This week I looked for links that could serve to shift our minds away from the craziness of our world. Hope they lift your spirits high!
Here is a link to the weekly tarot horoscopes in case you missed them.
Internet Sacred Text Archive is filled with fascinating material--lots of out-of-print items, information about Egypt, DNA, alchemy, parapsychology...the list just goes on and on. Love this site!
Abraham - Hicks has this page filled with Free mp-3 audio listening. If you don't know anything about Jerry and Esther Hicks then start with the first tape and listen to them in order. Esther and Jerry along with the non-physical energy called "Abraham" originated much of the "Law of Attraction" material that is being used by everyone.
"The Story of India" is one of my very favorite PBS programs--it is colorful, enchanting and fascinating. It is a 6-part series with incredible photography and sound. Watching it makes me feel better about the world we are living in and the events we are witnessing. Here is a link to the show's PBS page.
Here is a clip from the second episode
Have a beautiful, restful rest of the week.
The Tarot Goddess
Showing posts with label Law of Attraction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Law of Attraction. Show all posts
Weekly Tarot Horoscopes
March 22 - March 28, 2010
Aries (Mars) – Feeling a little out of control? If you are focused upon winning a losing battle then you would think you would be feeling more in control, not so. No one ever really wins anything, period, no way, no how. Chariot reversed
Taurus (Venus) – So much transformation, so little time. A basket load of change is occurring right under your feet. The only way to manage this huge effort on your part is to stay in touch with what is going on internally. Watch the breath, follow it. 9 of Wands reversed
Gemini (Mercury) – Wow, triumph, release from old thought patterns and it feels like no effort has been made to accomplish this. Remember, you are in charge of the reality you create...becoming aware of your thought patterns needs to continue. Don't stop now. 2 of Wands
Cancer (Moon) – It is time to investigate the illusion that you use to base all your decisions upon. Move on and away from a present situation--the power and force necessary to move away is available now. Listen for inner guidance by meditating everyday for 10 minutes. Ace of Cups
Leo (Sun) – The wheels are turning...a discerning moment from months back is finally resulting in a release from a particularly unpleasant situation. Finally the energy shifts and the path you wanted to attract in the first place begins to unfold. Hanged Man
Virgo (Mercury) – You feel ready to let go of a personal safety issue and you truly believe that you have done so. Make sure that you are not dragging an illusion along with you. Examine your motives and patterns and work through this one again. 8 of Cups reversed
Libra (Venus) – A decision is needing to be made about a new partnership. No great revelations here, just the need to decide and take action. Success is in the offing and the possibility of moving to a new location comes to the surface. 2 of Swords
Scorpio (Pluto) – It may feel like a barren waste land to you but, in truth, you are building something. The foundation always looks blank and unexciting—you are the one to decide how to fill it in. Make sure you double check everything before moving on. 3 of Wands
Sagittarius (Jupiter) – Slow down and plan a celebration. Spend some time with friends and review common ground. A minor transformation of the mind is under way. Its completion is dependent upon your ability to meditate and listen. 4 of Swords
Capricorn (Saturn) – In some ways the world feels like a fresh, new adventure. In other ways, the world feels slow and sad and out of sorts with you and your desires. You have an opportunity to start a new life, how will you approach this? 2 of Wands
Aquarius (Uranus) – Everything in its place and a place for everything, or so you have been lead to believe. Sometimes things fluctuate and touch no ground, floating, as it were. You aren't seeing the full picture yet. Give it time. Hierophant
Pisces (Neptune) – Getting home settled and everything in place appears to be the goal this week. Charge in with the thought of assisting and not the thought of taking control and things will work more smoothly. Transform the home into a healing space. Knight of Wands
Taurus (Venus) – So much transformation, so little time. A basket load of change is occurring right under your feet. The only way to manage this huge effort on your part is to stay in touch with what is going on internally. Watch the breath, follow it. 9 of Wands reversed
Gemini (Mercury) – Wow, triumph, release from old thought patterns and it feels like no effort has been made to accomplish this. Remember, you are in charge of the reality you create...becoming aware of your thought patterns needs to continue. Don't stop now. 2 of Wands
Cancer (Moon) – It is time to investigate the illusion that you use to base all your decisions upon. Move on and away from a present situation--the power and force necessary to move away is available now. Listen for inner guidance by meditating everyday for 10 minutes. Ace of Cups
Leo (Sun) – The wheels are turning...a discerning moment from months back is finally resulting in a release from a particularly unpleasant situation. Finally the energy shifts and the path you wanted to attract in the first place begins to unfold. Hanged Man
Virgo (Mercury) – You feel ready to let go of a personal safety issue and you truly believe that you have done so. Make sure that you are not dragging an illusion along with you. Examine your motives and patterns and work through this one again. 8 of Cups reversed
Libra (Venus) – A decision is needing to be made about a new partnership. No great revelations here, just the need to decide and take action. Success is in the offing and the possibility of moving to a new location comes to the surface. 2 of Swords
Scorpio (Pluto) – It may feel like a barren waste land to you but, in truth, you are building something. The foundation always looks blank and unexciting—you are the one to decide how to fill it in. Make sure you double check everything before moving on. 3 of Wands
Sagittarius (Jupiter) – Slow down and plan a celebration. Spend some time with friends and review common ground. A minor transformation of the mind is under way. Its completion is dependent upon your ability to meditate and listen. 4 of Swords
Capricorn (Saturn) – In some ways the world feels like a fresh, new adventure. In other ways, the world feels slow and sad and out of sorts with you and your desires. You have an opportunity to start a new life, how will you approach this? 2 of Wands
Aquarius (Uranus) – Everything in its place and a place for everything, or so you have been lead to believe. Sometimes things fluctuate and touch no ground, floating, as it were. You aren't seeing the full picture yet. Give it time. Hierophant
Pisces (Neptune) – Getting home settled and everything in place appears to be the goal this week. Charge in with the thought of assisting and not the thought of taking control and things will work more smoothly. Transform the home into a healing space. Knight of Wands
Want To Attract Your Dreams and Desires? - Weekly Tarot Horoscopes
June 4 - June 10
Are You Undermining Your Success? Think of yourself as a pendulum, swinging toward a point in time, swinging over that point and way past the point and back across your goal. Whoops, missed it again but closer than before and suddenly you find yourself close to where you started. “That’s not good,” you say “I don’t want to be there again, yuck. I need to fix this.” And so instead of allowing the movement you have begun to take you where it needs to go, you begin to gyrate around to where you believe you need to be. For a moment you appear to be closer to the goal but that is just an illusion. What you have done is gyrate so far out of the course of events that you aren’t headed where you wanted to go. And all because you decided you knew how it all was suppose to happen. Your thinking took you out of orbit and left you swinging wildly in space. It took you far away from the swinging lantern of the, the beacon.
Can You Enjoy The Ride? Sometimes we need to be uncomfortable or even wrong and to learn from that. Sometimes we need to let the momentum of our goal, our daily focus and attention, take us where it needs to take us to get to the final spot. If we believe we know exactly how to get from 'a to b' instead of identifying 'b' and taking action to move toward it and allowing the movement of action to take us there, we aren’t going to be as successful.
Working up a sweat? This isn’t a race. There is no need to be competitive merely for competitions sake. Yes, I know we have an economic structure that is based on competition in the marketplace. That doesn’t mean we have to compete. We can create merely because we see a need. We can create because it is the right thing to do. We can create and become rich from anything we put our thinking to.
Creativity is the path that takes us where we have never been before. It teaches us to pour our energy into a focus, a goal, and to take action toward it. Miracles abound once a goal is set and action is taken toward the goal – this is creativity.
Are You Undermining Your Success? Think of yourself as a pendulum, swinging toward a point in time, swinging over that point and way past the point and back across your goal. Whoops, missed it again but closer than before and suddenly you find yourself close to where you started. “That’s not good,” you say “I don’t want to be there again, yuck. I need to fix this.” And so instead of allowing the movement you have begun to take you where it needs to go, you begin to gyrate around to where you believe you need to be. For a moment you appear to be closer to the goal but that is just an illusion. What you have done is gyrate so far out of the course of events that you aren’t headed where you wanted to go. And all because you decided you knew how it all was suppose to happen. Your thinking took you out of orbit and left you swinging wildly in space. It took you far away from the swinging lantern of the, the beacon.
Can You Enjoy The Ride? Sometimes we need to be uncomfortable or even wrong and to learn from that. Sometimes we need to let the momentum of our goal, our daily focus and attention, take us where it needs to take us to get to the final spot. If we believe we know exactly how to get from 'a to b' instead of identifying 'b' and taking action to move toward it and allowing the movement of action to take us there, we aren’t going to be as successful.
Working up a sweat? This isn’t a race. There is no need to be competitive merely for competitions sake. Yes, I know we have an economic structure that is based on competition in the marketplace. That doesn’t mean we have to compete. We can create merely because we see a need. We can create because it is the right thing to do. We can create and become rich from anything we put our thinking to.
Creativity is the path that takes us where we have never been before. It teaches us to pour our energy into a focus, a goal, and to take action toward it. Miracles abound once a goal is set and action is taken toward the goal – this is creativity.
Want To Make Real Change? Stop Making These 5 Mistakes
The book THE SECRET has really gotten a lot of mixed attention. Many rave about it and others scoff and even those that actually try it and have some level of success just can’t seem to wrap their whole minds around the concept of getting what you want by changing your thinking; they think their success was a fluke or a coincidence. My own review acknowledges some of the shortcomings and fallacies in THE SECRET.
In my own interpretation, the Law of Attraction simply states - you are what you believe you are. You are what you think and therefore you create and attract exactly whatever you focus on and give action to. You can change the circumstances of your life simply by changing your thinking.
Now that a span of time has elapsed since I reviewed the book, I thought it might be helpful to revisit the idea of the Law of Attraction by outlining the top 5 stumbling blocks you can face when you begin to acknowledge and use the Law. I have dealt with these stumbling blocks personally and with clients in my tarot practice.
Belief Systems - Are you aware of what your belief systems are? Are you aware how they help you or how they might hinder you in the pursuit of creating your perfect life? If your belief systems require you to focus in a negative manner about yourself or what you can accomplish, you probably need to make some personal changes. A false premise creates a false result and so if you are still dragging around your parent’s or society’s beliefs maybe it's time to get your own.
Mental Control - Your mind wanders, it is very good about creating scenarios and playing on your fears, it doesn't want to obey. In order to gain better control it is necessary to find a way to quiet the mind, to slow it down, to give it a rest. Examine your habits and replace anything that is feeding your mind garbage - limit your viewing of television, violence, and the nightly news. Try a breathing practice, a movement practice, yoga, meditation, simple stretching or a form of thought focus. Give yourself a mantra to focus on when your mind starts creating its crazy monkey antics. "I can" is a great one.
Action - You can focus all you want but if you don't take action nothing will change. If you want to make a lot of money and you sit on your ass at home and focus and visualize, at some point the creditors are going to show up and take away everything you've got. You'll be sitting on the street corner begging before you know it and “dishing” the Law of Attraction. Why? Because you took no action and action is required. Without action it's just wishing.
Discernment - People who don't listen well make lousy observers. People who are unable to observe will never reason well. You must be able to listen and observe if you are going to use the Law of Attraction to your advantage because you must be able to reason and impose order especially on your mind. If you are reasoning well then a false premise has little chance of getting into the mix. So stop talking and observe the world and people around you more.
Silence - This, in my opinion, is the ultimate key to using attraction and getting what you want but it is a huge stumbling block for many people. It seems to stem from the need to please and to let everyone know what you are doing. Both reasons need to get tossed out the window. People have a tendency to destroy anything that appears threatening to them for a variety of reasons but mostly because of fear so don't tell people what you are doing. They don't need to know you are using mantras or meditating, or creating an incredible life for yourself.
By using silence as a tool you will more easily discern your belief systems. You will know better what action to take. You will gain a new level of control over your mental processes. You will become a better listener and observer.
In my own interpretation, the Law of Attraction simply states - you are what you believe you are. You are what you think and therefore you create and attract exactly whatever you focus on and give action to. You can change the circumstances of your life simply by changing your thinking.
Now that a span of time has elapsed since I reviewed the book, I thought it might be helpful to revisit the idea of the Law of Attraction by outlining the top 5 stumbling blocks you can face when you begin to acknowledge and use the Law. I have dealt with these stumbling blocks personally and with clients in my tarot practice.
Belief Systems - Are you aware of what your belief systems are? Are you aware how they help you or how they might hinder you in the pursuit of creating your perfect life? If your belief systems require you to focus in a negative manner about yourself or what you can accomplish, you probably need to make some personal changes. A false premise creates a false result and so if you are still dragging around your parent’s or society’s beliefs maybe it's time to get your own.
Mental Control - Your mind wanders, it is very good about creating scenarios and playing on your fears, it doesn't want to obey. In order to gain better control it is necessary to find a way to quiet the mind, to slow it down, to give it a rest. Examine your habits and replace anything that is feeding your mind garbage - limit your viewing of television, violence, and the nightly news. Try a breathing practice, a movement practice, yoga, meditation, simple stretching or a form of thought focus. Give yourself a mantra to focus on when your mind starts creating its crazy monkey antics. "I can" is a great one.
Action - You can focus all you want but if you don't take action nothing will change. If you want to make a lot of money and you sit on your ass at home and focus and visualize, at some point the creditors are going to show up and take away everything you've got. You'll be sitting on the street corner begging before you know it and “dishing” the Law of Attraction. Why? Because you took no action and action is required. Without action it's just wishing.
Discernment - People who don't listen well make lousy observers. People who are unable to observe will never reason well. You must be able to listen and observe if you are going to use the Law of Attraction to your advantage because you must be able to reason and impose order especially on your mind. If you are reasoning well then a false premise has little chance of getting into the mix. So stop talking and observe the world and people around you more.
Silence - This, in my opinion, is the ultimate key to using attraction and getting what you want but it is a huge stumbling block for many people. It seems to stem from the need to please and to let everyone know what you are doing. Both reasons need to get tossed out the window. People have a tendency to destroy anything that appears threatening to them for a variety of reasons but mostly because of fear so don't tell people what you are doing. They don't need to know you are using mantras or meditating, or creating an incredible life for yourself.
By using silence as a tool you will more easily discern your belief systems. You will know better what action to take. You will gain a new level of control over your mental processes. You will become a better listener and observer.
Make Me Smile - Weekly Tarot Horoscopes
April 16 - April 22
The message came loud and clear for me this week – all experience is nothing but information about us and for us. So the experiences you have are about you. Now, where does that leave the idea of it being about them? That becomes a dead end, doesn't it? Yes, sometimes other people’s issues become very clear and we recognize our role in their opportunity for discovery but their issues are not for us to judge. That is for them to deal with and this is where compassion comes in to play. Your job is to understand self better and sometimes you can do this by understanding others better. The issue of “them” is about the fear of addressing “you.”
How do you learn? How do you operate emotionally? Do you demand attention? Do you wait for attention? Do you pay attention? Do you really need to operate this way to have what you want? Will you attempt to discover what you can learn from experience or will you dwell in the fear and make it your home? Sometimes events are so deeply scarred within us that it takes an extraordinary amount of courage to face them and reclaim the rutted areas. It can be done. Facing self is about uncovering the divine within. Why would you not want to know the divine within? Who told you it wasn’t okay to know who you are and why would it not be okay to have what you really want?
Working on the challenge from last week? Try using this mantra when you catch yourself using negative thinking. “I can. I will. I do. I have. I am.” Use this the moment you recognize the negative thinking. Let it become your first response and you will physically smile when it pops into your head unrequested. A smile can change the world in a flash.
As always I dig for the foundation when I read the tarot cards so use my horoscopes as guides and live what you know is right for you.
The message came loud and clear for me this week – all experience is nothing but information about us and for us. So the experiences you have are about you. Now, where does that leave the idea of it being about them? That becomes a dead end, doesn't it? Yes, sometimes other people’s issues become very clear and we recognize our role in their opportunity for discovery but their issues are not for us to judge. That is for them to deal with and this is where compassion comes in to play. Your job is to understand self better and sometimes you can do this by understanding others better. The issue of “them” is about the fear of addressing “you.”
How do you learn? How do you operate emotionally? Do you demand attention? Do you wait for attention? Do you pay attention? Do you really need to operate this way to have what you want? Will you attempt to discover what you can learn from experience or will you dwell in the fear and make it your home? Sometimes events are so deeply scarred within us that it takes an extraordinary amount of courage to face them and reclaim the rutted areas. It can be done. Facing self is about uncovering the divine within. Why would you not want to know the divine within? Who told you it wasn’t okay to know who you are and why would it not be okay to have what you really want?
Working on the challenge from last week? Try using this mantra when you catch yourself using negative thinking. “I can. I will. I do. I have. I am.” Use this the moment you recognize the negative thinking. Let it become your first response and you will physically smile when it pops into your head unrequested. A smile can change the world in a flash.
As always I dig for the foundation when I read the tarot cards so use my horoscopes as guides and live what you know is right for you.
Attract a New You
I have a challenge for all of you interested in using the Law of Attraction to your advantage.
Working with this law requires a lot of diligence and the ability to clearly state what it is you want. Faulty thinking is the bane of all who begin this work. When I say faulty I mean thinking that is confusing - you need to be stating what you want and not what you don't want. As tempting as it appears to be for all of us, defining what you want by stating what you don't want actually does nothing but give you what you don't want. I have no idea how double negatives work with the Law of Attraction but I would venture a guess and state that they are probably more confusing than just a simple negative and shouldn't be used either.
Become aware of your thought processes which are fed by what you say and what you think in your head. I challenge each of you to become aware of the use of negatives in your everyday speaking and thinking. Specifically negatives that are attached to verbs - can't, won't, don't, shouldn't, couldn't, wouldn't - you get the idea. And more specifically I can't, I don't, I won't, I shouldn't, I couldn't, I wouldn't. These are negative verbs and conjure negative actions.
What you want to use are verbs stating forward moving action - I want, I will, I can. So for the next week, starting right now, I want you to really listen to yourself speak and think - make notes and keep track of your adventures. Yes, you will start to notice everyone elses negatives as well but we aren't concerned with them at the moment. For now you concentrate on you because what you say to yourself is far more damaging than what everyone else is saying - of course that's probably no comfort to Don Imus at the moment but then they were negative comments so you get what you think.
I want to hear about your adventures with this, so please comment as you begin to eliminate your personal negatives.
Working with this law requires a lot of diligence and the ability to clearly state what it is you want. Faulty thinking is the bane of all who begin this work. When I say faulty I mean thinking that is confusing - you need to be stating what you want and not what you don't want. As tempting as it appears to be for all of us, defining what you want by stating what you don't want actually does nothing but give you what you don't want. I have no idea how double negatives work with the Law of Attraction but I would venture a guess and state that they are probably more confusing than just a simple negative and shouldn't be used either.
Become aware of your thought processes which are fed by what you say and what you think in your head. I challenge each of you to become aware of the use of negatives in your everyday speaking and thinking. Specifically negatives that are attached to verbs - can't, won't, don't, shouldn't, couldn't, wouldn't - you get the idea. And more specifically I can't, I don't, I won't, I shouldn't, I couldn't, I wouldn't. These are negative verbs and conjure negative actions.
What you want to use are verbs stating forward moving action - I want, I will, I can. So for the next week, starting right now, I want you to really listen to yourself speak and think - make notes and keep track of your adventures. Yes, you will start to notice everyone elses negatives as well but we aren't concerned with them at the moment. For now you concentrate on you because what you say to yourself is far more damaging than what everyone else is saying - of course that's probably no comfort to Don Imus at the moment but then they were negative comments so you get what you think.
I want to hear about your adventures with this, so please comment as you begin to eliminate your personal negatives.
The Secret Is A Little On The Light Side - Surprised?
Hey all. I read The Secret over the weekend but wasn't impressed. The information was valid but it all seemed pretty slick and commercial and one of those books you read just because its made a big splash - it was a curiousity read for me. I found it to be lacking in key points.
The information in the book is entirely true from my experience but weak on supporting the actual process and a little too slick and marketable - I mean this from the standpoint of a coffee table book or a series of MacDonald's movie toys. Taking real action to change your thought patterns and harness emotion to "charge" those actions are extremely important aspects to working with the Law of Attraction. The book seemed stuck on the affirmation aspect of the process and frankly that plays a small role. You use it to help clear the muck of negative thinking and to keep yourself on track, more of a reminder than anything but it is not the guts of the process.
The Law is available to all but you need to know how to use it. You do need persistence, the desire to make changes and to know who you are, the ability to slow down and listen to your thoughts, and the willingness to accept what doesn't fit preconceived notions. This process can turn your world upside down. Digging around in your mind and emotions must be done with self acceptance and the knowing that your world will change in ways that may surprise you. It is definitely not for anyone looking for a quick fix. And that is what the marketing of The Secret seems to advocate - a quick fix and fast response if you need money. This is a lifestyle change and requires a shifting in consciousness.
Oddly, there is one line in the book, tucked away in a later chapter, that encourages the reader to "Let go of the past, cultural codes and social beliefs." This call for change is weak at best and a mind blower that it even shows up. I am waiting for the conservative right to ban this book because of this statement. Let me know if you spot this happening.
Read this one at the bookstore or check it out from the library if it ever ends up there. Ignore the website. If you are new to these concepts test the waters and start small with attracting what you want and remember action is the vital ingredient as is getting a clear picture of what you want. You must take steps to move toward the goal you have in your mind's eye and step out of the comfortable spot you are in. Yes, you will fall down, just laugh at yourself and get back up and begin again. Experiment with what works for you in changing your thoughts - it will be different for everyone.
All the Law of Attraction says is that you attract what you are (what you think and focus on). If you don't like what's going on in your life you can change it.
Live well and remember, you have all the answers you need within you. All you have to do is ask for them to reveal themselves.
The information in the book is entirely true from my experience but weak on supporting the actual process and a little too slick and marketable - I mean this from the standpoint of a coffee table book or a series of MacDonald's movie toys. Taking real action to change your thought patterns and harness emotion to "charge" those actions are extremely important aspects to working with the Law of Attraction. The book seemed stuck on the affirmation aspect of the process and frankly that plays a small role. You use it to help clear the muck of negative thinking and to keep yourself on track, more of a reminder than anything but it is not the guts of the process.
The Law is available to all but you need to know how to use it. You do need persistence, the desire to make changes and to know who you are, the ability to slow down and listen to your thoughts, and the willingness to accept what doesn't fit preconceived notions. This process can turn your world upside down. Digging around in your mind and emotions must be done with self acceptance and the knowing that your world will change in ways that may surprise you. It is definitely not for anyone looking for a quick fix. And that is what the marketing of The Secret seems to advocate - a quick fix and fast response if you need money. This is a lifestyle change and requires a shifting in consciousness.
Oddly, there is one line in the book, tucked away in a later chapter, that encourages the reader to "Let go of the past, cultural codes and social beliefs." This call for change is weak at best and a mind blower that it even shows up. I am waiting for the conservative right to ban this book because of this statement. Let me know if you spot this happening.
Read this one at the bookstore or check it out from the library if it ever ends up there. Ignore the website. If you are new to these concepts test the waters and start small with attracting what you want and remember action is the vital ingredient as is getting a clear picture of what you want. You must take steps to move toward the goal you have in your mind's eye and step out of the comfortable spot you are in. Yes, you will fall down, just laugh at yourself and get back up and begin again. Experiment with what works for you in changing your thoughts - it will be different for everyone.
All the Law of Attraction says is that you attract what you are (what you think and focus on). If you don't like what's going on in your life you can change it.
Live well and remember, you have all the answers you need within you. All you have to do is ask for them to reveal themselves.
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