Aka Dua Healing Circle

(Journal abbreviations:  AD = Aka Dua.)

    10-20-08 – I went to a healing circle at the Life Arts Center in downtown Riverside yesterday. It was hosted by the Tequihua Foundation, of course. It was pretty amazing. There were lots of AD practitioners there, some Reiki masters, newcomers who just bumped into Eric or whatever, people he works with at UCR, etc. I learned a few new techniques, like creating a vortex around the room with a smaller vortex in the middle spinning the opposite directions(like a hurricane). People brought singing bowls and bells, a glockenspiel, and I brought my flute and obsidian sphere. The shaman who headed the healing, Jim Three Feathers, was very interested in the sphere, and after I had piped in a little(pun intended) here and there with my flute to counterpoint the sound healing, he looked me dead in the eyes – I didn't shake – and everyone stopped the session at the same time. Every time we just seemed to know that it was over. Very powerful connections, like when I played at the expo in Pasadena with Pilar; we both just knew when to stop.

     We did healings on three different people while Jim Three Feathers worked more closely on the person. We sent the AD through the sound of the bowls and bells and chimes and drums. I was nervous, as always, about using my flute at first, but I got a glance, two different times, from another Level III AD practitioner and she nodded when I raised my flute. It felt wonderful to have that kind of instant understanding and acknowledgment without having said a word to each other; she knew exactly what I was asking: “Is this okay?” And it was. It was also fascinating to see one woman just open up an amazing amount while the energy was flowing through her. She opened up like she was doing Kunlun, shaking around and mumbling and really physically working things out of her system. I didn't know the AD could do that. I suppose it's just her particular reaction to it, and she did seem to have a lot of issues. One of those who could actually be kind of annoying as a healer, at least to me. She was working something out of a woman's chest who was on the table, and she kept saying, “Do you want it gone? Do you want it gone? You gotta want it,” and things like that. Nothing wrong with that, of course, but I found it a little distracting. For some that might be a good thing. There was another woman there who seemed absolutely fierce. She was an artist and made jewelery using the AD. I'm not exactly sure how to apply the AD to art – it's an aspect of the Work that I'm not really familiar with – but a lot of people seem to use it more specifically for art and creative endeavors than for healing.

    I'm ready for my Level II. It's been over a year since I first received that transmission. I've had plenty of time to adjust to it, though I'm still discovering more about it all the time. I've had plenty of time to save money for it(amongst other things) and I've failed to do that as well. I know Russell will be upset if I spend $100 all at once, but whatever. We spend that much on alcohol in a matter of days or a weekend. I spent a lot of money at the wineries this weekend(though it was amazing food.) I can only see good things happening if I go for my Level II attunement. Acceleration, acceleration, acceleration. Here we go.