... a shamanic vision quest. A close friend is bringing me through it, and just the other day, I found a turkey feather. Apparantely, it was something I needed to do in preperation for the vision quest. Now, while I am very much a spiritual person, my psychology training has me in a paradoxal sort of mental loop that often makes me wonder what I believe and if I'm just crazy. However, after this most recent experience, I can pretty much say for certain that I believe in this. I was driving home from my usual graveyard shift when the impulse to drive down a road cutting across a college campus I usually don't drive down hit me. I immediately started down the road as soon as I could, and as I continued down it, I looked to the right and saw a whole family of turkeys. I stopped and parked my car as soon as I could, walking a quarter mile back (I was parking in a parking lot) to where they had been, but they were gone. Sure enough, after an hour of searching, I found a feather. It told me a lot that day, the event, and I've been feeling rather rejuvenated since then. Hell, I didn't sleep at all last night, just because I didn't feel I needed it. That, and I slept nine hours after I got home and have been used to working a graveyard shift.
"You can never escape me... Nothing harms me. But I know pain. I know pain. Sometimes I share it with someone like you..."
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Well, as it turns out, I've been having the feeling that it's something I shouldn't be doing yet. I'm following my instinct, the Great Spirit, what have you on this gut feeling. I've decided that before I do something like a vision quest, I'd need to have really destroyed myself, and I still feel intact, so to speak. She's still urging me to do a sweat lodge, but I dunno. Instinct is telling me there may be a completely different path I need to take first.
"You can never escape me... Nothing harms me. But I know pain. I know pain. Sometimes I share it with someone like you..."
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man, I'd love to do a sweat lodge sometime, I don't know even where to begin, or who to ask! But it sounds liek something I need as well. Hope it goes good for ya!
Yes, a sweat lodge experience is one that you will never forget! It brings out so much.
The Vision Quest is a sacred undertaking and one that should be done when you are ready, and not a day sooner. There is much to learn before going on the Quest. Be around others of the same path, learn all you can, attend a few sweats, and then see where The Great Spirit leads you.
Vision Quests are frequently used for when you are at a crossroads in life-- it is meant for seeking very deep wisdom and insight.
Blessings to you, my friend~~~
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