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Published: October 11th 2008
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Dublin Town (1)
Church Spire at Night Dublin International Hostel: Sacred Ground September 20
(by Lettie) We arrived enthusiastic and prepared to invite the appropriate lodging into our experience that would serve our communal desires. After sensing several locations we chose the Dublin International Youth Hostel. (It was at one time a convent and school. The old nun's chapel is currently a restaurant/dining area and has long wooden tables under beautiful stained glass windows. Also, from the confessional box you can make phone calls.)
I will share the most powerful experience first, though it occurred later in the timeline of events, for it is here that I was shaped by my first significant sacred experience and for future ones as well.
We had each sensed the appropriate time to gather in sacred circle and, I, having sensed the location guided us downstairs and outdoors to the yard/common area below. To one side, stairs led to a sunken courtyard where we were surrounded by the 3 walls of the church/hostel structure and the 4th wall being the containment wall for the upper garden/green area. In this secluded spot we knelt gathering our energies and uniting intentions for Sacred Circle. Drawn downwards, I reached deep into the earths energy and found a powerful force solidly embedded there. It felt very old - ancient. It held the combined intentions of those who had consecrated and made holy this ground. It was done with deep and powerful meaning and I have not experienced this type of spiritual desire before. It really did feel like holy ground. And, made so by the sincere, deep prayer and powerful mindful intention/s of spiritual men; aided by deep convictions and support of others who reinforced the original desire.
I am quite taken by this as very few things of "man-made" intention hold this kind of force. Especially over time. Yet, here it is. I love this experience and am curious how this kind of quiet power remains in the midst of Dublin. In the states I have not come across anything that felt like this as we have few things, I think, of this nature. We are young in comparison to the senses and flavors of energies I am experiencing here. They are so alive!
Anchored in this kind of deep intention, I received my own guidance to take advantage of this "presence" by aligning with these energies. This would allow us to deepen our own commitment to spirit, truth, and each other. I explained that to continue on we were in need of further unification or sisterhood. There are some journeys you can not make without relinquishing desires that do not serve you. In this moment I was clear that what lay ahead required us to serve each other and life more than we have before; that we would need each other's strengths and we would be stronger standing together. It also felt vital to our personal work which is to shed more and more of our agendas as the unknown is totally upon us now. The wisdom I received indicated we must surrender to an intelligent support rather than our own limited frameworks.
Of course, I had each of the others have their own knowing and then we reached consensus that this was the right direction for us to take. We made sacred contract with each other, and Spirit, to do and attend to these things. One of us hesitated and found difficulty in this. I allowed Spirit to show me what the resolution might be and all was resolved for the time being.
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