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| Written by Misty-Eve | |
| Wednesday, 04 June 2008 | |
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It’s worth thinking about… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ YOU CAN REWRITE YOUR LIFE “In Japan it is said that words of the soul reside in a spirit called kotodama or the spirit of words, and the act of speaking words has the power to change the world.” ~ Masaru Emoto Everything that IS was first a thought. Words are only thoughts expressed. Words, whether spoken or written, have great power, not only to change the world, but to change your life. You can bring healing to a difficult or painful event just by imagining it differently. Try this simple but powerful exercise as a way to bring relief and healing to your life: 1. Choose a time when you will not be disturbed. Bring a journal and pen with you to a safe and private place. 2. Now choose an uncomfortable or painful time in the recent or distant past. Take a few moments to remember what it was about this experience that was painful for you. Take some nice deep breaths as you remember and maybe even feel the pain of that time. Begin to write about it as it happened, putting both the events and the feelings into words. 3. Now rewrite it. As you continue the story, let something different happen. Although you began this as it happened, now you can add some things and take some things away. How would you have liked it to proceed? What would you choose to leave out, or add? Don't worry about making this a great piece of writing; the process of getting the words down is the most important thing. 4. When you have finished, take some time to feel and deeply honor the healed alternate reality you have just created. Adapted from *Spiritual Journaling*, by Julie Tallard Johnson (Inner Traditions, 2006). © Reproductions Permitted http://www.care2.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ADAPTABILITY: QUOTES OF THE DAY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “The most powerful agent of growth and transformation is something much more basic than any technique. It is ~ a change of heart.” ~ John Welwood “Some people change when they see the light, others when they feel the heat.” ~ Caroline Schoeder “Nothing is easy to the unwilling.” ~ Thomas Fuller “If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain.” ~ Maya Angelou “The Native Spirituality is full of life. When we seek it we become alive. Even if we have gone astray and have conducted ourselves in a bad way, we can look within and have a new awakening to life. If we look outside ourselves, we will not find life; if we look inside, we will find life. Anytime we choose to change our lives, we only need to look inside. How do we do this? Take some sage and light it, close your eyes and say to the Great Spirit, I'm tired, I need your help. Please help me change.” ~ Don Coyhis, Mohawk ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THE DOORS OPEN ~ by Carrie Hart The doors open Not just a crack, but fully open and wide And the wind blows through Drapes billow out in the fresh breeze Opening, opening One door after another, one window after another The breeze is fresh and new As it blows through I feel the cleansing, blowing freshness I am like one of the billowing curtains, sheer and diaphanous, Beauty and love flowing and blowing Clean and pure on the air I stand now on the open plains Where the breeze blows across the land And the whole world is like a grassland unending As far as the eye can see open, open Open and unobstructed All barriers down All obstacles removed My translucent hand reaches out and forms life from air Air like clay that can be molded Matter formed by my own translucent being Air full of life and love Yes, love, Love is the clay Love is the artist and the art itself Love is the clay and the potter Love is the hand that forms and the form that results And the freedom that blows is a freedom to create And here at the heart is my own beating heart That beats in tune with your own The coming and going of timeless time The coming and going of formless form We ask: Is it now? Is it now to move, to form, to be in this wondrous opening? And the answer flies back across the plains, as swift as that breeze, No, no, swifter As fast as the blink of an eye, it comes Yes, yes The time is now The energy is here now The open blowing moving forming of the formless into being This is now And the fresh air of being is now Reach out your hand of love Grab the freshening air and form it The world is molded to your own thinking, being, intending hand A light glows and comes toward you See it fill the air The moment is now for the forming The moment is now for creation The world is yours to shape and form You are the light You are the love You are the artist, the creator We are the light, we are the love We are the creators Blowing and open and new I Am We Are Life Is ~ by Carrie Hart For more on this see http://www.carriehart.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GEMINI: “I THINK” 2nd INFLUENCE: "ADAPTBILITY" June 1 – June 11 Slipping into June, the second decan or fixed phase of Gemini shows us the code word "Adaptability". What has that to do with thinking? Adaptability is defined as the capacity to change oneself to new circumstances easily and to accept new conditions well. It related to thinking in that among the Wise it is viewed as a mark of intelligence. Stupid people are not adaptable and the Wise ones are -- they can always avert disaster by changing their circumstances or adapting to changing circumstances. Thus do the Wise survive in the face of repeated adversity. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ KEY To Understanding GEMINI: PERCEPTION The Key to understanding the way we Think lies in understanding Perception. Perception is something more than mere looking at... or seeing things. People's perceptions vary as widely as people, for each of us sees things our own way. All of us have similar eyes, ears, etc., however, it is no secret that past experiences color our individual perceptions of things that re-stimulate the past. All these inputs, both external and internal go together to make our perceptions. These in turn produce our thinking and our thinking makes us what we are, and do, and become. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For more on the lessons of GEMINI see: http://druidcraft.us/astrology.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DO YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE? To learn more about the teachings of the DRUIDIC CRAFT OF THE WISE visit the “Courses” page on the website: http://druidcraft.us You are a blessed being! Misty-Eve* Druidic Craft of the Wise The American Rite http://druidcraft.us "Change what you can, Adapt to what you can’t, and ask for the Wisdom to know the difference." ~ From the Serenity Prayer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A WORD TO THE WISE A Daily Newsletter of Astrological Reflections from The Druid Perspective ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Share A WORD TO THE WISE with those you care about. Reproductions are permitted with the use of the following tag line: (C) Reproductions Permitted: http://awordtothewise.info ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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I’ve been working in a very small newspaper office in the little town closest to me here in the Ozark Mountains helping with layout, typesetting and composition. It's interesting to me that my graduating HS class was about the size of this little town, and I sometimes feel like I'm putting out the class newsletter. Nevertheless, it is a lot of work for only two people to do. I recently learned that the Managing Editor (the other lady in the office) will be going on vacation sometime this summer for the first time in 14 years. Evidently she has confidence that I will be able to learn how to put the paper out all by myself for two weeks in a row!! Wow!| < Prev | Next > |
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