Gratitude Ceremony & Vision Quest

Gratitude Ceremony

We are grateful for the Gifts we gave ourselves from our own Hearts, Minds and Imaginations to put our Creative Visions and Dreams into reality.

We are grateful for our strength, courage, patience, planning, saving and commitment towards making our dreams become this reality.

We are grateful for the support, love and commitment towards each other and for friends, family and community at home and here in  …………for helping us bring this Vision and Dream into reality.

We are grateful for our health and the jobs both in our home cities that enabled us to fulfil our trip and new adventures as we had hoped.

We are grateful for the Gifts of our new …….. (town and country) - her earth, water, air animals and her people welcoming us and providing food and a home for us.

We are grateful for the learning that was possible here: the language, the culture, the independence, the skills of money, shopping, travelling, communication…………..

We are grateful for the new experiences, fun, and enjoyment we have had for each of us (and shared together as a couple and family).

I am especially grateful for learning: eg a new language, many new skills, social skills……..

Gratitude Ceremony

Native American elders begin each ceremony with grateful prayers

to mother earth and father sky,

to the four directions,

to the animal, plant, and mineral kingdom,

and our brothers and sisters

who share our earth and support our life.

"We give thanks to the East for Illumination and Clarity,

To the South for Wonder, Imagination, Play and Physical Support,

To the West for Inner Reflection and Goals,

To the North for Wisdom and Gratitude.

To the Center - and Our Hearts -

For Spiritual Alignment and Love."

• Gratitude is confidence in life itself. It is not sentimental, not jealous, nor judgmental. 

• Gratitude does not envy or compare.

• Gratitude receives in wonder the myriad offerings of the rain and the earth, 

• the care that supports every single life. 

• As gratitude grows it gives rise to joy. We experience the courage to rejoice in our own 

• good fortune and in the good fortune of others. 

• Joy is natural to an open heart. In it, we are not afraid of pleasure. 

• We do not mistakenly believe it is disloyal to the suffering of the world to honor the 

• happiness we have been given. 

• Like gratitude, joy gladdens the heart. 

• We can be joyful for people we love, for moments of goodness, for sunlight and trees, 

• and for the breath within our breast. 

• As our joy grows we finally discover a happiness from within our own Souls and Spirits.

Gratitude Meditation

Let yourself sit quietly and at ease,

with your heart opened

and your breathing relaxed.

Begin the practice of gratitude

by feeling how year after year

you have cared for your own life. 

Now let yourself begin to acknowledge

all that has supported you in this care: 

With gratitude I remember

the people, animals, plants, insects,

creatures of the sky and sea, 

air and water, fire and earth,

all whose joyful exertion blesses my life every day. 

With gratitude I remember

the care and labor of a thousand generations

of elders and ancestors who came before me. 

I offer my gratitude for the safety and well-being I have been given. 

I offer my gratitude for the blessing of this earth I have been given.

I offer my gratitude for the family and friends I have been given.

I offer my gratitude for the community I have been given.

I offer my gratitude for the teachings and lessons I have been given.

I offer my gratitude for the Life I have been given and My Life to come.

Metta Loving-Kindness Meditation

May I be Safe

May I be Happy

May I be Healthy

May I be Free and at Peace 

May you be Safe

May you be Happy

May you be Healthy

May you be Free and at Peace 

May we be Safe

May we be Happy

May we be Healthy

May we be Free and at Peace 

Gratitude Prayer – Alberto Villodo

We return thanks to our mother, the Earth,

Which sustains us.

We return thanks to the rivers and streams, 

Which supply us with water.

We return thanks to all herbs,

which furnish medicines for the cure of our diseases, 

We return thanks to the moon and stars, 

which have given to us their light when the sun was gone.

We return thanks to the sun, 

that has looked upon the earth with a beneficent eye.

Lastly, we return thanks to the Great Spirit, 

in Whom is embodied all goodness,

And who directs all things for the good of Her children.

Affirmations 

1. I am safe and protected by my Higher Self, Guides, Spiritual Allies and Ancestors.

2. I expect and continue to experience Spiritual experiences NOW 

3. I remember my inner explorations and obtain answers I seek.

4. I continue to Honour, Respect, and Practice my Spiritual Path in this Life

5. I encourage and embrace change and growth and continue to remain open to experiencing further growth for my Higher good.

6. Mental stagnation and rigid thought patterns are not an option for me.

7. My Life experiences provide lessons designed for my education and personal growth

   
   

AND I PROMISE TO KNOW MYSELF AND MY UNLIMITED POSSIBILITIES BETTER

Qualities, Values, Strengths and Talents

1. Wisdom:Creativity, Knowledge, Curiosity, Clear thinking (Judgement), Love of learning, Wide Perspectives/Openness

2. Courage: Bravery both physical, moral and mental; Persistence/Stamina; Honesty; Enthusiasm

3. Humanitarian: Love; Kindness; Social understanding/Social Intelligence

4. Justice: Teamwork; Social Responsibility; Fairness; Leadership; Open and Uncritical

5.  Balance: Forgiveness; Humility; Thoughtfulness and Care; Self-control

6.  Transcendence: Beauty; Excellence; Gratitude; Hope Humour; Spirituality

Vision Quest for New Dreams, Signs and Your New Path

In Spiritual Traditions it is taught that

everything that exists and will exist in the Physical World

begins in the Spiritual World first.

Creation comes through you, not to you!

Remember there is No Scarcity in the World of Spirit -

only POSSIBILITIES AND POTENTIALS to develop and

Grow your Talents, Gifts, and Strengths.

What you focus on in your Sacred Garden is what will GROW

Shamans Journey to the Centre of the Void, or within your inner World, to the Middle, Lower or Upper Worlds to find your Higher Self and your Guides, Allies and Spirit Helpers or also your ancestors.

1. What do you feel passionate about?

2. What would it look like?

3. What would the people you are with look like?

4. Are there any people with you who are helping you?

5. What does the place/environment look like?

6. Is it somewhere you know or somewhere new?

7. Can you see, or smell or feel any particular things relating to your vision?

8. Do you have any send of time when this might begin to appear?What are some first steps you might need to do?

9. How do you feel about this vision? 

10. What parts excite you? What parts challenge you?

11. Remember how you dreamed previous goals and dreams and how you built your strength, wisdom, knowledge, courage, patience and planning and how you felt fulfilling different aspects of that dream and vision.

12. Choose a really good memory from this recent dream and vision and congratulate yourself for all you achieved and look at all the new qualities, strengths, talents and values you have added to your character and Soul.

13. Focus on some of these aspects and see how you can transfer them again to something new in your NEW VISION QUEST 

14. Ask for Guidance and TRUST what is shown to you and your Higher Self, Guides and Spirit Helpers.

Visioning Ceremony

Firstly, I recognise my strengths, gifts and talents that I discovered and manifested during my Vision to …………………

1. How to recognise and see my Inner Vision and Dream

2. Imagination

3. Creativity

4. Intuition

5. Will

6. Memory

7. Reasoning

8. Perception

9. Knowing what I want 

10. Valuing what I want and Caring and Nurturing what I want  

11. Feeling what I want and what is important to me and to each other

12. Knowing what is NOT so important to me

13. Ability to Plan and over long periods

14. Concentration and Focus

15. Patience

16. Budgeting and saving and prioritising choices and good decision making

17. Sticking to the plan – courage and strength and fortitude (bravery)

18. Making sacrifices

By fulfilling my Goals over my time …………….I have:

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Closing the Journey, Meditation and Ceremony 

I/We give thanks for the assistance, Guidance and support of the Helping Spirits of the East, South, West, North, Mother Earth, Father Sky, the Ancestors and our own Spirit Helpers and Higher Self.

I/We give thanks for community of each other, the sharing, caring, learning, healing and enjoyment of these sessions and all that has brought us to Australia and all that we have experienced. 

I/We dedicate myself/ourselves to continuing to keep our Hearts, and Minds, Souls and Spirits open, loving, and caring, joyful and peaceful for ourselves, each other, our family and friends, community and Earth.

"May our doors and gates and paths be open,

May the doors and gates and paths of any who wish to do us,

or those we love any harm

Be closed

May it be so."

Blessed by The Light - Abydos Temple, Egypt