Today was the first time I tried the Two Powers meditation. It has immediately become one of my favorite forms. Most meditations help me relax, focus, or feel healed. This one instead made me feel connected in a way nothing else has. Not to mention, I am incredibly energized now. For someone with chronic fatigue, that is a truly unusual state! I can certainly understand now why this is the preferred method for so many people.
So what now? How does this affect my meditation practice? Well, I am always wanting to adapt it and change it over time. This will absolutely be part of the mix and may well become a daily practice. Next time I will try the audio file on the ADF page. I wonder if someone else's voice will change how it affects me. Sometimes different speakers lead me to experience meditations and journeys in different ways. I know part of this experience for us to learn and grow. I am happy to make some changes to my meditative practice. However, the Two Powers will not be my only change.
In another group I belong to, we were just introduced to another meditation that strongly resonated with me. They called it "The Crystal Meditation". In this method, you are meant to hold a crystal or other stone that you have a strong connection with and (if possible) sit outside with holding your stone in both hands. Focus on the stone. Focus on its connection with everything around you. Once you are comfortable with the web of connection, feel the tie it has with the smallest thing outside - an insect, a blade of grass, or something else entirely. Once you can strongly feel the connection with your chosen bit of nature, feel a connection from it to something larger, such as a flower or a butterfly. Keep going to progressively larger things. I have stopped with my big willow tree, amd I have also kept going all the way to the ocean. This meditation has helped me feel the tie to all the beings in nature far more strongly than any other meditation I have undertaken.
In a short time, I have learned two amazing new techniques to add to my practice. Both of them will greatly complement my work with the ADF and help me feel my connection with everything so much more strongly than ever before. I am very curious to see what changes this will lead to in my life. For now, it is time to explore the divination after this meditation.
When I do post-meditative divination, it is not meant to answer any kind of question. It is instead simply a message from the universe or whoever I was working with as to something to think about or focus on in the near future. I wait until afterward to find out what method calls to me. This time, it was my enchanting new Druid Animal Oracle I had been waiting years to get. It is still very new to me, but I absolute love the feelings I get from the cards.
I normally end up with one card calling, or sometimes too. I was shocked to have four want to be drawn! First was Raven. Raven announces initiation which can also bring about deep healing from healing things long left buried. This I have to say made me quite happy. For several weeks now as I have dove deeper into the world that is the ADF and all the studies associated with it, I have had a feeling that it would change me in ways I did not expect. I could feel that I was finally healing from damage done by a group I left last year that was destructive, manipulative, and crossed some serious lines that I refused and led to me walking away. It has been difficult to deal with those wounds, but these studies and the people I am meeting are all healing me to heal far more quickly than I thought possible after all this times. Thank you Raven for your message!
Second was Hawk. Hawk helps bring perspective allowing one to free themselves from unnecessary baggage as well as helps to connect with the ancestors on a deeper level. Again, a perfect messenger! The perspective is exactly what I was needing to help with the issue Raven brought up. As for the ancestors, I am connecting on a deeper level than I thought I would at this point in my studies. It has always been easiest to focus on the Native American part of me since I am surrounded by it thanks to my family. but with my other grandpa now passed on, there is nothing left here close to me to help with the tie to the rest of them. Now here I am, part of a Welsh Kin, I am learning about them and getting that tie to become strong. Thank you Hawk for you gifts!
Third was Crane. Now I have a triad of birds. Interesting... Of course, in the ADF Crane is well-known as a guide to the Underworld. It makes sense because for me to remove this old baggage and heal from those wounds, I knew I would have to travel to the Underworld. That is simply part of my path and the Work I do. Crane also brings with it patience and emerging from the Underworld with secret knowledge. This again makes sense. Only after having patience while working with these issues in the Underworld will I be able to be reborn not only as a new person, but with the knowledge I have been seeking as well as the understanding of where to go to continue learning. Thank you Crane for your guidance!
Finally I draw Earth Dragon. What a powerful messenger to have speak to me! This is the guardian of potential. It seems that this journey to the Underworld will not only be what I need to finally move on from this part of my past, but it will also be what is needed to truly unlock what I wish to gain and to learn. Thank you Earth Dragon for unlocking this door!
It seems I have a very difficult, yet very rewarding time ahead of me. I now know what this "big thing" I've been feeling on the horizon is. I've been antsy lately, sort of like a person feels right before a big trip they've been planning and looking forward to a long time. I feel like the door to the mountain is just before me and I can finally see Crane waiting to take me inside. I suppose that means it is time. Here I go, off on my amazing journey. I don't know who I'll be when I emerge, but I do know I will be even better than I have been before!
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