Journey Of The Butterfly Moon

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Journey Of The Butterfly Moon You are hiking down the forest path, stopping occasionally to admire the thickets of ferns, unusual rock faces, and the beautiful array of flowers. You see butterflies frolicking in the air, resting occasionally on a flower to get a drink of nectar. Birds dance in the sky singing happy songs above you. The rushing of water from a nearby stream playfully calls you to take a break and cool off its inviting waters. You come across a narrow break in the path that leads down to a large pool of water fed by gentle cascading falls along the stream. Reaching the waters edge you are pleased to discover to the left of the pond is a graceful waterfall that showers into the pond rippling its sky mirrored surface. You decide to stop and refresh yourself in the cool clear pond. You undress and poke a toe in to test the waters and find it quite comfortable. Carefully wading in as you are not sure of the depth, you find the bottom gently slopes until you are chest deep and then drops off to a depth of about 20 feet. Diving in deeply you enjoy your time in the clear waters playing and splashing as dragonflies skim over the surface and frogs lay in wait on lily pads. You flip over on your back to float feeling completely relaxed and refreshed. Moving closer to the cascading waters of the fall you notice that there appears to be an opening behind the sheeting water. You decide to get dressed and investigate what appears to be the opening of a cave behind the above waterfall. You carefully climb the narrow path leading up to the lip of the waterfall. You are thrilled to find a small empty cave. The opening is not much larger than a door and is camouflaged by trailing vines and large boulders. Realizing it is a perfect place to cocoon you from the elements, you decide to set up camp there and make your way back down to gather your things. Others have been here before and you discover a pile of wood to start a small fire with and you begin making your camp fire in a stone enclosed circle near the cave entrance so that the smoke will not engulf the cave and also to keep unwanted creatures from making a surprise entrance during the night. After eating a light dinner of fresh fruit, vegetables, bread, and cheese, you decide to create a circle and meditate upon the beauty and blessings of the day. You lay out a circle just outside the cave entrance but directly behind the falling water so that you can see the Moon and stars make their grand entrance into the evening sky. Sitting inside your small circle, created with small stones, feathers, and other trinkets you found along the path, your mind starts to drift. In your minds eye, you see your journey of the day, the tall pines, the ferns, flowers… You hear the birds, smell the richness of the soil…. You feel relaxed. As you once again embrace the beauty and joy of the day you begin to journey back to coolness of the pond and the waterfall. Your mind takes a new direction and you see yourself standing at the edge of the waterfall. As you look down over the moonlit water below you see that you are no longer clothed in your shorts and t-shirt, but are now dressed in a sheer flowing gossamer robe cut down the front to the navel, the soft folds delicately covering your nakedness. There is a silver link belt embedded with rainbow crystals and moonstones loosely curving about your hips and trailing down the front to your ankles. On your brow set's a silver tiara with the three phases of the moon at center and encrusted with tiny moonstones and crystals. Your arms are bare except for silver wrist cuffs engraved with runes. About your neck, a silver chain, resting comfortably between your breast is a pendant of the goddess within the phases of the moon. You see yourself inside the fullness of the moon reflected in the waters below. You embrace your reflection that of the Triune Goddess and the knowledge that the you, as well as the phases of the moon and the Goddess herself transition through aspects of growth, reflection, strength, and understanding. Each aspect is part of our journey to be whom we are yet to be. Each aspect teaches us, shape us and guides us. You feel loved, and capable of loving. You feel open, refreshed, and centered. As you embrace this feeling and knowledge, a ripple gently moves across the surface of the water caused by a butterfly resting on the surface to drink. You know that all that you do creates a ripple in the very fabric of the Universe. All that you do, say, and think, can bring about chaos, or beauty. You feel secure in the love you have found and as you reflect on what you have learned, you lean forward and dive from the lip of the falls into the pond below purposefully creating a wave. This wave gradually becomes but a ripple, but this ripple is of love, and understanding. As you come to the surface, you find yourself sitting safely inside your circle inside the cave. It is now dawn. You are refreshed and relaxed. You sit back and watch the sun make its way into its day home. After eating a light meal you gather your things, and extinguish the fire. As you make your way down from the waterfall, down to the edge of the pond, and back to the path that leads home, you glance back and see the a butterfly drying its glorious new wings in the sun on a flower at the edge of the pond and know that you too have been transformed are ready to try out your new wings.