A Tale to Tell

By Wood, Herb, and Stone A Mystic’s Journey

by Tina Martin

"This is a story that heals." Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes is a Mystic Storyteller among many other things. She enlightened me on the power of the spoken word to heal.

There’s nothing like the freedom of lying in a 200 acre wheat field on a warm summer day and knowing you’re in an alternate reality or at least a world that loves you. I was eight years old and experienced a magic in that wheat field that has sustained me through dark nights of the soul.

I am not your typical mystic. I am far from the mystics portrayed by fanciful authors. I’m a bit of a cross between a Faery and Hobbit without the hairy feet thankfully. Well, at least that is what I tell myself.😁 I started out a mystic by definition. Conditioning by religious dogma began from birth for me. Yet, it taught me a truth, just not my Truth. Even though it left me damned, I was still curious about my experiences that were not in any way definable by those around me. If I shared my experiences, I was severely reprimanded. These experiences were labeled by authority figures as an omnipresent devil seducing me as well as a terrorist-like, omnipresent god who would send me straight to a never-ending molten-lava hell where I would burn for infinity and beyond. That sounds exaggerated, but it is not!

I’ve been on many paths. Some paths were bright and magical and I was surrounded by the beings I could see and those beings I could not see but felt. In the bright meadows and deep woods, I was home and knew all the seen and unseen things. The paths were easy. The trees were my guides. The sparkle lights were alive with personalities. The stones were ancient and comforted me. The flowers and herbs healed me with beauty and wisdom that I never questioned.

Some paths, which were of human design, led me to the shadow man fraught with day and night terrors. The shadow man stole my field of wheat from me as well as my innocence. After that, I was taught to normalize paths that were never meant to be normalized.

Now, at this time in my life, I realize I have labeled negative experiences and positive experiences. My understanding now is they both were for my higher good. Although, I still waver on a couple of them at certain moments. What is true for me is acceptance. I was not introduced to this word “acceptance” early on. I was introduced to the word “forgiveness”! Both have very, very different vibrations for me.

To share your personal Tales, Journeys, Paths, is a part of taking back your *Personal Power! Yes, you will be judged. Yes, you will be castigated. However, those energies are not the energies that matter. What matters is YOU and whoever the tale resonates with. PLEASE REREAD THAT SENTENCE! Did you recoil at the YOU? If you just tell your tale for your own self, that is exactly what is needed to shift your energy so the old conditioning, blocks, pain, etc. can transmute. Telling your tale with discernment is imperative. Meaning, if you tell your tale as an introduction to who you are and why you act the way you do, YOU ARE STILL THE VICTIM!!!

Create art, journal, plant trees, blog, create a YouTube video, volunteer, join an energy circle, start a group for storytellers, or write a book. These are just a few things that you can do to tell your tale and transmute what no longer serves your best.

* PERSONAL POWER:

Grounding, Centering, Establishing healthy boundaries are all part of our personal power. This is the energy we project when we enter a room. Spiritual energy flows from the top of your head into your energy centers (chakras) and flows out into the Earth. Simultaneously, the Earth energy flows from your root/base chakra into all your energy centers (chakras). Allowing for energetic presence to be stable, calm, and able to function from a place of balance instead of a place of fear, confusion, ego, or doubt. This is the energy that someone feels upon greeting you.

Personal power is not about social, economic, or political clout. It is not used to manipulate or intimidate anyone. It is not used to be superior. It is not even about getting everything you want in life. It is however, about living authentically in each moment. It is about holding your calmness, compassion, resoluteness, and love no matter what the opposition. It is standing in the integrity of your essence (your true self) and owning it!!!!

Of note: "This is what I think I know now, but what I think I know in the future may be different!" 😊 Author: Me💜

If you are interested in exploring/transmuting any outdated conditioning or telling your tale, contact me for a personalized Energy Session.....

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