Winds of Change
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New
vision and inspiration for the journey.
A Mystery School Newsletter
from Linda Heron Wind published on each Full
Moon
Full Moon Newsletter - April 2009
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April 9, 2009, Full Moon in Libra
Moon full at 10:56 AM Eastern Daylight Time
The song and silence
The stillness and the dancing
All live in my heart
I surrender now
To all that is beautiful
And joy everywhere
This Full Moon in Libra calls us to look for
the beauty that is springing from last year's compost pile. All of the
things we have released and let go of are allowing new possibilities to
emerge that harmonize with the song in our hearts. Look for what is emerging
now that quickens the one song that connects us all. Let go of what no
longer feeds you and open to the sacred dance that is emerging.
As I write, a blue bird gathers nesting materials from the eves near my window. What happiness is longing to be birthed this spring in your life?
Beauty surrounds us
Like a warm blanket each night
Holding us in love
2009 Retreats with Heron
Held at Shequaga Retreat Center in Dansville,
NY
Medicine Circle - Women's Vision
Quest - June 5-8
A Medicine Circle creates a space for you to experience in solitude a
deeper connection with yourself and with the whole circle of life that
surrounds you. Through clearing rituals, solitude in nature, sacred art,
and ceremony, you will find a vision for your life and return with renewed
purpose.
Beauty Way Retreat - September 4-6
A weekend of creativity awaits you as our beauty flows through our hands
into beadwork, leatherwork, stonework, basketry, drums, rattles, and other
modalities of sacred art. While you learn techniques we will work and
play in loving community.
Check out www.circleinc.org
to register and for more camps and retreats at Shequaga.
Other
Learning Opportunities with Heron
Online
Mystery School Course
Reduced price - now $99. Enroll
on line using paypal, credit card, or check. Join the twelve people
already enrolled - discussion group, meditations, lectures, written material,
email dialog with Heron on homework.
Includes weekly discussion lessons that stimulate growth
and awareness. (Available in workbook form with CDs,
without email support or discussion group - $40)
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 illustrations 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 Group 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
Stalking awareness
Is like looking for water
While swimming in it
Feeding the Heart Song - Since the mind's
voice is always much louder than the heart's song, it is important to
find space to be very quiet either in nature or in a beautiful place.
On this Full Moon take some time to just be in the moon light, in the
stillness of the night as the moon rises. Pay attention to what arises
within your heart as you do this. Notice the feeling in your heart and
do not try to put it into words. Just notice.
Sometimes I hear
it
In a bird's song or the wind
Yet from deep within
Happiness Emerging - Get into
a comfortable position, close your eyes, and take a few deep breaths to
relax and ground yourself deep into the Earth while remaining open to
the Stars. Imagine yourself sitting in nature, whether in a place you
know or not. Use your senses to smell, see, hear, and feel all that is
around you. Allow the edges of who you know yourself to be to become thinner,
merging with everything around you. Then focus on the seed of happiness
that is waiting in your heart for you to notice it. Examine it and love
it as you imagine and feel what it will become. Place it securely within
the fertile space of your heart and surround it with love. You can stay
with the seed or come back to your current time and space taking a deep
breath and opening your eyes.
Happiness is there
Already a seed within
Waiting for your love
Article
The Most Important Thing
The sun was setting through the trees still bare
from winter and a heron flew low across the crimson sky. Jonika sat in
silence with Grandfather waiting for him to speak. The sky was nearly
dark when he finally shifted his body and looked directly at Jonika.
"I can see that you have learned to be still
on the outside, waiting patiently for something that you do not yet know.
Your inside is teaming with questions. What is it that you desire to know
this evening?" said Grandfather.
Jonika paused, wondering how Grandfather always seemed
to see his insides. "I want to know what the most important thing
is to know," Jonika replied.
Grandfather looked long at this boy who was becoming
a man, considering what he was ready to know. The mind is always so naïve
when it comes to asking questions. "That is an interesting question,
Jonika," he responded. "What part of you wants to know that?"
The young man was caught off guard by this question.
"What do you mean what part of me? It is I, Jonika, who asks the
question."
"Perhaps we need to speak first about where questions come from when
they rise up within us," said Grandfather gently. "Many questions
come from the mind. The mind always wants very clear answers to everything,
correct answers. But the mind is limited in its ability to ask, as it
only can see a small part of the picture. The heart also asks questions
and the answers it seeks often cannot even be put into words. Yet the
heart has a connection to everything so its questions are much deeper.
Do you think your question comes from your mind or your heart?"
In the silence that followed, Jonika considered the
question. Was it his mind or heart? How would he know? "How do you
know if your mind or heart is asking the question?" he finally asked.
"Ah, good question!" Grandfather replied.
"The mind's questions often have a selfish motivation behind them.
For example, your mind might want to know the most important thing so
that you would feel important or be better than someone else. The heart
would want to know the most important thing so that it can better serve
others and the world. The mind would want to tell everyone while the heart
would simply live the knowing. Does that answer your question?"
"Perhaps it is both my mind and heart that want
to know then. Is that possible?" said Jonika thinking maybe he could
avoid looking deeper.
"Yes, both could want to know the same question
but the answer would be different depending on which one is asking. The
mind would never be satisfied with the answer the heart is seeking and
an answer that would meet the mind's needs would not touch the heart."
Grandfather smiled as he spoke, obviously enjoying this conversation much
more than Jonika was.
"Ok, then, my heart alone asks the question -
what is the most important thing to know?" Jonika said with a sigh,
sensing that this was going to be more complicated than he had originally
anticipated. Why can't the old man ever just give a simple answer to a
question?
"In order to answer that, I would like you to
close your eyes. I am taking your hand and I want you to focus on what
you feel in your heart," Grandfather instructed.
Jonika sat quietly, waiting. He could feel Grandfather's
hand around his own, warm and rough. The wind was singing in the pines
behind him and he could also hear the brook flowing by. He waited for
the answer, thinking maybe there was something that he was suppose to
see or hear.
"Just feel what is in your heart."
Grandfather seemed to read his mind. Could he read
his heart too? Jonika focused on his breathing trying to still his mind.
Then very slowly he began to feel something and as he did, the wind touched
his face and he smelled the fragrance of the pines. It was as if everything
around him was reaching out to touch him in some way. The earth beneath
him, the trees, brook, wind, and ……and, of course, there was
Grandfather's hand that now seemed like his own.
"Feel the answer in your heart, Jonika. Feel
it now," Grandfather said softly.
Suddenly he knew. He understood the feeling. Jonika
was smiling now, eyes still closed but seeing clearer than he ever had
before. Slowly he opened his eyes. The two men sat for a long time listening
to the sounds of the night, seeing though their heart and knowing what
was the most important thing.
I'm in love with life
Its beauty and harmony
And surprises too!
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.
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