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 - November 24th, 2007

November 24, 2007, Full Moon in Gemini
Moon full at 9:30 am Eastern Standard Time

Pathway to the Stars
Star consciousness descends now
To be lived through me

What's Happening?

The Gemini Full Moon highlights communication and weaving the web of connection that supports us through these interesting times. It is more important now than ever before to be aware of our choices. With awareness we can choose how we see each other, ourselves, and our lives as well as how we relate to each other. The waves of intense energy we have been experiencing will continue as the old way of being is brought up for release, but intensity is not an excuse for going into the old drama. We must choose something different and choice is a moment-by-moment process. On this Full Moon following Thanksgiving, make the choice to be grateful for all the amazing people in your life, whether they are pushing your buttons or not. Be grateful for whatever is.

Love is a choice now
Over fear, over anger
A way to perceive

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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

Walk with awareness
Live galactic consciousness
True reality

Ritual

Working with Choice - Take the time on this Full Moon to look at your choices. Where are you still leaving the choice to the old patterns of your mind? Choose one place that you would like to gain choice and focus on choosing to be happy when that situation arises. Write out how that might look and feel on a card (you can even draw it) and place a lit candle over it on the Full Moon to energize it.

Chose to be happy
Regardless of circumstance
Only you can choose

Meditation Exercise

Releasing Drama - Take a few deep breaths, dropping a root down into the Earth from your tailbone and branches up to the sky from your crown. Imagine that you are sitting in a theatre and your life is playing out on the stage. You can pick a difficult situation or old pattern if you like, or just see what emerges. As you watch yourself in this play, notice how identified you are with the character. Can you gain any perspective on what this scene is really about by watching? Who is it that is watching? If you are not the character who are you? Would you like to play the scene differently? Imagine the scene in anyway you like. How does it feel when you play the scene different? Do this with as many scenes as you like and when you are ready, return to your physical body and journal about your experience.

Release the story
You are not that character
But actor Divine!

Article

Playing with Words

Linda Heron Wind

I love to play with words! It brings up my curiosity when I find interesting and surprising relationships among words. When I was meditating last week and contemplating the healing process, I was given the following words to ponder: trauma, drama, and Rama. Now trauma and drama I know about but Rama I am not as familiar with. I know that in Hindu traditions Rama incarnated as avatars or enlightened beings, so Rama could represent higher consciousness.

If we look at the stages of healing related to levels of consciousness, in the physical dimension we interpret certain experiences that threaten our sense of safety as trauma. In such situations the nervous system of the body goes into fight, flight, or immobilization in an effort to be safe. So the first stage of healing is the recognition that such a reaction has taken place in response to an experience in the physical realm.

With awareness beyond the physical, we can begin to see how our trauma experiences relate to a particular theme. We could categorize trauma as falling into certain archetypal themes such as victim, perpetrator, martyr, and so forth. Seeing the theme allows us to become more of an observer of the drama, like we are watching our life experience in a play or a movie. We become the main character and the others in our play are playing the supporting roles.

Identifying when you are in the drama (clue: it usually has emotions attached) is helpful because you can step back and become an observer of yourself and ask how you want to play the role you are in. This is the second stage of healing.

The third stage is when you begin to see how the situation has served you in some way. Perhaps it has allowed you to become more aware of the roles you play and develop the ability to choose something different. Or it may have motivated you to question the role you were assigned and play it with greater awareness and consciousness. This is the gift of Rama. When enlightenment arrives we can see that the physical character that we are playing is not who we are any more than an actor is the character they are playing in the play. When we become aware of our true identity, trauma and drama both become irrelevant. What is simply is and we do not need to play any role at all. This final stage of healing is the transformation that frees us from our physical world. Even though we are still in the world, we are not of it.

So in healing we proceed from trauma to drama to Rama.
Another word that is interesting to me is "awful." Generally we use the word to describe something we don't like very well, yet it seems as if the word could mean "full of awe." At the same time "awesome" is something we usually like. I guess that means that "some awe" is ok but "full of awe" is too over the top for us to appreciate.

One word that I have been using lately in response to many things is "amused." It is not the same as laughing at something but more like a quiet smile that comes over me when I look at the play going on in my life and those around me. Parts of the play are quite absurd and being amused helps me not to go into drama. I just stay in my seat and smile. Of course if we look at "amused" closely it could mean being "a Muse." Muse is one of the Greek Goddesses that presides over the arts. Being amused then just might bring out my creativity.

"Amused" could also refer to the verb "muse" that means to meditate, wonder, or think in silence. That too could serve me well in observing the chaos of the physical world. Playing with words can be a great way to raise your consciousness and find new ways to be with what is - and it is great amusement!

To heal the trauma
One must see through the drama
The play of Rama

Releasing Darkness
Amused now by the drama
I smile at this life

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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