But here are a few suggestions.
As when the military constructed special, secret
zones for their
secular ritual of imagining and producing the atomic bomb,
so should you
create your own
private Earthfolk zone for
imagining and making present yourself and
your Beloved as sensually precious.
Make a personal safe space for
yourself, set some boundaries by sitting on a small
rug or making a border with candles or whatnot. Find and place where
you can clearly see them, the two icons of the Warrior's
Quest: Mushroom Cloud
and Starship Earth. Then, imagine
yourself sitting within an elliptical
zone. For awhile, do this by yourself before inviting
someone into the zone.
Inside this zone there
is another focal point—it is
the you that the Warrior’s Quest wants
to obliterate, that is, your goddess/feminine
self. This is equally so for men and women. Remember, to be
fully human we need our male and female presences to
mingle, like the two candle flames merging and making
a third presence that is One. As an aid,
place something on that focal point, like a candle or even a picture
of yourself. Just something that reminds you that you
are not yet fully present to yourself.
At the start you confront mainly
a psychological challenge wherein your need to settle
down, become mindful of yourself, and make
an effort to control your thoughts and emotions. Warrior’s
Quest thoughts and images will plague you, simply because
this practice puts you in direct contact
with the Living Earth which is presently dominated by Warrior’s
Quest vision, male shadow energy, and apocalyptic
feelings.
Time is not as important
as is the effort. Five, ten minutes, an hour: it’s all the same.
As you sit there, much like in a meditation or guided visualization,
focus on the icons and let them stir up
dreadful fear. {Note:
If you have suffered personal abuse or are being professionally treated
for stress, you can skip this exercise.}
Continue—Earthfolk
Rituals
