tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607471777855707790.post339350250463177487..comments2023-10-11T03:49:53.934-04:00Comments on The Gold Puppy: After SandyReya Mellickerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13076092659507965666noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607471777855707790.post-61016958154438935812012-10-30T17:45:53.518-04:002012-10-30T17:45:53.518-04:00Whitney! I know your prayers are helping.
Pam yes...Whitney! I know your prayers are helping.<br /><br />Pam yes, hardship brings out the best and worst in our species. It seems so unfair, but it does!Reya Mellickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13076092659507965666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607471777855707790.post-69546104102407474712012-10-30T16:11:36.849-04:002012-10-30T16:11:36.849-04:00I watched the constantly updated reports yesterday...I watched the constantly updated reports yesterday from this side of the world and thought of you and how you would pick up and perceive the energies involved, at the same time hoping the physicality and dangers involved where not too overwhelmening for a bunkered down population. <br />I admire how people cope and ride out these situations. The resilience and courage of New Yorkers after the Twin Towers collapse still amazes me and garners huge respect. <br />Having just woken up this morning, you were my first concern, and now I'll go and look at the latest t.v. footage and reports - glad you are O.K. and up for business as usual.<br />The summaries were fascinating.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607471777855707790.post-36501463495784836802012-10-30T15:23:36.259-04:002012-10-30T15:23:36.259-04:00Thank you for posting the follow up. It seems alm...Thank you for posting the follow up. It seems almost apropos to have such a conflicted storm right here, right now. It's like an echo of the political occurrences and the spiritual happenings. Perhaps a creation of our own conflicted emotions?<br />I am fortunate because we were missed by the storm, in contrast to what was forecast. I know that there is devastation everywhere and have been praying and sending what positive energy I can to those who need it most. That was the first thing the kids and I did this morning: give gratitude and ask for more help for those in need.<br />Thank you for sharing this.Whitney Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07766231420593480962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607471777855707790.post-38217185886945303552012-10-30T12:38:19.854-04:002012-10-30T12:38:19.854-04:00Roulette should be pronounced with a French accent...Roulette should be pronounced with a French accent and French attitude.Reya Mellickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13076092659507965666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607471777855707790.post-63501467193496853342012-10-30T12:36:05.129-04:002012-10-30T12:36:05.129-04:00Here's what I just sent to Meri:
Here's ...Here's what I just sent to Meri:<br /><br /><br />Here's a quick summary of all our impressions, jumbled together. I might not remember everything.<br /><br />I used the phrase "galaxy of wind and rain." Seemed to have many different personalities, like old sisters who haven't seen each other in awhile, unexpectedly colliding and having it out once and for all. One of my colleagues kept saying "we" when she described the storm, not "it" or "she." We all agreed Sandy is so wrong as its name, (whereas Irene was a perfect name for that storm.)<br /><br />Instead of having a focused center and edges that are hugged inwards like normal hurricanes (normal hurricanes?) this storm had an outwards stretching feeling, or a sense of unwinding. During my Reclaiming days we used to do a wheel dance in ritual sometimes. Lines of people would hold hands and make a circle of spokes. The people at the center held on to each other as well as the first person down the line of each spoke. Everyone faced the same direction and walked. This turned the wheel. Every now and then the people at the end of each spoke would peel off, move to the center of the wheel, and become the center, so the energy of the dance not only turned, but radiated outwards. We felt that in the storm.<br /><br />We also felt an elephant-like energy about the storm, like a herd of elephants slowly doing the wheel dance or some other huge working. Check out some of the satellite pics - the elephant trunk shape is pretty amazing.<br /><br />Some of us sensed grief in the unwinding, others used the word rage, or pent up anger. It felt to all of us as if something that had been repressed was unwinding and being released. What was repressed was not happiness, we all agreed on that.<br /><br />When the storm came onshore, it changed completely. All the disparate personalities seemed to join forces at which point it felt more like a single minded monster winter storm. It felt like there should be blizzards, which I guess there were in W. Virginia. <br /><br />People were either really lucky or really unlucky. I think it should be called Super Storm Roulette, said with a French accent if possible.<br /><br />I anchor into storms, it's a big part of my work (weather shamanism). I have never felt anything even remotely like this. I'll be thinking about it for a long time.<br />Reya Mellickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13076092659507965666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607471777855707790.post-45007822177542011692012-10-30T12:18:15.553-04:002012-10-30T12:18:15.553-04:00Meri - I'll email you.Meri - I'll email you. Reya Mellickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13076092659507965666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607471777855707790.post-39909854965219250942012-10-30T11:04:48.424-04:002012-10-30T11:04:48.424-04:00I, for one, am interested in your impressions. . ....I, for one, am interested in your impressions. . .Merihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07024443046207501650noreply@blogger.com