There seems to be several burning questions as we go through the shedding of the old phase we talked about last month in Letting Go.
"If I am supposed to be a co-creator, how did I manage to create this? This is not what I wanted or what I thought it would look like! Why, oh why, didn't I take the blue pill?"
I don't know about you, but I happily decided to manifest things never fully realizing what all would have to go, in order to do so. It seems that there are always things unseen by us clogging up the works. Dynamics between people's patterns for instance, or old belief systems that have to be shattered. Our substance is being drained in directions that no longer serve. No matter how attached we may be to the person or thing on the receiving end, Spirit is informing us that there is a choice to be made, the old way or what you have intended.
The rub of the matter is that by the time we see it, the choice has already been made. Dumb and happy is gone and we can no longer tolerate the old way. It then becomes time to roll up our sleeves and be about the matter of accessing and clearing our patterns that keep us attached (stuck) to the old.
When hit with unexpected challenges, ask yourself, "what have I intended that brought this up to be cleared?" In viewing it this way we stay out of victim. If we drop into the stance of "why is this happening to me?" we immediately loose our perspective. We cover our face with our hands and fail to see the signposts leading us to our manifestations.
It is also helpful to hold on to the fact that the pain we may be experiencing here is not the process but our resistance to it. In this way we can unearth our resistance, let go and move forward with a minimum amount of discomfort.
There is also something I like to refer to as the 3 wishes syndrome. Like the genie who grants three wishes but delights in including a backlash. Or the "every thing I touch turns to gold" only to have a golden statue for a daughter. While extreme, these fairy tales describe what often occurs when we try to manifest our dreams without regard to the way life works.
Our personal manifestations do not happen in a vacuum, we need to manifest in cooperation with the laws of nature. Work with the seasons and currents of life itself. Be ever mindful not to interfere with another's process or violate their free will. It is the art of finding your own free will within the circle of life. This is living a magic life.
To impose your manifestation without regard to life itself or the needs and wants of others is sorcery.
That is why it is so important to know what YOU want and not attach our happiness or fulfillment to another. All we can do is choose for ourselves and do the work that comes up knowing that after the empty time, there will be new to replace what is removed that better aligns with our new intent and purpose.
Sometimes, we just can't have it all: our denials and our enlightenment, our current friends and the respect we deserve, our current life style and our health. Other times, with some reframing and a little rearranging we can. Often we never know which is which until it is a done deal.
If we allow it to do so, the fear of what we will loose or of never really getting what we want will keep us immobilized and the time is gone to take advantage of the opportunity we have manifested for ourselves. We often manifest but fail to take the proper action at the appropriate time to obtain it when it arrives.
We are on the razors edge. This has not been done for so long, no one knows what it looks like. What is our future? Who knows, we haven't created it yet. We need to plant it out there. Yet in order to harvest what we plant we need to have the courage to walk empty handed into our future to get it with nothing but our promptings to guide us.
Like a trapeze artist you need to let go of the old bar in order to grab the new one. Timing is everything! Being in the moment, in the center of our true beings not grasping or holding back in fear, moving when the spirit moves us in total radical trust.
If we do so, we may just find that we have blown through the "big top" and the sky is the limit.
See you up there.
In friendship,
NEW! Path to Personal Power page:
I am extremely excited about our latest creation. It is a new spot on our website (soon to be up) where I will be able to post all the monthly writings in their entirety. In addition, for a donation to cover our costs, you can have not only the monthly writings in their entirety but all the updates that come through between the writings emailed to you as soon as they are out. In this way you can assure you are abreast of the latest currents moving in our evolutionary process.
I was prompted to undertake this project by the increasing need for all of us to stay informed as to what is moving through the whole in order not to lose perspective as we are in our personal rendition of the process.
So often, during these intense times those of us on this path of evolution can feel isolated and confused by the powerful currents we are experiencing. I have the rare privilege of working with many gifted leading edge people on a daily basis. This gives me an inside look at what is affecting us all. Over the years, I have found great comfort in the realization that we are all in this together and I am not just losing it. I hope to bring that same comfort to all of you through these writings and updates. Your generous donations will help cover my costs (which are considerable) and make this possible.
Find Path to Personal Power at: http://findyourpathhome.com/mg_pathtopower.html
In friendship,
Gwilda Wiyaka
Practitioner of the Month:
David Zaher DD, CSP
is a Certified Shamanic Practitioner and an instructor with the Path Home Shamanic Artisan Program. David has also taught ceramics and sculpture classes at the University of Northern Colorado and AIMS Community College. He has a private practice at Path Home specializing in "Pattern Tracing": tracking down and modifying mental belief systems and coping mechanisms that inhibit personal growth, "Soul Retrieval": the use of ancient shamanic techniques to bring back an individuals gifts and personal power, and "Spiritual Counseling": helping individuals to integrate profound change into their lives in a conscious way. In addition to teaching workshops and his private practice, David also is an outstanding ceramic artist. Some of his altar bowls are available for purchase in the Path Home Book Store. His work is also on display at Spirit Connections Gallery in Longmont.
David is also offering a workshop from the Path Home Shamanic Artisan Program on Shamanic Working! See: Ceremonial Bowls workshop below!
Shamanic Healing Special:
In order to provide you with a chance to experience David's gifted work, he is offering a special rate of $90 for a private session, and $75 for a phone session through September 30, for new clients. If you are new to us or simply have not had a chance to work with David one on one, now is an opportunity not to be missed.
Music:
Borders Tour:
Daughters of the Drum
By: Lynn Cody Wigle and Gwilda Wiyaka
Come join us for a rich evening of drum, song and leading edge thinking. This unique performance of original and traditional shamanic songs by singer/song writers Cody Wigle and Gwilda Wiyaka.
Songs from Cody's CD North Shield and Gwilda's CD One People One Nation will be featured and both CDs available for purchase.
Also share time with thoughtful individuals and consider our future:
Shamanism, Manifestation & Sustainable Living
What the bleep do they have to do with one another you may ask?
Come find out at this lecture by Shamanic Practitioner, teacher, author, and founder of Path Home Shamanic Arts School, Gwilda Wiyaka.
Gwilda and her staff will also be available to answer questions about her state certified shamanic arts school and Path Home Spiritual Healing Center.
Path Home's next two-year certification program is to begin in September. On going stand alone classes are available as well. Soul retrieval and other spiritual healing modalities may be obtained at Path Home's Boulder clinic.
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August 18
7:30 - 9:30pm
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Borders Book Store
1600 Pearl St., Boulder CO
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September 15
7:00 - 9:00pm
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Borders Book Store
1101 S. Hover St., Longmont CO
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Path Home's School Bookstore featured CDs:
Not to be missed are:
"North Shield" by Lynn Cody Wigle
Is a collection of personal prayer songs gifted to Cody from Spirit when she needed support, encouragement or a means of expressing emotion too powerful for words alone. She offers these original songs to all her relations as healing tools of love and joy. It is her hope that they assist in bringing peace and hope to a rapidly changing world.
All profits from the sale of this CD go to organizations which support the first Nations People (Native Americans)
North Shield is available at Path Home Shamanic Arts School's book store in our clinic at 4700 Sterling Dr. Suite K, Boulder Colorado
"One People One Nation"
Ancient and Modern Shamanic Songs
By Gwilda Wiyaka
This charming and inspiring CD was originally intended to teach indigenous songs to students of Path Home Shamanic Arts School's Drum Circle Leadership Program while still honoring the oral traditions.
Fully expecting to cut it in a weekend or two, Gwilda Wiyaka and her producer Dan Polizzi entered Dan's sound studio. Two years and many artistic epiphanies later, One People was the result.
This CD can be viewed and ordered online at http://www.findyourpathhome.com/mg_cd.html or sampled and purchased at www.amazon.com. It can also be purchased at the Path Home School Bookstore at 4700 sterling Dr. Suite K, Boulder, CO
Workshops:
The Dance of Power
Instructor: Gwilda Wiyaka
September 3, 2005; 10:00 am - 5:30 pm
This one-day program will address the concepts, methods and ceremonies involved in becoming more purposeful in our usage of personal and universal power.
We will learn to work more extensively with our power animals and helping spirits. We will develop proficiency at utilizing the directions and elements to help us more clearly manifest spiritual power onto the physical plane. Basic transmutation principles will be covered. Time will be spent exploring the varied ways in which power can be directed responsibly to best serve all concerned.
These methods and concepts can be applied to any area of our work and lives to affect greater healing, balance and manifestation. More info at http://findyourpathhome.com/ws_main.html#danceofpower
Prerequisite: Upper or Lower World Journey
http://findyourpathhome.com/ws_main.html#lowerworld
The Art of Ceremony
Instructor: Gwilda Wiyaka
September 4, 2005; 10:00 am - 5:30 pm
In The Art of Ceremony you will learn the basic ceremonial principles used by many of our indigenous cultures. These principles, once understood, can be applied to our daily lives to help focus intent in all that we do.
You will be instructed in the use of these ancient truths in building your own ceremonies for all the sacred events in your life. See http://findyourpathhome.com/ws_main.html#artofceremony
Prerequisite: Upper or Lower World Journey
http://findyourpathhome.com/ws_main.html#lowerworld
Ceremonial Bowls
Instructor: David Zaher
September 10 & 11, 2005; 10:00am - 5:30pm & 2:00-5:30pm, Boulder
In this class, from the Path Home Shamanic Artisan program we will work with the earth, air, water, and fire elements while creating ceremonial bowls in clay. This day and a half workshop focuses on teaching the basic principles of "Shamanic Working" while you hand build a ceremonial bowl that carries your frequency and intent.
Shamanic Working is a method by which the practitioner "works" power into an object. Once learned, this skill can then be applied to any sacred project one cares to undertake. We will burnish the surface, energetically charging the particles of the clay. After black firing personal symbols will be carved into the surface to represent and help hold the intent the bowl contains. More information: http://findyourpathhome.com/ws_main.html#bowls
Cost $175.00 + $10.00 Materials fee.
Prerequisite: Upper or Lower World Journey
http://findyourpathhome.com/ws_main.html#lowerworld
Lower World Journey
Instructor: Gwilda Wiyaka
September 24, 2005, 10:00am - 5:30pm
This one day, nonresidential program walks the beginning student through the skills required to enter the shamanic trance in order to access one's own spiritual guidance and information. It serves as a prerequisite for all of Path Home's more advanced programs and classes. http://findyourpathhome.com/ws_main.html#lowerworld
Power Animals & Helping Spirits
September 25, 2005 10:00 am - 5:30 pm
A consistent and reliable working relationship with your Power Animals and Helping Spirits is the backbone of all shamanic practices. In this workshop, we will explore our personal style and develop sound methods of relating to and cooperating with these most precious friends. This class is also a one-day nonresidential. More info: http://www.findyourpathhome.com/ws_main.html#pa
Prerequisites: Upper or Lower World Journey
Drumming Circles:
Gwilda Wiyaka and Cody Wigle will be holding a drumming circle the first Wednesday of every month, to be held in the Path Home conference room/book store. Come join them for their first one, to be held:
When: Wednesday, September 7, 7:30pm - 9:30 pm
(and the first Weds. of each month thereafter)
Where: Path Home, 4700 Sterling Dr Suite K, Boulder, CO
Cost: Free/Donation
** To view our upcoming workshops and events, click on our Calendar! **
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