Sacred Union II

Completion of Sacred Union I represented the complete connection between intuition and the physical plane by integrating sexuality with the "sacred divine healing light." Increased energy,self-empowerment, and creativity occurs when these energies are merged.

The process of Sacred Union II began in January 2003. I encountered friction in my home environment. My ego began to rebel, and my rage flared. My life partner and myself were visiting a friend to explore solutions to these challenges. Suddenly we heard a loud bang on our friend's window. There was a distinct impression of angel wings on the glass. We dashed outside to locate the source. There on the ground lay a bird that appeared dead. Our friend gently swept the creature into her hands and cradled it with her healing white light. As my partner and myself continued our heated dynamic, I watched the bird struggle for its life. Suddenly a painful realization came through...The bird was a messenger for us from the angels... Learn to cooperate and nurture this life-time relationship or risk loosing it! I had distanced myself by creating a battle scene at the mundane level and had become petty in my expectations. As I sat in this heated turmoil, I began to release ego and increase vulnerability. I had received confirmation from the tiny bird regarding my new plan of action... I saw life force energy return to the bird as he gasped for breath. He was released from my friend's hands and flew away. I was primed for Sacred Union II.

Sacred Union II suggests a synergistic union and partnership of cooperation that occurs when earth soul mates connect on the practical earth plane and also at the spiritual level. I had been feeling drawn to connect with Boboquivri Peak, on the Tohono'Ootom Reservation, near the Mexican border. There had been a recent sighting of a jaguar, and mountain lions were prevelent. According to a wise native elder, this peak won't allow you to climb it until you are ready for the journey. I had tried a few years prior and the shamen spirits pulled the top of my tent off while I was sleeping and cast it to the winds. Feeling frightened, I had turned back.

The morning of my next attempt to climb the peak with a friend, there was a notice on my bulletin board from my husband. He requested a sacred object from the mountain. Before climbing the peak, we signed a form, releasing the Indian nation from responsibility from any attacks from the mountain lions. We climbed higher and higher. With each step, we felt the magnetic pull of the sacred mountain. I gathered two spiral shells with concentric curves. As we rounded the bend, there it was! The most awesome peak I had ever seen, ablaze with contrasting, golden, shimmering light and opalescent shadows. We were near exhaustion as we put in our request to spirit for a perfect campground. At sunset we found some huge boulders which cradled a campfire and tent space. We awed at the sunset in the west, with jewels of dazzling orange and aquamarine. Boboquivri Peak was in the east complete with a full moon adorned with two concentric circles, like the two spiral shells I had found.

We heard voices of two men off in the distance and cast protective shields around the campsite we had claimed for ourselves. I thought to myself that there must be a positive reason why there were two men that just happened to be in this remote area at the same time and within such a short distance. I visualized with positive focused intent that we may be ascending up to the rock face together the next morning.

Darkness brought icy temperatures and the realization of the possibility that we might freeze in our sleeping bags that night. My broken zipper was fixed after a prayer and request for help from spirit. After the coldest most sleepless night I have ever experienced, we awoke to sunlit cliffs of the rock face of Boboquivri. The two men stopped at our campsite and after a brief conversation, we decided to proceed together. It became apparent that the left-brain engineers had come prepared with maps, distances, information on water sources, and all the little details that the two of us right-brained women had forgotten. We shared our creative rituals to honor the sacred mountain on the ledge which was described as mountain lion domain. One of the men described the identical challenge with his wife, that I had been experiencing with my husband. This mutual beneficial exchange became a mirror for my own relationship. I was reminded to honor the differences between opposites, and to remain open to the energy that is presenting itself in each moment. The mountain poured out its words of wisdom and emphatically stated that if I share the a crumb and only a tiny morsel, that's what I will receive. The energy I sent out would be equal to what I receive. My friend and I journeyed down the mountain with new insights.

I lost the two feminine spiral shells with the realization that my ego was looking for an identical feminine mirror and instead spirit provided me with the opposite of what I expected...a balancing masculine counterpart! With permission from the mountain, I picked fresh juniper. As we descended down the long sloping corridor from another dimension, Spirit told me to turn around and view Boboquivri Mountain one last time. I recorded the mountain with a quick sketch. The mountain had spoken the truth and its powerful healing energy provided me with a great lesson. I hadn't been ready for the wisdom of the sacred peak on prior climbing attempts.

When I returned from this intense journey, I realized that I hadn't taken photos of the sacred mountain. I felt an inner persistence that desired outer confirmation of the journey. The following week I returned to try to photograph and paint the powerful mountain on location. After struggling to climb a short distance I released the expectation of once again viewing the sacred mountain. My body had recognized its physical limitations. The spirits of the mountain said "No, you will return when you are ready for more. The Sacred Mountain doesn't want to be photographed." This journey represented an "internal experience." Exhausted, I collapsed and resigned myself to painting from my tiny pencil sketch. My companion who was around the bend sent me a telepathic message to "let go and play while painting to bring in lighter energy. Also to paint Sacred Union II represents the honoring and mutual blending of energies of partnerships in physical form.

Legend says that you must be ready for Boboquivri. One must be stripped of ego to allow the truth to enter. I had heard the wisdom of the sacred mountain. It was time to for the masculine and feminine energies to blend and create a synergistic, cooperative and spiritual union on the physical plane. Sacred Union I had represented feminine empowerment and merging with Spirit. Sacred Union II went one step beyond...The embrace and union at the sexual level between two lovers creates and attracts a flood of spiritual energy. The two combine, Heaven and Earth, and there is combustion, explosion and expansion of synergistic energy for both...This powerful energy can be converted to productivity and healing of the highest magnitude.

My painting was to become a lighter more joyous experience. All judgment aside... Painting with "delight" from the inside out.