Working in the Matrix of Radiating Love

You have the ability to directly perceive radiating Love flowing to and from yourself from the Source and everything in the Universe. In your body. Physically. The ancient ones knew this and somehow many of the modern gurus appeared to have missed this point.

The body acts as a conduit for Love or subtle energy, chi. And because we are a conduit we can gauge our progress along our energy radiating consciousness path by the degree of openness to the flow we experience.

None of this occurs in the brain, mind, or imagination. Our bodies will tell us exactly where we are at with the sensations.

Radiating Love in the Universal Matrix

What energy is not. I frequently run across misconceptions about energy. While the life force is in everything, your conscious perception and guidance of energy is what I’m talking about. The tool you have in the physical for perceiving is your body.

    When I refer to energy I am not referring to:

  • An emotion. Subtle energy is not, or dependent on, your emotional state. Brain research shows us emotions have a physical basis. They originate from the body responding to perceptions, biochemistry, and other physical stuff. Brain stuff.

    To be open to the flow is about detachment and surrender. Being what some refer to as the compassionate observer.

  • Your imagination or creative visualizations. Life force energy is directly perceptible by your physical body. Your nervous system acts as, among other roles, an antenna for energy while you are alive in the physical universe. If your body is not picking up the energy signals you’re not getting as much energy flow as you have the potential to receive.
  • Pain. A martial arts instructor once attempted to demonstrate chi for me. She struck my forearm really damn hard and said, “What you’re feeling is chi!” Excuse me? No. That’s pain.

What is subtle energy? Subtle energy is the radiating flow of Love in the Universe. Of which, you are one of the points in the matrix doing the radiating.

  • You have a body so you can learn and grow in this life from a constrained perspective. With your body you have immediate feedback for where you are in the opening process. More sensation equals more opening.
  • Your heart is your connection to the matrix and flow. You sense and process what comes to you energetically using your heart. Your heart is where you do the actual communicating with the matrix.
  • Your imagination is your workshop for learning and growing, crafting your life, and achieving your goals.

How do you get get control of your energy? Direct your attention at your breath. Feel what it is to be alive in your body.

Put these elements together for healing and whatever else. Leave out the direct energy connection via the physical level of existence and your work is unbalanced.

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Social Media Meets the Law of Attraction

Six or seven years ago I began experimenting with subtle energy field meditations, the Law of Attraction, co-creating, and social media. At the time I was a stay-at-home, homeschooling dad. A lifestyle which had a certain degree of freedom as well as a bunch of limitations. I was also becoming more entrepreneurial, looking for business opportunities, and wanting to connect with interesting people.

That was also around the same time I was doing a lot of research on concepts like the Law of Attraction and manifesting. What I noticed was that most of the gurus I came across were teaching only the mental part of the process. They were teaching the use of imagination, belief, and focusing the mind. They weren’t teaching the role of the body in making direct contact with the subtle energy field.

Pretty picture break! I found this over at http://www.morguefile.com/. Also, there is a bullet point summary below for those of you experiencing a shortage of time and/or attention.

Social Media and Meditation Gems

    Quick Summary:

  • With our attention on images of what we want to attract, we send them out into the Universe.
  • With the flow of energy increasing in our bodies we create a strong impression in the subtle energy field of what we want to attract into our lives.
  • The stronger, clearer the image is and the longer we can hold that image in our minds while engaging consciously in the subtle energy field, the faster and more accurate the results will be of our co-creating.
  • When groups of people, here’s the bit where social media comes in, focus their attention on the same thing the whole is greater than the sum of the parts come into play. Which is why masterminds, intention groups, Social Media and Online Dating Sites can be so powerful when combined with energy work.

Pretty picture break is over!

We were talking about modern gurus only the teaching mind related aspects of co-creating. This disconnect felt odd to me from my readings of the old masters and shamans. They would often mention a specific physical sensation associated with their meditations. There was a vibration that filled or flowed through their bodies.

What they described sounded a lot like what I experienced when I worked with subtle energy. I started linking the two in my own explorations. The basic idea was to hold an energetic state where I could feel the flow of subtle energy through my body while doing various Consciousness experiments.

My feeling was, and is, that we are born into this physical reality with physical bodies. Our bodies are our little piece of, and connection to, the physical Universe and the subtle energy field that fills it. It made sense to me that we would be able to use our physical connection point(s) to have a dialogue with the Universe.

From the descriptions I came across, I figured one of the ways the old shamans and gurus were using their bodies was as antennas. They communicated with the physical universe while in a state of open connection with the energy field. In all my work of an intentional nature I began to do the same. Including, connecting with people on the Internet.

Where Does Social Media Fit?

With social media, and the Internet in general you have millions upon millions of people grouping together around ideas and topics in which they share a mutual interest. They are sharing a common focus. They are paying Attention to the same thing.

This shared attention is very powerful. You can see it in action in masterminds, when doing group energy healing, and other group consciousness projects. Groups can get stuff done, fast, in the subtle energy field!

How is this different than old media like printed publications, radio, and television? Focus. Online, people are able to form groups with a very tight focus. For example, on LinkedIn.com, people are focused on business and employment. These millions of people paying attention to business networking creates a powerful impression in the subtle energy field.

The meditation I used to attract people was direct contact with the ground using my hands while opening to the flow of subtle energy. I would continue until the physical sensation of flow and connection with the subtle energy field ceased. Then I would get up and go about my day. My intent wasn’t to meet someone in a specific manner. Any route to connecting would be fine.

While I didn’t document my meditations, I’m pretty sure that well over half the time I did one of these meditations I would get a bump in requests from people to join their networks on LinkedIn.com. Not only did I get the requests, I would often have personal contacts with those people wanting to connect with me, asking how we could do business together. While connections and requests are not uncommon when you have a LinkedIn account I noticed something else. When I didn’t do the meditations, I would go weeks with nobody contacting or connecting with me. With the meditation? Contacts within 24 hours, or less.

20 Minutes From Meditation to Results

Sometimes you can get some pretty dramatic results. One day I did the meditation and about twenty minutes after I was finished, a woman called. She found me on LinkedIn.com. We had never met, online or off. She wanted to know if I was interested in talking with her about a business opportunity!

When I did my meditations, LinkedIn.com must have been the path of least resistance for the manifestation to become reality. Since those early days with LinkedIn.com I’ve done similar meditations in other areas of my life. Most recently, with a divorce behind me, I’ve applied the process to dating sites like Match.com and OKCupid.com. Lots of people with focused attention!

I’ll write more about those experiences, later.

Attention, Attraction, and Social Media

Learning to control your mind is key to pretty much all the consciousness tools and spiritual growth. While the action is in the heart and the energy field for conscious connection and influence in the world. The mind plays the important role of making choices about goals and taking action in the physical world. As well as, at the start of the process, creating the imagery of what we want to attract.

When you imagine a goal for a few seconds and then are distracted by something else you create a weak impression in the energy field. The mind and ego can be a major cause of these distractions. Mental chaos and incessant self-talk will weaken pretty much all your efforts.

Not that what you were focusing on for those few seconds won’t come to you in some manner, at some point in your life. It may well. And you might not recognize it when it does because your focus was so weak. Instead of attracting your soul mate and living happily ever after you exchange glances with a stranger on the downtown bus. Little did either of you know….

On the other hand, when you can hold your attention with sustained focus and clarity you really can get great results. Attracting people, experiences, and other things becomes pretty simple. Some of the abilities that you begin to access can be pretty out there. Heady stuff. Often, a real ego trip.

You attract what you need to learn.

Be warned. Becoming adept at abilities like remote viewing, energy healing, intuitive reading, past life awareness are pretty normal as you grow in your awareness. Without awareness of your ego, though, you will keep repeating negative patterns in your life no matter how impressed you are with your superpowers. You will continue to attract people and events that have the potential to help you grow along your spiritual path. Some of this will be painful!

If you aren’t willing to go have a look under your own hood, instead of blaming people and circumstances on the outside, the patterns won’t stop repeating. These days, I like learning my lessons early, if possible. Moving onto the next lesson is part of the adventure. No point in sitting around in the parking lot any longer than is necessary to lace up our hiking boots!

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Learning to Dance in the Subtle Energy Field with Argentine Tango

Last night I got my mind blown all over the dance floor. How? My first Argentine Tango lesson with the WWU Tango Club.

Explosive stuff, tango. The core concept behind Argentine Tango is to have your attention on your chest. You keep your chest connected, by an invisible cord, to your partner’s chest.

The idea is you are always chest to chest regardless of how close you are to each other. And that is why, as I’ll describe later, Argentine Tango has the potential to be a particularly powerful energy field meditation.

Dance Class? Really?

A month or so ago I asked my Facebook friends for suggestions on where to go to learn ballroom dancing. I wanted to get over an insecurity about dancing and have another social outlet for meeting people. I figured finding a class where I wasn’t the only one feeling awkward would help.

One of my friends suggested Argentine Tango. She thought I would really appreciate tango because of the energetic connection partners can experience while dancing and pointed me at AllBellinghamTango. As it turns out, friendly, welcoming communities of tango lovers have formed all over the US. Including, in my smallish town.

Another avenue for exploring, experiencing and expressing the subtle energetic field? Get out of the house with fun people a couple times a week to boot? Even better. Let’s do it!

Every Tuesday, the WWU Tango Club, gathers at the university multipurpose room to teach, learn, practice, and reconnect with each other through tango. And they are definitely enthusiastic!

Learning the dance is fun even though I didn’t know what the hell I was doing. Not terribly complicated, either. At least, in the early stages. Though I’m going to need some practice, I’m sure I’ll get the hang of it. Oh and as a side note: Thank goodness for gracious partners!

What was difficult was putting my attention on my chest while learning to dance with another person. Usually, when I put my attention on my chest I am doing energy work of some kind or another, meditating, or going about my daily life flowing energy for no particular reason.

I found myself habitually going into meditative awareness of my chest and heart instead of focusing on the dance movements. Great learning for me! Breaking patterns is a good thing! Helps with opening awareness.

What I am not typically doing in those meditative states is coordinating my body motions with another person in such close physical proximity. Especially, when that someone is wearing spiky heels that look like they could go straight through my sock clad foot and pin it to the floor with a single misstep.

And I loved it! A little danger has a nice way of keeping one on their toes, so to speak.

After this first lesson I can see why my friend thought I would enjoy Argentine Tango. Tango is practically designed to encourage the dancers to cultivate energetic connection. The people really are friendly and get together quite a bit, too.

Granted my experience with other dance is extremely limited. Mostly, free-form or ecstatic dance. Which is very different from Tango in a number of ways.

Argentine Tango is full of tradition, clear protocols, and what some might consider sexist roles. There’s a special tea we drink before starting the lessons. Can’t say it tasted all that great but I can see acquiring a taste for it. Men are leads and expected to be confident leaders. Women are follows and expected to be confident followers. Partners have to depend on each other.

Then there is the clear potential for Argentine Tango to be a powerhouse for developing heart energy awareness and connection. What really caught my attention and why I believe there’s so much potential for developing energetic awareness and sensitivity is the high degree of focus.

Intention and energy flow to where you place your attention. This is true whether you are working in the mental, emotional, spiritual or physical realms.

The protocols and rules can act as magnifiers of your attention on heart connection. The instructors didn’t describe it that way. It is hard to miss the presence of your heart in your chest, though. Just imagine dancing three songs or about twelve with a partner. Following the music, responding to subtle shifts with your partner while you are both focusing your attention on moving from your chest is going to shift your awareness of a connection at some point.

Awareness at the physical level does provide the foundation for higher levels of awareness. One wouldn’t have to shift into these other realms but I have heard many people describe Tango in energetic and spiritual terms. I suspect the slip from physical dance to energetic or spiritual dance happens for many dancers.

There is probably a tango community near you. Check it out!

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Quick Tip if You Are Stressed and Need to Relax. Right now!

Stressed out? Money, work, family, over-scheduled, too much to do lifestyle got you scattered all over the place? Here’s a simple process to help you get back to that calm, happy place. Remember that place? Where smiles are easy to come by and instead of growling at your loved ones kisses and hugs flow freely.

Let’s get you back there fast!

First, your attention is probably focused on something very specific or all over the map. Maybe, a stress-inducing monster like your demanding boss or an unreasonable client? Or, maybe you have a bunch of over-zealous gremlins pulling your mind in a thousand different directions. None of them happen to be leading you anywhere near your happy place.

Peace and Happiness, now. Please!

Shift your attention to your Breath. Just watch yourself breathe. Yep, in-out, in-out. If it helps, here is a picture I took from a spot I was meditating at this weekend. You can just hear the gently lapping waves, can’t you?

Calming Picture of Bellingham Bay
Stress Relief, Meditation, Sunset, Bellingham

I happened to be putting my attention on the ducks that evening. Imagining the world through their eyes was very relaxing. Left me craving sushi.

Spend a few minutes in this state of shifted attention. Just watch your breath, allow everything else to float on by. You can always continue with the dragon slaying when you’re finished watching your breath.

Bonus tip: Start exercising! After talking it over with your health care provider, of course.

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Why Learn How To Feel Energy or Chi?

“There are guides that can show you the way.
Use them. But they will not satisfy your longing.

Keep wanting that connection
with all your pulsing energy.

The throbbing vein
will take you further
than any thinking.

Mohammed said, “Don’t theorize
about essence!” All speculations
are just more layers of coverings.
Human beings love covering!

They think the designs on the curtains
are what’s being concealed.”
–Rumi

Don’t theorize is good advice. Direct experience has been my approach to the spiritual and energetic. No amount of thinking and talking to yourself will develop awareness of energy or chi.

Why Learn How To Feel Energy?

Developing your sensitivity to subtle energy adds another sense to the customary set of five. For example, a stranger sat next to me the other day. Turning to face each other, I immediately sensed a void or blankness. The sensation was a mixture of physical feeling and something else I’m not sure how to explain.

Later, in conversation, it came out this person was feeling sad and vulnerable. In other situations, where people are in pain or ill, feeling the energy flow as a tingling sensation is common. From there, holding a healing space for them is a simple matter of intention and surrender.

Becoming sensitive to this energy is rather simple though can take practice. Your body is like an antenna for chi or subtle energy. You were born with this sense. Through cultural influences it has atrophied. Kind of like living in a dark cave and losing your eyesight.

If you wish to regain your energy sense you can starting today. Here’s how:

  • Focus on Your Breath A Few Minutes
  • Relax Your Body By Systematically Noticing Tension
  • Pay Attention To One Part Of Your Body
  • Notice Body Sensations Just Under Your Skin

If you practice this regularly, it won’t be long before you find yourself feeling an ever so slight tingle just beneath your skin. You may well feel it immediately!

    A couple of tips that will help you feel energy:

  • Have a Playful Attitude – Seriousness really restricts energy flow.
  • Childlike Curiosity will also help.
  • Allow – Forcing will get in the way. Focus on your breath while being aware of the sensation beneath your skin. This may sound tricky but it works to disengage the logical mind from the process.

Pay attention, intend to feel the energy, and surrender, allowing the sensation to be noticed.

With practice you can learn to increase the flow of the energy, as well as guide it. Your body, the antenna, works both as a receiver and a transmitter. Holding healing spaces for people is a common practice for people developing the ability to work with energy. You get to practice opening to guiding the flow while helping hold a beautiful space for someone.

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Overcoming Stage Fright, Reading My Own Poetry in Public for the First Time, and Talking with Women

Across an ocean in a foreign land,
Words of the guru fell into the man’s hand.

Mystery cried for him in the darkness,
Her tears, eons old, waiting for him to wake.

Feeling her warmth night after night,
Vulnerability was her power.

He would eventually learn.

Love and light is a perilous path,
Darkness may kill you but it’s the Mystery you seek.

While She grinds beneath you urging you on,
Slowly destroying you so you may be born.

–Me :)

Part I – First Poetry Reading

Last night was Poetry Night in Bellingham and I read my own work for the first time. Second poet in the second set if you wish to listen to the podcast. I haven’t checked to see if I am in the recording, yet. If you listen to the podcast and I am on it, please let me know as I’m avoiding listening to myself speak.

Yep, bright lights, a stage, a microphone, and an audience of very good poets. My heart was pounding and my voice trembled when I got up on stage to introduce this poem, written mid December 2011. How good the poem is I have no idea. My goals were to be on stage, share something I created, and feel my voice project from my heart as I spoke.

How did it feel when I was done? I felt like I could get right back up there! In retrospect, the nervous feeling was a mixture of excitement and not really all that much fear. Given I didn’t feel like throwing up before hand, really, the reading went very well. It may have helped that I had not planned on reading when I decided to go to poetry night. I brought my notebook to do some writing before the show. A friend persuaded me to give it a go.

Part II – Talking with Women

Afterward, the poets meet up at the Copperhog for beer and great conversation. This is where I got my second chance to deal with fear and insecurity. Between massive stress, depression, divorce, general instability in my life, and spending so much time doing the introspective work over the last 5 years, my social skills have really atrophied. Like in the toilet. Really.

Anyway, a charming, attractive woman I had never met before sat down next to me at the Copperhog. She had been at poetry night last night. I have no idea if she is in a relationship or not and it really makes no difference. The fact is, she’s the type who can make my brain shut down. Immediately following said shutdown, typically an awkward silence builds as I run screaming into myself.

Not last night though! While I still have a ways to go, I don’t feel I did terribly during the conversation last night! Woohoo! I’m relearning! Eventually, I may even be able to be the goofy smart-ass in public that I am with my kids and sisters in private.

What does all this have to do with Inner Tracks?

The mind can get in the way of the heart. We learn to control the mind so we can experience what it is to live by our hearts. The mind is a tool. The heart is supposed to be in charge. Fear and insecurity come from the ego which lives in the mind.

Love comes from the heart. These days we spend most of our time living from the mind with no balance from the heart. Your heart whispers to you. When you quiet your mind you will be able to hear its message. Once you learn to listen to your heart it’s time to learn how to act without fear, according to its guidance. Take action in the world you were born into, as well as the inner worlds. Act with balance and ease.

Find your edges. Those place you fear to get to close to in life that are holding you back. Explore them. Your heart is waiting for you to feel the joy of being free of the limitations of the ego.

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5 Tips for Turning Your Vision Board into a Reality Altering Billboard

People use vision boards to bring the changes they want into their lives. Romance, health, wealth and more. The vision board is a constant reminder and inspiration. All you need to do is paste images of what you want in your life into a collage. Check out this great post by Christine Kane on how to make a vision board.

How To Use The Vision Board – The Basics

    The vision board can work in one of two ways:

  • You find yourself getting very emotionally attached to and inspired by achieving the goals. As a result you work very hard and eventually your dreams come true. Congratulations! Your hard work paid off.
  • You can also use the vision board to attract what you want in your life via spiritual or energetic principles. You are setting an intention and allowing the Universe to fulfill it. While, of course, taking action and putting yourself into the flow of life.

    Caution: Emotional attachment to outcomes will interfere with fulfillment by the Universe. Because life is about learning and growing, emotional attachment adds other elements to the attraction process. The Universe is indifferent to what your ego thinks you want or need and reflects back to you like a mirror the experiences you ask for. Whether you are aware of sending the request or not.

If you’re interested in the second approach there are tools to make the process even more effective. You might want to experiment to see which you are most comfortable using. One thing they all have in common is they become more effective the more you practice with them. Repeated use tells the Universe you’re serious about your intent. The repetition brings the tools and your vision to life at an energetic level.

In “The Druid Magic Handbook” John Michael Greer describes this process in detail. Specifically, he writes about using simple symbols to attract complex situations. The simplicity of the symbol makes creating a strong intent much easier. The more you use the symbol the greater its effectiveness.

You can even reuse symbols. If Richard Bartlett is correct in his observations on guides and helpers in “The Physics of Miracles”, and in my experience he is, when groups of people use the same symbol or guide the results are dramatically improved.

In using these various tools you are imprinting on the universal life force. Whether or not the life force imprint is present in your life physically, yet, doesn’t matter. The stronger the imprint the sooner the physical representation will come to you.

How To Use Your Vision Board – Advanced Tools

  • Vision Board Meditation is the combining of the vision board with regular meditation. Body relaxation, allowing your thoughts to drift and observing yourself. Just add to your meditation the placing of your attention on the vision board with the detached, focused intent to have what it represents fulfilled.
  • Symbolism is the process of using or creating a simple symbol to represent the vision board and all it contains. Your vision board is probably pretty complex. Focusing on a simple symbol representing the vision board will allow you to concentrate your intention.
  • Symbolic Workshop Space is a workshop in your imagination. In this space you are all powerful. Create, build, attract whatever you wish in your life. Remember, from the life force or Universe perspective, it is the imprint that is important. That it is in your imagination is no different than if it was in your basement. In the workshop you are creating the imprint both of the workshop and the vision you are attracting. You can even combine the workshop space with the Symbolism process.
  • Spirit Guides and other entities, pick your favorite, are one of my main tools. You can think of them as symbols that can move, talk, and respond to you. You may find that some existed before you thought of creating them and other not until you brought them into your imagination. The principle is the same as with the Symbols. The more you work with the guides the more effective they will be.
  • Direct Life Force Imprinting is about working directly with the life force. Your body is like an antenna. While you always have life force running through you, you can learn to open yourself even more. With increased flow your effectiveness at imprinting and even guiding the life force improves greatly. This process can be subtle and forcing can be problematic. Getting a good strong buzzing flow going, though, and imprinting your intention at the same time can be very effective.

Personally, I haven’t used the simple symbolism much. Also, I’ve found Direct Life Force Imprinting can be combined with any of the other tools for improved results.

Using entities, symbolic work space, and direct life force imprinting have been a very effective combination for me. I’ve used these processes in both my personal and business life for a number of years. What I’ve found is that I get exactly what I ask for. When I ask with strong intent and a good buzz of life force flowing through my body things happen fast. The more I’ve used the techniques the faster and more accurate the results. And I get it whether I really wanted the result or not! It’s all learning and I am grateful for the growth I’ve experienced. If nothing else you will learn to laugh and enjoy the process.

Before trying any of these techniques start simple and give some thought to the request you are about to make.

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Hunted In The Desert: A True Story About Being Stalked By A Killer

One day, while checking his trap lines in the Arizona desert 17 year old Nathan Kempton realized a man was hunting him. Using his intuition, awareness, and skills Nate lived to tell the tale. About the sound quality, it sucks. Sorry. It’s worth putting up with, though, and maybe having to turn your volume up. Just make sure the lights are on, too. And there’s someone with you if you get scared easily. Really.

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Welcome to InnerTracks and Lessons Given to Me by Two Psychic Deer

Welcome to InnerTracks! As an introduction to this blog I would like to share a rather unusual, true story from my life. It’s about two psychic deer that I tracked near my home one day ten or twelve years ago. What happened when I touched their tracks at the end of the trail is what this blog is about.

My first encounter with touching tracks resulted in two lucid dreams that were like visions and a series of related dreams over a number of years afterward. I had touched a track made by a mountain lion after a few days of meditating in the woods and doing awareness exercises with a group. Group work can be pretty powerful! The above photo is of a mountain lion track a friend found in Idaho. Different cat, same type of track.

The story I wanted to share, though, starts on a late spring afternoon near Bellingham, Washington. One of the practices I was actively doing at the time was going to a sit spot on a nearly daily basis. A sit spot is a place one goes to sit, watching and observing nature while doing awareness exercises with one’s physical senses. The idea is to become familiar with one spot on the Earth throughout the seasons. The act of doing such a simple thing is, in fact, so profound it will require a number of future posts to cover. This particular spot I had been visiting for at least half an hour five times a week over the course of a number of months.

My sit spot was at the edge of an overgrown field, ringed mostly by alder trees and bordered by a creek. I had encountered coyotes, deer and a number of other birds and animals over the months. Ringed by trees and a creek that ran down one side this field was actually just yards from a large housing development. The planners had done a decent job of preserving the natural environment but even so this was definitely not virgin forest in the middle of nowhere.

Yet, the animals were there despite all the people living nearby. And they became comfortable with me being present while they went about their daily routines. Coyotes would pass by me within yards with barely a glance in my direction. After a while, all the animals seemed to see me as just another part of the forest. Even the squirrels!

On this afternoon, two deer had come through the trees, about fifteen yards to my right. As an side note, there’s something you should know about deer. Reputation aside, they are not the stealthy creatures of the forest. In fact, they can be pretty damn noisy. More often than not you can find them by the stumbling and snorting that precedes them as they eat their way across the landscape. I don’t know. Maybe there’s a difference between suburban deer and rural deer. A few more mountain lions might quiet them down.

These two clowns were definitely of the suburban variety. I had heard them coming for a good five minutes before they reached the field. When they reached the field they stopped for a moment and stepped into the long grass. From there they walked down the middle of the field about 20 feet apart and parallel to each other.

After they passed I decided to follow them. They didn’t seem to mind so for the next twenty minutes or so I walked when they walked and stopped when they stopped. I kept my distance such that they wouldn’t feel threatened.

As we approached the other end of the field the two deer crossed paths. From where I was standing I could see exactly where they crossed. When they stopped to graze at the far end of the field stalked quietly up to the spot their trails crossed.

When I knelt down I could see the tracks, less than a foot apart, of each of the deer and which individual made them, clearly. Grazing fifteen yards in front of me both deer were facing away from me.

Kneeling there in the field, I recalled a story one of my mentors told me about animals being able to sense when someone touches their tracks. What a perfect time to test this idea out. With both the deer looking the other direction I touched one track. As soon as my finger touched the soil the deer that made the track lifted its head, turned and looked directly at me. When I lifted my finger the animal went back to grazing. Interesting. So, I decided to try it again with the other set of tracks. Same thing happened as soon as I touched the other set of prints. Head came up, turned, looked directly at me. When I lifted my fingers slightly, back it went to grazing.

What happened that day with the deer? What shifted in me that allowed me to be there and have the experience with them?

The answers to those questions are deceptively simple. Learning to work with the energies representing the connection felt by the deer that day as well as consciousness is also simple. Again, deceptively so.

Once you open your awareness and further develop your consciousness your world will change in a number of ways. You’ll see and feel things others are not, yet, aware of in their own lives.

You will also be challenged. Your own ego will keep finding ways to interfere. From feelings of self-importance to inadequacy. Everything will pop up at you to challenge your peace of mind. The biggest challenge is in not complicating things. Something the mind and ego are particularly good at doing.

And this is where the nature awareness routines will be so valuable. When you sit alone developing your awareness of and empathy with the various elements and life forms in nature your ego you will discover a very special mirror has been waiting for you.

Nature is the ultimate mirror for your ego. Beyond human and absolutely indifferent to your ego or even physical survival, nature is able to reflect Truth to you. Personally, I found this rather comforting. My life, until my nature meditations and experiences, seemed to be filled with rather arbitrary rules. This system which was far bigger than myself and not ruled by other humans and their whims, had very simple rules. And was completely unfazed by the whining of my ego.

What happens as you spend more time in nature and your ego has nobody to argue with other than a cedar tree who couldn’t care less?

  • Your inner dialogue will trail off into silence.
  • You will learn to hear the quiet voice of your heart.
  • Your intuition becomes more reliable.
  • Your dreams have things to teach you.
  • You begin to feel energies you hadn’t felt before.
  • You inner life becomes both richer and calmer.
  • You are attracting things into your life intentionally.

As you keep tuning in to the natural world. quieting your mind, you also notice the influence your consciousness and heart have over your life and relationships. Researchers are even able to detect these influences of the heart, brain and mind, now. There are even some fascinating developments in physics research happening that offer exciting insights into our true potential as conscious beings. Here are some links you may find interesting to explore:

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