Winds of Change

New vision and inspiration for the journey.
A Mystery School Newsletter from Linda Heron Wind
published on each Full Moon

October 2004 Full Moon Newsletter

October 2004 (Full Moon Eclipse in Taurus - October 27, 11:07 PM Eastern Daylight Time)

Diversity is
The primary principle
Within Unity

Magic happens when
I am centered in my heart
And imagining!

What's Happening?

The full moon in Taurus offers us nurturing, comfort, beauty and solid presence. I am thinking of this full moon eclipse as a time for fully embodying our spirits in our physical bodies and becoming present for our lives. What does that look like? Most of us are able to achieve presence for brief periods of time, perhaps even long periods if we are in nature or away from our daily lives. But how would your life be different if you were fully present for all of it? Now is the time to call that experience. The experience we have in life reflects the quality of beingness that we bring to it. Can we call the beauty and love that is in each of us forward into each moment? And how would your experience change as a result of doing that?

I don't know how many of you have seen the movie, "What the Bleep do we know?" but if you have not, I highly recommend it. The movie, through both story line and documentary, illustrates this very understanding - that what we experience is the result of what we bring to the situation. We are in the midst of a huge paradigm shift in how we view our world and ourselves in it. Most of us are already aware of the new paradigm but struggling to implement it in a daily world that does not appear to embrace it. Yet this new world is just as available to us as the old one, if we can stay present and choose it. Let's use this full moon eclipse and the final pentacle on the 28th as a time of choosing to really show up and live what we know.

The gateway opens
I dance through with empty hands
Opening to love

Upcoming Workshops

The Fall 2004 programs that I will be facilitating include:

• October 27, 7-8:30 PM Dreamwalking: Using Dreams for Guidance
  Lecture for OURS group at the Irondequoit Library in Rochester, NY

  Dreams are a rich source of information about your life, the everyday world and the spirit world. People over time have used dreams to guide their lives. While there are many different kinds of dreams and ways to interpret them, we will work with several different systems that you can use to understand your dreams better. We will also explore dreamwalking, the art of conscious dreaming and consciously shifting the dream of your everyday experience.

Rainbow colors flash
As I fly in my dreamcoat
Through magic doorways

• December 12, 1-5 PM The Dancing that is the Stillness - Entering the North Gate in Victor, NY.
  In the North we must learn to dance with the breath and use sound vibration to clear the mind. With clear focus and stillness we enter into the Mind of God. Entering the Circle of the Soul through the North Gate represents the mastery of mind, where thoughts and images serve unity rather than separation.

Singing the Star Song
With angelic harmony
In perfect silence

Dancing the Star Path
Through spiraling galaxies
In perfect stillness

Details are available on the Workshops page of this website or the CIRCLE website www.circleinc.org.

Ritual

Star of Presence - If you did the ritual suggested in the last newsletter, you can use the pentagram or star created during that ritual for this current one. If not, draw and cut out a five pointed star that is about six inches across. In each point of the star put a word or draw an image that you associate with your vision of being fully present in your life. In the center find a word or draw an image representing the unity of all these qualities within you. Create this star on the full moon and before the eclipse, place a lit candle over the center of the star, letting it burn until the end of the pentagram alignment the following day (28th) at 6:49 PM Eastern time. This will draw energy to help ground this new level of presence into your life.

The five-pointed star
Calls full presence in body
Show up for your life!

Meditation Exercise
Loving Yourself - Get into a comfortable position and take a few deep breaths to relax. Imagine something that brings up the feeling of love within you. It might be a pet or special place in nature. Sometimes our feelings for people are mixed and complex but if there is someone you have very pure love feelings for, it could be that person. Spend some time getting very clear with the images, so you can feel the love feelings very strong within your heart chakra. Then allow the feelings to become a color. It can be any color you like or that feels right to you. Once the color is strong, imagine that the color is a blanket of love that you wrap around yourself, allowing you to feel these same love feelings for yourself. Work with this mediation a number of times until you can move quickly and easily to feeling the colored blanket of love around you. Then use this anytime you need to come back present with yourself.

A blanket of love
Surrounds and permeates me
It's me loving me

Inspiration

My soul is hungry
For inspiration today
Its coffers empty

Psalms from tree beings
Majestic singers of truth
Share what the trees know

Grace

When doubting arises, I think of what the tree said
The other day when I was walking.
It was a large tree that had started to fall
Apparently weakened at its base
Caught by two younger trees now bent with its weight
And an older one that supports only its crown.
I stood quietly observing the way she rested so peacefully
In the arms of her sisters.
No need to apologize for the weakness that put her there or
Her heavy weight that they were chosen to bear.
Her sigh was audible as they all swayed in the wind together
Rocking in the cradle of love they created for her.
When my circumstances cause me to doubt myself and
Where I am in my life at this moment
I recall this tree's whispered words,
"What is, simply is. No need to question why.
Just be with what is in all your glory!"
Her presence is not less because of her circumstance
Nor is she embarrassed about her weakness
Her beauty still shines and she continues to pass on wisdom
From her reclined position in the forest
Gracefully accepting what is.

This Month's Article
If Love is the Answer, What is the Question?
by Linda Heron Wind, Ph.D.

If we believe that love is the answer to all of life's questions, what exactly are those questions? Some of the more obvious questions seem to be the big ones, like, "How can we create a more peaceful world?" or "What is the most powerful thing in the universe?" We all could easily answer those questions with "love." But what about the smaller questions that are more personal and connected with our daily lives? Click here for the full article.

If you have comments on this newsletter or ideas for future topics,
call Linda Heron Wind at (585) 924-5620 or send e-mail to LHWind@aol.com.

Check out the article about CIRCLE in the D&C
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/news/02042S35QT0_news.shtml

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