Chapter 19 A Question at the Veil — from my book Changes

Chapter 19

A Question at the Veil

One of the following meditations Tom led us in was to ask a question at the veil that separates our medicine place from the rest of the spirit world. This  turned out to be one of the most important exercises I did in class, because of the far reaching effects it had on my life, which would happen years later.

Tom explained exactly what we would be doing in this meditation so we would be prepared.  We were instructed to think of a question to ask  the Creator at the veil.  This question must be inner vision directed.  In other words, it must be a deep, really need to know, kind of a question.  Nothing frivolous. Something that if we had just one question we could ask the Creator, what would it be.

Tom gave us time throughout the day to consider what we wanted to ask.  We had time to mull this over during the day while going about our other exercises in class.

By the time we were led in this meditation, I was ready.

Tom had us go through the entire meditation journey fully, from the various relaxation sequences, to surrendering to the path of the subconscious, taking the stairs to go further into the force, then through the archway and into our medicine place in the spirit world.

From there he had us walk towards the edge of our sacred area within the medicine area.

Once that was accomplished, he had us slowly bring the veil in toward us, to near where we were standing.  We had to really slow it down as it got closer so we could control it and not have it overtake us.

Then, standing with the huge veil in front of us, he called in the spirits that would answer our questions.  He had us wait and pay attention to the veil, suggesting we could almost see through the veil, almost hear what was beyond our sight, even sense the spirit that would answer our question.

I could sense some movement and a slight rattling sound, like bamboo wind chimes, faintly clattering in the breeze.

Then Tom practically shouted, “Open the veil!”

I opened it.

Then without waiting, Tom called out, “Ask the question!”

I did.

Then, immediately he shouted, “Shut the veil!”

I did.

And I lay there bawling!

I covered my face with my sweater so others wouldn’t see me crying.

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Here’s what happened…

When I opened the veil, I saw a crushed skeleton, hanging in the air, rattling in the breeze.

I asked, “How can I help heal the Earth?” Then shut the veil, as Tom had directed.

I was crying because the answer touched me so deeply.  I must have laid there for at least 20 minutes, though it felt like longer.

I felt an overwhelming love and pain all at once, without understanding why.  I simply lay there feeling it deep in my core until the feeling finally subsided enough for me to go on.

That skeleton played a significant role later in my life.