I was talking to a woman from the Tradition of the Moon - a kind of initiation path for women that works in harmony with the forces of nature.
"Would you like to touch a seagull?" she asked, looking at the birds perched along the seawall.
Of course I would. I tried several times, but whenever I get close, they would fly away.
"Try to feel love for the bird, the allow that love to pour out of your breast like a ray of light and touch the bird's breast. Then very quietly go over to it."
I did as she suggested. The first two times I failed, but the third time, as if I had entered a kind of trance, I did touch the seagull. I went into that trance state again with the same positive result.
"Love creates bridges where it would seem they were impossible," said my white witch friend.
I recount this experience here, for anyone who would like to try it.
----Like the Flowing River, Paulo Coelho.
