Gratitude for My Teachers
Thursday 9/29/22
Again some housekeeping first: I know I said I would send this out weekly, but containing excitement is a challenge for me 😊
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And now the scoop from the interior—mind, heart and soul—of an Aussie living in Temple, NH. Are you waiting with bated breath? 😆
On Monday September 26th—which happened to be Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year—I Zoomed with a class offered by a beloved spiritual teacher, Rev. Dr. Stephanie Rutt. I have to say that Rev. Stephanie is no ordinary spiritual teacher, although my guess is that she would say she is. She’s not at all identified with ego, but is intimately connected with soul. The class she is offering right now is called 3 Feathers Trilogy of Love: Integrating Mantra Prayer, Ecstatic Dance, and Spirit Journeys.
After all of us in the Zoom-gathering together completed the three spiritual practices of dancing, singing, and shamanic journeying, when it was my turn to speak in our online circle, I shared what I had been feeling: like I was the goo that’s left in a cocoon after a caterpillar dissolves, before it emerges as a butterfly.
Feeling for a few weeks like I was the goo, wasn’t any fun. It was as though I was stuck in the “muck,” not able to see a way out. Like I just had to keep putting one foot in front of the other, trusting in No Muck, No Lotus—just to mix metaphors ☺
One friend said to me, “Well, that’s what courage is: when you don’t know what the outcome will be, but you just keep walking.” Yes. I’ve learned to cultivate courage, as I know I also need it for Surrender to the Divine Beloved, for Creativity, and Mystery. Perhaps this is all just part of this era of the Rising of the Divine Feminine.
It’s only recently that I began to feel like the butterfly learning to fly.
And now I feel like Life is conspiring to shower me with blessings. As though I’m being supported to let go of Fear—especially my fear of vulnerability. And to let go of resistance, and heaviness. And to move towards joy, love, lightness, and fun.
While in the midst of the journeying part of the spiritual practice in our online class, it was as though I stood in a garden of wildflowers with fairies dancing around me and I heard whispering in my ears, “Let go of fear, move towards fun.”
Like the spirits of the flowers knew exactly what I needed.
Opening up to the natural world, the energies and the mysteries of Mother Earth and all of the plants and animals, is no doubt something our ancestors knew how to do. Perhaps this is the era when human beings all over the world, especially women, are learning how to do this again. I also love the sense that by my participation, I am adding one small drop to the oceanic movement we need to save this planet. Who knows? But it certainly brings out the joy in my life. And I love the thought of ripple effects too.