<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Yes ~ bear is right ~ !! ~ I’m quite sure I was there that night ~ it was quite awhile ago.<div class="">Every time I see you I think of how you spoke that night ~ how wonderfully astonished I was.</div><div class="">Such a clarity and depth and mystery here ~ thank you for sharing this Carlie.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">much love,</div><div class="">~ Marc <span style="font-size: 31px;" class="">🙏</span> 💛⚡️</div><div class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jun 6, 2025, at 9:59 PM, Riantee Rand via Thespiritexpress <<a href="mailto:thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org" class="">thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="">Thank you for sharing this amazing journey of healing.<br class="">Wonderful writing, so inspiring, so honest and descriptive I was with you all along on your journey.<br class="">I love your animals teachers.<br class="">Yes, your heart is pure and you are love,<br class="">so trust yourself, bear is right!<br class="">With all my love<br class="">Riantee<br class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">On Jun 5, 2025, at 15:50, Jima Abbott via Thespiritexpress <<a href="mailto:thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org" class="">thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org</a>> wrote:<br class=""><br class="">FROM CARLIE<br class=""><br class="">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 class=""><br class="">DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE<br class=""><br class="">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 class=""><br class="">There is a reluctance in my mind to dive into the unknown.<br class=""><br class="">Plummeting down the dark tunnel I am hurled to the dirt floor and am met by Crow who pecks at my eyes.<br class=""><br class="">Bear comes to me and begins to claw and shred the skin from my body; into the muscle and organs.<br class=""><br class="">Blood and body fluids leave a stain on the virgin snow beneath me.<br class=""><br class="">As Bear devours my organs she reaches for my heart and tucks it gingerly into her pocket of fur.<br class=""><br class="">She takes me to her winter cave which is dimly lit by the fire under the cauldron in the center of the room.<br class=""><br class="">I can see black writing etched into my bones; my numerous fears, judgements and transgressions I so dearly want to heal inside me.<br class=""><br class="">There is a large pink eraser beside me and I begin to try and rub away each of the writings.<br class=""><br class="">Bear asks me, “What are you doing?"<br class=""><br class="">“I am trying to erase my fears, my angers, my judgements; to become pure and clean,”<br class=""><br class="">She says you can erase each wound individually, but it will take a long time<br class=""><br class="">or you can jump into this vat of lye and dissolve your bones and all the unsettling emotions and experiences that they hold.<br class=""><br class="">As I stand on the lip of the large kettle looking down at the caustic liquid, I must now make a choice.<br class=""><br class="">Will I surrender to the unknown, to be ridden of that which burdens me.<br class=""><br class="">I turn to Bear and ask “But what about my heart?"<br class=""><br class="">She says, “I will keep it safe for you. Your heart is pure and loving.<br class=""><br class="">Your heart is safe with me.<br class=""><br class="">Your bones will dissolve, but remember that your heart is pure.<br class=""><br class="">You need to trust yourself.<br class=""><br class="">Remember, trust yourself, <br class=""><br class="">you are Love."<br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">Thespiritexpress mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:Thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org" class="">Thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org</a><br class="">https://lists.mcn.org/mailman/listinfo/thespiritexpress<br class=""></blockquote><br class=""><br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">Thespiritexpress mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:Thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org" class="">Thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org</a><br class="">https://lists.mcn.org/mailman/listinfo/thespiritexpress<br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>