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Resources for Spiritual Religions, Paths, Movements

readingResources For Learning

I’ve recently gotten into some conversations about learning and researching other belief systems. How can we build tolerance for each other, when we don’t even understand the perspectives others hold? We must start with reading, research and learning.

That doesn’t mean you’re going to be converted to another belief. If that does happen, then maybe you weren’t as anchored in your proclaimed belief in the first place. There’s nothing to be afraid of, unless you don’t think your views and beliefs can stand up to comparison or scrutiny. In which case, why would you want to follow a system of belief that isn’t valid within your own standards?

Learning about others can actually strengthen your own beliefs by expanding your views. When you remove the limitations from your mind, you can see a much larger view of the world around you. That might give you something to think about and lead you to research within your own beliefs to discover how this relates to that, or how does this explain that, and so on. Continue reading

Happy 4th of July

Happy 4th of July

Happy 4th of July

Happy Birthday America

Happy Independence Day to all Americans everywhere!
Especially to our service men and women serving here and abroad!
To all those who support our military, in the past and in the present!
To all those who fight for our freedoms and our rights, in everyday life.
Thank you all for your service and all you do to keep our country great!

Many Blessings,
~  Springwolf 🐾

While you celebrate this weekend, remember all those who came before us and sacrificed so much. The men and women of our armed forces of course! But don’t forget those who put all they had on the line for you. The founding fathers, the families and the patriots who stand tall, who fight with their voice or their pen. It takes more than brute force to make freedom remain free. It takes a nation of people from sea to sea.

So make sure you exercise your freedoms each day. Not only on the 4th, but each time of the year when your voice can be heard. Many have died for your right to sing out. So show your respect, not in hollow words of thanks or waves of recognition. But where it counts most, in the town hall meetings, the city square and the voting booth. But do it with dignity, civility and respect. For those who came before you didn’t die to promote hate. They gave of themselves, their family and fate, so all could be free in the land of the brave!

© Springwolfs Hanko

© 2014 Springwolf, D.D., Ph.D. Springwolf Reflections / Springs Haven, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

Sneaking In A Tarot Message

5 of Pentacles

Mystic Faery Tarot by Linda Ravenscroft

For Your Weekend

My friend Rayne has sent me a few messages today; and posted on FB that she needed a drawing for today because of a big event coming up this weekend. I’ve known her for nearly 20years; so I gave in to her request even though we’re on break.

So here’s a special Tarot Meditation Message for Friday and this weekend.

Segregating yourself from the world is not going to change your current struggles. It’s only going to make you feel alone and walled off from those who care about you. Choose to be happy and live the day with what you do have.


Additional Insight:

Things are not as broken down as you think they are. And you do have enough to get through the weekend at the very least. Stop putting your focus on the financial and look at the abundance you have in other areas of your life.

Focusing on the lack will only bring more of the same. Stop wallowing in the self-pity! You’re complaining about someone in your home not helping out. At least you have someone in your life. At least you have a home and roof over your head. There’s always someone out there who has it worse than you do. So if you have some form of love around you; you’re richer than some of the richest millionaires in the world.
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Summer Break

A Little Vacation

Everyone needs a break now and then. And we’re taking our summer break now that all the kids are out of school around here. So we’ll be floating in the water, sitting by the shore around the fire pit, roasting marshmallows and telling stories.

© 05/2010 Springwolf 🐾

© 05/2010 Springwolf 🐾

Until then, we hope everyone has a wonderful June, Happy Independence Day for those of you here in the States and may you all find time to catch up on a little reading here on Springwolf’s Reflections.

Check out the A-Z Contents of some of our favorite posts over the past few years. Visit Spring’s Haven and read up on some of the Haven Articles we have there, and check out the Center’s Services we offer, for online, on the phone and even corporate or group gatherings! Or pick up a copy of my book Pagan Metaphysics 101. Continue reading

Merry MidSummer & Winter Solstice Festivals

Bonfire © Springwolf / Springwolf Reflections

Bonfire © Springwolf / Springwolf Reflections

Festivals of the North on 2014

Here in the Northern Hemisphere we’re observing the Summer Solstice.

June Solstice 2014 is at 6:51 AM (ET) on Saturday, June 21

Festivals of the South on 2014

In the Southern Hemisphere our friends are observing the Winter Solstice.

June solstice 2014: June 21, at 10:51 UTC. In Melbourne Australia the Solstice occurs at 8:51PM June 21.

Solstice Blessings To You and Yours
Where ever you are in the world, everyone at Spring’s Haven and here on Springwolf Reflections wish you all a very happy and blessed Solstice celebration.

May your bonfires burn brightly, may the warmth surround you and those you care for, may the blessings of your circle fill your days and nights with prosperity and abundance.

© Springwolfs Hanko

© 2014 Springwolf, D.D., Ph.D. Springwolf Reflections / Springs Haven, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

Today’s Tarot Meditation Drawing: King of Pentacles

 

King of Pentacles

Mystic Faery Tarot by Linda Ravenscroft

The Fae are working to help you manifest the energy you’ve been creating to turn things around. It feels as if it’s going extra slow because others are distracted and haven’t been doing their part. You may have to do a little nagging today and this weekend to get the ball rolling again. Don’t be afraid to push a little bit and remind them of what needs to be done and the deadlines involved. It takes a team to make all this work out in the end.


Additional Insight:

Don’t be angry or upset with how others are contributing to your plans to make things happen and turn your finances around. They’re stressed out and filled with anxiety too. Everyone is feeling overwhelmed; it’s not only you.

Giving gentle reminders and asking what you can do to help will give them the nudge to get back to work. Reminding them that things can’t move forward until they do their part will also help. As long as you’re doing that nagging with a calm voice of support. Tone is everything today!

Don’t try to make them feel guilty, or blame for something that has already occurred. They’re not the only responsible for the mess you’re in. You had a hand in it too. If you want to make things work out for everyone, you’re going to have to face the bad and the good as a team to get it done.

Spend today and the entire weekend being calm and patient. But remember you’re the one who rules over your domain. Lead the way by example and with compassion and concern. Others will look up to you and want to do their part to please you and gain your favor. A much nicer way to get what you need….and want. Continue reading

Today’s Tarot Meditation Drawing: Seven of Wands

 

7 of Wands

Mystic Faery Tarot by Linda Ravenscroft

Don’t let someone else’s unreasonable fears or selfish jealousy, talk you out of doing something you’ve always wanted to do. Make sure you’ve considered the dangers (if there is any) and taken precautions to remain safe. Then go for it. Have the courage to excel. Let yourself look back in 20years and say “I did that”! Instead of whining and talking about the regrets you have for not doing something. You never what fun and exciting things can come from taking a chance and living out your dreams! 


Additional Insight:

Others may have concern for your well-being, but their they may also be putting blocks in your way out of fear. Make sure you take time to understand their reasons for trying to hold you back before you jump into something you might regret.

They may have some valid concerns if your feat of daring is dangerous. So listen and take the necessary precautions. But don’t allow the fear from jealousy hold you back if their only concern is that you may accomplish something they were never able to do.

Courage comes in many forms and you don’t have to face a dangerous situation to express it. Courage to live your life by your dreams and standards can also be a form of self-expression. Do you give up the dream career in order to play it safe, not take chances and be a “stable citizen”? Many people have taken that road and found themselves without a job and scrambling for that sense of security. Continue reading

Today’s Tarot Meditation Drawing: The Lovers – Inverted

The Lovers - Inverted

Mystic Faery Tarot by Linda Ravenscroft

To become one with another being, you must first become one within yourself. No one else can “make” you happy, or make you feel excited or in-love. Those are the emotions you are responsible for and govern on your own.  Relationships are a dime a dozen, but if you want that one in a million special love affair, you must first look within and find the love of self that unites your Mind, Body and Spirit. When you love yourself for who and what you are, others will love you too and want to set off fireworks each and every moment they’re with you.


Additional Insight:

When you are critical of yourself, you quickly find fault in others. When you can’t accept yourself for who and what you are, you won’t give that consideration to others. When even you don’t love yourself, it’s hard for others to see what’s within you to love.

Stop being your own worst enemy and start looking at yourself with Divine eyes. Criticism of self is nothing more than applying the fear of the world around you on the image you see in the mirror. All that negative self talk you do, comes from the many recordings you have made over the years from the unhappiness others. They weren’t or aren’t happy; so they don’t want you to be happy. Stop giving away the control over your own emotions to those who live in darkness, selfishness and fear. Continue reading

Today’s Tarot Meditation Drawing: Six of Cups

 

Six of Cups

Mystic Faery Tarot by Linda Ravenscroft

Rest your wings and dream a little. You’ve been fluttering about like a hummingbird, but haven’t taken time to slow down and see what it really is you need (not want; but need). Be honest with yourself and look inside your own crystal ball. What is it that you really want to see in there? What is it that you’ve been asking for, but have been afraid to allow yourself to have. Maybe the reflection will help you see, you already have it.


Additional Insight:

It’s ok to have far off dreams as long as you keep them in perspective. But don’t let the fanciful fantasy of far off people or places keep you from seeing what it is you already have. Nothing is perfect, not even that dream relationship; dream house; or even that dream career you’ve imagined in your head.

So when you work on your goals and things don’t go exactly the way you’ve dreamed them to be, don’t get mad and throw away everything you’ve worked for. Nothing is perfect; not even you. And that’s ok, because that’s part of life in this world we have incarnated into.

Make sure you pay attention to the expectations you put on others and on the situations you’re involved in. Including yourself. Things have turned a corner, even though you may not see everything on the new road you’ve turned on to. There are still areas to be worked out and you won’t be able to do that if you’re allowing your distractions to cloud your real goals. Continue reading

Today’s Tarot Meditation Drawing: The Sun – Inverted

The Sun - Inverted

Mystic Faery Tarot by Linda Ravenscroft

Ask why you’re trying to shine so bright? Is it for pride, self-sufficiency and a sense of self-worth? Are you holding onto a healthy ego with confidence because you’ve accomplished goals you’ve set for yourself? It’s ok to be proud, you’ve earned that right. Or is it a strong desire for success and popularity because you want to be admired? The latter requires work, warmth and compassion. Pay attention to your actions and reactions today. Too much confidence creates a sense of entitlement and arrogance.


Additional Insight:

Too much ego creates arrogance and those who might normally look to you as an example of success, will be turned away with no desire to get to know you at all. Don’t let your physical condition (being tired or achy, etc.) change your personality so much that you become aloof and uncaring to those around you. You’re not the only one who’s suffering with lack of sleep or aches and pains. And your attitude maybe mistaken for a sense of arrogance and entitlement, instead of the fortitude trying to make it through the day.

Yellow is the color of success, and the sun has much to offer in that regard. But you must be cautious that the pride you have in your accomplishments doesn’t swing your pendulum to far in any direction. Not enough confidence and pride in your accomplishments can get you over looked. Too much and you might gain some negative attention you don’t necessarily want either. Continue reading