Meditation is a good way to begin the process of sensitizing yourself to Intuitive messages.

We have learned unconsciously from birth much that we carry around with us and think of as “knowledge” but which are really learned responses, and learned patterns of behavior.  Following these rules of etiquette we are told is “good” and we feel good when doing what we’re told because it pleases someone else.

This can be very confusing when we’re trying to get at the real meaning of things, because all this previous training is not very helpful in discovering our own feelings about things.

20-30 minutes of meditation everyday will change the way you look at things, and change the way you feel about things, people and events.  Meditation produces as similar effect in our perceptions as it does to climb a mountain.  After as little as a week (but more likely it may take a month of doing this everyday, if you are a beginner) you’ll begin to notice that meditation is changing your perspective.  Just like climbing a mountain, we can see more going on in our lives, we see deeper into the meaning of things, we begin to feel the thoughts of others before they’re spoken, we begin to notice the light that shines around every living thing… in short… we become more aligned with Source Energy, and thereby having more of it flowing through us.

You’ve seen that a powerful electro-magnet can change a bar of metal into a magnet because the more powerful magnet aligns the atoms in the bar so that it takes on the qualities of the more powerful electro-magnet.  So do we also re-align with Source Energy every time we come close to it in our meditations in much the same way.

Do you meditate?  

If you truly understood the ecstasies waiting for you in the new perception that comes from meditation, would you make time for it everyday?

There are many, many web-sites with explanations for various types of meditation techniques.  Basically all you need to do is lay down, get comfortable, turn off all distractions (cell phone, etc.) and focus on your breathing.  Begin to slow your breathing down, taking big, slow, long breaths.  Relax all the muscles.  After a while, ASK for more clarity on the feelings that indicate intuitive messages.

If you do this every day, it won’t be long until you know exactly what I’m talking about.  

It’s definitely worth thinking about…
~ Misty-Eve*
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YOU ARE SURROUNDED BY HELP
~ Carrie Hart

You are receiving help and guidance all the time. You receive it in the form of those little intuitive feelings, that sudden thought, that little flash of light or the way one thing seems brighter than another. This is the way your brain processes the information which is being fed to you in a continuous stream, day and night.

And you know how many times you have ignored this type of guidance, done what you had planned or were told to do, only later to say: “I knew I shouldn’t have done that.”

I would wish for you that you not only attune yourself to pay more attention to the cues and guidance which are being fed to you, but that you consciously ask for more. It is simply how things work, that if you ask, you will receive. If you ask, you are likely to receive the guidance very clearly and in forms which you can readily understand.

It is up to you to learn the best way for you to interpret this intuitive information. Everyone is different and it will require that you experiment in asking and receiving guidance. You need to learn if your answers will come in the form of visual cues, words, feelings, a flash of knowing or in a combination of some or all. But know that you cannot push, it is soft and elusive and comes quickly, and if you direct too much push energy, it will disappear. A light and easy touch is always best.

If you are visual, you may wish to set a framework. For example, you could picture a crossroads, say which of the alternatives is on the right and which is on the left, and ask to have the best path made clear. If you are a verbal intuitive, simply ask which choice is best and then write down the first thing that pops into your mind. If you are more based in feelings, then picture each alternative and note how your solar plexus feels as you consider each one. Look for a calm and settled feeling.

Experiment with laying out choices in a way that you can get understandable answers. Remember to stay in a highly relaxed state, breathing down before you ask, and then being highly receptive, never pushing, never worried or anxious, just open, relaxed and receptive. Then note the very first response that comes, before your mind changes and interprets it. Write it down when it comes and analyze it later.

Develop your own personal techniques for getting guidance, practice them in quiet times and then, one day , when you have to make a difficult choice in the middle of a stressful situation, you will have your skills honed and can ask for guidance right in the middle of that meeting or discussion.

The answers are all there. The help is all there. You are full of power and you are surrounded by help. This is so. And the rest is up to you.

Today’s Affirmation:
Today, I feel my power and my connection. I am alert and relaxed, completely open and receptive to the love and the light which flows toward me, to the answers which are always there for me.

I am one with all that is. I am power. I am.

Carrie Hart, Quado Daily Portion              
© 2005 by Systematíque, Inc.
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INTUITION: QUOTES OF THE DAY
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“Like everything else important, one’s spirituality has levels and levels of meaning. At one level you could emphasize inner meditative experiences. But there is another stage in which one recognizes the divine intuition, an intuition that is somehow transpersonal, somehow bigger than the individual self, and it has knowledge accessible to it and a wisdom associated with it that you can totally trust. Call it a higher self or a deep intuition. But learning to really trust it instead of filling your life with fears - that in a way is another level of change. It may involve some deep experience of a divine part of yourself.”  
~ From ‘Business Ethics’ – Mar/Apr 92 interview with Willis Harmin

"In order for us to use our power well, we must become a hollow bone. We must prepare ourselves to become a channel. Our channel must be clean before we can use our power well. We must be free of resentments, guilt, shame, anger, self pity and fear. If these things are in us, we cannot be hollow bones. These things block us from our power. The cleaner we are, the more power we move. We must become a hollow bone so the Creator can use us to do what he wants us to do."
~ Don Coyhis, Mohawk

“Everyone receives intuition; it is not something reserved for the gifted.  If you want to keep on receiving either inspiration or intuition, you will find that a good way is to treat your higher self as if it were another person; talk to it and promise that you will follow what it tells you to do.  Then carry each piece of intuition or inspiration to some kind of satisfactory conclusion.  Remember that another of nature’s laws is that the more you use a faculty, the stronger it will grow.”
~ Father Eli

”Trust your hunches. They're usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level.”  
~ Dr. Joyce Brothers
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RELAXATION RITUAL
~ Lady Nightshayde

Sit or lay in a place where you will not be disturbed for at least five minutes. Get comfortable. If you are sitting, you back should be straight.  Whether sitting or lying down, your arms and legs should not be crossed. If sitting, rest your hands, palms down, in your lap. Your eyes should be closed.

Visualize a ball of beautiful, warm light surrounding your feet. If you cannot "see" the ball of light when you visualize it, that is okay. Just know that it is there. Truly know that if your powers of visualization were different, you would be able to see it. The ball of golden warm light always brings peace and total relaxation. Wherever the ball of light goes, tension departs. Let it go, and as it goes, feel your feet filled with the warm, golden glow of peace and total relaxation.

Now allow this ball to rise up your legs and up your torso. Then allow it to go down your arms to your fingers, and finally up your neck and into your head until you are completely covered with the warm, golden glow of total peace and relaxation, and all tension is gone. If you notice tension anywhere, send the ball of light there and the tension will vanish.

Stay in this state of deep relaxation for a few moments. Know that you can return to this state whenever you like simply by doing the relaxation ritual.

If you are having trouble sleeping, try this instead of suffering or taking dangerous pills. Be at one with yourself.

It is important not to go from a state of deep relaxation into total alertness; the effectiveness of this ritual would be lost. When you are ready to come out of this state of deep relaxation, take three deep breaths and feel fresh life and energy coming into your body with each breath. Be sure to record your experiences.
~ Thanks goes out to Lady Nightshayde for this helpful contribution!
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KEY To Understanding CANCER: IMAGINATION

IMAGINATION is the key to Cancer and the great operating center of magic.  It is defined as the act of forming mental images of something that, at the moment, does not exist in the usual material sense.  Imagination is the creation of a picture by your own mind. Imagination is what you can "see" in your mind's eye.
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RULER OF CANCER: THE MOON

The Moon, lovely daughter of the Earth, child of the Blessed Mother, rules the sign of the Crab. As such the Moon is of the Earth. She has come to symbolize the Mother and thus is the patron of all Mothers and Cancer is the sign of Motherhood. Cancerians are indeed Moon-children and we find, astrologically, that everything pertaining to "Mother" is under the rule of the Moon and therefore Cancer. The Moon’s Command is that we shall remember the creator in the days of our youth and our Mother all the days of our life. It is a peculiar fact that when we are young we seem to forget our origins and seem forever to lose track of the Mother that bore us forth by the miracle of her fecundity.

Let us remember then from whence we came and see the beauty of The Earth Mother everywhere!!  Take the time to express gratitude when you come across a strikingly beautiful scene.  Become aware of your “feelings” as they flow with the tides, and learn intuitively from them how we shall move upon the Way to Perfection.
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CANCER: “I FEEL”
1st Decan Influence: "INTUITION"

June 22nd – July 1st

The first decan of Cancer brings us the first of the code words related to "Feeling". Intuition is a way of knowing by feeling things. It is the immediate knowing of something without having to consciously think of it. Our society, which is a product of the so-called Age of Reason, has denied this form of knowing things but we all recognize it in ourselves. It is the "gut feeling" we get about things and the fancy word for it is "clairsentience". It is hunches and often it is what we really mean when we talk about picking up "vibes". It is an important form of knowing for us, if often hard to interpret.

The wise person will heed these intuitive feelings and thereby receive more of them and use them to help him/herself in many ways. Cancer people are good at this and their intuitions work well, even if they are inclined to keep them to themselves. We are all influenced to use our Intuition during this 1st 10-day period of Cancer and thereby learn to improve our inner sense of ‘knowing’ through our feelings.
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For more on the lessons of CANCER see: http://druidcraft.us/astrology.htm
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You are a blessed being!
 
Misty-Eve*
Druidic Craft of the Wise
The American Rite
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~ Joseph Campbell

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