
you know…
it’s not that I don’t care.
or don’t love you.
or that there’s no magic…
because there always is.
it’s just that life is taking me on a ride that has all of my attention.
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and so, it took a phone call from a dear magical friend today to prompt me to write of the latest bit of magic…
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past ten last night I was connecting on the phone with another beautiful light when the medicine cards came out.
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the first to be drawn was swan.
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this is swan’s story:
little swan flew through the dreamtime, looking for the future. she rested for a moment in the coolness of the pond, looking for a way to find the entry point to the future. this was a moment of confusion for swan, as she knew that she had happened into the dreamtime by accident. this was her first flight alone and she was a bit concerned by the dreamtime landscape.
as swan looked high above sacred mountain, she saw the biggest swirling black hole she had ever seen. dragonfly came flying by, and swan stopped him to ask about the black hole. dragonfly said, “swan, that is the doorway to the other planes of imagination. I have been guardian of the illusion for many, many moons. if you want to enter there, you would have to ask permission and earn the right.”
swan was not so sure that she wanted to enter the back hole. she asked dragonfly what was necessary for her to earn entry. dragonfly replied, “you must be willing to accept whatever the future holds as it is presented, without trying to change great spirit’s plan.” swan looked at her ugly little duckling body and then answered, “I will be happy to abide by great spirit’s plan. I won’t fight the currents of the black holes. I will surrender to the flow of the spiral and trust what I am shown.” dragonfly was very happy with swan’s answer and began to spin the magic to break the pond’s illusion. suddenly, swan was engulfed by a whirlpool in the center of the pond.
swan reappeared many days later, but now she was graceful and white and long-necked. dragonfly was stunned! “swan, what happened to you!” he exclaimed. swan smiled and said, “dragonfly, I learned to surrender my body to the power of great spirit and was taken to where the future lives. I saw many wonders high on sacred mountain and because of my faith and my acceptance I have been changed. I have learned to accept the state of grace.” dragonfly was very happy for swan.
swan told dragonfly many of the wonders beyond the illusion. through her healing and her acceptance of the state of grace, she was given the right to enter the dreamtime.
so it is that we learn to surrender to the grace of the rhythm of the universe and slip from our physical bodies into the dreamtime. swan medicine teaches us to be at one with all planes of consciousness, and to trust in great spirit’s protection.
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beautiful.
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swan was followed by, dolphin, frog and last, alligator :)
what a crew :)
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great stories.
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moving from the cards to the computer across the room, checking an email (completely unrelated to us in the conversation) i see this image:
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a white swan, arms fully extended, holding back traffic on a busy multi laned highway.
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his magnificent being has successfully commanded the halt of tons of metal meant for forward motion.
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what power, the power of grace.
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may the universe grant grace to me and those of me, which is all….
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bless.
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sometime around midnight the call concluded.
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my phone friend, a city dweller, started walking home… on the path in front of him a

white feather :)
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ahhhh….
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now how about conscious creation?
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:) a life long project.
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