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Me Musing .
. . April
17,
2007 . . . I began to write this and just now on the 20th early
a.m. got it finished!
Since all the
skeletons jumped out of the closet in March's Musings, I might as
well share this story too!
In 1992 while
living outside Portland, Oregon I connected with a group of like-minded
people (aka Spiritual group!) and we met every
few weeks to share, do (what I call)
'quietude' work. (Notice I didn't
say 'meditate' as I've never been a good meditator. I remember taking
a class in meditation in 1982 and the instructor said, "You'll
notice that thoughts and things to do will occupy your mind"
. . . I went to him afterward and said, "I must be doing something
wrong . . . there were no thoughts or anything occupying
my mind!". Little did I know THAT was their goal, but
that was my starting place!!!!!!!!!)
Soon you'll
understand why all this is 'winding' along in one direction
and then another!
It seemed to
me back then that when we did special healing/blessing evenings,
that the room needed pizzzzzzzazzzzzzed up, so I would take flowers
and different colours of fabrics to drape over the table, and items
that I felt would bring positive energy to our work. The next day
after I first did this, I got a thank-you from the guy who led the
group and the note was addressed to Che'usa.
I called him
the next day and asked what a Che'usa was!
He
said, 'It was the name I knew you as before time began, and the
name you will be when time is no more.'
Well .
. . that certainly took me by surprise; however, at the same time,
resonated very deeply in me. So I began saying the name over and
over and writing Che'usa Darri to see how it felt. And I
liked it.
In 1997 when
I decided to immerse myself in the 'creative life' that had been
bubbling up within me, I relocated to far-northern California, and
it seemed like the perfect time to take that name with me. . . an
artist's prerogative, I suppose!
People often
'blame' such actions on many things . . . menopause being at the
head of the list it always seems!
And since I
have always had a tendancy to 'go
whole hog' as we used to say in Ohio . . . I thought I might
as well get a whole new name. I loved the colours of burnt and raw
sienna and having just returned from a month in Siena, Italy, it
seemed only natural that Che'usa and Sienna went together.
For a last
name, I always liked the wind, but didn't want to spell it that
way. I looked up Wend and it was Old English for (loosely
translated) 'one who follows the Voice of God, thereby wending
their way through life'.
What can I
say . . . if THAT didn't sum up my meanderings, nothing did!
What's in a
name?????? Plenty, if you pick the name that suits you!
Which reminds
me . . . I haven't written for almost a month as I have been immersed
in my family history.
I've been figuring
out how to put up a genealogy site . . . and it has been a real
test of my endurance!
This afternoon,
Thelma (my computer guru) and I finally got it linked to everything.
You are now
able to Visit
my Genealogy Site and
after our Big Dance on Sunday, I'll start adding stories on the
'Remembrances' pages.
Until
soon,
Che'usa
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