Journey 38 - Guidance for Tomorrow's Meeting

3/17: A Journey for guidance on how best to advance love and togetherness at our counseling meeting tomorrow evening. After smudging and lighting a Sacred Candle, I used the Meadows CD as my Drumming. Very quickly, I saw a large Standing Person (Tree) bathed in a very deep Red Light. As I approached this Tree, I was in awe of the deepness of the coloring. As I climbed up the Tree, I noticed it was not the Tree itself that was red, but a thin veil of Light surrounding it that produced this vibrant hue. I climbed to the Tree top and waited, and very soon a Peace Eagle (!) came zooming down to get me. This is the first time a PE has been my Guide. We took off, me on its back, and zoomed toward a very red Circle on the horizon. I knew red was the color of the East, the Direction of Insight and Wisdom, so this would be a fruitful Journey. We reached the Circle and then soared up a Tunnel of red Light for a while, but soon the Tunnel Walls began displaying beautiful and exotic fruits that whizzed by us. Eagle snatched off a few to eat. Colors were very bright. We then exited the Tunnel into the Upperworld, where I was now standing on a plain covered in short, vibrantly-colored Plants. As I turned to view the Scene, I saw the Hotel in which our counseling appointment will be. Eagle Claw met me as Owl, and we went in together. We floated up through the floors, and found ourselves in the meeting room. Several times I asked to see the face of the person we’ll be meeting with, but the Spirits did not think I needed that info. Instead, they presented me with a scene of my younger children playing on the floor together. My son was about 5, my daughter 7. They were playing with a large ball, and I got the strong sense of family unity from this scene..a reminder of how it was when we were truly unified as a family. This meant Family was Job 1 still for me..the most important message of this Journey is that I must act as if we were still in that formative stage. The scene then shifted to a round table, around which sat modern day daughter and son. My son spoke the most, and said I had confused them with my Sacred Path approach..that whatever happens, happens, and it is my job as Father to merely note it but not intervene any more than necessary. They said this appeared to them as a distancing, a weaker love. I also was shown that by trying to smooth out feelings and explain why Mom was acting as she did to her son, instead of supporting her, I was causing the appearance of disunity between us, encouraging the kids to do their own thing and ignore us. The old divide and conquer. My wife has told me my actions say the same thing to her. I was also told by * my Spirit Guide to explain more to my kids about the things I’ve learned about the Spirit Life, so they could see I’m actually acting with more love, not less. He told me my wife and I must speak in one voice at all times. He also asked me to be more tolerant of my wife’s different ways. Her deep fears, angers, need to be in total control, and to always be right were all part of her life, important parts, and I should honor them. But He also said that she must honor my life values. Only by talking these wide difference in style out, and coming to some sort of middle ground, can we be successful at raising the kids past their teens. The meeting at the table then ended. I then brought my son to the Sacred Tree of Life, to give him strength to handle his upcoming challenges in school. I smoked with the Guardians and passed the Pipe to my son. I asked about his F in English and was told to ask his teacher what he must do to get a D or C, and make sure he does it. Concerning his lying, this was a very serious offense, and he should be made aware that if it continues, he will be shunned from family wealth and guidance, for being untrustworthy makes it hard for him to continue being part of the Sacred Circle. I thanked Eagle Claw and the Guardians for their advice. Peace Eagle and I then flew back, and I was allowed to absorb all the red energy from the tree from which we’d departed. Apparently I’ll need it. I then drummed back to the room and grounded.

* Indicates where the phone rang and my wife told me our son had been in his first auto accident. It was not his fault, but his first car was totalled.