The Spirit of Autumn

I am back after giving myself some Breathing space for a couple of days.. I swapped the click of the mouse for a stroke of the paint brush. as you see from my artwork above..

Trees are the Lungs of the Earth, they give us oxygen-rich air which we all rely upon to breathe. And often we have forgotten just how to take in  those Deep breaths and relax..  Trees have always played a huge part in my life from growing up surrounded by them and later learning how to interact within their energy exchanges, I’m a big advocate of ‘Go Hug a Tree’..especially when you feel a little low of energy yourself.  

Trees are a living presence and I am sure many of you can sense their energy, you have only to go outside and listen to the stirrings of their voices as the leaves gently rustle in the breeze, or hear how they screech and moan as the wind whips through their branches in a storm.  They like our Mother Earth are givers and ask noting in return. They bring us shelter and warmth with their timber, shade from the Sun, fruits  and Nuts, and lets not forget their many healing properties.

Tree’s teach us the importance of renewal, as they shed their leaves and outer attachments as they go into their slumber of winter rest..

They teach us so many qualities and teach us stillness and contentment as well as learning how to stand strong within our roots..

So many places around our world Tree’s are being destroyed this always is heart breaking.. And if you are conscious of recycling as I am, I am sure you look to buy recycled paper and products, for we need to protect our life giving trees of our Mother Earth.

There are many Tree myths and legends and tree-lore preserved for us both in folksongs and folktales, which show us that our ancestors had a deeper relationship with Trees than we know of today..

It was once commonly known in most parts of the world that within the tree lay a living essence of a Spirit within it.. The Druids called them the “ The Many Eyed Ones” or “ Hooded Ones” and they believed they watched the comings and goings of the Human Race… When you consider how old some trees live to be, its no wonder,  as many live over 200 yrs and some 800 yrs plus,

Important meetings were held under trees, Kings were crowned, and Laws were passed, Marriages were held and at many a cross-roads Tree’s were planted as markers and boundaries at significant points on the land.

A Tree Spirit, or as they are know. a Dryad, can be understood as a huge energy field radiating outwards from each tree, It is said it can radiate out for several miles… During the growing season in Spring and Summer it is easier to make contact with a Dryad than in the Autumn or Winter as the energy drops down into the Earth for Renewal or so I’m informed… For me I just like to link into the Spirit of the Tree as I give thanks for their life giving oxygen and healing peace.. 

Its always good to go out and connect back into Nature and there is nothing like communicating with the Trees.. For those who have never done this you do not know what you are missing..

When walking out, feel which Tree you are drawn towards and then reach out with your mind and feel the Tree’s energy as you slowly approach it.. Open your hands and start to feel your fingers tingle… Stop and I always ask in my mind for permission to step closer, you may feel you need to walk around the tree in a circular fashion, See if you can feel the layers of energy the tree sends out..

Make contact placing your hands gently upon the bark and feel the pulse of energy surge upwards from its roots… ( this is better felt in the spring and summer months ) .. Feel yourself developing strong roots down into the earth like the tree and feel your strength grow as the tree gives you its own healing nourishment… Or sit with your spine against the trunk and connect by meditating with the tree to share with you some of its wisdom…

Nature has for us in her hands its gifts of healing, by being out-doors experiencing Nature, we can also find the  many healing properties found in Trees and Plants around our world as there are many cues for many ailments. 

Above  you see is the painting I did, It took four hours to paint, of which TIME just flew.. I painted in Acrylic’s on Canvas size 22cms by 30cms  I named this one ‘The Spirit of Autumn’

© Sue Dreamwalker – 2012 All rights reserved.

Strength, Bears, and Pastels Drawings.

I have long known that one of my Power Animals is that of the Bear.

Bears to me a special and it breaks my heart to see them hunted..

Below are two Bears I drew in Pastels, Both were given as presents to those I love as Birthdays Presents. 

For those who are interested in Animal Totems, here are a few things about The Bear that you may like to know. Some of their Traits are… 

Be Strong!

Trust your creative Expression

Look Inward to your Soul’s Den to find answers.

Qualities of the Bear Totem. can be found here and here.

Did you know that the Polar Bear’s hairs are hollow transparent tubes? and that is why the bears are white. Each hair acts like a solar heater, transmitting the weak sunlight directly to the skin.  Polar Bears are increasingly becoming under threat.. especially as global warming is melting the ice-caps To find out more click onto WWF Polar Bears

I hope you enjoyed viewing the Bears as much as I did creating them.

And to finish here are a wonderful couple of Quotes

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"When all the dangerous cliffs are fenced off, all the trees that might fall on people are cut down, all of the insects that bite have been poisoned … and all of the grizzlies are dead because they are occasionally dangerous, the wilderness will not be made safe. Rather, the safety will have destroyed the wilderness."

– R. Yorke Edwards (Canadian environmentalist)

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"The fate of bears in many areas of the world will be decided in the next 10-20 years. The future of several species is in serious doubt. The elimination of bears from 50-75% of their historic range has already occurred and the remaining range will decrease unless serious efforts are focused on bear conservation."

– Dr. Chris Servheen, biologist (1990 Report on the Status of Bears)

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Sue Dreamwalker

 

Save These Dolphins

This post I have to share with all of my subscribers as I have received an email from ‘The Avazz Team’ to be found here if you want information about them, They help to organise petitions around the world where there is Crisis, and have helped save many from their plights.  http://www.avaaz.org/en/

Dolphins have always been close to my heart.. Intelligent, playful and a species that is fast under attack in many ways being caught up in fishing nets etc and drowning.. Whales and Dolphins have a role to play upon this Earth, with their Song and Sonar which for some reading this may think nonsense, but I have long known their importance upon this Earth and its heart breaking when I read about their deaths and the way mankind treats  all our aquatic life..

This Pod of Dolphins were swimming peacefully in Solomon Islands  when they were captured by nets which trapped 25 Wild Dolphins.. They were Caught to be used in a Luxury Resort of World Sentosa as they want a new attraction..

They are now locked in pens, apparently starved of food.  For wild Dolphins this must be torture and as the email states, not only because their freedom has been curtailed, but because their powerful Sonar bounces off the walls. Many captive Dolphins die young from stress induced illnesses.

It is estimated that if World Sentosa if successful in keeping the Dolphins then at least half could die within the first two years and it could legitimise the banned practice of capturing  Wild Dolphins. which could open up all sorts of flood gates.. 

Resorts World  had to abandon its plans for a whale shark exhibit  because of a huge outcry which threated their reputation 2 yrs ago So help me help them..

All you have to do is follow the Link and Sign the Petition I have belonged to Avazz  for a number of years and they really do make a difference with our help.. in helping people in Crisis and our Animal Kingdom that cannot speak up for itself. 

So Thank you and please help Save these Sad Dolphins.  

 

Sign now and forward this to everyone:
http://www.avaaz.org/en/saddest_dolphins/?vl

 

Thank you Sue Dreamwalker

Little Grandmother Comes to Wales.

 

This weekend I travelled to Wales with members of my family to see Little Grandmother ~ Keisha Crowther

    

The Queens Hall in Narberth was full to capacity, as we gathered from all parts of the world to hear her talk and to participate in her workshop.. People had travelled from Russia, Canada, Sweden, Holland, Germany, Spain, Ireland and Scotland.. Which made our own 270 mile trip to Wales from the East Midlands seem no distance at all.

Friday Night was a talk in which Little Grandmother spoke of the need for us all to live from the heart and how we all need to start and unite our thoughts to heal this world.. For the Changes many of the indigenous people predicted are now well and truly here…

These things I have been saying in my own talks for many years now… But we see even more so with the recent events occurring as tragedy strikes as Mother Nature’s natural forces takes its toll in the recent devastation of the Tsunami in Japan.

Saturday was a full day Workshop. Workshops to me have always been a hands on thing, But this one as there were well over 300 people in the Hall we had to sit in our seats as we had all brought our crystals along with us as we were led in meditation holding our crystals in our hands and on our laps.

The object being to power up and charge our Crystals with energy via our thoughts to hold that vibration of love and healing..Crystals hold memory, and so that we could give our crystal back to Mother Earth putting into them our thoughts of healing and love we were to give them back to Mother Earth by putting them into living water so their energies could be dispersed back into Nature via the water to evaporate and rain down their healing back to our Earth Mother so to send that vibration of thought into nature to heal and let her know that we care for All of her Children and Animal Kingdom as well as the Flora and Fauna . So we were asked that we place our Crystals either in the Ocean or Streams and rivers.

This weekend was very enlightening in many ways and it showed me that we are all equal in balancing the energies. Each of us is no greater than the other and we are all of us responsible for the way in which we treat each other and our Earth Mother. We none of us need to be Guru’s or Teachers to send out our vibration into the Earth-plane.

   

I came away recharged after 300 plus of us held our Crystals and chanted the sound of OM…We felt light headed and very emotional as we connected our spirits back to our Mother Earth.. The day of the workshop in Narberth Wales it was perhaps no coincidence that it rained ALL day, as we sent our energies out asking that we cherish our Planet and her animals and Aquatic Life… As the cleansing took place.

 

Above is Croft Guesthouse in Ludchurch where we stayed . Sunday we travelled to Tenby  on the Coast for a relaxing day by the Ocean which is only a short drive away. Some of our Crystals were given back to the Ocean to do their work..

 

 

An interesting Foot note here, as our Proprietor’s Mother Mrs Jones of the lovely Guest house we stayed at Croft Guesthouse in Ludchurch said as she travelled to Tenby on Sunday that she had never seen the Sea so Green/blue in all the years she had lived there. I know at least two Crystals were thrown into the ocean that day, I wonder just how many more were?

© Sue Dreamwalker 2011 All rights reserved.

What Have We Become?

What Have We Become? 

 

What have we become that we cannot begin to see?

The Damage that we’ve done to our Ocean land and Trees,

We belch out pollution, pumping veins in Mother Earth

Spewing out our poisons that pollute around her girth

Her Ocean floors we’ve blackened, turning all to red,

And blood is on our hands as our sea-life is now dead

 

What have we become that we cannot begin to see?

The damage with we do which affects both you and me

The aerosols we spray like the Chemtrails across our sky

Leave a trail of poison and no one is asking Why?

Rainforests disappearing a hundred species every day

Some we’ll never see, for we wiped them clean away.

 

What have we become that we feel we need to kill—

Everything around us, Is this Free Will?

I often shed a tear as I feel our Mother’s pain

For I know it’s now the time as she screams with wind and rain.

It’s time that we were shaken to realize our mistakes

How we’ve pillaged, raped and stole and Take, take ,take

Never do we honour or give her back respect

We just take her life for granted, abuse her and neglect.

Can we not see as we cut down all her trees?

We cut the very air that each of us do breathe.

 

What have we become as we kill for greed and power?

Our Mother now chastises in this our final hour

Her anger is just beginning to make her presence felt

For mankind is just an insect, as we reap what we have dealt

Her sigh is now heaving on the Winds of discontent

As she reflects all of our Anger over the centuries we’ve sent.

 

What have we become that we cannot begin to see?

We are destroying our Planet along with it you and me.

 

© Sue Dreamwalker  2010 All rights reserved.

A Message from Pandora, STOP! the Destruction

 

A dear friend of mine who lives in Brazil, sent me an appeal today, to sign a petition to stop the Belo Monte Dam project from going ahead later this month.. Here are her Words..

“Stop Belo Monte Dam!

The Brazilian government approved the environmental license for the controversial Belo Monte Dam in the Amazon. The dam, slated to be the world’s third largest hydroelectric project, would devastate an extensive area of the Amazon rainforest, and threaten the survival of indigenous and traditional peoples. Construction could begin this year.

 The decision has caused a national and international outcry. It’s time for urgent action! The government has just given a license to start cutting down trees and clearing the construction site for the Belo Monte hydropower project. The decision has already triggered strong reactions, and the Federal Public Ministry in Pará has publicly stated that the license is illegal, and cannot be issued without prior compliance with environmental requirements.

But, President Dilma is turning a deaf ear. Only a massive wave of protest from citizens across the country could persuade her to review the decision. We’ve done it before! If enough of us call, we could protect our precious environment and get her to immediately revoke the illegal license. And, if we don’t act now, the forest will be cleared this month”

 

I was shocked to learn of this project whereby 40,000 indigenous people and local people will be displaced and lose their homes and habitat, not to mention the thousands of Species of Animals, Wildlife and unique species of animals and insects.

The Dam will flood 400,000 acres of Rainforests and the project is Bigger than that of the Panama Canal. Please watch the video and visit the links listed here.. and add you vote …
Where do we stop in destroying our world.. It has taken hundreds of years for these trees which give us our Oxygen to breath.. There are I am sure alternatives to this  hydroelectric Belo Monte, which will destroy the entire region of the Xingu river,in the heart of the Amazon rainforest.

Watch a Video here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjfLyGTXSYo&feature=channel

And sign the petition here.. Use your Translation tool to translate

https://secure.avaaz.org/po/pare_belo_monte/?fp

Help stop the Bulldozers from moving in to leave a huge scar on this land and in the heart of the Amazon.. and sign the petition now!

Thank you .. Dreamwalker