Yesterday, Jeffrey Davis of Tracking Wonder, called me an "author". It was the first time - ever - that this title graced my ears AND referred to ME, mind you, on the very same day that I was accepted into the She Writes community.
I'd been so busy in recent weeks in getting my upcoming book, Amazon Wisdom Keeper, on the the launchpad of pubslush, a crowdfunder for authors and publishers, that I hadn't given myself a moment to take it all in.
I admired the beautiful super moon that was out last night, noticing a soft glow of red over its surface even though the blood moon is technically not scheduled to appear until next month.
I finally exhaled. Wow. Me . . . an author! It felt incredible. (to see how far I've come in recent weeks, visit www.amazonwisdomkeeper.pubslush.com)
My mind drifted to a blog post that I'd written just a few months ago when the first blood moon of this year lit up our skies, and while basking in gratitude underneath last night's super moon, my heart swelled to a size almost as big.
April 13, 2014
As soon as I surrendered and asked my inner drummer, Rainbow Crystal Woman, to expand my online presence from the inside out as Jeffrey advises, she dove in head first before the program was even over and not once looked back. I now see that we are unfolding the same story that I have lived and chipped at my entire life. It innately knows my path to the sun no matter where I plant it.
How reassuring. After emerging out of my own shadow, there was only one direction left to grow. Towards the light!
No such luck.
A week later, I was guided to Brooke Medicine Eagle's book, White Buffalo Calf Woman Comes Singing: the Spirit Song of a Rainbow Medicine Woman, which revealed that the Rainbow Crystal Woman spirit guide who visited her (and me) is the modern incarnation of White Buffalo Calf Woman, the most revered messiah of the Lakota.
My connection to Rainbow Crystal Woman was very powerful and clear from the start, but I struggled with fully accepting her as my inner drummer for years even though Brooke Medicine Eagle and other indigenous elders seemed to have no qualms whatsoever about our powerful connection. But I wanted to know - Why a Lakota spirit guide when I have my own rich Taoist Hakka Chinese, Creole (West African and Surinamese indigenous) and Dutch (Portuguese Jewish) roots and Catholic schooling to pick from?
To ground their energy and power, I needed to merge them into thirteen massive Stonehenge size stones on top of a large medicine wheel with Rainbow Crystal Woman and her counterpart, the All-Encompassing Buddha, Amithaba, sitting next to me in the center or I'd feel like a hot air balloon unable to settle into my body and unable to sleep and function in a grounded manner.
Why thirteen? Thirteen is the number of complete moon cycles in a year. Aligning to this thirteen moon year with its 7-day weeks and 4-week months allows us to dance to a cosmic rhythm in sacred circles and with sacred numbers that are attuned to our soul's highest potential and energetic blueprint.
In the last months, a growing upward pressure in my head caused unbearable nauseating migraines and ice cold extremities at the height of my full moon when I, you, my female readers, and many other women, are most open to guidance. I tried opening my crown to release the pressure, and practiced all the grounding exercises that I had learned in yoga, tai chi, and meditation classes, but could not bring the energy down to my feet.
During yesterday's monthly migraine attack, I was finally able to shift the energy in my throbbing head to my feet and powerfully absorb the swirling energy in my core, giving me instant relief.
In my visions, Rainbow Crystal Woman had lifted the entire medicine wheel with all my guides and stones off the Orkney Isles in Scotland and planted it on top of the crystal caves which are according to indigenous legend, in a medicine wheel formation underneath the Manataka Sacred Mountain and Valley of Peace in Arizona where many tribal councils gathered to honor Rainbow Woman who resides there. The beautiful Valley of Manataka and invigorating well-spring vapors inspired even enemies to put down their weapons, nourish their spirits, and respect the true rainbow essence in one another.
Is there a special place on earth that appeals to you? Have celestial beings and cosmic forces influenced your emotions, thoughts, physical or spiritual well-being? What are some ways in which your body speaks to you?
Loraine Van Tuyl, PhD, is a holistic psychologist
and shamanic healer at www.theSacredHealingWell.com
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Her dream is to publish Amazon Wisdom Keeper through She Writes Press
with the help of $ raised on www.AmazonWisdomKeeper.pubslush.com
Thanks for your interest and support!