Learning the Language of the Moon - Part 2

So in my last post I talked about learning to understand the body as part of the earth. Why is this so? Why should we be able to do this? Again, because the body is of the earth. Everything your body is made of came from the earth, and it will return to the earth when you die, unless you intervene in some way to make this not so. As humans we often identify with our minds, and then we begin to think we are our minds, and our bodies get left out. We create a delusion in which we are no longer housed in a body, or that body is of very little interest to us unless it is to decorate, subjugate or otherwise fool with it - treating it like an object in which we have little investment, and we have no real concept of how to honor or understand or use it for the benefit of ourselves and humanity.

I suggest that people start recreating their relationship with their body by connecting it to the earth. The body is a tool for connecting with creation, and starting with the earth seems like an easy way to begin. It's there, under your feet somewhere, all the time. I don't know how this will look to you, or how you will accomplish this. One suggestion is to find a place to lie on the earth, and to feel it through the body. To lie on the earth, and to breathe deeply, to relax, to let go of the busyness of the mind and to feel what it feels like to be thus connected to the earth. It is important that you understand that this means to move out of your mind and into your body to experience the sensations of the body.

Our bodies have been with us since the beginning of our lives, and most of us have experienced many things with our bodies. Most of us hold emotional and physical pain in our bodies from past experiences. When we begin to become more aware of our bodies, we begin to be able to feel our pain, the places in our bodies where we hold this pain, and how uncomfortable it is - how it often blocks our intent and our energy. Healing means finding ways to release this pain so we can be fully present in our bodies - so we can use our bodies to connect to and experience creation in the magical ways we were born to.

There are many ways to release pain. There are many, many pathways, healing modalities, healers. The important thing is to find the healing that works for you, and immerse yourself in it. Sometimes people are very fearful about releasing this pain, as it can cause you to remember and relive very frightening experiences. I find this especially true of survivors of domestic violence and soldiers who have experienced war - with soldiers it is both the fear of nearly being killed, and the fear that one will never be the same for having taken the lives of others. But there is no way around taking on the experience of releasing your pain if you want to live life in this magical way - in the joy of partnership with creation.

When the body, mind and spirit have been healed and are in partnership with creation, life becomes easier because it is then based on hearing, feeling, understanding and trusting the life force of creation to guide you. This life and the act of trusting it is profound.

And it all comes back to the earth, the body. Trusting what we know deeply and intuitively because we are living in this moment, present to ourselves, to the wisdom of our bodies, and open wide to the presence, love and guidance of the life force that has brought us here and given us this precious life.

In my next post, I will be talking about intuition and the moon.