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March 28, 2024
Easter
March 25, 2024
The Realm of the Jaguar
A few days ago I returned from a fabulous trip to the Maya lands of Honduras, Guatemala and Belize. This was the first time that I had visited the very southern border of that realm, and the idea was to put together my understanding and experience with the Mayas as a whole. The trip did not disappoint! In addition to going to many minor sacred sites, our group visited Copan in Honduras, Tikal in Guatemala, and Lamamai in Belize. I call this the realm of the Jaguar, as Jaguar was their number one guide and protector.
I always travel with my small crystal skull “The Traveler” when going to important spiritual locations. From the moment I got him many years ago, he told me that this was his role, to receive the energy of the location and transmit that to the rest of my skulls upon returning home. To do this, I place him on a stone of a temple or altar for a few minutes to soak up the energy. In quite a few places this has had to be done surreptitiously as touching is a no no. So far in my travels, I was able to do this in all cases, even at Machu Picchu!
Jaguar is also my number one guide and protector. She came to me spontaneously years ago, even before I started my shamanic training. In 1999, I was having a required reading/healing session with the leader of a group that I was involved with. The energy didn’t feel right, as she was pushing some kind of not so nice energy onto me. All of a sudden, in my inner eye, a black jaguar appeared. Intuitively, I knew that this was a protector energy there to counteract what she was doing. It wasn’t until I started my shamanic training the next year that I fully realized what had happened.
Our first major site visit was to Copan in Honduras. As these posts are not meant to be a travelogue, I will be mainly describing my experiences at the important places. You can do your own research to find out more.
First, The Traveler got energized on an altar with carvings depicting the 16 rulers of Copan that sits in front of Structure 16.
This temple was built on top of a pre existing temple called the Rosalila. Very significant and important.Here is a reconstructed Rosalila that is in the Copan museum.
Next over to the East Court, which was called the Plaza of the Jaguars. Note the dancing Jaguar below!As I was walking along a wall on the edge of this plaza, imagine my surprise upon finding an original but beat up sculpture of a jaguar. Its head was missing, and I was told that the whole thing had been moved to that location from somewhere else at the site. This is the next location where The Traveler was energized. Note the carving of the patterns on the jaguar’s body!
A few days later when our group drove across the border to Antiqua, Guatemala, I had a chance to find out what my Mayan birth sign is. No coincidence here, as it is I’x, pronounced “eesh”, which means Jaguar! This is the sign of life force, the Mayan priest, Guardian of the Mayan altars, women and the earth. It is a female energy of astuteness, daring, intelligence and strong natural forces, to name a few. I’ll take that! I did end up buying some jewelry pieces with that glyph on them.
Our next major stop was at Tikal. This was one of the most important Mayan sites, and is home to several towering temples, the tallest at 210’. Temple I is aptly named The Temple of the Giant Jaguar. This is where The Traveler got energized next.
We didn’t have a lot of time to explore Tikal, so I won’t go into its history. We did climb up a multi level staircase to the top of Temple IV to get this fabulous view.
A few days later we crossed the border into Belize. I detected a shift in vibration immediately! I liked that. Belize is a former British colony, and they speak English there. It actually reminded me of Jamaica.
Our last major stop was at Lamanai. I had never heard of that Mayan complex before, but it was well worth visiting. It is also one of the longest continually inhabited Mayan sites, dating back to 1500 BC. It is on the cruise ship list of excursions from the Caribbean coast, so we made sure that we got there well before the cruise people arrived.
I will go into Lamanai more in a later post, as we were there on Spring Equinox day. Of course, the local Temple of the Jaguar was the first one that we saw.
The Traveler got energized there. Here he is sitting in the nostril of the jaguar.
This trip
involved lots of cultural and experiential activities. I am not sure I will write about those, but
will certainly share my photos. Enjoy.
March 3, 2024
Jungle Mayan Ruins
I am getting ready to head out on another trip in a few days, so I will be out of communication for several weeks. This trip features visits to Copan in Honduras and Tikal in Guatemala. These 2 sites have been on my bucket list for at least 15 years. I have never been to either one. I just remembered this morning that I had actually booked this trip with different groups and with slightly different itineraries 3 times previously! One of the trips was canceled by the tour company, and I backed out of the other two for various reasons.
When the time is right, things just fall into place. That is what happened here. Unless I am absolutely enthralled with these ruins, this will be a one and done. I will check them off of my list! I have another bucket list trip coming up in a few months, and that will be it for now.
There is a lot of benefit to waiting for the right time. On the other hand, I know of people who make excuses for not jumping onto an opportunity that presents. This is a delicate balance that requires knowing oneself completely, and being willing to follow guidance and trust. If one knows oneself completely, the decision is easy. If however there are unhealed issues that prevent the moving forward, those need to be addressed. Sometimes we just need to take that leap of faith and go for it.
Travel isn’t getting
any easier, and I am not getting any younger, so I am going for it now! When I get back, I will be posting photos and
writing about the exciting experiences that I know I will have. Stay tuned!
February 28, 2024
Life on Mars
I recently listened to an interview that featured Robert Zubrin of the Mars Society. He is considered to be an expert on all things to do with Mars, including how to get there, what we need to do to live there, and what the time frames for this would be, among other topics. He seemed overly optimistic with his ideas, but who is to say that none of that would not come to fruition!
The whole time he was talking, I was thinking about our connection with Mother Earth. Being of a shamanic frame of mind, I regard this intimate connection as a necessity for the health and well being of all sentient life on Earth. Unfortunately, because of start of life issues compounded by the current state of our world, many people have disconnected from that connection and prefer to be ungrounded and out of their bodies most of the time. That is understandable, as it is a way for them to not feel afraid. Nevertheless, that gives one a very false sense of security!
So, a number of questions came up for me while listening to the interview. If one is on some kind of ship heading to Mars, how is their grounding cord operating? Is it still connected to the core of our Earth Mother? If so, can it stretch all the way to Mars? Is this a holographic connection and one takes it wherever they go and it does not need to stretch?
Or, as I have seen with many people nowadays, the grounding is minimal or not even there, so what I said above may not matter.
When one does get to Mars, what then? This reminds me of advice I have given to people after they have made a move from one location to another. It is important to let go of the old location, pull up the grounding cord, and anchor it firmly into the new location. This can sometimes be difficult to do, as there may be unfinished business from the old location that may still linger. There may be traumas and unpleasant incidents, as well as joyful ones that can be hard to let go of. Possessions may also be left behind that call the person back to take care of. Will the people who land on Mars be able to let go of their previous life on Earth?
Will we even be able to let go of our identities as Earth humans enough to anchor into another planet? And what will we be anchoring into? I am assuming that all planets have an energy core that contains the higher dimensional energy of some sort of soul. Certainly our Earth Mother fits into this category. Will new arrivals to Mars be able to connect to this core, or forever live there in an ungrounded and out of body state? That would not bode well for the physical and psychological health of the new arrivals.
What is the energetic core and soul of Mars like? I did some tuning in and found a male energy that was not as vital as our Earth Mother and somewhat angry as well. Would this being welcome us, or do its best to get us to go away? Certainly over the years there have been many strange mishaps involving our exploratory spacecraft that have gone there.
I would imagine that any human that was born on Mars would have an easier time of it, and not have to deal with the challenges that I have described. Bottom line, we will not know until we get there. Zubrin has set out a time frame for colonization, but the future is malleable, so who knows? I hope this post has given you some food for thought. Many questions are posed here. What do you think?
January 27, 2024
A Very Important Recommendation
I have been on Tom Kenyon’s mailing list for years. He is am amazing sound healer and channel for the Hathors. His communications contain very pertinent information for today’s spiritually minded people in addition to free sound tracks that go along with the theme of the writing.
Back when I first started receiving his newsletters, he was putting them out at least once a month. Through the years, that pace has slowed down, and in the last few years, he rarely communicated as he was on sabbatical. It seems that he has reemerged from his quiet time, and is once again putting out some amazing stuff.
On the 19th, he sent out a message and sound meditation entitled “Flower of Life/Tree of Life Hathor Planetary Meditation”. You can access it here. Wow!!! This one really packs a punch, and gives extremely helpful information for those on the spiritual path. The sound meditation is about 5 minutes long and is free. He does offer a much longer version for a reasonable fee.
I have been listening to the longer version the past few days when I have time. It involves bringing higher dimensional energy into one’s central channel down the spine, and then radiating that energy throughout the body’s nerves, meridians and energy channels and further out into the multiverse. Very effective.
Today, I walked our local labyrinth. As I have previously reported, when I spiral into a labyrinth, I am releasing what no longer serves me, and when I come out, I am embracing all of the positives that are due to me. When I was releasing today, it felt like all of the heavy energy I was holding in my multidimensional embodiments was flying out of me. Flowing like water! This included all past lives, my embodiments in other dimensions, in addition to inherited genetic patterns and traumas.
On my way out, I not only pulled in a lot of positive energy down my central channel, but, following Tom Kenyon’s directives, I could feel myself radiating that benevolent energy out to the multiverse. I feel that because of Tom’s sound meditation, I have shifted into an entirely new way of working the energy of the labyrinth.
He recommends listening to the sound meditation frequently, which I will do, to not only elevate one’s vibration, but to also be of service to all sentient beings. Sounds good to me! Give it a try.
I also recommend that you sign up for his newsletter at www.tomkenyon.com. All of the previous writings and sound meditations are available there, too.