Image: Inspired
by working with masks this year, the SongQuesting takes on a whole new
level with exploring what the five senses perceive and what more there
is to reach for. The subconscious aspect of "I" trickles more and more
into awarenss. Ever exploring this through art and music, these
endless waves pour forth exquisite Joy and Gratitude.
Journal Entry Feb 24, 2017
In
chapter 12 of "Ancient Secrets of Success" is a poignant story of a
lion cub raised by goats. He's really convinced that he is a goat.
Everything he identifies with has been from the context of what the
other goats experience. What they eat. How they talk, What habits they
share. When he meets a fellow lion one day, his whole world explodes.
It
can't be described what that feels like. Whenever excruciating pain
would overwhelm my days, I would feel an ache that nothing could take
away. One day I began to discover why. I was not what and who I
thought I was. There was so much more that no one ever told me about. I
know first hand what that little cub went though.
Wearing
the lion mask helps me to enter into that experience and celebrate this
story which activates itself again and again. The lion on the hill
represents the highest expression of Self and with great arms spread,
invites aspiration to go higher than ever before. That's the eagle on
the top of the mask. Limitless heights with the courage and tenacity of
a lioness. Something beautiful and unnerving awakens within. The
lioness recognizes the reflection of herself in the pond before her and
roars with excitement.
My
Teacher used to say "Isn't it madness to go through life without
knowing the origin of your Cosnciousness?" In art and music, there is
an arena to stay vigilant and not become complacent about what is
possible to experience in this magnificent life. The lyrics to this
beautiful song have always raised me to tremendous heights:
