CONCLUSION
It was a summer day, many years ago. My mother and I were lying on the grass in the back yard, gazing at the clouds drifting by, and naming what they were as they went past. “That cloud is God’s car” I said. “That hump right there is where he sits, and that other hump is his steering wheel.” My mother always remembered that with amusement. She saw it as evidence of my creativity. Cloud gazing can be an entertaining, if lazy way of passing the time.
But sometimes, especially when we specifically ask for it, clouds can send us messages. For such a remote and chilly atmospheric phenomenon, clouds can be a very personal form of communication. Certainly if I ever see ‘God’s Car’ again, I’ll be giving it a wave, because my mother is likely in the passenger’s seat! Our ancestors lived in much closer contact with nature than many of us do today, and were very tuned-in to its messages. We all live below the same sky, however, so cloud-reading is a means of divining-by-nature available to us all.
The inevitable question always lingering in the background is, ‘at what point is it a genuine message I am receiving, and at what point am I just grasping at straws, forcing meanings onto the clouds that aren’t there?’ The morning I posted this lesson, over breakfast, I saw some projections out of the bottom of a passing cloud which spelled-out the discernable letters ‘LOL.’ It was as if the Spirits of Air were laughing at me over this question. The crucial consideration is your intent. If you go through the ritual I outlined above, with the stated intention of receiving an answer from the clouds, then it’s likely a message. Thanking them once you’ve received the answer indicates they don’t have to keep sending you cloud-messages.
But one of the unintended consequences of this practice could well be the clouds sending you messages, even when you haven’t actively asked them a question! Once certain spirits realize you’re open to being communicated-with via clouds, spontaneous delivery of messages may become a frequent occurrence in your life. Whether you actively seek an answer from them or not, may the clouds always send you helpful and heartening messages.
EXERCISES
- Decide on a specific question you want an answer to, then ask the clouds, using either the first or second approaches outlined in this lesson, for the answer to it. Did you receive an answer? If you did, take note of what the cloud(s) looked like. How did they apply, or not, to your question? Return to your notes in another week or two. Did the clouds’ message make more sense at a later date?
- Ask the clouds (using either approach) the general question, ‘what do I need to know for my life right now?’ What sort of answer did you receive? Note the answer, then return to your notes later. Did the answer make more sense later?
- Try first-approach cloud-divining, at least once. That’s where you carry-out the brief ritual, then give the spirits time to answer your question within a specified period, then go about your day. Try second-approach cloud-divining at least once. That’s where you carry-out the brief ritual, then passively watch for an hour or more, for the answer to your question. Which approach to cloud-divining worked out better for you? Were they both about the same?
