Vision Quest Blessings IX: My Loving Community

Samantha and I share water as she drives me home. I share many of my Vision Quest accounts with her. She is a great listener and a beautifully powerful presence who is escorting me back into my daily world with grace and love. When I arrive home, my beloved Arttemis is waiting for me with a beautiful hug and his bright smile. I am grateful for my loving welcome! I enjoy a very refreshing shower and rest quietly until inipi time.

As evening washes the landscape I journey to our inipi site. Our elders held two rounds of inipi (Lakota Sweat Lodge Ceremony) with Dan and I as we began our vision quests. Now it is time for the final two rounds.

I am participating in preparations by the fire, and am staying out of the lodge for our final two rounds. I started my moon today and am honoring Lakota tradition: women on their moon stay outside of the lodge.

I am here to share my gratitude and my gifts. Then I will go home while Dan, our elders, and our fire-keepers hold the final two rounds and share the pipe. I am feeling disappointed about not participating in our lodge. I am also grateful. My moon cycle is a powerful cleanse and requires my strength. I feel staying out of lodge at this time is a wise decision for me.

As we gather around the fire, Yellow Horse and Cloud Dancer welcome Dan and I back from our journeys. They share beautiful words of wisdom and support. Then Yellow Horse asks me to share some of my experiences and gifts. Dan will share his experiences in lodge. I share my gratitude with Yellow Horse and Cloud Dancer for holding space and supporting my journey as my elders. I thank my brother Dan for embarking on his journey at the same time I experienced mine. I share my experience of trusting my inner guidance as I hiked to my Vision Quest circle. I share about the bear in the waterfall and my hues of compassion.

When I finish, some of our fire-keepers share their journeys and experiences as they tended fire. My beautiful friend Ariel shares that on her watch, she saw me on the mountain in my space. She felt that any people or animals who entered my space came as visitors, guests, and messengers. Each time she 'checked in', she saw me safe and secure. Ariel also had her children with her while she tended her watch. I feel this brought a beautiful element of innocence, purity, and love to my Vision Quest. Ariel's sharing is a beautiful complement to Krysa, who says she came to the fire to see for herself that Dan and I are alive and safe!

As my friends are sharing their experiences by the fire, I notice they are mirroring some of my and Dan's experiences. They also faced some of their fears and transformed their shadows into their Divine Light. I recognize I am blessed and supported by my friends' and spiritual family's honesty, strength, courage, and confidence. I receive with deep gratitude each person's respect and support.

I have a new understanding and recognition of my blessings. I recognize the vast current of love that flows through all of our hearts. I am blessed to be a member of this loving community.

I worked at the Tree of Life Rejuvenation Center front desk for 1.5 years. This position allowed me to experience interactions with everyone in our community, and our guests. I noticed most of my interactions with community and staff were brief. Sometimes I wondered if my interactions were complete - sometimes I even wondered if they were meaningful. I desired to be fully present within each interaction and to see each conversation in its Divine expression and perfection.

My Vision Quest experience is revealing my truth. My love is real and infinite. Every interaction, however short or long, is meaningful and perfectly Divine. Standing around the fire and seeing love in everyone's eyes, I see my blessings clearly. I embrace every interaction's full Divine expression and perfection, and I am grateful for every interaction and every conversation I share.

I completed my Vision Quest four months ago, and I continue to integrate my experiences on new levels. For example, I now understand that embracing every interaction's full Divine expression requires my commitment to being fully present. I recommit to being fully present in all of my interactions! I continue to remember my blessings and my gifts. I still require corrective lenses for now, and as I see my blessings clearly and fully embrace my joy in my life, I see transitioning out of corrective lenses into my clear, natural vision. I embrace my renewed strength, courage, confidence, and faith.

This is my final entry in my Vision Quest Series. I am grateful to all who participated in my Vision Quest:

• Yellow Horse - Thank you for seeing my truth and supporting my journey at the Tree and on my Vision Quest. I love you and I respect you.
  
• Cloud Dancer - Thank you for helping me make my first gourd rattle. I discovered beautiful messages from my soul in that endeavor. Thank you for feeling my love and shining your light...and thank you for your Bear Hugs! I love you.
  
• My brother Dan - Thank you for holding this amazing space with me. I appreciate your kindness, your strength, and your BEing. Thank you for being you and for sharing you with me. I love you.
  
• My escorts and dear friends, Samantha and Krisanga - Thank you both for your support and guidance during my transitions into and from my Vision Quest circle. I appreciate both of you and love you both dearly.
  
• All of our fire-keepers - Wow! I thank all of you for holding your loving space by the fire. I felt your love, support, and encouragement while I was on my journey. I am also grateful for your experiences you shared with me. Thank you for journeying with me. I love you!
  
• My beloved, Arttemis - Thank you for supporting me in just the way I required during this time. I honor you for listening to your inner guidance. I love you and thank you.
  
• My elder Keith: Thank you for participating in spirit, and for priming me for this moment - simply by being who you are! I love you.
  
• Anthea, Philip, Jillian, and Kaia who nurtured the Tree of Life frond desk while I was on Vision Quest. Thank you Beauties! I love all of you!
  
• My sister Santi: Thank you for being exactly who you are. Thank you for knowing your truth and listening to your heart's guidance. I love you!
• My community members who supported me: Thank you for your prayers and blessings. I love you!
  
• Uncle Tim and my sister Angela: Thank you for sharing your messages of love, support, and guidance. I love you.
  
• Toot (my grandmother), Mom, and Dad: Thank you for bringing me into our world in love. I love you!
• All who have read these words: Thank you for continuing to support my journey with your own experiences and insights. You offer me a forum to further integrate my magical experiences. I love you.

Blessings and Love to our beautiful planet Earth. As we all experience our transformations, I am enthusiastic to witness our planetary transformation as well. I am honored to take part in these amazing times of transforming our shadows into Our Divine Light!

Krystalle Keszainn