Morning Star Ritual Experience
I have been blessed to find a local organization, Spirit Weavers, that provides shamanic training programs. The experience that I am discussing here is my third workshop, second in a series of six on the Fundamentals of Shamanism: Path to the Open Heart Foundation Training in Shamanism, taught by Kate Durda, M.A.
In this second series, The Shaman's Cosmology: The Upper World & Guides, we explored working with our teacher/spirit guides, our ancestors, and a Hmong healing ritual. This healing ritual--the Morning Star Ritual--is what I'll share here.
The purpose of this ritual is to release an unresolved issue or troubling area in your life through the power of ritual. My area of trouble that no longer serves a purpose for me was envy. The goal: I was to externalize it, see it, acknowledge how it helped me, thank it, release it and let go of the tie I had to it and move on.
In my initial journey on this goal, I worked with my spirit teacher, to visualize this "demon" that was envy (externalize it). I saw Envy as a huge and frightening jelly fish with threatening green tentacles. Upon returning from this journey, I transferred this image to clay (see it), forming the jelly fish, including the green tentacles.
On my second journey, I worked with my spirit teacher to meet with Envy, where I acknowledged it and thanked it for pushing me out of my comfort zone and motivating me to achieve more, do more, and be more so I can live life comfortably. From there, we designed a ritual that would enable me to release Envy from my life and let go of the ties I had to it (and it to me) and move on with my life.
My ritual was to bury the clay mold I had made of Envy (the totem that represents this "demon") in my garden, at my sacred rock, along with offerings. For three mornings after this, I was to come back with additional offerings that acknowledged Envy's contribution in my life and thanked it for its help.
After completing this ritual, I noticed that I felt lighter, more free than I had felt in a long time. I felt somehow cleansed and ready for the next level of life to begin. I also felt more aware of initial feeling of envy as they began and now have the power to turn these feeling into gratitude and love for those who are blessed all around me. There is enough abundance in this world to share and for everyone to have so much abundance, in fact, that it spreads like beautiful wildflowers throughout the forest of life.
I returned to my spirit teacher and confirmed that I made a significant shift in my life and that I could end the ritual. In the future, if I do feel Envy knocking on my door, I can return to the sacred rock and make an offering to honor the feeling and let it go.
In this second series, The Shaman's Cosmology: The Upper World & Guides, we explored working with our teacher/spirit guides, our ancestors, and a Hmong healing ritual. This healing ritual--the Morning Star Ritual--is what I'll share here.
The purpose of this ritual is to release an unresolved issue or troubling area in your life through the power of ritual. My area of trouble that no longer serves a purpose for me was envy. The goal: I was to externalize it, see it, acknowledge how it helped me, thank it, release it and let go of the tie I had to it and move on.
In my initial journey on this goal, I worked with my spirit teacher, to visualize this "demon" that was envy (externalize it). I saw Envy as a huge and frightening jelly fish with threatening green tentacles. Upon returning from this journey, I transferred this image to clay (see it), forming the jelly fish, including the green tentacles.
On my second journey, I worked with my spirit teacher to meet with Envy, where I acknowledged it and thanked it for pushing me out of my comfort zone and motivating me to achieve more, do more, and be more so I can live life comfortably. From there, we designed a ritual that would enable me to release Envy from my life and let go of the ties I had to it (and it to me) and move on with my life.
My ritual was to bury the clay mold I had made of Envy (the totem that represents this "demon") in my garden, at my sacred rock, along with offerings. For three mornings after this, I was to come back with additional offerings that acknowledged Envy's contribution in my life and thanked it for its help.
After completing this ritual, I noticed that I felt lighter, more free than I had felt in a long time. I felt somehow cleansed and ready for the next level of life to begin. I also felt more aware of initial feeling of envy as they began and now have the power to turn these feeling into gratitude and love for those who are blessed all around me. There is enough abundance in this world to share and for everyone to have so much abundance, in fact, that it spreads like beautiful wildflowers throughout the forest of life.
I returned to my spirit teacher and confirmed that I made a significant shift in my life and that I could end the ritual. In the future, if I do feel Envy knocking on my door, I can return to the sacred rock and make an offering to honor the feeling and let it go.