
Return of the Light.
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