I keep on re-reading your post because there's so much fascinating info in it. I did not know lots of those traits about Coyote, and they fit my life to a T. I'm also astounded by all of the synchronicities in our life paths these past 3 years. By the way, I'm super-intrigued by this dream you had.
I've never done anything like this before either. I just thought it would be appropriate to burn a candle on the Solstice, and the idea of a synchronized ritual sprang up organically amongst the exchanges on this thread.
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I’ve been reading and re-reading all these posts, intrigued by observing all our individual solstice ceremonies in synchronicity. I will create my own ceremony at 8:19 Pacific time to coincide with the solstice.
However, there’s another synchronicity involved as we each read and participate on the site. We are part of the Collective observing (albeit in horror) the precarious position of US democracy as it teeters on the brink of disaster. Today I watched a movie trailer for Terence Malick’s new film “ A Hidden Life,” about an Austrian farmer who was an anti-Nazi and devout Catholic. The film is based on a true story and the parallels between that scenario and the one we face today are all too clear. However while watching that brief trailer, I felt as though spirit was reminding me that although the rise and power of the Nazis seemed insurmountable, it wasn’t. They were defeated and soundly.
So as we observe all the GOP posturing and the effectiveness of their misinformation and propaganda, during the days and weeks ahead, let’s keep in mind that ultimately good will prevail.
Vestralux, I hope you will consider sharing your spiritual experience and the vision you had.
Hi All,
I will join all of you in lighting a candle and meditating on solstice day. It probably won’t be at 5:19am my time though and I will probably wait until the house full of family visiting that weekend disperses later that day. I am sure we can get some good energy going! As we live very far north, we truly are in the darkest part of the year with very short days. I think we currently have just under 7 1/2 hours of daylight per day. After living towards the top of Germany for a few years, I have learned not to be afraid of the dark - literally or figuratively - as we tend to have to go about our daily business in the dark very often. People here do tend to cheer things up with candles and lights at this time of the year and it reminds us that seasons of dark and light have always been around and will continue. I’m happy to hear any suggestions for how to celebrate the solstice and best send light to the world.
I am a huge fan of Terence Malick and can’t wait to see this film. I’ve been waiting for a major director to make a film drawing the parallels between the rise of nazism and what we’re seeing now. Right after trump was elected my husband and I traveled to Berlin, Prague and Munich and met dozens of citizens warning us that we were headed toward a similar fate as they experienced in the 1930s and 1940s. When I came home to MI I started reading a book called Hitlerland about communication between US and British foreign secretaries on the rise of the clownish, laughable Hitler and how he couldn’t be taken seriously.
The parallels are so clear, it frightens. While you’re waiting for the film release, you should check out A French Village on Amazon’s MHZ channel. Une Village Francois is a French TV series about a village occupied by the Germans in WWII. It’s subtitled, but that doesn’t take away from this compelling story about the French villagers and the choices they made. Some eagerly collaborated, others resisted and everyone paid a price in the end. We binged seven seasons and couldn’t stop thinking and talking about it.
My spirit guides sometimes communicate with me by implanting music in my head. On Saturday night, as I was thinking about the ideas on this thread and the upcoming solstice, I started hearing the lyrics to the song "Back to You" by a somewhat obscure singer/songwriter named Jeremy Kay. I hadn't listened to that song in years, and I only remembered the chorus. But when I looked up the lyrics online, I was blown away by how much correlation the song shared with the themes being discussed here. These are the opening lyrics:
I can only speculate
About living in the dark
I would rather generate
A little light from a spark
And I---- I would like to shine
Yeah I---- I'm feeling sublime
(chorus)
All that you do
Comin' back to you
Everything you do
Is comin' on back to you
So, the message my spirit guides were trying to send me: When we perform our Solstice ritual, or any New Year ceremony of renewal, we are bestowing fortune upon ourselves because we are first spreading light to the collective. That sort of karmic principle might seem obvious to most people here, but I think it gets interesting when considering how sun ceremonies and many indigenous practices of thanksgiving work throughout the world: by expressing gratitude for the universe's abundance, a culture is ensuring that the universe will keep providing in abundance. Even lighting a candle at the Solstice is a show of gratitude, since we are mindfully acknowledging that "yes, light will return, and this small flame is proof."
All of this analysis can be reduced to a simple equation expressed by the Kay lyrics: if we want a sublime future, we first have to shine (show gratitude for what we already have).
Speaking of karma, I'm writing this at work, which I probably shouldn't be doing. I have projects I need to focus on...
We are celebrating my niece's birthday on Saturday. But I'll be sure to be home by 11pm to be ready spiritually, mentally and physically by 11:19. I am so excited about this.
Miracles happen. I will prayfor democracy in the U.S. and also around the world as it's bee threatened for the past couple of years. I will ask my Mom and brother to maybe join us in their own way. The more the merrier, but more importantly, the brighter we shine and bring light to the world.