Is the Mountain Calling to you?

Mount Kailash, located in Tibet's Ngari Prefecture

From Mary Magdalene Revealed

“I think what makes a place sacred is simply the fact we have been called to it.”

Meggan Watterson tells the story of Emma Crawford, a woman who moved to the small town of Manitou, Colorado, in the early 20th century in search of a cure for tuberculosis. While there, Emma felt compelled to climb the nearby Red Mountains. Against all advice, she climbed the mountain and tied a red handkerchief at the top. She eventually died of TB, but the spirit of her need to climb the mountain became a local legend. The mountain was made sacred simply because she had answered its call to climb it.

What is calling you? What is sacred that is calling to you? An echo of a song that you hear in the silence. What is it that is calling you now, that pulls on your heartstrings?

We are all called to climb that mountain.
And as we answer the call, we encounter what rises to meet us: fear, doubt, uncertainty, the natural thresholds that appear along any true path.

Rather than turning away, we move gently through these voices.
We breathe, we listen, and we continue, choosing intention over hesitation and awareness over fear.

Whatever that mountain may be for you, it is your willingness to walk it that makes the journey sacred.
Step by step, through your presence and your courage, the path becomes consecrated.

We answer a calling and climb the mountain, placing our flag upon it, our color representing our journey. We leave our mark upon the mountain, as the mountain becomes the holy witness of our journey, of our struggles, and of our becoming.

So today, I ask you: what mountain do you want to climb? What is it in your life that you want to make sacred? What is it in your life that becomes sacred?

For it is being human, fully human and fully divine, which makes us sacred. There is a word in Greek, anthropos — A N T H R O P O S — understood not simply as “human,” but as the being who unites heaven and earth within one body. To be anthropos is to honor both spirit and flesh, to allow the divine to live fully through the lived human experience. And as we climb our mountain, we become sacred. We become true human beings, honoring both our spirit and our flesh. The mountain becomes sacred, and we become sacred.

And so it shall be, and so it shall be, and so it shall be.

Energetic Reflection

The mountain is not something to conquer. It is something we enter a relationship with. The call itself is what initiates the sacred. When we say yes — not because we are certain, but because we are called, we participate in our own becoming.

 Fear, doubt, and uncertainty are not asking us to turn back.
They are the thresholds that invite us to step more fully into ourselves.
As we keep going, even when it feels uncomfortable or unsure, they begin to loosen their hold and open us into a deeper sense of being here.

The sacred is not something given to us from beyond.
It is born through our willingness to participate, to be here, to walk with awareness, and to say yes to the path as it unfolds.

The Flag

 Placing the flag is an ancient gesture of the soul.
Not to claim or conquer, but to offer ourselves in devotion to the moment we have chosen to live.

The flag is a quiet declaration:
I came.
I listened.
I answered the call placed within my heart.

It marks the place where who we think we are softens, and something deeper steps forward — where our human life and our soul begin to walk together.

The mountain does not ask to be conquered.
It simply receives us, holding witness to our journey, our effort, our courage, and our remembering.

Journaling Question

What is calling to me now that I have been postponing, doubting, or fearing?

If I answered that call, what would my first step look like?

What would it mean to make this part of my life sacred through my attention and intention?

Ritual: Naming the Mountain

Stand or sit quietly with eyes closed. Take three slow breaths, feeling the body rooted like the base of a mountain.  In through your nose and out through your mouth.

Do not think, but feel into what is calling.

After a few moments of silence, speak aloud.

This is the mountain I am choosing to climb.

Name your path, a healing, a truth, a change, or simply say “I am listening.”  After you have spoken your declaration.  Begin to journal, allowing your wise divine self to move the pencil upon the paper.

Closing

As you walk your chosen paths, remember: the sacred is not somewhere else. It is created each time we answer the call and take one step forward.

The mountain becomes sacred. And we become sacred with it.

 Much Love and Reverence

Kellie AmaLiana Jafriel