Tag Archive | Spiritual

Today’s Tarot Meditation Drawing: Knave of Pentacles – Inverted

Mystic Faery Tarot by Linda Ravenscroft

It’s ok to hide out a little today and sneak some special healthy treats for yourself. Whither its fruit or a long quiet bubble bath, you deserve the playful time. Do a little dreaming, smile and make up a fanciful tale about faeries and flying. Whatever your happy relaxation is..sneak a little of it into your day.

Additional Insight:

Everyone needs an escape from the stress and anxiety of life. With no TV, no radio blaring in your ear. Simple quiet solitude to relax and dream can help you re-energize your thoughts and help to relax the stress in your body.

Sit by the fire or next to a babbling brook and listen to the sounds of nature fill your ears. Talk to the trees and the birds and see what they have to offer for the day. You might learn something, about them and about you.

Let your inner child come out and play, have some fun and let go of the stress for an hour or two. Or four. Let yourself smile again with the simple joys life can bring to you.

Springwolf Reflections 2013 Motto:
I attract and acquire more happiness and financial abundance than I know what to do with!

Today’s Tarot Meditation Drawing: Five of Pentacles – Inverted

Mar5

Mystic Faery Tarot by Linda Ravenscroft

Worry and sadness are emotions that attract negativity. If you continue to see what you don’t have you will stay in a state of lack. Stop the self-pity and start walking your talk! Giving your beliefs lip service will not serve your path or your future. Pull in change for the better by living the principles you preach to others!

Additional Insight:

Walking Your Talk is more important than you may realize. Spouting wisdom and preaching to others does nothing to serve your spirit if you don’t practice what you preach.

Stop criticizing others for their negativity. Doing so expresses negativity of your own. Claiming you have the knowledge of spirit and not living that wisdom sets you up as a hypocrite. It’s not enough to go to church on Sunday, or practice a ritual on Saturday and be done with spirit. You must put those wisdom’s into practice each and every day, during each and every moment.

Don’t claim to be something you’re not, if you’re not willing to walk the talk. Wisdom and titles are earned, not taken. It doesn’t matter if you claim to be a Priest/Priestess/Shaman or a person who walks in the positive light of love and compassion. If you don’t express those principles throughout your day, you’re making claims that you’re not keeping.

Start your mornings with a solemn prayer that aligns your thoughts and actions with your spiritual beliefs. See yourself living by the teachings you hold dear. Express your compassion for others by a touch of the hand on their shoulder, a pat on the back or a comforting caress of their hand. Doing so will help your path and fill your baskets to the brim with abundance of spirit, compassion and more.

Springwolf Reflections 2013 Motto:
I attract and acquire more happiness and financial abundance than I know what to do with!

Tonight On The Ænigma Project – Skinwalker Ranch

Mar4

Get Your Tinfoil Hat and Join Us Live!

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.

03/05 Our Topic: The Skinwalker Ranch, Utah
A 480 acre piece of isolated property in the Uinta Mountains region of Northeastern Utah. This is a true story. The name Skinwalkers comes from the Navaho’s belief about shape-shifting witches who come from the ‘other side’. Early residents reported their cattle were being mutilated, their dogs were found incinerated, and the family reported seeing strange objects with lights hovering over their property. They were also terrified by the ongoing poltergeist-like activities happening inside their home. Doors often slammed shut, objects would disappear and later reappear, and strange sounds were heard coming from beneath their property that resembled movement of heavy machinery. The family even claimed to have encountered a number of strange creatures on their property on several occasions. Creatures resembling Bigfoot, the alien from the movie Predator, and wolf-like animals were all reported with great detail. Continue reading →

Today’s Tarot Meditation Drawing: Judgement – Inverted

Mar4

Mystic Faery Tarot by Linda Ravenscroft

Toot your own horn with confidence. Don’t let the nay-sayer’s get you down and disrupt the good feelings. You know who you are when you look in the mirror. You know how far you’ve come. Be cautious of boasting, of too much ego; but allow yourself to be different and proud of yourself.

Additional Insight:

There’s a fine line between confidence and arrogance. What someone else sees will depend on what glasses they wear. If they don’t have pride in themselves, they’ll see you as arrogant. If they hold confidence within their own being, they’ll see you as confident.

It’s ok to celebrate your successes and stand with pride over your accomplishments! But how you show the world your excitement and self-confidence will make a difference as well. Be careful not to boast to loudly. It’s ok to say I’m happy I was able to do this or that. But it’s also important to remember that others helped you get there.

Being different isn’t a bad thing. You may approach things from a different angle than others, but it’s that alternative perspective that can help you succeed where others fail. So celebrate your uniqueness with humble gratitude and appreciation. But with pride in your accomplishment and in yourself. You deserve it.

Springwolf Reflections 2013 Motto:
I attract and acquire more happiness and financial abundance than I know what to do with!

The Blue Bottle Trees

Mar2

Warding Off Evil Spirits

Oral traditions are very important, especially in society today. We are over run and inundated with TV, computers, smart phones and tablets that provide us with an inconceivable number of videos, movies and other types of entertainment. Because of this modern technology, our old stories are being lost and forgotten.

Author/Storyteller Kathryn Tucker Windham and storytellers like her, have became concerned over the loss of our old stories. Thankfully they are setting these stories down on paper in a series of books that are worth reading. (You can find the Jeffery series by Kathryn Tucker Windham on Amazon).

One of my favorite stories comes from old Appalachian folklore tale called, The Blue Bottle Tree and The Witch’s Heart.

The legend goes like this:
If you place blue bottles in a crape myrtle tree they will help you ward off evil. Evil spirits are very curious. The blue bottles are so attractive that the evil spirits are drawn into them. Once inside they become confused and get trapped. Some variations of this wives tale, continue by adding the destruction of the evil within the bottle. Much like a Native American dream catcher; when the sun rises in the morning it’s warmth and bright light destroys the evil that was trapped inside (or within the web of the catcher) so that it can never do harm to anyone again. Continue reading →

The Story Of The Blue Bottle Tree & The Witch’s Heart

Mar2

Blue Bottles In A
Crape Myrtle Tree

An Oral Tradition From The South

Here in the southern United States, we have a great many stories and legends relating to ghosts and spirits. I’ve read many account from story tellers suggesting the south has more ghost stories than any other place in the U.S. I don’t know if that’s true or not, but it certainly makes one take a second thought about the claim. After all, some of the first big conflicts in this country began in the south. From the invasion of the first white Europeans with Native Americans, to the Civil War and on into modern times with the fight for Civil Rights.

Southern Appalachia is widely known for its oral traditions and story telling. In fact the International Storytelling Center is located in the small historical town of Jonesborough Tennessee (my home town). If you have an opportunity for a visit to the oldest town in Tennessee, I suggest going during the first full weekend in October when the Center holds the National Storytelling Festival. It’s a big and wonderful event that draws storytellers and people from around the globe. One of my favorite stories comes from this festival. The Blue Bottle Tree.

There are many stories about blue bottle trees. Perhaps because this is the first one I ever heard makes this one my favorite. Or possibly because the main character in the story share’s my last name. This isn’t an exact version of the story I heard. But it’s the one I tell today. I hope you like it. Continue reading →

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

Mar1

Mystic Faery Tarot by Linda Ravenscroft

Look at things from a different angle and you’ll find some new perspectives that make things fun and happy through the weekend. It’s ok to be a little silly and child-like from time to time. Everything has its right time and place. Even play and relaxation. Life doesn’t have to be filled with serious issues all the time! Set some time in your schedule to spend some relaxation with those you love. And with yourself!

Additional Insight:

All this week the faeries have been trying to remind you that the one who decides how you feel, is yourself. You make the choices of which emotions you’re going to have and express. Make the choice to be in a good mood today and take time to enjoy the ones you love.

You’ll find the smiles and laughter that come your way will increase your energy. You’ll be able to focus your creativity and innovation. You can even have a few laughs through the day as you do your work and get things done.

But don’t let the accountabilities and tasks of your day overwhelm you. When you look at things from a different angle you can choose to see the humor that surrounds you. You can share the love of laughter with those around you and heal sorrows that others are holding within as well.

Happiness and smiles can be the best medicine to helping someone stand back up and fight another day. Be that faery of love and light today.

It’s the start of the magikal month of March when the faeries and leprechauns come out to play with humans. What better day than this to sparkle your faery dust in the air around you?!

Springwolf Reflections 2013 Motto:
I attract and acquire more happiness and financial abundance than I know what to do with!

Today’s Tarot Meditation Drawing: Eight Of Swords

Feb28

Mystic Faery Tarot by Linda Ravenscroft

It’s not a day for play as you’re tied up with details. There is much on your plate, but don’t worry so much about the clock. You’ll get it all done and all for the better. The key is to keep focused and don’t let the accumulation of tasks create stress. You really do have time to get it all done.

Additional Insight:

Swords can bring strength, or strife. Which one depends on how you tackle what’s on your plate today. Don’t put more pressure on your shoulders simply because there’s a lot to do. You will get it done and end the day with satisfaction.

But if you allow the amount of work to be done get to you, you will waste time from lack of focus. Take one thing at a time. Give it the time and attention it deserves, get it done and get on with the next thing. Don’t try to do several things at the same time today.

You can be tied to your desk and escape the self punishments if you’re careful not to drop into the negative talk that may have surfaced yesterday. But be careful as you turn the thorns outward that you don’t accidentally nick someone close to you either. Lashing out at others won’t get you anywhere either.

Keep your head down, nose to the grind stone and everything will work out fine today.

Springwolf Reflections 2013 Motto:
I attract and acquire more happiness and financial abundance than I know what to do with!

Today’s Tarot Meditation Drawing: The Devil

Feb27

Mystic Faery Tarot by Linda Ravenscroft

Be careful of your thoughts today. What you think matters as much as what you say and do. You don’t have to speak the angry or mean words to give them energy. You’re thoughts will do that all on their own. Only they won’t harm what or who you’re thinking about. Instead they’ll be detrimental to your own inner self. Change your thoughts and you’ll change your day.

Additional Insight:

Watch your thoughts, for they become words.
Watch your words, for they become actions.
Watch your actions, for they become habits.
Watch your habits, for they become your character.
And watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.
What we think, we become.
~ Frank Outlaw

Even if you’re only thinking something negative and not saying it, the thought will penetrate your actions and reactions. Whether you’re thinking unkind thoughts about someone or about yourself, it’s an unwise thing to do.

Don’t simply try not to listen to the negative voice. Knock the devil off your shoulder and get rid of it all together. Change your thought patterns from put downs to build ups. Stop focusing on the things you don’t like and start looking at the things you do.

If you don’t like the way you look, change it. Instead of getting upset about “I’m too fat”, focus on your beautiful eyes and start a routine of walking. Instead of “this acne makes me so ugly”, try “wow my hair looks good today” and find some acne wipes to wash your face with during the day.

If your inner talk is about someone else, you should look in a mirror and make those same comments. The bad talk you hold for others, is really talk you’re doing to yourself. Things you don’t like about you. You know you do the same thing, but perhaps you haven’t noticed it or it’s not on the same exaggerated scale. But you most definitely do the same thing.

Stop the intolerance and hate! It serves no purpose than to destroy the beauty life has placed around you. It only makes you become that which you don’t like. If you can’t see the beauty around you, then it’s time to start looking with better eyes.

“What we think we become” ~ Buddha

Springwolf Reflections 2013 Motto:
I attract and acquire more happiness and financial abundance than I know what to do with!

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

Feb26

Mystic Faery Tarot by Linda Ravenscroft

You can ground yourself to the center of the earth and find the energy to light your life from within. Shining as a beacon that others want to be around. Setting a strong root that will support you through the dark times as they ebb in flow in life. Or you can hide in the shadows, expecting others to make you happy and finding yourself alone in the darkness. Only You can make You happy. Stop looking at others to do it for you.

Additional Insight:

When we look for others to bring the energy of joy and laughter, we lose the ability to find happiness in the little things we experience each and every day. Each time they walk away, or they’re not around, they take their light of happiness with them. Leaving us in the dark, faltering in the shadows.

You make the choices for how you feel and what mood you’re going to be in at any given moment. You can express sadness when others are around, just as you can let the tears flow when you’re alone.

So why can’t you express happiness when you’re alone too? It’s not hard to take a moment and smile at your own joke or funny thought. To laugh at the cat or dog playing by your side. You can make the choice to be in a good mood no matter what challenges you face; because in the end you know you’ll get by.

Stop looking at the negative aspects in the situations surrounding you and look at the positive elements they bring to your life. And yes, there are even positive things in losing a job, dropping your cell phone in the toilet, or riding your bike because you can’t afford gas.

Change brings sadness in what was, but it brings joy in what can be. Your perspective determines which wolf you feed, the one that’s sad or angry about the past. Or the one that’s excited and happy about the future.

Springwolf Reflections 2013 Motto:
I attract and acquire more happiness and financial abundance than I know what to do with!

"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