Embroidered Silk
Posted: April 4, 2014 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a comment
Like the blouse my Grandmother embroidered that made me feel connected to my ancestral peasant roots.
A Fairy Tale of my own life
Our natural gifts and talents
Once upon a time, there was a beautiful soul. She was like an aurora, the colors of a sunrise. IN fact, she loved the name Aurora, and the story of sleeping beauty, with her Fairy Godmothers, was one of her favorites. When she was a girl, she was free and creative. She was intelligent, and poured over books reading about great adventures, people and practical ways to do things. She discovered at a rather early age, a love of music and of singing. She would sing for hours and hours each afternoon, dancing in front of her reflection in the plate glass door of the living room, until her father could not tell the difference between her and Barbara Striesand.
The simple things that can make all the difference
It was the sixties when she became a young woman. The styles of peasant blouses and embroidered vests, wild hair, and straberry scented candles delighted her and she felt she had found her “style”. When it came time to pick out a present for her high school graduation, she found a watch that hung from a chain, and on one side was the portrait of a gypsy woman with red curling hair and a beautiful scarf on her head. It became on of her favorite posessions along with the silk floral embroidered blouse and vest that her hungarian grandmother had made and used as a costume when she did her folk dancing. When the young woman put on these garments, something happened to her, she felt, at home.
<strong>It was really that embroidered silk blouse, that encompassed her with a feeling of belonging, of beauty and of home she could not understand completely</strong>
Apparantly, many other young women also felt at home in this garb, and with these idea, because there were millions who also adored something about this peasant way. In her late high school years, she moved to a canyon, with people who were considered rebels and dop addicts, who did not fit into the mold that was acceptable. Yet, this tender girl, was frightened, because these were really not her people. She was often in danger, as she looked for her true family, for her true home.
When we find a home
After many, many trials and tribulations, finding the magical red rocks of Sedona touched something in this woman, now in her thirties, that had not been touched before. The land was still pristine in many ways. Before the droughts, the hillsides in the spring were fragrant with the blooming manzanity and rock roses, to the point of intoxication. There in those rocks, she heard the voice of the Mother, the Goddess, the essence of the feminine. This voice, began to guide her, and to teach her. It was then, that she called upon the women she had met, and invited them to gather. And when they did, she realized, she could create a tribe. A tribe of women. And she even put up a canopy in her lving room, and draped it with rich and colorful fabrics, and she brought out full tiered skirts, that would spin our from her body when you twirled, and so would the others. And as they sat in circle, again, she recalled something, a way of connecting and creating with the natural cycles and seasons. And this filled her with such joy, such vitality, she had boundless energy to bring the tribe together.
And this lasted for many years. This way of living and being, felt right and good. Was she remembering another time? Another life? A code inside that activated from her roots?
Finding a “Thread” that weaves things together
One day, reading a Threads magazine about creative fabric art and designing and sewing, she opened to a layout of hungarian embroiderly. There, staring from the page at her, were a dozen lovely ladies of petite stature( like her) dressed in lavishly embroidered outfits, blouses, vest and skirts, holding up a straw Goddess figure, and obviously celebrating some seasonal celebration in their mountain village. The woman felt her heart open wide, and tears streamed down her face . “My people” she thought. “My tribe”. Then it hit her, enlightened her. These are my people. Something in me comes from this way of living. And there is a place where people still live this way. I remember this, and I have done my best to re-create, with no teachers, no elders, no mentors, this way of being that is so natural to my soul.
Who else has a little story to tell, about something that made them remember who they are?
Waking up, again!! A higher dimension, a higher vibration
Posted: April 4, 2014 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a comment
The Resurection by Stanely Spence
The time is now, to awaken more deeply than ever before . This new moon is promisin, and creative. What do you wish to create in your life now? What new pathways are you seeing before you?
Letting go of the past
You are awakening to a new awareness. You are embracing life at a new level. You are coming out of denial. Yes, denial. I know it can be difficult to look at. Difficult to see the ways in which you have run away, or put your head in the sand. The ways in which you ignored signs that you received and/or intuitive insights that you ignored. Now, looking at things with a more open heart and greater clarity, you could fall into a heap of grief , remorse and dissapointment.I would suggest that you breath, relax and be very loving with yourself. Let go of the past and move on. Waste no more time because there are exciting days before you.
Repair, restore,rewire,re-enchant,re-evaluate,re-access
Stop, look and listen before you cross over into a new life. Take some time to and for yourself. Be present, and make a commitment to be courageous, to look your life right in the eyes. Face the parts of yourself that are undermining you in any area of life. In your health, relationships,work,community and more. Stop hiding from what you have made into a monster. Be willing to begin to dismantle old structures of knowing. Be willing to see where you are. Be open , be compassionate.
Find the story that can set you free
Sit with your realizations. Open your heart and listen to the story it has to tell about the journey that you have taken so far. Let your heart show you pictures, reviewing your life. See your triumphs and failures. See your adventures as well as your suffering. See yourself as the star player in a very profound and spiritual tale. How can you tell the story of the person and soul that you are in the most creative, imaginative and loving way possible? Do so now.Write it down, so that you can really make it real. At the end of the story, coming to this moment, create a gateway, a bridge, a recognition that the soul you are has reached a point of new awakening. Now it is time to move into and activate a new realm, a new world, a new life. There is a new path before you.
Step into your new “role” in the story of your life
Embody the awakened being who is understanding more than ever before. Enter the body, heart and mind with this renewed energy, with this awareness. Relax and feel that this is the true expression of yourself. Feel the joy of coming to this place. Feel the power and clarity also, of being more in touch with your wisdom, power, purpose, beauty and heart. Be present to who you are now, as the old worn out garment of the past persona falls away revealing a transformed being.
Sort out the life that is now before you. Come up with solutions to problems, remove what is no longer relevant. Create a plan for cleaning up what has been out of alignment or neglected.
If you have been living in a way that was not fully present, if you have been suffering or sick, out of balance, unhappy and crazy from living in a toxic environment, you will , no doubt, have created some situations that are going to need to be corrected. If you have ignored certain symptoms of compromised health (like I have) you will want to address those and find solutions that will restore you. If you have neglected other things because of depression, or apathy, anger or fear, you will want to find those and one by one, from this higher perspective, find ways to resolve or clear these situations as well. Go through your life, accessing everything possible. This is your opportunity to “clear the slate”.
See the Gifts and resources that you will be taking with you into the new realm. See the assets, the gathered knowledge, all of the resources that are yours.
From this higher place. Look at all you have and are. All the goodness, the beauty and the power you have . Be sure to include the strong relationships, your strengths, your abilities.Gather everything that feels vibrationally a good match for the new you and new realm you are moving into now. Look at those things, one by one. See how they can be of value to you.Write it down.
See the new path before you, step over the threshold into the new world
Even if your outer life looks much the same, it will have changed. What has changed, is your perception, your awareness and your thought process. You will find, over time, that this new vibrational version of you, will astound and delight you with how differently you see and respond to life. As you make the needed corrections, and allow the old to fall away and the body, mind and spirit to be restored, you will grow stronger and more stable in your new awakening. Be very gentle, very compassionate, and very strong. You will continue to see places where you have created things, situations, etc. that you are no longer aligned with. Simply address each situation with love, clarity and by taking action. At the same time, be moving ahead in your new life, with enthusiasm. As your health is restored, as you make better choices, as you find the new world you are living in more friendly and supportive and fun, you will grow more and more radiant and well. You will notice more people who have been awake and created lives that you might wish for. Be inspired and encouraged by them. Find those that can offer education and transformation to help you. There is a great awakening happening right now. You are part of that. In many ways, this whole world has been asleep. Join with the awakened and living, to bring a new world into being!! Thank you, thank you, for doing the work, that allowed you to come to this place in your life!
The Magical Faerie of Words and Wonder
Posted: March 30, 2014 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a comment
The Wonder of Words, the magical sounds, allowing the imagination, without rules or bounds.
I welcome you all, to the land of my heart, This is where my, new blog will start.
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