It happened in Switzerland.
Back in 2005, I was gifted a shamanic retreat in Switzerland. I was so excited as I have always had and will always have the highest interest in anything esoteric, metaphysical, ancient or mysterious.
On the first day, I went for a walk by myself in the forest. Maybe I walked too long or maybe I was tired after my flight. I decided to stop and rest. I sat with my back against a big tree. Suddenly it came to me to ask that tree for help. I talked to it and asked if it could get rid of the pain in my legs. I closed my eyes while resting and after just a few minutes, not only was the pain in my legs gone but I felt filled with new energy. I got up and gave the tree a big grateful hug.
This was only the beginning of all the amazing experiences during that retreat. From finding my animal spirit, healing through intuition to voyaging to different worlds, the one that stood out definitely changed my view of reality forever…As part of the training, Ulla, the facilitator played her drum to send us into a trance and guided us into three journeys. A journey into the underworld, a journey into the Spirit world and a journey into the present – although I can’t quite remember what it was called. After each journey, we would sit in a circle and each of the participants would share their vision.
After the journey in the Spirit world, everyone had amazing stories to share, one more colourful and diverse than the other. People saw fairies, planets, other entities and interesting places in the many universes around us…I was getting more and more anxious as my turn to speak was coming…
I said "I don’t think I have anything to share. I didn’t see anything like any of you". Ulla insisted saying that there was no right or wrong vision anyways. Her gentle persuasion convinced me to try to explain in words what I had experienced…
Well, I said…First I saw a tiger, but only for a very brief instant as it slowly changed form and became a lion. That lion also morphed into an elephant and that elephant started to stretch and dissolve into strings of colours and shapes that did not look like an elephant anymore. Suddenly it was like whatever I would try to focus on, whether it was an animal or anything else would end up in the same way, losing its original shape, becoming something else and then that would eventually become a bundle of colours and shapes.
Then those shapes started to get bigger so that I could see closer deeper inside and each time it became less and less defined, all shapes that would mean anything to my mind would all eventually end up in a swirl of colours and movement. By the end of the vision, all I was left with to look at was an endless sea of movements of strings of colours in all directions…
When I stopped, I felt ashamed that my vision was not as interesting as that of the other people. However I had not noticed that Ulla had dropped her jaw, looking at me with big eyes. She smiled and said "Chantal, you are lucky. You saw the matrix of the universe."From that time on, I understood that behind everything, pass our shapes, let alone our beliefs, feelings and stories, we are all the same, all twirling around in the universes, all part of the same one big creation, one consciousness. I had yet another experience of oneness.
Understanding through such a profound experience, that all is energy prepared me for these times…
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