Mid Week Road Trip

One of the advantages of being self employed is the ability to have a flexible work schedule.   Several weeks ago I blocked out 2 days in the middle of this past week to take a short road trip.  I didn’t go far.  I drove down to Kanab, Utah, about 2 hours.  It is located in a gorgeous part of the state, in the very southern central part. 

There is a company in Kanab called Dreamland Safari Tours.  They do hiking trips all over the Kanab area.  I had been on their mailing list ever since I moved here, and was just waiting for an opportunity to take one of their excursions before the summer heat set in.  I chose a half day trip to the White Wave and the Peek-a-boo slot canyon.    

On the way down to Kanab the day before the excursion, I stopped at one of my very favorite places, the Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park.  I had been there several times before, and written about it in this blog.  Each time it is different because of the time of day, season, and weather.  Last week it was very windy, although that is what creates the dunes!   There is something magical about the isolated parts of the park, and the shifting sands that covered up my footprints very quickly.  I was reminded of the Navajo saying about "Walking the Beauty Way", and "leaving no trace".  What a wonderful way to go through life!  

I spent about 2 hours there trudging along through the loose sand.  Upon arriving at my hotel, there was quite a bit of sand to be poured out of my hiking boots!  Below are some photos.

Bright and early the next morning, I drove over to the Dreamland office to start the tour.  Both of the highlights of the trip were located north of Kanab.  Our first stop was the Peek- a- boo slot canyon.  We drove first on a paved highway and then on an unpaved road for about 6 miles.  We were driving through very deep sand, and it seemed to take forever!  Luckily, our group of 6 adults and a 7 month old infant was in a very heavy 8 passenger vehicle with an excellent tour guide who knew just what to do.  Most people use dune buggy type vehicles that they own, rent or are a part of another tour. 

A slot canyon is defined as a deep crack in the sandstone where you can touch both side walls at the same time with arms outstretched.  I have walked through the Antelope Canyon slots 5 times, and was very interested in seeing how this one compared.  Of course, one has to pay a fee for those, whereas this one is on Bureau of Land Management land, so free for all to enjoy.  I was not disappointed in the least! Here are a few of the MANY photos that I took there.  

After another 6 miles or so of driving through the deep sand, we came to the White Wave formation.  This is also sand stone, but it is white as opposed to the pinks of the slot canyon.  Here, it has eroded in a wave formation.  We hiked to the top, and then back down for more deep sand driving and then on to the highway and back to town. 

I am so lucky to be living in an area that is a geologist's paradise!  So much to see and do.  I hope you enjoyed the photos.  

PS--After I posted this I was reminded by my good friend Diane that the full moon in April, on the 15th, is the Pink Full Moon! 

Finally a Break

Lately, work, remote viewing, and extra activities have kept me pretty busy.   I did set aside a day to drive down south of here for a nice long hike.   I hiked the Chinle Trail, which is actually part of Zion National Park.  This is not a summertime hike because of the lack of shade.  In spite of it being spring, it was pretty warm for this time of year, getting up to about 80 degrees by the time I was finished.  This is also the best time to photograph the spring wildflowers. 

Zion National Park is quite large, and there are ways of getting into the park for hiking along the perimeters without going through the visitor center on the main road.  This is what I did yesterday.  I drove south and then east for about an hour to Rockville, which is before Springdale, the gateway town to the park.  I then drove north through a pretty fancy subdivision to get to the trailhead.  Not too many people know about this trail, and I only met one man and his dog while hiking. 

The hike was 6.5 miles round trip which took me 3.5 hours on a sandy and fairly flat trail.  Many consider this a boring trail, but it does go through the very western edge of the park with nice views of some of the park’s mountains to the east. 

The main impressive mountain is Mt. Kinesava to the east of the trail.  Kinesava is the Paiute Indian “Deity of Trickery”.  Below are some of the many views of this picturesque mountain.

Here are some of the wildflowers that were in bloom along the trail.

At about the 3 mile mark, the trail skirts along the edge of a deep canyon.

The end point for me was a petrified forest.  The ground was strewn with chunks of petrified wood. 

There was even a petrified log embedded in the trail above the deep canyon!

More nice views looking to the south as I returned to the trailhead.

Below is the very top of the West Temple to the east, which is the flat mountain on the left.  It is the highest point in the park at 8,000 feet, and was named by the famous explorer John Wesley Powell.

All in all it was a lovely day and a needed break! 

March Launch

Earlier today our group got together for our monthly launching.  5 people participated.  To recap the process, we rotate around the group with one person being launched, with one person serving as the shaman, and the rest holding space and tracking the launchee’s journey.  At the start of each journey, we all expand our Core Essence, thus creating a group vessel.  We are so unified in this process that the energetic shift for each journey applies to each of us at the same time. 

The intent for my launching today was to journey up to Source and to rest there a while.  I have been very busy with clients these last few weeks, and really needed to recharge.  Upon expanding my Core Essence, I could tell that there were a lot of people inside that huge bubble.  Perhaps these were all of the clients that I will be working on in the near future?  I thought that was really nice!

I then proceeded to travel upwards at a fairly rapid pace, going through many layers of colors, vibrations and sounds.  I then got to what I have been labeling as “Source”, which is a really sublime golden honey colored zone of vibration.  When I have visited there before, it was wonderful just to rest, floating in a space where there were no thoughts or emotions, and no movement whatsoever. 

This is what I had planned to do today, but that was not what happened.  I had barely gotten to the Source when a large diagonal crack started to open up in the ceiling.  A blinding pure white light started to peek through.  So of course, I went through this crack when it got big enough to accommodate me.

I found myself in a realm that was totally new to me.  The colors were shades of gold, and the beings there were also golden in color.  They were tall and wispy and were wafting around, in addition to occasionally merging and separating.  I surmised that these were the creators of our Source. 

I tried communicating, which was almost impossible.  These were not individuals at all, and I found that communication with a group consciousness was difficult.  There was no language that would suffice.  Instead, what happened was that they started working on my energy field and body.  I definitely got the impression that I was being cleared and restored to my original state as one of them, a creator being.  I could actually feel work being done to my physical body, changing it into one that was taller, thinner, and totally flexible.  Like them! 

About that time, I was called back to the group, and it took me a bit of doing to get fully back into my body.   Wow!  That was some trip!  Because I ended up in a realm that I had never visited before, at least consciously, it was and still is very hard to describe.  I may be going there again in a future launch.

Just know that for every event like this that is experienced by one, these imprints are put into the mass consciousness and are available for all to connect to.  This isn’t just happening to me.  As one evolves energetically, it benefits everyone.  As each one does their work, the whole is lifted up.  We do not evolve as a group consciousness, but one by one a bit at a time.

Spring Equinox

This evening I drove out to our local sacred site, the Parowan Gap, to enjoy the setting sun for the Spring Equinox.  What a difference from last year at this time!  Tonight it was balmy, no wind with a temperature in the low 50's.  Last year, I went out 3 nights in a row to get my photo.  The first night it was cloudy at sunset, the second night it started to rain at the appropriate time.  The third night, I finally got a decent photo, but it was bitterly cold and I was frozen like a pop sickle!  I realize that I am a day ahead of time, but we will have some bad weather coming in, so tonight was my best opportunity.  On top of that, I was the only one there at this very special site.  Wonderful!  I will do my bowl burning tomorrow night here at home.

So this is just a reminder to do some sort of ceremony or honoring of this occasion. The Equinox is all about balance, so if your life is out of balance in any way, please address that now.  It is a powerful time to do so.  As each one of you shifts, we can affect the world in a positive way.

Holding Your Own

So now we have another round (or 2 or 3 or more) of turmoil, conflict and uncertainty happening on the planet.  All designed to generate fear.  Just when we think things are evening out and starting to normalize, something else comes along.  Is this all a part of a plan?  On an energetic level, is this the age old battle of light vs. dark being activated once again?  I suspect that it has never gone away, and just resurfaces from time to time. 

Someone has to hold the higher ground no matter what is happening.  That someone is you.  By holding the higher ground, you radiate that elevated energy to those around you for the indirect benefit of all.  That is true service work.  I also wrote about this time of disconnect and turmoil in my New Years prediction post here. 

So here is a very gentle reminder to those of you who know yourselves to be spirit having a temporary physical experience.  Be the observer of your reality.  Take a step back and connect with your Inner, Higher and Greater Selves.  If you feel drawn to engage in one of the issues currently plaguing our earth and humanity, go within first and try to determine what the unhealed issue is that you are carrying regarding what is going on.  Do you play the victim?  Do you have unhealed issues of being abused, abandoned, and neglected?  Are you living a life of lack and limitation, or poverty consciousness? 

Just know that any and all of these issues exist only in the physical, emotional and mental realms, and that you do not take them with you when you finally transition out of the 4 D arena.  On the other hand, if they are not resolved by that time, you will be repeating them over and over until they are.

These experiences are also for the learning and might I say adventure of your greater being! 

Being a long time shamanic practitioner and energy healer, I know that unearthing certain issues that you are carrying within can be tricky.  We are talking about shadow work here.  Know that just by acknowledging the issue in any way that you can is about 85% of the healing process.  If nothing else, hold a higher vibrational state for yourself as consistently as possible.  Focus on the divine and perfect being that you are.  Your personal storm clouds will clear eventually!