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Grandfather Buffalo – Guides, Communication, Energies

Lions, tigers and bears, oh my! Who am I talking to?

Let’s talk about those guides, gods and goddesses, animal guides, terrestrial/extra-terrestrials, angels, on and on. Just what is a guide? Someone or something who will provide instructive advice for the assistance of achieving a goal. This guide may appear in any form as an energy or representational being who you would automatically recognize.

tumblr_lxt3fjmT1j1qkkstuo1_500Is it at all possible really to talk, to know, to feel, to hear something that you may not actually see, feel, or talk to? There are those who do this. Borders on “Am I crazy or what?” doesn’t it? The answer: yes you can and yes you do.

When you pray in what ever modality you believe/trust in, that is what you are praying for, guidance on any level. This guidance is unseen and invisible yet you are seeking its direction. Your  Heart tells you that you are connected to that Spirit (energy) that feels right to you. That is the crux of the matter as they say. More precisely, you are connecting in with a resonate energy that has come forward to you with that extra/internal guidance and just in time for that extremely important situation that you find yourself in.

So that we do not confine ourselves to a BOX, let me bring up an interesting point for clarity. There are those who may separate guidance into “This is my modality, and that is his/her modality of connecting to guides.” While that may be true, guidance is not a this or that, it just is. Guides for one individual may come in one form, mine may come in another.

For instance: as one of Native American heritage, I would be influenced by Animal Spirit guides. That influence is minimal, I have other guidance that is not the N.A. guidance.  Most of what I do, the guides are different. So yes, there is influence but not in the Native American box only. So you see, it is never a this or that. To only make that distinction does not create a level playing field.

Within the Christian tradition there are those who will speak of Angelic guidance. Then there are those who will deny such guidance. I have seen that distinction and know it to be true. One culture will get their guidance from the Animal kingdom, from nature. Another cultural group will get their guidance from the gods and goddesses worshiped within their belief system. Yet another will rely on those who are identified as the ascended masters for their guidance. Others will say, “My Higher Self told me.”

And on and on. Is any of this wrong? No, it isn’t. As Frank Sinatra so aptly said, “I did it my way.” This is, as we have said, the crux of the matter. How you communicate for guidance is how you do it. That still small voice comes in a variety of ways, shapes and forms. I challenge you to develop your guidance system to fit your needs. Try all different ways but develop your own. Let me say that I have spent many years as a Christian minister, have embraced Native American ancestry, studied with a Blackfoot Medicine Man and been taught by various mentors in differing modalities. So my guidance comes in those various forms, shapes, and cultures.

Having said all that, let us then backtrack a little. We know, do we not, that everything is energy. Nothing is not energy. Let us look into the void, the place of Chaos. It is as we have said in previous blogs, the Prima Materia, the first outpouring of God if you will. The separation of God into the Masculine/Feminine energies. This is energy that is yet unmanifested, an energy waiting to be brought into the third dimension by your thoughts or actions. Everything, then, is simply energy:  you, your guides, everything in your cultural guidance. Same energy, different form of manifestation. We may even say the consciousness of a resonate energy is guiding you to a clear and precise conclusion to that important situation.

The energy of the Angel who comes to you can be an aspect of the same energy that appears to someone else as an Animal Guide, and likewise to yet others as a god or goddess, or an ancestor present or in the far past. It is not uncommon to have one of these show up in any cultural situation when dealing with the same core issue – say, for instance, help in deciding which direction to go forward. This is because the energy field is the same, but how it is expressing itself varies according to the circumstances presented to it.These circumstances can be cultural, the level of understanding of the person calling on the energy, the nature of the response that is needed.

The consciousness of that energy field knows how to present itself. If you are a visual person, how quickly would you accept a sphere of light versus something you could not relate to? Or you perhaps would prefer a male/female humanoid form. Do you see what I am saying? The conscious guidance of energy will appear in a way that you can relate to and understand.

Stones to help with guidance:

Celestite – Angelic communication.

Leopard Skin Jasper* – Animal totem connection.

Purple Fluorite—-Psychic communication.

Stilbite*—- wolf energy commection.

Angelite - Angelic connection.

Other stones – Amethyst, All Quartz, Kyanite, Obsidian, Flint.

*Available at our store although not shown on the website

Grandfather Buffalo – What Now?

What do you do when you have made all the right moves, done everything right, and it just isn’t working? You have grounded and centered, connected with all your guides, know that you have done the right thing. After all, haven’t your guides told you,”You are always where you are supposed to be?”

zenna_by_monokowalla“Wait a minute,” you say. ”Why am I against a wall, between a rock and a hard place, in a Catch 22 situation? I am a Spiritual person, I know who I am, what I am supposed to do, this just isn’t fair. Perhaps you say “I know!  Mercury is in retrograde, some planet is in a particular conjunction, these energies are terrible.” Yes! Let’s blame it on something or someone, get ourselves off the hook.

The Buddhist perspective is “Maya” – everything is an illusion. Nothing is real on the physical level, reality is in the consciousness. Don’t concentrate on the suffering, sorrow, the wealth, etc., that isn’t reality. Go beyond all that to source, meditate, reach bliss.

Native Americans will probably say, “All things are as they are, don’t be so serious, life is more than being up against the wall.” Those of the indigenous culture have survived an avalanche of hardship and there are many who have suffered, but there are those who will laugh at all that and seriously say to you, “So what are you going to do?  What now!?!”

WHAT NOW? How about breathing, grounding and centering? You say, “I have already done that, and look where it has gotten me!” Now in the present situation, where you are now, between the rock and the hard place, up against the wall, breathe, ground and center. Look closely at it, study it, know it, learn from it.

Life is hard, not always pleasant, often down right ugly. So what now? Here are your choices – be the victim of the planets, the energies, blame someone else, cry, or let out a good hearty boisterous laugh. No! A big guffaw if you will. Laugh about your situation, make it the butt of a joke. Tell it with laughter it has no power, it isn’t real. Make your own reality, it is illusion after all.

I challenge you, (Myself) the next time it all falls on top of you laugh, and see how easy it is to get back up, chin up and move forward. No one is to blame unless you give in to the situation and then that blame will look at you from the mirror.

 LIVE<> LAUGH<>LOVE

Stones to help:

Citrine – Repels negativity,brings abundance all levels,creativity and joy.

Rose Quartz – Unconditional love, even tough love that brings understanding.

Chrysanthemum Stone* – Life is joy

 

*Crystal Life has many specimens and tumbled stone pieces of chrysanthemum stone. If you are interested in purchasing some, please stop into our Geneva store, or call (630)208-6001.

 

Grandfather Buffalo – Chaos

Perhaps you have heard the term,”That was really chaotic,” or, “What a mess that was.” When everything piles up or seems out of control, we tend to fall apart. We will cry, “Why me? What did I do to deserve this.” Many times we will go into the victim mode, that feel sorry for myself place. Granted perhaps we expect more from life, but it isn’t always what we expect it to be. How would we learn if it was smooth all the time? This is where Chaos comes in.

16489092-chaos-creating-universe-abstract-fantasyHere are several definitions of chaos that may be helpful.

Chaos, with small  “c”,  may be classified as disorder and confusion at all levels. As in,  ”What a mess you made in the kitchen just to make macaroni and cheese.”

Chaos, with a capital “C”, is about what is called the Prima Matearia -the first substance of creation. The void that contains the unmanifested energy of all that is. The place where all things may be drawn into existence in the third dimension. Chaos = Shiva and Kali, the masculine /feminine energy of destruction. Chaos in effect is the unmanifested energy of all things which may be thought into existence

Chaos from the scientific aspect is active on a non linear level. In other words, as stated in “The Butterfly Effect,” the flapping of a butterfly wing in Brazil will cause a tornado in Texas. This statement is about cause and effect. One misstep or mathematical calculation will cause the situation to change.

Then there is what is called the “Law of Chaos,” which simply means that which has been manifested is disintegrating back to the elements of creation or into dissolution.

Now that we have defined chaos let’s rethink those definitions. Chaos on any level is about change. It is simply about birth, death, rebirth and change in one’s life on a daily basis. It may be catastrophic, life changing, a new approach to an old way of doing something, or even just doing something.

Here is a little experiment. Throw a pebble in the water. Count the waves that that pebble makes. There are nine waves, now watch them return in on themselves. When you threw the pebble into the still water you created Chaos, that Chaos went out as far as it could go then returned in on itself until it reached the place where it began. In short it created and ended a process. You do this with everything that you do whether by thought or by action.

Chaos, capitalized or not, is a process of life. It is a state in which we learn, grow and change our lives and situations. So the next time you find Chaos at your door invite him/her in for a talk or roundtable discussion. You will find the situation not so bad after all. There is, however, something you must do to receive this Chaos and understand it . You must be grounded firmly, centered squarely, and able to use both the knowledge and wisdom that life has given you.

Here are stones that will assist you -

Preseli Bluestone* – Anchors both to the earth core and the cosmic center.

Agate - Centers and stabilizes physical energy.

Amethyst – Centers one mentally and spiritually.

Chrysanthemum Stone* – Centers in the present moment .

Bloodstone – Grounding and protection.

Magnetite/lodestone - grounding .

Smokey Quartz – Grounds spiritual energy dissolves negativity

*These gemstones are currently not available online, but are available in-store or by calling our Geneva store at (630)208-6001. Any member of our energy worker staff will be able to help you with your purchase.

Grandfather Buffalo – Ammonite in a Working Relationship

A fossilized animal from earth’s ancient past, this stone acts as a tool for the architect, or the person constructing. It is also a stone of protection dealing with the ability of stability and the structure of one’s past.

ammoniteNow let us look at ammonites from a working relationship. I have often stated that in order to work with a stone, one needs to become familiar with it. I have suggested spending a twenty-eight day cycle with the particular stone you have chosen. This twenty-eight day cycle is a course of a moon cycle that is practiced by many indigenous peoples.

Let me relay my experience with ammonite. I have spent the last six weeks sleeping with it. It has been beneficial in relieving stress and tension. If I first acknowledge that before going to bed, these energies are released in a spiral fashion. I am not one to get a good night sleep (on average I am awake every two hours and sleep lightly). My experience with ammonite is that I sleep about the same amount of time, but much deeper. Clarity of thought and insight have also been a result of working with this stone.

One of my new guides, a Troll Shaman, introduced me to ammonite as an aid to working with her. Her modality is working with all levels of frequency. So the fact that this fossilized animal is ancient causes it to carry the frequency of its time period, and because it acts upon my personal frequency a resonance exists. This entrains my energies to properly function for this type of work.

We are currently working to develop a healing process based upon this knowledge. I will offer more information in the future.

Grandfather Buffalo – Heart Chakra Meditation

As we move beyond the end of the Mayan Calendar and into 2013, hopefully we are noticing that we are each moving at a higher vibration. This is necessitated by the ending of Kali Yuga, the age of darkness, and the Aquarian Age. Everything that we connect with is or should be at a higher frequency.

heart_chakra_green-300x300For those who use a pendulum, here is an exercise for you.

Using the yes/no response and the May I, Can I, Should I questions, connect with your personal frequency. If you do not get or feel a response do this: Very clearly say your name three times (Ex. Gary-Gaaaary-Gaary). How do you feel? Did you feel a change of vibration within you? This is who you are and connects to your personal frequency. Some one with the same name will experience it differently.

Now ask your pendulum (a brass one would be excellent, preferably a Mer-Isis), or what ever you are using, to connect in with this frequency. Ask questions like:

1. Is this my personal frequency?

2. Is it a higher frequency than 6 month ago, 2 months ago?

3. Do I need to focus on raising it higher?

A “yes” to any of these will give evidence of the concept that everything is increasing upward. If, however, the answer is no, then you should spend some time getting to know your personal frequency. Practice connecting to it, and increasing it even higher. You will find that you are more centered and have more clarity in decision making with this process.

The Mer-Isis is an excellent pendulum to connect with your frequency in order to raise it and seal it (have it last for a period of time).

A breathing meditation is also an excellent way to connect and increase your personal frequency.

Here is a short meditation that will help you as well.

Breathe deeply three times and exhale

1. Visualize your Heart Chakra in front of you. Spin it until it is a bright and shiny transparent green.

2. Move into it. Feel yourself relaxing as you move deeper into it’s center.

3. Up ahead of you, you see a pin dot; move toward it. Relax even more, as it increases in size, you see that it is a pink sun with solar flares.

4. Move into it. Allow the Solar Flares to envelope you (there is no heat, only deep relaxing peace).

5. As you enter into the core, you see a meadow and a pathway. Walk down the pathway as it slowly rises up on a  mountain. At the top of the mountain, there are thirteen steps. Climb them, each one more relaxing than the last.

6. At the top you see a Crystal Temple. Go to it. Find the doorway and enter. Observe the room and how it is decorated.

7. Go to the next doorway. Do the same thing. Keep doing this, going from room to room. You notice that each room leads into an upward spiral until you reach the last room.

8. When you open it up, you will notice that it is a room filled with light. You can only see the light. This is your true connection to Source.

9. See a chair just inside. Sit in it and allow it to take you to the center of the room (it may take a while).

10. Now breathe and experience this place. Ask that your frequency be increased. Feel it. Know it.

11. Come out of this room and travel back until you exit the Heart Chakra. Feel your increased frequency. Know that you can reconnect anytime.

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teardrop pendulumThis brass teardrop pendulum is an excellent neutral device to use for this exercise. There are a wide variety of pendulums on the Crystal Life website.

 

 

Grandfather Buffalo will teach his next free class at Crystal Life on Saturday, April 6. The topic, Body Dowsing – Frequency Dowsing. Learn how to connect to your personal frequency and to energize areas of the body by balancing and regulating the body organs or systems. Class begins at 9 am and runs for one hour. For a full listing of our free Saturday classes, visit our events page.



Grandfather Buffalo – Crystal, Color, and the Chromatic Scale

chromaticscaleThere are several things I want to talk about. By the title you can guess what they are.

First, however, I would speak about the Mayan End of Days, Dec. 21st, 2012. We find that we are still here. It was not the end of days. Simply the end of the Mayan Calendar, and the beginning of a new day. Many people, including myself, have experienced this Calendar ending in various ways. Leaving us numb one minute, but in the next minute finding ourselves in a new world. Our personal vibrations are higher, as well as that of everything else.

This is where our adventure begins. The vibrations or frequencies of crystals/gemstones and color (chroma) are rising. These are used in many healing experiences. Crystal Healing, Color Healing, and Sound Healing, either separate or together.

Here are the tools you will need in order to experience this work in the following exercise.

1. Crystals and Gemstones of various colors

2. The Chromatic Scale

C C# D D# E F F# G G# A A# B C

The use of a Pitch Pipe, Harmonica, or other instrument is advisable. You may also sing the tone.

3. Some knowledge of the Chakras

Base – Red – C

Sacral – Orange – D

Solar Plexus – Yellow – E

Heart – Green – F

Throat – Blue – G

Third Eye – Indigo – A

Crown – Violet/White – B

4. A knowledge of the complementary color wheel, as you can mix colors for specific experiences.

Now let us experiment.

You have hurt your back and have pain. First see your Doctor for their expertise and proper medical treatment.

Secondly, or for supplementary support, find a blue stone and the note G#, a yellow/green stone and the note F, and perhaps a Violet stone and the note A.


1. Hold the blue stone, perhaps Blue Lace Agate. Visualize the color surrounding the injured area. Hold the stone and generate the sound of G#. Do this for two to three minutes. This acts as a sedative.

2. Now take the yellow/green stone, perhaps a lime colored Serpentine. Visualize the color surrounding the injured area. Hold the stone and sound the F note with the pitch pipe. Do this for approximately five minutes. This color and frequency will assist the healing process.

3. Use the Violet stone, maybe an Iolite, and create the A note.

4. Finally, use the blue stone and G# note once again.

Depending upon the colors you use, you may want to use a cooling color afterwards (ex: If you use a red stone, use it’s complimentary color green to cool it.

Grandfather Buffalo – The Mayan End of Days

Mayan-calendarWhat in the world has happened?

I have spoken with several friends over the last two weeks who have said to me “My world ended” on December 20th or the 21st. I myself have experienced this energy. On Dec. 20th I was cast full force into this “Brave New World.”

Perhaps you have experienced some or all of these in your life, as well as over the past month, and into 2013. Have you noticed perhaps dizziness, or a cold that was not actually a cold but simply vibrational changes within yourself as your energy shifts, aligning with the new and higher frequencies.

Someone said to me recently, “You know, time has been really weird, sometimes so slow and other times really fast.” This experience can seem very unbalancing, but it is necessary in the new adjustments of self and time. We are moving out of an artificial time (24 hour cycle of time which was created in ancient times). Now we are again entering natural time.

We are indeed adjusting to new energies of higher vibration working through karma into new powers of manifestation. Be careful what you ask for and think, as it may come to pass.

You must grab hold of the physical body by the eternal spirit of who you are and bring it back into alignment  with your soul purpose.

Breathe deeply, step gracefully, think clearly, and journey forth. For as it has been said, “Life can only begin with the first step.”

Grandfather Buffalo Best of 2012 – Using the Pendulum to Connect with Animal and Stone Energy

All this week we are bringing you our most popular blogs of 2012! Enjoy!

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The Pendulum is a dowsing tool used to find the answer to any question you may have. The answer you seek resides somewhere out there in the Universe. Today we will approach that task by connecting with nature. In many cultures, past and present, the Native American, Celts, or Baltic Shamans connected with Animal Spirits for guidance.

Let us choose ten Animals or Insects and their qualities to connect with. Of course, you may also choose your own.

1. Eagle – bigger picture, healing, illumination

2. Bear – intuition, personal rhythm, dream, healing

3. Dolphin – breathing, sound, water (emotion, etc.)

4. Butterfly – transformation, joy, change

5. Squirrel – activity, preparedness, sociability

6. Turtle – motherhood (nurturing), longevity, awakening to opportunity

7. Hawk – vision, gaurdianship, observe closely, opportunity

8. Frog – initiation, new beginings, solitary, rest

9. Dog – protection, loyalty, faithfulness

10. Cougar – coming into your own power, stealth, nightvision

We have ten animals and each of their qualities. Now let’s add some gemstones to the mix.

1. Picture Jasper - bigger picture

2. Amethyst - healing, inner wisdom

3. Turquoise – master healer

4. Moonstone – intuition, illumination

5. Apophylite – breathing, connecting physical and spiritual, akashic record

6. Crysanthamum Stone – joy, creativity, nature

7. Citrine – joy, abundance, creativity

8. Carnelian - energy, stability

9. Moss Agate - sociability

10. Chrysocolla - socialbilty

11. Aventurine – new beginings

12. Dalmation Stone - protection, faithfulness

13. Chrysoprase - empowerment

We now have the tools to use with the pendulum.

Take a couple deep breaths and focus clearly on a question. Ex: I really need to set up boundaries, which animal will assist me in that? Hold the pendulum over the list of animals and move down until you get a response. The Eagle has volunteered to assist clearly with a bigger picture. This will allow me to access what boundaries I need to take.

Now let’s look at the list of gemstones. As in the previous step, let’s see if there are one or more stones who volunteer. Move down this list to get your yes or no response. Picture jasper has volunteered the energy of the bigger picture while amethyst has offered the energy of inner wisdom.

Thank the animals and the stones. You will need to work with the stone until there is clarity around your question. My task is to look at all the areas I am involved in and decide which ones need to be active and which ones need to be set aside for now. There are too many irons in the fire, which ones do I need to take out and let cool off.

Grandfather Buffalo – Time

Have you ever heard the statement “I just do not have the time to do what I need to do,” or perhaps you’ve heard “Where did the time go?” Or “Boy, the time really got away from me.” There are many statements like this heard everyday. In our society today, we move helter-skelter from one project to the next, many times never completing them.

In my moving process, (I have moved from Elburn to Geneva), I came across a book by Jose Arguelles on Time and the Technosphere. He speaks about artificial time (the 60 minutes/24 hour system) and natural time (which deals with nature and/or cosmic time).

There is an interesting concept that I learned many years ago when I was attuned to the Reiki modality. It was that a fifteen minute energy session is equivalent to an hour of rest on the 60/24 modality. If one is doing meditation or shamanic journeying, you are doing so in natural time, or we could say out of time. You are able to go backward to an originating incident, say a back injury or some trauma and rework it in order to clear the energies. Equally you may go forward and see a new job or other situation and therefore manifest it.

We cannot say any longer, “I don’t have enough time to do what I need to do.” The new paradigm of 2012 suggests that time will be dependent on what you make of it. Say to yourself, “I have all the time in the world to do what needs to be done,” then go do it.

Grandfather Buffalo – The New Beginning

Greetings, everyone. You may have noticed that the last few posted blogs have been repeats of past blogs. Grandfather Buffalo has begun a new phase in his journey. Over the past month I have been packing in preparation for moving. This has involved downsizing possessions, deciding what to keep and what to let go of. This obviously involves both physical and emotional (spiritually energetic) possessions. Certainly it involves the “sacred” comfort zone, the letting go of and allowing of the energy of change to flow.

I will admit that I have on occasion dug my heels in and have not gone with the flow. However, I have learned over the years that when difficulty arises and things seemingly are at odds, I am in the right space, I am exactly where I am supposed to be.

I have now moved, and in moving have had an animal guide step forward to guide me on my new journey. Yesterday, on the way to work, Coyote crossed in front of my car, to remind me that he is one of my lifetime guides, and to pay attention.

Here is what he told me of this “New Beginnings Journey” -

1. “My Brother,” he said, “stop taking life’s happenings so seriously. Lighten up.

2. “Everything you need is available to you, do you not have Buffalo who provides all things?

3. “Difficult situations are coming to you, perhaps unpleasant. So go with the flow, allow the energy to pass. Seek the lessons provided to you.

4. “Do not respond negatively to what happens, acknowledge it and move on.” (The Tao De Ching states do nothing and by doing so, everything is accomplished as it needs to be).

We must realize that life is not supposed to be smooth and pleasant. If there is no difficulty, no bumps in the road, no fences to climb or obstacles to move around, we may not learn the valuable lessons that are available to us.

We are all on a journey through this incarnation. Through this incarnation, we are all learning to access our lessons and to share them with each other.