As so many things are changing around us this moon is one of adaptability and returning to balance, as the wahil Kati was in december, this full moon there are many changes taking place The Wahil (grouper fish) are still spawning and transformations are taking place, we too must adjust. This moon we reflect and honor what today is called the Gaulin in the Caribbean, this is a close relative to the Yaboa (night heron).
Gaulin - A small white heron which spends most of its time around cattle and livestock instead of water wading as most herons do. They feed on the insects and grubs disturbed by the grazing animals.
Several Native American Tribes look at the heron symbol as signs of patience and good luck. This belief takes root in the Northwest Coast, where people believe that if Native American fishermen spot a heron, it means good luck is with them, and they will have a successful fishing trip.
For most of us, it is common knowledge that fishing in many coastal areas and villages is the main source of livelihood and food.
Thus, a heron symbolizes prosperity in the lives of Native Americans. Some tribes even look upon herons as an eternal solitary creature of nature, perhaps because it stays aloof mostly except for the breeding time. // above from worldbirds.org
Now the Gaulin has evolved post colonization from the Herons family and is opportunist, creating new mutualistic relationship where it supports cattle and is nourished and protected in so doing.
Spiritual Significance
This Full moon is during a time of shifts and transitioning and as such represents an awareness of opportunities and the ability to evolve as required for the benefit of your spirit, your family, your people and all mankind. This is a time of new adventures and releasing old ways, with alot of emphasis on cleansing and releasing. For the next moon we dance.
CEREMONY . I encourage practicing a simple ceremony below to help connect with this moment:
1. Create Sacred Space - Call on your ancestors, your guides, the ways your ancestors would have. Ask them to help focus your mind and heart to the task at hand, so you may be prepared to show yourself worthy for all that you seek, to attract the energy necessary to manifest your desire with the coming seasons of abundance.
2. Place your hands over your heart, ( right hand over left hand elbows out like a birds wings). Take 7 deep breaths and visualise with each inhale energy from Atabey (Mother Earth) going into your heart and with each exhale leaving from your being out through your feet to be grounded into the earth.
3. With your eyes close while standing chin to chest, drop your shoulders and visualise your connection with Atabey (mother Earth), see yourself like the Gaulin (cattle Egret) balanced and in harmony with your host, see yourself nourished effortlessly and as you consume you cleanse your host and are nourished.
4. Bring that awareness to the plant kinds, how effortlessly with our inhale we receive from the plants and with exhale releasing what does not serve us (carbon dioxide) we nourish the plants.
We prepare ourselves to receive, release and renew in balance. Ask yourself how can you fulfill your purpose in these shifting times, while doing the greatest good for all. Do not focus on the response but the feeling of balance, of harmony.
5.When you feel in your heart it is time give them thanks for their guidance and the energy given to you. Note
energy is present 2 days before and 2 days after the Full moon so you have time to practice.
Who are you... Do you even know who and what you are not ? Where do you end and everything else begins ? Why does the actions and thoughts of others affect you ?
WHO ARE YOU..
Being born in Jamaica a nation who's motto is "Out of Many one People" or atleast the current motto as previously the motto was INDUS UNTERQUE SERVIET VNI is the Latin translation for "The two Indians will serve as one", or rather "Both Indies will serve Together", in reference to the collective servitude of the Taino and Arawak Indians to the colonizers.
OUT OF MANY ONE PEOPLE - what is it that makes us ONE PEOPLE..
Were we ever one before ?
Were we ever really separated ?
Most jamaicans have mixed families, we were taught that all the taino / arawkas died but we learned this was not so, many escaped to the hills and the african slaves that escaped met with the true natives of the land.
In jamaica today the slaves that escaped are called maroons and there descendants the rest are simply jamaicans, but they are all jamaicans.
All slaves once freed were marooned on this island with no way to return to there roots, so all african jamaicans are maroons....
What of the true natives of this land that we inherited sacred sites from, the maroons may have had there own view of caves and sacred sites but they were well established spiritual sites for centuries before there arrival.
Inheritance - Inheritance is the practice of passing on property, titles, debts, rights and obligations upon the death of an individual. It has long played an important role in human societies. The rules of inheritance differ between societies and have changed over time.--
We inherited this land from the natives, and with it there connection to the earth.
I always wondered where this deep connection to native practices came from within me, when I visited accompong and meditated in the forest a clear vision came to me of the land defeating the british, of the land fighting against the enemies of the maroons and choosing them as protectors of sacred spaces and sites.
The maroons inherited the blessings of this island and the ancestors that lived here from the Taino, and as an earthkeeper i inherited this calling of protecting mother earth and the wisdom she holds.
Munay-KI is a set of initation rites from the Qero shaman of peru. The word “Munay-Ki” (moon-eye-key) simultaneously means “I love you” and “Be as thou art.” This is a beautiful reminder that love arises from what is most authentic within us. All of Creation wishes us to be who we were born to be.
I was recently on Fame 95 for "Uncensored" program and It inspired me to share information on the Upper World along with a recording of the interview. below
The Upper World The Upper World is
what psychiatry refers to as the superconscious, a realm that’s greater than
the limited ego sense we have in our everyday existence.
All traditional societies refer to the Upper World (as do many religions), and
each has its own map to describe the terrain. There are the Christian
depictions of purgatory and paradise, which delineate the levels of
purification humans must undergo before entering into paradise. There are the
ancient maps of Tibet that illustrate the bardo planes, where a person’s soul
atones for his mistakes and then returns to the light after much hardship and
suffering. The laika tell of a multitiered landscape which is inhabited by the
collective souls of minerals, plants, and animals , as well as the souls of our
ancestors; and each of the five planes of this wolrd exists in a different
relationship to time.
The Laika, believe that after your death, you naturally gravitate toward one of
these levels of the Upper World based upon how you’ve lived your life. If you
arrive in an unhealed state, for instance ,you’re consigned to the lower tiers,
where you undergo a period of cleansing and purging. Yet if you live
consciously, you can arrive at one of the higher tiers of the Upper World,
where there’s no time or suffering…. Only joy.
The beings you meet in the upper world are there to guide you with regards to
your soul contracts in this life, to reconnect us with our lifes purpose we
chose before the human experience.
The Five Planes of the Upper World.
First Plane, Level of the Stone
People
Once you pass the gatekeeper, you’ll enter into the lowest tiers of the Upper
World. In the first level, time passes in a fashion similar to how you
experience it in your world. It marches forward, taking the occasional detour
to reverse itself, as it does in dreams, but it is basically linear.
This level is an earthbound world of darkness and suffering, where you purify
yourself before moving on to higher levels that are filled with joy and peace.
For indigenous cultures, the first level of the Upper World is known as the
domain of the Stone people. This is where the essence and spirit of stones
reside and energy vibrates at a very low frequency.
Great for stones not for people, No
light, no senses, you have a vague awareness of the presence of others, but you
can’t relate to them or communicate with them. Here’ there is only
suffering.
Earthbound
spirit that’s purging and cleansing and is still attached to a place where it
might have lived or was killed, we’re referring to a spirit that’s stuck in the
realm of the Stone People. They cling to the location of an automobile accident,
a rape, a place where soul loss and life
loss happened at the same time. They may also be bound to a person they
loved or hated, lingering and clinging to them until the person joins them in
the first tier, and their able to resolve their souls business together.
According to legend you can’t leave the first tier until you learn the way of
stewardship of the earth represented by the Stone People. (unfinished
business).
Second plane – Plant people
As a soul purges and heals, it becomes increasingly awake; consequently it may
pass into the second tier of the Upper World. This level is much more pleasant
for humans than the first. You can see,
and all of your senses are available to you, but there continues to be
suffering as you purge from your last lifetime. The tide of time still exerts a
pull, and cause and effect still predominate.
here the many streams of your previous lifetimes run into the currents of your
most recent existence. You not only recapitulate and experience the events of
your recent past, but those of many other incarnations as well. You meet
beings you recognize and who recognize you. As in a dream people from the
distant past and from your recent lifetimes appear and seek forgiveness of
vengeance. You can interact with them, but as
in dreams, senses change rapidly and it takes a long time to find resolution.
You can’t leave the second tier until you accept responsibility for the
stewardship of all green life, of the flowers, and of the forests. The plant
people level is one of cleansing and growth, life and sunlight, it’s a green
world where the spirits of plants reside.
The laika journey to this place to receive guidance as to which herbs and
plants they should use for a person in need. It is from this wolrd that
pharmacology first emerged among traditional peoples. Indigenous healers did
not test 100 of remedies before finding what worked, they asked.
Third Plane: Level of the Animal
Spirits
This realm has the spirit of all animals and extinct species, individuals aren’t differentiated from each
other and there’s nothing but a complete absorption with nature because animals
have collective souls, unlike humans who have individual souls. There’s no
consciousness, no separation from anything that occurs around you-instead,
you’re abosorbed and possessed by the collective with no sense of I or self.
Time is completely fluid in this world, although there’s still a past and
present.
The human soul that inhabit this world are in their final stages of purging.
All that’s required now is that they awaken and realize that they’re dreaming. According to legend, you many not
leave this tier until you can participate
consciously in the evolution of all life.
During these 3 levels you will meet those you are familiar with but you cannot
communicate each soul is focused on there own purging.
The Fourth Plane – Ancestors
The souls of your ancestors reside in the fourth tier, and you can engage them
in dialogue because they’ve finished their own atonement process. This domain
is filled with people, places and things that mirror and parallel those from
your world. Here you meet your loved ones who have completed the journey back
home.
A shaman helps you in this life to heal so in the afterlife it is not required
to journey through all of these planes.
This is all about preparing to meet your celestial
parents, who will help you choose the next family you’ll be born into, the
circumstances and place of your next birth, and what kind of life experiences
you;’ll have in your next incarnation.
The life-review process occurs in
the presence of your celestial parents, this is where you’re accused, the
defendant, the judge and the jury all at once.
The 4th tier is a realm of peace and rest for humans, where souls
gather between incarnations. Even though
you’ve purged and atoned, your soul’s history will determine your next
incarnation. Time stands nearly still, but cause and effect and the law of
karma still predominate. A minute in this realm can be a century of earth time.
Legend says you don’t evolve beyond this
domain until you accept responsibility for dreaming the entire universe into
being.
5th Plane level of the
highest
From here you can climb a ladder into the fifth and highest level. The realm of angels, archangels where the
great medicine healers reside. This is where all the souls dedicated to
assisting humankind dwell, including the bodhisattvas of Buddhism and the
saints of Christianity. This is where you meet your self that never entered the
stream of time, the once containing all the knowledge of the person you’re
evolving into.
