Seed NewsvineAfrica Journey [addendum]
In my post of the forthcoming journey to Africa, I presented a
truncated version of the synchronicitous unfolding of my
journey to Colombia and Brasil insofar as it related to my
intention to travel to Africa. During that journey's unfolding I
kept another online blog to keep friends and family informed of
what was occurring in my world. In my
recent account I intimated a troubled period in that journey
which prevented me from continuing connections I felt important. I
shall recount that period at a later date here, but suffice to say
that it's impact also prompted me to withdraw my online account of
the journey. I saved a
PDF document which captured the essence of my experience
[although hyperlinks and comments are inaccessible and the format
is a little unsophisticated]. It gives some idea of the complexity
of the structures weaved through the worlds of people and things
which have led me to this particular moment of evolution. It also
shows the naive heart writ large...
Download
journeyblog.pdf (267.2K)
Simon
Avalon Arrival
Thanks again to all in Avalon who contribute to the beautiful
energy and unfolding at "The Light House". I speak without a hint
of self deprecation to say that work of Kerrie, Deborah and Helen
is integral to the healing that occurs there, and without them it
would simply not occur with all the magic that so regularly arrives
in that space. That and all the honest acknowledgment of what does
occur there by all who visit makes "my" work so much richer, for it
is my view that any healing for the individual heals the
collective, and the earth upon whom we depend for this opportunity
of embodiment.
I will be returning to Avalon for appointments from Monday 26th
until Wednesday 28th of September, and will again be available from
Wednesday 19th until Sunday 23rd of October.
Kerrie Ferguson will make appointment arrangements so please
contact her as soon as possible if you wish to see me.
Please contact me by email if you have any more specific
queries.
With Love
Simon
African Journey
Please click on the image below to download the itinerary or email
from the About menu
for details.
Africa has never presented strongly to me as a destination for
travel. I had read many accounts of it's history during my youth,
but a history which told of exploitation of resources and people,
wars and the building of empires, rather than the stories of the
land and her people. As a result of my association with the Avalon
community, I had the good fortune to meet with Munene and Liz, both
of whom had a close connection with Credo Mutwa, a Zulu sangoma
from South Africa. I was interested to meet with him and hear his
stories, but again Africa seemed a long way off, and my commitment
at the time was working with the healers of South America and their
particular medicines.
Whilst in the exploration of that realm, I found myself once again
in Brasil with a Colombian shaman of my acquaintance. I had spent
some time prior with him in Colombia, and synchronicity was flowing
rapidly, suggesting a journey of significant unfolding. I had been
ten days in Brasil with a particular group of people, and the final
ceremony with that group had been a difficult one for many, with
the confrontation of fear being the focus for the night's work. I
had worked through the night, assisting the shaman in maintaining
the integrity of the circle, despite repeated attempts to disrupt
that integrity. I was not alone in this work, as all there present
were clearly aware of the seriousness of the situation, drawing
close to the fire and offering a collective rejection of
negativity. Finally, having reached the limit of my patience and
endurance, I invoked the name of an ancestral shaman which had been
offered to me in ceremony some six months earlier. The power of
that connection made manifest was a stream of strange language with
which the ancestors were called, the forces of nature invoked and
the spirits of the surrounding land called upon to insist upon an
end to fear. The call was made not only for that group, but for an
end to the war and oppression so prominent across the globe. I
moved away from the fire and danced around the boundary, rattling
and singing forth a language of my cells, a heartfelt call of what
it is to be truly human.
Communication Only Occurs Between Equals
From "Angel
Tech: A Modern Shaman's Guide to Reality Selection".
"The Teachers walk amidst our daily lives prepared to share the appropriate information when we are ready for it. As we evolve, the lessons present themselves more clearly. For those of us who are too headstrong to learn from other human beings, lessons will duly arrive in the guise of Situations, Dreams and other Self-generating activities. The rest of us who can learn from each other directly, will share the opportunity of meeting the Teachers in the flesh. They are us. We appear in a vast array of masks, cloaks and roles and many of us will not even take the credit for something which comes as natural as helping each other. These Teachers, however, have been recognised in the following services: Gas Station Attendants (Self-Serve), Grandmonthers, Stumbling Drunks, Astronomers, Cats, Landladies, Ferns, Newscasters, Mozart, Hardcore Punk Music Madmen, Crystals, Children, Presidents, Indian Chiefs, MOvie Stars, Plumbers, Telephone Operators and the listgoes on forever. It's all Spiritual and the Teachers are everywhere. It just takes a certain kind of perspective to see this."
It is my repeated observation that those of you who come to work
with me, do so precisely because of the impeccability of the timing
of Spirit, in it's collective and individual manifestations. Most
certainly I have certain skills of perception and manipulation of
matter (specifically bodies, both physical and energetic), but
primarily my role is to hold space so that you may more clearly see
your Self. This makes me no more or less important than any of the
abovementioned Teachers. You are the centre of your perceptual
framework, and all information received from the world around you
must be absorbed, organised and communicated through that
framework.
If my perceptions match those of your Heart's knowing and so
provide space for a more fruitful expression of your Self, I
consider myself blessed, as I have communicated successfully with
an equal.
Simon
Language (Redux)
I have been watching the unfolding events in New Orleans with
interest. I realised that my previous post about the situation
there may have seemed offhand in the face of so much human
suffering. This was not the case, and I have been deeply saddened
by the seemingly perpetual resistance to the real opening of heart
in the American psyche as expressed by it's corporate media. The
obsession with rapes, shooting deaths and other acts of violence
seems to leave little room for discussion of what must be the
myriad of acts of human compassion in times of stress and loss. I
was, it seemed, witnessing yet another great possibility for
healing being subverted by forces of greed, violence and
manipulation. A wise friend suggested a
different outcome.
I also think that it's the American way - the blaming the fighting, etc. The problem is that they can't rally against nature - this is actually a huge national lesson which will wind its way into the heart. Think of it...there will be inevitably the shock of the "empty boat" story, in the dead of night, a boat hits another, wakes up and angers the captain, who storms out on deck, gun in hand...only to find the offender an empty boat...what happens to the anger?
This is being played out in self-talk and the process of mind all over the country. It is a good thing. Hatred has no more pitiful image than the blinded cyclops, at one time so feared, and soon, willing to hold a child's hand out of the labyrinth. This, I think, may well be a moment of the heart as it emerges.
I sincerely hope he is right, and that the many acts of heart's
compassion become the norm rather than the exception
Simon
Bellingen Studio Closure
I can be contacted at the email address in the "About" menu if there are any further queries
Simon