Winds of Change
New
vision and inspiration for the journey.
A Mystery School Newsletter
from Linda Heron Wind published on each Full Moon
November 2006 Full Moon Newsletter
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November 5, 2006, Full
Moon in Taurus
(Full
at 7:58 AM Eastern Standard Time)
Life is full these days
And sometimes overflowing
But never empty
Unstructured time is
Necessary for balance
To come naturally
The Full Moon in Taurus calls us to sink our feet deep into the Earth, letting our dreams and visions be grounded through our bodies and our actions. Look at how your thoughts, feelings, and actions are consistent with the dream seeds that you are planting into your life. When you find resistance rising up within you, listen to the inner voice of intuition that calls you to walk a higher path. Now is the time to plant your dreams in the Earth and walk them into your life.
Deep within the Earth
My dreams are incubating
Waiting for my love
Fall
Mystery School Workshop Series
with Linda Heron Wind, Ph.D.
Held in the yurt in Fishers, NY ($30
each)
Mastering the Circle of the Heart - November
5, 2006 1-4 pm
We must step into the Circle of the Heart from the directions of the four
winds, leaving at the gateway the inner patterns that keep us stuck in
the mind. When we step through the gates we access the qualities of the
heart that align us with the feeling-tone language of light.
Mastering the Circle of the Soul - December 3,
2006 1-4 pm
We must step into the Circle of the Soul from the four directions, leaving
at the gateways the old patterns of the heart that keep us from accessing
the wisdom of the soul. When we step through the gates we access soul
awareness and consciously embody our divine presence and awareness.
For more information, call Linda Heron Wind at 585-924-5620
or visit the CIRCLE web site www.circleinc.org.
Feeding the Dream Seeds - Prior to the Full Moon, make a list of all the inspirational things that your intuition is asking you to do - creative things, fun things, play, recreation, as well as your dreams and visions. Then find some seeds, perhaps corn or sunflower, and place them in a bowl - one seed for each thing you have on your list. Put the bowl in the moon light with the list under it, and then for the next moon cycle, do one of those things, or take a step toward it, each day and write down what you did next to it on the list. Know that you are feeding the seeds with your actions. You might want to continue this practice until spring when the seeds can be sown.
Feeding the Dream Seeds
They eat my thoughts and actions
Each waking moment
Coming into Integrity - Get into a comfortable position and take a few deep breaths to relax and ground yourself. Imagine yourself sitting on a bench in a beautiful garden. There are birds, squirrels, trees, flowerbeds, and a fountain. It is a nice sunny day and the air smells fresh and clean. Your intuition is coming along the path and sits on the bench beside you. You might see clearly what your intuition looks like or you might just have a sense of it being there. After greeting your intuition and welcoming it to this inner garden, ask it where you are out of integrity. Where do your actions not support what you believe in? Where does resistance keep you from following your soul path? What can you do to be more integrated and disciplined within yourself? Then listen. Notice what is said, how you feel, what comes to mind. When you are finished, thank your intuition and ask how you can recognize it better. Then you can come back into present time and space, wiggling your fingers and toes, moving your head, stretching and opening your eyes.
Integrity is
Listening to inner voice
And taking action
Inspiration
Enjoy these poems by Heron: What the Trees Know
Resistance as a Guide
Linda Heron Wind,
Ph.D.
I don't know about you, but I am finding a lot of resistance coming up
inside of me whenever I go to do the things that I know I need to do to
move forward, It is as if some part of me grabs me by the legs and immobilizes
me or like there are heavy weights tied to me as I try to move. Even though
I understand that this is the resistance that my small self has to change,
perhaps a way that it puts the brakes on when it thinks things might change
too fast, many times I still give into it - at least for a short time.
When I do choose to push through it, it takes a lot of force and discipline
to get my feet unstuck from the mud.
Recently I have begun to look at resistance
as a sign along the path, pointing the way to wholeness and integrity.
Whatever it tells me not to do I know is the most important thing for
me to do. I ignore its warnings and push past the sign until I can feel
myself break free of its hold. For example, the other day there was a
voice within that said that I needed to go for a walk. It was raining
and I was tired and resistance said it wasn't a good day to walk - I could
do it tomorrow. Heeding the inner voice I put on my rain gear and boots,
feeling like I was walking through quicksand and having to push myself
out the door. This also happens when my alarm goes off in the morning.
Resistance says that it is fine to sleep longer, after all I should be
nice to my body and let it rest. It is most difficult to push through
the sleepiness to rise, exercise and meditate.
Carolyn Myss talks about the inner voice as
intuition. She says there are two kinds: unfinished business and inspiration.
The unfinished business often takes the form of an, "I should ….."
(as in "I should take a walk" or "I should get up and meditate").
Now of course we all have a lot of "shoulds" that were given
to us by others and by our culture, and it is popular these days not to
"should" on yourself at all. If we throw out all the shoulds,
however, we just might be throwing out our intuitive guidance as well.
Carolyn suggests that we make a list of all the "shoulds" that
we believe are from our inner intuitive voice and do one each day as a
way of becoming more disciplined and stepping into integrity.
Making a list of the intuition that is of an
inspirational nature is also important. It is easy to see how we might
resist the things that are unpleasant to do but we also resist the things
that excite us. I often find myself meditating and asking what I need
to be doing (as if I didn't know) and when I keep getting the same answer,
the one that brings up resistance, I sometimes get too busy with other
things to meditate (more subtle resistance). Whether it is something we
"should" be doing to support our bodies, like exercise or eating
right, or something creative that would be fun, like craftwork or writing,
resistance says that I could be taking a nap or doing busywork.
Our intuition is always trying to guide us
to the place we say we want to be. It shows us how to plant and feed the
dream seeds so that what grows in the physical realm of our daily lives
mirrors the dreams and visions that excite us. So the next time a "should"
arises in the inner dialog, take a moment to see if it is your intuition
speaking. If so, do what it takes to push through the resistance that
is likely to arise. Discipline happens when we chose to become a disciple
to our Higher Self instead of a slave to the lower self.
Resistance shows me
Where actions and dreams part ways
Conflict reigns within
Discipline arrives
When I listen to my Self
And then take action
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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