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A Healers Lesson on Healing


So today as I Shuffled the Deck, before I could choose two cards dropped together, Tobacco and White Sage. For me those are very powerful cards that speak to healing, balance and honoring and accepting Blessings. Something that I was reminded of yesterday in a very unexpected way. I had a candle of Tobacco burning in my room and had just lit some sage to cleanse my space unknowingly opening a portal of a lesson that was going to be delivered to me up close and personal.

I as some may know or not have been recovering from Spinal Surgery that I had last summer. It has been a tough journey that I waited for over 40 years. What was accomplished was not only amazing but short of a miracle. I had to wait a long time for the right surgeons and the right technology, but all in all the outcome was well worth it. My spine is normal again and I have gained 2 1/2 inches back… so I am happy no more back pain. Oh but wait, fast forward and I am dealing with excruciating nerve pain in my legs as the nerves that were dead for so long…are now being reborn. So needless to say the journey has been one of patience which I do not have and readily admit, and the other of taking care of self… putting me first something I have rarely done in my life.

So yesterday was a lesson of trust and opening to what others can do to help. Enter Bonnie Lou FG Rodriguez and her husband and my friend, Walks with Thunder  https://walkswiththunder.com/.  I have not been acquainted with Bonnie Lou up close and personal, and to be quite honest other than people I have worked with or know I don’t let many people in that close. Doing the work I do sometimes not only pushes people away but draws people in like a moth to a flame, and sometimes that is not a good thing. So I put up barriers and protection plain and simple. Not to say Ms. Bonnie Lou was not to be trusted, I simply did not know her. However yesterday I was caught of guard as my phone rang on Messenger and when I answered it Bonnie Lou was on the other end.

It was not a particular good moment for me as I was feeling very ill because of my pain levels, to which she saw immediately when she asked me to turn my video on. When I saw myself which is not something I do, look at myself in the mirror…I was not happy at the image I saw. I was deathly gray in color looked withdrawn and well lets just say I didn’t look good. Immediately she offered to work on sending me healing and working to pull our the stuff that was not helping me. To help reset my balance. As she did so I could feel the energy swirling and felt dizzy and pressure in my head and sinus area popping. The more I let my walls down, the more I trusted the source, the more what she was doing was working. Lesson received and noted.

I have also received Theta healing from another friend over the course of this journey from Julie Sullivan, an also amazing Healer. Again it is about opening up and trusting. So I learned a powerful lesson yet again. I am grateful and thankful to have these ad others like them in my life.

So I have to pause and give thanks to these wonderful people who have done healing work on me over this past year… to all of you who have put up prayers and sent healing energy to me. For those of you that do not believe that this works… I encourage you to open to the possibilities, to trust in the Universe as it will provide all that is needed at just the right moment.

So my prayer for us all today is that we simply open to all those possibilities, that we learn to trust even when we are possibly at our weakest moment… for us all to remember there are good people out there that are willing to help and be there when we need them to be perhaps as we have been there for others. So as we do our rituals, as perhaps we light some sage and tobacco to cleanse and offer prayer… we add some for ourselves to be healed and brought to balance as is needed.


White Sage is the sacred herb of the West, used in smudging to purify, and to send prayers to the Creator. White Sage  speaks all about the Sacred Within each of us!  We need to take the time to honor that and all that is Sacred in and around our lives. Time to recognize it and send thanks and gratitude up to the Creator and Ancestors, keeping us strong of mind, heart, body and keeping our intents positive.  White Sage shows us that it is time to change the path of the negatives that surround us in the world today by shielding ourselves with positives! Sometimes we need to look deep within ourselves to see the destructive cycles that we have placed ourselves in most of the time without even realizing it, and then set about releasing them. Thus changing our very thought patterns. Learn to look in the mirror and see the reflection understanding that we are in deed human and have flaws. But that those flaws do not mean we are unlovable, incapable, unwanted, rather they mean we have opportunity to grow, to expand to better ourselves, and heal.

Begin by giving yourself the love you deserve… Self Love. All the time understanding and knowing that the Creator and the Ancestors that walked before us support and assist us if we are open to it. We simply have to believe and have faith. Life does not work by pushing the “Easy” button… it is all about the journey and the process we go through to make us whole, balanced and walking in positives.

White Sage  speaks to honoring family,  friends, all people and creatures that have walked with you and that have yet to enter your path. Honor your Guides, the Spirit that assist you each day. Honor the Elementals, the Directions, the Great Mother Earth and Father Sky. Honor Grandmother Moon and Grandfather Sun.

This is what the Sacred Sage reminds us of, this is the tone it sets for us to follow.  Remember it is not owned by anyone, it is one of the Great Mother Earth’s many gifts to us and it is up to all of us to keep all that is Sacred safe and thriving.

White Sage assists in clearing our energy fields, driving out the negative and strengthening the positives. White Sage is held Sacred because of it’s effective purifying energies. It heals by bringing us back to balance cleansing the body and mind of negative spirits and impurities. Leaves are at times burned to drive away bad spirits, evil influences, bad dreams, bad thoughts, and illness.

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Tobacco is the sacred herb of the East, the direction of Grandfather Sun, Eagle, and the Creator. We send our prayers up in its smoke, and Eagle takes them to the Creator. Tobacco is sacred, therefore it is to be respected and comes with responsibility to use it properly. It is both a powerful tool of healing and honoring our spirit and our Ancestors that walked before us.

The Anishinaabe use a form of Tobacco known as kinikinik, or a red willow mix. Because it opens the door to the Creator, When Tobacco is used to make smoke, it is one of the most sacred of plants for Native people. Tobacco is also one of the four sacred plants. It represents the Eastern Direction and the mind.

The Elders say that tobacco is used to connect the Spirit World as the plant’s very roots penetrate deeply into the the Great Mother Earth, and its smoke rises high into the sky to reach the Creator’s gaze. This plant is highly respected and highly honored. The gifting of tobacco is a beautiful way the people show respect and honor to others. Ceremonies using tobacco invokes a connection to universal energies and to the Creator, a connection made between earthly and spiritual realms is to be considered sacred.

Prayer, Offerings, Purification and Respect... remember these for meanings as you use the Sacred Tobacco plant.

I am bear Medicinewalker and I am dedicated to Educating and sharing the lessons, teachings and culture I have been taught by my Elders and journey with the World. It is not enough merely to learn the ways of our Elders. We must honor those traditions by sharing and educating the World. Inspiring others …Inspiring our Youth. Through the Music… the Arts…the stories…”

Blessings to You All,

~ bear

Music by Chris Ferre and is available at http://www.chrisferree.com  and on Itunes

Earth Dance – Chris Ferree as part of the Wolf and the bear Network 2020

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Take a Little…Give a Little… Pray a Little or Maybe Pray a Lot

So as I sat this morning to pull the 7th card from the Deck, to gain insight it struck me to my core when the Medicine Wheel fell from it before I could pull one single card. It is very fitting for the day, for the times. Many people at this moment are feeling shifts and reeling from energy that has them confused in the chaos of the world.

People who do spiritual work whether they are Clergy or Healers, Doctors or Counselors… we all have our hands full. Not only with the people that seek us out but for ourselves trying to balance and make sense out of things. Negatives are splashed all over social media, news reports and even in everyday life. People are turning on each other out of rage and hatred… compassion is slipping away and our connection to our very humanity is seemingly lost through a deep dark crevice that seems to be swallowing up everything that is good in the world whole.

Fires in Australia no words to speak over the loss of life and species that are being consumed in this angry fire that is like hell fire reigning down on the land. Politicians seeking to fill their own pockets and not caring about the people they serve. They may say they all are but not really. Neighbor against neighbor… religions against religions… fighting against the man in religion not the religion itself, for Creator and the Heavens weep at our foolishness as Mankind has forgotten how to e kind. All this and a Lunar Eclipse at the end of the week has us all in a flux. People are doubting their own convictions and paths. We are tired, we are lost, we are feeling useless.

But we must ALL remain strong… if that means we take a moment for our self, that is okay. We are all Human and we need to remember that, we need to know it is okay if we stop to take a breath, okay if we fall and need help getting back up, okay to question things for it is all part of the Human Journey. It is our human existence to push through, to fail and then learn from those failings. There is no such thing as perfect. There is only Human… and with Human there is always error and growth. Yet it is up to each of us to determine if that growth will be negative or positive. Us it is up to us… we control the outcome of how things effect us… no one else… we choose how we react to life’s chaotic moments that flow around us, no one else.

So the next time you are sitting on your phone or computer and you are set to perhaps write a nasty response… or the next time you get angry at something that occurs in or around your life… perhaps Take a Little…Give a Little… Pray a Little or Maybe Pray a Lot that things will get better, that we as a human race will learn a little more from our mistakes… that we will all learn to care a little more. That is what I pray for every day… every moment I can breathe and I hope you will all join me in that thought.

So the Circle has meant similar things to many various cultures throughout time and continues to do so. So no matter what culture we are standing in, what Spiritual Side we utilize in our lives, we are more alike than perhaps many are willing to admit.

Whether it is the Winged Ones, the Four Leggeds, the Plant People, the Crystal and Rock Keepers, the Swimmers or Creepers we all evolve together in the harmony that we were born to. The four lines in the Wheel speak to us of the four directions, the four colors to the cultures and the four parts of our human, the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual being. To understand the Medicine Wheel is to understand self.

This is what we need to understand, that the strengths, the creative, the spiritual, the faults, the imperfections all lie with in each of us. They are all part of who we are, constantly evolving. As a wheel is circular and continues in a constant state of birth to death constantly moving through change, so are we. To understand that about ourselves is how we are to attain balance.

To understand that we are All Connected that we All imprint on the world, the energy that we exist in is to understand the nature of how things co-exist. That there has to be opposites for balance…light and dark. rain and heat, night and day, birth and death… All a intricate part of the Human experience.

Ask yourself what is it that you need to day to add to the positives in your own life, what is it you need in order to set your mind to in order to keep the negative at bay? So today, look to yourself and think about how each word, each action, each breath you take is part of a bigger Hoop, then think what it is You need to do to put your own Circles into a place of balance with all that is Sacred honoring who you are meant to be.

I am bear Medicinewalker and I am dedicated to Educating and sharing the lessons, teachings and culture I have been taught by my Elders and journey with the World. It is not enough merely to learn the ways of our Elders. We must honor those traditions by sharing and educating the World. Inspiring others …Inspiring our Youth. Through the Music… the Arts…the stories…”

Blessings to You All,

~ bear

 

Music by Chris Ferre and is available at http://www.chrisferree.com  and on Itunes

Earth Dance – Chris Ferree as part of the Wolf and the bear Network 2020

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Spiritual and Totem Insights for the Day the Badger


Today the Badger shows itself in the seventh spot as it tells us to start digging out all the crap that no longer serves us. Clean it out like a festering wound for all it will do if we do not is fester and add sickness and negativity to our lives. Which makes no sense at all when we have the ability to release it. Why should we walk forward carrying what can not be changed? Why should we walk forward carrying other peoples negatives? If we are honest with ourselves we would see it does not help us but rather hinders our own growth.

It stills our possibility to become a more powerful being. So take the time needed today and bring about balance to yourself… I guarantee you it will be a huge weight that will be unburdened from your lives.

Badger also reminds us that guilt is a human factor that for some crazy reason even if we don’t need to hold on to it, we do. So time to release it, fix it, apologize for it…. whatever it takes to re-balance ourselves in positive manners!

Badger shows up reminding us that we all must trust in our abilities utilize them to take on challenges that show up in our journeys. It is time to step away from our hiding places we have created and show the world what we are made of. Remember what is important to us and who we are as unique individuals that have a place in this world.

The message Badger brings is loud and clear… walk your own path to the beat of your own drum. Have faith in yourself and your talents and abilities. Know that you handle any challenge that shows up. Who cares what others say. Come out from hiding and start taking names and numbers.

Aggressiveness and the willingness to fight for what you want in this life and that is what Badger has to teach us. Just how to temper it and apply the right kid of pressure when needed and when to make a stand. Badger teaches us to use our healing abilities to push forward in positives in life and to aggressively move the obstacles that are in our way even if we are the ones that have placed them there.


I am bear Medicinewalker and I am dedicated to Educating and sharing the lessons, teachings and culture I have been taught by my Elders and journey with the World. It is not enough merely to learn the ways of our Elders. We must honor those traditions by sharing and educating the World. Inspiring others …Inspiring our Youth. Through the Music… the Arts…the stories…”

Blessings to you All!

~ bear

Music provided by Chris Ferree and available at http://www.chrisferree.com as part of the Wolf and the bear Network @2019

 

 

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Spiritual and Totem Insights of the Day the Frog

So today in the 7th spot Frog hops in to share that the energies should be cool and calm around you, simply take a moment to catch your breath. Excitement should fill you with all the new opportunities that are at each of our fingertips if we only have the initiative and strength to reach for them. Today is the 2nd day of the new year, enjoy the newness that we can create! WE all have got this.

Frog brings with it the sense of renewal…of rebirth a cleansing of sorts to open us to new and better things. Insights will come clearer if we just slow down enough to understand them. So go out today and embrace the newness of the day filled with opportunity!

The Frog teaches us of transition and transformation, supporting us as we walk through times of change. Connecting us with the our deepest emotions and assisting us with the process of cleansing our physical, emotional, spiritual selves to attain balance.  The Frog represents the cycles of life, birth and rebirth. If we take a glimpse at the Frogs own journey through life from a tadpole to the adult state it mirrors the many cycles of transformation and rebirth in our own lives.

Frog assists us with the process of owning our own personal power. Recognizing it by cleansing ourselves of what no longer serves us and embracing with open arms what is now possible.

“I am Dedicated to Educating and sharing the culture with the World. It is not enough merely to teach the ways of our Elders. We must honor those traditions by sharing and educating the World. Inspiring others …Inspiring our Youth. Through the Music… the Arts…the stories…”
Many Blessings to ya’ll
~bear Medicinewalker

 

 

 

 


Tree Frog Dance by Jonny Lipford and available at  http://www.jonnylipfordmusic.com/

 

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Spiritual and Totem Insights for the Day the Clownfish


Today one of my favorite little guys shows up in the 7th spot the Clownfish! Bringing with him lessons of how to become more in tune with your surroundings. The teach us as they swim in and out of the sea anemones grasps, they learn how to work with them to both their advantages. Clownfish are the only fish that do not get stung by the tentacles of the sea anemone! They also are all born males and have a choice to become female which can give them a leadership role within their school.

Symbiosis refers to a living situation between two organisms, from which both the creatures may or may not benefit. In the case of a Clownfish and sea anemone, the symbiosis between them is beneficial for each other. So the Clownfish is telling us all to dig deep into our tool kits and use the tools we have collected along the way or where born with and use them to achieve the goals we have set for ourselves! After all we were not set up to fail… life has set us up to move forward in positives that continue for us to grow. It is by choice we set ourselves up to fail… blaming everyone but the true source, ourselves.

So fall in line, ask for help if you need it …don’t be she about it. You may just find that you have an unlikely someone in your corner poised to assist you! Today is the day… test the waters and just shoot for the moon!

The Clown Fish and Anemone fish share their spiritual guidance with us to assist us in finding and understanding wisdom, knowledge and teachings that can will help us to overcome the challenges that we face in life. The Sea Anemone is known as the flower of the ocean, yet has deadly thorns, yet the Clown Fish fearlessly takes refuge within her grasp.

Bright and vibrant in appearance the Clown Fish is widely known for its bright orange/yellow coloration and bright white stripes. Together they are a formidable pair with the use of beauty as camouflage they teach us the ability to hide within dangerous situations and to move carefully through our lives.

They teach us that things can appear as one thing and be something totally different. Do not be quick to jump to assuming the worst and make sure to watch for hidden obstacles and dangers as you tread through a given situation.   Assisting us with keeping safe from negativity.

None of us are danger proof. All of us are prone to encounter difficult situations that we should/could avoid. Sometimes it is better to move to a safe position than directly confronting something. It doesn’t show weakness, quite the opposite it shows strength of character and wisdom.


I am bear Medicinewalker and I am dedicated to Educating and sharing the lessons, teachings and culture I have been taught by my Elders and journey with the World. It is not enough merely to learn the ways of our Elders. We must honor those traditions by sharing and educating the World. Inspiring others …Inspiring our Youth. Through the Music… the Arts…the stories…”

Blessings to you All!

~ bear

Music provided by Chris Ferree and available at http://www.chrisferree.com as part of the Wolf and the bear Network @2019

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Spiritual and Totem Insights for the Day Badger


Today the Badger shows itself in the seventh spot as it tells us to stand our ground even when things seem a bit overwhelming. We can handle it, sometimes we just might have to take a breathe. Badger says bring about the changes you need to evolve into a more positive you, thus opening doorways and windows of opportunity that will propel us in the right ways by not getting caught up in all the negativity that is out in the world around us today.

Badger also speaks to checking in with allies to validate your choices when in doubt. So live life to the fullest today ad keep an eye on the prize!

Badger also reminds us that guilt is a human factor that for some crazy reason even if we don’t need to hold on to it, we do. So time to release it, fix it, apologize for it…. whatever it takes to re-balance ourselves in positive manners!

Badger shows up reminding us that we all must trust in our abilities utilize them to take on challenges that show up in our journeys. It is time to step away from our hiding places we have created and show the world what we are made of. Remember what is important to us and who we are as unique individuals that have a place in this world.

The message Badger brings is loud and clear… walk your own path to the beat of your own drum. Have faith in yourself and your talents and abilities. Know that you handle any challenge that shows up. Who cares what others say. Come out from hiding and start taking names and numbers.

Aggressiveness and the willingness to fight for what you want in this life and that is what Badger has to teach us. Just how to temper it and apply the right kid of pressure when needed and when to make a stand. Badger teaches us to use our healing abilities to push forward in positives in life and to aggressively move the obstacles that are in our way even if we are the ones that have placed them there.


I am bear Medicinewalker and I am dedicated to Educating and sharing the lessons, teachings and culture I have been taught by my Elders and journey with the World. It is not enough merely to learn the ways of our Elders. We must honor those traditions by sharing and educating the World. Inspiring others …Inspiring our Youth. Through the Music… the Arts…the stories…”

Blessings to you All!

~ bear

Music provided by Chris Ferree and available at http://www.chrisferree.com as part of the Wolf and the bear Network @2019

 

 

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Spiritual and Totem Insights for the Day …Parrot


Today my favorite little Buddy JoJo my good friends’ the Cesario’s smart little Sun Conure Parrot stops into he seventh space this morning! It is all about being carefree and open to new possibilities today! Think outside of the box, look at things from different angles and just have some fun!

Parrot’s bring many amazing teachings with them and today’s is also about loving self and opening our hearts to others. We all have purpose and even though those purposes may be different it does not mean they are not also important to the way the world functions. So today take it all in and enjoy learning about the differences and how they an positively impact us in new and fun ways! Enjoy!!!!

So today the Parrot tells us to use our voice, our communication to reach out and learn how, remember how, feel how to be human again! My dear friends Robin and Vince Cesario have a beautiful Sun Conure Parrot… and actually the painting of JoJo is where this card was created from…and this little bird has a great lesson and that is LOVE. He is so filled with love for his human family! If only as humans we could remember that each moment of each day and set aside the ugly in our world to reconnect with the good that is in each of us.

Parrot wants us to remember is that actions, deeds, words are mimicked by those around you. What we often fail to remember is that we are responsible for setting the tone or mood for the world around us. If we are confident and pleasant… things will reflect that in our daily walks. If we are negative and bitter our world becomes shaded and chaotic… full of negatives that spread like a disease. So be mindful of the imprints we all leave on the world around us today, and be a more positive part of it not only for yourself but for others as well.

Parrot assists us in seeing that possibilities are endless as we walk the human. Sharing with us that we need to open ourselves up and communicate with the world around us. The Parrot teaches us to look at situations and opinions that are different than yours. It is all about hearing what we are listening to so that we may learn what we can accomplish, what we are capable of. To go outside of our boundaries of what we may right now consider normal. Because different, extraordinary may just be our New Normal!

Parrot brings us reminders about what is in the power of Father Sun and the healing energy that is offered. They share with us the understanding that will help balance and find harmony with all life around us. Aligning our Sacred Hoops with the pure joy and magic of all things possible.

I am bear Medicinewalker and I am dedicated to Educating and sharing the lessons, teachings and culture I have been taught by my Elders and journey with the World. It is not enough merely to learn the ways of our Elders. We must honor those traditions by sharing and educating the World. Inspiring others …Inspiring our Youth. Through the Music… the Arts…the stories…”

Blessings to You All
bear Medicinewalker

 

Music provided by Chris Ferree and is available on ITunes and at http://www.chrisferree.com and is part of the Wolf and the bear Network@2019

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