I am everything I want to be
I have everything I need
I see myself in joy and love
I know myself
I am enough
Soul over body
Energy over matter
Love over fear
Acceptance over judgement
Higher self over the ego
~ Carlos Taylor
Be bold and mighty forces will aid you. Take action. Good luck favors the brave.
This day I will start a new journey. I will not wait until everything is just right. I know there will always be challenges, obstacles, and imperfect conditions. So what! I will get started now. With each step I will grow stronger, more skilled, and more confident. I will take a risk and I will succeed.
Strength is gentle. True kindness has wings. Love in action endures.
This day I will let kindness grow in me. I will be gentle with myself and give my soul the love it deserves. I will focus on everlasting love and let it gently flow into the world. I am alive, my gratitude knows no bounds, and my heart now overflows with love and kindness.
Immense delight can be found in the smallest of things. Cultivate fluttering moments of joy.
This day I give myself permission to be happy. I will laugh and laugh some more. I will spread my wings of joy and soar. I now let go of the past and live in the present moment. I am a beautiful, smart, creative heart on a journey towards ultimate happiness.
Elegance is found in the beauty of nature. The lotus waiting to bloom. Be the swan on the water and glide.
This day I will give thanks for the miracle that is me. For I, who was once an ugly duckling, have become something more. I will see the beauty in myself, others, and nature even when things are not perfect. I know that what I become depends on what I’ve overcome. I will find my rhythm, glide on the waves, and I will be a swan.
Banish the fog of illusion. Open your eyes to the truth. Remember the perfection of who you are.
This day I will be myself in a world that is constantly trying to make me something else. I will remember my true self and honor him/her. I will walk away from all of the confusion, drop illusions, and remember this truth; I am a powerful being, I have a clear mind, and I am a miracle in this world.
Reading from the deck “Magical Times” Empowerment cards created by Jody Bergsma
What if our religion was each other.
If our practice was our life
If prayer, our words.
What if the temple was the Earth
If forests were our church
If holy water–the rivers, lakes, and ocean.
What if meditation was our relationships
If the teacher was life
If wisdom was self-knowledge
If love was the center of our being.
~ Ganga White
… purge it, wash it clean.
“The ancient Irish had a saying: ‘You don’t give a man a weapon until you’ve taught him how to dance.’ In other words, a different kind of learning is required before someone can be truly trusted with social power and potent things like weapons. If a man does not know the wounds of his own soul, he can deny not just his own pain, but also be unmoved by the suffering of other people. More than that, he will tend to put his wound onto others. He may only be able to see the wound that secretly troubles him when he forcefully projects it into someone else, in forms of abuse or violence.
So in the old culture-making idea, in order to properly bear arms a person must first become disarmed, as in becoming vulnerable and connected to something meaningful and supportive of life. The idea of forging the temperament of young men took precedence over the idea of simply giving them weapons at a certain age. The tempering of the souls involved discovering what kind of anger each might carry and learning about the inner line where anger turned into blind rage. Becoming tempered also meant immersing in the sorrow of one’s life and thereby being in touch with the grief of the world.
~ Michael Meade
Which is why there are so many people and galactics stealing souls, trading souls, making deals for the relinquishment of souls … it’s part of their game … their cheating game.
… The LOVE songs keep rolling in for us today!
… The Real One.
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