Ceremony

Life is Ceremony.

I worked with a spiritual business mentor a few years ago, and she asked me "What does it mean to be a Medicine Woman?"

It took a trip to the coast to visit the ultimate Medicine Woman of Mama Ocean and another week of integrating before the answer came through one day while working in a garden bed I had dedicated to my Ancestors. It came through like a bolt of lightening while weeding the holy basil and tobacco under the light of the waxing crescent moon. This sliver of moonlight represents the light of illumination coming through the doorway of the dark moon/womb cave as we roll away the stone to re~merge and take all that we gained from our inner communion with our depths and divinity into the world to share.

"Life Is Ceremony" It came up from my belly, through my heart, into my throat, and bubbled up into my brain and my whole being lit up. Of Course!

And So It Is. I looked at how life truly is ceremony. Simply So. When we slow down and pay attention to every little thing, when we take the time to put care and intention into every single act, thought, feeling... this is ceremony. When we take the time to commune with the divine, with our ancestors and our angels, with our higher purpose, with our integrity of truth... this is ceremony. When we close our eyes and listen to the hum of the bees, or the song of the birds, or the wind in the trees...this is ceremony. When we notice the intricate beauty and grace in the flowers, their pure life color pouring through, and we Feel It...this is ceremony.

And All of Life is Medicine. Every Soul in our Life is Medicine. All destined and designed to bring us back to Our Truth.

To Our Divinity. To Our Holiness. To Life.

Integration is Key. Without the integration, the act of ceremony becomes a drug. Simply So. It becomes our quick fix to the holy. It doesn't work like that. Every layer must be absorbed. Fully Imbibed. Taken all the way within, dissected, directed, and understood. Thus illuminating all parts within and without In Truth. Then the ripple effect takes place. In our heart, our body, our mind, our field, our family, our life. Without it, we only accumulate and overwhelm further.

Every act of self care is ceremony. Every act of kindness is ceremony. Every bite into the raw goodness of Life is ceremony.

Every Offering of The Self is Ceremony.

Simply So.

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