The Shifting Landscape of our Inner Grove
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- čas přidán 18. 02. 2019
- For Druids, the inner grove is a sanctuary and touchstone in our inner landscape. I wanted to share the shifts that I've experienced in my inner grove's features and how that corresponded to my shifting practice and life.
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At first glance, I thought the title was "The Shifting Landscape of our Inner Groove". Perhaps I need to meditate on that one, too.
😂 I mean whatever helps you tune in right? Lol
I had a personal place of power when working in Reclaiming witchcraft and my inner grover, when I started working with OBOD, sort of changed the personal place of power I had, it incorporated the two ideas and now they are one and the same on my inner landscape. My personal place of power had been an open field surrounded by trees with paths in every direction for different workings that could be done.
When the two merged together it was as if the field was still there... but that it had becomes overgrown with trees, so now my space is smaller, more intimate, and the trees simply move apart when paths I need to work on open up. At first the ground was plain packed dirt, but slowly grass filled in. In the centre there is either a large stone, a fire, a pool of water, or empty air, and I find what is there is a bit of a... hint of what element I need more work with in my life.
I'm about halfway through OBOD's Bardic course, and my grove is always an actual grove of trees, but it also looks different every time I am in it. I'm hoping it will eventually become more stable.
My inner world is all over the place. I journey to beaches, forests, volcanoes, and more in my meditations. I don’t really have a grove, but the place I’ve been going to get grounded is more like a void. I’d prefer to keep it empty so I can always return there, then I can just branch out into my inner world from there.
Yep, we all travel the inner landscape for different journeys. The inner grove is just where you begin , so your void seems to fit the bill! 😀
I unknowingly created my inner grove nearly twenty years ago now! The landscape itself shifts every time I return, but it has always been a small (or sometimes endless) clearing with a large stone (granite) beneath a single tree (varies, usually willow or oak) in an ancient, dark forest whose aesthetic is very Addams Family meets high fantasy and I love it! I have pretty much only gone to the clearing, but plan to explore that forest and see which guides reveal themselves to me.
There used to be a door chained to the top surface of the rock, holding some personal demons or other, but it's done its purpose, as I don't even remember what I locked away. So recently I burnt the door and melted the chains, returning them to my metaphysical earth. My inner grove is a place of peace, not of reminders of inner demons past.
It sounds like a rich and enchanting inner grove. Interesting how you melted the door holding back inner demons not just opened. It sounds like you knew you were ready for integration not just a viewing.
@@DanniEsotericMoment thank you! I actually created it for a school assignment, something about drawing a map to someplace special, but it has stuck with me all these years. And yeah, opening the door would defeat the purpose of why I bound it so tightly closed in the first place, and I decided (last night while watching your inner versus outer grove video, actually) that it no longer had a place or a purpose in my inner sacred space. :D
Through my years of meditations, it’s been called my safe place, now as a member of OBOD it’s name is Sacred Grove 😍. A little break from the often busy outer world in our peaceful inner world (sacred grove) is not only a pleasure but a necessary step to health and happiness. I do so enjoy watching these videos, thank you and may we all find peace in the grove 💛
So true! We all need a place to recharge and delve deeper 💖
Interesting topic! Most of the time I travel into the forest, usually with the same guide (feels like an ancestor). We travel along a path into the darkest part of the forest. Feels like the center of the Forest. Several paths enter and exit here. It is definitely a grove. There is a bonfire burning there and sometimes other ancestors surround the fire. The are other places, but the Grove is the most common for me.
Beautiful description of your inner grove! I love that the ancestors play such a prominent role here for you.
@@DanniEsotericMoment Thank you! It is a special place ❤
I only recently developed an inner grove when I discovered the goddess Nemetona. I developed it in order to connect with her.
I´m very new to druidry and your videos are truly amazing for begginers like me. If I should describe my Inner Grove, it would a walk beside river that crosses my city, not that far from my home. It has amazing view, yet I´m sadened because they cut down most of the beautiful trees that used to grow there. Such a shame.
The lovely thing about the Inner Grove is that it can have those beautiful trees even when the physical world no longer does! Thanks for your lovely comment :)
I selected "Other" because for me it is a small mountain peak I hiked up when I lived in Ireland. It overlooked a treeless landscape on the west coast and a bay that opens to the Atlantic ocean
Thanks for another great video Danni! I would love to hear more about the guides you meet in your inner grove, and what process you use to meet/manifest them? :)
Awesome topic suggestion, thank you! I'll add it to my list.
Druidism and Druidry are both viable words, but I tend to use each word in a specific context. Any word that ends in -ism tends to do with beliefs and philosophy, such as "mysticism" and "humanism." Words that end in -ry like in the context of 'druidry' tend to denote a practice, such as "husbandry" and "ministry."
So I use 'druidry' to denote practices and actions, and 'druidism' to denote belief and philosophy. In the end does it matter that much? Even Phillip Carr-Gomm said “it’s all up to you” on the matter.
Fair point on which one might work best to describe practice versus belief. That just seems like more of a hassle for communicating than I prefer. But of course, whatever works! Nice to see you back in these CZcams parts again!
My inner grove is a temple in a cave, and I walk through a path in a dense green jungle to get there
Beautiful sounding!
My inner grove is a real place in a wooded area, but as it was in the past, not as it is now.
Mine has been a hidden cave with a small fire burning inside
Druidry is more a Ross Nichols OBOD thing. We do our thing, other Druids do theres. Life is too short to fight over that! Hope you are well Danni!
I was first introduced to inner grove or sacred grove work along time ago, as part of the meditation techniques I was taught in my teens. The OBOD Bardic work acted as a refresher to this and was easy to get into because of it. My inner grove acted as an anchoring place where I learned and experienced many things. Moving into Ovate work I have experienced a grove that has, in many ways, felt “less real” and instead of being outside has been in buildings and caves. More indoor than out.
The Inner Grove can be many things to many people, and rightly should be as we are all different. My favorite work is grove work, but it needs to be balanced with “real” work. Grove work and inner guides need to be balanced with interaction with real people, places and things. Otherwise all the druidic training is no good in the “real” world.
Right now my big question on the inner grove work is not on the individual’s grove but on the shared grove that is talked about in the coursework. That is less clear than my personal one and brings up many questions if my experiences there are genuine.
You bring up an excellent point about balancing the inner grove work with work done in the mundane world. There is so much to explore when it comes to the work of inner groves in Druidry! The shared grove is a whole other topic as well. I think that one thing that was beneficial to me was letting go of the need for a "genuine" experience. Either it was something that my subconscious needed to express or it was a shared experience in a shared place. Both serve a purpose. The less I worried about which one it was, the more I let myself go deeper and experience more. I trust that you've figured this out more than you think ;) But I do always adore how you write about your inner grove.
My inner grove is a boat floating down a river with my spirit gude.
What changes is what or who is on the banks.
I love that your grove is moving constantly. How magical!