Meeting Of the Minds

I sit down at my kitchen table and take a deep breath. I have so many things I need to be doing and instead I am panicking about meeting with a group of Deities that I have called upon to help me with this 7 month container. I look up and look at the sliding glass door leading outside to my backyard. I close my eyes and open them again. It has become a solid white door. I look across the table and my spirit guide is now sitting across from me. He motions to the door without saying anything. 

I get up and walk to the door and open it. I step into the darkened warehouse. The light above the conference table is bright. I go to the chair at the end of the table and sit down. I look down at the papers I have brought with me. I look up and all of the Deities are now sitting at the table. I gasp and jump back in my chair. 

The Dagda raises his hand in a little wave. "We move quietly and swiftly, pardon the surprise. You have something in your hand?"

"Yes, I printed the plan for the container so you could better understand and hopefully explain to me how you all can help and support me during this 7 month journey."

"Please read for us." He says.

"Ok, so there are 4 Pillars. Shadow Work, Witnessing, community, leveraged commitment.

The energy dynamics focus is Intentional Action, Consistent vulnerability, Power-with Boundaries, Finance/emotion/time commitment, Ceremonies/Rituals, Generous gratitude action.

The shadow work: "A willingness to open my heart, inviting deities and cohorts as peers, into the heart space. Seeking their support as witnesses and guides, as we call up our old stories, fears, wounds, and the death-life-death journey of the old."

You are the Deities." I stop talking at this point and put the papers back on the table.

All 9 of the OGs, and GOATs stand up.

The Dagda speaks again. "We are doing ....Shadow work. Are you ready for this next step?" He does a "come here" hand motion towards the door.

Roger my spirit guide steps into the warehouse, and walks up to the conference table.

The Dagda turns to Roger and asks: "She decerns you clearly?"

"Yes she hears me clearly. and does well with separating her internal dialogue and myself."

The Dagda nods. "Very well. Thank you."

"These meetings will need to be done while you are alone moving forward."

He sits back down as does everyone else.

There are the golden goblets in front of each of us.

Hygieia speaks first - "The Depth and importance of self care. What we learned at 12 we will learn again."

Erebus speaks next. - "The Fears will rise, your understanding of your past lives helps greatly. "

Itspapalotl raises her goblet- "The dead shall speak."

Aine places her hand on her goblet- "The gratitude is in the details, we will find them."

Ganesh picks up his goblet- "Its luck when you can't hear the whispers. You must silence the mind."

Soteria leans forward in her chair, and clasps both hands around her goblet, but stays silent.

Euphorsyne picks up her goblet- "Finding joy underneath the darkness. Tulips in the snow."

The Dagda touches his goblet-him and Soteria look at each other. He looks back at me.

Soteria speaks up- "I will guide the protection."

The Dagda joins in- "And I am your accountability. We will meet more often than your sister wrote in the plan. We must see progress. We will let you work with your spirit guides to see clearly the goals to be reached by the end of the container."

With a blink of my eyes they were gone. It was just Roger and I at the conference table. We both got up and walked quietly through the door, back to my kitchen. Another deep sigh as I sit back down at the table.

I turn to Roger, "why didn't Caishen say anything?" I ask.

"He did", Roger replied. "You have some work to do in this area. He held up his goblet and said -Moving the stones of desire and fear open the creekbed to the flow of wealth and water.

You couldn't hear him." Roger says.

Meeting with OGs and GOATs

 I sit down at a kitchen table with Roger. 

"How does this work? where do I go for this meeting?" I ask. 

"There is a conference room. In your mind, that is a common meeting ground. Its through the door." He points to a door along the back wall that I thought went outside. 

"Do you come with me?" I ask.

"I am here," he points to his temple. "and I am here." he points to the chair. 

I take a deep breath and look down to see what I'm wearing. Its a grey business suit. with a pink blouse..lol

I open the door and step through the doorway. The door shuts behind me. I can see the floor, it is shiny with a single light over the conference table to the right of me. It is too dark to see the walls or see how big the room is.

I walk over to the conference table. It is oval with 4 chairs on either side and 1 chair at each end. 

I go and stand at the closest end of the table to me. 

I hear the thunder of horse hoofs coming towards me. A dark horse with a skeleton wearing a black cape, rides up to me. As the horse and skeleton rider stop, there is a swarm of black and purple butterflies that catch up to the rider. I see a few pink butterflies floating around too. 

"I am Itspapalotl." The skeleton woman says. "I shall have a seat as we await the arrival of the others."

Another horse gallops up. this one has no rider and the horse is a deep red. The horse turns into a woman with long red hair. 

"I am Aine." She says. She look to the Skeleton woman and nods, and takes a seat next to her. 

I hear an elephant bellow loudly but I don't see an elephant. A man walks out of the shadows. He is wearing a grey suit and a green shirt underneath the jacket. 

"Hello all, I am Ganesh." He nods towards me and the women, already seated. 

Three women walk out of the darkness together. One is wearing a long white gown, with black hair. 

"I am Euphrosyne" (Eh fro sin ee). 

One is wearing a white pantsuit and has a box of golden wine glasses with a golden snake carved on the stems. 

"I am Hygieia, I have brought a goblet for everyone," she says as she lifts the box of goblets up. 

The third woman is wearing a long purple dress, and has a flower wreath in her brown hair. 

"I am Soteria, It is a pleasure to meet with all of you." 

There is a pause as the three women sit down. In the distance we can hear crows cawing and a loud deep tiger roar. We also hear the sound of a sword dragging along the floor.  

A man steps out of the shadows dragging his large sword. Next to him is a black and gold striped tiger, and there is a swarm of crows flying around them. 

"I am The Dagda" says the man, in a deep booming voice, as he lifts his sword over his back, and slides it into its sheath. 

The black tiger turns into a man. "I am Caishen." He puts his hands to his sides and bows and then takes a seat. 

The crows continue to fly in circles until man appears and the crows disappear. "I am Erebus." 

The man standing before us is wearing all black, with dark skin. He makes a fist and places his arm across his chest and takes a long nod to the people at the table. He then walks over and quietly takes a seat. 

They all shift in their seats and turn towards me. I want to melt into the floor. I don't really know what to say. My throat feels dry. 

"Hi." I finally croak out. I wave to the table feeling like an idiot. "Um, so, thank you for all showing up. I am sure you have a very busy schedule, and to be honest I am surprised you received the invite AND were able to make it to this meeting." I hear a few chuckles coming from the table. 

The Skeleton woman raises her bones hand. "I have a question." 

"Yes, of course, go ahead." I reply. 

 "How can we help?" Skeleton woman says.

"Um, to be honest, at the moment I don't know. I was hoping you would know." I stutter out a reply. 

Skeleton woman laughs. "Well we have our work cut out for us." Everyone at the table laughs. 

"I joke," she says. "We will help you figure this out. Please tell us about this container."

"Ok, well it is a self led course my sister wrote the basics of the plan for, and I am to follow the guidelines." 

"What are your goals for the container?" asks Soteria.

"Well, I had written that I wanted seeds planted in the 12 realms. After my visit with Ginnie, I feel less settled in this." 

"Less settled about the seeds? or what the names of the realms are?" Soteria asks again.

"Um, maybe what the names are, sure. " I say hesitantly. 

"You will start all of the seeds." says Erebus. "They will be fruitful." he nods as he says this.

"I, as I am sure you all know, am struggling with the action part of all the things. The physical manifestation of what I dream, and think about is the hardest. Even as I sit here in front of all of you, I am not taking action." I say with a deep sigh. 

The Dagda stands up. "We are impressed by the group you have gathered here. We feel that the offerings you could provide will be helpful for many souls. These souls check in often for some, less frequent for others, but the ties that wrap around the fingers of earth are threaded through all the lifetimes. We are in a time of turmoil but with greatly heightened love and fortitude." He sits back down.

"There are many ways I can help." says Ganesh. "But my hints and clues are hidden and obscure at times. You will need to seek them out and feel into them. I will, during this container, offer clearer insight."

"We will decide the names of the 12 realms at a later time. we are in agreement there are 12." Says Hygieia. The table nods in agreement. 

"What is the focus within the container? "Asks Hygieia.

"Um, to move into alignment with my soul desire to work in an investigative capacity while providing above and beyond to my family and those around me." I respond.

"But beyond the investigative, is there more?" asks Aine. 

"I thought so." I reply. 

"But again I might need to narrow my scope? I understand what Ginnie was saying that trying to do so much different stuff keeps me away from the goal."

"Where is your soul currently?" asks Caishen.

"Um here with me?" I reply.

"Are you sure?" he asks.

"Well where else could my soul be? I am alive it must be with me. Right?"

"You question your souls location. To not be in alignment is to mean you are not centered with your soul, is it to mean your soul is not present. Is it elsewhere doing what you wish you are doing here on earth? That is not the process of the soul. We will seek different language to help understand alignment, and soul connection." 

"While the seeds are a solid plan, they are, as you have spoken of earlier, non tangible outside the written word." Says Itspapalotl. "We must seek early on tangible measurements of these seeds we are planting." 

"The first most tangible item we would like to see is exercise. It will help clear the mind and allow our words to flow through." 

The Dagda stands again.

"Caishen you will focus on clear language to understand the soul relationship.

Itspapalotl you will stay close and guide. 

Ganesh you will guide with clearer signs.

Erebus, Euphrosyne, Aine, Soteria, and Hygieia- please take some time to align with our next tasks. I will work with Roger and Grandma Bertha to help maintain focus." 

"Wait" I stand up. "Am I supposed to say more? Ask more?" 

"You can" The Dagda says, "but your mind whispered that it did not have more questions."

We shall meet again on Thursday."

I blinked and the table was empty. A black feather floated down and landed on the table. I turn around and walk out of the room.