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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Waw....</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Thank you Carlie... what a deep journey...</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Viktoria</div><div><br></div>
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On Thursday, June 5, 2025 at 03:50:23 PM PDT, Jima Abbott via Thespiritexpress <thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org> wrote:
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<div><div dir="ltr">FROM CARLIE<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Last month Taylor shared a writing she did about a healing journey and it reminded me of a drumming journey I had several years ago about healing the fear, anger and wrong doings I want to heal within me. After reviewing my writing this is the version I shared this week on Tuesday.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I lay on the padded flour in the Yurt listening to the drum beat that will pull me down my rabbit hole and into the center of the earth.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">There is a reluctance in my mind to dive into the unknown.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Plummeting down the dark tunnel I am hurled to the dirt floor and am met by Crow who pecks at my eyes.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Bear comes to me and begins to claw and shred the skin from my body; into the muscle and organs.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Blood and body fluids leave a stain on the virgin snow beneath me.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">As Bear devours my organs she reaches for my heart and tucks it gingerly into her pocket of fur.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">She takes me to her winter cave which is dimly lit by the fire under the cauldron in the center of the room.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I can see black writing etched into my bones; my numerous fears, judgements and transgressions I so dearly want to heal inside me.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">There is a large pink eraser beside me and I begin to try and rub away each of the writings.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Bear asks me, “What are you doing?"<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">“I am trying to erase my fears, my angers, my judgements; to become pure and clean,”<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">She says you can erase each wound individually, but it will take a long time<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">or you can jump into this vat of lye and dissolve your bones and all the unsettling emotions and experiences that they hold.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">As I stand on the lip of the large kettle looking down at the caustic liquid, I must now make a choice.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Will I surrender to the unknown, to be ridden of that which burdens me.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I turn to Bear and ask “But what about my heart?"<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">She says, “I will keep it safe for you. Your heart is pure and loving.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Your heart is safe with me.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Your bones will dissolve, but remember that your heart is pure.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">You need to trust yourself.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Remember, trust yourself, <br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">you are Love."<br></div><div dir="ltr">_______________________________________________<br></div><div dir="ltr">Thespiritexpress mailing list<br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="mailto:Thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://lists.mcn.org/mailman/listinfo/thespiritexpress" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://lists.mcn.org/mailman/listinfo/thespiritexpress</a><br></div></div>
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