Manifesting self acceptance and love

The key to so many situations is to just be okay with who you are. I don't always manage it, but on the few occasions where I have it has been the most freeing and lightening experiences in my life. The ability to just accept and love yourself in the face of the overwhelming evidence that life provides you of your imperfection is a talent. Perfection arises from imperfection. If you find yourself berating yourself take a breath. View the video above as often as you feel you need it. Coming out of the holiday season we can all be a little worn out from stress of trying to create the "PERFECT XMAS" or whatever holiday you celebrate. Movies, televisions, and books have painted an illusion that at this time of year we are able to be more open and compassionate. Often times we are so stressed from trying to make everything perfect that we can forget the most important thing which is to cut ourselves and our families some slack.

I too have been guilty of expecting others to behave in a certain way for "the holidays". I tend to be more judgmental of myself about how my body looks, how successful I am, or how well I am liked. I also notice when I am treating myself this way I tend to project that onto others. That's not exactly the holiday spirit I want to convey. In light of that it is extremely important for me to remember what is going right and to honor that. One of my prayer practices is to say after meditation " I pray beauty into my heart, I pray beauty into my mind, I pray beauty into my body, I pray beauty into my relationships, and I pray beauty into my work."

Take time to honor yourself this winter, to reflect on what is right with life and the world. A billion processes must be working flawlessly for you to continue breathing each second. There is beauty to be found in winter's heart.

Peace and Blessings,
Thomas Mooneagle

Opportunity knocking

I've been rather remiss in posting lately, and much has been going on in my life. You would think that would lead me to post more often, but alas no I mean to and yet somehow the next thing happens. One of the most interesting experiences I come across is to see how others view me. I had no idea that many people in the community were completely unaware of my ceramic production. This was hammered home to me when I took some of my work to the Sound Light and Ascension Expo the last weekend in September. I had a booth sort of fall into my lap at the last minute, and when I checked in with my guidance I was told to bring "my whole bag of tricks". So I finally brought some of my ceramic wares to sell, and sell they did. The most common thing I heard was "you made these?" Usually followed by a compliment to my skills. I should let you know dear reader that I only brought the best of the lot(in other words there were some pots that didn't make the cut). The event went well for me both in pottery sales and in readings.

One of the things I had been told repeatedly by spirit guides was that I needed to make space for client sessions. So I finally put it on the calendar and made it official. I have opened up an hour on Wednesdays (9:30 - 10:30 PM) for remote energy shifting/clearing sessions. This isn't the only time I am available, but putting a specific time down was a symbol to the universe that I am ready and making space. Within 24 hours I had a new client.

Another recent event I worked at was the Gypsy Night in LaGrange this past Thursday. I got to connect with a few new people, and once again was reading in the toy store. It wasn't the most visible location, but I like the energy in there. I'm still a kid at heart, and sometimes I even get mistaken for one(thank you to the man for carding me at the movies a few months back it really gave me a laugh).

So I think this is nice and at the same time all this success all at once after a long and what seems like painfully slow build up is rather overwhelming. I even feel myself trying to step back from it. I've done this repeatedly over the years, but this time I have decided to just say "yes" to opportunity. I know a lot of you readers do this too. You don't know how to take a compliment or an opportunity. Learning to be okay with things going successfully takes practice. I am willing to practice now though, even if it is a little anxiety provoking. Anytime we reach one of our limits we can feel a bit nervous. New doors with new possibilities, we always seem to wish for them and when they show up well we don't want to go through them because we don't know what it will be like on the other side. So just like you dear reader I ask for change and then get a little scared of it (okay sometimes more than a little scared). What I am starting to realize is that it is okay to be scared or nervous about all the opportunities knocking, but I am resolved (and I hope you will be too) to start answering the door more often.

Peace and Blessings,

Thomas Mooneagle

Safety first and upgrades

If there is anything that is routine is finding out just how much more I have to learn about or how much of former patterns I need to transmute. A good friend of mine recently said "We're shamans we're not afraid of anything." I think of it as more like an affirmation, we are in the process of making it true. I have realized my own deep seated patterns of conflict still lie beneath the surface of things. I also realized that I still get scared about things. Surprise dear reader Thomas Mooneagle is not perfect (yes I know I was shocked too).

So I have returned to my practice of contemplation. Now I am contemplating who I am in the absences of conflict real or imagined. I'll let you know when I get there. Work continues as it always will in this life (and the next one and the next one in all likelihood).

So now I want to talk about a few things like fear of bad juju. The dark side is out there and it is not wearing plastic armor. It is big and spooky and there are some nasty things that can sting quite a bit. However it's nastiest trick is making you think it is more powerful than you are.

Any one of us is capable of reaching out to the Divine and being heard. That is what the Big Nasties out there are afraid of the most. The fact that we will realize Divine aid is available 24/7 free for the asking and there is no call center that will put you on hold or transfer you to a remote office somewhere on the other side of the globe. If we remember we have access to Divine Protection, accept it, and put our fear on ice till we feel it kick in, well then their number is up. The trick of course being able to do this and not panic when we're in a crisis. So start building the relationship and trust now when you're not in crisis. If you are in crisis well get someone to talk to you who understands where you are emotionally.

Rant over, time for the good news. Due to recent learning experiences and to some power animal helpers (thanks you know who you are) my curse eater has been upgraded. In accordance with my playing rules all other curse eaters have been updated with the upgrade free of charge. All future upgrades will be automatically streamed to happy customers everywhere.

Journeying down the Medicine Road

Well it has been an eventful summer thus far. It's been a reversal of my normal pattern. I generally travel to do workshops and then come back home and apply them. This summer the training I've taken has been locally grown, and I have travelled to apply what I've learned. I can't tell you how much it means to be valued and appreciated by the people I've worked with this past season. I've been to the West to the sands of the sea, and here in Kentucky I've been down to the rolling hills in Bowling Green.

Fall looks as if I will be just as busy. Indeed I will be performing the marriage ceremony for a dear friend. I will be passing the munay-ki rites onto more people (thanks Vicki Jo!), teaching with Leslie about the faeries again, teaching a class on runes, and I will be heading to Columbus Ohio to teach a workshop and do private sessions. I've gotten to work with some lovely people just because I love to play in the energy of miracles and magic. It helps to not be stingy with your talents. Don't keep your gifts all bottled up to only bring out at special occasions, share them and you will be surprised how often people will wish to honor you by paying you for your time and efforts.

Here are a few links to my upcoming events

http://www.theabundancenetwork.info

http://meetup.com/withInsigts/calendar/14545699/


I will keep following the breadcrumbs down my personal medicine road. I hope to encounter you on the way in perfect grace in a gentle way.

Storm offering

A week ago tropical storm Bonnie was moving through the Gulf of Mexico so we at the retreat center took a journey to see our weather teachers and allies. We got to talk to the spirit of the storm and see if it would agree to change course or dissipate. Bonnie was quite willing to talk and agreed to move out of the Gulf going southeast. In the journey I saw her moving to become rain in Africa. Sadly I didn't follow through on checking the international weather. As with all dealings with weather something must be given and Bonnie wanted a mandala made of her storm. So I am posting it here.

Peace and Blessings,
Thomas Mooneagle

The chi of food

Dear imaginary readers...I say this because I am not sure if anyone ever reads these posts. Still another message in a digital bottle is being put out to electronic sea of Internet consciousness. With all this virtual information and interconnected suspended thought I wanted to comment on something a bit more solid...food.

If any of you have been paying attention to the quality of food in most restaurants (not all but think chain restaurants) you will have noticed a decline in it. I don't mean the meat is spoiled and I am not naming any names (if there are imaginary readers there are also imaginary lawyers). What I mean is the glut of food that is not food. It looks like food, smells somewhat like food, it may have some taste similar to food, but it is not food. It is a mix of food products and chemical preservatives, colorants, and flavor enhancements and substitutes. It has calories (usually too many for the weight conscious), but lacks nutrients and many of its chemical properties have not been sufficiently researched as safe.

It is odd when you are made to feel that you are a food snob when what you want is something that is real. Something that wasn't prepared in a factory, doused with chemicals, frozen shipped across the country and then heated up in a steam tray or broiler and served like it was actually prepared in the kitchen. I hereby refuse to eat anything that isn't food from this point forward, as I am on day 3 of gastric upset from eating out on Thursday night.

It is true that you can raise the energy of what you eat by blessing it. It is true that there are ways to filter out the toxins energetically. It is true that you can redesign your energy so that anything that you consume only serves you. However once you do that usually there isn't much left to nourish you. Calorically speaking food like substances provide fuel, but they don't replenish nutrients and they don't foster a relationship with the land. When I bless real food made by myself or those who care for me I can feel the field of its chi quite strongly, and I know it will strengthen me. I suggest you try an experiment bless all the food you eat , and before you take the first bite try to sense with your hand how big the energy field of the food is. Do this with something you've prepared. Do this with something that's been grown in your (or a friend's) garden. Do this at restaurants. When you buy groceries and are choosing between 2 brands test the chi field of each item.

When we put something of substance in ourselves we heal ourselves and thus the world. Eating locally grown food and organic food helps us to become clearer in our energies and it helps support our community of farmers. It is the season of growth and vegetation so there are many good things to taste. Give yourself something real that is the product of someone's hands.

Peace and Blessings,
Thomas Mooneagle

The Echo of the Dreamtime

Today was the very first didgeridoo workshop held here in Louisville. As many of you who have sat in circle with me know, I've had a didgeridoo for several years and I love to play it for gatherings. However, I've never really had much instruction and hadn't ever mastered circular breathing or animal calls through the didge. So together with Linda Roe, we coordinated to bring up didgeridoo expert Michael Bacon (he will deny being an expert but that is what I am calling him).

We had 2 full workshops starting this morning at 9. We broke for lunch after noon and then the second class began around 1:30. Many of us were quite out of breath after several hours of making quite ridiculous and indigestion like sounds on our didges. There were several times when not just myself, but most of the room broke out into laughter as our drones fell flat and turned into something sounding more like a bathroom noise. Okay I will type it...we made sounds like loud farts. LOL! I had considered just taking the intermediate workshop since I've had my didge for several years, but I am so glad that I took the beginner's workshop too. I have been apparently been droning in a way that is not quite correct. So next time (and yes there will be a next time) I'd encourage any didge enthusiasts to take both classes.

Apart from fart jokes which none of us voiced, but we were all thinking, Michael also demonstrated his healing modality which combined reiki with the spirit of the didgeridoo. Many of the participants felt the energy move up their spine and out the crown of their head. I felt it moving up, but it swirled in my heart and sort of radiated out from my face and circled the crown. It was a very visceral feeling of warmth and vibration combined with the awareness of the subtle energies moving within me. Personally it sparked several artistic ideas with me and I have a list of tasks to now bring new creations to life.

One of the more memorable moments was a question Linda asked Michael about the sound of the didgeridoo. If the drum is the heart beat of the mother earth what is the sound of the didgeridoo? Barbara Bloecher (also in attendance) always says that the sound of the didgeridoo is the sound of creation. However I had a flash of another way to describe the sound. I hear the didgeridoo as the echo of the dreamtime.

Peace and Blessings,
Thomas Mooneagle