A Vision Quest In Nature Is Powerful
Posted by Heather Anderson in Uncategorized, tags: education, general, healing, health, news, outdoors, personal growth, PSYCHOLOGY, recreation, religion, self help, self improvement, society, Uncategorized, wellnessThis encounter of becoming everything all in the same time lasted for about three weeks on my vision quest. Then I slowly returned to what I call ‘ordinary reality’. I remembered speaking to a buddy about this at the time. He said ‘Wow, that seems amazing!’ but I remember just telling him how normal and natural it felt. Like this was the regular way we’re meant to encounter the world.
Since that experience I’ve been on the 15 yr quest. A quest to understand ‘what happened’. A quest to locate methods of accessing that state of ‘non-ordinary reality’ at will. This quest has taken me to live with magic males within the tropical jungles of Indonesia. To Native American Indians within the USA. And Aboriginal old people in Australia.
But mostly this quest has taken me into nature. Into aged natural forests. On top of snow-capped mountain peaks. Beside rugged wind-swept coasts. Inside the craters of volcanoes. Beside raging waterfalls. For in my experience the simplest way of accessing this state happens alone by immersing your self in the wonder and mystery of nature. Finding and experiencing your true nature in nature.
After accessing this state hundreds of occurances I now understand how to get access to it at will. While driving my car. Whilst walking in supermarkets. While talking with friends. Like nature, this state is always there awaiting you to return. We can all access the world past the 1 we know.
The easiest way I’ve found would be to totally let go of stress in both the body and mind. Totally let go of ideas as they arrive and enter right into a state of innocence and no-mind. Then to consciously slow every thing down - to view the planet like viewing a film in slow-motion. Being in every second. Feeling each moment. Turning up each of your 5x senses in each moment. Then to put your awareness on and go with the subtle pull of the life force that constantly directs you.
In my experience these would be the circumstances that allow the world beyond what we know to naturally arise… calm, no-mind, heightened senses in each moment and permitting the pull of your heart to guide you. In psychology terms I guess this drops me in to the ‘theta’ and ‘delta’ brain wave states whereupon the dream state happens. Perhaps that is why Aboriginals say that stepping into the spirit realm is the same as ‘dreaming’ and ‘the dreamtime’.
Creativeness, the language of the soul all of a sudden awakens. The language past the phrases we frequently use. The signs and symbols from nature talk loudly. The subtle voice inside turns loud. The force past speaks directly whilst inside this state. Tapping straight in to the wonder and mystery of nature. No sense of separation. Connection is all there is.
If you have time and right conditions we can all tap into this state. It is usually there just awaiting us to tap into. Like turning on a tap to reveal the h2o within. The water is always there. Likewise with the spirit inside, the wisdom that abounds. The synchronicities all over the place. Always existing. Just waiting to tap into.
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