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Keith's Vision Quest
"I guess this is the difficult part because how can you put into words an experience that changes your life, sees you "reborn." You can't. What I will say is this, I returned from my quest understanding what my purpose in this life is. I became one with my soul, Great Spirit, Mother Earth, and all creatures. It was peaceful, clarity, oneness, simply exhilarating. That was the day after, but what about three months later. Well, life is different. My wife will tell you I am a better husband, my family will tell you I am a changed man, my co-workers have noticed a difference. I view the world differently and I am trying to making a difference everyday in my community, my family and myself. I wish that everyone could/would go through this process because the world would be a much better place, much sooner."
Keith Cox (1999)
Keith Cox (1999)
Linda's Vision Quest
"I was introduced to Sacred Journeys and Carol Hannagan through a dear friend who not only shared a difficult life passage with me, but also the vision quest experience. At a time when "difficult" was the operative word, Carol calmed my fears, eased my journey, and encouraged my passage into a new world of love and light. May my words find a way into your heart to assure you that the journey to self is so very sacred and a gift that only you can give. Carol will be there every step of the way, as will I and others in spirit, to welcome and encourage you to a new meaning for living, caring, and sharing life.
My family, friends and business associates know me as "Linda Fischer". I am a single woman in her late 40s who has quested all her life for meaning. My business world revolves around technology consulting; my personal world is like yours, a mix of challenge and reward. How does one articulate for you how it feels to reach deep into your soul and find a new meaning for life that far transcended what you knew could be?
How does one describe the sense of overwhelming love from a higher power when you are at your weakest…or what it feels like to lie on the desert floor and hear the heartbeat of Mother Earth against your breast? To inhale the dawning of a fresh morning when you have slept under a dome of mesmerizing stars. To feel the Sun's warmth on your naked skin revitalizing and restoring you with healing energy. What it's like to purge from your body years of pent-up frustrations over lost dreams, wishes never fulfilled, and relationship challenges that left you drained emotionally, spiritually, and physically.
To give yourself the gift of precious time to spend four days by yourself within yourself embraced by nature, held captive by the slow ebb and flow of life while you allow yourself to become a part of something much bigger than you every knew possible.
To allow yourself to release all the fear demons of being alone, to meet and be in the arms of wisdom and grace of the gods waiting to give answers to unasked questions. What it's like to live and be in the moment, in truth, without expectations.
To have Raven wake you in the morning and tuck you in at night with reassuring sounds of love and peace; to watch finches and hawks soar on the warm breezes of Sedona's red mountains… this is what it meant for me to experience my vision quest.
I listen more, I taste food for nourishment now, I ask questions all the time. I hug trees, I thank Mother Earth and Great Spirit for all the blessings of our great environment. I no longer set unrealistic expectations. I continue to show up and tell the truth. And when I become lost or lonely, I pick up my beautiful quartz stones from my sacred site and touch my necklace that Carol helped me to make before I left. These beloved gifts take me back to my sacred place time and time again, for now I know myself spiritually as…."
Linda (Pittsburgh) "Bleu Feather of Sacred Eagle Mountain."
12/97
My family, friends and business associates know me as "Linda Fischer". I am a single woman in her late 40s who has quested all her life for meaning. My business world revolves around technology consulting; my personal world is like yours, a mix of challenge and reward. How does one articulate for you how it feels to reach deep into your soul and find a new meaning for life that far transcended what you knew could be?
How does one describe the sense of overwhelming love from a higher power when you are at your weakest…or what it feels like to lie on the desert floor and hear the heartbeat of Mother Earth against your breast? To inhale the dawning of a fresh morning when you have slept under a dome of mesmerizing stars. To feel the Sun's warmth on your naked skin revitalizing and restoring you with healing energy. What it's like to purge from your body years of pent-up frustrations over lost dreams, wishes never fulfilled, and relationship challenges that left you drained emotionally, spiritually, and physically.
To give yourself the gift of precious time to spend four days by yourself within yourself embraced by nature, held captive by the slow ebb and flow of life while you allow yourself to become a part of something much bigger than you every knew possible.
To allow yourself to release all the fear demons of being alone, to meet and be in the arms of wisdom and grace of the gods waiting to give answers to unasked questions. What it's like to live and be in the moment, in truth, without expectations.
To have Raven wake you in the morning and tuck you in at night with reassuring sounds of love and peace; to watch finches and hawks soar on the warm breezes of Sedona's red mountains… this is what it meant for me to experience my vision quest.
I listen more, I taste food for nourishment now, I ask questions all the time. I hug trees, I thank Mother Earth and Great Spirit for all the blessings of our great environment. I no longer set unrealistic expectations. I continue to show up and tell the truth. And when I become lost or lonely, I pick up my beautiful quartz stones from my sacred site and touch my necklace that Carol helped me to make before I left. These beloved gifts take me back to my sacred place time and time again, for now I know myself spiritually as…."
Linda (Pittsburgh) "Bleu Feather of Sacred Eagle Mountain."
12/97
Gram's Vision Quest
"Little did I know the skills I learned on the Nature Awareness Weekend would save my life but it did. I took this weekend retreat in July of 1995. In August, of that same year, I went backpacking in the Desolation Valley wilderness area in Northern California by myself. Because of the extreme amount of snow, that we had gotten last winter, almost all the trails still had snow. I was about eight miles in the wilderness area and at 8,500 feet elevation when I got a cramp in my leg. I unbelted my pack and reached down to rub my leg when I got a cramp in my other leg. I twisted and fell at which time my pack came off and proceeded to slide down a totally snowy hill. After several minutes my cramp went away and I proceeded down the hill to find my pack. By dusk I still hadn't found my pack and it was getting very cold and the whole place was thick with snow. I then remembered what Carol had said in her class. First to stay calm and to stay where you are!!!! Find shelter, make fire, and find water were critical for life in this type of situation. I was in shorts, tank top and baseball cap and it was going to be below freezing. The lake was still frozen and I was in deep trouble. " NOBODY will find me" kept going thru my mind. I built the debri hut, that I learned in the class, and it was warm. The next day I drew help in the snow in big letters and continued to look for my pack to no avail. In all, I stayed 3 days before I was found by a ranger that was "passing through". He gave me some food and we walked out. If I had not taken Carol's class I'm sure I would not be writing you this. I owe my life to her and the knowledge she so lovely shares with the people she takes out."
Gram Stafford
Gram Stafford
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