MYSTIC TRADITIONS: SAGE ON THE MYSTIC MOUNTAIN

News from Denise and Summerhill Ranch:

Denise now has some new goats to add to her four-legged family on Summerhill Ranch.   The Linn family also had an adventure while looking for property in the Northern part of California – they almost had to spend the night on the side of a road which had a chain and a lock across the road!  Denise thanks her listeners who have sent her suggestions about where they should move to – she has been researching these suggestions.

The journey:

• Today you have the opportunity to go on a hero’s journey that will connect you to that vast well of ancient wisdom within you.
• The American scholar, Joseph Campbell gave steps to this mythic journey – it’s a journey that exists throughout time in the stories, rituals, ceremonies around the world.  Part of this journey is connecting to the “wise one”, whether it’s in the mountains, the cave or the deepest hidden place in the valley.
• Should you listen to this show, there is a reason for it, and beneath the surface, positive, powerful shifts are occurring within you.  In the months ahead, you’ll step into your potential, grace, power and strength more and more.  You’ll also be more aligned with your purpose.

Steps to this mythic journey:

1. Starting to feel:  is there something more?
2. The call to adventure – it can take the form of a turning point (something that has shifted or changed you and you glimpse something more about yourself).  For many people, the call to adventure takes the form of wanting to make a difference.  The “what if” feeling of doubt that sometimes occurs after the call to adventure is normal.  But sometimes you know what you have to do – the worst thing is to be at the end of your life and look back with regrets.
3. The meeting with the mentor – this is the connecting with a wise guru which can take the form of a teacher, but can also refer to the sage within.  If you knew what this “wise one” had to say to you, what might it be?  There is power in your imagination.  You are receiving a message even if you’re not aware of the message.
4. Crossing the threshold – at this point you are committed and there is no turning back.  This is a powerful place to be in.
5. The test – you find allies along the way.  Sometimes the people who love you the most are your biggest nay sayers and will be most resistant to your growing – it is also a part of this step.
6. The approach to the fear – what are you afraid of?
7. The ordeal – from a mythic perspective, the hero has to go through this to achieve that feeling of accomplishment and victory.  Face your fear.
8. The reward – you’ve faced the fear, you’ve done it.
9. The road back to ordinary life – are you really ready?  This step is almost a confirmation of whether you’ve faced your fear or accomplished what you decided to do.
10. The resurrection – you know that you really have succeeded.  There is that idea of rebirth; you are not the same.
11. When you undertake this mystic journey, you see life from a higher perspective, and you see yourself from a higher perspective with deeper compassion and love.  Then you return home and you bring the compassion/acceptance/strength/love with you.  This is what makes a difference – not what you do, but who you are.

Denise’s Wisdom of the Week:

• “My belief is that cyber space can indeed be sacred space, and it occurred to me that this show could be more than just a radio show.  It could in fact be a gateway to transformation; a gateway to shifting, changing, opening, revealing that innermost profound, powerful, sacred place within you.”

• “When you begin to understand that who you are is enough, this is the most powerful impact you can make in the world.”

MYSTIC TRADITIONS: THE SACRED CRYSTAL CAVE

News from Denise and Summerhill Ranch:

  

It is a rainy day in Paso Robles, California.  Denise’s goats do not enjoy the rain.  They’re not particularly fond of the wooden enclosures that David, Denise’s husband, built especially for them to have shelter in this type of weather – they’re rather drawn to the plastic dog houses.  And since they seem to enjoy being together, they all get into one dog house!!

Our reality and other dimensions:

· It is so easy to get caught up in this reality and to think that this collectively shared reality that we’re in is the only reality.   In truth it is only one station in that great radio station of Spirit. 

· There are dimensions co-existing with our dimension, and they are just as real. 

· There are times when there is a thinning of the veil between one reality and the next.  When that happens, you can step beyond this reality into another realm/dimension.  Denise’s intent today is to co-create a thinning of the veil and if you so choose, you can step into those other realms.  There is value to do that, as a soul, because it expands your being, your parameter; it loosens the hold that your identity has on you. 

· One often associates one’s identity with accomplishments, possessions and similar things, but once you take that step you discover that you’re infinite, immortal, eternal and universal. 

· The form that you occupy is only one perception of the vast universe that you are.

Wisdom from Denise’s mystical experiences:

· Listen to this show to find out how Denise discovered her Spirit name of “White Feather” and also about the mystical things, including a time warp, during Denise’s time in Bali.  She shares this to illustrate the fact that there is a direct connection between you and the Creator/Spirit.  It’s simply a matter of opening your heart/believing it is real. 

· During this time in Bali, Denise received a physical affirmation that said that things are not as they seem; that there is a Realm of Spirit; that you can interface with Spirit.  There is a reason and purpose for your life.  There are Guides from the Realm of Spirit working with you.

Mystical experiences and caves:

There is a reason that many mystical traditions happen in caves – when you are in a cave, you are in the womb of the earth.  You are in the womb of that pulsating, rhythmic, passionate, living energy of the earth.

Denise had a mystical experience while she was in Australia learning from the Aborigines - in a cave which went down into the earth, she shape-shifted into a lizard.  When she arrived home, an acquaintance told Denise about a dream she had had about being in this same cave and shape-shifting into a panther.  Although this woman had only had a dream, her hands and feet were raw and oozing when she woke up, and the dream had occurred at exactly the same time as when Denise had her cave experience.  It seems to Denise that the woman had on some level, stepped through that veil and they merged and melded for a while.

The overlapping of realities and the value of this:

In the Inner Realms, there is no separation between us; in the Inner Realms it is simply a matter of intent – you can travel from one dimension to another with ease.  It allows your farthest horizons to expand.  When this occurs, you can expand those horizons in this reality, and your ability to manifest and create becomes even deeper and more profound.

There are times when our reality and other realities overlap, eg. someone talks about seeing an alien.  As you begin to explore other dimensions and these overlapping realities, it opens the door.

Denise’s Wisdom of the Week:

· “In Bali, there is a mystical energy in the land and the air, and the water.  It’s harder in the West because the veil is thicker and deeper, because the collective unconsciousness is attached so deeply to this reality.”

· “It is true there is a reason for your life.  It’s true there is a purpose for your life.  It is true that there are those in the Realm of Spirit working with you, supporting you, loving you, honouring you.  It is true that the experiences of your life, whether you like them or dislike them, were absolutely a part of your destiny, were absolutely necessary for you to become who you are.  It is true that you can stop and that you can step beyond this realm into the next.”