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• What every salmon knows

  This is a 2 page spread from Mark Nepo's The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life you Have What struck me about this meditation is that it is so earthy, so right where we live, so pragmatic. The salmon know how to expose Read More... Posted Sunday, December 28, 2008 5:21 PM by Beth Patterson | 2 Comments Filed under: abandonment, abundance, acceptance, amazement, animal totems, animal-human connection, beauty, brokenness, vision quest, vulnerability

• Psychopomps everywhere this week

  First, the definition of psychopomp, from wikipedia: Many religious belief systems have a particular spirit, angel or deity whose responsibility is to escort newly-deceased souls to the afterlife. These creatures are called psychopomps, from the Greek Read More... Posted Saturday, October 25, 2008 7:07 AM by Beth Patterson | 4 Comments Filed under: 7 generations, ancestry, angels, animal totems, seeing clearly

• Build it and they will come...how ya gonna stop them?

  This delightful story was sent as an email today from my friend Donna. Thanks, Donna! Recently a family that lives on the outskirts of Anchorage, Alaska built a sturdy, colorful playground for their three and four year old sons. They lined the bottom Read More... Posted Thursday, July 31, 2008 3:41 PM by Beth Patterson | 4 Comments Filed under: animal totems, delight, unexpected events

• Woodpecker Wisdom: Encounters of yet another kind

  I had this experience on Sunday February 3 rd . I took it to my dream circle on Monday the 4th, as a ‘waking dream’ and that group of wise women very graciously helped me begin to unpack it. I’m at my house, getting ready to try to remove the foot of Read More... Posted Tuesday, February 05, 2008 2:53 AM by Beth Patterson | 0 Comments Filed under: amazement, ancestors, animal totems, calling things by their right name, connections, dreams, wonder