A First Nations elder and chief once said to me "You don't see colour". I had been asked to do an energy clearing to release the energy of racism. It was then that I gained a new perspective on what it even means to experience racism or to be "racist". Part of being an energy worker is a nature to experience things on an energetic level, which happens on more subtle levels, so for me I might experience; "that person doesn't like me" or; "that person is kind of mean to me", but for a long time it passed right through my awareness that the possibility of them doing those things was in direct correlation with the colour of my skin. For a long time it did not even register in my mind or my experience. I have since spent time in India as well as attending First Nations gatherings and ceremony, both of which have opened my eyes further to the very alive and thriving dynamic of racism. I have seen through other's eyes the judgment of claiming that I do not have an equal right as a white person to acquire and utilize the energetic tool; a feather, or that I can stay out after dark in a foreign country because I do not possess that country's skin colour; that our rights are somehow different. I wanted to do another Medicine Horse healing circle and when choosing the date found a Sunday afternoon which correlated with the last day of the International Week of Solidarity for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Resonating with this purpose and having an awareness that the energy of racism within myself is karmically clear and virtually non-existant, I chose this date not realizing that it is also Easter Sunday. I considered changing it as people who would have otherwise attended will be busy with visiting family, etc., for the holiday. Then the small voice inside of me started knocking, reminding me of one of the rules that I have agreed to and been initiated into as a Light Worker. When facilitating energy work, I am to be clear in my intention of doing this work primarily as an extension of the work which I would choose to do for mySelf. Being the non-conventional, Earth Medicine concocting Fae woman that I am, I immediately knew that the date could not have been more perfectly aligned, and once again the Universe has conspired to make it so. I was brought up in a Christian Reformed home, it's an old Dutch religion with roots in Catholicism and Christianity. I know well the story of Easter; Jesus' reincarnation to the next life by passage way of ascension, although that is not exactly the way it was taught to me, that is the way I perceive it. What's interesting to me, the correlation of these dates; Easter and the Elimination of Racism, is the element of superiority of White Man which has very much taken over the political, economical and social functioning of a majority of the world, through Christianity. White supremacy has succeeded in fabricating a global facade for a period of generations, using a "superior" religion as a reason to wipe out thousands of Indigenous people from their own land, taking away their children, their homes, their culture, their lives.
All that being said, I choose my own nature and experiences that have brought me to this present moment, to facilitate a Medicine Horse Healing Circle on this day of Solidarity for the Elimination of Racism as well as this day of Celebration of the Ascension of Christ, with an intention to honour the truth of all circumstance involved. For me this means I can use feathers that are meaningful to me, to clear energy, I can use my own energy to clear racism, and I can do it all on a day that may have otherwise been spent praying to a white Jesus who never really existed that way, and for me there could be no better way to spend this day. Perhaps there will even be some like minds to join me. ;) In my heart of hearts I know only one race; that is the Human Race. ~Janette Sarah Anne
0 Comments
You are most welcome to join me (Janette) and my four legged family as we focus our attention towards the healing of our Selves and our World on this day of solidarity in celebration of the equality of races. This is a Light Workers Healing Circle which will be held outdoors regardless of weather or season, so please dress accordingly, and bring your drums! Donations accepted with gratitude.
In my Heart of Hearts I know only one race; that is the Human Race. ... working on a book, finally managed to get the concept all in one sentence to tantalize the tastebuds... here it is;
"The intention of the book is to highlight a journey into my own mind which drastically altered my perceptions, opening unexpected doors to experiences of an otherworldly nature, in a successful attempt to manage a neurological disorder known as epilepsy, while simultaneously addressing parallels of obsessive romantic compulsions." Stay tuned for; "A Galactic Romance and the Grand Awakening", by Moi; Janette Sarah Anne. :) A sneak peek I am working on a photo/poetry collaboration combining my photography with Dawn Dancing Otter's poems to inspire experiences of the Sacred Divine Feminine... first photo shoot done; an exciting journey for me. ~Janette "I'm inspired and writing a lot of juicy poetry... its to be part of our collaborative artistic book with My kindred Sista medicine woman/artist Janette Sarah Anne Damsma. Our project has officially begun to BE. We are going to rock your world." -Dawn Dancing Otter "Feeling the anticipation as I get ready for my spirit medicine photo shoot with the talented Janette Sarah Anne Damsma. It is such an honor to be a part of her and Dawn Dancing Otter's collaboration of a photography and poetry book. It's about the healing journey of the sacred feminine goddess. Stay tuned!!" -Kelsea Broe "Take Me, skin alive, blushing red heat pouring from the cave of my belly" DDO "There is a sacredness to our unknown, the seamless exposure of our innocent hearts... You whisper (my name), like steam on frozen tongue; the call of our souls together an uncompromising magnetism." DDO
Come into the heart of the life that you live in your truest desires. You have the power of a million sages and warriors in side your experience and you are the magician of the tide of knowing and rebirth. There is an obstacle in your mind that keeps you from all that you are. Do you know how to find it? I tell you that you look so deep that you are looking right past it. It is the wisdom of the universe that is so basic but you fail to trust and this is your wall. Your wall is a lack of trust. Your wall tells you that you are not exactly where you are meant to be. The learning is here and now for you. There is something to make you feel better and whole and it is not what your mind tells you. There is something to make you feel natural and free and it is the heart of your life that is knocking to be set free from your mind. ~Janette www.bluedragonmedicine.com
I face a challenge in knowing how to proceed with work that I do. I do healing work; I've experienced amazing results, I've learned incredible things and have knowledge about what I am capable of when I put my mind and body to work together to move energy. I started this work with Spirit Guides. I was very sick and didn't know how I would survive. I had been experiencing grand mal seizures for eighteen years of my life, and I have come to believe that because of a specific path of healing that I followed by instruction of Spirit Guides, I was able to learn how to move energy in my body; I became healthier, and the seizures stopped. A lot of the things that I was guided to do were ceremonies of traditional medicine people; African Shamanism, First Nations, and the sequence of events that led me to partake in these ceremonies is nothing less than mind blowing for me; a phenomena.
I have chosen to try and find ways to share what I have learned about energy and healing. It has been so difficult to be out in the world with these gifts. People go crazy. People mistrust me and judge me and make up all kinds of opinions about me; because I say that I know something about this, People want or expect things from me, they watch me to see if I will behave in a certain way, they test me and make debates about spirituality... but for me it was never like that. For me it's just like another job that I learned how to do, but a more important one, one that can really help people, one that is spiritual and purposeful and healing. I don't know how I can do this as much as I like to without getting paid, or somehow having a revenue to allow me to live in this world the way it is and still have a medicine practice; to offer what I have without being told every time I do something that I have to do it a certain way so not to offend or mislead or take advantage of anybody. I just don't know what to do. I am burning potential but it's like because of it, in ways, I am still burning at the stake. Very interesting situations with animals on the road lately; a couple weeks ago I was driving home, it was a foggy night but cold, the roads were wet and almost frozen, I was rounding a bend and going just a tad bit too fast to be able to stop on a dime in those conditions. I was in a foul mood. Deer were running across the road, I saw one on the shoulder on the right and knew that where there's one there are usually more, so immediately started to slow down but not enough time. Another deer was starting to cross and there was no way that I wasn't going to hit it. I remember thinking; "I'm hitting the deer". I hit the deer, it was a buck, there was almost zero impact like it just tumbled away and I didn't see anything. I pulled over, backed up, and there was a doe in the middle of the road, skull cracked; fully dead, the buck was a few meters behind on the shoulder, neck broken; fully dead. No damage to the vehicle other than one very small piece of plastic.
About a minute later as I was sitting there shocked thinking to myself "I just killed two deer in an instant" two young hunters drove by, pulled over, asked about the deer, asked if i would mind if they took one to skin, I said please take them both. The timing was impeccable. I was glad they were dead and not badly injured instead. I was glad that their bodies were utilized. Tonight was a normal night, on my way home on the highway going about 90 a raccoon came out of nowhere running directly towards the tires. I remember a moment when I said to myself "There is no way in hell I'm going to kill this raccoon too". Without another thought I cranked the wheel to the left, tires squealing, did almost a full 360 in the middle of the highway; lucky no other cars. It reminded me of a one reign stop, in an instant I was from 90 to stopped. I thought I may have heard a very light bump like the raccoon got bounced to the side a little but certainly didn't run over him, and couldn't find him, no blood, I think he's ok. A teenage kid came from the house to check on me; that was nice of him. Good skid marks on the road. I know they say never swerve for animals but it's hard for me not to live by instinct and especially when it needs to happen fast; I seem to do well in those kind of situations. I have not even come close to hitting anything my whole life and I do a LOT of driving through mountains and wilderness highly populated with wildlife, except for the first six months when I was 16 and I had my learners; I hit birds on about six different occasions, once a whole flock of little ones, and a cat who couldn't walk after I hit it, very squished; I convinced these hockey guys who were driving by to kill it as quickly as possible, I couldn't stand to think of it in so much pain. After I got my license, nothing ever. Moral of the story: Janette, turn your spidy sense back on !!! Maybe glasses will help. Also, a few days ago, I very timingly came across a couple who had just hunted a bob cat, I was coming around the snowy little mountain road bend and their truck with bob cat tied to it was parked right in the middle of the road, almost hit them and stopped suddenly, my hood facing theirs, staring at a dead bob cat right in front of me as it was tied to their hood; like I almost could have touched it. As I fumbled for my camera which had fallen under the seat, the woman grabbed the cat but I managed to snap a shot of her with it as I drove past. I didn't like that they had a bob cat; maybe they were trying to catch something else, it seemed odd. And these are the days of my life... Healing From Rape; Broken. Stitched. Purified. I have painted a three part series of paintings to display at the Intimate Dream Collective Group Art Presentation at the Lier House in Penticton; as rape continues to devastatingly be something that women all around the world are dealing with every day with few options for support, I hope for these paintings to bring light to the subject and start to open a door for the healing of the Divine Feminine globally. ~Janette
Getting ready for the "Intimate Dream Collective" group art show this February at the Lier House in Penticton. I will be displaying a series of three paintings portraying the process of healing from rape in a celebration of the physical form and expressions of love and passion. Here's a sneak peak at the paintings still in the works by me, Janette Damsma. www.bluedragonmedicine.com
|
MY BLOG
AuthorJanette Sarah Anne |