Winds of Change
New
vision and inspiration for the journey.
A Mystery School Newsletter
from Linda Heron Wind published on each Full
Moon
Full Moon Newsletter - September 26th, 2007
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September 26, 2007, Full Moon in Aries
Moon full at 3:45 pm Eastern Daylight Time
I step through the door
Into the vastness of me
Encompassing all
There seem to be many initiations going on
right now for people as they step through gateways into new territory
either in their physical lives or their inner world. The Full Moon in
Aries brings us to the initiatory fire that asks us to step into it and
allow all that is not true to be burned away. True to what? To your path,
to your inner fire of spirit, to that which feeds the heart. After the
intensities of eclipses and the Equinox, we are continuing to be pressed
by life to remain centered, in integrity, and living in a higher consciousness.
The "muggle" world seems to be falling apart and it is best
to release your attachment to it. Let it go and breathe in the beauty
that surrounds you in each moment.
Beauty surrounds me
It rises up from within
I am beauty-full
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Pathway to the Stars: Entering the Circle of the Soul
Mystery School takes us on a journey to higher consciousness and the embodiment of the divine energy that we are. A prerequisite to using the laws of the universe, such as the Law of Attraction, in a conscious and deliberate way, is to be in alignment with your Higher Self or Soul. Manifestation from a lower level of consciousness usually brings us more lessons on mastering ourselves rather than the result that we desire. This course helps you to master each level of consciousness so that you may become a more conscious creator in your life.
This Mystery School course consists of five lessons. Each lesson includes written material with graphics for study, a lecture, meditation exercises, homework that is emailed to Heron, and discussions questions for the discussion board. Everyone taking the course has access to the Discussion Board so opportunity is available to connect with others who are studying the same Material. You may work through the lessons at your own pace.
Lesson 1 - Circles of Consciousness
Lesson 2 - Mastering the Circle of the Mind
Lesson 3 - Mastering the Circle of the Heart
Lesson 4 - Mastering the Circle of the Soul
Lesson 5 - Living from Awareness
Problems are practice
In this Mystery School called life
Dream the solution
Fire Ceremony - Go for a walk in the woods or around your yard
and find a nice dead stick no more than a foot long. You can either wrap
the stick with yarn, where each wrap represents something you wish to
release, or you can write the things on small pieces of paper and wrap
them around the stick and fasten with string, yarn or tape. On the Full
Moon or the day before or after, find a place to have a small fire. If
you can do that outside it would be great either in your yard or a park,
or inside if you have a fireplace or wood-burning stove. Start a fire
and, with intention, place the stick in the fire and sing, tone, or chant
while it burns. If you have no place to burn a stick, use paper and place
the pieces of folded paper in a bowl outside to burn them. Intention is
important in a burning ritual, and the use of your voice helps keep your
intention focused. Feel gratitude for both how these things have served
you as well as for their release.
Release attachments
And ride on the solar winds
Freed into the light
Stepping Into the Fire - Take a few deep breaths and ground yourself with a root that goes deep into the Earth. Imagine that you are walking through the woods to a clearing where your guides are waiting. When you arrive you see that they have started a fire in the center of the clearing and are standing around it chanting. They motion for you to join them and you do. The flames leap into the air as they are fed by the voices. You are asked if you are ready to release all that does not serve wholeness. If you reply, "Yes!", they bring you closer to the fire and ask you to step in. As you do, you feel the warmth and sense its cleansing force on your energy field. The "I" that is aware begins to feel a lightness, like gold must feel as it is refined to its true nature. When the fire burns down you step from the ashes, knowing that nothing that is true and whole can be lost. The guides give you new clothing and perhaps words of wisdom that will support your continued journey. When you are ready, come back to your body, take a deep breath, and open your eyes.
Become the phoenix
Arising from the ashes
Untouched by the flames
Article
Where Are You Going?
Linda Heron Wind
Perhaps the most difficult part of transformation
is that you never know where you are going until you get there. The state
of not-knowing is difficult for the mind that only feels calm when it
is sure it knows the road ahead. Some brave souls have learned to love
the adventure of not knowing, but that requires a great deal of trust
in that which cannot be seen.
It is interesting to me when I talk with
people who sound like they know where they are going. I like to wonder
what it will be that derails their plans and when. The cosmic coyote plays
its games with our minds until we begin to laugh at the absurdity of moving
into new territory and really knowing anything about what it will be like.
Like early explorers, we never cease to be surprised by the landscape.
Like those explorers, we do have guides
to this new place that we are entering. Many teachers and masters have
come to Earth in various spiritual traditions to talk to us in stories
and metaphors about the new consciousness that we are entering. But just
like stories about a new world, it is never quite the same when you arrive
there. Yet the stories help us open to the possibility and point the way
to the inner state that awakes our presence.
Where we are going is not a where at
all, at least not in the way we think. Instead, it is awareness, an inner
feeling state that allows us to see the very landscape we have been living
in through different eyes. Perhaps it might be like putting on night vision
goggles and seeing all the things that were there all along, but not visible
to us. We are moving into a radical shift in perception.
We have all had glimpses through the
doorway and what moves us through is the willingness to embrace the fear
of losing everything. We must release the world as we know it to see the
world as it really is. What is it that you would cling to as you step
into the initiatory fires that will clear your vision? Before the fire,
we are afraid of loss - loss of career, loved ones, possessions, identity,
money, status, self. After the fire, we are aware that there is no loss
of anything that is real.
So ask yourself the questions, "What
is real?" and "Who am I, really?" Who is the "I"
that cannot be destroyed by the fire? Let yourself feel the answer for
there is no way to describe it except through stories and metaphors. When
you know who you are, no question arises about where you are going.
Sit in the silence
Transcend time and space into
Infinite presence
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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