It seems to be a universal fear to find one's self starving alone in the dark.  At this time of year, when it is cold and we have more dark than light, these fears seem to be more up front. 

With the holidays coming and all the expectation, (enchantments) around them we find we dread not being surrounded by family and friends on certain key dates.  We go out and spend more than we have on things people probably don't need in order to insure their continued love and presence in our lives. Anyone found alone for the holidays is pitied and secretly considered a loser.

Our consumer based society exploits these fears in order to promote sales and retailers make most of their money during the holiday season.  This is one of the largest and most universal enchantments of our time.

If we follow the currents of nature, the harvest is over.  It is a time to go inward, contemplate our last year and set intent for the new one to come. Winter is the time to conserve and give gratitude for what we have obtained until we can plant and harvest again. 

In true reality, there is no separation, we are never alone and we have all we need.  All we need do is follow our true promptings and do what comes natural.  It is not natural to go out in the cold on a buying frenzy to obtain enough insurance gifts before an arbitrary date (which by the way was not even the date of Christ's birth) and then spend the rest of the year stressing over how to pay for it before we have to do it all over again.

This December, let's look around us and see all the richness and blessings we have harvested.  Let's feel comfort in sinking into our own dark depths where we not only find the truth of who we are but our connection to all that is.  There we are never alone or in lack.  There we never starve alone in the dark.

My blessings to you,

Gwilda Wiyaka

 

Journey Questions are designed for individuals that have taken Path Home Shamanic Arts School's Lower or Upper world Journey Class.  These classes are designed to instruct a person on the successful access use and interpretation of the shamanic trance.

Decide on what you would like to manifest in the next year and write it down. Be very specific about calling in all your power before you journey, then ask:

Given my bottom line,

1. What cultural enchantments am I subject to around the holidays that no longer serve me?
2. How can I break it/them? What do I need to heal or understand in order to no longer be subject to them?
3. What will it look like for me to do so? (what will be the cost, belief systems, friends, etc.)