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Wesak Offering – Kälviä, Finland, May 5, 2023

Greetings Beloved Kin,

I’m grateful to Aatu for sharing the story of a Wesak Offering in Finland. I feel the Love and the Humility in the offering that is a blessing to the heart. Many thanks and much love back to Aatu and his friends for the great service of Love poured out for the whole. Thank you for the time and the thoughtful way you carried it out, for sharing your feelings, insights, signs of synchronicity, and for the blessing to us all in the remembering.

I know the ancestors must be smiling down on all of you with gratitude for the time shared in Spirit.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

love, in lak’ech,
Debra

Wesak Offering , Kälviä, in Ostro-Bothnia Finland

Our Wesak offering on behalf of the whole.

Northern Lapwing, Lapwing Vanellus cristatus Bird Print by HC Richter

On weekend I was on my way to a study group, where me and my many colleagues study herbal medicine, in a group of 14 students and a teacher.
It was held in Kälviä, in Ostro-Bothnia Finland, it is a 256 kilometres drive (159 miles) from my home, in to the direction of north.

 

I had a good drive, and saw cranes, and many Northern Lapwings on the way, and noticed spring is on an earlier stage in north, roughly two weeks late according to local fisherman.

I arrived in Kälviä, in friday, 16:58 of local time, which is UTC +2. Wesak was at 20:34 local time. Since we had our own program and timetable, I did not want to rush, like Debra advised. The Intention was to honor the tradition of sacred ceremony.

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Wesak Offering – Verdigris River, Coffeyville, Kansas, May 5, 2023

Greetings Beloved Kin,

I chose a place along the Verdigris River in the country north of Coffeyville, KS for my Wasek Offering. (We call it ver dee gree in Kansas.) The pull-off was a big mud hole after the rains yesterday. The climb down was muddy and steep, reminding me of the embankment and my fall on my last visit to the woods. The offering of roses, daisies, and fresh berries was placed halfway down in a spillway for the “living bodies of water” in Mother Nature.

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