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Before The Lodge
It just so happens that the place where the Lodge is is the exact spot
where friends and I came to do meditation and relaxing with nature and
Mother Earth in about 1968-1969. Sitting Owl directed while I helped
to set up and prepare the lodge and Grandfather Fire. While the
Grandfather Stone people where being reheated, Sitting Owl’s prayers
of Gratitude to Great Spirit inspired me to do the same. Then I sat
down to bring myself into a relaxed meditative state of consciousness.
I began talking about the auras of trees and how they seem to pulsate
with white light and a golden outline as if they’re breathing. This
was to assist Sitting Owl in opening his third eye, inner eye,
mind’s eye or mind screen, and to enhance my own experience in the
lodge. The Stone People were red hot now, so we smudged ourselves and
went on in to commune with Wakan Tanka and his helpers.
The First Round
Before Sitting Owl closed the lodge door I was already sweating my
guts out [For overseas readers that means sweating profusely. Ed.] And
then he put some water on the stones. When Sitting Owl sang the
welcoming song my third eye opened and I saw specks of rainbow
coloured tiny stars of energy. When Sitting Owl had finished singing I
saw a whirling golden orange coloured vortex of energy, like a funnel,
coming from outside the lodge, through the roof and into the Stone
People pit. Circular waves then pulsated from the pit and lit up the
whole lodge. When I described that to Sitting Owl, he said that it was
probably the Great Spirit entering the lodge. Then I saw a huge
silhouetted bear with a golden coloured outline, and then I saw an
eagle circling the roof of the lodge from where Spirit came in. While
Sitting Owl was explaining the significance of these visions, the
lodge was so hot that I almost blacked out. Thank Great Spirit;
Sitting Owl then opened the door to end the first round.
The Second Round
As Sitting Owl was introducing the subject for this round’s prayers,
being the four directions and there associated elements, I had to
concentrate on doing yogi breathing to keep myself from blacking out.
At one stage I had a vision of a deer’s head with antlers, later
Sitting Owl explained deer as the medicine of gentleness. While
Sitting Owl was finishing his prayers I felt heaviness on the top of
my head like wearing a crown. I realised that this was Great Spirit
helping to heal my chronic inner ear infection that I have had for ten
years. With my clairaudience I heard Great Spirit say, “Help me heal
you”, so I immediately put my Rieki hands over my left ear and left
throat, meanwhile I was still almost blacking out. With my inner
vision I then saw Great Spirit, in the form of golden light, swirling
around my inner ear.
I then just managed to say some prayers before finishing the round. We
were both so in need of fresh air that once the door was open we both
collapsed with our heads hanging out gasping for air. This was not a
painful experience, because it was actually quite blissful and
wonderful.
The Third Round
I was so blissed out during this round that I just laid down while
Sitting Owl said prayers for the two-leggeds. Then, I just managed to
sit up to say my own prayers for the two-leggeds. While David waited
for the steam to take my prayers up to the Great Spirit I had visions
of a green and brown coloured turtle and an ambrosia coloured
butterfly with a golden outline. Sitting Owl explained that turtle is
Mother Earth and butterfly is transformation. Again we both collapsed
with our heads hanging out gasping for air.
The Forth and last Round
In this round we sang some songs. And when Sitting Owl sang the
departing song in the Lakota language I could see the song coming from
him like bubbles of silvery white clouds. After that I had a vision of
a spider and then a purple spotted beetle. It was as if after the
Great Spirit had left the lodge I saw white and golden doves circling
out through the roof. While I was waiting for Sitting Owl to leave the
lodge and thank Maka (Mother Earth), and as I did some deep breathing,
I experienced ecstatic physical tingling over my entire body, right
down to my bones. As I was departing, and just after I had given
thanks to Mother Earth, I again saw the purple spotted beetle. While I
waited for Sitting Owl to cut the cord of his rebirth (Splash water
over his body to ground himself) I was on my hands and knees gasping
for air, still half in the lodge.
However, even the cutting of my own cord was a groovy and blissful
experience. By the way, cold water on a hot body and chest boosts the
immune system by increasing the ‘T’ cell (white cell) production,
thus healing any infection of body.
After the Lodge
This is when we sat around the Sacred Fire feasting on the offering
fruits from the altar, and we quickly recovered as we debriefed,
giving thanks to the Great Spirit for the awesome and FANTASTIC!!
Experience of my first sweat.
Epilogue
As I entered my tent to sleep I was still seeing visions of speckles
of light and a spider and its web. As I collapsed on my bed in a state
of ecstatic bliss saying thank you to mama and papa, I realised that
Great Spirit was still with me, always has been, and always will be.
And I’ll be back for many more sweats, as I am still in awe over
this technique of communing with the Great Spirit. So Sitting Owl is
also a pretty good cook, through him the Great Spirit cooked me up
pretty good! I feel more balanced, grounded, focused and whole; and
I’m looking forward to the next journey. I recommend this same
experience for everyone in the world.
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