Look to The Skies From Whence Cometh Our Understanding and Connection to the Spiritual World. There is Reverance in the “Pause”.
Listen-Reflect- Receive
Looking to Our Ancestors for the Answers
Indigenous & First Nations Perspectives
My Cloud’s View Today!
“Great Spirit, open our eyes to see beyond what is visible, and soften our hearts to receive what cannot be spoken.”
Today I want us to look to at our Indigenous cultures to see how they related to clouds, and in fact still relate to the phenomenon of “Messages from the Clouds”. Many Indigenous cultures view clouds as a part of the texture of their life and communicating with the “Natural World”. In so many of Indigenous cultures they have a great sense of reverence for clouds as they see them as representing their ancestors, spirits, and what they see as emotional expressions of the “Earth”- “Mother Nature”.
I guess what resonates with my diverse cultural heritage in that, like in some Indigenous cultures, if something in nature catches your attention repeatedly, and draws my attention, I feel compelled to pause and listen inwardly. There is no need to analyze and dissect what I am sensing, I only need to receive what is being offered in the moment of recognition. This notion of pausing is what has captivated my interest in this area.
I see this need and ability of integrating the “moments of pausing from the hustle and chaos of life and our need to create sacred time and space for this ritual. The pause allows us to generate discernment, intuition, emotional regulation, reverence and spiritual awareness.
When we set aside time or move in a rhythm of “Being Present in our life”, we become aware of all the beauty, majesty, of the messages that surround us. “Cloud Watching” becomes meditation, prayer, reflection, communion, and remembrance, of what we need to be in caring for our soul expression.
In many of the Indigenous and ancestral peoples, there is an intention to pause during very specific times and events. It is not uncommon for the ritual of Sky Consciousness to take place at sunrise and sunset. These moments of reflection to sit in ritual will also take place during storms, eclipses, first rain and seasonal changes. The sky in these expressions is what I call “Nature Cultures”- “Cultures in Sync with “Great Spirit”. They see reflected in the sky and the cloud formations timing, transitions, balance, warning, and blessings.
These ceremonies support them synchronizing themselves with creation -not dominating it. This distinction reveals so much of why so much of our humanity is at a loss! Clouds help us to evoke remembrance, humility, wonder, emotional release, and a more in-depth perspective about life.
“Remember-that we are never separate from the sky above us, only invited to notice.” Perhaps the message here is to Pause, Look, Listen, and Remember you are part of something vast and magnificent.
So, breathe deeply! Close your eyes and visualize something that brings you back into homeostasis with your soul expression. May today bring you a sense of peace, joy, and moments of feeling loved and validated for who you are and what you are gifting humanity.
**Note: These recordings are based on my blog writings, and all of this comes through Spirit. The recordings are a reflection of the writings and are not edited because I do not want to alter what is coming to me through “Great Spirit”. I am not seeking perfection, only serving as a vessel to bring love, peace, and joy, to our humanity.
Thank You Jim Brickman for your beautiful music that vibrates through this recording. This is a selection from his album – “Music to Quiet Your Mind and Sooth Your World”.
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