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I AM PRESENTING 3 STORIES OF HERCULES , THESE ARE SPECIAL IN THAT THEY GIVE A SPIRITUAL OR PSYCOLOGICAL MEANING TO THEM, I FOUND THEM FACINATING, A LITTLE DEEP, BUT MAY BE INTERESTING TO SOME OF YOU.

 

WHEN I WAS YOUNG I HAD READ THESE STORIES, AND OTHER FABLES OR SEEN THEM ON TV OR CARTOONS, AND AT THE TIME I NEVER KNEW THAT THERE WERE ANY MORE MEANING TO THEM THAN WHAT WAS OBVIOUS.

 

I READ THE BIBLE IN THE SAME FASHION AS DOES MOST OF THE FUNDLEMENTALS DO IN A LITERAL FASHION,NOT SEEING THE RICHER MEANING BEHIND THE WORDS, WHICH I BELIEVE IS WHAT CAUSES ALL THE PROBLEMS WITHIN THE CHURCHES AND DENOMINATIONS , ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU SEE EACH DENOMINATION TRYING TO CONVERT THE OTHER. BUT WHEN THE BIBLE IS READ FROM A SPIRITUAL AND FROM A METAPHORICAL MINDSET IT COMES ALIVE WITH MUCH MORE MEANING AND UNITY.

FOR WHAT IT IS WORTH

BLESSED BE

P.S. THE REASON I AM TYPING IN CAPITALS LETTERS IS SO THAT I CAN SEE WHAT I AM WRITING GOING DOWN THE HWY.I AM NOT SCREAMING AT YA :) REALLY I AM NOT!

This music is sung by the shaman during a nizhoni way. It's very powerful words, it's in navajo. The images are from the inter tribal ceremony in Gallup NM in september, many cultures converge even from mexico.

 

 

 

AH-UH NAYAH OH-WA OH-WA
SHON-DAY OH-WA OH-WA
SHON-DAY CAN-NON NON NOHA (NOHA)

AH-UH NAYAH OH-WA OH-WA
SHON-DAY OH-WA OH-WA
SHON-DAY YEHA-NOHA (NOHA)

AH-UH NAYAY TOR-SHNA NENA-NAY-YAYAH
NENA-NAY-YAY YEHA-NOHA (NOHA)
AH-UH NAYAY TOR-SHNA NENA-NAY-YAYAH
YEHA-NOHA (NOHA)

NEE-YOH-WAH NEE-YOH
NEE-YOH-WAH NEE-YOH

AH-UH NAYAH OH-WA OH-WA
SHON-DAY OH-WA OH-WA
SHON-DAY CAN-NON NON NOHA (NOHA)

AH-UH NAYAH OH-WA OH-WA
SHON-DAY OH-WA OH-WA
SHON-DAY YEHA-NOHA (NOHA)

AH-UH NAYAY TOR-SHNA NENA-NAY-YAYAH
NENA-NAY-YAY YEHA-NOHA (NOHA)
AH-UH NAYAY TOR-SHNA NENA-NAY-YAYAH
YEHA-NOHA (NOHA)

Oh what a beautiful Sunrise this morning! Traveling through Eastern Kansas and Western Missouri ,Spring has arrived here,  the grass is green, but frost covered, Mist in the low line areas and over ponds and creeks, the sky is clear and blue, yes indeed Spring has arrived. Such a wonderous time of year, birds are being frisky and busy mating and making nest, hawks and Owls are on their nest awaiting the hatching of their youngens,coyotes, and foxes are having their pups, and kits, the newness of and resurrection of life is all around. I had the joy of seeing a Great Horned Owl and my totem the Barred Owl this morning, I usually see the Horned owl when I see owls, but to see a Barred Owl is an unusual event for me, I think I have only seen 3, and the most wonderful sighting was when I was seeking a vision in my Stone circle/Medicine wheel, a Barred owl came to about 30 feet of me at about 3 in the afternoon, right after I had spoke out into the wind and spirit. to see a Barred Owl therefore has great meaning in presenting itself to me. "Owl sees and knows the truth. It's ability to navigate through the darkest night and bring back nourishment for itself and others is the foundation of this essence. When you have lost your way, owl essence will guide you back to your proper path and wisdom." Which seems to prove true for me when they appear,  for I am usually contemplating my path and what way I should go with it, She usually means for me to stay grounded and  be focused  .I am usually toying with the idea of returning to my other way of thinking, when she arrives.

" The Owl provides a vital function in keeping bird, rodent and insect populations in check; too many of any species is detrimental to the balance of all. So it is with other things in our own lives, for if we have too many possessions, too many projects, too much of anything, it limits and restricts our ability to move freely through the different areas of our lives and the result is stagnation which leads to the death of joy, happiness and abundance. Owl medicine then becomes crucial in helping us to clear out that which is no longer needed or wanted. What may seem like a death to us in the giving up of something may be for another the birth and manifestation of a dream. We are most likely to lose our way when we become enmeshed in the "shoulds" and "must haves" in life, most of which come not from our inner selves but from the opinions and beliefs of those around us. We can spend so much time listening to others about what we should want ( and the commercials on the telly and radio are prime examples of this!) that we ignore what we really want. We find ourselves spiraling downwards into the darkness because we have become so busy thinking we must pursue this or hunt that, most of which provides very little, if any, real nourishment.
Think for a moment what your life would be like if you were able to jettison anything that did not speak to you on a Soul level. What would remain? What then would you "hunt" because it provided for you on all levels? That is what Owl medicine teaches us to do. We find that as we begin to move through the process of what we truly want, clearing the old to make way for the new birth of the Self that is close at hand, we find that other obstacles, limitations, fears and anxieties also begin to "die" in our lives. They no longer have the hooks to remain attached to our energy fields and without our support, they must die. "

The messages Spirit gives us through the world around is  vital for us to grow and gain the wisdom we need through the experiences that we go through. Without a message now and again we would just drift along aimlessly not knowing which way we should go, it is vital to stay open to Spirit, it is as vital as the air we breath and the water we drink, we need the communication from Spirit in what ever ways they use to get through to us, I am so thankful that Spirit uses the natural world around me, and I am thankful that I don't miss all the messages they send my way.

blessed be

Walking this path consists of achieving an understanding and awareness of how all things are infused with THE DIVINE energy (the Tao)and that we are all connected and how all of us are related. Once you truly gain this awareness, you then are able to tap into this wonderful and awesome Divine energy and everything will then begin to fall into place like the pieces of a jig saw puzzle. It is at this point when you can begin to "work magick" because now you understand how "magick works." It is within you and always has been. You just need to realize it. Walking this spirtual path is not as hard and dificult as some so called 'teachers' would have you to know, for if it was expressed as easy, and something anyone can do, then they would not be needed , right? When we embark on any path we are told that what is needed is desire, and will, and for some spiritual teachers some money. for payment......... but,most of all being able to set one's priorities in order. Here is a story to illustrate my point.

 

 THE STORY

One day, an expert in time management was speaking to a group of business students and, to drive home a point, used an illustration those students will never forget. As he stood in front of the group of high-powered overachievers he said, "Okay, time for a quiz," and pulled out a one-gallon, wide-mouth mason jar and set it on the table in front of him. He also produced about a dozen fist-sized rocks and carefully placed them, one at a time, into the jar. When the jar was filled to the top and no more rocks would fit inside, he asked, "Is this jar full?" Everyone in the class yelled, "Yes." The time management expert replied, "Really?" He reached under the table and pulled out a bucket of gravel. He dumped some gravel in and shook the jar causing pieces of gravel to work themselves into the spaces between the big rocks. He then asked the group once more, "Is the jar full?" By this time the class was on to him. "Probably not," one of them answered. "Good," he replied. He reached under the table and brought out a bucket of sand. He started dumping the sand in the jar and it went into all of the spaces left between the rocks and the gravel. Once more he asked the question, "Is this jar full?" "No," the class shouted. Once again he said, "Good!" Then he took a pitcher of water and began to pour it in until the jar was filled to the brim. Then he looked at the class and asked, "What is the point of this illustration?" One eager beaver raised his hand and said, "The point is, no matter how full your schedule is, if you try really hard you can always fit more things in it!" "No," the speaker replied, "that's not the point. The truth is what this illustration teaches us is this: If you don't put the big rocks in first, you'll never get them in at all. What are the "big rocks" in your life? Time with your loved ones? Your faith? Your education? Your dreams? A worthy cause? Teaching or mentoring others? Remember to put these big rocks in first or you'll never get them in at all. So, tonight or in the morning, when you are reflecting on this short story, ask yourself this question, "What are the big rocks in my life? Then, put those in your jar first!"

Author Unknown

 

So how does setting ones priority in order help you to stand on one's spiritual path? I believe that the 'BIG ROCKS' in ones life are : FAMILY,RELATIONSHIP , AND GOD/DESS, SELF, if these large rocks are placed first in ones life then everything else that is important to you will fall into place as well. Walking a spiritual path, is innate in all of us, the Supreme Soverign Spirit has placed in all of us that hunger and desire to be in at-one-ment with HER. It is what comes natural to all of us, believe it or not. So just how does one grow, and develop on ones path? Diligence , patience, trust, focus, and being in the magical space called 'eternal' which we can all step into when we are focused in the present moment which is called 'The Eternal NOW". It means walking in the spirit with awareness. Now specifically, when one walks on the path of the Wise, or any Earth based spirituality ,when one sets out on these Magical paths ,you start out by focusing ones awareness on the elements of the natural world around you ,sensing the differences of energy around you in accordance with the phases of the moon and the seasons of the earth, by focusing on the diversity of life that is all around you, taking note on how the natural world is always in at-one-ment with their Source, and that they never live in the past nor the future but remain focused in the present moment of NOW ,Simply put, it does not make a whole lot of sense for the novice on any path to want to command the forces of nature and the universe out there and the universe that is within them, if one does not fully comprehend or understand that these forces are all around us and within us. Not to be in awareness of this is to only invite failure and discouragement and the inability to be successful in ones endeavors in life . So how does any one walk a spiritual path and do it successfully? Set priorities in life, get out of doors daily and tune in to the world that is around you , focus, and be in awareness of the moment, to do so opens the door to the realm of the Eternal which is beyond time and space. Many folks beleives that Eternity is time non ending, but ETERNITY is a state of being, it is At-one-ment with the Source of life, and you do that just by beeeeing in the moment, and beeeing in awareness that the Source of life which is hiding within you......shhhhh!..........don't let that secret out , because then what would all the so called "teachers' be able to profit from if they could no longer peddle for finacial gain the things of Spirit.

for what it is worth in

Her service

bright blessings

Think of me. Think of me.
My heart thinks of you only.

The memory stirs and the fire fades,
Soundlessly my memory plays.
His heart at my call,
My life in his thrall.

Think of me. Think of me.
Think of me only, never say goodbye.

Our hearts are one,
Memory pounds as we sit side by side.
The only things I remember
Focus only on your tide.

No matter now, what happens now,
The future will o'er ride.
Remember here love's first kiss.
Remember now love's first sigh.

Think of me, think of me only.
Think of me only when at last you sigh.


Hat tip to my favorite song from Phantom of the Opera. Inspiration derived from it's heart rending theme and melody.