02/25/08
The intent for tonight’s journey was to answer any question that I have.
As I enter, I find myself standing on my familiar path my staff slung over my back. The ground is very muddy as I walk the mud squishes between my toes. The trail is not more difficult to walk on or even slippery, just very muddy. Approaching the small clearing I feel the cool spray from the waterfall and realize the rains must have been very heavy. The air contains the scent of rebirth and renewal that always seems to follow a cleansing rainstorm. After pausing for a moment to take in the refreshingly beautiful aura. I think to myself how happy I am, how happy I am to be here this night. Walking over to my entry pool, I jump in, the water feels cool, welcome and somehow more inviting that I remember. Taking a breath I flip over swimming down, down, down. Tonight the crystals that line the walls of the pool fluoresce, twinkling and shimmering, as if they are greeting me, beckoning me on. Without much hesitation I continue headfirst through the narrow opening and on into the pool on the other side.
Surfacing, I lay back floating taking in the damp fragrance of the cave noticing how different it is from the waterfall. Swimming over to the side I pull myself out and slowly turn around, thinking the torches seem brighter tonight… Walking out of the cavern, I proceed over to Wascar. We exchange our customary greetings and I give him a large folded linen. Tonight Wascar says the things I will see are sacred to me and are about an element of my current path and what the near future holds. Wascar tells me that there are once again four chambers for me to visit; he says the first chamber contains the story of the answer to my questions current story. As soon as he finishes speaking a wooden plank door appears in front of us.
Reaching for the knob, I open the door and as I do millions of Monarch butterflies come flying out swirling around me circling and spiraling upward. When the cloud of butterflies dissipates enough, the scenery is breathtaking. It’s a wondrous gently rolling meadow, with wild flowers growing everywhere. In the far distance are some small hills that the wild flowers cover as well. Standing here I feel loved and in love. The colors are vibrant reds, yellows, oranges, purples, blues and many shades of green. The sky is so very clear and such a deep shade of blue. I feel that this is the place of a new beginning on that is very near to manifesting in my life. In the distance on my left side there is a grove of quaking aspen trees with a door standing among them. Thinking about this door my scene fades.
I am now standing in a very small, sparsely decorated one-room cabin this room is cold (everything is tinted shades of blue and gray), covered in thick layers of dust, and cobwebs are over all of the contents of the room. A lady in a dark color, hooded shawl appears with her back to me she pauses and then hesitantly leaves the cabin locking the door. As she paused I felt a sense of fear, and sadness almost as if she were leaving a child or her childhood in this place. She was definitely ready for the next phase of life, and this new beginning was in some ways scary too. This place had given her sanctuary and comfort but was no longer needed…
Immediately after the door lock clanked shut, I was standing in another room with a fire pit in the center. A fire was burning, the room warm, comfortable, peaceful and happy. I was standing there holding a leather bound book. The books title was embossed and using my peripheral vision I could tell that it read “Our Past Mistakes, Pain, Fear and Bad Choices.” Reaching forward I place the book in the fire. The flames immediately grow, crackling and popping, the book quickly burns as the glowing embers rise they turn into Monarch butterflies that swirl out of the top of the room.
When the flames die down and the last butterfly leaves, the scene changes back to a rolling meadow similar to the first with hills off into the distance, wild flowers everywhere and this time there’s a small two story yellow house just ahead of me. This place is full of joy, happiness and LOVE. Walking slowly through the flowers I approach the house, it has a porch wrapping around the front and right side. A large path takes off from the front porch heading into the hills where the path has many forks, twists and turns. It reminds me of a majestic oak tree, strong, resilient, patient, compassionate and giving.
Where ever and whom ever you may be my angel, I want you to know that this journey means so much to me, it contains part of your path as well as some of our shared path. I look forward to all the forks, twists and turns of life especially since I know that from now on our path is lined with wild flowers and butterflies….