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one member of my dream circle who wanted a sign from her deceased father bemoaned that he was not showing up in her dreams.
One day she came into dream circle saying that she got the sign she was looking for: While driving home on a new route last week, she saw a street sign that said“ George Street”; her father’ s name. She laughed and said that she recognized his sense of humor,“ After all, I did ask for a sign!”
Calls 4 and 5 are often the shouts or may escalate into shouts if we are not attending to them. Here, our ancestors died with trauma, pain, enslavement, displacement, and cannot finish passing over into spirit until this pain has been healed sufficiently. They are asking or begging for our help. Before we offer or extend our help, we need to take care to also protect ourselves. We ask to discern between what is ours, what is not ours, and make sure to keep good strong boundaries between our own life and theirs before we offer the help.
The Sapphire-Blue Container of Safety and Light
One excellent way to do this is with the Sapphire Circle of Safety and Light. Do this intentionally before entering into dialogue with your hurting ancestors.
1. Quiet your body and mind. Plant your feet on the ground, barefoot if possible. In this moment, you are connecting with your first ancestor, Mother Earth.
2. Close your eyes and imagine a line coming down from the heavens, through the crown of your head, and down through your body. Ground this plumb line through the soles of your feet into the earth, connecting above and below. Bring awareness of your body into the present with your breathing.
3. Next, take a deep breath through your nose, inhaling slowly to the count of four. Exhale slowly to the count of eight through your mouth, pursing your lips like you are blowing out candles on a birthday cake. Do this three times to put yourself into a light trance state.
4. Then, visualize and feel yourself surrounded by an egg-shaped container of sapphire light. If this color doesn’ t work for you, find the color and shade of safety and protection that feels just right. Your blue light may come through as turquoise, sapphire, teal, aquamarine, azure, opalescent, or crystal blue. Let yourself be enveloped by this light.
WISDOM & SELF-GROWTH
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