Happy Summer Solstice!!!

On June 19th I was honored to participate
in a Virtual Teleconference Call with the
13 Indigenous Grandmothers.  It was very
powerful and profound.  Over 17,000
people from 86 different countries participated.

Two of The Grandmothers were able to be
with us during the call, but many were called
into ceremony in different parts of the world,
as well as to Sundance, or support those in
Sundance, as it is the time of The Solstice
and the energies are currently very strong,
and they are doing Ceremony and Ritual now.

Grandmother Rita and Grandmother Flordemayo,
shared from their heartsongs what we all
should be giving our attention to right now as
we face what is happening in our world, mostly
with the Gulf Oil Spill (which I contend is a
rape of 'Men' against Mother Earth).

The Grandmothers shared that the Wise Elder
Feminine is now in Power and is taking back
Her rightful place.

I will just share the notes I took during the call
with you...

We are all to Be Guardians of The Land now.
No one is excluded from this.  We must help
all living things and hold them all in our hearts
and in our prayers.  We are to pray for everyone
on Earth, and pray that all things will turn out
better than what it is right now.  We are now
to come together at a community level to
reduce our usage of water, to begin using rain
barrels to collect the rain water and use it for
watering our gardens, etc., and I take that to
mean flushing our toilets and many other ways
in which we can conserve.  (I remember the
use of rain barrels, our Grandparents always
used them.)

We are to involve ourselves in Water Projects
which clean up our rivers, lakes, streams, etc..

Whatever it takes to clean up our Mother Earth
we are to involve ourselves in, in a big way!
Each person must take part!  That includes
teaching our children about the effects of
Man-made pollution and how it will affect the
coming generations if we don't do something
now as we are living in the Eleventh Hour.

About Children:  Grandmother Rita shared
that children are out of control...we are to
start now by really 'listening' to them, their
concerns, their needs.  We are to speak to
them gently and easily and to teach them
that each new day is a beginning and to
forget yesterday.  Grandmothers all over the
world are to begin actively taking part in
teaching their Grandchildren, and supporting
them in their endeavors to help Mother Earth.

Grandmother Flordemayo shared that Today
is being represented by the Jungle Tiger and
her spots are the Universe...Today is Feminine!

She shared also that we are to work in tandem
with the Star Nations as They are working with
Us.

We are to recognize that capping the oil spill
is the test that shows us we are not to mess
with what we don't know about!!!!  In other
words, leave Mother Earth alone!  She has
suffered enough at the hands of 'men.')

I say to you, that Women did not take part in
this rape of Mother Earth...We have the internal
knowing as We too are The Womb, and that
now is the time to step forward and let your
voices be heard and your actions be shown in
whatever ways are available to you, as We must
all do our part to establish The Rise of The
Feminine.  I say this as A Grandmother.

The Grandmothers also shared that we are now
to be praying three times daily...In the morning
before the Sun comes up...at Mid-Day...and
before we go into the Dreamlodge each night.

We are to keep the Fires lit through the use of
candles, or whatever means available to you,
as it will be through Fire that We will connect,
and to Pray! Pray! Pray!

We are to have no Expectations or Outcomes!

We are to Allow Creations Seed to show us the
way we are to go and trust the way will be shown
to us.

We joined in Prayer with Grandmother Rita and
Grandmother Flordemayo and I wept...it was so
utterly beautiful and poignant.  Grandmother
Rita prayed in her Mother Tongue and I wept
through the whole prayer and then I wept when
Grandmother Flordemayo prayed as she touched
me with her words.

They then asked if their were other Grandmothers
on the call if they would like to say prayers and
blessings and many participated.  All were so
heartfelt and powerful...when it was finished
Grandmother Flordemayo shared that she saw
an Emerald Green Light covering us all and as
she was uttering her words I saw a huge
umbrella over all of us in all the colors of the
Rainbow and then others began to share what
they saw too.  It was moving beyond words.
I did much weeping in Joy!

We were then told it was the end of the call but
were given the chance to break off into pods of
eight...my pod had three and both women were
very loving, compassionate and kind.  We did
exchange email addresses and will now keep in
contact with each other.

After I hung up the phone, my body was
vibrating at a very high level and I could not
even begin to think about going to sleep so I
just began to Pray and soon I drifted off into
Dreamtime.

I hope you take these words I have shared
this morning into your heart...I know I have.
It was the best two hours I have spent in a
long, long time and I am so happy I decided
to take part, as a Woman, and a Grandmother!

If you feel so led, you may also support The
Grandmothers financially as they travel all
over the world to share their message.

Their Mission Statement is:

WE, THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF THIRTEEN INDIGENOUS GRANDMOTHERS, represent a global alliance of prayer, education and healing for our Mother Earth, all Her inhabitants, all the children, and for the next seven generations to come. We are deeply concerned with the unprecedented destruction of our Mother Earth and the destruction of indigenous ways of life. We believe the teachings of our ancestors will light our way through an uncertain future. We look to further our vision through the realization of projects that protect our diverse cultures: lands, medicines, language and ceremonial ways of prayer and through projects that educate and nurture our children.

Their website is here:  Just click on the link...as well they will be sharing the call in the very near future for those who were not able to take part.


http://www.grandmotherscouncil.com/

I pray you all a Most Beautiful and Meaningful Summer Solstice!
Spark Your Divine Passion and Inspiration!

A'Ho!

Breathing The Dream Awake...Waking From Sorrow

Days have gone by now...days that
have blurred and run all together
as one...awake yet dreaming, and
in that dream this is what I saw...

I was laying in the midst of a circle
of women...they had arrived one by
one.  Each bringing her unique and
special 'healing' gift.  Some were
tending my body, and as they did so
they wrapped me in an old quilt,
a quilt made of love by old hands,
hands that were ancient, wrinkly,
liver spotted and gnarled, but so
soft that I knew the Star Quilt of
The Grandmother would feel like
the softness of Her gossamer wings,
the velvety flannel of a cattail,
and would be structured with thread
so strong, that it would infuse my
body with the silk of her web...the
web and circle of the women who
now were deep into the healing
of my deeper self.  I slept.

I slept for three weeks...and during
the dreaming I could 'see' as if from
above my body...and looking down,
there they all were still...and I was
amazed.  These women were such
astounding individuals that were
giving of their hearts and time...and
I could feel the love spinning and
whirling within the lodge...bouncing
off the chamois skin walls like stars,
as that is what the energy was...pure
energy stars...lighting up the lodge
with crystalline brilliance.  There was
no need of light.  Each woman's aura
strong and full of God/dess Light.

The fire had been lit with the hot ash
from another Needfire...and one woman,
The Firekeeper, Dancingfire, had lovingly
tended it and kept it going throughout
the healing...breathing her healing aspects
into the hot coals to be transformed into
my body...the fire was to be used for
the steeping of herbs, sage, and the
sacred teas that were gently lifted to
my parched lips by Ruby Moon, The Wise
Woman and Keeper of the Sacred Herbs
and the notions and potions of all time.

The waters were then set upon the fire
to keep my body bathed, and again, one woman
alone tended to me.  I watched Sharon Rain
sprinkle me with the Holy Water that had been
infused with sacred oils...Patchouli, Sandalwood,
Frankincense and Myrrh...the dwelling and
my body was filled with earthly and heavenly
scents...and all the while she sang...the others
called her Gimiwan and she brought the
healing rains forth to parched lands and
bodies when needed.  She also read the stars
and planets and knew this was my great time
of healing.

One by one the other Sisters kept arriving...

Terri who carried the bone sighs within her
medicine pouch and one by one she would
pull them out to reveal them and shed light
upon any and all within her energy.  The
bone sighs who spoke for all women
everywhere.

Mary who was like the Mother of Jesus...
loved with a love that was so sweet and
miraculous one could feel that love pour
forth in miraculous ways...ways that the
skin and psyche were quick to take in.
We all took it within.  She not only was
the Beatitudes she lived the Beatitudes.

There was the Wise Woman Pam who
was the village wordsmith, who spoke
to the plants, animals and stone, and
recognized the kindred spirits of each
one, so that even those elements had
given in the healing...she would place
stones strategically around me, the
stones the Stone People had shown her
that would bring relief to my body.  Pam
was also the village drumkeeper and aligned
all of our heartbeats with that of The
Grandmother...The Moon, Unci.

Quietly the flap opened and in walked
Forest Ama...The Skywalker...she had
healing clouds and stars in bundles,
and when she opened them, they spun
out into the lodge touching each woman
delicately, bringing smiles to all the
faces within the lodge...all were hushed
now as she went to the head of my body,
sat down on the buffalo pelt where my
body layed in deep sleep and gently
placed my head in her lap...closing her
eyes she began her special means of
healing...and my body began to move
ever so slightly, so slight that only a
trained eye could see it, but it was moving
and the wise one kept her knowings to her
self but kept busy to the end...always
stroking, whispering in my ear and little
by little my body would move a hair's
breath more, the tears started to dry that
had been flowing non-stop...even during
the deep sleep.

There was also Sorrow Woman...who
knew my sorrow, had experienced her
own, many ways and many times and
she sat quietly off to the side of the
fire and prayed...lifting her healing
prayers up ...

There were many more there...some of
them inside and some of them out...
all with specific healing modalities of
their own but my heart swelled in love
for the miracle and beauty of their
compassion in my time of need.

All at once, the Drum grew louder, the
Fire sparked and sputtered, the women
began to murmer softly, and I was thrown
back into my body with a start!  My
eyelids began to flutter and all could see
I was coming around now...

All were waiting with breath held close to
heart...and Wise Old Ama gently sat me up
against her breast, Gimiwan wiped my brow
and face with a worn and soft cotton cloth,
Ruby Moon held the sacred sage tea to my
lips to drink and drink I did..as if I had
been parched for a million years.  Wise
woman Dancingfire started a sage smudge
which we all began to use to purify the lodge
and our bodies and threw the rest on the
Needfire and then she began to call in The
Ancient Ones to surround us in Holy Love
and Pure Light...and Mary the Beloved...led
us all in a Healing Chant.

It was then that Sister Sorrow got up from
her quiet place...walked over to me and
reached down her hand and pulled me to
my feet...speaking softly to me, and telling
me it was time now...time to leave the
sorrow behind, to dry up the tears, to let
Love reside within my bones, and because
I knew she knew, I let her lead me outside
of the lodge, where the nightsky shone
with a million stars from all dimensions
everywhere...

I slowly became aware of what had just
taken place...and as I turned to each
Sister and Wise Woman there, I knew I
had just experienced something pivotal
in my 'be'ing, and while I felt totally empty,
I also felt the emptiness was there for a
very specific purpose and would be revealed
to me over time.  I had just been awakened.
Awakened...and the Sorrow had vanished.
It was then I heard Camille The Joykeeper
start to sing...and one by one the women
joined her and for the first time in a long,
very long time I believed the words...

The Words Were....

I Stand in the Presence of Greatness...

Each morning I fully come here ready and intending to post something that comes from my heart.  Then I get to reading my Dashboard entries by the blogs that I follow and by the time I am finished reading all of them I sit here with all of that beauty, with all of those heartsongs sharing so intensely the colorful blanket they wear, that I just have to sit in all of that wondrous energy and absorb it.

Each Woman/Sister/Friend bringing to the campfire her own delicate weaving of the song in her heart.  All of us taking up the Talking Stick and patiently, reverently listening until it is our time to speak, or not if we so choose.  It is then I realize...I stand in the Presence of Greatness.  I realize too, that on down through the ages as the women have gathered in their rites and sacred ceremonies, their gatherings of creating, that we all have sat in the Great Circle of Stone with the Original Mother gently leading us into the fullness we now are.  She has given each of us distinct and wise gifts to share with one another.  Herself has Blessed us since the time of our creation story and we honor Her by our respect and honoring of one another.  By allowing each elegent weave around the campfire to 'be.'

So today...I stand in The Presence of Greatness...and will continue coming to this sacred place of reading what lays on each heart...for in that heartsong we all learn life, giving, compassion, firmness, sharing and Love.

Thank You Ancient Mother for All Women everywhere whose wisdom belongs to you, was begat by you, was instilled by you, and is shared through your heartsong.

Blessed Is The Flame...

The Great Stone Circle...

The Wise Women...

Blessed Art Thou!...

I Stand In The Presence of Greatness