Hello From Herbs & Things

If you surrender to the wind, you can ride it.
~Toni Morrison~

Dream Time Medicine Helpers was another fun night at Herbs & Things, or at least I thought so. I think the others had fun too....because we were here for a while:) What was nice too, The day after, some had ah ha's,...I'm smiling because that's what it's all about.
I had a message filled dream that night too.

It's 5 AM, Sunday morning Jan 19th 2013...and the winds are howling and rumbling through the valley like a freight train or a barrage of airplanes flying low overhead. I have to admit, though I love a breezy day, I'm not fond of the winds when they whip like this, but while in the Wheel on Saturday...I heard, 'these winds are the winds of change' so do not be afraid. Alas, I guess I better keep my journal handy because of messages that might be coming through and keep my ears open; I don't want to miss anything, or say as I was saying for days..."Oh I heard that but I didn't write it down or tell you".
Which brings me to, during Dream time Medicine Helpers...we touched on the subject again about journaling, and writing things down.
Someone expressed that it was amazing I've been journaling since 1977. I told them that some years were inconsistent others were every day...so
as I was typing this, I thought what the heck, I'll look back and see what my first journal entry was for Jan 19th and what it had to say.
My first entry was a couple days before Christmas Dec 1977. It was Ricks and my first Christmas together. I turned my journal pages to the first Jan 19th entry, it was 1978.
1978's Jan. 19th was pretty much the same as this 2013 Jan 19th. I wrote of feeding horses, doing this and that, a storm brewing, that was 'running late', much like this 2013 Jan. 19th winter storm, Rick was working nights at Flickinger's then.
I was not surprised at how similar things were on the same days 35 years apart, That's one thing I've learned in journaling is how cyclical life is. There were a few things that got my attention....one of the first things was my writing and how neat and organized it was...Wow I thought was, I must have had more time...LOL. Then a most interesting entry,...was....There was a Canadian Goose on Mom and Dad's back house step today.
My first written thought then was what was Goose doing on their back patio step, in Jan, how odd is that. Well of course, I wish I knew then what I know now, but it wasn't time yet. There were other things I needed to do and learn first... but see that's the splendor in journaling. I am seeing that even then the animals spoke and though I didn't understand the message, I knew in my heart it had significance. I think, in the next few days, I'll have to go through and read more of what happened that year.
But what I now find most intriguing, even though I did not 'know' then I was being spoken too, that they spoke anyway, and now I can see it...and it coincided with I'd just started journaling a few days before, and Goose speaks of, the written word.
Isn't that fascinating... and here, 35 years to the day, I am still writing...every day, even if its just notes.

Another thing...the number of years...35 peak my attention...Why?
3+5 = 8...
8 is my power number..and what does the number 8 speak of? Power, money and infinity...Not sure where the money is yet, but the infinity...well so far I've lived here, on this land and in this house my whole life...and the power, I believe could be the power of God/spirit/ and angels that are allowed to flow through me. My house number is...8441...8+4+4+1=17 ....1+7=8
In Feng Shui a number 8 house, is about money, abundance, success, prosperity, power, which doesn't mean of rolling in dough,(abundance comes in more ways than just monies)
Goose also speaks of the Quest and travels to legendary places...also get this...the number 8 is prominent with Goose. There are 8 species in North America and the number 8 of course is symbolic. Also the formation geese fly in, is shaped like an arrow...and there is more and as you could see I could go on forever...but with out, or actually more of my lack of ability to verbally express the significance of this, I intuitively understand how it all connects and I was suppose to read something from 35 years ago that encompassed so much that's transpired over the years.
Thus... Journal my dears...Journal:)
Oh another intriguing thing...the weather of Jan 19th 1978...it was very similar to this Jan 19th's 2013 weather, in that the weather people had warned of expected high winds, very cold air coming in and then snow, possibly a lake effect a couple days after..and what has our weather from Jan 19th doing...High wind warnings, very cold air front coming in and Lake effect snows...
Cool, very cool (no pun intended, just my age showing:)

Apparently God, my Spirit Guides or the Angles, wanted to get a message to me, and chose to do it Via Raccoon.
As we covered in Dream time Medicine Helpers, most often when we are to get a message via nature....nature will be persistent.
Thursday, morning, standing in the living room looking out the window towards the Wheel and lands, I saw a Raccoon scamper through the field and across the road up into the woods...I thought, strange a Raccoon is out in the day like that; remember that and wait to see if you get raccoon again.
Saturday when the dogs and I went for our walk, in the fairy garden I saw Raccoon Tracks...take note Kellie.
Later that morning, opening the shop, the oracle animal spirit cards I haven't touched in a while.. I decided to ask..."what do I need to know today?"
What turned up...yes...Raccoon...thus I paid attention.

What does Raccoon Speak of...
In spite of any doubts right now, I have the resources I need for a current situation.
Pay close attention to signs and omens your Ancestors or deceased loved ones are trying to give you a message.
It's important to stay emotionally and mentally flexible for the next few days; events will require you to adapt to rapidly changing circumstances.
Some sort of deception is going on around you, so trust and listen to your intuition.

Monday while in the Wheel I had another great adventure and lesson about and with colors and...a conversation with the Ancestors :)...they had a very nice message:) 

Be well
Laugh often
Love large
Dig in the dirt
Grow a garden
and may the sun light your way
Kellie
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Jan 15th 2013 Part of Herbs & Things email...

Hello From Herbs & Things

Man's mind stretched to a new idea never goes back to its original dimensions.
~Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr~

January's Spiritual Gab was fun as all Spiritual Gabs are, for me anyhow.
I think those who were at Gab, came to a better understanding of why some of us are feeling stuck the past couple weeks, or as for me, my issues with 'hearing' and the lack of incentive and or slacking in writing it all down and then relaying what I've heard to whom I am suppose to relay it to.
I thought it was because I was just being lazy or worse yet, loosing or they were taking away my ability to "hear".
After all it is a gift, and I thought well maybe I was not honoring the gift as I should or not been doing what I should be doing...you know, kind of getting my hand slapped.
But from a little understanding of astrology, as poor Kathy H, tried to explain... it's the other way around...It's about growth and growing pains. Which the Medicine Helpers have been telling me and the energy in the Medicine Wheel has been showing me for months... So my thoughts went where I could understand it all better...to Natures Medicine Helpers.
Going to them, made me rethink that this year, according to the Chinese calender is the Year of the Snake. Snake, sheds it's skin as it grows, But during this process of growth it becomes dormant, 'eyes' cloud over and for a while as they are shedding the skin that no longer fits, they cannot not see or hear, until that shedding part of the process is over and they've grown into their new self. Thus through the medicine of Snake, I could understand my growth and what was happening to me, by comparison.
So now, my intrigue, that this Chinese new year...the year of the snake, is right after 2012, the year I believe, yes many of us grew, but it was also the year more of preparation of what was to come. Which to me, makes the year of the Snake even more perplexing and exciting than before.
Why? Personally, I believe that 2013 for some is going to be bigger in a spiritual way than 2012. For many..2012 and a couple years before was the set up, getting things in line so all the pieces could fall in to place and those that were allowed to become more aware in 2012, have been given a better opportunity to get in line too, and also readied them for 'clearer sight' and a pattern of growth to be completed, better equipping them to help others in their growth.
What does snake speak of....
Rebirth, Resurrection, Initiation, and Wisdom.
Snake speaks of, Digesting large amounts of 'food'... change and healing, activation of energy centers in the body, opening new dimensions ( I was told of a new dimension in the Wheel August 8th 2012), levels of awareness, health and creativity. Which if you think about the health part of it, not only with our personal health, but with the new health care system, dilemma or good, on the horizon, with so many who have 'awaken', and all the spiritual changes occurring...the year of the Snake...well...if you really think about it....see my intrigue:)

During this Spiritual Gab, we also touched a little on healing with color, when Linda shared about a man who had a stroke that is getting color therapy and it's working wonders for him...which made me more thankful that over the past few weeks with Rick opening big to colors and their healing properties, that their wonders have been passed on to me via when I do Reiki on him.
It's truly been amazing not only has Reiki energy helped Rick through his surgery and healing...but... what I eventually was gifted with by God/Angels/Spirit Guides last week while doing Reiki on him...caused me awe and I knew it was something special...just like Eagle was in May of 2009. &. PHOTOS

I imagine I am not alone in that many of you have been feeling the growth and it's growing pains but not totally understanding it; especially has we've started the New Year. Thus in Feb...the month of purification, during Spiritual Gab, we will discus the journey from Jan to Feb and how it affected us. So keep notes of what's gone on with you, no matter how small incidents may seem... I think we'll have much to share:)
Plus during Feb Spiritual Gab, with Colors seemingly to be a reoccurring thing for me, in Reiki sessions and in the Wheel, I think we are suppose to share. So I'll try and share what I've learned and been shown about colors, lessons not learned in books but directly from the devine (I am still in the learning stage but can share a little). I think it would be fun too, to do a little exercise on colors and try to figure out what they mean for you personally just like Medicine Helpers they are specific to you.