Ancestral Pathways International

Join me at A Samhain Bardic: Stories to tell in the Dark of the Year https://meetu.ps/e/KsH15/skXh6/i

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Without judgement. Simply accepting what it is. Giving gratitude for the opportunity to love ourselves unconditionally, one more time.

This infection feels pretty damn good. Let me know if you’ve tested positive.

LOL! Kitten is so intense

...(´`)... (`´).* ``*..* ´* Good Night and Sweet Dreams. Night is longer than day for those who dream and day is longer than night for those who make their dreams come true.*'.

"Every declared ‘Shaman’ I have met has been a lone wolf. They indeed have had lovers and deep karmic kinships, but in general they have been on a far deeper relationship with spirit than they have been with their lover, partner or muse. That’s not to say they are not loving, caring, thoughtful or responsible, but those who are intimate with them need to be strong of spirit to walk alongside the lone wolf and to understand that at times this wolf will deliberately take a trai...l that they are not welcome to follow. It’s not neglect, its self-preservation. ~Contemporary Shaman Solitude and meditation is the lifeblood of the lone wolf as shaman. He (or she) can be found out on the fringes of society, mostly unseen until needed. He basks in otherworldliness. He wears eccentric masks and wields centering energy. For him, the wild is both a dangerous bastion and a painful sanctuary that ruthlessly instills in him the difference between healthy and unhealthy, life and entropy, impermanence and permanence. He understands, as Tolstoy did: For man to be able to live he must either not see the infinite, or connect the finite with the infinite. The lone wolf is busy connecting the finite with the infinite, dancing between worlds with ecstatic flair and astonishing art, bridging gaps with mystic recalibrations and relearned myth. That’s why he always finds his way back to the pack (tribe). To teach and rejoin the people with the world. To rewire unhealthy and outdated cultural programming. To reconnect mortality with infinity. The only thing he loves more than his pack is the freedom to leave it. He must leave it, almost as much as he must return to it. There are borderlands to maintain, after all. There are crossroads to manage. There is a periphery to preserve. There is a horizon to upkeep so that the tribe can have something to grow and evolve into in a progressive and healthy way. -akoyeh

Worthy of the attempt

With this . . . Arthur could have figured it out!

Expected Death ~ When someone dies, the first thing to do is nothing. Don't run out and call the nurse. Don't pick up the phone. Take a deep breath and be present to the magnitude of the moment. There's a grace to being at the bedside of someone you love as they make their transition out of this world. At the moment they take their last breath, there's an incredible sacredness in the space. The veil between the worlds opens. We're so unprepared and untrained in how to deal ...with death that sometimes a kind of panic response kicks in. "They're dead!" We knew they were going to die, so their being dead is not a surprise. It's not a problem to be solved. It's very sad, but it's not cause to panic. If anything, their death is cause to take a deep breath, to stop, and be really present to what's happening. If you're at home, maybe put on the kettle and make a cup of tea. Sit at the bedside and just be present to the experience in the room. What's happening for you? What might be happening for them? What other presences are here that might be supporting them on their way? Tune into all the beauty and magic. Pausing gives your soul a chance to adjust, because no matter how prepared we are, a death is still a shock. If we kick right into "do" mode, and call 911, or call the hospice, we never get a chance to absorb the enormity of the event. Give yourself five minutes or 10 minutes, or 15 minutes just to be. You'll never get that time back again if you don't take it now. After that, do the smallest thing you can. Call the one person who needs to be called. Engage whatever systems need to be engaged, but engage them at the very most minimal level. Move really, really, really, slowly, because this is a period where it's easy for body and soul to get separated. Our bodies can gallop forwards, but sometimes our souls haven't caught up. If you have an opportunity to be quiet and be present, take it. Accept and acclimatize and adjust to what's happening. Then, as the train starts rolling, and all the things that happen after a death kick in, you'll be better prepared. You won't get a chance to catch your breath later on. You need to do it now. Being present in the moments after death is an incredible gift to yourself, it's a gift to the people you're with, and it's a gift to the person who's just died. They're just a hair's breath away. They're just starting their new journey in the world without a body. If you keep a calm space around their body, and in the room, they're launched in a more beautiful way. It's a service to both sides of the veil. Credit for the beautiful words ~ Sarah Kerr, Ritual Healing Practitioner and Death Doula , Death doula Beautiful art by Columbus Community Deathcare #alwayswithlove #dying #death

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