Goddess Weekend Part I

Our annual goddess weekend was just over 2 weeks ago. It has taken me this long to process the events. Actually I am not done processing it all yet but thought I should share at least some of it. First let me tell you what this weekend is about. I am a member of a very loving group of Reiki Masters and we meet once a month. We do workshops and share reiki and learn at these meetings.

One of my friends in this group gets a beautiful home on the lake for one weekend in September. The home is awesome and very large. There are 6 bedrooms. We gather on Friday starting in the late afternoon. Some of the women who come, we only see once a year at this event so there is a lot of energy going around as people arrive. After we are all settled we order pizza and eat supper. After supper we gathered in the large livingroom and had a drumming circle. It was great. I was lucky to find a great deal on a new Djembe drum before the weekend. Then the cards came out and we broke off into smaller groups and did readings for each other. I had bought a new deck called Mermaids and Dolphins so I couldn't wait to try them out. I did readings with a couple of my friends.

Last year we stayed up pretty late but this year we went to bed at a decent time. I think the rainy weather made us sleepy.

Saturday morning I got up early and had breakdast. The weather was overcast but not rainy so I joined a group of my friends for a hike to the overlook. On a clear day you can see the lake and I have been told it is fantastic but when we got up there it was still foggy so we didn't see it. There seemed to be a couple of places that I felt drawn to in the woods as we walked. I felt energy coming from these places so I snapped a couple of pics which I am sharing with you here. I was not surprised to see a multitude of orbs in these spots. Some may say these are just moisture but I took other pictures and there were no orbs in them.

Lunch was glorious as we all brought homemade foods to share. One of our friends was building what is called "The Gate of Grace" in one of the rooms. We would all be going in and if we felt compelled to we could go into the middle which forms a vortex where it is said that the Breath of God flows through. Since I am no expert when it comes to the Gate of Grace I suggest you google it to get more information if you like. What I can do is share my experience in the Gate and I will do that soon.

There was also someone there who takes aura pictures. I had never had an aura picture taken before so I decided to have one done before being in the Gate and then after to see the difference.

When it was almost time for us to go to the room with the Gate of Grace, I was approached by the buillder of the Gate. She asked if she could talk to me and we went into the room where the gate was. I could feel the energy in the room. She told me that sometimes when she is building the Gate for a group she is told that someone needs to have what is called the "Christ Formation" done and this time that person was me. She explained that is was very powerful and life altering and asked if I wanted to do this. I fully agreed. Since this was going to be done privately with only my closest 7 friends I decided that I would not participate when the entire group went in. I didn't want to take up their time in the Gate. There were about 20 people at the house at this time.

There were a few who did not participate in the Gate so we decided to do some meditation with some beautiful thought provoking music one of the women brought with her. As I listened and relaxed a vision came to me. I was seeing victorian looking flowers like painted glass with dark black outlines. As I watched, the flowers kept changing and soon I was walking in a garden. This garden looked very old with high stone walls and old fountains. There were hedges and flowers everywhere and ivy was clinging to the walls. I had my hair up and was wearing a very flowy light colored gown. Then in a corner there was something that looked dark. It didn't feel bad but the color was dark. Soon I realized the dark color was the color of a suit and a man stepped forward. He was beautiful and I knew I loved him with all my heart and soul. As we stepped closer there was a glow around us. We never touched but the love was very strong between us. Then he started to back away and I became very sad. I felt such a loss it brought tears to my eyes. Then I saw this scene start to sink down. As this scene sank a new scene appeared. It looked like a desert. Everything was browns and tans. Wind was gently blowing sand all around and before me was a man who was dressed in Native American clothing. He had on a full headress of feathers that went all the way down his back. He was not looking at me but out onto the horizon. I felt his sadness. I could not help him but it was something I had to accept. Then I came back. When I came back to myself there were tears on my cheek and I felt a huge loss. We all shared our experiences and soon it was time for my aura picture.

I will continue with my experiences in part 2 of Goddess Weekend.