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witnessing through sound, the heaviness of the world...

3/7/2018

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pachamama mother earth...
mama gaia, great mother... the sacred lands that sustain + hold us...
Sharing some thoughts that arose from being a part of a group that explores the power of 'vibration' and 'sound' together...

This morning, i was quite stunned, moved + honoured (with a group of dear souls) to witness through sound, just how much heaviness good people are carrying so deep within them...

The sounding exercise offered was a uncomfortable one for most of us... we were asked to simply 'sound' and go with it...

What i particularly found interesting was that, no one expressed their 'sounding' of joy or love of life... though chose or were moved to sound a wide range of emotions of deep sorrow, anger, frustration and hurt - even chaos and indifference... The soundings were definitely a strong expression and perhaps a release on many levels... we all found it a powerful time together - almost un-nerving perhaps..?

I couldn't help but wonder also, what i witnessed, was perhaps, just how much of that heaviness the overall collective of the world is carrying..... the world is very weary + so sore.... i know we're all feeling it on so many levels...

Perhaps this 'sounding' offered some healing to the world...? 

i feel there is hope... as part of my path + daily practice is to re-member the tools i have been taught + gifted.... that our blessed Earth Mother, Mother Gaia, Pachamama, the beautiful, living + breathing be-ing she is... is always here for us... despite all the heaviness she endures - she keeps on going strong...

I trust + embrace that the ratio of what's going right with our dear Mother outweighs that which is not right... she knows who she is and has endured for thousands of years + will continue to...

Our earth mother offers us a simple, yet powerful sacred gift... and, we have forgotten this sacred gift... She reminds us to re-member to simply let go of the heaviness, the darkness that keeps us bound... She lovingly receives it with love, transforms + composts it back into 'sami' light... She's good at taking our shit - our own heaviness... and, that is a good thing and, it's necessary for the world... i believe that is part of a balance + the sacred relationship or partnership with her, we have lost...

We can choose to feed her as she feeds us... to return to the ancient beautiful reciprocity of 'right relationship' as one with our earth mother - to connect again with the land(s) that hold + sustain us = to acknowledge + celebrate she is our Source, not a resource...

For, we wouldn't be here without her! ...
(i invite you to think about that for a moment)... x (((o)))

ps... i will write more about this 'heaviness' + how we can simply release it again soon... 

There's always time to say thank you... 
One way i offer my gratitude, especially for our beautiful earth mother, is to offer a 'flower despacho' - which is a gift of prayer in mandala form... I will take flowers + other found earth-bits (like leaves, sticks, pine-cones, etc) and mindfully 'blow' my prayers/intentions through the flowers + bits and place in a beautiful arrangement on the ground... and then, allow it/let it go to compost on + into the ground, so my prayers become part of/embodied with her...
An offering like this doesn't have to be elaborate = keep it simple + free!... x (((o)))
tulip flower despacho...
recent tulip despacho-gift of prayer i offered for our mother earth...
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Heather Menzies
3/9/2018 01:16:50 pm

Thank you for sharing this, Weaver, and for your courage to open a space for people to express, utter (or, as Marshall McLuhan used to put it, 'outer') this heaviness. This resonnates with 2 conversations I had this week with people who were feeling weighed down with sadness and even despair about what's happening in our world. I have more to say, including on the hope side, but will do so another time.
Thanks again for the good work you do, and just being you: a soul friend to many

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weaver
3/9/2018 01:30:45 pm

thank you Heather, for taking the time to read + share... i look forward to hearing more of the hope for sure - i know we all do!... with brightest blessings... wx (((o)))

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R. A.., Vancouver
3/9/2018 01:36:21 pm

Eloquently expressed, thank you.

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JoJo from NY USA
3/9/2018 04:45:01 pm

Weaver, so beautiful are your words of wisdom for Mother Earth.
Sending many blessing to all as we place on foot in front of the other on this beautiful Earth!
With much light and love from your NY sisters :)

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weaver
3/9/2018 05:54:50 pm

hi ho dear Jo Jo... bright greetings to you as well and thank you... miss you all and do send my love to all esp the tall one who wears tourquoise...... xo (((o)))

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Kyla
3/10/2018 04:20:43 pm

Thank you Weaver! The world needs more healing vibes right now. You are a precious gift to Mother Earth and all her beautiful creatures with your healing sound offerings : )

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Rhiannon
3/10/2018 05:34:09 pm

I've noticed, too, that sounds of sadness, anger, etc. are the ones that come up first. Perhaps then the joyful soundings are freed and can be expressed.
I love the power of using sound in sacred space to release & move 'negative' feelings, and the power of the Mother to compost and transform.

Despair is so paralyzingly...it's good to be reminded that the medicine of sound is always available to us and is so tremendously healing.

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Trudy
3/11/2018 10:13:23 am

Thanks so much for sharing your wisdom & light❤️
Mother Earth is beautiful.

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Linda link
3/13/2018 10:55:35 am

Thank you for your eloquent words and sweet reverence for Mother Earth. We forget to let go, to let our heaviness down into the earth's natural rhythms of life, death, life. Earth knows how to compost the old and it feels so good to surrender.

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