Building a Better World

We know we're not happy with the world we have. So, how can we build one we DO want to live in?

What does our society look like in your dreams? What do you wish for?

Last Saturday I held my first Monthly Shamanic Journey Circle. Spirit has been telling me to build community, to create a place for people to come together in community and support. A place people are accepted for who they are, where they can be themselves. Where we can grow and empower each other.

I have created the Rock'n'Reiki Shamanic Journey Circle to fill that need. Each month we'll gather and take a question of interest to the whole community to Spirit for guidance. We will also journey for guidance for personal issues for each other and provide general community and support for each other.

At this first Circle, the thing on everyone's mind through the whole week has been gun violence. Nobody should have to die that way, or lose family members to gun violence. That's the world we find ourselves living in, but none of us wants that. The question everyone has been asking is "how can we make it stop?"

But that's not the right question. In shamanism, we understand that energy flows where attention goes. So whatever you give your attention to, you feed. The universe does not differentiate between what we want and what we don't want. If you give attention there, you will give energy there.

So, we chose to put our attention and energy into a different question. First we talked about what it is we DO want. We want to live in a world where everyone is free and accepted to be who they are. Love who you love. We want to live in a world where we're all safe to go to work, school, shopping and just live our lives in general in safety. A world where we support each other, where we uplift our friends and neighbors.

We chose to journey to our Spirit guides and ask "How can I build the world I want to live in?" We all received practical guidance we could put into use immediately. We all received guidance that love is the answer. We all were told to start being the change we want to see. We were told, in different ways, to let our heart lead us, to keep an open heart with people. We all received specific and individual things we could do as well, based on our own skills and life circumstances. I was told to continue to build this community as well as a Reiki community for my current and past students, and so I will.

Some of the guidance we received seems very simple. But it isn't always easy. It is more important than every though. And, Spirit said that these things, leading with your heart, keeping an open heart, and love for others are contagious in the same way a smile is contagious. Spread the love!

What does the world YOU want to live in look like? Ask your guides how you can begin building that world. They'll have practical guidance you can put to use today. Things only you can do.

If you'd like to join our community, you are welcome! You can join us in person or over Zoom, you'll be part of the community either way. We meet the second Wednesday of the month at 7pm Eastern Time. Contact me for the zoom if you're interested!