Archive | July 2012

Today’s Tarot Meditation Drawing: Eight of Wands – Inverted

Mystic Faery Tarot by Linda Ravenscroft

You may feel as though issues are raining down on you today, but don’t fret. They’re not about you. Others are taking out their frustrations and trying to dump them in your lap to handle. Don’t allow them too. It’s their mess, they made the choices and they must live with the consequences of those decisions. Learn to say ‘No’ and you’ll be fine.

Additional Insight:

Others will try to blame you and insist this wouldn’t have happened had you done this or that. Don’t let them shift the buck to you for the bad decisions they made. They could have consulted you first; and they choose not to. The onus is on them, not you. So don’t let them bully you into dealing with the aftermath. It was their call, make them handle the consequences of their choice. Others involved will stand behind you. That maybe a surprise, but you’ll be amazed at how they react to the blame game.

Learning To Meditate

Jul17

How To Get Started – Tips and Tricks

There are as many methods and approaches to meditation as there are people on the planet. And that’s a good thing. Because what works for me, may not be what works for you. If you don’t know how to meditate and are looking for what’s right for you, don’t be afraid to try different methods until you find the one you like most. If you feel drawn to a specific culture, you might first try methods that incorporate elements from that culture into a meditation practice. For instance, if you’re drawn to Native American spirituality, try drumming. If you feel drawn to Indian/Hindu culture try a mantra. If you feel drawn to Tibetan culture, try a Buddhist meditation. And so on.

The meditation method I teach is often termed as Free Flowing or Free Form Meditation. It relies on visualization and meditation music. Visualization is a way of focusing your thoughts and raising your energy or vibration to a higher level of consciousness. When thoughts enter your mind that are distracting, you can use a visualization image to move them out. Such as seeing a peaceful ocean wave was over the grocery list and dissolve it from your mind. Continue reading →

Today’s Tarot Meditation Drawing: King of Pentacles

Jul17

Mystic Faery Tarot by Linda Ravenscroft

It’s lonely at the top. You can’t shake your responsibilities, not can you express your frustrations without taking them out on others. But you’re really not alone when you remember to rise above the pettiness and look at the lessons the path is trying to teach you. Stop being the punching bag for everyone else and say enough. You’re the boss. So take control, make the tough decisions and solve the problems instead of only talking about them and pushing them farther out in hopes of having them resolved for you. They won’t be.

Additional Insight:

Whither you’re the boss in business, in the household or just your own path, you don’t have to be anyone’s scape goat or punching bag unless you want to be. So if you don’t want to be, you’re the only one who can stop it.

Being the boss means taking responsibility for the direction of your life. Don’t just talk about what changes you’re going to make. Work to make those changes a reality. Yes it takes effort, yes it takes time, yes it will take confrontation and putting your foot down. But you’re the boss. Remember that and you will empower your position and your confidence to make it happen.

You don’t have to be mean (though that might be needed with some). So remember you’ll catch more bees with honey than vinegar. You don’t have to be vindictive. There’s a difference between needing someone’s assistance and ensuring your business runs smooth and efficiently. Don’t fire the one you need. But you don’t have to keep the one costing you business either.

Stay calm, get focused and put your ideas into action. Walk your talk!

Spring Will Be Appearing At DQ In Thornburg, Va

Jul16

DQ Miracle Treat Day July 26, 2012

Come out and meet a local international author.

Springwolf will be appearing at Dairy Queen in Thornburg Virginia to support Miracle Treat Day for Children’s Hospital.

Proceeds of $1 or more* from every Blizzard^® Treat purchased at participating DQ^® stores will be donated to Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. In addition to that, for the first time ever, your Facebook RSVP to Miracle Treat Day will also be matched with a $1 donation to the cause—up to $50,000. Visit Dairy Queen’s Miracle Treat Day website to learn more and link to your FB account.

Come out with the family, buy a Blizzard and lend your support to a great cause!

DQ – Thornburg, Va.
5115 Mudd Tavern Road,
Woodford, VA
(540) 582-3555

Take the Thornburg exit off Interstate 95. Head West onto County Road 606/Mudd Tavern Road. DQ is part of the Shell Gas Station on the right.

For those who know where Kings Dominion is; Thornburg is 3 exits north of the Kings Dominion exit on i95.

Today’s Tarot Meditation Drawing: Nine of Pentacles –

Jul16

Mystic Faery Tarot by Linda Ravenscroft

Worry is making you weary and taking your energy. You put all your eggs in one basket and there’s not much you can do about that now. Blaming yourself for past choices is holding you in the past of lack and struggle. You must let it go and deal with the here and now. You have responsibilities that must be met head on and face to face. You can refill the basket, but you must work for the future with what you have before you. Not what you didn’t have behind you.

Additional Insight:

Stress is not only taking your energy, it’s impacting your health in your physical condition and mental thoughts. Stop dwelling on the past and the choices you should have made. You can’t change the past. But you can change the way you allow past decisions and events to affect you now and tomorrow. You have plenty of things in front of you to work on. Focus on your future choices and decisions. Gather your information and evidence and you’ll have better information to decide what needs to be done.

This Monday On The Ænigma Project – 07/16 The Zozo Phenomenon

Jul15

The Ænigma Project – Mondays 9 PM EST

The Ænigma Project is a discussion group focused on the realm of the supernatural, paranormal and mysterious events that sometimes take place in our lives. Through multiple view points and experiences, we seek to enlighten our listeners and elucidate that which has become hidden beneath the many layers of misunderstanding and fear.

Join creator Paul Cagle with co-hosts Sushi and Springwolf for our discussion this week:

The Zozo Phenomenon
Who or what is Zozo? How many people have been contacted by this entity via the Ouija board? Is this entity dangerous or just a hoax? Check in and find out Monday night about this story and more!

You can listen online and join in the chat room to share your perspective or ask questions for the panel to contemplate and address. Or you can check out the may ways you can listen on the go, at home, at work or in your car. Simply go to the app that allows you to stream the show and search for Tenacity Radio, then save it as a favorite.

We always have a lot of fun! And we’d love to have you with us.

If you miss the show, you can listen on the Tenacity Radio Archives for the The Ænigma Project (2012-07-16), or The Ænigma Project blog and iTunes.

And check out our post-show round up on ParanormalX – coming later this week

Merry Friday the 13th One and All

Jul13

Fear of Friday The 13th

Once again the thirteen day of the month falls on a Friday and people are wary of the events of the day. I’m astounded by the number of emails we have received this week concerning fear and worry about today.

Fear for Friday the 13th it has more to do with the spread of Christian culture and power than anything else. Even today there are people who want to give “credit” to the early church for creating this evil view in society. While that blame maybe warranted, it’s yet another case of how western Christian cultures believe everything is about them. However there is seriously little written about this superstition prior to the 19th Century (the 1800s) when superstition became common place.

According to Wikipedia:
Superstition is a belief in a false conception of supernatural causality: that one event leads to the cause of another without any physical process linking the two events, such as astrology, omens, witchcraft, etc, that contradicts natural science.

The very nature of superstition vilifies all beliefs that are considered to be non-christian.While astrology was commonly used in western cultures and indo-European kingdoms, it began to fall out of favor during the Inquisitions and increasingly became linked to witchcraft. Omens were seen as messages from nature, such as animal sign, and fortune-telling through the use of bones, tea leaves and a myriad of other tools from nature.

While these things started to be vilified by the Church in its early days, it came full force in the 16th century (1500s) when the Inquisitions were in full swing and the Church was at the height of power. While the power of the courts drove beliefs in these concepts underground and out of the public eye, they still existed behind closed doors and whispered in all levels of society. It took another 100 to 200 years for these practices to finally become denounced in all areas of western culture and dismissed by the average person in public and in private.

Thankfully the Church was not able to eradicate belief in these things, or the practice and knowledge of these things and events from history.

So here’s a different perspective. If you don’t follow the Christian religion, then why would you follow their fears and vilification of what typically for pagans is a great day of celebration and joy? Take some time to read up on the number 13 and Friday prior to the influences of Christianity.

The History of Friday the 13th.

Today’s Tarot Meditation Drawing: Nine of Cups –

Jul13

Mystic Faery Tarot by Linda Ravenscroft

Don’t forget to say thanks. Someone has gone out of their way to help you. While you may feel frustrated with the whole situation, they have made an effort to help you out! Make sure you say thank you! If they’re someone you’re close to, give them a hug. They deserve it and you need it! You’ll feel better for it and it will make your weekend a lot more calm and relaxing now that things have been taken care of. Even if you have a final solution to work out.

Additional Information:

You know how it feels not to be appreciated. Someone went out of their way for you and while they may not say it, they would like some appreciation from you. Remember what you put out, you get back. So put forth some gratitude and caring and you’ll receive that back when you need it most.

Today’s Tarot Meditation Drawing: Ace of Cups –

Jul12

Mystic Faery Tarot by Linda Ravenscroft

Crying over spilt milk when your cup is over flowing really makes no sense. What more do you want? What more are you asking for? You already have what you’re looking for. Wake up and take off the blinders. It may not be your perfect vision, but what you’re wishing for isn’t perfect either. Nor is it the best thing for you. Put your focus back on what’s before you and stop daydreaming about things you don’t need and in the end will not want.

Additional Insight:

The fantasies may be a nice distraction but they are affecting the energy you’re expressing to others and to the world around you. Remember what you think, you create. Often times, that means destroying something in order to create something new. But if you allow your fantasies to become real, you could be destroying the very thing you’re trying to acquire and achieve.

No situation or person is perfect. Things do not work out exactly as we want them to and people don’t react exactly like you imagine they will. Don’t destroy what you have in order to achieve some perfect vision that doesn’t and won’t exist even if you do manage to acquire it.

Stop the day dreaming and turn your energies on what you can control and manage. Open your communication levels and express your views and feelings with compassion and trust. Explain your lack of feeling secure, loved or attention. Others can’t read your mind, so why are you expecting them too and then holding them to a standard that even you can’t meet. Knock it off and appreciate what you have, before it’s gone.

Today’s Tarot Meditation Drawing: Nine of Cups –

Jul11

Mystic Faery Tarot by Linda Ravenscroft

Sometimes all you need is a hug. Let someone know it’s going to be ok and give them a hug, or a simple touch on the shoulder. Things aren’t as bad as you think they are. There are many blessings around you and all your cups will be filled shortly. Hang in a little longer.

Additional Insight:

It’s amazing how far the power of touch can uplift another person. Whither you’re the one needing the hug, or the one who can give it, share your strength with compassion and caring. A simple hug can let someone know they’re not alone and they’re facing the trials on their path in solitude. Even those with partners can feel segregated or pushed aside. A touch on the shoulder, a pat on the back or even a simple holding of the hand to show caring and concern can be an immeasurable gift to someone who needs it.

If you’re the one needing the hug; don’t let the stress of being responsible weigh you down. Those that attempt to rise up and be accountable for their actions will discover rewards in the end. It’s easy to feel the burdens in hard times. But you have overcome more than you realize. You have survived through the thick and thin. You will over come the current stresses and you will succeed. Believe in yourself and let the worry fall by the wayside.

Additional Reading:
– Believe In You – Pep Talks To Help You Be Inspired
– Don’t Let Worry Make You Weary

"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