good journal.
Thanks! I need to get back to it.
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BUNE bringing the heat and a reminder
So Iāve got to re-open the thread. New shit has come to light. Some good, some bad but this post is to put out some highlights about my recent work with Bune.
First, after years, I feel close to Bune. Certainly the petitions that have been answered are amazing but the ālessonsā have been even more important. I speak plainly with Bune and receive the same back. Recently I had a crisis that Bune could solve. I had some trouble defining what it was I wanted to happen. I usually spend some time getting really clear about that. If it can be a single simple statement, I write it like Hemingway back from the dead with all the small words. If itās more complex I write it like a scene from a movie and use that to build a defined picture. When I communicate, it helps me conjure the emotions that Iād have in that scene. Itās some hybrid of pathworking and ritual when I finally initiate contact. I didnāt actually do that this time. For some reason I wasnāt feeling great about the whole thing. Even working the ritual seemed like a bother and I tried an easier method to communicate and I got a very clear message that I needed to respect how things work.
It wasnāt about Bune preferring one ritual or another as those arenāt for them, but for us. I think itās that I lost the utter wonder at doing the working at all. I am contacting BUNE who is immensely powerful beyond anything that I can actually imagine. The connection alone is invigorating and with this entity is like good soul music literally flowing through you. It was a reminder that respect, intent and focus is required. While I believe Bune does enjoy our āconversationsā such as they are, I had got off track. I went back, built the picture and communicated my request. I got a response immediately and have continued to receive what I call āinstructionā since to move me closer to that story I finally wrote. The rigor of doing that helped me detach from negative emotion, to conjure emotions of success and to speak it into existence. Magick right?
Itās good to be reminded that the act of interacting with these spirits teaches us loads about ourselves. Itās also a think a ātap upā and a reminder that sometimes we have to drink some cement and harden the fuck up to find our power and to ask for power from others.
Thank you Bune. Iāve got my shit together.
Clear Eyes, Full Hearts and how Bune showed me a way to distill the chaos in my head and heart into clear petitions
Recently there have been a myriad issues that Iāve been having some trouble with and I tried to overcome them in various ways both mundane and through magick. I bothered spirits and was making progress but not with the success that I am used to having on the spiritual side.
I was clearly having some trouble disassociating from the result and as things compounded, Iāve been truly worried.
I stayed in my own head rather than reaching out to patron spirits that have stood by me through thick and thin and taught me lessons time and again.
Finally I decided to spend the day with Bune. When I say āspend the dayā I have a process where I perform an evocation. Sometimes with a specific intent, other times simply to connect to the spirit. Then I ask the spirit to walk with me. There may be other ways, but this seems to work best for me.
Over the course of the day Bune seemed to point out small things first. The point being that I wasnāt being disciplined about quite a few things. OK, I thought. Bune hasnāt ever really been that interested in order in general or certainly in the little details of my life. I was getting messages clearly.
I had some bad news and as I tried to counter those events, I went completely reactionary. I was just doing everything I could think to do and nothing seemed to totally work.
I stopped and sat down quietly. I put on some music to calm down and get some perspective. I asked Bune for help. Her voice came through as clear as day, āStart again.ā I thought, āWhat the fuck does that mean?ā
I went back to my journals and tried to find some reference to it and finally exasperated, I asked Bune to expand. I wonāt bother you with how the messages came through but two things were apparent.
The petitions that I was attempting that were either failing or fizzling. I had multiple issues at work.
First, I had shortened my process, expanded my requests and rushed through absolutely everything. Buneās message was very clear about this. My first thought was that Iād given offense or somehow I had assumed our connection was greater than it is etc. Once again I was instructed to pay attention to the process.
No matter the method you use, you must take your time in crafting your petition. You have to be accurate. Not for the spirit. You have to be accurate for your own sake. The thinking part provides a foundation for the work. Once I was clear, I could move on to fixing the next issue.
Without a clear petition, you end up conjuring emotion about the problem(s). That means that in some way, you are empowering your opposition because you arenāt clear about the outcome and canāt conjure the feeling of that success. The result is lusting for results. I was clearly doing this.
So, I came up with a way to overcome this. It takes some time, which is inconvenient at times, but everything has come right and Iām convinced this works and actually speeds results.
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Write a story of the outcome you want. This should be ALL the problems solved. Write the last scene of a movie where the heroes win and everyone gets more than they thought possible. I usually have a couple paragraphs. It doesnāt need to be great or detailed. Then read it. The amount of time you spend is up to you but I only do it until I can conjure that feeling in that last scene. Once you have that feeling, set an anchor. I like to associate a single word with it and when I start to stress about it, I say that word and connect back to the feeling I just conjured.
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Write a petition that gets you started. Use as few words as possible. Definitely use present tense and make sure you connect to a feeling of success when you read that petition. Be specific! Stay in your
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Present your petition and forget it. If you worry, go back to the scene where everything works out. Live there. It can be hard, but at the end of the day YOU choose where your attention goes. Donāt make the mistake of blocking the result or inviting more problems. Like they say, āStay in your three foot world.ā Pay attention to things that matter that are also things you can effect. Everything else isnāt worth one second of your attention. Leave it to these spirits and truly leave them to it.
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Thank you for this reminder!
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Iām stealing this saying Harikoa!
Iāve loved reading about your successes and growth here too, looking forwards to your future updates.
This made me LOL, if there was ever an image to describe working with spirit for personal growth and developmentā¦this is it! 
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I wish I could claim it! I heard it from Hunter S. Thompson! Hopefully Iāll be able to write a bit more soon. Thanks!
This thread is great
I really do need to start working with DoM more often. Every time i look at it i get something out of it but i never put it through the paces and that needs to change
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Being close to Bune
Iāve been close to Bune for years now. I have failed her time and again, and even been disrespectful in my hubris or just plain not seeing the forest for the trees. My familiarity has at times made me less respectful, though not on purpose. I am ashamed of those moments and I just wanted to write this to in some small way atone for it.
Bune, for her part has been patient and forgiving of my idiocy. Her gifts continue to flow as she teaches me about my shortcomings. While Iāve repeatedly found myself in precarious situations, she is there showing me what Iāve done wrong, teaching me and reminding me.
I am grateful for Buneās favor, her expectations and her patience.
Be accurate in your interactions with spirits. Keep respect in the forefront of your approach to them. If you say youāre going to do something, do it.
Communicating with Bune is one of the great loves of my life. Iāve said before that her presence is like golden waves of soul music that lifts you up and seems to bend space and time while flowing through the universe turning everything in your favor.
As time goes on, she expects more from me and Iām happy to try to meet the challenges. Iāve asked for her help and I understand that I need to grow to get the things I want out of life and to realize the power thatās she is so willingly passing to me or rather revealing in me.
I am grateful for this journey. I hope your interactions with spirits are not purely transactional and that you build relationships with the spirits over time.
Remember that you are powerful in your practice and they are powerful in their existence. Mutual respect should be earned continuously.
Iām forever grateful for it all Bune.