Earth Day

She feels. She hurts. She screams.

we constantly scratch at her skin 

 grazes and wounds torn open

they sting. they smart.

How can we help?

with honour. with thanks.

Do we take too much?

 not the amount, the way.

no thanks. no care. no respect.

What can we do?

honour. prepare.

honour… anaesthetic

thankfulness…. salve.

 heal wounds willingly borne.

she feels. she hurts.

 conflicts… emotions

exaggerate pain.

your wars.

heal their pain…

Working near a yew tree, I was drawn to place my hands on the trunk… to connect. Almost immediately I felt a heartbeat…. strong, rhythmic, pulsing through my hands & into my own body. A physical feeling…. and then the words came.

 It's not the first time that I've received such a message. The sense that its not so much what we take from the earth, but the fact that it is done with no honouring or thanks. It doesn't matter whether priest or druid, shaman or witchdoctor… just someone who takes the time to prepare, offer prayer to Gaia, the one who provides. It wouldn't take much for companies to show some respect…. and then give thanks for what has been taken.

In the meantime, we must stand in…. we must make up for their lack of respect & gratitude. We must make the extra effort to compensate with honour & thankfulness to heal Gaia's wounds. Wounds caused by her sensitivity to our emotional torment as well as our physical activities. She will always feel everything we do. Our honour & respect will act as anaesthetic & painkillers…. our gratitude will act as antiseptic salve to heal.

The work we do in this respect will help, but we must also direct our healing efforts to the hearts of fellow humans who are traumatised, conflicted, in pain…. to war zones, to poverty zones, to disaster zones. We must step up & make this effort…. again & again until it becomes second nature to do so. Until our every breath is one of honour & gratitude. 

I didn't realise it was Earth Day until later that day

Healing Help from the Thunder God

This was written for someone who has been feeling very disconnected spiritually and is no longer finding comfort in nature, since a recent operation. It is something you can adapt for yourself though, to help with feelings of resentment, anger & bitterness etc

K had her thyroid removed a few months back, and though she has recovered well physically, she has been feeling like something is missing, that she isn't 'whole' anymore. I've been giving distant Reiki & she has been working through things so that it's not such a burning issue all the time.

Every time I connect with K for healing, I see Thor with a bolt of lightening... I'm sure the lightening is  important, a key to her healing, but so far I haven't been able to understand the message. It's about direct action, cutting through the crap, getting to the heart of the matter.... but I was still missing where to aim at. Until this morning when I had a very real experience of this visualisation...

See yourself walking across a barren hillside, the skiy is damp, grey & miserable …  keep walking…walking away from everything behind you…. Away from home, family, friends, work… anyone & anything you’re involved with… keep walking, climbing upwards… as the landscape gets emptier & the wind gets wilder… you have to bend forward against the wind as it whips around you… keep going until you get to a high point where there is nothing else in sight apart from cold open moors… no trees, just hard scrubby, stony ground….  stop and turn slowly round… a full circle, seeing nothing but bleak emptiness… just cold greyness…  all alone with the wind whipping around … straight through you….  watch the sky darken as rain starts to lash down… you’re as miserable as you can be as the rain turns to sleet & hail… stinging against your face & pounding into the stony barren ground….

[spend some time feeling this & pause at each following part to 

really feel & sense what is going on] 

Straighten your body …. Pull yourself up till you’re standing tall…. Plant your feet firmly & feel them growing down into the ground…. Hold your arms out low to your sides, palms up…. As your roots take a firmer grip into the earth…. Feel them stretching down & down to the warmth of the core… The wind & hail are still whipping around you but you can feel the warmth & energy slowly creeping up your roots into your feet… pumped by Gaia’s heartbeat… filling your feet… ankles… up to your legs…. and every part of your body...

Feel the molten earth energy steadily surging upwards, and as it slowly moves up your body throw back your head to the skies & raise your arms, raising the energy around you… let it fill your body & mind … as you stand with your arms outstretched the wind increases & thunder clouds boil overhead…

The cold & numbness leave your body but as the wind increases tempo you feel the warmth within you swirling round, rumbling inside you, also increasing… molten, volcanic energy surging around your body… it needs feeding…. Start throwing all those angry feelings into the volcano within you… anger, resentment, fear, bitterness…. Every emotion you have felt surrounding your operation… before, during & after…

For this next bit, it’s important that you use feelings that YOU have/had/feel… not words I’m putting into your mind… I’m just going through things that came to me, but they’re not necessarily yours, so throw them out & draw on your feelings…

The worries & pain… the acceptance… the fears & tears, the pragmatic well it has to be’s… name them as you throw them in… every symptom… the thought of cancer… the relief it wasn’t… the anger it wasn’t & there was no need to lose a part of you… the feelings of loss, grief for what isn’t there… the bitterness… the defective gland, the thought you could have corrected it, should have been able to, the anger it didn’t do it’s job… the frustration of not ‘getting over it’… the frustration at the surgeon not understanding… of other people… certain people not understanding

Keep throwing things in til you can’t think of any more… stand there in the wind & rain with thunder rumbling around you as the volcano consumes your hurts… the clouds are almost as black as night now & a storm is raging… cast around for more hurts… the feelings connected to your family…anyone... past or present…. anger, resentment, sadness… all of it… throw them into the volcano… scream, shout, swear, curse…. All of them, throw anything… everything in… feel it raging as you you feed it, demanding more… it wants more… more hurt, more pain, more anger, more bitterness…. Always more… you drag things up desperately feeding the boiling furnace…

You start to feel desperate as you clutch at more & more petty things to throw in… where’s Thor, why isn’t he helping…. Where’s Frigg, what use is she being… the thunder is getting louder… lightening is slashing through the skies… all around you…. Getting closer…. You’re on your knees now … exhausted, pitiful, wounded, cold, sniveling, pathetic…

[I think you really have to act this bit out & feel the emotion running through you]

If you are uncomfortable with the idea of Thor & Frigg, they can be replaced by who or whatever is appropriate for you... or maybe you'd prefer to use the elements alone...

You look up… Thor is just standing… looking… not saying anything…. Frigg is sitting to one side of you looking really sad… you get mad now… at them… at yourself…. You’re begging, pleading for help… screaming at them to do something… Thor asks “what do you want”…. You say ‘”me… I want me back”“what? I can’t hear you”You shout “Me.. I want [your name] back”Stand up & shout it again… louder… and again... louder Thor raises his hand & throws… lightening and thunder explode simultaneously around you… through you…. The volcano erupts… all you see is flash of brightness…. Then silence… stillness… Just stand there a while before you open your eyes to see clouds receding…. Breathe deeply the scent of rain after a storm & feel a shaft of sunlight break through & hit your back… feel the warmth spreading through you as you look around… You’re still on the same wide-open hillside, but you notice sparkles of quartz in the stones… and little patches of tiny flowers growing here n there… and just over there… can you see it… a little sapling… it’s not very tall but it’s standing straight & proud, raindrops hanging off it’s little branches glistening in the sun…. maybe it’s a rowan or hawthorn, maybe a pine or birch, they often survive on a wild hillside… maybe it’s some other type that has managed to take root, but you’ll recognize it… gently draw back the roots that anchored you in one spot and wander over to have a closer look… Whatever tree it is, it’s a symbol of new growth… of resilience… strength. It’s the tree that will help you re-connect…

I'd be really interested to here how effective this is for any one that tries it. Or if you would like help in adapting this to your own needs you are welcome to contact me. Please leave a comment or email healing.whispers at yahoo.co.uk

A Blanket of Comfort for Japan

May we join together in our thoughts... sending healing, love & calm across the ethers...

May those threads of energy twist together, forming ever stronger strands... weaving together with the thoughts of others across the world and beyond...

forming a healing blanket... infused with love & calm & hope...

Let us spread that blanket over japan & the ocean where the effects of the earthquake are felt....

A blanket of comfort & calm... gently soothing the Earth... absorbing the anguish & pain... gently transmuting them into loving, peaceful energy... a blanket of calm gently soothing & settling the tremors... feel the earth's heart beating steadily once more... calmed by the blanket of love...

A blanket of comfort & calm... gently settling the ocean... absorbing the anger & fear... transmuting them into loving peaceful energy... quelling the tidal reactions.... feel the ocean breathing easy once more, soothed by the blanket of love...

A blanket of comfort & calm.... settling over the nuclear reactors.... gathering in the radiation... absorbing it into the strands.... gently soothing & transmuting.... settling unstable energy... converting it to loving, positive energy.... feel that power reigning in... calmed under a blanket of love...

A blanket of comfort & calm... surrounding the people... absorbing their shock & grief, their fears & uncertainties.... comforting & healing... scattered emotions & physical pain... all being absorbed... and transmuted through the strands of our blanket... into loving positive energy... see them renewed with love & hope & strength... comforted under a blanket of love...

See the blanket growing.... boosted by every thought... every energy transference... see it extending out around the world... tucking it in around everyone affected... around creatures of land & sea & air... a blanket that never wears thin... a blanket that renews & heals & grows...

settling itself over the world.... calming & loving... comforting & healing... people in every walk of life... gently reassuring & encouraging... helping more & more people to breathe easy & feel their connection....

...& feel free to share this...

Spreading Love As You Travel

spreading love down the road as i travel

trailing love 'cross the road as i go

healing love touch each one on this road

healing sparks touch your hearts as you go...

These are the sort of words I sing as i drive along anywhere... sometimes to my own little tunes & sometimes picking up the refrain of popular songs, sometimes more of a chant. I think it started out as a simple request for protection that extended out to other road users...

please keep us safe on this road as we travel

keep every one on this road safe from harm

please guide us safely to the place that we go...

Little mantras I repeat, especially when I'm unsure of where we're going or in heavy traffic to calm my nerves & keep me calm. They're not a distraction to driving, quite the contrary... i find myself hyper-aware of other vehicles, anticipating their movements whilst the words keep running in the background. A bit like a computer program, once i've set them running, they just keep going.

(you can find details of this canvas here)

Over time I've added phrases & refined words that suit the rhythms I like, and over the course of a long journey my focus may change. I visualise sparkly silver & gold light trailing along behind me, spreading out across the road... sometimes I spread rainbows across a bridge or I send light shooting off side roads or plant a healing vortex over a roundabout.

I might spend a while focussing on individuals cars or lorries, asking that they are touched by love in some way... or sending healing to 'someone who is ready to receive it'...  generally asking that hearts may be opened.... that seeds may be sown.

Sometimes I wind down the windows & sing 'Awen' out to the trees by the road. Awen is the Welsh word for inspiration, which the Druids see more as Divine inspiration... but Om, Shalom, Amen... they are all suitable... powerful words filled with primal energy...

(a commission that you can see in detail
& read about here)

 Last time I was on the road for a long journey, I found myself visualising exhaust fumes transmuting into rainbows... seeing sparkly rainbow trails flowing from other vehicles... just for a few minutes at a time. It's something that i will refine & add to over time, no doubt. 

If you try this, start simple though... a few words of loving intention go a long way & you need to keep your concentration on the road! After a while your initial 'set-up' becomes automatic & you'll probably find you naturally add to the repertoire, at least, this is how it has gone for me. 

For the Oil Outpouring

Are you helping or adding to it?.... please resist the urge to judge & utter recriminations, there is time for that later & plenty will do it anyway. If you feel horror, panic or distress, please consciously try to turn it around into hope, focus & strength... send positive thoughts to those actively working in the area... to those working for a solution, to those rescuing wildlife, to those directly affected so far, to the creatures, the plants, the water, etc etc......

Intention works...

 it has been shown time & again both in the scientific world & the spiritual. Visualise the wound closing, healing... the flow of oil from it being plugged... clear, healthy waters returning. Send energy to stem the flow & see it happening as often as you can throughout the day.... every time you boil the kettle...wash up... go to the loo... wait in a queue... once you have the picture in your mind it gets easier to recall the more you try.... associate it with the simple things you do. Actively help.

Here’s a vizualisation/meditation... you can expand on it or you can use parts of it at any time... spend as much time as you need on each part...

Prepare...

 ...set your scene... gather whatever tools or symbols you need to aid your focus & direct energy... perhaps a bowl of water with a floating candle would be appropriate here... crystals, stones... earth energy is vital.... connect to the Earth in whatever way you choose, either literally or through visualization... 

Connect...

See yourself in a place where you connect to the Earth... sitting against a tree, whose roots go deep into the Earth... on a boulder that reaches far into the ground... on a mountain, in a forest, it doesn’t matter, wherever you connect... connect... feel yourself becoming one with the Earth.... feel her steady resolve... feel the heartbeat...

Be part of it...

Take yourself to the source of the out-pouring... feel yourself rising through the earth on the ocean floor... Be there... see the turbulence where the oil meets the ocean... don’t panic, just observe... watch, feel... until you are fully present.... until you are fully part of it... 

Arc of light...

Feel the energy of the earth building in you... moving through you...  building... expanding... when you can contain it no longer, when you are tingling with energy, shoot out a beam of light (i’m seeing gold, but use whatever colour you choose)... straight out, up through the turbulence of the out-pouring.... see it arc above you... a streak of golden brilliance.... see it expand outwards... forming a canopy of light high above you... golden light extending in a brilliant dome that reaches out & down... around... as far as you can see... gradually extending down until it meets the ocean floor in all directions.... See the light forming a dome over the open wound on the sea-bed... holding the turbulence within....

Calm...

Hold it there a while.... letting the energy, the heart-beat, pulse through you... through the oil & water... around the sides of the dome of light... hold the turbulence within... breathe calm into the waters until the turbulence settles... breathe calm... breathe....until the oil knows it is contained... 

Close the dome....

Then gradually draw the dome of light closer.... see it coming closer... down & in.... easing the oil back into the earth.... gently... slowly... contract the dome of light... keep it going... down & down until you are back within the earth... back into safety... and the golden light is sealing the gash in the earth’s crust....

Heal the wound...

Visualize the wound above you healing.... light & earth melding... closing the gap.... see it closing.... see it healing...until you are sealed safely in the Womb of the Earth... relax... you are safe in the arms of the earth.... rest a while.... breathe.... relax & breathe until you feel it is done.... then slowly come back to the place you started.... feel the warmth of the sun & a gentle breeze... hear water trickling somewhere nearby.... & know that all is well.....

Share...

Please share this... let us use the web to spread a web of love & hope... encourage as many as possible to actively help with energy & intention... and add to the energy of others around the world to repair the tears in the web of life... 

Water Healing Ceremony...

 Dr Masuro Emoto has experimented widely on the effect of projected thoughts on water crystals. The effects are stunning and can be seen his website here or just search you tube for amazing videos....

"To Those Whose Body Is Mainly Composed Of WATER:

I am Masaru Emoto, a missionary of water and an author of "Message from Water" and "The Hidden Messages in Water".

Recently, many forums and conferences have been organized with water as its main theme. Yet, most of them are focusing only the physical aspect of water.

However, in addition to the physical body, we have the mind (and spirit).

We have learned from water itself, through "Message from Water", that water is not only essential to our body but also it has an intimate relationship to our mind.

In other words, water is the mirror to reflect our mind.

As a matter of fact, we believe that the abnormal weather conditions such as floods and droughts and natural disasters like tsunamis and earthquakes are caused by the pollution of water on Earth, which in turn is ultimately brought by the distortion and disharmony in our mind, thoughts and emotions.

Other serious problems in politics, economy, education, medicine and so on are also concerned with the mind of our collective consciousness, and therefore it can be said that water is ultimately involved in all of those problems.

Don't you think that we can take a step toward the solution of these water-related problems by considering the aspect of water which is connected with our mind, thoughts and emotions?

For this purpose, we have decided to hold "Water & Peace" Global Forum 2010 at Lake Biwa, Mother Lake in Japan, on March 20 to 22 (March 22 is the World Water Day declared by the United Nations)."

Our main water ceremony will be at 18:25 to 19:10
on March 22 (World Water Day) in Japan Standard Time.
You can use the following site to convert it to your local time.

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html 

Perhaps you would like to add your healing thoughts to the ceremony (10.25am uk time). If the time is inconvenient, you can always do your bit earlier, setting your intention that they arrive at the required time, or that they join with the people taking part at Lake Biwa. If you havn't tried projecting healing over time or distance why not give it a go? It's all about intention & 'knowing' that the energy will go where you ask, when you ask. Just relax & try it... feel it working... feel it flowing... just know....


You may choose to visualise a spiral, spinning out healing energy to where it is needed.... or pure bright light... maybe a rainbow of loving, healing energy arcing over the water.... or visualise water crystals being charged with peace & love... or sit beside water, or hold some in a vessel in your hands, concentrating on the flow of healing to all the waters of the world.... and those with knowledge of the Reiki symbols can use them... why not comment & add your ideas?

For An Unborn Child...

Earlier today I joined with a friend to send healing for her unborn first grandchild (and it’s parents). The baby still has 6 weeks to go until full term, but mum has high blood pressure & baby’s heartbeat keeps dropping dangerously low. Early induced birth is a possibility, and fears of loss hover amongst the family.

We light candles and sit, hands joined, invoking the healing energies, calling on Goddess and Guides for help... we both have our different ways, but a united intent for the highest good of all. Whatever our personal wishes, it is not our choice whether this baby be born into this world or not... we are not privy to decisions made on other levels. 

So we open the channels to healing and we pour love, cocooning this worried couple and their baby with loving, healing energy... asking that they draw it to them, to feel it, to accept it.... my friend asked what colour light she should send... I said whatever feels right... she was sensing sparkly pink light whereas normally she would visualise blue or violet, maybe gold....I don’t think there is a ‘right’ colour, whatever feels right is right at that time... go with the flow... let healing energy flow....

I felt the flow, I felt it around them, then filling the womb... as if they were in the womb too... I felt Divine Love encircling us all... I felt a heartbeat... the heartbeat of the world.... connecting to that unborn child... that precious soul hesitating, wondering which way to choose.... heartbeat of the world... heartbeat of the child...feel the rhythm, remember, what you came to do.... 

Words always come to me, I feel them... others may see things, taste, hear or smell, there is no one ‘right’ way... trust in the flow of healing, be guided by the energy....  

We both felt the heartbeat, we both felt the baby connect with it & steady itself, we both felt that this child will be born, but we both know that this decision is not ours. We continue to offer healing, to surround them all with love, that they may draw on it as they will. Be courageous, precious little soul.


[update: baby girl born naturally the next day- tues 17 march 9.10pm... she wanted to be a pisces! She's small, but doing ok]

The Place of Healing...

... is in your heart. That, i think, is the single most important thing in any healing tradition. It is with the heart that we feel compassion, empathy, gratitude.… and it is the heart that feels unconditional love.

As soon as we offer healing, we offer love…. soothing hurt & pain, building strength & courage… unconditionally. We are the catalyst, a connection, a channel for others… helping them to re-connect their selves, providing a gateway… Ultimately it is for them to access, accept & utilise the energy that we connect with.

Healing must be unconditional, for how can we say what is best for another. Whatever we see or feel or think, we cannot walk their path for them, we cannot control their destiny or manipulate their free-will. But we can be that connection that brings them to a place of healing… in their heart... a place of self-love… unconditionally… a place where they have the strength to choose…. whether to fight or surrender…. to swim or ride the waves...

As soon as we step on to the healing path, we begin our own journey of healing. Whenever we access the healing energies to give to another, they come through us… they help us to heal too, however ‘sorted’ we may think we are!

The Old Ways

Dance the old ways

Trust the knowing
Mend and heal
Energy flowing

These words are posted by Cari Ferraro; they are a 'spell' she wrote & I recommend going over to see her thoughts & pictures. Also, Cari’s website has images of her books on the theme of “spelling words” and further explanation on how she came to write them is here. She writes about going back to the origins of the words & what a spell originally was... a story.


I love these words- they really resonate with me & inspired this piece of calligraphy. More pics & details of the process are over at Spirit Whispers

These 12 words ooze healing energy and apply so much to any healing modality or situation. Just take a few moments to run them through your mind… breathe deeply and repeat them slowly… you can use them to encourage yourself to heal, bringing in the healing energies to flow through your body…. Or think of someone else, concentrate on them, speak to them either mentally or face to face, encouraging them to open up to the healing energies… or perhaps send the words out to humanity over the world… Cari wrote them, but these words have a sense of being from Source Her/His/Itself… or from The Earth, Gaia imploring us to dance & trust & heal…

Dance the old ways…
It is often said that Dr Usui ‘discovered’ reiki; we hear of ‘new’ healing systems, ‘unique’ ways; phrases such as ‘new energies for our times’ etc etc. They may be new to us, but surely these vibrations are older than time itself, strands of energy that sprang from creation or even before. The Ancients knew about them… every culture has stories of healing miracles, every culture had Gods or Goddesses of Healing, so it’s more a case of us ‘re-discovering’ or gradually becoming more aware & open to them. Even with our modern science & medicine there is so much more that we barely know of, & we have barely scratched the surface of the things we are aware of such as herbal & plant medicine, energy systems & energy healing. But slowly, slowly more people are learning to re-connect and dance the old ways.

Trust the knowing…
We all have a little voice inside that guides us if we let it speak… an inner wisdom & instinct that we often suppress in favour of logic or ‘common sense’. It often speaks through our solar plexus…. It’s not called ‘gut-instinct’ for nothing! It’s where we get butterflies when we are excited or that churning feeling when we are nervous or afraid, in between these extremes it is there if not so obvious. Try looking out for it when you make a decision, whether you turn left or right, whether you need a coat on or a cardigan, or do you need a bit more seasoning in a stew…. Notice the feeling & whether your decision turned out right or wrong… get used to the language of that inner voice, give it permission to speak & learn to listen. Once you learn to hear it, it will lead you to that inner knowing & wisdom that we all possess, that can help with our own healing & helping others to heal.

Mend & heal, Energy flowing…
That’s all you need to think as you open up to the healing energies… whether you are bringing them into yourself or directing them to others repeat these words… mend & heal, trust the energy to do what is needed, just let the energy flow. If it helps, visualize it as light, or a wave, or glow, coming into & around your body. In Reiki, we connect to Universal Energy… the healing energy of the Universe that is there, available to all. You may choose to call on God or Goddess, others may prefer to draw on your connection to Angels or ascended Masters, Spirit Guides or Power Animals… whatever is right for your belief or faith. No matter what we call it, or where we believe it comes from that healing energy is there, just waiting for us to connect & allow our body, mind,& spirit to mend & heal.

This is something Cari has to say…
“I had a strong feeling about these words, that many many people need to trust the old ways, dance the knowing, mend and heal their lives and the planet, and do it with energy flowing. See, they can go together different ways! So the words have their own lives and are out in the world to do what good they can.”

What more can I add, except take these words, use them & pass them on!

Dance the old ways
Trust the knowing
Mend and heal
Energy flowing