Archive | February 2012

Today’s Tarot Meditation Drawing: Three of Pentacles

Mystic Faery Tarot by Linda Ravenscroft

Be content and look at the gifts nature brings you. Through mind, body and spirit, as well as through the success of your work, you can be at ease if you allow yourself to be. Your garden is sprouting and growing, and it will be in full bloom by the spring. Don’t allow your past trepidations overshadow how far you’ve come since last year. Take a deep breath and relax. Spend your weekend on the things that are most important to you. Take a break and enjoy your moments of relaxation!

Additional Insight:

It doesn’t take a lot of time to relax. Sometimes you simply need 5 minutes to close your eyes, take in 3 deep cleansing breaths and give yourself time to release the “over” the limit stresses. Many are feeling over burdened, and that can mean all the little things that create temporary and unimportant frustrations feel like they’re piling on the big things.

Some people just need someone to talk to. That doesn’t mean solving their problem, it means being there in support to listen and allow them to let off steam. It doesn’t mean they’re trying to put their extra burdens on you. In most cases, they just need to “get it out” and talking is their way to “let it go”. Don’t belittle their stress, you may not know the full story of what’s going on. Don’t compare what they share with the great stress you’re under. Again, they may not be telling you about the giant boulder they’re holding on their shoulders.

If you don’t have someone to talk to, if you can’t get out and take a walk, or go to the gym, or even clean the house to release your frustration, then try a quick meditation. Don’t let the “last straw” send you over the edge. You’re going to be ok.

The Art Of Communication – II

Feb9

Expectations & Assumptions

Communication is one of those things that people often mess up with expectations and assumptions. We expect people to respond to our communications in a certain way and when they don’t many people don’t know what to do. Assumptions are equally as good at messing up communications as well. But the good thing is, they don’t have to with a few little changes in our thinking.

I read an article recently by a journalist who shared a personal story relating to a miscommunication between her and her husband. Only I felt her conclusions to her story were missing a key point. She made assumptions that impacted her expectations and created the problem. Basically the short side of the story was this. The journalists husband was given the afternoon off because of a job well done on a recent project. He called his wife and told her about the nice reward. She decided to cancel her afternoon, pick their daughter up from school, ran by the grocery store and planned a nice special afternoon for the entire family. The time went by when her husband should have been home, but he had not arrived. Of course she tried to contact him on his cell phone, but there was no answer. Another hour went by and she was becoming angry. Two hours went by and her anger grew. Finally after 3 hours, in walks her husband all smiles and happy only to be met with her anger. She laid into him and in his defense he reciprocated the anger. In the argument he announced that his phone died and he didn’t have a way to charge it. Ok that explained the cell phone. His delay in coming home occurred because he took the opportunity to get a hair cut and stop by a store for shaving cream on his way home. Ok that explains where he was. Continue reading →

Today’s Tarot Meditation Drawing – Queen of Swords – Inverted

Feb9

Mystic Faery Tarot by Linda Ravenscroft

Play your own tune and don’t worry about the criticisms of others. Many around you can’t see the work you’re putting in. And that’s ok, they don’t need to. You have satisfied your own conscience and gotten the job done. Anyone that expects more than that must look at their own plate and focus on what they need to do. Stick to your plan and your path will ride out the little bumps and take you to your goal without greater hardship.

It’s easy for others to criticize than for them to look at their issues. But just because they throw in their two cents doesn’t mean you have to listen to them or take in what they say today. You know how hard you’ve been working and even though you haven’t been telling others about the long hours, those who are important to you have noticed. So don’t change your tune, it’s your music to play and today the only person you need to satisfy is YOU.

The Art Of Communication Part I

Feb8

How We Listen and Hear

Communication is essential for every species on Mother Earth. It’s used for organizing a hunt for food, locating group members, mating, in play and in some cases for singing. No matter what the species, some form of communication is going on through vocalization and body language. Some animals may not ‘vocalize’ in the way we think of it, using sound vibration such as a cricket’s legs or lobster’s claws. But clicking, tweeting, howling or with words, communication is still going on all around us. The more complex the communication, the more room there is for miscommunication.

Which brings us to humans. Thanks to our ability to rationalize, we have often made a mess of communicating with others. We start at an early age trying to decipher tone and body language. We realize quickly what love, compassion, laughter and anger sound like. But even when we’re young it can be hard to distinguish between anger and frustration or compassion and love. Our elementary school teachers are often good at showing compassion, but many young children can’t distinguish that kindness from love, in the similar form that we receive from our parents. And body language is totally confusing with all of its subtleties, no matter what age you are. So we use our rationalization to read into what we hear or see and try to interpret the communication the best we can. Continue reading →

Today’s Tarot Meditation Drawing: Nine of Pentacles

Feb8

Mystic Faery Tarot by Linda Ravenscroft

A little hug can go a long way. Don’t expect others to know you need one today. Ask for it. And if there’s no one around, snuggle with your animal family, or hug your favorite stuffed animal. Or sit down and give yourself a hug. Showing compassion for the self is just as important as showing compassion for the ones you love. You have put a lot on your shoulders, including pressure to move forward and reach your goals as quickly as possible. The drive might be admirable, but sometimes it comes at a cost that you may not be willing or want to pay.

Additional Insight:

Everything happens in its right time and space. When you push to hard you risk missing out on the blessings that come you way during the day. You risk losing the things that are most important to you in your life. And you risk achieving your goal, but not having the full satisfaction of success because of what you’ve lost along the way. Balance is the key to all things. Sometimes it doesn’t mean walking away from the work, but rather putting your drive on the right tasks. When problems arise, do what you can to correct them. But when they are minor, don’t approach them with a major effort. Deal with they are, put them aside and move on. You’ll be able to come back to those minor issues later if needs be. Or you may find they’re really not that big of a deal after all and you can live with it. No one is perfect. Not even you. And no one expects you to be. So why do you?

What Is Pagan Metaphysics?

Feb7

Science & Spirit In Balance

A View of Metaphysics from a Pagan Perspective.

Physics is the study of the observed world. What we can see, observe and determine from watching the reaction or interaction of tangible things.

Metaphysics is the study of the unseen world. That which we believe exists. The word “meta” means higher and beyond. Here we’re talking about the concepts beyond physics.

Thus metaphysics is the study of the world beyond physical observation. In this definition Metaphysics is a philosophy of physics that tries to solve the questions that material science cannot. It is the study of life beyond physics, between physical and spiritual observations. Where did we come from? Who are we? Why are we here? Continue reading →

Today’s Tarot Meditation Drawing: Seven of Swords – Inverted

Feb7

Mystic Faery Tarot by Linda Ravenscroft

Wash your hands of the whole mess. You have tried to help and support, but your efforts have gone unheard and unappreciated. You can do no more and continuing to put your energy into the issues that others face is only draining you. So let it go and walk away. They are hold you back and keeping your dreams from moving forward. Let it go and change the snails pace to good steady jog for the long haul. After all, you deserve to put your energy toward something that will be appreciated.

Your actions may have been expressed out of love and compassion, but even with that kindness some simply aren’t ready to listen. You can’t learn their lessons for them, you can’t give them guidance when they’re not ready to move forward. At times, walking away is best for them and even more so for you. So use your frustration to good use and leave the matter all together at their feet. It’s not your baggage to carry, or solve. Instead, use your positive outlook to improve your own path. Take the time to search within, learn about your own spiritual path, how you can use that to empower your dreams and bring excitement into your life. At least you know you’ll appreciate the effort you put forth for you.

Unraveling the mystery of consciousness

Feb6

This is an interesting article that I thought was worth sharing.

Unraveling the mystery of consciousness on CNN. An article by Antonio Damasio, Special to CNN.

Antonio Damasio, author of “Self Comes to Mind“, published by Pantheon/Vintage, is a professor of neuroscience and director of the Brain and Creativity Institute at the University of Southern California. He spoke at the TED2011 conference in Long Beach, California. TED is a nonprofit dedicated to “Ideas worth spreading,” which it makes available through talks posted on its website.

Of course this is a discussion from the point of view of physics and not metaphysics. But give science a little time to catch up with the wisdom of the ages that many walking a spiritual path understand and accept. Continue reading →

Holding Respect With Love

Feb6

The Key To Successful Relationships

It seems today that our society has created an environment that makes it near to impossible for people to find deep loving and long lasting relationships. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) tracks marriage and divorce rates in the U.S.

In 2002 Report 23, Number 22 they presented one of the last statistical reviews of American marriages. Among the findings in the report: unmarried co-habitations overall are less stable than marriages. The probability of a first marriage ending in separation or divorce within 5 years is 20 percent, but the probability of a premarital cohabitation breaking up within 5 years is 49 percent. After 10 years, the probability of a first marriage ending is 33 percent, compared with 62 percent for co-habitations.

But they don’t explain what happens to second marriages or co-habitations. I personally fall in that category and I’d be interested in knowing what the statistics show. We’ve been together 10years and we have a son. We have no plans on changing our co-habitation into a legal marriage. We had that license in the first relationships and both of those failed. Maybe they’ll cover that in the next decade. Continue reading →

Today’s Tarot Meditation Drawing: King of Pentacles

Feb6

Mystic Faery Tarot by Linda Ravenscroft

Your plans are coming through, your search for success is playing out well, but be careful you don’t get to arrogant about being right. It took a lot of help for you to get here and others deserve some credit as well. You had a nice celebration last week; so keep it going and remember to give a pat on the back to those working with you. Those good vibrations will keep the ball rolling and continue to pay off this week if you do.

Additional Insight:

It’s going to be a good week if you allow it to be. That means making sure your positive energy of good will plays out in your actions and words. Being grateful to others isn’t a sign of weakness. It’s an indication of understanding and appreciation. All things are related and connected, whither in a personal way or professional associations. When you appreciate others you share that good will and they in turn will be more inclined to share your name and good actions with others. You’ll be surprised by the number of people who will give you a call out of the blue and want to be associated with you too.

Give it a try. You’ll be glad you did.

"Believe In Yourself, Even When No One Else Does."
~ Harvey McKay ~
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“Take a chance on faith. Not religion, but faith.
Not hope, but faith.
I don’t believe in hope. Hope is a beggar.
Hope walks through the fire and Faith leaps over it.”
~ Jim Carrey ☆ 2014
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“I describe myself as a simple Buddhist monk. No more, no less. And I am one of the seven billion human being. Basically we are the same… your emotion, my emotion, your mind, my mind.., same physical. So I always look [at it] that way. We are the same.”
~ Dalai Lama 2012 ~
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"Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.”
~ Bruce Lee 1971