Past Lives: healing for this life. By Diane Harvey White
Past Lives: healing for this life. I hadn’t even thought about whether we might not be able
to have children when my husband and I met. It didn’t occur to me that we would have to plan how to
manage intense personal loss and at the same time continue to try for another child. The only thing
I did know was that my husband was a man who desperately needed children and I would do whatever
I could to provide him with a family. So after three miscarriages I started to ask questions and to really want
to understand what was happening. It started a journey of discovery that has continued to this day,
giving me insight into my marriage, my relationships with my wider family group and into my own
growth as a soul.
It had always bothered me, the size of my husband’s head. I’d asked the midwife if she thought this
was going to be a problem and she had looked at me as if I was mad. We were at cross purposes – I
really didn’t want to have a Caesarian section and she couldn’t imagine why I would have a problem
with it. And then when I lost the baby, I became convinced that the size of my husband’s head was
indeed something I was going to have problems with.
The second miscarriage, I started to feel as if I was failing at something really basic. Human
biology was supposed to come naturally and I started to feel deeply frustrated by all the mothers
who became pregnant ‘by accident’. What was wrong with me? Why couldn’t I do something as
simple as carrying a child? Obviously my husband and I talked about our grief, but in my head this
was something I was doing for him and I was failing.
The third time we conceived, we really thought it was all going to be fine. I got as far as eleven
weeks and six days – surely out of the woods – and ended up in hospital. The foetus had stopped
developing four weeks earlier. I had been blissfully ignorant and had somehow managed to stop the
little group of cells that would have been our child from exiting my body until the last possible
moment. Stunned with disbelief, I knew I had to do something to make sense of what was
happening to my body and to us as a couple. I stopped work, went back to dance class, had
reflexology treatments, but what haunted me was the sense that I had somehow been in this
situation before. I couldn’t let go of the fact that it seemed familiar, that we had endured the same
grief at some other time.
Was it possible for trauma to ‘overlay’ itself from one life time to another? Could I really be
suffering these miscarriages because of a long held belief stored deep in my subconscious? I knew I
needed to find out because it was obvious that simply having physical treatment at this point wasn’t
enough. My doctor had already told me that after six miscarriages, I would be straight onto the IVF
programme, which was something I really didn’t want to do, if I could help it. I knew this was
something I was causing and I didn’t think that filling my body full of hormones was going to be
any more successful without me first having ‘done the work’. I began to meditate more and even did
a series of rebirthing sessions, but still I didn’t feel I was accessing the heart of the problem. So, past
life regression was the therapy I started to focus on.
Tara Sutphen had held a number of workshops at the Mind, Body and Spirit Festivals in London
and I had been a regular participant, so I already knew something about my soul’s journey. I loved
the knowledge that regression therapy gave me, understanding the dynamics of relationships with
other family members and then being able to see why the issues continued to be repeated from one
life time to the next. I knew that as individuals we had different lessons to learn and that shared
experiences would have a different impact on either participant, but mostly I loved the warmth of
having seen another aspect of my soul unfold in the same way that my life was unfolding, for the
benefit of my soul, getting me closer to pure energy. It was the sense that I was part of a team – my
soul team – that I wanted to tap in on.
Because patience was not my strong suit in those days, I decided I needed to do this regression
NOW. I couldn’t wait another day. I was going to sit down and do it myself. In the early days of
exploring my spirituality, I attended classes with Blair Styra in New Zealand. He channels a
wonderful and wise entity called Tabaash and it was his energy I felt with me as I sat at my dining
room table that day.
With the warmth of his presence at my back the whole time, I saw a life I had never known, but
which spoke volumes about the relationship I had with my current husband. Suddenly I could see
how the dynamics between us had been formed, me with the creative arts and he with the
institutions of government. The two were unlikely bed-fellows, just as we appeared to be, but as I
watched our history play out across the Russian landscape of the late eighteenth century, I felt the
calm that comes from an experience that resonates with the truth. This was the heart of the matter.
This was the experience I felt haunted by and yes, the husband of that lifetime was also of large
physical stature – with a large head. No wonder I had fixated on that detail.
I asked to see the issue that was blocking me, I knew it hadn’t ended well and the beloveds, the
collective unconscious assembled to help Tabaash with the energy levels that would allow me to
access this trauma, were suddenly very vocal. They felt I wouldn’t cope, that it would be too much
for me to see, that I wasn’t ready. It’s quite something listening to an argument of disembodied
entities when you’re in a deep meditative state, but Tabaash insisted I would be fine, that I was
ready and that this was important to my progression.
I saw a wood paneled, dimly lit room and a woman, wild eyed and in the pain of advanced
childbirth, writhing in agony, unable to find comfort on the tangled sheets of the bed. Beside her a
worried looking nurse. Across the room was the tormented husband, this his second wife to die in
childbirth. I focussed again on the woman who screamed, ‘I should have stayed chaste, I should
have stayed chaste. I asked what the significance of this was and was told ‘Same husband, big head.
Slowly I cameback to the present, giving heartfelt thanks to the beloveds for their help and guidance
in this experience. I sat there stunned and comforted by what I had seen. It made sense,
I could understand why my body was reluctant to hold onto a pregnancy, but here I was now in an
era where medical science was able reverse my experiences from the past and I actually had to convince
myself that this was possible. It seemed that for me a stored memory was inhibiting my growth and
I puzzled over this.
How was I to get my body to understand that it was ok to trust in nature this time? I knew
intellectually that I could survive the experience of childbirth but integrating that knowledge into
my subconscious took a little longer. I had two more miscarriages and with meditation and
visualizations, simply held onto the belief that I would be able to carry a child to term. And then
finally, finally I got past the twelve week mark.
Fourteen years on, I have a six foot son and a daughter who is two years younger. They are happy,
intelligent children who thirst for knowledge and live a fast paced Twenty-first century life. But
when I look at them, I am reminded that some processes take time, can’t be hurried and are
controlled by forces outside of our understanding. Some experiences need to be assimilated to be
understood, much like teenagers themselves. Maybe my experiences with childbirth were to help
me reflect and understand the journey, to give me an insight into the processes my children would
eventually need help with? If I had gotten everything I wanted without having to grow in the
process, would I have been as able to nurture my children in the instinctive manner I’ve become
accustomed to? Perhaps not and looking back I now think that for me, motherhood was about the
whole package. We wouldn’t be who we are if I’d been different.
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Chris Spheeris – Seminar – November 8-11,2012 Sedona
“Being Present: A State of Grace”
Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday
November 8-11, 2012
Sedona, Arizona
THE GENERAL IDEA:
“Most people know me through my music, but it’s really more through fate that I ended up in music. I enjoy writing, composing, making pottery and photography just as much as i enjoy home remodeling, cooking or gardening – basically,
anything in which I feel completely present.
When reflecting over the years on my gifts, my relationships and my abundant blessings, I’ve realized there is a common thread that has allowed me to flourish, to be happy, to be useful, and to have abundant love and gratitude – being present, or what I like to call my “State of Grace”. I’ve developed a 4-day immersion retreat, in which I will guide you in a fun, safe and supportive environment to move beyond your status quo and to your best- YOUR “State of Grace”. ”
Are YOU present? Do you WANT to be?
How much energy do you expend in conflict with YOURSELF, with THE WORLD, or with OTHERS? What percentage of your day do you feel FULLY ENGAGED?
We are in exciting territory in this workshop. We are exploring, experiencing and anchoring the STATE OF PRESENCE as it delivers GRACE. In the course of this 4-day reality intensive, you will have many opportunities to forgive the past and tap into your own Essence- your own creative potential and natural Life Force. We will question, explore and expand infinitely the notion of “who we are”.
This workshop is not for those of you who are attached to your “story”- you know, that massive old book you carry around which contains your past and tries to convince you it’s who you are. It’s for YOU courageous ones who refuse to accept mediocrity and who aren’t afraid to create “amazing”
out of each and every day.
I evoke people in a unique way in my workshops. I combine a sharing of insight, creative, physical and emotional exercises, with performances of my original inspirational spoken word meditations and poems- all geared to reinforce our endless expansive identity and state of presence. I have been a creative channel all of my life. I create every day and have not experienced creative blocks in as long as i can remember. I have also, somewhat recently, reached an unprecedented state of “humility, gratitude and amazement” that i had always longed for. This is what i want to share with you!!
I have been blessed with the gift of inspiring people and this is where my passion lies. My deepest intention is to share with YOU and impart to YOU what i have learned, what i have un-learned, and what i have healed in order to reach a place where i love my life, create in joy constantly, feel more open-hearted and abundant than ever and am no longer in conflict with myself. More and more every day i feel the presence of Grace in my life. This is available to all of us. In fact, it is our natural state.
What I ask of each participant is that you are willing to trust- trust me, trust yourself, trust the group, trust the process, and for God’s sake trust the Universe. And i also ask that you are willing to allow- allow the unrehearsed, allow the unexpected, allow your innocence. If you are willing, you will walk out the door in which you entered forever changed. Guaranteed!
you can find more on these seminars on facebook at the following link:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Chris-Spheeris-Inspiration-Creativity-Seminars/196933753686218
TENTATIVE ITINERARY:
Day one–THE MUSIC OF LIVING
Our first day deals with “orientation” in more than one sense. When we first arrive, we will all become acquainted and I will shoot everyone’s portrait. I will then speak, laying out the purpose, intent and method of the workshop. I will talk on topics such as identity, putting the mind in perspective, our true Self, creativity, flow, presence, and many of the themes that will weave in and out of the four-day workshop. We will have an extended lunch break during which I will encourage everyone to go back to their rooms, remove all makeup and jewelry and return for the afternoon wearing a plain black or white T-shirt on top. (The implications of this should be fairly obvious.) The afternoon session will begin with movement–the freeing of the body and the metaphor of the “dance”. The second segment of the afternoon will be on “Music and the Art of Listening”. At the end of each day I will offer concluding remarks and at open the floor to questions and comments from the group.
Day two–FORGIVENESS IS HEALING THE HEART
Each of the next 3 days will begin with 30 minutes of stretch and movement followed by Q&A. This morning I will speak on “writing and thinking out loud”. Topics will include escaping the maze of the mind, writing as expression and healing, watching thoughts, and much more. I will then offer a meditation “I Am Not My Mind” after which we will do writing exercises both indoors and outdoors. In the afternoon, we’ll explore judgment and forgiveness. I will conduct a very powerful meditation on forgiveness followed by healing writing exercises and journaling writing exercises. We will then be treated to a highly inspirational feature film TBA.
Day three–DIVINE MIRROR
This morning we will delve deeper into the notion of identity. After I speak on elements of integrating the personal and impersonal worlds, we will do some rather intense mirror work and self-examination. After lunch, I will offer a talk on “Photography and the Art of Seeing” which explores the notion of “pictures of reality”, how we frame reality and how the “pictures” we create are our “divine reflections” and indications of how we “see” the world. I will also speak about where we give our attention as being a very strong indicator of who we are in any moment. After the lecture, we will all go out together into the wonderlands of Sedona for a leisurely hike and photo shoot.
Day four–TRUST-RELEASE-SURRENDER
The essence of this workshop can be distilled into three words: trust, release, and surrender. The essence of being present is to trust the Universe that constantly flows through us, to release judgments and preconceived notions, and surrender to the unlimited life force that constantly flows through us. After I speak on these topics we will put on blindfolds and explore our inner worlds and our abilities to trust and surrender. We will take a long lunch break in which I will ask participants to return in full expression, “dressed for life” and ready to be “seen”. I will take a second set of portraits of everyone I will then review the four days with a concluding lecture (to be created in the course of the workshop) and I will offer a performance of my original spoken word and music. Finally, we will all share our experiences of the four days and I will present materials and reminders of “what we take HOME with us”.
I feel so strongly about this work that i guarantee that for any reason at the conclusion of the workshop, you are not feeling satisfied with the gains you have acquired, I will return 100% of your tuition to you.
SEMINAR PAYMENTS:
TUITION: $495 ($100 non-refundable) AFTER PAYMENT, WE WILL CONTACT YOU TO COMPLETE REGISTRATION. ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE EMAIL: inspiration@chrisspheeris.com
Below is a way to pay conveniently using Paypal. You can use your credit card with paypal without a membership. FOR A $25 DISCOUNT ON YOUR FULL PAYMENT, YOU CAN PAY BY CHECK OR MONEY ORDER. To book, for questions, billing options, or for additional information, please email: inspiration@chrisspheeris.com
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All activities except for hike will be at Studio Live Sedona. All supplies will be provided except for digital cameras. All activities are handicap-friendly and facilities handicap-equipped. This itinerary is subject to change, but it will only get better.
TESTIMONIALS FROM ATTENDEES:
“The best week of my life! This 5-day workshop changed so many of my life patterns. I have taken MANY seminars/workshops but none have gone so deep and added so much to my world!”
“I have been listening to your music and creativity cds every day as I’ve been using all of my free time to create music of my own! As I’ve mentioned before, that workshop set me on a compositional fire that I don’t believe will ever go out.”
“Your love, wisdom, compassion and teaching me/us the ways of inspiration and life as a whole, has strengthened me, as it has the the rest.”
“My heart has been cracked wide open. A life altering five days for me. I feel as if my 5 senses have been reborn and my eyes have been cleaned to see the brilliance even more clearly.”
“An ‘E-Ride’ at Disneyland to say the least. Exhilarating, fun, festive and adventurous. I should have been doing all my life what I learned, absorbed and am digesting from this week.”
“Expansive, insightful, inspirational and more! Beyond -beyond! It felt like a safety net for expression, releasing, being engaged in the moment, and immersed in various art forms- with fun hands-on opportunities! It was real, honest, a caring, warm, and loving space to be involved in and a part of!”
“In my wildest imagination, I could not ever have imagined the profound effect I am still feeling. It isn’t anything I’ve ever felt before. I suddenly feel like my Heart has been cracked WIDE open allowing more Life and LOVE and Beauty in than I’ve ever experienced before.”
“This was pure LOVE!!!!!!!!!!!!
CHRIS SPHEERIS
RECORDING ARTIST /PHOTOGRAPHER /WRITER/FACILITATOR
That’s me. I have had a wonderful, dream career in the music business for decades. Through this, I have sampled fame, wealth, and success. Far more rewarding than any of these is the inspiration I feel on a daily basis: the wonder and amazement, the joy and amusement, the fun and adventure of being alive. I have been told that i possess a gift of inspiring people with my work and the energy that i carry. It’s a gift available to all of us and the nature of this gift is that it’s contagious and meant to be shared. I now am on fire with a passion for sharing this gift. That’s what these experiences are all about. Since the first 5-day in sedona in May of 2011, i am experiencing significant acceleration in my own creativity, manifestation, peace of mind, confidence, and means of imparting information on all of this.
MAYA – Its really that simple
Radio Interview:
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MAYA
(and the Eight Illusions)
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Full Hunters Moon
By Tara Sutphen
The Full Hunters Moon (Native American) at 7* Taurus will culminate October 29, 2012 12:50am PDT/3:50pm EDT (Farmers Almanac).
This Full Hunters Moon we are to focus on what we find beautiful in the world and how our relationships shape that view. We really are supposed to make concerted effort. To heal our hearts from the situations we find or have found ourselves. We open our minds to develop security, comfort and money, allowing others to support us while we support them. We try to understand what makes a wonderful human being. Sometimes we forget to share. And it’s in giving that we receive, even though you may give and not get back. You will always obtain, if not received from the original source than from another experience. No longer should we be lost in belief and allocation of certain protocol, just because your relatives or society taught you to fear or withhold. Cast away feelings of inadequacy. We live in a world of limitless possibility and need to be attentive for lovely surprises.
The essence of compassion shining through us is much more noteworthy in our humanness. A laugh or a smile can change an outlook in an instant. Communicating kindness can bring happiness and goodwill. Your spirit and voice are tools. There can be many people who show us their less desirable sides, be aware of your objectives. Jealousy and resentment are real. Intellectually we discern our course and focus, and until we understand despair, injury, fear and dying, only then do we become moderate with our judgments. It may take moments, weeks or years to settle our minds, spirits, and reopening our hearts to love and be loved. You are to stick up for yourself without attachment. You don’t have to be satisfied with being passive, you can assert and defend yourself. But as you affirm your desires and wishes you are allowed a plethora of decisions, for to seek the illumination of love in your deepest self is to restore virtue and true beauty of the heart. Never let others break your spirit, be enriched as you grow along your earthly journey.
Journal Questions:
Explain in paragraphs –
What has given you emotional trauma and why:
How do you heal your relationships
Process your emotions full circle, bring yourself into the whole self. No effacement or harshness. You are creator of great beauty in the world. You are someone who holds the key to magnificent love. Recognize and Love Yourself…
“The only lasting beauty is the beauty of the heart”.~Rumi
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Full Singing Moon
By Tara Sutphen
The Full Singing Moon at 7* Aries will culminate September 29, 2012 8:19pm PDT/11:19pm EDT (farmers almanac).
Last month we had August’s Full “Blue” Dog Days Moon, the second moon of the month. We were to focus on “a real time” of introspection, undo the unshakable, question unhappiness, sorrow and regrets. And now at our Full Singing Moon we are to begin to rebuild our relationships with others. No more hiding or “crying over spilled milk”. We’re to open our hearts to our friends and families, and accept the support and gifts they bring. Recognition and appreciation can go a long way to soothe another’s soul. Abide by the tasks at hand with some camaraderie and good manners. We know how we like to be treated and we open up to regard others the same way. We can get stuck in our everyday routine. We forge ahead without considering time and effort toward others we care for. We can miss entire sections of our own or others development, being too preoccupied with either being too responsible or immature. Many of us bungle perfectly good relationships and friendships by discounting they will always be in place to “pick up where they leave off”.
This is not to say we should be okay at wasting big chunks of our time in idle pursuits, there is balance in all actions and reactions. We all need rest as well as to be productive. If we make a conscious shift to make effort with those we care about and to act upstanding rather than misgiving. Not only shifting our interpretation in our minds but in our interactions, we find fulfillment. Becoming less fearful and fretful, if we act generous we can form easy alliances. We need to aspire toward contentment at work and in the home. Constructive association can improve our days. We all know what happens when we allow chaos to reign supreme. We feel inferior and make bad decisions. Mistakes can easily be made and take a measurable amount of time to undo. No matter how careful we try to be, we all seem to accumulate these blunders. All conflict, anger and worry will pass in time. And if we can learn to figure out ourselves instead of misunderstand, we become better for it.
Journal Questions:
Favorite Relatives & Friends:
Who cushions your emotions in your:
Write a list of what you require from others-
Whether we put our best foot forward in social situations or not, we find ourselves having to deal with others. When we surround ourselves with compatible and like minded people we tend to flow in our lives. Of course this isn’t always possible, especially within family structures. To look at the compatibility instead of the differences can be one good way to overcome uneasiness. You can never go wrong acting thoughtful and being kind.
“Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.” ~Lao Tzu (Chinese Taoist Philosopher, founder of Taoism, wrote “Tao Te Ching” (also “The Book of the Way”). 600 BC-531 BC)
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sculpture by Michelle C. Gallagher
Tara Sutphen interviews
MAREK ZGIRSKI
Marek Zgirski is an
Energy Healing Shaman. In 1975 he became interested in helping heal others from within. His journey began in Poland, he was born of the House of Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov, yet Communism stripped his titles. Through it all, he lived happily in Poland, owning a grocery store and caring for his beautiful family. Surprisingly his wife Alina won the national lottery to move to America. Alina, who was content in her native land, could not understand why she was awarded this opportunity. A relative had placed their names, as their oldest daughter had learned English and it was her dream to move to America. Sadly, a drunk driver took her life and stole her chance of this wish. The family precedes to live her vision.
Q. Marek, when did you become interested in Healing work?
A. When I was 21, I went to work for the Poland’s Ocean Company. Spending 14 years travelling the world, I was able to see many people in distress. I wanted to reach out. So I did so energetically. My grandmother told me I was holy and special from markings on my head. I remember telling her I wanted to be a normal sailor. But I knew in my heart, I love people. At 11 years old I went to buy a bicycle from my piano teacher. On the way I saw a woman crying over a water grate where she had lost her money. I handed her my money, I didn’t get anything in return other than her gratitude and tears. And I never did get the bicycle. A few years later I made a tandem bicycle, as working with my Grandfather I learned to make things. I helped him make Grand Pianos and to tune them by ear. I started tuning into hearing the vibration of people.
Q. Tell me about the time you were in the “Perfect Storm”?
A. I didn’t experience fear, there was a huge thunderstorm at the same time as an Earthquake under the sea. Our ship’s captain decided we needed to travel 80 miles straight into the wind’s headway and giant waves to another port. Not a good leader as it took 5 days for a 6 hour trip. Our ship fell to its side, and miraculously the ships engine stayed running, another wave hit us on the other side. And it up righted the ship. Many sailors began losing their minds in fear. I stayed calm. It was a brutal challenge, but I reinforced and spoke up about our inner strength and to believe we would all live.
Q. Other life changing experiences in your travels?
A. In Beirut, 1980, in the war where they fought each other, a soldier put a gun to my head and told me he would kill me. He decided not to, but murdered another man in front of me. When I got back to the ship, I offered so much compassion for his soul. I don’t know why the soldier had spared me and taken the other man’s life. I pray for this departed man often.
I had another incident in Peru, where they were going to kill me with a gun. I don’t speak Spanish and they had a gun pointing at my head, and my fellow sailors with me didn’t speak Spanish either. We were forced face down in the dirt for hours during the day. By nightfall, the gunmen were gone and we made a run for it back to the ship. Again my life had been spared. I felt God was saving me to work in an uncommon way.
Q. Random impact?
A. There was a fellow sailor who only came to work with me on the ship for three months, and imparted deep psychic knowledge to me. At first I thought he might be a little insane. But, he came and left as though he might have been a human angel to teach me to use my personal power to heal. He’d push my psychic ability, and asked me lots of questions, never offering an answer, only the way to more intuitive knowledge. On this same voyage I met a Maori Shaman who told me of my destiny. I felt that everywhere I went I was being given a puzzle piece to my soul.
Q. Tell me about your Visions?
A. After meeting the Maori Shaman, I started to have dreams at night of the Holy Ones. They would tell me to touch rocks and they would turn into awakening people. I was lead over and over to help rouse others and offer restorative vitality.
About this time, Alina, my wife decided to go to the Doctor and got me a prescription for antibiotics. I wasn’t sick and I didn’t know why she did this. But she had an upset stomach for days and decided on her own that I was to stay home from one of my sailing journeys. When the head office received my antibiotics, I was sent home. That trip, 26 of the 27 crew on board the ship perished at sea.
After that, I knew I was to change my career. I began a grocery store with my wife. We happily did this for many years.
Q. Best Memory’s of Healings?
A. I do not keep track of the healings, as they may only be a voice on the telephone. I listen to their intonation and send energetic wave patterns. I work in the hospitals, and with many individuals to heal them on a soul level.
I have had much success, but it is only my goal to give liberation from strife.
Q. Tell me of your house cleansings?
A. Beginning at the physical level, if we clean our physical body and then our house. It all works together. I try to decipher and remove harmful rays of negative energies and radiation, which cause discomfort and ill health. Many times depression, insomnia, asthma, headaches and general stress tax an overworking body and mind. We live in a world of being bombarded with electromagnetic frequencies, the thoughts of others and the fear we carry inside. I come to energetically stimulate and reinforce the structure of living spaces.
Q. You like to say: Flowers in the garden makes for Beauty.
A. I believe that all humans come to earth to love and share with each other. The more we open our hearts, better the life experience. The future is to restructure our thoughts to bring healing for ourselves and our planet. It’s important we get our lives in sync with our spirit. And I do believe that we are always open for something new, all medicine, all technology, all hope, but for use of good positivity.
If you really want to make a difference in your life, you must have courage and trust. We also must make a beautiful earth. God is not separate, he gives us everything to be happy. Work with your body, mind and spirit – Be One.
Q. Why do you live in Seattle?
I felt I was led by Past Lives. When I am in the presence of Native American’s, they always say – “Welcome Home”. I knew Seattle was a very good place for me. I decided not to work on the sea, and I became a woodworker, specializing in fine furnishings. My woodworking shop burned down in 2009 and I took this indicator to conduct Shamanic work and help others full time.
Q. How does one contact you to use your services?
A. Call for an appointment, by phone or in person – Seattle or Travel. Call for workshop schedules.
Contact for Marek:
206/734-1976
Thanking Marek for sharing his wisdom and experiences with us.
“When I stand before thee at the day’s end, thou shalt see my scars and know that I had my wounds and also my healing.” ~Rabindranath Tagore (Indian Poet, Playwright and Essayist, Won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913, 1861-1941)
Alina, Marek & Kitty
Marek’s Family, Shaman Swil Kanim Family & Tara’s Family – Feast by Alina, Cake by Marek
Marek Schedule:
Marek is in Los Angeles 9.26 – 10.11, 2012
Marek is in Sedona 10.11 – 10.16, 2012
Tara Schedule:
Sedona Mystic Training 10.13-14, 2012
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Happy Mabon, the Autumn Equinox. Celebratration of the harvest. I only know one sungazer, they gain sustenence from the sun. For the rest of us nourishment is essential for all life. And as Thanksgiving gives thanks for America and her gifts, Mabon is a time of giving thanks for the World. Gratitude of food for all people.
Our Mabon plans will be to sit around a nicely laid out table with some family and friends. We will say what our best and happiest summer memories were and what we wish to happen this fall. Cheyenne will lead a blessing, lighting of the candles and a toasting ritual. We will toast our appreciation for the farmers, markets, cooks and nurturers.Gratitude, the first of many steps to living a well to do existense. A celebration of life.
What are your warm and cherished memories from your summer? What are your plans for this fall? Are you setting goals?
I wish you a blessed Autumn.
Love & Light,
Tara Sutphen
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Mabon
Autumn Equinox, 2nd Harvest, September 21st
Mabon, (pronounced MAY-bun, MAY-bone, MAH-boon, or MAH-bawn) is the Autumn Equinox. The Autumn Equinox divides the day and night equally, and we all take a moment to pay our respects to the impending dark. We also give thanks to the waning sunlight, as we store our harvest of this year’s crops. The Druids call this celebration, Mea’n Fo’mhair, and honor the The Green Man, the God of the Forest, by offering libations to trees. Offerings of ciders, wines, herbs and fertilizer are appropriate at this time. Wiccans celebrate the aging Goddess as she passes from Mother to Crone, and her consort the God as he prepares for death and re-birth.
Various other names for this Lesser Wiccan Sabbat are The Second Harvest Festival, Wine Harvest, Feast of Avalon, Equinozio di Autunno (Strega), Alben Elfed (Caledonii), or Cornucopia. The Teutonic name, Winter Finding, spans a period of time from the Sabbat to Oct. 15th, Winter’s Night, which is the Norse New Year.
At this festival it is appropriate to wear all of your finery and dine and celebrate in a lavish setting. It is the drawing to and of family as we prepare for the winding down of the year at Samhain. It is a time to finish old business as we ready for a period of rest, relaxation, and reflection.
Symbolism of Mabon:
– Second Harvest, the Mysteries, Equality and Balance.
Symbols of Mabon:
– Wine, gourds, pine cones, acorns, grains, corn, apples, pomegranates, vines such as ivy, dried seeds, and horns of plenty.
Herbs of Maybon:
– Acorn, benzoin, ferns, grains, honeysuckle, marigold, milkweed, myrrh, passionflower, rose, sage, solomon’s seal, tobacco, thistle, and vegetables.
Foods of Mabon:
– Breads, nuts, apples, pomegranates, and vegetables such as potatoes, carrots, and onions.
Incense of Mabon:
– Autumn Blend-benzoin, myrrh, and sage.
Colors of Mabon:
– Red, orange, russet, maroon, brown, and gold.
Stones of Mabon:
– Sapphire, lapis lazuli, and yellow agates.
Activities of Mabon:
– Making wine, gathering dried herbs, plants, seeds and seed pods, walking in the woods, scattering offerings in harvested fields, offering libations to
trees, adorning burial sites with leaves, acorns, and pine cones to honor those who have passed over.
Spellworkings of Mabon:
– Protection, prosperity, security, and self-confidence. Also those of harmony and balance.
Deities of Mabon:
– Goddesses-Modron, Morgan, Epona, Persephone, Pamona and the Muses. Gods-Mabon, Thoth, Thor, Hermes, and The Green Man.
Mabon is considered a time of the Mysteries. It is a time to honor Aging Deities and the Spirit World. Considered a time of balance, it is when we stop and relax and enjoy the fruits of our personal harvests, whether they be from toiling in our gardens, working at our jobs, raising our families, or just coping with the hussle-bussle of everyday life. May your Mabon be memorable, and your hearts and spirits be filled to overflowing!
Full Blue Moon
By Tara Sutphen
The Full Dog Days “Blue” Moon at 8* Pisces will culminate August 31, 2012 6:58am PDT/9:58am EDT (farmers almanac). A Blue Moon is when there are two full moons in one calendar month.
At the beginning of the August’s Full Moon, we were to focus on our intentions and possibilities. Now at the end of the month, we are to give way to scrutinize “a real time” of introspection, undo the unshakable, questioning unhappiness, sorrow and regrets. In our society, we’ve come to think depression is natural, but it isn’t; we’re ‘not’ to feed on insecurities and fear. We are given reasoning skills, and when trouble begins we are to reposition and stop obstacles before they become serious. It’s easier said than done, of course. And you can cry, it’s just not good to keep crying. We can experience breakdowns in all matters, and need to allow ourselves to outthink misfortune and stay sensible. With this moon, we reflect on what bothers us, preparing to sway our minds and hearts. With Autumn coming we will soon begin the preparation of winter and manifesting survival. Rationally, our responsibilities on earth should be easily self-propelled and connected to trust. When we clear the air, we begin to precede.
What happens when making unsuitable choices or being wounded by unpleasantness; becoming bewildered, lost and afraid. We can find ourselves wallowing in dejection and misdirected rage. We are all aware that there are many terrible things that happen in the world. Some events we have control, and most of it, we do not. For every sadness we’ve personally experienced we look upon them and reason, why me, why did they have to happen. We are hurt and can be reeling by others thoughtlessness or uncertainty. And yet it is how we handle the anxiety, the challenge that is the test. And we pass or fail. We can rebury our pain, but it would be better to find the pathway to set our dilemma’s free. The question may be to ask our self, how am I reacting to the difficulties in my life. Am I self-destructive or finding my way out.
There are solutions to ‘everything’. We know the difference of thriving and failing. We know when love falls short, realizing we loved and it wasn’t reciprocated. We can go to a job and work very hard and not to be appreciated. We can try and better ourselves and our peers are putting us down. We must forge through, as the bounty of the earth is ours by birthright. We are deserving of love, money, happiness, freedom, security, wisdom, and great health. Did we consider when and where our troubles began, knowing our decisions shape our life. Sometimes learning to say the word ‘no’ is helpful. Not allowing our time and energy to be abused is valuable. And we can start to fix those areas of our health and well being. Are we taking care of our self. Unlock the darkest and deepest part of you. Only you have the key…
Journal Questions:
People who have hurt your feelings:
Feeling hurt in general by:
Write 5 sentences with each – 1. Upset sentence 2. Intellectualize sentence, 3. your feelings sentence 4. How to fix sentence 5. Sentiment sentence
Write a list of problems-
We can all be locked in delusion, not really knowing why the things that happen to us do. How we are saved or fated. We all have been hurt, we all want to scream, cry and wrestle with our lives. ‘Everyone’ feels this way. We know to reason and allow good into our daily reality. We see people get up and survive against all odds. We see them do it, leaving chaos and difficulties behind. Honor your past, it’s made you who you are… and it’s time to let go of what holds you back, Meditate deeply.
“Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better take things as they come along with patience and equanimity. ~Carl Gustav Jung (Swiss psychiatrist, Psychologist and Founder of the Analytic Psychology, 1875-1961)
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