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Rock Seeing
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This is a bit of experience from my recent workshop, where we used
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rocks to answer a question. But first, you need a question (have it
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in mind when you head out wherever you're going), and then you need a rock...
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The descriptive size is "2-fist sized" or "grapefruit" sized. It
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should not be a crystal, and does not have to be round. Best place to
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find one is to go out in the "wilderness" (anywhere not overly
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populated with cement products) and let one call to you. Ask the rock
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spirit for permission to remove it (if you intend to). Usually it's
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enough just to carry it to where you can sit comfortably.
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Place your rock on the ground in front of you, and ask it the question
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that you have on your mind. Be focused - one question per rock,
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please! Now, without moving the rock, look at the surface on top.
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What do you see there? (It helps to write down your question - so you
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won't forget or change it - and also write down the things you see.).
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There might be the pattern of a leaf on the rock. Or a face. Or an
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animal. Whatever it is, it is an ANSWER, somehow to your question.
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Write down what you see, and don't try to interpret it yet. You will
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take four "spirits" from this rock face.
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When you have four on side one, turn it over and do the same on side
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2. Same question, and write down the things you see. If you're
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getting too many of one thing, or you REALLY want to get into it, do
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the other sides, if the rock will sit that way.
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When you have all the information written down. Go back to the first
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side, look at each symbol, at what you wrote down, and ask yourself
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how it is an answer to your question. Write down what you think.
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When you've written down the answer that each one of the things is,
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then try to put them all together (a side at a time, perhaps) into a
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summary of what the answer is to your question.
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When you're done with the rock, return it to its place with thanks
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(and an offering is a nice touch, too).
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My own experience was fairly typical. It is well known that recently
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my power animal guardians have done much for me that could be
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considered miraculous. My question was, "how can I honor my animal
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allies?"
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Side one of my rock (a mixture of fluorite, calcite, quartz, and
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who-knows-what), showed me an oak leaf, a waterfall, storm clouds, and
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an elephant. I felt the oak leaf symbolized forest habitat, as well
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as my own power interests; the waterfall, energy and motion; the storm
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clouds, anger and energy; and the elephant as a power needing
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protection.
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Side two showed me a kind of ape, a winged (headless) body, a duck
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head, and a rainbow. I interpreted the ape as an endangered species,
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the winged body as a fossil imprint - preservation of the past; the
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duck as something adaptive and prolific, and the rainbow as a meshing
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of ideas and approaches, united to form harmony and beauty.
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In summary, I believe my power animals would be best honored by my
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involvement in protecting the animals and habitats of this world.
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It is clear that the old approaches are not working (adapting), and
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that new blends of ideas and approaches will be needed to preserve the
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species we now have, and provide for their future. It is time to
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channel the anger and the energy I have, and that others have, into
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something concrete and focused. Something that will make a difference
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- small now, perhaps, but will move everyone it touches and cause them
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to both add their "small" difference, and pass along the urge to do
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so.
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As you can see, you can get a lot of information from a rock! Just be
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open to what comes, and let your feeling guide you. This is no place
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to rationalize the symbols on a rock's skin!
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This method can be used for any kind of question, except that yes/no
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questions really are harder to interpret. Too many symbols could mean
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yes AND no! How, why, where, and who questions are easiest for the
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rock to answer (and for other allies, as well). Time means very
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little to a rock, so avoiding "when" questions is wise unless you plan
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to live 900 years....
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Give it a try. I'd love to hear how it works out.
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--++Satinka++--
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