Be Still
Allow the Miracles
by Katherine Russell
I feel I should start this story with ”Once Upon a Time…”
for it crosses the boundaries of logic but then, so has most of my life. Much
of my training has come from the other side. After a near-death experience I
was told by my guides that the teachings would come to me at unexpected times
and from unexpected places. This true story was one of those.
I lived in a town in northern California along with three
cats and a five-gallon tank of fish. Of the fish I had, Sourdough brought me
the most delight. He had such beauty but, more than that it was how enamored he
was with his mate. I had never witnessed two fish so taken with each other.
Raz, a Manx, was one cat that try as I might I could not
stop from going “fishing.” So, to keep him from pulling the top off the tank I
put a large Amethyst crystal on top. This worked well until one night I forgot
to replace the crystal after feeding the fish.
The next morning I got up to dead fish all over the floor.
I was horrified! I looked over with disgust at Raz, but how could I blame him
for doing what was natural. Besides, it was I who had forgotten to put the
crystal back on. I felt so bad for what had happened, yet all I could do was
clean up the mess. I looked for Sourdough, hoping that he might still be in the
tank. No, there he was several feet away. My eyes swelled with tears at the
sight of him. He and his mate had managed to find each other in all this chaos
and die side-by-side touching each other.
I cleaned everything up but Sourdough. I wanted…no, I
needed to do an honoring for him. I also wanted to ease the trauma surrounding
his death. Sourdough had been out of the water for over six hours. All of his
fins had been chewed off. He had a big gaping hole on his side and there were
several deep claw marks in his head. I picked him up. He was hard and stiff.
I had prepared crystals pointing into the tank, and then
placed Sourdough belly-up on the water. I used a Danburite to sooth the pain of
passing, and an Amethyst point to ease the trauma. I then placed my hands over
him to run Reiki. When I felt complete with the ceremony I removed my hands.
There before me was a live fish! Yes, there he was, no fins, holes and all—I
couldn’t believe my eyes!
The days to follow I watched him heal. He would hold his
wounds in front of the crystal points every morning. When I put my hands in the
tank he would swim between them to receive Reiki. Fungus developed in all his
wounds and all his gills. He would stay still to let me gently remove the
fungus. Many tears fell from my face for the trust he showed. More than that,
he taught me that life, even the tiniest hair of life, is worth fighting for. I
renamed him “Awesome.” People ask me why Awesome lived—I said “because no one
told him he could not!” You can do anything if you believe you can and you
don’t buy into the doubts or predictions of others!
Awesome went on to live a long life for a goldfish. I got
him a new mate (Hope) who he cherished. By that time I was making Crystal
Spirit jewelry. Every piece was blessed by Awesome before I would release it
to its buyer. The jewelry brought me into contact with a man who was to become
my Brother. Jeff had ordered two pendants. After completing the first piece, I
noticed that it was late and I had not fed Awesome and Hope. Awesome always had
a way of letting me know through telepathy that I was late but, he hadn’t. I
sent to him “why didn’t you tell me?” He sent back to me
“because I am dying.”
I ran to the tank and found that his body was streaked with
blood and his life-force weak. “No, please don’t go!”
“Dear One you know better. One
doesn’t need a physical body to be in contact. Be still… it is my time to go.”
“Why are you going now?”
“It took all of my energy to bring
you and Jeff together.”
“But how do I know who he is and what he is to me?”
“In due time my dear, be still.”
It took me three days to finish the second piece. During
that time Awesome remained by the crystals I set up for him. Hope, his mate,
tried everything to get him to move. I considered moving her to another tank,
but couldn’t bear to separate them. That would happen soon enough. On the
third night I had planned to go to bed and get up early the next morning to
finish the piece. I heard a definite “No! You must
finish the piece tonight.” So I did and hesitated to bring the finished
pendant to him. He was so weak!
“Be still, it is only my body that
is weak, not my spirit.” With that I gave him the pendant and told him
of my love, my gratitude and of my goodbye.
By morning he was indeed gone. But, I was not prepared for
what else I was to witness. Hope had moved her body between Awesome and his
crystal. She left with him. Both bodies remained side-by-side suspended in
water next to the crystal-- not even in death could the tank’s pumps move their
bodies. Love is not limited to shape, size or form!
I buried them side-by-side with their crystal. Then, to my
shock, Jeff came to tell me he was moving out of the state. I wished him well
and love. Inside I wondered why all this effort to bring us together only to
have him leave! And from far away I heard those familiar words…”be
still, just be still!”
Two years later I get a call from Jeff, he was going to
move to Kauai. Funny thing was that my new husband and I had decided to buy
land and move to, yes, you guessed it, Kauai. The three of us are family here
and have much work to do together.
Oh yes, the next time I did jewelry I still gave the piece
to the top of the fish tank even though the tank was still empty. There was a
quick flash of gold through the water. Love knows no boundaries.
If you come to see us here in Kauai notice the fish tank.
And when you drive away you will pass three tree-like bushes that just happen to
be called “Be Still.”
Don’t overlook the small package for indeed it may hold a
Master’s teaching.
The end.
Namaste’
