Meredith Kendall's Blog, page 48

little pond

Last night I went down to the basement to get some curtains.

I saw the rug first. Then I heard the drips. I looked up and saw the soaked wood, looked down at the dark stain on the rug. Pulled the rug back and there was a pond. I pictured the rooms above. Refrigerator?

Pulled it away from the wall, nothing there. Sink? Looked under the sink. Oh, look at that. There's a fountain coming out of that pipe. There was a spigot handle, the kind that looks like a wheel. I turned it. Worse. Turned it the other way. Better? Ran back downstairs. Still coming down like a spring shower.

I set a fan in front of the pond. Checked the drips every fifteen minutes and after an hour they stopped.

Plumber came today, chatty fellow. Put his back out this weekend, sat too long doing his taxes. So he twisted and groaned on my kitchen floor for about 10 minutes, replaced the worn out pipe. Bonus: he switched the hot and cold pipes so now my hot water is controlled on the left like everywhere else. 

and then...

We were sharing Reiki.

I was spacing out, soft eyes, looking at the pattern of light and dark where the wall met the ceiling. There was tinkly music playing, no one was speaking. I heard a tiny noise and turned my head.

One of the practitioners pitched forward onto the woman on the table. The person beside me stepped back, and I rushed to the falling woman, put my arm around her, and lowered her to the floor. "Get the front desk," I told one person, "Get a glass of water," I said to another. I get bossy in a crisis.

We sat on the floor. "I'm OK," she said. "What happened? I was standing up and now I'm on the floor."

It was her first time sharing Reiki. She hasn't even been attuned yet. She told me that she can't stand to be near power lines; she feels the electricity pulsing uncomfortably through her body. She told me she felt the Reiki like tingling in her hands and down her legs. Said she'd never passed out before. Said she ate today, said she felt hot just before.

This happened once before, in a class. One student passed out while sharing Reiki. I guess some people need to get used to the energy? 

crystalline visions

Reiki Share tonight. There were 7 of us, all in one room, sharing Reiki.

I had a vision; I plummeted into the earth and landed in a crystalline cave. Blue-gray crystals covered every surface, tiny points of gleaming crystal. I walked on and there were giant crystals emerging from the cave floor.

I brought myself back to the room, looked around, and all the other people were crystals. Crystalline beings. 

nurses

sometimes as nurses our most important role is to witness and support you, sometimes we step back to give you privacy; sometimes we watch your back, sometimes we wash your back

Reiki Share

Hot ball of love and light, that was Reiki tonight. Reiki Share.

I got on the table, re my new resolution to receive. For so long I could only give. I felt the energy like an intertwining of spirit. Like a Celtic knot. Heat, pressure, pulsing; I took in so much energy that I wanted to jump up off the table and dance down the hall.... afterwards I felt clearer and lighter. Grateful.

Thank you, my fellow Reiki practitioners. 

white buffalo

I dreamt of a white buffalo this morning.

I was dreaming about a house, my family, and then the buffalo came. It was in a herd; all others were brown. The herd came towards me, and I saw a white babe. The other dream stories resumed and continued. The herd came back; they galloped past me; the white buffalo had grown. I heard a voice, "The white buffalo means a great gift, great blessings."

Well that's a great way to start the day. It was a long one. I got up just after 5 am, dark and starry outside, temp 1 degree F, cold sucks heat from my bones, chilled and shivering in my winter coat and boots. Got coffee and was at a work before 6 am, preparing for students and patients. Had a superb day with students; they're wonderful: bright and eager to learn. Full day with them, home to shower & change, in office to grade papers, to cancer center for Reiki Share which was fabulous of course, and then home just before 8 pm. Dishes, laundry, emails, too much energy to sleep. Thinking of that white buffalo and the richness of life.

bltcoins

anybody want to buy my blt-coins? Each coin is worth one fake-bake, lettuce, and tomato sandwich. On toasted whole wheat. 

still winter

it's still winter in Maine: cold. Snowstorms predicted. Benefits: no mosquitoes, skunks asleep, puffy jackets hide much.

Nature transcends culture

When you feel overwhelmed by judgment, fear, or anger; connect with the energy of nature.
When your own balance is restored, then you can again interact with humans positively.

-Catherine Bean Weser

Mavis Gallant

Listening to the radio today, heard a review of her work.

Looked online to purchase. Price range for one book: $72.02- $2420.43

I need a cheaper radio station.