I think finding is gone.

Yah. Phone rang, or an extended potty break maybe. ;-)

She'll be back. That's the fun part: leaving someone a delayed tease for later.

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

To find your totem you must vision quest.

how do you do that?

Yeah, how do you just pop in and out like that? :-)

Oh, and the vision quest thing, too, of course.

Sorry, I seriously needed food. Power of suggestion.

one second, still chewing.....

Pizza? ;-)

Nachos!

There are several ways. Some involve fasting and physical extremes. Basicly, it is a really long prayer. The ceremonial stuff is for helping you keep your focus, your intention. You are praying for Spirit to show you your totem, and you have to keep at it. Expecting quick results is not generally respected in the spirit world for something like that. Besides, you will find that more and more falls away as you wait, and your intention becomes purer.

Did you fast when you did it? it sounds a little creepy if ya ask me...

What does your eagle stand for?

Why is it creepy, Blossom: you're fasting as we speak. :-)

I wouldn't call it fasting, I'm just not hungry. praying to your spirit,...that's creepy

I don't seem to require fasting, though I'm not against it. It would be challenging to do if you're afraid of the dark, I suppose. You learn as an apprentice though, you aren't alone when you are learning how.

Eagle flies close to Great Spirit. Eagle carries the perspective of overlooking the big scheme of things.... the big picture.

Did you learn this in therapy too...?

Remember that sad girl you embraced this morning, Blossom? She's your spirit, or part of it. There's a lot that happens inside of us that doesn't have any words to describe it. That's all that 'spirit' is; the stuff we can't describe any other way. There's nothing really scary about it, though.

Isn't a spirit like a ghost though...? I don't like this conversation any more:(

Sorry Blossom. It's a religious conversation, and that can make people uncomfortable according to their experiences. We don't have to talk about that stuff.

Yeah, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to scare you either.

When I think of spirits, I think of bad scary things, not religion. religion doesn't scare me.

Well, there may be bad scary spirits, but they're not inside of you or me or 'finding'. At least, I'm pretty sure about you guys ... :-)

Well, people really persecuted the Native Americans because they didn't understand their religion, but that's what it is. They are praying to God, only they call God Great Spirit.

Maybe there is a bad one inside me.

Is that an irish way of speaking?

No, I'm pretty sure ginger people are immune. :-)