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Let Your Arrow Take Flight
Power Deck Card
of the Month: Humor
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Let Your Arrow Take Flight
Dear Friends,
When I was with Ginevee, a beautiful aboriginal woman of the Australian Outback (Crystal Woman), she told me, “Inside each of us is a forgotten person.” Much of what we do in shamanic study is about finding who we are at our very core, remembering who we are in this great dream of life so that we can live with one foot in the physical world and one foot in the world of spirit on the pathway to enlightenment.
Summer is an excellent time to explore and return to oneself. It is a time of mirrors. When you are out and about in the great outdoors, look for yourself in the aromas and richly beautiful colors of the flowers. Sit under the night skies and find your star, and follow it home to your center. Find yourself in the fullness of the trees, in the gentle sway of the wind and even in the driving rains. Then, after the rain, study your reflection in the still waters of a pond or a lake and really see the sparkling light that is reflected back to you. The beauty that you see all around is a reflection of who you are. It is time for you to know that … now. The first lesson of power is that we are all alone; the final lesson of power is that we are all one. Ultimately your spirit and your body are one. (Grandmother, The Woman of Wyrrd).
Grandmother also told me,
“I must tell you that the source of all power is hidden in our mother, the land. To live we must partake of our mother’s body. To engage in sacred study completes the circle. The beings of the earth live in a give and take, a flow of light that becomes life force and then becomes love. It is law.”
Each time you see the beauty of your spirit, the beauty of yourself reflected back to you in nature, take time to breathe in the essence of that beauty and become one with it. And always take time to honor the Earth Mother for the beautiful teachings she is giving you.
In Ginevee’s words,
“Mother Earth has a lot to do with dreaming. Your connection to her is important, how you have honored and given away to her. Many of our people think when you travel above the clouds and you look down and everything is white, they think everything is the same, you know? People of the spirit understand each other around the world. The gods live in the sky. They speak the same language. Power is in the rocks and the earth. That means that when we take something from the earth, our mother, we must return that energy in a ceremony, with honor. Then the power stays happy and never leaves. Power only leaves when you take and never give back. Power knows me, she helps me. She’s beginning to recognize you, too. You’re living close to her now.”
Summer is also the season of full bloom. All the seeds that you have planted into our Mother Earth will show themselves to you now. Summer brings the magnificence of all that you have conceived and planted, presenting itself to the world. Your colors are bright in summer. They are presented with a depth of appreciation, beauty, and gracefulness for the accomplishment that is there. Summer is filled with appreciation for what you have done, for your accomplishment, for your growth, and for your strength to move toward the spiritual light of creation, the celebration for the harmonies and the balance that exist in all of life.
For the warrior of spirit, summer is a time to shoot your arrow toward the target you have chosen, and let the arrow take flight. It is a time of power.
During the summer, may you gather your forces for the reaping of what you have created. May you manifest the sacred weaving of your life into reality. May you celebrate all the beauty and vibrant color that you are. (From Walk In Spirit: Prayers for the Seasons of Life.)
We are all in a circle.
Our dreams and prayers are at their core
The same dreams and prayers.
Our circle will lead out into the world,
And spread harmony over all the earth.
To remind us of this circle, We envision one knot.
This knot will bind us together
In higher circles,
Each of us responsible for
One other person’s prayer,
Responsible for each other’s prayers,
And the prayer that our circle represents.
We offer our knots up to the Great Spirit.
We are now separate,
And we are now joined.
May our prayers be as one.
May our unique spirits thrive
Independently and together. Ho!
In Love and Spirit,
Lynn Andrews
45 – Humor – East
Humor, fear, and anger awaken the power of your will. In the juxtaposition of realities, find truth, as in the primitive positioned in the wilderness of an urban setting. See how you have chosen your illusions, as others have, and seek to feel the laughter that holds together your daily dream. Self-importance blinds you to the source of joy and humor. Awaken the power of your will, and find your joy and your laughter. Awaken your sense of humor.
Definition of the card
The painting is entitled The Time Machine. Life is often surreal, with aspects of the primitive juxtaposed against the realities of our current civilized life. We need our sense of humor to remember that it is dangerous to be caught in the dream, to lose the understanding that the reality of life as we know it is only an illusion. One day we will awaken and understand what we have really come here to do. If we lose ourselves in self-importance and ego, we also lose our sense of humor and our understanding of truth and reality.
This is an east card. It is part of your process toward illumination. It is a card of the mind, or in this case, perhaps, of losing the mind, setting the mind aside, and living in that state of humor that puts everything in perspective. Humor takes you back to your beginnings.
PRAYERS FOR SUMMER
PPRAYER for the AFTERNOON MUSES
So often in the afternoon,
I become restless, Great Spirit.
So I have learned, thanks to your wisdom,
Great Spirit, to create in the afternoon.
I have learned that the afternoon
Is the perfect time to learn something new,
So I thank you for this most sacred of times.
When the sun becomes lower in the sky,
I begin to paint.
I sit with a pad and pen,
And I begin to write.
I feel the muses
Waking up from their slumber
As they look over my shoulder,
Fascinated to see what I am creating.
Inspiration so often does not visit you,
Unless you are performing your art.
If you wish to create a work of art,
Begin to paint,
And the inspiration will come.
If you wish to write something inspiring,
Sit down and begin,
And the muses will come.
They will join you in your effort
And lend you strength and ideas.
It is the spirit of the afternoon
That comes close and comforts you.
It wants you, this afternoon being,
To be at ease.
Turn the phone off.
Drink something that pleases you.
Find yourself a special natural setting
Where the little people can join you,
And the etheric beings of the trees can
Lend you their sparkle.
Afternoon is a time of gathering and expression.
It is a good time to pray. Ho!
From Walk in Spirit: Prayers for the Seasons of Life by Lynn V. Andrews
August 1st
Silence
The only true communion is without words. Language is a barrier between us, but we need to talk for many reasons, not necessarily to understand much. Silence is the only true source of communication, like you and the stone. You communed with each other from the essence of yourself. Form was the only difference between you. I know you and Agnes have moved into the mysteries of silence many times. I want you to see the agreements we make, the links in the chain that represent the way we think we give and take knowledge; how we move from one end of that chain to the other. Do you have more knowledge at the end of a lifetime of linking one thought to another, or do you just end up at the end of the chain, like you started?
Ani
Windhorse Woman
From: Walk in Balance: Meditations with Lynn Andrews
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Lynn Andrews,
Shaman, Author & Lecturer
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Internationally acclaimed author, preeminent teacher and 21st century shaman, Lynn Andrews has written 18 books and created The Power Deck, audio meditations, and videos.
Lynn Andrews offers a variety of opportunities to work with her at her annual events and through online courses She also offers a degree program and a 4-year mystery school. CE credit is available for nurses and therapists. Lynn is available for private phone sessions.
For information about Lynn Andrews' Mystery School, events including Joshua Tree and Hawaii, Online Courses, or to schedule a phone call with Lynn please call 1-800-554-7414 (US), or 1-213-683-3804 (international), or visit Lynn's website at www.lynnandrews.com/.
www.lynnandrews.com
Online Course Announcement:
The Magical Mysteries of Time – Past and Future Lives.
An Online Course with Lynn Andrews, July 28 – August 25, 2005
What is time that it has such power to change all that exists back into dust? What is this unseen force like the wind that can shape the land and our lives? Learn to play with time. Time is surreal, like fish swimming in treetops. A person of power knows how to arrange time. A person of power knows how to arrange time…. Your power depends upon your use of time (The Power Deck)
We are enrolling now for my upcoming Online Course, “The Magical Mysteries of Time – Past and Future Lives,” July 28 – August 25, 2005. This is a course about shifting time, shifting from being out of the body to being completely incarnate in this lifetime, being in the body, being in the moment completely and totally.
When you are not living in the now, you are living in stress. Stress is a huge issue today for all of us and a source of much dysfunction in all our relationships. If you can learn to shift your concept of time and your experience of time into the present moment, then it will be possible for you to travel the path toward healing and spiritual enlightenment in a deeply personal and powerful way, in the way of the shamans throughout the ages. You will be released from so many aspects of the discomfort and fear which we carry around in our lives, and you will find a great comfort in understanding yourself from a different perspective and dimension of time.
I invite you to join us on this wonderful journey into consciousness. Please visit my website at www.lynnandrews.com to register for this special Online Course.
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