Vision Quest 6~ Reflections of Self

The first parts of this Story can be found HERE

 Muna turned to what was the South wall in the garden and saw many large mirrors embedded within it, twisted around them was variegated ivy in many shades of green.

The summer Sun reflecting light that dazzled the eye, illuminating her mind, showing her that all things have a cycle, She heard the birds again singing in the distance communicating with each other along with the tinkling of bells as she saw then that there were also many tiny mirrors which had been hung in amongst the trees that twisted and turned in the breeze, and yet here there was no breeze. These smaller mirrors faced back through the larger ones and the illusion of mirror within mirror where ever Muna looked down an endless wall of more mirrors until they disappeared into the distance..

The thought then came so clear, we are all fragments of the One mirror, all reflections of one another, we are within each other each seeing a different perspective going on and on.. One within one like a hologram.. All ONE contained with the smallest of pieces..

She saw the mists rise within the garden revealing many hidden treasures.. These were statues of birds, and animals, as she looked closer she saw many of these statues of Butterflies and Dragonflies and ornaments had been partially covered by the tall grasses and weeds which surround the edges of the garden.

The Animals were calved pieces of wood, each animal was set doing a task.. The Beaver was nibbling his way through a log, there were birds building nests and within a wooden carving was a spider weaving her web, and on another was a Turtle burying her eggs.

All things were striving to build a nest she thought, all in different ways all working so hard to achieve, and yet they all knew instinctively how to do so, no one showed them how, they just did it.

They all never gave up. If the Beaver’s Dam burst then they would build another, if a nest got destroyed in a storm the nesting pair would mate again and build another. The spider would build another web when hers got torn, and the Turtle she travelled thousands of miles to return to the same shore where she was born and yet no one had shown them how. 

Muna then knew what she was being shown. She should always trust her emotions, her instincts were built inside her too for a reason and she should never give up, but always follow them despite the obstacles that would be thrown in her path.

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OK  Tomorrow One More part to come,  as  I am sure you have had more than enough of this story for now… Not much more before the end of Muna’s Vision Quest as she seeks answers to her fears. And it will not be long before I am back to moderate all your pending comments..

There is more to this story the Vision Quest’s Chapter, But I will post those after my return..

© Sue Dreamwalker 2010- 2016 All rights reserved.

This is part of a Scheduled post.. I will reply to comments upon my return..

Love and Blessings Sue

Vision Quest 5 Energy.

The Beginning of this Story in all its parts can be found HERE

Looking through her closed lids a light that started as a spec grew rapidly before her. She knew she had her eyes closed, and yet the light grew brighter. Muna continued to breathe in deeper and deeper, all the while asking for the sacred ones to protect and help her on her inner journey of discovery.

All around the birds were chirping their merry chatter to one another, and still the light was there growing brighter. Deeper again she breathed in as the birds now started to fade into the background overtaken by a rushing sound which sounded like the rippling of water over stones flowing very fast.

But as Muna sat, she knew that this was not a sound at all, but it was the silence within her own being. The light now started to diminish and gradually receded back to the pinprick that it had started out as. She felt herself being sucked backwards and a new rushing sound overtook the silence, it was almost a buzzing sound, like that of a bee in the distance she felt her heartbeat and the blood pumping through her veins.

The buzzing sound grew louder, Muna knew this sensation it was the sensation she sometimes got when drifting off to sleep. Allowing the familiar sensation to sweep over her she felt herself being pulled backwards as if she was being dragged out from her body through the top of her head. She swayed backwards as she sat, and now the buzzing sound entered her whole being, as she felt the vibration of its beat enter her body, she allowed herself to be swept along with it she saw the Light once again.

Muna was pulled towards this light as if it was a magnet, she had no control as she floated towards the tunnel of light which now shone brighter than ever.  It glowed with a multitude of colours all colliding with one another mixing yet more colours as they met. A kaleidoscope of Light fragments all fused together forming a column in which she was now pulled into.

She felt the energy, the radiance of love that was emitted and she knew she was safe. If Muna could describe her feelings as she travelled through this column of light was to liken it to being surrounded by the guardians who held her in their beam of tranquillity and loving embrace.

Floating through the mists she sensed  she faced East. She breathed deeper still just enjoying the sensation of floating, as the ground seemed no longer solid beneath her. As she breathed in it was as if she breathed in the Spring Air with all the fragrant flowers her mind all at once seemed to clear as she blended with the beauty which now opened up around her.

Now as her vision cleared and the mists parted, no longer was she within the circle on her mountain side, but she was in a high walled garden with climbing clematis of many shades of blues, pinks and whites clinging to the walls which encased the garden on all four sides apart from one wooden door on the North facing wall..

The door was practically hidden with ivy, vines, and brambles. There were many plants in tubs along with herbs, hanging baskets too in strange objects such as old kettles and pans hung from hooks on the wall and what appeared to be an old bathtubs full of flowers. She had seen this garden before, but now it was in full bloom, more mature in every way..

What a beautiful strange garden she thought, and yet all seemed perfect. It matted not in what vessel the flowers were contained, for the beauty of the flowers showed themselves in perfection in all of these various containers…’Never judge’ she heard her own inner self saying, “It matters not what appears on the outside it is what is contained within that gives it beauty’..

How right these words were she thought as she saw the beauty of the flowers as they shone through the rusting old pans and pots.. She then saw a man tending to the plants, ragged in appearance and yet here viewing him she saw surrounding him a halo of gold light which moved with him where ever he went in his garden..

Muna saw the love pour forth upon his tended flowers, as she witness how they responded with their blooms of colour. And she understood why it was that some had greener fingers than others. As she saw the energy exchange of love  between the man and his plants.

© Sue Dreamwalker 2010- 2016 All rights reserved.

to be continued:

Comments will be moderated upon my return.. I thank you all for your patience.. and to any new readers welcome to Dreamwalker’s Sanctuary

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Love and Blessings

Sue

Vision Quest 4~ The Four Directions

You can follow the beginning  of the Vision Quest in small Parts which start  HERE

Muna enters her Medicine Wheel and speaks to the Four Directions as she requests help with her Vision Quest from her ancestors

 

The Four Directions Continued:

Muna spoke in a calm clear voice, as she entered her circle from the east setting her mind with her intention she stood within the middle of it.

“I welcome you Great Spirit, Earth Mother, and Powers of the Four Directions… I welcome my ancestors and all who love me..I ask that you grant me a vision, help me to shed all that I no longer need, Help me understand my true self, help me chase away the shadows”..

Muna then lit the candle which she had secured in the earth, it flickered in the breeze, she blew hard again upon the sage and made more smoke encircle around herself.

She closed her eyes for a few moments and breathed deep asking within her mind for the vision to commence as she stood within the cocoon of energy she had created for herself. Muna mentally asked the living Spirits in nature to come and bring their energy to help her in her Quest. Opening her eyes she faced the larger stone on the compass point of the East which was dedicated to Air, which signified spring, a gateway to the mental plane. Muna offered her sacred prayer bowing in acknowledgement and asked for her inner knowledge to be released.

“Open the gate of the East that I may share your energy, renew my spirit within your breath of Spring, clear the cobwebs of my thoughts so that I can see clearly from my heart”

She then turned to the South which represented summer, emotions and water, as she thought of the days at the lakeside with her friend, she acknowledged the South with a nod of her head in a reverent bow.

“Oh great South the land of the Sun, where no bird needs a map to guide them to the warmth, for you guide them back home. Guide me on my journey, help me see my own path, help me conquer my fears, let me lay them to rest. Help me see the journey before me and those who will help me fulfil my destiny.”

Next she turned to the West, the Fire of Autumn and blessed the spiritual realm for coming, asking for illumination.

“Great Fire of the West, allow your flame to blend with that of my candle, illuminate the darkness with your cleansing flame. Allow your flame to burst the seeds of knowledge, I ask that my ancestors come and bring their wisdom to help me upon this Quest” As Muna finished speaking the breeze picked up flickering her candle flame before the flame settled and grew even stronger in height.

The last stone she turned to was the North, The Earth stone representing winter the Physical Body and Wisdom. Sending once again her thoughts out she now sat down at the centre with her Dream-catcher, Sage, Locket, and Candle appearing like a little altar in front of her within her Medicine Wheel.

“I call upon the North, let your winds sweep away the mists that I fear so.. Let them cover the land bringing the flakes of cleansing snow to protect the land, so that the small creatures can feel the warm of its blanket. Let it bring the much-needed water to the lakes, and trees. I ask that you bring me the wisdom that will help me be stronger to face the storms in life help me trust my heart”

Sitting with legs now crossed, taking a deep breath, Muna closed her eyes and once again asked for a blessing around the circle. Breathing in deeply allowing herself to relax and go deeper within each breath. Muna breathed in she felt the energies spiralling from the middle of her circle, she felt her head spinning along with them.

The earth beneath her seemed to vibrate as the land of Day and Dreams merged in one as Muna was swept into her Vision Quest.

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The Stories of Muna have been Scheduled I will be back to reply to your comments as soon as possible when I return from holiday. Many thanks for your patience

Love and Blessings Sue..

Vision Quest part 3

To continue the story of Muna, who was having recurring nightmares, her Grandmother Aponi had suggested she go off on a Vision Quest to confront her Demons. Aponi had taught Muna the Ancient ways of her tribe and so Muna had set off up into the mountains for her Vision Quest.

Parts One and Two can be found HERE

The story continues:

The Ceremony Begins. 

Aponi had taught Muna well, saying the Medicine Wheel was a physical representation of the sacred circle that encompassed all life., that it had outer manifestation and inner force.  On a deeper level it represented the Universe and all matter that which was animate and inanimate. It represented Life, Death and rebirth,  she told Muna she must separate the circle into four segments, each segment represented the elements, Fire, Air, Water and Earth. And each were represented by the Four Directions of the compass.

So Muna set off in search of some stones she took well over an hour searching and feeling the energy of the stones and placed them in a large circle and divided the centre into four segments, next she opened up her bag and took out some of the things she had hurriedly packed at dawn.

She brought out a bundle of Sage, a lighter some tobacco, and a small white candle. Muna also had a locket which was her prized possession she unwrapped carefully from the coloured silk kerchief which she always kept it in.  Lovingly she places this within the circle. She took out a small jar which held some cornmeal and sprinkled some in the circle symbolising protection and abundance. Lastly was her Dream-catcher which she placed beside the medicine wheel.

Muna looked around at the flowers, wondering if she should pick some to place within the circle too.. But she knew the moment she picked them, their life would be extinguished, so Muna silently sent up a prayer offering instead the beauty of the mountain flowers all around her and offered the circle her tobacco which is sacred to the Great Spirit, saying “Grandfather sky and Grandmother Earth, protect my sacred circle with love, that I may find my answers”.

She now looked around her at the beauty of Mother earth as she looked high into the blue sky, and saw the glint of the sun on the lake far below.. The Vision Quest was about to start.

“Make this your ritual Muna, go with your own instincts I have told you how, but you follow your own guidance and thoughts, this is your ceremony” Aponi had said as Muna had packed her bag that morning. She now lit the sage bundle and blew on it until the embers glowed red, she took the sage bundle and moved it around her head and over her body, smudging herself and allowing the smoke to flow around and about her body. Muna felt the urge to hum, and started to sing one of the songs she often heard Aponi singing, She smiled to the sky and she offered her love to the Earth, and placed the cornmeal and the tobacco in the centre of the circle sprinkling more, still smudging herself and her circle. “Be sure to sing out loud and speak out so that the Spirit People can hear you” Aponi had said.. “ you need to wake them up, tell them how beautiful they are and wait and sense them Muna, you will sense their presence.”.

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Vision Quest 2~ Short Story

 Well here is another episode of the Vision Quest.. There will be a few more until the outcome of the Vision Quest is revealed to Muna.. For those here for the first time the first part of this story can be found HERE. 

As the dawn broke and the memory of the shadow within her dream still haunted her waking,  she decided to do as Aponi had suggested and go out on her vision quest. Aponi had long since told her how. But Muna had thought the dreams would go, but the fear inside was something Muna couldn’t quell, she needed to confront her dreamtime and find out what the Great Spirit had to say.

Muna packed a few supplies in a rucksack and said her farewells to her grandmother who nodded approvingly at the door as she made her way to a sacred spot high upon the mountain side. It took Muna several hours to walk the distance to the spot she knew and loved so well.

“Now pick your spot well Muna”, her grandmothers words came back as she strode purposely to the place on the mountain she had in her mind.  “You must be sure it’s the right spot for you Muna, Ceremony and Rituals are all important and many mark the rites of passage”, Aponi had explained how Ceremony allows for a deeper understanding between human nature and the Divine realms, which are inner enactments of Spiritual voyages.

The method Aponi had taught Muna was the Sacred Circle. She had told Muna to go about and build her circle by finding stones or twigs and place them in a circle in which to sit during a vision retreat within one’s self, her words echoed yet again.

“When you enter your circle, you are entering a place of sacred prayer it is a place of peace and calm it is Tuwanasaapi which means a place of belonging, your true home. The medicine wheel is the point you create to make a passage from the visible to the invisible realms, and Muna it is the place where one opens ones heart, where one unmasks the true self, it is the place of thankfulness and where one can reach out to the stars. The medicine wheel is a place where you build your own power within the sanctuary of spinning energy you alone can create this Muna. For only you can connect to your heart where all knowledge is kept, it is time you unlocked its secrets that you have buried so deep. You will feel the light and the sound of it, as it helps you shed off your old self as it renews your spirit with purified love. Set your intention Muna,  cast off your shadows and embrace the love within.”

So Muna found herself a grassy spot after much searching, one that felt just right that overlooked a wonderful view of the lake in the valley below. Here the trees were more sparse and the fear of the shadow seemed now to dim in the light of the wonderful morning light as it spilled its warmth over the valley, showing the many grasses and the meadow flowers as they gently nodded their heads in unison in the gently mountain breeze.

She took a drink of water from her rucksack and her stomach cried out in response as she had not eaten that morning…But she needed to fast, and took note on how much water she had, for her vision Quest could last all day.. if not longer. She was ready to begin.

©  Sue Dreamwalker  2016 All rights reserved.

 

 

Vision Quest! ~ Short Story 1

A series of  synchronicities has led me to edit and post part of a fictitious story of a vision quest I wrote some years ago now.. The first of these synchronicities were when Nihar and I got into a conversation about writing fiction over at his blog at Makeup & Breakup

The title of one of my chapters that I had been thinking about to post was entitled Vision Quest.. So imagine my surprise to visit not one but two different fellow bloggers who had both posted upon Vision Quests.. The first one being Maria Wind Talker’s Post  Spring Equinox pilgrimage.

The Third prompt from the Universe came from Jamie’s post entitled Vision Seed Fishing at the Dark of the Moon which spoke of Vision Quests. So you know how I respond to the Signs the Universe brings to me.. So below is the first part of that writing if you enjoy it I will post subsequent episodes in the near future.

Vision Quest! The Nightmare..

“You need to confront your fears Muna”, Aponi said as again she had come into Muna’s room to calm her cries as another nightmare had broken the silence of sleep.

“I’ve told you what to do, it’s up to you now to go and do it, and ask the Great Spirit for your answers”.

Muna was sat up now in bed hugging her knees, the tear stains now drying upon her cheeks as once again her nightmare terrors had overtaken her.

This time Muna had seen herself in the Forest again, knowing she was being watched with that familiar feeling she always got in her dreams.  But this time instead of being able to run, she found herself rooted to the spot. She had watched her feet as she had willed herself to run.. ‘Run’ she had repeated in her head ‘Run’… over and over as she looked over her shoulder to the shadows that crept ever nearer in her dream. But her feet were stuck fast, she had watched them sinking within the earth. Pools of water seeped up around them making a bog, sucking her down she was being engulfed in water as it slowly crept up her calves anchoring her to the spot.

Terrified she was going to drown and trying with all her might to free herself, the harder she struggled the quicker she was sinking. All the time the Shadow from the Woods drew closer and closer as the daylight failed. Colder and colder she became shivering from cold and fear as those strange mists came up from the forest floor behind the trees.

She heard the screech of the Night owl and heard the beat of its wings as it took off from its night perch. Muna’s heart beat faster, as she looked around in all directions as she knew the Night owl had come for her, and there was no escape so she closed her eyes as the owl got closer, she heard another screeching sound so loud it echoed within her head.

Muna found herself sitting bolt upright in her bed her arms flaying around in all directions as if she was defending herself as she fought off the owl of her dreams.

Aponi was now sat as she had so often done in the past when Muna was smaller on the edge of her bed, she understood much, but said little. She had helped Muna understand her dreams and had try to teach her not to fear them, But to embrace them as they held much wisdom if one cared to look deep within them.

But Muna couldn’t shake the fear of the Shadow, even though Muna was now no longer a child but a young woman in her teens. Aponi had told her several weeks ago that she needed to go within to find her own answers and she must go on a Vision Quest and seek the answers to her nightmares. And so once again Aponi spoke to Muna saying.

“Only you can confront your fears Muna for only you give them life”.

 

©  Sue Dreamwalker  2016 All rights reserved.

The Universe Delivers

 

To Continue the story ..

Ok well I have to put you all our of your misery of waiting to see what on earth this ‘woman’ has been talking about..

But I have to set the scene some more and no cheating and scrolling down to the end…

In fact I may have to hide the end Photo within a link to my pages, as I tease you some more,  As I know how eager some of you have been to see how the’ Universe first Spoke’. And then the ‘Universe Listened’ all from me sitting within the ‘creative silence’. So you may have to do one more click to see The End Photo .. Those new to following me will be totally baffled and may have to read the linked Universe stories to see how all this came about.

Finale part..

The woman’s husband had been busy over the last week in January helping a long time friend of over 25 years empty their home of all its contents of over 35 years worth of belongings. The two of them worked none stop sorting, wrapping, recycling, and taking to charity shops all of those possessions which we accumulate over the years.. This was no ordinary house move, for all of the contents allowed to move had to go within one Container that would go on board Ship to take them all the way across the world to Australia, where a new life nearer her two Sons already out there was to begin.

Our thoughts are threaded together, creating our future environment, one stitch/thought at a time.

The Woman in the mean time had been clicking her needles as the Universe had been listening to her childhood thoughts of one Christmas and that amazing gift she never thought she would own.. She remembered fondly how excited she had been, and how every one of her siblings had picked up her present wanting to claim it for themselves..

The Cogs of the Universe were turning and all  was coming together

In the end it had been her Dad who had claimed it and she realised why she had been given the gift in the first place.. Her Dad was not a frivolous man and money was always tight, but he did like spending his hard earned wages upon himself from time to time.

Now she saw how his whim had led him to buy this gift for her that Christmas. And although she tried hard to master it from a little book that came with it, she was often scolded and told to put it down and go outside to play in the fresh air. And gradually school days and friends took her from her desire, and then her gift got broken and was never mended..

Seeing the 333 was a Significant Sign that had kept reoccurring recently as the woman awoke from sleep to look at the clock, or sometimes even on a till receipt the 3’s would jump out at her.

Then one day the Woman’s husband came home, and said “you know what you have been stopping looking at recently and telling me here it is again!, well look what I have been given today”..

The woman dropped her knitting to her lap with open jaw, and said ‘No way’, and stood up to take it from her husband’s grasp.

“ Yes it belonged to one of her Sons, and they left it behind years ago and they no longer want it, so it’s yours if you want it or I can take it to the charity shop!’

This was too weird. The woman took it from her husband and looked more closely.. And a shiver ran down her spine.. “ No!” this is really Strange thought the woman.. “Have you seen here what is calved in the wood?”

And there is was.. 333… As plain as day..

And All the Three’s Jump Out!

The woman knew then that the Universe had been listening all along and speaking to her within her thoughts and showing her the Signs of her long lost dream. It had even been in the shopping isle of her local store, So surprised was she to see it crop up in there.   Now the Universe had delivered its Wonderful Gift and was giving her a second chance to Master what had been a long childhood dream of hers..

Have you guessed yet?

Well The woman has the rest of her Life in which to perfect the skill and the Gift the

Universe Delivery is HERE! 

Many thanks for your wonderful comments upon this true story.

Your interaction and conversations have been truly wonderful and I thank each of you for sharing your own fond memories of Loving Grandparents and taking the time to read and contribute.. Which has made this a true Universal Experience with all of my WordPress Friends..

I hope to spend many harmonious hours learning to perfect this gift from the Universe.. After all I only have the rest of my life in which to master it.

Love and Blessings

~Sue~

The Universe Listens

I wonder how many of us over the years dismiss the ‘Signs’ the Universe throws in front of us.. Over the years I have got a lot better at ‘Seeing’, and yet sometimes we still keep ignoring what we are being shown..

I have also learnt that nothing is by ‘chance’ that there is a reason behind all things.. Many of us I know can be thinking of someone and they then can get in touch. Recently this was taken a stage further as my husband and I had been discussing old friends in our lives.

Around a week later both of us while in town together bumped into old work colleagues.. Two of them were my Husbands old friends and one was mine.. Neither of us had seen them for years and yet there we had been talking about them just a week before. The Universe Listens!..

Waiting for the Breeze to carry the seeds of our thoughts along 

Our thoughts are being sent out constantly as vibrations, so too had my own thoughts been going over and over recalling something that I had had in my grasp long ago but had let it slip through my young fingers.

This post follows on  from how the Universe Speaks  and this all stems from my original post of Reconnecting with my Creative Self~ Part 1   Posted at the beginning of February When I took time out to Listen to the Silence

The Story Continues 

The woman spent her quiet time remembering her childhood memories, as she wrapped the yarn over her clicking needles , in—over—threw—off!

A smile curled around her lips as she fondly brought back the memory of her Grandmother, how she had taught her to knit. She saw coloured hanks of wool hung over the back of chairs as the woman saw her own young hands clumsily wound it into many balls of yarn.. Often dropping one as she wound it, she would chase it under the table as the ripple of laughter echoed in her Grandmother’s house.

She could smell the tobacco of her Grandfather’s pipe mingled with that of the block of green soap that was always in the scullery so often full of grit as her Granddad washed his sandy hands from the garden as he brought in the vegetables for dinner.

She loved her school holidays spent within their home. Here she felt at peace.. A peaceful sigh escaped her lips. 

Emotions are like rivers they follow their course

Another thought jumped into view one of running down hills and jumping brooks, climbing trees for conkers and gathering hazelnuts. Scrambling through the shale sliding down the side of a small dale collecting posies of Lily of the Valley to take home for her Mother.  The scent whenever she smelt its perfume took her back to her childhood days of cowslips and primroses growing wild in the valley she loved so much. 

Wild Primrose~ Beauty in every step  should we care to look where we tread 

The woman’s thoughts took her back to age 11 and one Christmas… It seemed that at last this was her best Christmas ever.. For it seemed for once what she had asked for had been granted, her mind held the fondness of that memory and the Universe was listening to her thoughts..

The woman continued along her daily routines, but the fondness of that thought she had held while clicking needles popped up again and again.. Everywhere she turned it seemed the Universe was showing her that very same Christmas present..

She lingered long over it’s appearance and even commented to others.. Here it is again!.. And still she did not see…

Our roots and Dreams remain hidden beneath the surface, as we cut them down with our excuses.  

The woman’s Night time Dreams often dwelt within past events,  clear yet confused vivid and colourful, merging those who had pasted long ago with those who were still in the present. 

 Emotions~ Water will keep on rising unless we stem the flow 

And in all of them she was searching for something she had lost. Synchronisties the woman was well aware of, and she would wake often during the small hours of the morning to see the repeated symbols in triplicate as the Universe spoke to her showing her repeatedly 333  on the hours of the clock. 

Sitting within the silence ~ Rockery flowers that have never stopped blooming all winter in my Garden. We should never let go of our Dreams.. 

 

The woman promises in her next post she will reveal what this all means.. And show you the proof that the Universe works with us, and not only listens to us, but delivers that which we need

Love and Blessings Until next time

When the ‘Universe Delivers’

Sue 🙂