By Peggy River Singer
Let's play with free association for a few minutes. What do you think of when you hear the word Rain? Sprinkle, pour, drizzle, washing, cleaning, clearing, replenishing, soothing, refreshing, nurturing, restoring, splashing, lakes, ponds, puddles, Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head, shower heads, floods, monsoons, deserts, rain forests, aquifers, mud slides.
This list reminds us that no matter who you are, or where you live, or what you do for a living, RAIN MATTERS. Rain—and its absence—has been hugely important to humans from the very beginning. And our spiritual, emotional, and physical relationship with rain goes far beyond scientific facts and figures.
I've always treasured the soothing sound of a steady rain. When I began meditating in the 1990's, I found that on rainy days my meditations were deeper and more satisfying. Around the same time, I developed a habit of picking up my guitar when it was raining. I liked to think that Rain was listening to me play, and the lower air pressure and humidity seemed to add some nice resonance to the sound.
As a fledgling Communicator, I wondered one day whether I would be able to connect with Rain. I sent thoughts of love and appreciation, and a virtual hug; and asked for some kind of response. Moments later, the gentle rain had suddenly become quite a downpour. Right in front of my door.
Today, it is my great pleasure to be able to share a conversation I had with this multi-talented Being who is so vitally essential to the health and welfare of the planet and all who share it.
Peggy: Good morning, Rain! I'm afraid I cannot pronounce the name you just gave me; may I address you as Rain instead?
Rain: Surely!
Peggy: Thank you. Will you tell us something about your day-to-day activities?
Rain: That could be described broadly as "oversight" of the planet's relationship with water in the form of rain, or a lack of rain. I am given responsibility—by Creator—for coordinating this very complex and sophisticated system.
Peggy: Do you exist or work within the structures of linear time?
Rain: Not exactly. Of course, I must observe yearly cycles and seasons; however, I am not subject to linear time in the same way humans are.
Peggy: Do you experience emotions? I have felt, sometimes, that you are smiling when I talk to you while you are visiting my area.
Rain: I shall say that I am capable of perceiving the emotional expression of such loving gestures as you describe, though I am not endowed with any emotional capacities.
Peggy: What is your favorite aspect of all your responsibilities?
Rain: It is satisfying to see greenery flourish after I have blessed the land.
Peggy: Your tasks also include withholding rain and delivering damaging rain. How do you view that aspect of your work?
Rain: It is one part of my duties. I consider it to be an element of the balancing that must be maintained.
Peggy: My own experiences of rain include empowering meditation and creativity, appreciation of my home's comforts, easing of sadness; and playfulness when I kick off my shoes and rush outside to dance among the raindrops. Why do you think humans respond so strongly to your energetic presence?
Rain: Humans are, I believe, composed of approximately 70% water. Your earliest development occurred in the ocean. Your cells are alive, the water in your cells is alive. All water in all its forms, is part of the planet's hydrosphere, the Sacred Ocean of this world. Like calls to like.
Peggy: Tribal peoples have traditions of calling for rain when it's needed to save their food supplies. Can you explain how this works, and why it sometimes does not work?
Rain: This is all about the emotional connections that can be made, just as your story suggests in the beginning of this talking. The practitioner who BECOMES the rain, FEELS the drops on his face and his tongue, wiggles his toes in the mud, welcomes every drop as a beloved friend, is usually successful. Some do not achieve that level of BEINGNESS and oneness, so are less effective.
Peggy: How about when we use science to try to create rain by seeding clouds and other methods?
Rain: Even when the intentions are honorable -- the saving of crops and human lives -- such manipulations are unlikely to result in completely controlled precipitation. Forcing, demanding, TAKING from the Earth is the exact opposite of the very nature of Gaia and all she stands for.
Peggy: You are so familiar to us, and yet we'll never know all your secrets. Will you share something that you'd like us to know about you?
Rain: I shall say, I am without form, without physical expression, yet I exist as surely as the chair you are sitting on. Open your mind to wonder, to connection. I am not the only such Being who cares for the planet. Acceptance, appreciation and offering relationship changes everything. We are done.
Peggy River Singer is a longtime Skywarn weather spotter as well as a Lightworker, animal communicator, medium, faerie ally, Reiki practitioner, and lifelong writer. She combines her gifts to help create harmonious relationships among all who share the Earth. Connect by phone at 734-548-0194; and by email at newbluecanoe@aol.com. Articles about her experiences and insights are posted on her blog, angelsfairiesandlife.wordpress.com.
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