New Beginnings Meditation

The path is before me.

I can see the morning sun rising above the mountain top.

The sun's rays warm my face.

A butterfly flies before me. Yellow and black, it's a monarch.

It flies ahead on the path urging me to follow.

The grass is bright green on both sides of the path. Wildflowers grow in the distance.

I want to leave the path to smell them. I am distracted.

The butterfly flies only on the path. It gently urges once again for me to follow. I know I must. I begin to walk down the dirt path before me.

A way's up I turn around to look behind me. The forest is dark and dense. I realize that I have no desire to turn back so I turn forward once again and continue to walk. I feel pulled to look back again, and so I do.

I can now see shadows dancing in the darkness. I have no desire to go back, yet I feel compelled to. Do I go forward or keep looking back. I realize that each time I look back, I am not moving forward. I am not moving at all, I am standing still.

The butterfly returns to my side. I see her beauty and feel her peace. She beckons me to make a decision. Again, I have no real desire to go back. So I turn forward and do not look back anymore. In this moment there is peace. There is knowing, there is confidence and clarity. Though I do not see the whole path ahead, I know this is where I must be. I am excited about the journey.

Ahead I see more wildflowers, this time right on the side of the path. I stop to smell them for I know that these one's will not take me off my path.

The sun continues to rise high above. Ahead is a small pond. The butterfly encourages me to look in the water. I see myself, my life at this moment. I see myself typing this meditation. I want to see more. I see tree's, I see my job, I see more writing. I do not see details. I feel that I am not meant to. As I see further into the details, the water begins to ripple. Instinct is the lesson here. A lion does not see when or where or even what food he will eat that day, he just knows what he must do in order to eat that day. It's important to have a vision,but at what point do we stop dreaming and start doing? If I focus on all the challenges, I will never accomplish anything. Focus on the end result, one step. Things change so we must be flexible, so do not focus on the details, focus on the end result on that which you wish to accomplish.

The path continues on the other side of the pond, but if I walk around the pond, I will walk off the path. It will be difficult to go back on the path and I may not ever be able to get back on. In order to fulfill what I have seen, I must stay on the path. I know what I must do for my heart will not allow me to do anything else. As I step into the pond, rocks appear, stepping stones. As I step into each rock, I see the word “Faith”. I walk across the pond with only wet feet.

Once across the other side, the path comes up from the pond and continues, as do I. I see the Ravens, those who have watched over me since childhood, and I know that I am right where am supposed to be.

The vision changes back to our wedding day with my children and my husband at my side. I see them again, as they were on that day. 20 some Ravens flying over the cliff and circling us from above. Then another set of 20 some Ravens coming from the left over the cliff, joining the first 20 and circling above us.

The future I have seen before me is my path. I have no desire going back to how it was. I must now continue on my path. All things have been reset. They have placed me back on track. What is done is done, now is the time to continue forward. All is renewed.