My thoughts and prayers on the Day of the Dead.
It is Samhain, Halloween, Day of the Dead — the time we remember and honor our loved ones who have passed. I just spent the morning at Tlaquepaque dressed in a flaming red flamingo dress, making silly slow motion videos with my friend and photographer buddy, Stephen Henderson (new photos coming out soon.) But now, home, I sit at my computer in my big comfy robe permeated by a strange feeling of quiet emptiness.It is not just a feeling of peace which can come from quietude and emptiness, but an uneasiness because I can feel sadness and loneliness. These are not new to me, but I have become very attuned to energy in my years here on earth and or whatever reason, these particulate spices are in the dish now.
It is a cloudy day and cold in Sedona. The house is quiet, the air still and I can feel the darkness coming. A twinge of sadness and loneliness visit my heart. The warmth of summer is gone and late summer has given way to a very distinct energy of cold and stillness. The mystic mind spans aeons of space and time, taking in the winds of change, the movement of the stars and feels the tides pulling…. I sense an uneasiness in the force, many of us keeping up a good heart, living as best we can, choosing as much love as we can while we know the world is burning and is unhinged in such a way that the door could fall off.
To me, The Day of the Dead is the most fitting ceremonial recognition of what is going on at this time of year – Fall in the Western Hemisphere of earth. Most of us in America grew up with Halloween – a day of fun, dress up and candy, but no meaning. The Mexican Day of the Dead honors those who have died with celebration and song. They celebrate those who have passes, those we loved and to me, this is the best way to honor the dead.
In many traditions the world over, Fall is the time that death is honored. We are reminded of the transient nature of all life when the seasons change, the leaves yellow, the skies darken, the nights get long and the days cold. It is a time of death for the earth, death for many plants reminding us that we, too will wither and die if we are lucky enough to spend enough years here.
In honor of the ancestors of my physical family, I made an altar setting out the pictures of many of my relatives who have made the transition to the great beyond – especially those I knew and loved. I have light the candles to warm them with light and given them offerings of chocolate, cream, butter, berries and wine.
Not long ago, I listened to a Maori man talk about the importance of having an ancestor shrine and urged everyone to do so and to begin talking to them and asking for their help. He said to do this and then watch for the results. A colleague of mine, Scot Catamus, just shared a powerful story of when his deceased grandfather appeared at the door to deliver a message that the birth that was happening inside would go well. One of my earliest spiritual experiences was connecting to a Native Spirit of the land who I felt a deep kinship with. So, at this time of the thinning of the veils, this time of Twilight, we remember those who have passed from this life through the veil to the other side.
Speaking of death, we must honor and remember so many that have died in Ukraine, Russia and Gaza in the interest of elite agendas. For our global family, It is sad and tragic to witness so many beautiful people and innocent children losing their lives in such a brutal way. Sure, for all of history there have been dangerous and evil extremists in every land, culture and religion and it has always been the job of the protective warrior to defend the innocent against their attacks.
After having been trained by many Veterans of war and martial art masters and grand masters, I have a lot of the sacred warrior blood in me. There are honor codes amongst warriors but modern war I fear has few to none.
When defending peace and innocence, the cancerous cells are supposed to be cut out while the healthy cells left alone. Is this too much to ask? I take issue with genocide. I just came back from Egypt where I was immersed in a Muslim culture and I met some of the most beautiful, spiritual and heart-centered people I have ever known. It is a beautiful faith and I experienced so much love and witnessed a devotion that have not seen in any Western person or religion. I can only imagine that many Muslims in Gaza have a similar pure and beautiful heart.
We can never blanket an entire people and label them all bad just because some of them behave brutally. I am saddened and disappointed with humanity at large, but this is not new for me. The first thoughts I had when I was a child were, “What have they done?” I’ve always been saddened at what “they” humans at large, have done to this planet, to the animals, to the buildings (they are so ugly compared to much older architecture) and most of all, I am disappointed at what has happened to the human heart.
I have devoted my life to healing and to keeping the sacred ways alive. I could always see beyond the veil, seeing dead people, and the spirit world has always been a part of my life which is why I chose the way of the priestess, medicine woman and mystic and I can say with all certainty that many beings are crying because of us.
We have lost our way and the last seven years this lost heart and insane mind has colored far too much of all our lives.
Seeing beyond the veil, experiencing God, I do not believe that humans can improve on God. I believe in God’s miracles, in God’s healing, in the divine perfection of the God code in our food, in our immune system.
Today, the hubris of Man is wreaking havoc on hearts and this earth. Man should not be trying to manipulate Nature and God, but to celebrate it and live in harmony with it. We really are not here too long.
And so, on this sacred Day of the Dead when we are called to remember our ancestors who have gone before us across the veil, I honor those from my biological family and all those who are now leaving this earth tragically.
What happened to the peace and love movement of the 1960’s? Why did it not more positively affected the tide on this earth?Innocent people should not be genetically altered or die because of bureaucrats who sit safely in their white houses far from the realities of war.
We should have learned this from the stupid wars that have gone before, but “they” count on generations of forgetting and that they can now program people through Tictock and countless distractions. If some country was bombing the sh*% out of America because the current regime in power slaughtered innocent people of their enemy it would be an outrage.
There is a powerful warning that we all must heed: When fighting evil we must be careful not to become evil.
From my near death experiences in which I crossed over twice to the other side and from 70 Ayahuasca journeys, I know that what we do while on earth counts.
What we do here affects the timeline and experiences of our eternal soul and the times to come. We do not end in the death of the physical body and yet, life, liberty and the freedom to pursue happiness as long as it does not harm others should be honored as sacred.
Warrior should go take out their grievances with the warriors, that crated them, not with innocents. This is the honorable way to fight battles. Modern warfare is not honorable, it is mostly m*rder and deception.
Souls are chosen by acts, by words, and deeds. This is how the Ascension harvests souls…. we are on the threshing floor and what we do matters.
Rumi says: “My soul is from elsewhere, I’m sure of that, and I intend to end up there.”
I know I will end up in the spirit world, like all who depart from this place. I only pray that we can love this beautiful planet and cherish peace and innocence once again and in order for the innocent to be unadulterated, we do need our protectors and that is why until every soul on earth is angelic, we need our warrior men. I pray that we can find peace in a world that has in the last four years gone to war. These wars have scarred the hearts of many and have made the world much more unsafe. Many people are too scared to act or speak. Too scared of having a strong sense of self, our men are afraid to be strong, we are afraid to say “no” to the System of debt, fiat money and supporting foreign war.
I identify as a Mystic and mystics for the most part stay out of human battles for property, land, money, resources. But these wars, wars on Nature, wars on food, wars on humanity are not done in a vacuum — they have colored the body, heart and soul of every human on this planet.
I pray for better times. I pray the aliens and the angels take pity on the lost humans and help to protect beauty and innocence. At this point, I feel that the spiritual war is in full swing, manifest so clearly here on earth and if I were God and all powerful… none of this crap would be happening, but alas, it seems I am not, so I must trust in a larger divine plan that includes this. Prophesies say so, but they are dismal in places, but that does not mean that you or I should give up, give in or turn a blind eye to the obvious.
May all souls be comforted by the angels as they make their way to the other side. May peace reign on earth. May peace reign in the heart of humankind.
These are my thoughts and my prayer on this day.
Blessings,
Elizabeth
