Thursday, August 16, 2012

Sacred Nature Walks as a Daily Spiritual Practice

1st I want to say-if you would like to see images of my nature walks-I post them almost daily on my Facebook Page-SandraBear Davis in Chimney Rock NC- feel free to friend me there! The images I posted today on FB are very specific to what I write about in this blog today...

From my friends I do a daily free mini reading on my Internet Radio show- New Earth Prophet
www.blogtalkradio.com/newearthprophet
If you want a reading just private message me on Facebook with your question and the name you want me to use on-air-be it intitials or a name you and I will know is YOU...

 Divine Love Lights-Chldren of Great Spirit and Mother Earth!

May I take a walk with you-let us stroll down an ancient path of knowing- to aid to you remember you own true and divine nature... Blessed Child-Beloved One!

I take daily Sacred Times of Walking in Nature.

I believe in taking these walks alone with my dog.

Once my Druidic College of Avalon Arising is fully formed and functioning down in Chimney Rock NC these will be as a group teaching tool-but done mainly in silence. I will also need times alone to maintain MY own connection!

Often times as teachers we forget our own needs to connect to Nature personally...and over time that can get us out of balance! Always remember-it is in silence we hear the whispers of Spirit!

I wear sturdy hiking boots because part of the path I walk is steep-this makes me breathe hard and works my legs out well- I have to be careful to keep my balance -I have to watch the trail and be aware of my surroundings .. ah- a life lesson..
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 Having a strong oak staff helps me maintain my
balance,offers protection and aids me in energy gathering- a true multitasking magickal partner!!

I go along spaces that are flat and straight and easy-where sunlight shines through dabbled shade...to me this represents those easy times in life...I enjoy those places and take my time to sit on a stone and have a cold drink of water and a few almonds. I am called by nature to begin to carry sacred tobacco and corn meal to leave as a thank-you to nature for these blessed and easy flowing times! I learn to BE where I am... in the moment.. ah another lesson!

I come to an area I love that is a horseshoe shaped cove of rocks 20 feet high all around-at the far back is a waterfall that runs only when it has rained.. above this is a campground- sadly trash from inconsiderate humans is about-broken bottles, chip bags, plastic water bottles -I feel a flash of anger at the people who would do this.. immeditaely I hear a voice in my mind-"do not be angry at the unanware innocents-for they know not what they do." ..I get a reminder form the Spirits of Nature to stay in a state of peace...I ALSO get asked by them to please bring a bag on my walks and start cleaning the space.I agree...immeditately my eye is drawn to a lovely fungal growth fallen from a huge old tree- I pick it up- and it is BEAUTIFUL- spirals and shapes- I hear-"It is a gift for your altar"..I gladly accept such a beautiful gift!..I am reminded of giving exchanges of energy for gifts given in nature- they asked of me a favor-I am glad to do with no expectations of reward-and yet I am immediately rewarded!... ah -another life lesson!

I get to experience many types of mushrooms I had never seen- they speak to me andsay- we will teach you which ones of us are edible-which ones useful in medicines and which ones useful in knowing as poisons.For they say-knowing poisons has it's place as well.

I walk by a patch of poison ivy- and I hear it speak as a group- do not fear us for you are not allergic as you know.. we teach the lesson of protection and of maintaining strong boundaries! In our protection are many animals safe from man- we offer them shelter as many humans fear to tread in places we inhabit.. we too offer a lesson today!  I am gratitude manifest for this knowing- a FINE meditation will be had from that lesson-

On and on I go with expereinces like this-I could walk the same mile every day for all my days and never run out of things to see and to know and to learn!

Too many practitioners are tied into only BOOK knowledge- Books are lovely-I lust for books-I adore them- I love the smell,the feel,the energy.. books are my lifelong friends... and YET

Magick is to be experienced by YOU and by ME...the plants and the stones and the animals and the trees and the elements... when we get ourselves out in to NATURE speaks to us.. on a deep personal level!

Reading about someone elses experience can be inspiring and lovely!

My hope and intention by sharing this is to GET YOU OUTSIDE!!

Get those feet onto Mother Earth... wake up your own inner ear and inner eye.. wake up your OWN ancient remembrance!  Be inspired to others YES-but KNOW THIS.. If they/ I can do it... YOU CAN DO IT TOO!!!!!

Daily walks in nature are an amazing and FUN tool to awaken to your spiritual gifts!

The cathedral of Mother Earth awaits you... come in child-please come in!

Love and Light
Be blessed and a a blessing!



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