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Published: October 20th 2008
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(by Lettie) We arrived in Glenalough searching for our Fall Equinox gathering point. We had only to look out the windows of our Hostel room at Wicklow Way to enjoy views of beautiful fall-changing trees, admire the greenest grass and appreciate lovely hills all around us. It was my burden of joy to locate a place in all that lush beauty, one that would serve all of us, and yet allow for our individual expression/needs. Our focus was on "transformational forces". My understanding of this is that we have requested Life/God/Spirit to allow us opportunities to view our pains, sorrows, and fixations in order to better understand ourselves and find joyful ways to transform them through acceptance and self-love. I am under no illusions. This kind of self-reflection is not easy, but we we agreed that this was our desire and we wished to seek havens in life that make it easier to transmute or influence ourselves and support each other in our endeavors. Such a place, I knew, already existed here in nature nearby. This is why we came here. We prepared and gathering our things left the hostel walking into the fields back behind. Eventually we came
to the bridge that led to St. Kevin's Monastery. We spent a brief time there but by then the forces of spirit and nature were rising in me until all I could feel and have knowing of was of a special place in the surrounding hills that I could sense and it drew me like magnet. I followed a walking path for a distance and then began climbing up a hill, clearly called to the wooded hillside above. There, between a small stream and almost in the crook of a very large tree, we gathered in sacred circle. I could feel power and presence - something of value was here for everyone. I shared this and other knowledge I received with the girls, some of which was: It is timely for us to be here, this is an important place for us, and that we were in need of the transformative influence invoked within us by being in this natural sphere of influence. I then asked each of the girls to have their own knowing relevant to them. My experience was one of realizing and acknowledging two desires that I unconsciously held: I keep myself from participating completely in life
because I hold onto a second option, but, I really never act on. This way I can hold back and not fully commit to anything in life while never choosing the other, though I keep it as a backup plan. I could imagine how it must be for others whom I am involved with to sense in me a part that might, or at least considers, leaving at any time no matter how committed I am in the moment or for the interim of my stay. I am a little too eager to move on in most cases. When presented in this new light, I was able not only to realize the truth of this, but also own it, accepting responsibility, and opening to what I can learn and what might be my next choosing should I wish to change this.
After some time, we came back from our introspective journies and experiences returning to ordinary consciousness and sharing what insights or knowing we received. All had some significant experience that was of benefit to them. We concluded our gathering by leaving offerings to Nature, Life/God/Spirit and expressing deep gratitude for the opportunities given us. We intended to carry
our newfound wisdom with us and it was given to me to that each spiritual experience we had would build upon each other leading us to an intended outcome if we learned and earned our way to them. The Sacred is always obvious to those who can see, however, there are many ways of seeing, and what we need to see, especially about ourselves, is rarely obvious.
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Holly Curtis
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Hi Becky
Hey Sis, Beautiful place! Let me know how your spiritual work is going. Mine is going great, we are adopting Lenny, he put in his papers to go on a mission, we are contemplating adopting Cyarrin and he was baptised last month. There are no accidents that I met Karen as I was filling out paperwork at Torie's counseling. She mentioned to the receptionist that she had been to Impact so when she started to leave I stopped her and let her know I had been through Impact also. She has connections to get our therapuetic horse riding program off the ground! yea! We are blessed and I honor you for the work you are doing. I love you. Holly