Visitation by Quan Yin

From a dreaming/channeling session on March 22, 2008:
I realized a common thread between many who “feel a storm coming;” even old friends who I have never had a spiritual/intuitive discussion with in the past. I wondered if there was more I should be doing so I decided to plan an intentional dreaming session.

Before going to bed I decided to ground myself and ask Tara for help and guidance as to what I and others should do to better prepare and help.

As I grounded I felt more and more tired…as I fell asleep I asked for a dream. My last thought was that I kept getting Tara & Quan Yin mixed together in my head.
In my first dream a terrible entity threatened us and appeared near the wall of the room i was in. I was feeling fear. I’m with someone male who is a lover or partner. He tried to protect me from the entity and it’s not working…the threatening face is still hoving near the wall.

I enfolded both of us in blue light…it’s strong and bright. I’m so confident and powerful but recognize the great danger. I loudly call out, “Isis!” The power of Isis comes through me, into me…I am Isis. I realize that I have winged arms wrapped around my partner…

(I wake up.)

Then I sleep, again. I’m in that state between wake and sleep…that state where I feel awake but paralyzed…and I slip back and forth between waking and dream in jerky starts several times.

I’m dreaming again…I express my gratitude and love for the previous dream and see someone flying towards me and through my bedroom window in the moonlight. No, she is floating or swimming towards me and we are surrounded by blue with moonlight shining down from the surface, above. We are both underwater and surrounded by blue and blue light. It is peaceful and I feel a sense of love surround me…I’ve never felt a sense of love this powerful.

I realize it is Quan Yin…she is in a white gown with her dark hair in a simple bun on the top of her head. I’m seeing her all in outline, every detail is perfect…she is transparent, though.

As she nears me and raises her face she transforms (or dissapears) and it is a long, scaley fish creature that actually makes contact with me. Again, the creature is somewhat transparent and every detail, every scale is shown in detailed outline. When the creature touches me I feel something moving through me, the energy is transforming something inside me. Extreme gratitude washes over me and I wonder what gift I’ve been given… I hold my hands up in front of my face and look at them, front and back, and purple/violet rays and energy radiated from them. I kept looking at them, transfixed.
As I awoke from this dream I received a word, “Ra!” and it was connected to Isis–or came from her.

Now, awake, I pondered this Ra thing…I had no idea what a Ra was. Was it some object or an ancient meditation symbol? No idea.

I did a little poking around on the internet and learned that Ra was the ancient Egyptian sun God and most certainly connected to Isis. Beyond that I’m not sure what this means to me.

I was thrilled to also learn that Quan Yin is connected with water and a wonderous water dragon…that is what the long, scaly fish creature, was…I was certain! I also learned that she is connected to something called the Violet Flame or Violet Ray and that it is a healing energy that has the power to transmute karma from other lifetimes. Hmmm.

later, my son Chris showed me a drawing he had made prior to my dream. It was a wheel of the 4 directions…Isis & Ra were representing two of the directions.

The Living Word of Kuan Yin

Quote from book, The Living Word of Kuan Yin:

If enough people know about this, if every human being could recognize the power of the love and forgiveness principle all consciousness on earth would change instantly. Indeed, thoughts can change the course of history. Sometimes, all it takes is enough people knowing about a certain concept. “Rapid changes are coming,” portends Kuan Yin. “It’s an urgent time for energies to evolve. I don’t think of it as a happy time, however it is an opportunity for some to propel themselves into a kind of purification. The process is being sped up, an acceleration creating awe-inspiring changes affecting every aspect of life. There are a group of souls who are using this time to help propel them forward. This process can be compared to a ship catching the wind in a certain way. Those catching this wind will need to be skillful, knowledgeable and willing to let go, like a navigator or a sailor. And like a sailor’s knowledge and deep respect for the sea, these people will need to know when to “turn the ship” and when to “let go”. Skillful in utilizing the “winds of these times”, they will have me as their sail. “I am making a path of breadcrumbs back to one’s true divine and peaceful nature. Every historic period needs some breadcrumb-makers. It is difficult for some to hear the voices of the Divine Spirit.

http://www.amazon.com/Living-Word-Kuan-Yin/dp/1419646400

Journey to the Goddess: KORE

WINTER SOLSTICE
At Wanderland Rainforest
With Gwendolyn Endicott
Friday, December 21, 11-4

Winter Solstice is the night of longest dark, the point of deepest night before the turning of the sun and the rebirth of light. On this Holy Day we are reminded that “even in the deepest dark, the light does shine.” The pre Hellenic Goddess, Kore, personifies the Seed or “essential germ” of the grain. Her name means the center or heart of things. Old Mother Winter is pregnant with possibilities. Houses are lit with candles and sparkling lights. We celebrate the renewal of Hope. Journey includes story, ritual, journaling, time for reflection. $55 tuition 503-368-6389 or Gwendolyn@nehalemtel.net

“Take care, mother, I love you”

I called my mother tonight and told her that I had thought of her on Hallomas. Mind you, I have not really explained to my mother what I believe in…part of it would make sense to her and part wouldn’t. I did tell her that I was, “resonating to the ancient beliefs. So, if Christianity was taking pagan holidays into its model…why fake it? Just go for the pagan thing…” But she is suffering from some dementia….so her perception is more finite and fleeting these days.

Anyway, Hallomas is described by one source as:

“A night to remember foremothers, both of women’s family lines and of women’s cultural ones. “

(Right: The Goddess Inanna, Queen of Heaven, standing on lions and flanked by owls)

I chose to remember my grandmother, who died when I was very young but who’s love is extremely tangible. Then I realized I had chosen to wear a shawl that my mother had crocheted for me when I was 12. I looked at the hand work and the hours and time that it took to create that garment and realized that this was physical evidence of her love for me. She loved me in her own way and showed it in the only ways she knew how to. It made me felt ashamed that I had been ready to leave my own mother out of the ritual/celebration completely. I instantly knew that it was something I needed to explore.

So, I called her this evening to tell her that I loved her and that I had worn the shawl (that I still have it) and that she had been brought into our sacred circle and honored along with my grandmother and all the other women’s female ancestors.

She seemed moved.

I still cannot trust her (especially with my feelings!) nor do I think she really “gets it” but I am satisfied that I am doing the right thing. We all love our mothers and mothers make mistakes; they are imperfect creatures who have been damaged by the world…but they still need to feel our love. I think all mothers think they acted in, “best interest.”

The question is, are we (their sons and daughters,) strong enough to just love and put our good energy out there for our mothers and not expect anything in return?

Isn’t that the truest and purest definition of love?

If not, what is??

About Tara

Tara (Star, or Drolma in Tibetan), goddess of protection and compassion, is the primary female deity in the Tibetan Buddhist pantheon, and one of the most worshipped deities in Tibet. She is saluted in this mantra as the noble, exalted liberator, as the swift and glorious liberator, and as the deity who grants success by removing obstacles and fulfilling all good intentions. In some ways similar to the Virgin Mary in the Catholic tradition, Tara listens to prayers, wants to help human beings, and represents Miraculous Action. I feel she packs more of a punch though, never having been diluted by a need to make the feminine simply gentle. She has many manifestations, most notably as Green Tara, goddess of the Earth who overcomes obstacles and saves people from danger, and as White Tara, guardian and deliverer of peace, longevity, and protection. When you say this mantra you cover all the Tara bases, no need to pick just one!

Tara was once just an ordinary person, but after many lifetimes of practicing the Bodhisattva Path, she attained perfect enlightenment and vowed to stay and help all other creatures on their paths to enlightenment. The interesting thing about Tara is that she vowed not only to be a bodhisattva, but to do this in the form of a woman. Typically, in Buddhist thought, a Bodhisattva takes the male form. Tara’s vow is striking because it went against traditional teaching. Her inspiring independence, along with many other qualities, has lead her to be perhaps the most popular Bodhisattva in the Buddhist tradition besides Avalokitesvara.

The story of Tara’s origin, according to the Tara Tantra, recounts that aeons ago she was born as a king’s daughter. A spiritual and compassionate princess, she regularly gave offerings and prayers to the ordained monks and nuns. She thus developed great merit, and the monks told her that, because of her spiritual attainments, they would pray that she be reborn as a man and spread Buddhist teachings. She responded that there was no male and no female, that nothing existed in reality, and that she wished to remain in female form to serve other beings until everyone reached enlightenment, hence implying the shortfall in the monk’s knowledge in presuming only male preachers for the Buddhist religion.Another characteristic of Tara is her title “Mother of All the Buddhas”. This represent her perfect wisdom, and also symbolizes the feministic quality of wisdom. (In Buddhist tradition wisdom is represented by the female while compassion by the male.) And, as we are all to be Buddhas eventually, Tara is also our Mother. Thus we should think of Tara lovingly.

The last characteristic of Tara as a Bodhisattva is her role of saviouress. She leads all beings across the river of samsara to the shore of enlightenment. She is also called “She Who Leads Across”. Tara herself says, “I, O Lord, shall lead beings across the great flood of their diverse fears…” So not only does Tara help those who seek Nirvana; actually a major role she plays, and the reason for her major popularity, is the protection she offers from the eight great fears. These are the fears of lions, elephants, fire, snakes, robbers, imprisonment, drowning, and demons. Of course in modern times we rarely fear snakes and elephants, so these outer fears are only symbolic of the eight inner fears, which affect us all. The inner fears are: pride, delusion, anger, envy, wrong views, avarice, attachment, and doubt. Tara will help all those who suffer from these inner negative emotions.

These three characteristic of Tara; her vow to be a female Bodhisattva, her infinite wisdom, and her role as saviouress, compromise Green Tara, the Bodhisattva.

Tara mantra: OMm TAH Reh TEW TAh RAY TEW RAY SO HAA

JOURNEY TO THE GODDESS: The Bee Goddess

FALL EQUINOX

With Gwendolyn Endicott, author, storyteller, mythologist

In this Fall Equinox Ceremony, we are grateful for the gifts of harvest, the fruit of our labor. Day and night are once again equal–for a moment balanced–but we already feel the winds of change as we travel into the dark cycle of the year. In the journey, we will dwell with the Bee Goddess, who embodies principles of pattern and order in nature and who for over 3,000 years was revered as the vibratory voice of the goddess. What does She teach us about the rhythms of cycle and change, and about the meaning of “work.”

Journey includes mythology, story, journaling, ritual, and time for reflection.