Crossroads

Crossroads

My body, now that we will not be traveling together much longer 

I begin to feel a new tenderness toward you, very raw and unfamiliar, 

like what I remember of love when I was young -- 

love that was so often foolish in its objectives 

but never in its choices, its intensities.

Too much demanded in advance, too much that could not be promised --

My soul has been so fearful, so violent: 

forgive its brutality.

As though it were that soul, my hand moves over you cautiously,

not wishing to give offense

but eager, finally, to achieve expression as substance:

it is not the earth I will miss, 

it is you I will miss.

- Louise Glück

SoulCollage® Companion Suit: 7th Chakra - Crown - Eggs

 

I am one who exists before beginning. I am unhindered by the material world. I am one who is being, becoming, generation, and flow. I am formless and contained in all.

What is your gift or message for me?

Don't allow your senses to confine you. As you were in the beginning, you are in the end. 

What do you want me to do?

Bathe in connection.

Why did you show up today?

You are changing, and I emerged.

If you have a shadow, what would it be? Or, what light do you offer?

The shadow is intellectualization and disconnection from the unseen.

SoulCollage® Companion Suit: 6th Chakra - Third Eye - Owl

I am one who perceives using intuition. I am one who envisions that which is hidden. I sense movement and can detect it from a distance. I fly high enough to see from a broad perspective. I symbolize wisdom. 

What is your gift or message for me?

To open your third eye, be sure all other senses are in balance with their corresponding chakras.

What do you want me to do?

Recognize the difference between perceptions and data gathered by senses and intuitive knowledge. Keep listening and seeing through your energy. 

Why did you show up today?

To reinforce your progress. 

If you have a shadow, what would it be? Or, what light do you offer?

The shadow is elevating the third eye above all other chakras. They are all integral.

SoulCollage® Companion Suit: 5th Chakra - Throat - Humpback Whale

I am one who is social and thrives in community. I am one who dances to the rhythm of the moon and tides. I am one who dives deeply and lives in the Mystery. I am one who sings even if no one is listening. I am a Presence to be reckoned with. 

What is your gift or message for me?

You were given your body and mind to use, so use them. You have a right to voice your ideas and to sing. It may seem that no one is listening, but have faith in the joy of the act and that someone is benefitting.

What do you want me to do?

Develop, cultivate, nurture your communities. Listen to the wisdom of the rhythms in your life. Keep diving deep.

Why did you show up today?

Because you asked for a reminder to use your voice.

If you have a shadow, what would it be? Or, what light do you offer?

The shadow is an echo chamber, a closed loop.

SoulCollage® Companion Suit: 4th Chakra - Heart - Caterpillar Butterfly

 

I am one who begins life in one form, and through the miracle of metamorphosis, transforms into a radically different being. Although I am completely changed, I also remain the same. I enter life crawling and die flying. I unite the tangible and mystical. The symmetry of my form reflects the perfection of unconditional love. 

What is your gift or message for me?

Transformation is possible.

What do you want me to do?

Trust that life has a purpose, and trust the metamorphosis. 

Why did you show up today?

As a beacon during your process.

If you have a shadow, what would it be? Or, what light do you offer?

The shadow is intellectual or spiritual flightiness. 

SoulCollage® Companion Suit: 3rd Chakra - Solar Plexus - Honeybee

 

I am one who is a keystone species. The survival of many depends on my work. I am diligent. I am one who is intricately involved in the web of life, who fertilizes and fosters growth. I am one who lives in community and works seamlessly with others toward our common goal: living and thriving. I communicate intuitively with others. I perceive energy around me and read the world this way.

What is your gift or message for me?

The tasks of your ordinary life are essential to the well-being of the world. Your small efforts compound and multiply. They matter. You matter.

What do you want me to do?

Be the guardian of your intuition. Access it, become intimate with it, trust it. Also take care of yourself, and shelter yourself as needed in the hive -- your spiritual community and practice. 

Why did you show up today?

The emergence of your intuitive power has invited me.

If you have a shadow, what would it be? Or, what light do you offer?

The light is deepening intimacy with the universe and all that is in it. The shadow is passivity and resignation.

SoulCollage® Companion Suit: 2nd Chakra - Sacral - Bonobos

I am one who lives in peaceable community. Rather than fight, I prefer to resolve disagreements lovingly, intimately, and depending on the relationship, sometimes sensually. Love and friendship integrate and form the core of my life. I am one who prefers experiencing the energy of creativity, sex, and emotions without words and with all my senses.

What is your gift or message for me?

Sensuality and sexuality are delicious parts of life. Bathe in them, don't avoid them.

What do you want me to do?

Let yourself be sexual. Let yourself enjoy your body fully. Be a phenomenal woman.

Why did you show up today?

Because you are creating a peace with your body, and this is healing. 

If you have a shadow, what would it be? Or, what light do you offer?

The shadow would be allowing sex (the act and the gender) to take over everything or misusing it with others. 

SoulCollage® Companion Suit: 1st Chakra - Root - Turtle

I am one who lives intimately with the roots of the earth. I am one who is hardy. I am one who moves deliberately. I am one who travels at the speed of eternity. I carry the earth and its Source in me.

What is your gift or message for me?

There is beauty in what is unadorned. What looks plain can be rich and powerful. Look within and love it. 

What do you want me to do?

Love your body. Love what you are. See the fullness of your form. Be grateful.

Why did you show up today?

When you meditated on the root chakra, the Native American lore of turtle being the foundation holding up Earth came to mind. Thirteen moons o turtle's back represents connection with earth, moon, and universe.

If you have a shadow, what would it be? Or, what light do you offer?

The shadow is overly focusing only on the concrete and tangible.

SoulCollage® Committee Suit: Writer

 

I am one who communicates. I am one who writes herself into existence. I am one for whom writing is medicine, healing, art, and power. I am one through whom the Word reveals itself.

What is your gift or message for me?

There is value in written expression even if what you write is lost over time. Writing is an energy like electricity; it transforms what it touches, powers events, and is never lost completely. It just becomes something else.

What do you want me to do?

Carve out time to give this part of your soul to the worlds. Practice it. Make lists, write letters, compose poems, write blogs. You are a divine conduit.

Why did you show up today?

To help you remember.

If you have a shadow, what would it be? Or, what light do you offer?

The shadow is narcissism that drives you to re-reading your words rather than letting them go.

SoulCollage® Committee Suit: Universal Brain

I am one who loves information and knowledge and is curious. I enjoy connection, and I seek self and community and understanding through technology. I value insight. I have access to a universe in ways that cannot be seen or tangibly experienced. I know the universe is portable.

What is your gift or message for me?

The intangible is accessible.

What do you want me to do?

Continue seeking, absorbing, learning.

Why did you show up today?

It was time.

If you have a shadow, what would it be? Or, what light do you offer?

The shadow is narcissism and superficiality.

SoulCollage® Committee Suit: Timid Soul

I am one who hides. I am one who is cautious and with weak self-confidence. I am one who is suspicious of the world. I am sometimes so afraid of the world that I would rather burn up in my own ouse than take risks to leave. I am also the only one who can save myself.

What is your gift or message for me?

That there is really nothing to lose, ultimately.

What do you want me to do?

Jump out the window. Have confidence in your strength and in your problem-solving capacities. You must do the work to create the life.

Why did you show up today?

Because hiding has become a deeply ingrained habit, but you know it doesn't serve.

If you have a shadow, what would it be? Or, what light do you offer?

The shadow is over-judiciousness, and the light is freedom.

SoulCollage® Committee Suit: The Witness of Suffering

 

I am one who sees pain and is pained by what I see. I am the starving child with piercing, beseeching eyes. I am one who watches intensely and with fierce concern. I am one so laden with despair that my gaze is pinned to earth. My eyes are portals to the core of my soul, and the pain cannot be unseen. My eyes are a drought that no tears can cleanse.

What is your gift or message for me?

Pay attention. See the pain and suffering of existence. Do not numb yourself or hide from it.

What do you want me to do?

I want you to look into the yes of people you meet. It is healing. I want you to see what is in front of you, than act to meet the needs that arise.

Why did you show up today?

Because I cannot bear witness alone. The more eyes that awaken and see, the greater the healing.

If you have a shadow, what would it be? Or, what light do you offer?

The shadow is depression, isolation, resignation. The light is bearing witness.

SoulCollage® Committee Suit: The Vulnerable One

I am one who is powerless, for whom the world is hard and cold. I am one who feels hunted, and I hide to remain undetected. Being invisible is my survival.

What is your gift or message for me?

Invisibility was a valuable strategy when you were a child. The world was frightening and you were not in control. You survived by disappearing but at some point you also hid yourself from your own self.

What do you want me to do?

Remember me and let this part of you be a source for compassion. Yet make room for other parts of yourself.

Why did you show up today?

You are in a place of experiencing a lot of "young stuff" emerging from your soul. It's part of healing.

If you have a shadow, what would it be? Or, what light do you offer?

The light is compassion.

Awaiting Test Results

Awaiting Test Results

My name is Self (or Me-myself And I).
Today I feel like a held breath
waiting in the throat.
Sometimes I am a work of art.
Sometimes I am a tangled mess.
But always I am curious.
I ask the world, “How did I waste so much time?”
And the answer is

a held breath waiting in the throat.

--Kathryn Harper

SoulCollage® Committee Suit: The Pursuer

 

I am one who, though small, takes risks. I brave challenges of cold and dark to reach a distant goal. I am unfettered by trappings. I am fresh and curious. I will find a way.

What is your gift or message for me?

This baby is doing the improbable, using intelligence to find solutions to get closer to her goal. Even though you feel small and vulnerable like an infant, you have the ingenuity to design options.

What do you want me to do?

Use what is at hand to solve challenges. Use tools that may be unusual choices.

Why did you show up today?

I felt you needed a visual reminder of how brave and intrepid you are.

If you have a shadow, what would it be? Or, what light do you offer?

The shadow is recklessness.