Day One Spirit Expression Ministries

8.2.10 Millington, TN

Day One

Goodbye to Heartwood

I got up early because we were sleeping in the downstairs bedroom and it gave me an entirely different view of the morning. I saw that the sun was slowly coming up above the trees and it was shinning through right on the Heartwood burl. I jumped up and took out my camera. It felt as if it was giving a little light show just for my benefit as a gift of gratitude.

I then heard, "Go out to field to say goodbye. I went to the Reconciliation Labryinth and stood at the entrance. I slowly began to do the sacred dance that has been passed down for generations. Joy taught me this dance, she called it the Dance for the New Millienum. I began in the east and as I moved I heard, “You are the bridge between heaven and earth. Your body allows you to ground yourself in the deep nature of the earth and at the same time soar with the heavens." With each turn to each direction felt the opening and the knowledge within my body soul. It was a flowing back in time to all the feelings that I had experienced of connection to Spirit in this sacred place called Heartwood.

By the time I was finished dancing I was crying and then I was laughing. I was howling with sorrow for leaving a place I loved so much. I was laughing for the joy that this place has given me and so many others. I prayed and sang and spoke in words that are only understood in another realm.

And then I stopped and felt a rush of the deepest gratitude I have ever felt. I raised my arms in the air and I turned slowly in a 360 degree turn. I was sobbing thank you, thank you, thank you. This was to all the trees, to all the beings, seen and unseen, to the river, to the gardens, to the people that have come to Heartwood, to the the ancient ones that walked this land before me, especially to Siskeyah and Mikelah that spoke directly to me, and to deep Presence that is so alive on this land.

I realized that this space that is called Heartwood had allowed me to ground myself so that I could be able to listen more deeply to the wisdom that is all around me. For the past ten years Heartwood has been my home and a container of deep beauty and sacredness. I realized how much I have learned from Heartwood. I will share what I feel I have learned from Heartwood in another post