Having been birthed into the world at the last cairn we visited, a short drive later and we were at another cairn. Even as I walked into the place I felt that this place had a different energy about it. Or at least for me it did. I followed the rods, in almost a straight line up onto the top of the cairn where there was a tiny entrance into a chamber. It was so small, upon looking at it, I hoped that I didn’t have to go in and was relieved to see (by the rods) that I didn’t.
In fact my task was simple. Do a gratitude ceremony. I noted to myself that because we had left the incense in the car at the previous sites, we were unable to perform a fitting gratitude ceremony. It seems that that task had crept upon us here. So I sat with my feet dangling into the depths of the chamber below and lit some incense sticks. As I was surveying the beautiful scenery that surround this cairn I got an overwhelming sense of gratitude being reflected back at me. Surprised, I let my senses open a little to see where and what this feeling was.
Of course I started with myself, was this a reflection that the gratitude ceremony I had performed was insufficient or contained an error. No, that was fine. What then? Exploring the area with my senses revealed a very interesting result. The site was grateful to us (both Chris and I) for visiting. More than that, it was exuding this energy from a perspective of the whole glen. The entire vale was grateful for our visit from far off climes. That gratitude was being focused in our direction through this particular cairn that we were currently visiting. What a surprising gift. I let out a feeling of thankfulness towards the place and let it translate it to the rest of the glen.
With that very emotive exchange I was done and lay down on a grassy knoll in the sun awaiting Chris to complete his journey.
Kal.
