8. To Be Sovereign

There is something wrong in the world. You don’t know what, but it’s there like a splinter in your mind driving you mad. It is this feeling that has brought you to me. Do you know what I’m talking about? Morpheus to Neo in the movie, The Matrix.

Very early in one’s social life, Kindergarten, first and second grade, especially if one is an only child, it comes to one’s attention that more is expected than what prevails at home, there are tough lessons, both in the classroom and in the yard, especially the yard to be learned.

As a first step to becoming sovereign of oneself in contemporary society one needs to expand consciousness beyond what rational mind will accept, to upend its control over one's every thought and action. The notion of safety, which is society's mantra, is a false paradigm. There is only the inscrutable adventure of one's chosen course.

Crazy Horse once said that, "One day I will leave this world and dream myself to reality." What is the dream and what role does it play in one's life. How to interpret the stories that unfold in the night

A part of self is ancient, has seen and knows it all. It is the wise guide, that if we care to listen, directs our life on its true path. Whence did it originate?

In a vision quest ritual a person separates herself from the everyday life, fasts and purifies herself, seeking a spiritual connection, and hopefully a vision that will guide her on her path.  It’s a powerful experience that attracts psychic forces to oneself.  You let go of your tenacious grip on life and open yourself up to this force.  Afterward, what   happened will take time to unfold,œ your perception of life and your role in it completely  changes.

In a vision quest ritual a person separates herself from the everyday life, fasts and purifies herself, seeking a spiritual connection, and hopefully a vision that will guide her on her path.  It’s a powerful experience that attracts psychic forces to oneself.  You let go of your tenacious grip on life and open yourself up to this force.  Afterward, what   happened will take time to unfold,œ your perception of life and your role in it completely  changes.

In a vision quest ritual a person separates herself from the everyday life, fasts and purifies herself, seeking a spiritual connection, and hopefully a vision that will guide her on her path. It’s a powerful experience that attracts psychic forces to oneself. You let go of your tenacious grip on life and open yourself up to this force. Afterward, what happened will take time to unfold,œ your perception of life and your role in it completely changes.

My gift is easily lost; the everyday life overwhelms Seeing is about pulling the mask off, and truly being there at that moment, its that part of self that you understand as ancient, has always been, will always be, the one who knows you, the totality of you.

In further episodes, I will present vocal images much like the ones painted in ancient caves of the world, images we have created and presently inhabit, the art and music, the stories that serve to mesmerize, to captivate the soul, the spirit