FURTHER REFLECTION

FURTHER REFLECTION-

This is a follow-up of my most recent blog-post “Connection and Reflection”.  It is with hesitance that I write this, and with courage I will post it.  In the previous post I discussed my thoughts surrounding an incident outside my house around 8:00 on the evening of 1-11-2012.  Around 11:30 and throughout the night I was doing sound and energy healing for those involved in the incident, and also was inspired to do a meditation.  I actually thought I was working on something I might be able to record at sometime. As with many things we are often inspired to do things for reasons we are unaware, and I feel this was one of those occasions.

Now let’s fast forward to Monday, 1-16-2012.  I am perusing the news reports on my face book account and an article caught my attention about sounds being heard around the world.  For some reason there seemed to be a flurry of attention regarding this. .People were buzzing about the unexplained noises being heard around the world.  This was actually the first time this phenomenon was coming to my attention.  (I would also like to share that I feel some of the sounds have always been there, but now as the veils are thinning, people are becoming conscious of them.)

Now I’d like to take you back to 11-11-11.

Each year since 2008 I’ve done events for groups on 8-8-08, 9-9-09, 10-10-10 and I was attempting to put together a group to go to the Yucatan on 11-11-11 to open some of the ancient wisdom locked within the sacred site, which was now ready to be heard or available to us. I had been working with the sounds of the Mayan God/Goddess names since 1997 as I realized it was necessary to bring these particular phonics into the world’s consciousness, and now it was time to activate the rest of the information.  The trip did not transpire, but I realized I could do the work ethereally so a group of young people and I went to “The Top of the World” in San Carlos, CA, and did a ceremony on 11-11-11 at 11-11pm.  We toned the Mayan God/Goddess names, and then I did a meditation with sound. With the sound and meditation I sent energy out into the galaxies to open the gateways to the other dimensional realms to unleash the ancient wisdom waiting to be unlocked.   I am very aware I was not the only person working with the 11-11-11 vibration, and I also acknowledge that all that magic and attention by all the groups doing there ceremonies were also serving to supported the work we were doing.  I am also very aware that evening we made great strides in the opening of the galactic gateways, but again after that evening I didn’t put much thought to the work we had done.  To be honest I got caught up in the day to day process of living.  But hearing those sounds began to trigger my deeper awareness of the work we had been doing that night.

We are now again fast forwarding to 1-11-2012, the evening the event outside my window called me to action, inspired me to work on a meditation I thought I was working on to record.  So you can get a sense of it, I was doing the meditation with myself but it would take too much time to go into the details of the meditation but the long and the short of it was; I was opening centers in myself with colors and sound, and working specifically with the thymus.  The thymus, in my understanding is the gateway within us to “conscious” inter-dimensional travel and that gateway has been closed in most people from the time they reach the age of 2. For years I’ve been working with the thymus bowl, and was aware the work I was doing with the sound was to support the re-activation of the thymus and open the portals to individuals higher dimensions, but up until this evening I had only been scratching the surface, then again I have never done a meditation like this, nor was I ready for a meditation like this before now. When I activated the area of the thymus with the sound, my body began to vibrate at a speed I had never reached before.  I was amazed at the frequencies my voice was bringing through. It was more powerful than anything I had ever done to date, and my body’s reaction was not like anything I’d ever experienced, and to be honest I’m still processing the effects of the meditation.  In the meditation I was specifically opening the gateways to the other dimensions; opening the wisdom that they hold that I/we have not been ready for until now.  I can honestly say I was not aware nor did I fully comprehend the impact this meditation could have and did have until I was I was in the meditation.   I quickly realized that it would not be an appropriate meditation to do on a CD at this time, and I ended the meditation, with a tremendous amount of processing still to be done.

The day after I did the meditation I talked to my friend/roommate about it, and told her of the power of this meditation and sound work I’d done the night before.   She commented that although she had been sleeping she was conscious of something very powerful happening in her theta or alpha state and realized it must have been triggered by the sound from the meditation. We both decided to do the meditation again, only this time with her conscious participation to see if my initial experience and thoughts regarding this meditation were on course.

When we did the meditation it was powerful, yet I know that the sound did not have the intensity it had had the night before and I am not even sure I could duplicate that again, but after the meditation she agreed perhaps this was not the time for the masses to receive this work…even though the sounds had already been released to the ethers.. After the meditation she reported that during the meditation when we activated the thymus, a massive white “energy” light entered her chest area and connected to her crown, opening the crown more extensively than she had ever experienced before.   She has also told me the work is continuing to open gateways within herself in a way she has never experienced before, even through all the years she has been channeling which for her began as a child.  In the 30 years I’ve know her, she as always channeled information and was one of my early mentors.

Aside from telling some close friends about the meditation experience and processing it for myself, I didn’t give it much thought until the “strange sounds” from around the world was brought to my attention.

When I initially started reading these accounts and listening to the audio accounts of these sounds being heard around the world… I read them with interest, but still it did not connect. Some occurred before 11-11-2011, but many of them were heard after, and they seemed to have become more prevalent around 1-11-2012 and after.  After a day or two it dawned on me what was pulling at me.  The sounds, the sounds in some way were connected to the work I’d been doing, probably since I began, but more specifically since 11-11-11and beyond.

I finally paid attention to the coincidences that were being presented to me.

I have done a great deal of work with Gaia since I started toning and have consciously interacted with beings from other dimensions for some time.  After all it was the star beings that re-aligned  my DNA so that I would be able to bring through the frequencies that I presently tone.  It was the etheric beings who re-activated my ancient, inter galactic sounds in the “Kings” chamber of the great pyramid as people have seen in the picture that appears in my book, on my website and blog site; so when I made the calls to unlock the gateways to the wisdom ready to be opened and accessible to myself as well as the other beings here on the earth plane, why wouldn’t they respond and this is exactly what I feel they have done.  They listened and they are responding.

I feel these sounds have a power greater than we can imagine…more  profound than science can explain.  So please, keep your eyes, ears and heart open to all that is available for you to receive…and keep listening…

Here is the link:

http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2012/01/17/what-are-they-mysterious-unexplained-noises-now-being-reported-across-the-globe/

Connection & Reflection

Connection and Reflection

I decided I needed to write and share my feelings.  It is the only way I know to process this.  Last night outside our window, we heard a series of gunshots.  My roommate asked me if those were shots coming from the you-tube I was watching.   It was not the you-tube, it was series of gunshots…outside our window…

My immediate reaction was to call the police, but my roommate said perhaps we shouldn’t because maybe we were wrong about what we heard… and then within minutes there seemed to be a man yelling and a woman screaming.   We then thought perhaps there was a domestic situation unfolding or continuing, and at that time we both decided to call the police.  

Let me tell you if you are having an emergency and are using a cell phone pray no one’s dying or seriously hurt because you first go to the highway patrol dispatcher..and they ask you what seems to be 20 questions and then you need to know enough to ask them to connect you to the police department in your city…all the while time is ticking, the yelling escalating and they are asking you questions…and you just want to say okay, no urgency here, just someone maybe dying.

Finally after what seems an eternity, but is probably 2-3 minutes I’m speaking to the local police dispatcher…and she informs me there have been other calls regarding this and police and ambulance are on the way…and all the while people are screaming and yelling and it seems to be intensifying. 

The dispatcher proceeded to ask me questions, and I’m responding, yet I did not actually see anything, I’m just hearing it, and within another 2 minutes I hear the sirens and there is a bevy of activity outside out window, but still the screaming and the yelling go on. 

I must admit, my curiosity was raging…I was alarmed and I had adrenal pumping through me. 

We were 50 plus yards away, but it was so close.  It was difficult to see what was happening from the window, but I wasn’t going out there when I knew a gun had been fired. We watched as a crowd gathered, the fire department came, the ambulance came, the police were blocking the area off with yellow tape, the fire engine left, the ambulance left and the police were still wondering around and still we did not know what truly happened.   I finally heard a woman talking on a cell phone saying he was shot right outside his apartment building, and they were not able to get a response…

That was the first time the true impact of the events hit me.  Someone had been shot… really shot…this was real, not a movie, but real life..   Through my sense of hearing I had witnessed a crime, a shooting.  Someone could be dead…just like that…gone..

My friend and I discussed gun control and then she left to go to bed, and I was left to ponder the events of the last 2-3 hours on my own. 

I know an aspect of me felt numb, as if in shock, another part of me felt the connection I have to the person who was shot as well as the person who did the shooting…and I was tormented on how do I come to terms with this.  It haunted me, and sleep did not come willingly…

I decided to find out if the person died or not, so I search the internet and discovered it was a 16 year old boy and he’d been shot multiple times and was in critical condition.  There was no report of an arrest and the police had no motive, so I have no idea what the screaming and yelling was all about, but I also felt a huge sense of remorse for not calling the minute we heard the shots.  I wondered if I could have done more.  I was dumbstruck with wonder as to what would cause someone to hurt another in such a way…to shoot, maim or kill someone…what would be in the heart of someone that did that. 

I had to pull myself back to an understanding that there are reasons for things I cannot see or know.  Although in my ego-self I felt it was madness, I somehow knew I did not have all the answers, nor did I have all the information…I wanted to blame someone, but in some way I guess the blame sits within each of us.  I wanted to know how I could change things…and I realized I can only go about changing myself.

I ended up doing a sound healing for the wounded spirit of both the person shot and the person who did the shooting.  I spent the night working on a meditation I might be able to record that would support the spirit of others.  

Although I wasn’t wounded I understood my connection to the wounded one and the perpetrator, and I felt a moment of sorrow, and then reflection…

Blessings….and thank you for letting me share.

Mary Electra

What Is Real

For several months I have not had a television to watch, and I’ve been listening to the radio.  At night I listen and fall asleep to Coast to Coast and in the morning I wake up with Brian, and the station moves into the conservative or right-wing point of view.  In one way it offers various points of view,and in another way it is quite surreal.

Last night the Coast to Coast show was speaking about the banking institute and the Federal Reserve, the corporate facility that controls the money and the
corruption that lies within, and this morning I wake up to Brian and his point
of view regarding the anarchy of the Occupy movement which is making a
statement about corrupt corporations.

Truth be told, I tend to lean towards the view points of the conspiracy
consciousness.  I see the value of people finally waking up and making a statement.  I am not so fond of the violence that has been associated with the
movement, therefore I feel the statement the Occupy movement is making needs to be so clear and concise, that it would be difficult to misconstrue.  I am also jaded enough to believe the people disrupting the movement in a negative way may be the “big boys” attempting to discredit the movement.

However, having said that, I understand anyone can skew the facts to their point of view.  According to “Brian” The Occupy movement is anarchy, which essentially means absence of government. Yet from my perspective people seem to be basically attempting to exercise their constitutional rights.

In my observation whenever a group of individuals express a point of view unpopular to the “corporate” view it is expressed in a negative way and in this case it is being compared to anarchy, yet again from my observation, corporations, including the Federal Reserve, and the Great United States of America have been self focused, and operating with the absence of constitutional consideration for some time.  So perhaps this could be construed as the absence of government, if the constitution is the basis of our government.

Again, it is interesting to me that the facts can always be skewed to anyone’s point of view.

When I listen to Brian, I can almost feel the fear in his voice, some kind of energy
that this Occupy movement is growing, no matter how much he protests, no matter how hard he works at dissuading  the masses, the movement is growing, the masses are waking up, and he is losing his power to persuade.

It is as if Brian is an archetype of our media in general.

Are the 1 percent or 10 percent of the wealth losing their foothold on the populous?  Are people waking up?  If they are waking up, will they act in the
highest and best interest of the masses? Can we stay calm while riding within the wave of the frenzy?

Stay tuned…11-11-11 is here, and the gateways are open…consciousness is shifting…so hold on… this is an E-ticket ride…

Dear Me-God

Years ago I wrote a letter to myself and God…it was a committment letter, then it became a piece on my HomeComing to Spirit CD…Now its a you-tube.

I want to thank David Kobza for helping with the you-tube. He spent time and energy that he had little of since he has a life of his own.  I so appreciate your time and energy to help me with this.

Check it out:

Readers, there has been request for the words..so here they are:

Words received in loving grace 2-15-97 by Mary

Dear ME-God

I have often not honored you, my beloved
Spirit. I have often lived by other people’s choices, rules, and beliefs that
have not always been of my essential truth. As I write this letter I am
reminded that all things have been to serve me— even in a misguided fashion or
at least in my perception, a misguided fashion. I have not always loved myself,
or my potential. I have forsaken me for the sake of others. I have judged
others without seeing the reflection they offer me. I judge my feelings,
categorizing them into good or bad. I have fallen hopelessly into self-pity and
self-aggrandizement. I have forgotten, I AM SPIRIT. I forget I AM a pure
reflection of the God-essence. I am not always still, to feel my presence or my
spirit. I have judged others, and in that judgment I have judged myself. I have
forgotten to breathe and to know the life within me. I have tried to control
events through my limited pictures, when I am just as able to open my heart to
the knowing that all things are as they are meant to be and that my highest
purpose is always being served. I have turned desire into possession, and have
lost the understanding of detachment. I have cursed God- cursed myself for
having to endure the pain and injustice at the thought of being alone—as I
denied my oneness, my connectedness, my wholeness as I am. I have denied the
divine within me, and in doing that the divine in all others. I have allowed
myself to be guided with one eye, or one “i” without realizing I AM ONE WITH ALL. I have shortchanged myself by being defended and guarded and blocked by my limitations. I choose to awaken to my wholeness now and forever. To be present with myself. To be in my truth – experience my feelings- release any and all beliefs that no longer serve my higher purpose. Walk each and every moment with the knowing that I AM SPIRIT. I AM SPIRIT, PURE, CLEAR, BEAUTIFUL, STRONG…I AM SPIRIT…I AM FILLED WITH AND THE FULL EXPRESSION OF DIVINE LOVE. I promise to be gracious with myself, accepting of myself, compassionate with myself. I promise to always look to see what is being reflected to me, and I commit to reflect my higher self to others. I commit to draw to me the appropriate opportunities and relationships that will serve my higher self. I commit to walking my path in trust and surrender and with the absolute knowing that I am safe and connected at all times, and with “the knowing” nothing less than my higher self is being served each moment of every day.

Love ME

Opportunity of Love

Opportunity of Love.

Opportunity of Love

OPPORTUNITY OF LOVE

 Love, there are millions of words written about it, yet love cannot be found in words, love goes beyond the mind and centers in the heart.  Love listens, love hears, love honors and respects, love stirs the remnants of our wounding then stretches us to stand still to forgive and accept. Love asks and answers. Love understands and is willing to persevere.  Love calls us to be all that we can be, not
hidden, not afraid, not overbearing or always right.  Love takes us each to vast and amazing heights, and then allows us to nurture from our deepest place of light. 

 Written
by Mary Electra

September 24, 2011

In honor of her Great Nieces’ Wedding

OPEN YOUR MAGIC

I wrote this article several years ago, and came across it today.  After reading it, I realized it is as relevant today as it was 3 years ago.    I have also decided to change the neme of my last book to “OPEN YOUR MAGIC”….Time To Be Alive

OPEN YOUR MAGIC WITH SOUND

 Edgar Cayce once said “Life, God,in its essence is vibration.”

In my understanding, we are all aspects of God; therefore in essence, we are vibration. Is it a wonder then that sound is “the” natural healing modality? Sound is powerful, ageless and timeless. I feel there is definitely a yin and yang to sound, for sound can destroy as well as create. In my opinion it is also the ultimate equalizer, bringing balance to chaos, bringing us back to Life…

 Most of you are aware that the world is in transition.  It is
shifting from a three dimensional vibration to a forth if not fifth dimensional
vibration. As earth is shifting its vibration we are being called to shift our
vibration as well. This shifting, combined with other factors are creating
physical as well as emotional and spiritual “distress” for many beings on the
planet at this time. .

 You are also seeing more and more people being drawn to the power of sound and for this reason , I believe over the last 20 years sound and sound healing has made a strong resurgence to assist earth and the people on this planet with the changes that are occurring.

 I am one of the many who have been drawn to sound. Shortly after beginning my career in massage, I became acquainted with sound healing, and soon thereafter was activated in my ancient sound abilities. I quickly realized that sound was part of my vibrational essence and needed to be integrated into my bag of tools.  It was not long after my activation that I began doing tonal alchemy as a major part of my healing work.   

So what is tonal alchemy?

The dictionary definition of “ALCHEMY” is: 1. an early form
of chemistry, with philosophic and magical associations, studied in the
Middle Ages: its chief aims were to change base metals into gold and to discover elixir of perpetual youth 2. A power or process of changing one thing into another; esp., a seemingly miraculous power or process of
changing a thing into something better.

The dictionary definition of “ALCHEMIST” is a practitioner of alchemy.

As the definition implies, I use very “ancient” vibrations and frequencies, which are not from this dimension to change or alter energy from one form into another. This form of alchemy is unlimited in its potential. The only limitation I have encounter so far is in the limitations of the individuals receiving the treatment.

I can just hear you saying “what”? But more often than not we are the ones that stand in the way of our ultimate healing. Now I can hear you asking why?  The why is not so easy to explain or begin to understand, but suffice to say it has everything to do with intention.

All healing is predicated on intention. Therefore it is imperative for any individual seeking assistance with their physical, emotional or spiritual issues, that their intention be pure. Once a person’s intention is set, and they have
belief in the modality they have chosen to assist them, miracles happen.

I have been blessed with this incredible gift of “ancient sound” which I utilize to shift people’s energies to assist them with their intentions as well as to create miracles. As I stated before in my opinion sound is the ultimate healer.

If there were just are two things I could share with you to assist you during these changing times It would be to encourage you to explore sound and vibrational healing as well as your own individual vibrational essence.  

The time is here for us to be fully conscious of who and what  we
are.  The more we realize that we are energy, and energy is God, and we are not only connected to the God Source, but we are actually an aspect of the God Source., we can use sound to become more centered, for sound is vibration, and the more centered we are the less havoc the energy shifts that are occurring will have on us physically, emotionally and spiritually.

So again I encourage you to explore sound. It is a wonderful way to bring you back to your center, back into balance and ultimately back to your center of knowing. 

It is time to remember.  Life, God, in its essence is vibration.

Written by Mary Electra,
Tonal Alchemist  7-08

Announcing the 11-11-11 Yucatan Activation Sacred Journey

11-11-11 Yucatan Activation Trip

November 8 thru 13, 2011

For years I’ve been toning the Mayan God/Goddess names with groups because of my understanding of their power.  Their phonetics creates a frequency relevant as well as pertinent to our shifting times.  The 11-11-11 date numerologically sets up a gateway frequency that is very conducive to opening and shifting energy patterns, which is why I chose this time to do the trip.  Since 1998 I have felt a strong pull to take a group of people to the sacred sites of the Yucatan which I lovingly refer to as Maya-land to tone the Mayan Gods/Goddess names.  Even though I’ve been toning these names with groups since 1998 I deeply know when we tone them at the sacred sites an important activation will occur which is as I mentioned earlier pertinent for the shifting times, but I’ve been running out of time attempting to find a guide.  For months I’ve been sending emails looking for a guide that could assist me in putting together a trip, but to no avail.  When I wasn’t getting a response I began to wonder if my understanding was correct, and if this trip would truly be in the highest and best interest of all.   That did not resonate either and I must admit I was at a standstill as to what to do.  A dear friend was convinced that I should do everything in my power to make this trip happen and suggested I search the internet to see if I could somehow pull something together without a guide so I decided to do just that.  I began searching the internet to see if I could put together a simple trip to visit several sites where we can tone and do the activations during the 11-11-11 time period.  Within two days I was able to do that and put together this trip and am now trusting that spirit will support me in finding the people who are called to participate.  So we now have the vehicle and the rest is up to spirit.  For the trip to move forward I must have a minimum of 6 people attending .

 

 Please contact me at alchemyinaction@yahoo.com to make reservation…. and information about the itineary  

GRATITUDE

GRATITUDE

A simple enough word…

Webster’s definition:

 Definition of GRATITUDE: the state of being grateful : thankfulness

Even the definition is simple…yet what power exists in this simple word…

Imagine awakening every day with an offer of gratitude for the blessings to come…offering gratitude for the gifts we have to share…

Imagine drifting into slumber each night with an offer of gratitude for the blessings received that day…offering gratitude for the opportunity to share the gifts we have with others….

Imagine…just imagine 10 people doing this every day, now imagine 100, then 1000…10,000…100,000…1,000,000…and more…

Imagine the world when a simple thing like gratitude is acknowledged every day.

Challenges beset us all, and it is easy to forget, so I am here to remind myself, and in reminding myself, reminding you…to make each day “Thanks Giving”

Blessings,

Mary Electra

A JOURNEY SHARED

Hello everyone, it’s been a long time since I’ve written on my blog.   I was busy getting ready for the Mt Shasta Sacred Solstice Journey which is now completed.  I thought I’d share with  you a recap of the trip. 

Mt Shasta 2011 Summer Solstice Sacred Journey

First thing I would like to share is that due to the late winter, several of the sites I’d planned to go to were not open, so the trip started with me being challenged with the opportunity to go with the flow.  So with this information in mind we shall continue…

The journey began with a group meditation in my Suite at the Hi-Lo Motel in Weed.  We had an unobstructed view of the mountain through the window.  During the meditation, Mt Shasta pulled on me to bring it into the room, and from that moment we were absorbing the energy of the mountain, and it was absorbing us.  Our first site was Hedgecreek Falls where we did a ceremony. For me, the highlight of Hedgecreek Falls did not come from the ceremony, but from the two beautiful spirits who shared our ceremony with us and honored me with performing their wedding ceremony.   They were so representative of what was ahead of us.  We were plunging into something familiar to us conceptually, but new to us individually and as a group.  From Hedgecreek we went to a park at the Railroad Inn where we had an amazing view of the Crags.  We lunched there, and ended with a ceremony.  Our next ceremony was at the Botanical Gardens by the river.  Our group was still in a space of hesitation, which I take responsibility for.  I feel my nervousness about the shifts I needed to make were “setting the tone” for the group, and that needed to shift.   The group started to come together while preparing our pot luck dinner and by the time we were making the fire at Castle Lake the group was becoming cohesive.  Castle Lake was frozen over, so it was energetically very different than when we did the 10-10-10 trip, still magical but different.   After our drumming circle we were sky watching and had a visitation from my star being friends.    Almost everyone in the group were able to experience the star beings. 

The next day was a bit challenging for me.  Pluto Caves is a very special site for me, but by the very definition of its name it’s a site that can take you into the underworld and holds the opportunity for core level transformation.  Pluto Caves turned out to be an amazing experience; filled with depth and revelation.  As a group we built a Medicine Wheel above one of the caves, and were connected with one of our totem animals in the meditation.  After the meditation and sharing we went down into the caves where we were visited by the violet flame and St Germaine.  It was the perfect place for the violet flame to show itself to us.  People were taking pictures of the violet fame and I certainly hope those pictures come out.  After the caves we went to the War Memorial and walked the labyrinth and visited the sculpture garden.  This was a very evocative experience.  Those sculptures are incredible.  That evening we did our workshop with Susan Isabelle and the Crystal Skulls where each of us received an activation from the skulls.  Working with the skulls is very much like sound healing.  It is extremely subtle but has the opportunity of being life changing. 

Our next journey was to Burney Falls.  What can I say about Burney Falls that could even do it justice?   Burney Falls was our wild card day.  In the original itinerary this day had been reserved for Medicine Lake, but the roads were closed, so the group decided on Burney Falls, and it was the perfect choice.  What an experience, one that can barely be recounted if even believed.   When we first arrived the only collective thing we did was when we were all gathered at the Falls Lookout, and I toned to the falls.   After that everyone was free to explore the wonder of Burney Falls for themselves.  I ended up with two members from the group, and what a blessing that was.   At one point we were toning to the falls, and magically found the resonant frequency we were creating was moving the wall of the rock behind the falls.   That was cool, but the most amazing thing was we all saw it at the same time, and had the courage to acknowledge it.  The rock appeared to be moving and at some point began to open up.  Our process was interrupted at that point but not before we saw the rock opening.   We also saw columns of violet light behind the falls.  It was so incredible.  We continued our walk on the Fall Loop trail,  and when we came to the arched bridge over the river, the energy of the water was calling us to tone there, so of course we obliged the river.  At that point we saw a log, a straight log sitting atop a rock.  I suggested that we attempt to move the log with our sound.  The minute I said that I believe we all heard the log protesting that it did not want to leave its place on the rock, as that was its home for now, so instead of falling off the rock the log shape shifted into and otter.  The end clearly formed a head with an eye and a mouth that seemed to look up at us.  The log began to curve in the middle, almost hugging the rock, while the other end of the log formed a tail that bent down into the water and eventually curved against the rock with the flow of the river.  We all witnessed this, and hopefully it was recorded on the camera.  I would like to extend my gratitude to the river the log and the rock for playing with us, and I’d like to thank my companions for being such wonderful playmates.  I cannot tell you what delight and joy pulsed through me at Burney Falls.  I only hope everyone on the trip experienced great joy from the time we spent there, as we didn’t really have time to share the events of the day collectively, as that evening we were doing the sweat lodge and time seem to run out. 

The sweat lodge was phenomenal.  I knew in my heart the sweat lodge would be an important part of this journey, yet I had great hesitation about it.  I have not done a sweat for 11 years, and I was in much better health then and it was still challenging for me, yet I knew for this solstice journey it would be an important component.  The sweat lodge stretched me in ways I cannot even begin to explain, and completing that aspect of the journey was exhilarating for me as well as the group.  I applaud them all.

Black Butte was basically our closing ceremony as several people had to leave on their journeys home.  For me Black Butte is the anchor for the Pacific Ring of Fire and I love the ceremony we do there.  It feels very cementing.  For me it was a wonderful opening as well as our closure.  It was one of the only times I get to fully connect with everyone.  When we did the drumming on, I almost lifted off the ground.   Levitating is one of my personal dreams and one of these days I’ll drop all my fear and just levitate.  It’s coming closer. It would be wonderful if it could happen on one of the group journeys.   I’ll keep you posted.  The experiences at this site are so rich yet ever so subtle that I find it difficult to find the words to describe it.  For me it is one of those “in the moment” experiences.  What I can share is how wonderful it was to connect with each member through our ceremony in a deep and special way, and I will hold that moment in my heart for a long time.  

We went from Black Butte to as far up the mountain as we could.  Being on the mountain was almost anti-climactic.   We had been absorbing the mountain from the moment we did our first meditation so it had been living in us the whole time. There were only 6 of us from the group still left.   One of the participants built a wonderful circle filled with light we sat in a circle exposed and open with a view of the top of Mt Shasta and the Crags. Here we toned and shared.   It was clear it was time for our journey to come to a physical end, and even clearer that the journey would continue to percolate within each of us for weeks to come.