Connecting with Spirit and the Fear Self

Spirit works with the imagination, not against it. Our imagination is actually a direct sense of potential, which is the realm of spirit.

We waste a lot of time when we worry if we are “merely imagining” spirit messages. When we actually get in the way of spirit, it is usually our fear self who perpetuates or manifests something false. Learning to recognize our fear self is a crucial aspect of getting closer to spirit.

You can ask to meet your fear self directly to help understand it and also heal it. Offer the fear self love and comfort. Getting to know the fear self is ultimately one of the most powerful tools in your spiritual growth, so spend time with it!

 

Raccoon Pelt Pouch and Shamanic Rattle

See it on my Etsy!

Deer Split Dress by Willow

My wife made me a special dress for Algonquin, all in deer and moose split!

Mini Altar Treasure Set

This mini set of altar treasures features a deerskin pouch decorated with charms, an antler wand or talisman with rutilated quartz and a tiny green bottle with opal pieces, a little bottle with handmade loose incense (for burning on charcoal) that has woody and resin scents, and a little glass scrying amulet.

See it on my Etsy Shop!

Earthy Witch, Shamanic Altar Treasure Set

Wilderness treasures like antlers and claws look amazing on any altar. This set, available on my Etsy, includes:

a deerskin pouch with an antler piece topped with moonstone, and an antler “cap”,

a coyote claw,

a fox tooth,

a porcupine claw,

a peasant feather smudging fan, with antler handle,

an antler and quartz point wand, with a mini green glass bottle filled with preserved tiny yellow flowers, and arrowhead charm,

a 30ml bottle of my handmade anointing oil, with an intense, spicy-sweet autumnal scent,

a bottle of my handmade loose incense, full of woody and resin fragrances,

and a little bottle of white sage.

Rustic Shaman’s Necklace

Made with  bone, a deer antler “cap” and moose hide.

See it on my Etsy!

Awaken Your Senses, Change Your Perceptions

We are each responsible for creating our own reality through what we think  about and how we perceive experiences.

But this goes beyond mere positive thinking. If you exercise your imagination, you really, literally, do have the power to change your reality.

I have a way of imagining things to the point where what I’m imagining feels real — I can imagine myself feeling joyful, and actually ecstatically change my mood with minimal effort. I imagine the feeling, and then suddenly I’m experiencing the feeling as if I wasn’t producing it all on my own.

Start with a few exercises.

1. Eat something small and simple, like your favourite fruit. Enhance the taste mentally until it is the most delicious thing ever. Can you taste the difference?
2. Imagine eating something sour. Can you feel it like it’s really in your mouth, causing saliva to gather and other sensations?
3. Try to feel an imaginary touch on your skin. Can you give yourself shivers or goosebumps?
4. Imagine music, your favourite song, and try to bring the volume up and down in your mind.
5. If you have pain, try focusing on it analytically. Ask yourself, what does pain really feel like? Why does pain hurt? What is pain, anyway? When I do this, the pain temporarily disappears and I feel only a little pressure.
6. Finally, imagine joy and excitement. Use a memory if that helps. Can you feel it? Do you feel better, more joyful, than you did before you imagined it?

You really do have the power to create your own experience of the now. If you learn to use it, you can be utterly transformed and freed from old limitations.

Sacred Crafts

As we’re planning a very special trip to Algonquin in October (shoutout to Lisa and Kate, who helped make this possible! <3) I’m putting together some spiritual things to bring. Yesterday I made myself a new deerskin purse with a black coyote face pelt.

I have my own handmade loose incense, my special autumnal anointing oil, my rattle, my blessing bottle with herbs, and my sacred shamanic “bible” of my own making with my Noodler’s Ahab pen (a calligraphy-like flex fountain pen which is just dreamy).

 

Co-Creation

Once the infinite fell

at the speed of time, colliding

with the immoveableness of place,

and shattered

into every instance

in existence.

Our Intimate Co-Creator Relationship

You are an instance of consciousness, like all things in manifestation: the trees, the animals, the rivers, and even the clouds are all instances of consciousness. And as an instance, you are in an intimate partnership you may not even be aware of — a co-creator relationship with the infinite.

The infinite consciousness is the realm of potential and possibility; it is a world we access directly through our imagination. Imagination is our most sacred sense, being our closest link to the mind of Great Spirit, Source, or God. Physical reality is not the only reality — it is simply the reality of instances. Spirit and imagination, the infinite, are just as real.

The instance and the infinite together dream all experience into manifestation. When you imagine or dream something, you create the possibility for its very existence, meanwhile the infinite consciousness works to manifest possibilities into physical reality. You manifest infinite reality and the infinite manifests the reality of instances.

One amazing thing is that this is a perfectly equal relationship. You, an instance, are just as powerful as the infinite, albeit in a different way. It’s a powerful incentive to get to know Spirit or Source or God better, because together you create the reality you experience.

Everything you dream and imagine becomes a possibility, so choose wisely what you imagine and dwell upon in your mind. Likewise, it’s important to experience what does happen in as positive a way as possible, because how you choose to experience something is also a factor in building your reality.

Breathe with the infinite, dream with the infinite, and create with the infinite. Take up your place in this complimentary duality and realize that next to the infinite, you are just as important and powerful.