Well, you definitely experienced something real, and not necessarily friendly. It makes sense that highly sensitive people (like us horse people) would sense the presence of a "presence" whether natural or supernatural. Although not at the barn, it has happened to me many times but it doesn't scare me as much anymore. However, I would be VERY afraid if I lived in the middle of the woods and something crashed into the side of the house in the dark of night! As a child I was terribly afraid of the dark. Knowing this, my big brothers would go outside at night and scratch on the window screens of my bedroom to scare the "bejesus" out of me. One night when our parents went out to dinner, leaving our oldest brother in charge, he made me go outside to feed the dogs in the dark. Somehow my young mind came up with the idea that everything in the dark is just the same as it is in the light, only the light is not there, so just imagine that it is. Years later the memory of that lightbulb moment (no pun intended, really) came immediately back to me while reading Psalm 139:12, in which the psalmist says to God, "even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you." Perhaps God planted the simplified version in my 10 year old mind, taking the power away from my big brothers to scare me? I have found Him to be sweet like that. : ) Anyway, I don't have experience with shape-shifters except for weird things I see, or think I see, when I wake up in the night, but that would be a good word to describe it! Does anyone else "see" things between sleeping and waking?
What an immensely beautiful response. I'm going to take your thoughts of light with me and carry them everywhere. Thank you! As for the things that happen in between sleeping and waking, I consider that the time where I get my "downloads." It's such a spacious place, but having spent most of my 20's with sleep paralysis, it's also where I have seen the scariest things standing in my room. I'm really obsessed with that liminal space of in between when we're sinking into sleep and rising out of it. I want to know more about what you experience in those times of transition. The brain science of that in-between is fascinating, but I've always been fascinated more with our ability to sense deeper into the world of things. You've given me such rich things to think about.
It's true. Not just because I believe in the woo either. I got chills reading when the call came in and that's how I know it's real. Great read! Can't wait to hear what happens.
I want to begin most of my sentences with -- not just because I believe in the woo either. This line is everything. Thank you! I can still feel in my body the moment of putting the pieces together when the call came in and how I just stood there gaping. I'm happy to have shared chills with you and hope the follow up with more information is going to happen next week.
This is crazy!! I'm not exactly super thrilled there may be shape shifting aliens at the farm (you might find me second guessing offering to close ;) ) but I love the idea of welcoming them just like you welcome everyone else who crosses the driveway! Don't forget that I'm always only 7 minutes away if you need me and my scaredy-cat-ness! :) Beautiful writing as always!
And then there you are, volunteering to close the barn tonight. The farm really feels fine since this weekend. And I had a follow-up with the shaman last night, so I'm exciting to write more about our journey and what tools he offered for us to use.
I'm so thankful for you and for everything you do for me and for the farm. Thank you!
Well, you definitely experienced something real, and not necessarily friendly. It makes sense that highly sensitive people (like us horse people) would sense the presence of a "presence" whether natural or supernatural. Although not at the barn, it has happened to me many times but it doesn't scare me as much anymore. However, I would be VERY afraid if I lived in the middle of the woods and something crashed into the side of the house in the dark of night! As a child I was terribly afraid of the dark. Knowing this, my big brothers would go outside at night and scratch on the window screens of my bedroom to scare the "bejesus" out of me. One night when our parents went out to dinner, leaving our oldest brother in charge, he made me go outside to feed the dogs in the dark. Somehow my young mind came up with the idea that everything in the dark is just the same as it is in the light, only the light is not there, so just imagine that it is. Years later the memory of that lightbulb moment (no pun intended, really) came immediately back to me while reading Psalm 139:12, in which the psalmist says to God, "even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you." Perhaps God planted the simplified version in my 10 year old mind, taking the power away from my big brothers to scare me? I have found Him to be sweet like that. : ) Anyway, I don't have experience with shape-shifters except for weird things I see, or think I see, when I wake up in the night, but that would be a good word to describe it! Does anyone else "see" things between sleeping and waking?
What an immensely beautiful response. I'm going to take your thoughts of light with me and carry them everywhere. Thank you! As for the things that happen in between sleeping and waking, I consider that the time where I get my "downloads." It's such a spacious place, but having spent most of my 20's with sleep paralysis, it's also where I have seen the scariest things standing in my room. I'm really obsessed with that liminal space of in between when we're sinking into sleep and rising out of it. I want to know more about what you experience in those times of transition. The brain science of that in-between is fascinating, but I've always been fascinated more with our ability to sense deeper into the world of things. You've given me such rich things to think about.
It's true. Not just because I believe in the woo either. I got chills reading when the call came in and that's how I know it's real. Great read! Can't wait to hear what happens.
I want to begin most of my sentences with -- not just because I believe in the woo either. This line is everything. Thank you! I can still feel in my body the moment of putting the pieces together when the call came in and how I just stood there gaping. I'm happy to have shared chills with you and hope the follow up with more information is going to happen next week.
This is crazy!! I'm not exactly super thrilled there may be shape shifting aliens at the farm (you might find me second guessing offering to close ;) ) but I love the idea of welcoming them just like you welcome everyone else who crosses the driveway! Don't forget that I'm always only 7 minutes away if you need me and my scaredy-cat-ness! :) Beautiful writing as always!
And then there you are, volunteering to close the barn tonight. The farm really feels fine since this weekend. And I had a follow-up with the shaman last night, so I'm exciting to write more about our journey and what tools he offered for us to use.
I'm so thankful for you and for everything you do for me and for the farm. Thank you!
Ah! So good! And so crazy!
YOU LIVED IT! And I'm so glad that you were there with me. Love you!