Wind And Waves

Once upon a time.
When women were birds,
There was the simple understanding
That to sing at dawn
And to sing at dusk.
Was to heal the world through joy.
The birds still remember what we have forgotten,
That the world is meant to be celebrated.

~ When Women Were Birds by Terry Tempest Williams

I have a special spot by the river in the Morrison Foundation (hogback) that I love to go to read and soak up the sun.
It is one of my biggest joys, having the time to escape to this special place.  The other day I went to read my book that prepares me for my Vision Quest.  And out of the corner of my eye, I saw the most magnificent sight!  A blue heron!  Strange to see it in this environment.  Is that even possible?  I’m not sure………but wow.  It was a spectacular sight.  So I looked up what Blue Heron means in AnimalSpeak:

Aggressive Self-Reliance,
Self Determination

The archetype of the Great Blue Heron 

Heron links two worlds: the waters of life—the Unconscious, and the air—the realm of the conscious mind. He feeds on fishes, which symbolize the treasures of the Unconscious mind: spiritual nourishment for the Seeker. Yet he is also a creature of the Earth, so he is a grounding influence for people who spend too much time in their minds and who are called to ‘fish’ in the waters of the unconscious.

The legs of Heron are long to “stand” the deep waters of the Unconscious: the Waters of Lethe bring sleepiness and unconsciousness if one is not awake, aware and wary. Heron is a solitary fisher; if you call upon Heron to be your own totem, you must be able to stand alone as you seek, for there is no one to call on should you step into too-deep waters.

Heron’s strength for those of us who spend too much time ‘in our minds’ is that he brings one down to Earth. With Heron as your guide, he will bring you to ground to explore life here in the physical instead of just daydreaming or losing oneself in one’s imagination or dreams.

Since as fishers of these waters our attention is constantly drawn back to the treasures of the Unconscious, we tend to lose interest in the matters other humans focus upon. We are not the most stable workers, or attentive spouses, or normal neighbors. We tend to be more than a little eccentric, preoccupied, inwardly turned people. We’re dreamers, liars, creating things out of our discoveries, imagining new things to be and do. We’re deeply engaged with exploring our naturalness, learning to know our bodies, or exploring Divine Nature. We’re unconventional, hearing our own inner drummer. We don’t worry about ‘keeping up with the Jones’s, doing what others do, believing what others believe, valuing what others value. If there is a weakness, it is that Heron works too hard at its fishing because he is a superb ‘stalker.’ He spends long hours standing and watching for a movement in the water, and needs sometimes to ‘loosen up’ and spend more time playing, courting lady herons or just snoozing in the Sun.

Because they are unconventional people, Heron people often must learn [Read more →]

“When a lover betrays us, as unspeakably awful and  agonizing as that is, the resulting trauma cracks open the fragile but restrictive shell of the ego providing the opportunity to embrace great and more soulful opportunities!”

~ SoulCraft: crossing into the mysteries of Nature and Psyche by Bill Plotkin

“Spring has returned.
The Earth is like a child that knows poems.”
— Rainer Maria Rilke

“We are constantly discovering how we project our shadow – both its light and dark aspects – onto the other.  The dance of soulful romance always includes owning back those projections and transferences.  Our relationship will expose all the places we are emotionally blocked, blinded, wounded caged, protected, or otherwise limited.

Invariably, upon first bumping -or crashing! – into those constricted places, well feel fear, anger, hurt, shame, or guilt.  Eventually, we learn to recognize these emotions as opportunities to learn about ourselves and sometimes the other.  Rather than avoiding these emotions, we dive into them, therby discovering the holes in our personalities, the places that need attention if we are going to move toward wholeness.”

~ Soulcraft: Crossing into the mysteries of Nature and psyche

photo, taken without permission from http://www.adambarley.com/calendar/calendarinfo.php?cid=358

“When it’s over, I want to say: all my life
I was a bride married to amazement.
I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms.

When it is over, I don’t want to wonder
if I have made of my life something particular, and real.
I don’t want to find myself sighing and frightened,
or full of argument.

I don’t want to end up simply having visited this world.”

― Mary Oliver

 A quest to go get solmate non-matching socks ended  on a patio, in the happening town of Morrison, one fine Saturday.

Spring is in the air!  The energy is electric! The new blooms smell fragrant!  The Sun beats down lavishly on the deck where margaritas flow like water and Scott and Laura soak it all up in happy, imaginative, connective, appreciation.

Just behind them, a whole different world.  The world of………..NARNIA.  Lots of inquiries into this world, lots of references and imaginations but nobody really knows.

But what we do know, is that we had sunburns to contend with the next day! ouch 🙂

And I got to go watch!  Scott got a ticket and invited me :-).  Super fun sharing the experience with him, who also has spent a lot of time playing soccer.  I was on an edge of tears the whole time.  Not exactly sure why but It is sooo familiar to me. and my dreams were to be a professional soccer player and my psychology essentially is wrapped up in this game!  It has shaped me for a large part of my life!  And I love soccer.