(08-28-2020, 08:10 PM)flofrog Wrote: Greetings Kaziel, welcome here.
Much thought and love towards you. Do you have the possibility of going into nature, and if yes, has this been beneficial ?
Why hello flofrog, I do have many opportunities to go out into nature! I live in Washington and am enamored by the beauty of the Pacific Northwest. Living in the city can feel like an overload at times, there's so much tension and stress, not to mention the frequencies and other poisons imposed upon people. I do love the city, but I escape to nature as often as possible. One of my bestfriends has an off-grid cabin out in the woods, it is a great place for us to escape and unplug. I go on hikes as often as possible, and recently got a kayak so I have been kayaking the surrounding lakes as well as Puget Sound! Animal watching is one of my favorite pastimes and I always have my binoculars nearby. Being out in nature is extremely grounding and cathartic, elementally I identify the most with earth, and I do lots of grounding exercises. Though, I think of these exercises as kind of keeping me grounded on Terra Earth so that I don't fly away into higher planes, so to speak. When I do raise my vibration out in nature, I am much more engaged with the spirits that exist there, and I don't want any of that negative attention I've spoken of. There seems to be a fairy enclave right around the cabin, and I have been wary to engage with them in any capacity. I haven't been able to discern their true intentions, it mostly seems like they leave us alone, so I have been sure to respect their space. I haven't left them any offerings because I am wary of beginning any relationship with them. To be honest, there are a lot of potentially strange things in the backwoods around here, or maybe I am just paranoid, but I will admit that I am hesitant to go out deep into the woods to start meditating at a high level for fear of what I might attract, based on my previous experiences. I was initiated through earth medicine ceremonies during my childhood, and underwent vision quests spending nights alone in the woods after fasting, I have strong animal and spirit connections and know how fulfilling that nature can be. I guess I am just... scared and tired of attracting unwanted attention. The vision quest was ceremonial and guided, I would be unsure to try anything like that on my own right now. I think my biggest struggle in this lifetime has been finding balance. Balance between living in the city and being in nature, balance with fear and love, balance with doing too much or doing too little. By which I mean, when I do start doing heavier work, I go in all or nothing. Finding a middle ground and achieving a healthy balance has always been my biggest struggle.