Don’t you see?
Our Creator didn’t create just one kind of flower but thousands.
Not one kind of cloud but hundreds.
Even snowflakes are each individual.
This is the beauty of Creational Love.
In varieties …
That includes us …
Love is in our differences.
We are Love.
Should we choose to be.
Women … and some men too …
We love to play with herbs, making healing potions, salves and elixers. We grow our medicinal gardens, singing as we weed, speaking to our growing friends.
Many think us crazy … a little scary … they do not understand us, but fear us. Watching us flow, the power that resides in us moving in space and time, they sense the strength and get uncomfortable … and try to eliminate the discomfort by judging and demonizing us.
No, I’m not a witch.
I do love to burn candles and think of the fiery love that is born and spewed into the world from it tho, I add my intention to the flame and spread it like wildfire.
I have crystal grids in my house and an alter to the goddess within all feminine. I pray for her, for her health and for her recognition. I pray for love to come to her.
No, I do not consider myself a witch.
I spend time in dance, in song, in feeling the intricate portions of my inner being, and I see it connected to all life.
The feminine are my sisters and the masculine my brothers.
I am working diligently to gain a greater understanding of my masculine family … they are as confusing to me, as I am sure I am confusing to them.
Understanding does not come without an open mind and effort to understand without judgement.
Judgement cause rigidity.
Rigidity closes doors to understanding.
Resting in this place, it is dark. There, no light can shine upon truth for the door has been shut to it.
No, I am not a witch.
I only seek greater understanding of all familial aspects in this life.
So I can see their point of view.
So I do not accidentally crap on what they consider sacred.
So I can honor them in their place of beingness.
For Love.
May the Sun and the Moon grace us with their being and beauty, always and ever.
May the waters be purified, so we may drink from them once more.
May the sea creatures, the flying ones, the walking and the crawling ones be kept safe as this purification occurs.
May minds remain calm as they are opened and exposed to the greater reality.
May sanity be firm,
And Love prevail.
Powers that are
Powers that be
Powers of earth, air, fire, moon, sun and sea
Protect, guide and nurture
My loved ones and me
This is my will
So mote it be.
Morning: Today is a day to focus on action. I have goals and dreams and now it is time to take action. I always continue the inner work of cultivating positive thought and ideas, but now it is time to also commit to performing actions, no matter how small, that will move me forward on my path towards making my dreams come true.
Evening: I know that I did my best today to focus on taking action. Tonight I will rest knowing that I did things, said things, and accomplished things that bring me closer to reaching my goals.
A Daily Book of Pagan Prayer by Megan Day
People who love themselves stand up for themselves.
Striking image of a recently burned tree, exposing its vascular tissue, the xylem and phloem.
A tree’s vascular system carries water and minerals from the roots up to the leaves, and photosynthesized food back down to the rest of the tree.
Interesting fact: Trees have no muscles (or nervous system) so all of this movement is powered by turgor pressure, which is controlled by stomata in the leaves that open and close as needed.
If you want to raise your vibration, you’ve got to stop intentionally lowering your vibration.
Drinking
Smoking
Drugging
Doing that which splinters your awareness, your presence and dirties your energy is not conducive to clear understanding.
Comprehension becomes skewed.
Thought error prevalent.
You can be tossed about on the sea of life …
Or you can become an expert seaman/woman.
It will not happen without conscious effort and wise choice.
We all start somewhere …
The important thing is to start.
There is a quiet still place inside of you that will always be available as a sanctuary, yet finding such a space in the natural world will enhance and complement this internal place of peace. Whether it is a cave, meadow, forest, seashore, or any other setting in Nature, this is where you can see, hear, and feel the presence of the Creator in your surroundings. Let it become a temple for your heart and soul.
Rather than having your computer, television, or any other human-made device or activity be your sanctuary, allow yourself to discover the perfect place in Nature where you can simply be and breathe. Doing so bridges the connection between the internal and external, facilitating a spiritual communion that allows your being to be aligned in dramatic and quiet reverie with All That Is. In today’s busy world, it becomes even more critical to set aside time for sanctuary – even if you have to schedule it!
It is time to take a break! Not just a coffee break, but a respite from the usual environment you find yourself in. That trip you wanted to take? Go for it. Tired of being indoors? Make it a point to get outside. Have become so attached to your surroundings that you have created within them an illusion of safety, yet it is not these things that make you feel safe. Rather, the familiarity you have imbued in your surroundings have generated this false sense of security.
Taking time away from the familiar is literally about changing your external environment in a significant way, such as doing something unusual or perhaps something you have always wanted to experience. Another perspective is breaking through the barrier of beliefs that have constricted you in any way from being who you truly are. This is your opportunity to do some intentional breaching of these thought patterns, which will open you to different worlds and perspectives.
This is a time of considerable harmony for you, one where the various elements in your life are flowing together smoothly. Just as in musical harmony, it is the interface of these elements that merge into a cycle of symmetry and balance that evokes feelings of harmony. The challenge is to sustain this inner accord even when there is considerable dissonance outside of your own mind, heart, and body.
Note the sensations, emotions, and thoughts you experience when everything seems to be moving along well. Take three deep breaths, and let your breathing be the anchor that reminds you of this state of consciousness. Whenever you perceive chaos around you, know that it is a mirror for your inner turmoil. When you recognize this, take three or more breaths to bring forth the memory of those moments when your life was like a symphony. Then every time you exhale, you are releasing the energy of your internal state of harmony into the world, and it will have amazing effects.
Every year they cross at the same place, cruising through rural yards, sleeping in open meadows.
The path they use generation after generation is so well known humans post signs, alerting drivers to the potential of sighting one, maybe hitting one with a vehicle … a warning.
I think about people and their generational paths.
Were parents, grandparents, and earlier in the familial line alcoholics? Was someone a woman beater? Lazy? No job? Any number of limited behaviors that potentially infected the whole line of life, generation after generation, stuck in the same rut?
Much like the elk utilize the same paths, the same methods of hunting for food on the same grounds as their ancestors. Are they too stuck in a rut? Or do they just do what the mind tells them they should do?
It is every person’s responsibility to examine the functioning of the mind. Taking control of the output … controlling emotions, rather than being controlled by them.
Purposefully looking at habitual patterns and altering course … changing the pattern to something new, for a different experience, for a new potential of growth.
Only by being consciously aware of our mind and the thoughts therein can we master it. This requires work, continual practice.
Negative self talk should be rephrased immediately upon noticing. If it is allowed to continue, it will spew into the world, affecting relationships, causing hardship.
To change perspective and develop new ideas and outcomes, alter habitual patterns.
Now that you are an adult, it is your responsibility to perfect your character.
Be careful of your thoughts, for your thoughts become your words. Be careful of your words, for your words become your actions. Be careful of your actions, for your actions become your habits. Be careful of your habits, for your habits become your character.
Artists do not allow an outside influence to construct their painting, or other creation. It is born of their own accord.
Remember this when it comes to your character.
Who you are, is the masterpiece YOU create.
It is your art piece.
It is your statement to the world.
An original.
If an outside source is constantly telling you what your painting or creation should look like, what it should represent and so forth, it is no longer your perfect creation … it is tainted by outside influence and it is not 100% authentic.
Embrace YOU
You are magic, walking around spinning off pieces here and there wherever you go, affecting the world around you.
It is powerful
And when pure, authentic character and personhood blooms, it is the rarest flower (or bush, or tree, whatever analogy the masculine might like to use) and no other is quite like it … like YOU.
I had no idea Character Evolution could be so fun.
We get to choose our persona every moment. Who will we be today? Are we grouchy, happy, sad. Do we seem to fluctuate readily and often between such emotional states?
Control Your Mind
Take command of your output.
Of course there will be times when we burst open and spew that which we are attempting to leave behind, it happens. The key is in recognizing it when it happens, and making the shift … choosing your reality, not letting emotion steer the ship. It’ll crash more often than not.
Grab the reigns, ride this wild life like no body’s business!
Becoming the best version of YOU possible, through sheer Will Power!
Now that’s Strength!
PS ~ DON’T DENY YOUR SENSITIVITY!!!!!
It’s about Peace, Man!
Many things we do, or do not do, affect our mind and our ability to ‘properly’ process information.
Some believe that if they spend their effort in various energies, they might be left vulnerable … open to attack.
So they shrink.
They hide.
Limiting their Power and sense of Connection.
Open yourself …
Open, and learn to withstand what some throw your way.
During these processes, with effort, you will learn to respond to all situations with grace.
No one starts at the top, not even the very rich. They still have to hone their ability to influence thought of the whole.
Remember …
Our task is to ‘stretch’ our abilities, in BOTH directions, for balance.
Yet never with a loss of control …
Be aware at all times of your output,
And your intake.
Act accordingly.
