Lin 林 means forest
My name is Mimi. Family name is Lin 林, though also now Young (through marriage).
Lin 林 means forest, and I love how my Taiwanese ancestral story ties in allyship with trees, how there may be chapters of movement from land to land in search of safety, that trees speak a universal language of presence and companionship.
My earliest recalled animistic-psychic experience was with trees, when I was about 3 years old, after I had emigrated from Taipei to Vancouver.
Yesterday was this year's Chīngmíng Jié (The Day of Pure Brightness aka Tomb Sweeping Day), a day to commemorate our ancestors. My Yeh Yeh passed on last spring, and while I have not yet returned to Taiwan to visit his tomb because of Covid, I did spend some time at my altar to show respect to him, and my other ancestors.
Though I may use terms like animist, intuitive, spirit worker, and witch to describe who I am/ what I do, those words can mean so many different things to folks, so let's find another way:
I feel, see, smell, and hear the hidden deeply, with accuracy.
I hold space and spaces.
I am favouring "both/and" more than "good/bad" / "this/that".
I am a devotee to the Unseen.
I love botanicals, and Tea is my fave Teacher.
I am here to celebrate your path through holding, reading, guiding, and educating.
In my opinion, the medium (modality) is not the message; the messages from your inner depths and from the spirits are what matters.
What's fun for me lately:
Purposeful receptivity.
Spring foraging.
Deeper love with Tea.
Communal spirit communication (especially through the current Prayers + Devotions in Animism Series - not too late to enroll!).
Many of us are feeling fatigued by social media, Substack and information-overload, as creators and consumers, myself included. It's a lot of generating for just one person, and sometimes I wonder who is out there!
Would you let me know that you're here by:
Engaging in comments and liking my posts.
Sharing my work on your social channels.
Sharing what you learn from me with folks offline.
Signing up for my (free) Substack newsletter.
With gratitude,
Mimi