Of Memories and Glue

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Jul 12, 2001

I entered the Inner Landscape with a goal in mind. I wanted to meet one of my Allies and bring back something that would be of value in ordinary reality, something that I could use to change some external circumstance in my life. I also wanted to be able to write about it in such a way that someone reading about the journey would be able to see that the journey process is useful in healing work, especially in regard to the self. It would be a Middle World journey and, where it ended up from there, would be up to whatever Ally showed up. Once this was clear in my mind, I settled down and entered a relaxed state, went to my favorite nature spot as it resided in my memory and began the journey.

My favorite spot is, oddly enough, within the cemetery that sits at the end of the street I live on. The cemetery is surrounded by forest on three sides and a lake on the fourth side. It's the lakeside I favor because the land gently slopes down toward the water and there, under the cover of pine, oak, and birch trees, I can sit on the ground, enjoy the view of the water, and only rarely be disturbed by any other person. I guess that not everyone appreciates the solitude that a cemetery can provide!

As I entered the journey landscape I felt several layers of tension roll off my spirit body. This sort of feels like passing through water. The air gets a little thicker and shucks off layers of soot and heaviness from the body. I ran through the cemetery to the left bank happy to be away from Ordinary reality for a time. Once I found my area I noticed that the big tree that had sprouted on my last journey was still there and grinned. I stuck my head in through the opening and yelled a hello to Kayla, the lady of the grotto and told her I'd be back later. I heard her mutter something back at me and took off for the hole that I usually used for Lower World journeys. How I suddenly knew I needed to go there I have no idea, but I did and, since my instincts were very good during journeys, I dove in.

At the foot of the hole I came out flying and landed on my butt. If you have kids you've probably seen the cartoon Dragon Tales. Zack and Wheezie, the two-headed dragon always comes flying out of a zucker hole when they appear. This is what I did and then I bounced up to my feet and started running. I ran around a small body of water and, once I realized what I was doing, stopped to have a look around. Sometimes journeys work like this for me; I'll discover myself doing some activity and THEN realize what I'm doing. This might be because I have a mind that's always going off in twenty directions so, when I settle into a journey, it often takes me a couple minutes to realize I need to chill out and catch up with myself.

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