tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44883327753861879522024-03-13T06:13:39.454-07:00Whispers of JoyMessages from an Unseen RealmWhispers of Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01093319170690937971noreply@blogger.comBlogger465125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4488332775386187952.post-53764734561395866632021-09-13T14:30:00.001-07:002021-09-13T14:30:46.606-07:00Divine Love Meditation<iframe style="background-image:url(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Xdd9IFUXgT4/hqdefault.jpg)" width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/Xdd9IFUXgT4" frameborder="0"></iframe>Whispers of Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01093319170690937971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4488332775386187952.post-87444283959641505082020-10-28T05:35:00.000-07:002020-10-28T05:35:07.864-07:00Themes for November 2020 based on numerology and the Tarot<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KdAaPbl9vno" frameborder="0"></iframe>Whispers of Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01093319170690937971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4488332775386187952.post-44439404976876718932020-10-25T11:11:00.001-07:002020-10-25T11:11:21.782-07:00Whispers From Another Room debut on Amazon!<iframe style="background-image:url(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gNYmG9dmmKE/hqdefault.jpg)" width="480" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/gNYmG9dmmKE" frameborder="0"></iframe>Whispers of Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01093319170690937971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4488332775386187952.post-28920728134730320082020-10-22T14:19:00.001-07:002020-10-22T14:19:54.795-07:00You attract more attention when you shine your light!<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/mWYg-CPY868" frameborder="0"></iframe>Whispers of Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01093319170690937971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4488332775386187952.post-15159792442087028102020-09-30T06:40:00.001-07:002020-09-30T06:40:25.128-07:00Energies and themes for October 2020<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/SfCPfHQ9j9g" width="480"></iframe>Whispers of Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01093319170690937971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4488332775386187952.post-45276687734052899592020-09-23T06:40:00.001-07:002020-09-23T06:43:13.726-07:00Surrender Meditation<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lhGh0icBhqE" width="480"></iframe>Whispers of Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01093319170690937971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4488332775386187952.post-88291063640594005522020-09-17T06:29:00.000-07:002020-09-17T06:30:27.025-07:00Moving On From Loss<p> <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Losing loved ones can be painful. Especially these days, with the collective experience of the Covid 19 virus. Those who are crossing are doing so alone, without their loved ones surrounding them with love. Those who are left behind are left without closure, without the benefit of saying goodbye.</span></p><div data-draftjs-conductor-fragment="{"blocks":[{"key":"d8ffq","text":"Losing loved ones can be painful. Especially these days, with the collective experience of the Covid 19 virus. Those who are crossing are doing so alone, without their loved ones surrounding them with love. Those who are left behind are left without closure, without the benefit of saying goodbye.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"9m0vv","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"bkh5v","text":"Even if the loss is not actual physical death, but the loss of a relationship, or a job, or any number of other painful experiences, moving on is sometimes the last thing on our minds.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}}],"entityMap":{}}" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="jwLWP _2hXa7 _1dPe8 blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" data-block="true" data-editor="8hfg8" data-offset-key="a76jb-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="a76jb-0-0"><span data-offset-key="a76jb-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="jwLWP _2hXa7 _1dPe8 blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" data-block="true" data-editor="8hfg8" data-offset-key="9c6ln-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="9c6ln-0-0"><span data-offset-key="9c6ln-0-0">Even if the loss is not actual physical death, but the loss of a relationship, or a job, or any number of other painful experiences, moving on is sometimes the last thing on our minds.</span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="9c6ln-0-0"><span data-offset-key="9c6ln-0-0"><br /></span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="9c6ln-0-0"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimHgek-sovc7F5TK8B63fu84GsjtL9MXZN3vUjxAJyBKxS1hhDavtk7fZqmFpZL4EhSwhkyM228IZ2lT1AJDH8bonKKoj63mNPRk34fQsRV58I8dJxlPhMzT3s9WyvyoJi0xPBp9LmLIEY/s3840/IMG_20200527_175902.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3840" data-original-width="2160" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimHgek-sovc7F5TK8B63fu84GsjtL9MXZN3vUjxAJyBKxS1hhDavtk7fZqmFpZL4EhSwhkyM228IZ2lT1AJDH8bonKKoj63mNPRk34fQsRV58I8dJxlPhMzT3s9WyvyoJi0xPBp9LmLIEY/s320/IMG_20200527_175902.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span data-offset-key="9c6ln-0-0"><br /></span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="9c6ln-0-0"><span data-offset-key="9c6ln-0-0"><br /></span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="9c6ln-0-0"><span data-offset-key="9c6ln-0-0">So many times, loss is made worse by our attempts to hold on or resist the inevitable. Even our doctors are trained in resuscitating those who are transitioning. However, sometimes,it is better to let go of what was and know that on the other side of that death experience, whether it is an actual physical death or one less tangible, is bliss.</span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="9c6ln-0-0"><span data-offset-key="9c6ln-0-0"><br /></span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="9c6ln-0-0"><span data-offset-key="9c6ln-0-0">I was watching a podcast the other day, and the physician speaking was trained in end of life medicine. In one thirty six hour shift, he had the experience of resuscitating three people from death. What dampered his feeling of accomplishment was an identical reaction from all three patients. Upon awakening, they all three asked him, "why did you bring me back?"</span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="9c6ln-0-0"><span data-offset-key="9c6ln-0-0"><br /></span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="9c6ln-0-0"><span data-offset-key="9c6ln-0-0">Early on in my work as a shamanic healer, I was put into contact with a man who was in a coma. His wife was beside herself with grief, refusing to leave his side to sleep or shower or eat. I was employed to try to get in touch with the man's soul. When I connected with him, I found him in a tunnel of colors. He was looking toward the end of the tunnel, but would often look back and see his wife grieving. I saw his thoughts of their days of ballroom dancing. (I later found out that the couple had met at a ballroom dancing meet up, and that it was their favorite pasttime!)</span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="9c6ln-0-0"><span data-offset-key="9c6ln-0-0"><br /></span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="9c6ln-0-0"><span data-offset-key="9c6ln-0-0"><div data-draftjs-conductor-fragment="{"blocks":[{"key":"fogl5","text":"I assured him that it was his choice to stay or go. I was not there to convince him to come back, as seems to be the case with many of us who are living and missing our loved ones! I believe in free will. Even when someone asks me to pray for the sick, or send healing energy to someone suffering, I always predicate my requests with the request that the outcome be \"whatever is best for everyone concerned.\" I assured him that, yes, his wife would grieve, but the choice to stay or go was his, and his alone. ","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}}],"entityMap":{}}">I assured him that it was his choice to stay or go. I was not there to convince him to come back, as seems to be the case with many of us who are living and missing our loved ones! I believe in free will. Even when someone asks me to pray for the sick, or send healing energy to someone suffering, I always predicate my requests with the request that the outcome be "whatever is best for everyone concerned." I assured him that, yes, his wife would grieve, but the choice to stay or go was his, and his alone. </div><div data-draftjs-conductor-fragment="{"blocks":[{"key":"fogl5","text":"I assured him that it was his choice to stay or go. I was not there to convince him to come back, as seems to be the case with many of us who are living and missing our loved ones! I believe in free will. Even when someone asks me to pray for the sick, or send healing energy to someone suffering, I always predicate my requests with the request that the outcome be \"whatever is best for everyone concerned.\" I assured him that, yes, his wife would grieve, but the choice to stay or go was his, and his alone. ","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}}],"entityMap":{}}"><br /></div><div data-draftjs-conductor-fragment="{"blocks":[{"key":"fogl5","text":"I assured him that it was his choice to stay or go. I was not there to convince him to come back, as seems to be the case with many of us who are living and missing our loved ones! I believe in free will. Even when someone asks me to pray for the sick, or send healing energy to someone suffering, I always predicate my requests with the request that the outcome be \"whatever is best for everyone concerned.\" I assured him that, yes, his wife would grieve, but the choice to stay or go was his, and his alone. ","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}}],"entityMap":{}}"><div data-draftjs-conductor-fragment="{"blocks":[{"key":"77q27","text":"The next day, as I spoke with the family, and shared my connection with him, they affirmed that soon after I had done my session with his soul, he had indeed woken up, sat up in bed, and spoken to his wife for a few minutes. However, later on that evening he had passed.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}}],"entityMap":{}}">The next day, as I spoke with the family, and shared my connection with him, they affirmed that soon after I had done my session with his soul, he had indeed woken up, sat up in bed, and spoken to his wife for a few minutes. However, later on that evening he had passed.</div><div data-draftjs-conductor-fragment="{"blocks":[{"key":"77q27","text":"The next day, as I spoke with the family, and shared my connection with him, they affirmed that soon after I had done my session with his soul, he had indeed woken up, sat up in bed, and spoken to his wife for a few minutes. However, later on that evening he had passed.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}}],"entityMap":{}}"><br /></div><div data-draftjs-conductor-fragment="{"blocks":[{"key":"77q27","text":"The next day, as I spoke with the family, and shared my connection with him, they affirmed that soon after I had done my session with his soul, he had indeed woken up, sat up in bed, and spoken to his wife for a few minutes. However, later on that evening he had passed.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}}],"entityMap":{}}"><div data-draftjs-conductor-fragment="{"blocks":[{"key":"a3t0s","text":"Our connection to those who are leaving this world is one of the things that helps or hinders our loved ones in finding closure and moving on! Many times it is like they are waiting to receive permission to move on!","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"4nr4k","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}}],"entityMap":{}}"><div class="jwLWP _2hXa7 _1dPe8 blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" data-block="true" data-editor="8hfg8" data-offset-key="1mb37-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="1mb37-0-0"><span data-offset-key="1mb37-0-0">Our connection to those who are leaving this world is one of the things that helps or hinders our loved ones in finding closure and moving on! Many times it is like they are waiting to receive permission to move on!</span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="1mb37-0-0"><span data-offset-key="1mb37-0-0"><br /></span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="1mb37-0-0"><span data-offset-key="1mb37-0-0"><div data-draftjs-conductor-fragment="{"blocks":[{"key":"oetk","text":"A couple of weeks before my dad passed, he found himself in and out of consciousness after a nasty fall. The preacher had come, and, to my dismay, had commanded him to wake up and be healed! After he left, I had a conversation with dad's soul. I reminded him of a story he had told me of his younger days soon before he married my mother.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}}],"entityMap":{}}">A couple of weeks before my dad passed, he found himself in and out of consciousness after a nasty fall. The preacher had come, and, to my dismay, had commanded him to wake up and be healed! After he left, I had a conversation with dad's soul. I reminded him of a story he had told me of his younger days soon before he married my mother.</div><div data-draftjs-conductor-fragment="{"blocks":[{"key":"oetk","text":"A couple of weeks before my dad passed, he found himself in and out of consciousness after a nasty fall. The preacher had come, and, to my dismay, had commanded him to wake up and be healed! After he left, I had a conversation with dad's soul. I reminded him of a story he had told me of his younger days soon before he married my mother.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}}],"entityMap":{}}"><br /></div><div data-draftjs-conductor-fragment="{"blocks":[{"key":"oetk","text":"A couple of weeks before my dad passed, he found himself in and out of consciousness after a nasty fall. The preacher had come, and, to my dismay, had commanded him to wake up and be healed! After he left, I had a conversation with dad's soul. I reminded him of a story he had told me of his younger days soon before he married my mother.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}}],"entityMap":{}}"><div data-draftjs-conductor-fragment="{"blocks":[{"key":"bkn82","text":"My dad was very spiritual. Our lives and the lives of generations past revolved around a deep faith. He had shared with me that he had come to God with a specific request. He felt deeply that he had received a reply. He shared that God had spoken to him and said, \"Don't come to me with what you want. Come to me with empty hands. And I will fill your hands with what is best.\"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}}],"entityMap":{}}">My dad was very spiritual. Our lives and the lives of generations past revolved around a deep faith. He had shared with me that he had come to God with a specific request. He felt deeply that he had received a reply. He shared that God had spoken to him and said, "Don't come to me with what you want. Come to me with empty hands. And I will fill your hands with what is best."</div><div data-draftjs-conductor-fragment="{"blocks":[{"key":"bkn82","text":"My dad was very spiritual. Our lives and the lives of generations past revolved around a deep faith. He had shared with me that he had come to God with a specific request. He felt deeply that he had received a reply. He shared that God had spoken to him and said, \"Don't come to me with what you want. Come to me with empty hands. And I will fill your hands with what is best.\"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}}],"entityMap":{}}"><br /></div><div data-draftjs-conductor-fragment="{"blocks":[{"key":"bkn82","text":"My dad was very spiritual. Our lives and the lives of generations past revolved around a deep faith. He had shared with me that he had come to God with a specific request. He felt deeply that he had received a reply. He shared that God had spoken to him and said, \"Don't come to me with what you want. Come to me with empty hands. And I will fill your hands with what is best.\"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}}],"entityMap":{}}"><div data-draftjs-conductor-fragment="{"blocks":[{"key":"5ugpv","text":"As I stood beside my dad's hospital bed, I reminded him of the story. I told him that I was not asking for him to be healed. I was coming to him with empty hands. Whatever was best is what I wanted for him.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"6je62","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}}],"entityMap":{}}"><div class="jwLWP _2hXa7 _1dPe8 blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" data-block="true" data-editor="8hfg8" data-offset-key="95tgi-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="95tgi-0-0"><span data-offset-key="95tgi-0-0">As I stood beside my dad's hospital bed, I reminded him of the story. I told him that I was not asking for him to be healed. I was coming to him with empty hands. Whatever was best is what I wanted for him.</span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="95tgi-0-0"><span data-offset-key="95tgi-0-0"><br /></span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="95tgi-0-0"><span data-offset-key="95tgi-0-0">Whether or not you are saying goodbye to a loved one who is crossing from this life to the next, or whether you are releasing a failed relationship, a lost job, or even a portion of yourself that is no longer a part of your identity, it is important to allow the loss to really die a good death. Send them off with love and with the expectation that the next experience after the death will be bliss. Yes, give yourself time to grieve. But know that on the other side of death is bliss. And you will both be okay.</span></div></div><div class="jwLWP _2hXa7 _1dPe8 blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" data-block="true" data-editor="8hfg8" data-offset-key="v5ij-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="v5ij-0-0"><span data-offset-key="v5ij-0-0"></span></div></div></div></div></div></span></div></div><div class="jwLWP _2hXa7 _1dPe8 blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" data-block="true" data-editor="8hfg8" data-offset-key="cm1fn-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="cm1fn-0-0"><span data-offset-key="cm1fn-0-0"></span></div></div></div></div></div></span></div></div></div>Whispers of Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01093319170690937971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4488332775386187952.post-2043331924233715082020-01-07T08:51:00.000-08:002020-01-07T09:56:08.089-08:00How To Find Me These Days<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Looks like the last time I posted a blog on this site was way back in 2017!<br />
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Here it is 2020 and a lot has changed!<br />
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I don't want to close out this blog but I find myself blogging in a lot of different places now!<br />
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<br />Whispers of Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01093319170690937971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4488332775386187952.post-20618514067972937302017-09-08T13:50:00.001-07:002017-09-08T13:50:46.434-07:00Peace. Be Still<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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At this point in time we in the United States are facing a major hurricane coming into Florida. Just a couple of weeks ago Texas experienced devastation resulting from a hurricane as well. Apparently there are a couple more hurricanes out at sea waiting their turn as well.<br />
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I am reminded of two things. When my father was alive, he was a weather communicator. He would speak to storms and they would change course. He would speak to rain and it would cease or start if that is what his intention was.<br />
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My sister and I have attempted to take up his mantel but apparently it died with him.<br />
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This morning I was once again attempting to tune in to the spirit of the hurricane and speak peace to its core. I saw that something larger than the hurricane was the moving force behind it. Something not of this realm. This surprised me so, at the direction of Spirit, I just began to send that force love and light. I asked for the Angels of Light to come to the source of the hurricanes as well as all areas of our planet that are feeling disturbed. I asked the Angels of Light to surround the force with love and light and carry it to wherever it could be transformed to a beneficial force for good.<br />
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Jesus spoke to storms. His words were Peace. Be Still.<br />
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Let us all speak to this storm. Let us all say Peace. Be still.<br />
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Let us speak to world leaders. Peace. Be Still.<br />
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Let us speak to the spirit of discontent. Peace Be Still.<br />
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Let us speak to greed, control, anger, fear, and dispair.<br />
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Peace. Be Still.<br />
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Will my prayers for peace be effective to slow down this storm? I don't know. I am just one person. But David killed Goliath with a stone from his slingshot. Why not?<br />
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It could not hurt if we all spoke to this storm and called for peace. Send love to its core and to the force behind it creating the destructive energy. Love rules all. Peace to the storm and to the unrest within many at this time in history.Whispers of Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01093319170690937971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4488332775386187952.post-2100542609968690302017-09-07T11:50:00.000-07:002017-09-07T11:50:07.144-07:00A Tribute to Louise Hay and Thoughts of ChangeA couple of days ago I learned that my favorite self help author, Louise Hay, died peacefully at the age of 90 on August 30.<br />
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I have given away more of her book, "You Can Heal Your Life" to my friends, relatives and clients than I can count. I give it away, buy a new one, and then give it away again. It is the book that I credit with helping me change my life from a life of misery to a more empowered and joyful version of myself that I now enjoy.<br />
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I can't even count how many times I read her book over and over and over again. The first time I read it I could hardly believe some of the words which jumped off the page and slapped me in the face. I became such an advocate for the words on the pages of that book that anytime someone around me was sick, I would run to the book to find the emotional trigger and find the positive affirmation to turn it around. Everytime I got a bladder infection (once a month or so at the time), I would go within to see who I was pissed off at (always the same person). However, she helped me realize it was not that person's fault that I was pissed off. It was my choice to be angry and to internalize that anger until it affected my health.<br />
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Some claim that to say that our conditions in life are a direct result of our thinking is not possible. What about those who are born into poverty or with a deadly illness? How can we say we are responsible for everything that happens to us in our lives? I can't say for sure that 100 percent of our issues are self generated, but our thinking and our emotions are responsible for many illnesses and problems. For myself, when I began to take responsibility for my thinking and my emotions, many of my physical issues have disappeared. (yes, no more bladder infections!)<br />
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I will have to offset the claim of belief generated illnesses with a disclaimer that, yes, sometimes, shit just happens. I think we as Souls choose certain experiences to help our Souls evolve and what better way to grow a strong soul than to go through a challenge of some sort. Kind of like weight lifting for the Soul. But who is to say that our Soul on some higher plane of existence did not set it up? Or maybe our Soul chose it to help someone else grow their soul? Who knows. These days I am not so much about why did it happen as what was my reaction to what happened and how can I get through this with a good attitude? And yes, I am still working on this. I still sometimes get angry while driving or while standing in a long line. I am a perfect combination of the best and worst versions of myself. Instead of asking myself, what belief created this challenge, I ask, what can I do to make myself feel better? Louise's postive affirmations always do the trick.<br />
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I guess it is not surprising that her message was not readily supported by the press. It is so easy to blame something outside of ourselves for our problems. One of the favorite scapegoats is the devil in many of the churches I attended. "The devil made me do it" was a popular catch phrase a few years ago. Although I have left behind the thoughts of a devil whose main objective is to make our lives a living hell, apparently many still hold to that belief. To my relief when I left behind that belief, I ceased to run into the devil much.<br />
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What can I say about a woman who loved so much and made such a contribution to the lives of so many? Thank you seems like such a small token.<br />
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Can you think of one person who maybe said one thing that completely changed your thought processes and began the road to a completely different version of yourself? For me that was Louise Hay. Maybe you don't hold to the belief that your thoughts and emotions affect your health to the degree that Louise Hay claimed. That is fine. Her loving affirmations could do no possible harm. Now I don't claim to advocate refusing medical treatment or professional help when you have a life threatening illness or issue, but I do advocate suplementing your care with positive affirmations and happy thoughts!<br />
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When we empower ourselves we empower our children, we empower the people in our lives who we call friends, lovers, relatives, co workers, or even just someone we are friends with on Facebook or Twitter. If we affect even one person to make a change in their lives that then affects everyone they are connected to, think of the changes that happen.<br />
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Just for today, take one of Louise's affirmations and say it at least ten times and see if you don't feel better. Here are a few:<br />
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"I love and approve of myself."<br />
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If we feel better, we will feel healthier. If we feel good, we will be able to handle crisis in a more positive and loving way. Maybe your illnesses and problems will go away on their own and maybe they won't. But you may feel more peaceful and loving going through your difficult times. What could be wrong with that?<br />
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Thanks Louise Hay. Rest in peace.<br />
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Whispers of Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01093319170690937971noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4488332775386187952.post-37284068678595968032017-03-21T10:22:00.001-07:002017-03-21T10:43:03.040-07:00Goddess Rising<p dir="ltr">I am a spiritual message junkie.</p>
<p dir="ltr">For most of my life, I have been addicted to all things spiritual. My dad was a minister, and for the first thirty five years of my life, my exposure to the Divine was within that belief system. We did believe in receiving messages from Spirit, and truthfully, that is where I learned to connect with the Divine.</p>
<p dir="ltr">It wasn't until my late thirties, early forties, when I received my first experience with the feminine aspect of the Divine, or Goddess. I guess you could say I was a late bloomer. During meditation one day, the Goddess Isis came to me and told me She was going to teach me the tarot. I did not know who she was or if she knew anything about the tarot, and truthfully, at first, I was not interested. She was persistent, however, and, finally, I agreed and thus began my first relationship with a Goddess.</p>
<p dir="ltr">I related that story to tell you about a new book ready to be released soon that is all about the feminine aspect of the Divine called Goddess Rising by Lyn Thurman. In this book, she assists us in connecting with 52 Goddesses, some well known and some more obscure. </p>
<p dir="ltr">It is my belief that there are many aspects and expressions of the Divine, and many are feminine! We have been possibly over exposed to the male aspect of Divinity, and I believe it is time to balance the scales. In this book, you are invited to spend a year connecting with a different Goddess each <u>week</u>. I have already pre-ordered two copies!</p>
<p dir="ltr">Check out Lyn's website, <a href="http://www.lynthurman.com ">lynthurman.com</a> and get ready to change your perspective on God/Goddess, and all things spiritual!</p>
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When I first began writing a blog, I was quite obsessive with making sure I posted a blog of some sort once or twice a week. I was quite successful for, oh... about five years.<br />
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And then life happened.<br />
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If you haven't heard from me lately, it is not because I have not been hearing from Spirit.<br />
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Spirit talks quite often. I just haven't had time to write about it.<br />
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I am still working a full time job.<br />
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The three cuties above are frequently found at my home. I come home from work and they are there, and hubby is umpiring their interactions, which most of the time are quite loving, but, you know, they are kids.<br />
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I also have the privilege of being a wedding officiant, so many weekends I am joining happy couples in marriage.<br />
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In between all of that, yes, I have been giving readings to clients and doing events. Hubby and I are trying our hand at some video interviews. Every morning on my Facebook page, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/whispersofjoy">www.facebook.com/whispersofjoy</a> I post a tarot card of the day.<br />
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At some point I hope life will settle down and I will once again begin writing some messages from Spirit and posting them here.<br />
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In the mean time, you can connect with me on Facebook.<br />
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One day I will write about this year and we will all have a good laugh.<br />
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<br />Whispers of Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01093319170690937971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4488332775386187952.post-61817319591376385722016-08-16T04:21:00.001-07:002016-08-16T04:21:13.078-07:00Eight of swords<p dir="ltr">Today you may feel you are alone, and you have no options or means of escaping your dilemma. You cannot see a way to free yourself from this dark place. Remember that you have an infinite supply of strength within your soul! Although there may be no visible assistance outside of yourself, you have the inner strength to find a solution! Begin to visualize yourself happy and free and enjoying your life without restraint! You can do it! This is only temporary! I am sending you an extra dose of love and light today to realize the solution to your situation. </p>
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<p dir="ltr">This morning I thought the message that came through was important enough to post on a larger scale. Here it is.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Traditionally this card has to do with giving to those less fortunate but it also has to do with a feeling of inequality. In reality, we are all equally amazing souls. We are all on our own path to bliss, and we all have chosen different paths to get there. Sometimes we may feel terribly lacking in the presence of someone who we feel is in some way superior to us, and at times we feel superior in some way. We should all realize that each of us has a gift to share with the world, and none of us are better than or worse than anyone else. Today, take off your glasses and look at life through the eyes of someone different than yourself.</p>
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You may or may not know that, oh, around May or so, I decided to take a little haitus. I had been burning the candle at both ends, working full time, marrying people, teaching classes, doing events, private sessions, and, oh let's not forget family time with a hubby, daughter, two stepchildren and three grandchildren.</div>
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I was beginning to feel a bit out of sorts. I knew I needed a time out, but obligations I had already booked and regular clients prevented me from completely going off the grid. However, I did slow down tremendously. I removed myself from every event that I possibly could and increased my meditation time and sitting out in nature time.</div>
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Right about that time my hubby was approached by a local guy named David Perry who is the owner of a local intenet television studio called WinLife TV about the possibility of doing a semi-regular television show about various paranormal subjects. My hubby jumped at this opportunity and, oh yes, told me that it was a joint venture and we would be interviewing guests and visiting various sites together. So much for my haitus!</div>
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I have enjoyed a summer of weekend trips to various locations, and, yes, I did get to chill at the beach and in the mountains. One hiking trip to an abandoned community put us in a possible vacarious nearness to what could have possibly been a bigfoot encounter. HaHa and I had no interest really in the possiblity that bigfoot existed but, hey, it is a paranormal show, right?</div>
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Our new internet television series is called "Alternate Realities" and so far we have already filmed six shows due to air about once every two weeks on Thursday evening at 8pm.</div>
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I am in a personal year of rest and reflection, and deciding what is worth holding on to and what I am letting go of. I do enjoy teaching classes on various spiritual practices, and, if there is interest, will start doing that again. I do see the need for some connection between those of us in the nontraditional spiritual community, so I am considering once again starting up a once a month get together in my home. This will not begin until next year, only because I have been instructed by Spirit not to plan anything too far in the future right now.</div>
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I would love some feedback on what kinds of things you are interested in and would like to see in the near future and if you would be interested in attending in my hometown of Winchester Virginia or at my other location in Herndon Virginia.</div>
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In the meantime, here are the links to the two already aired "episodes" of our new show, "Alternate Realities". I hope you will watch and give us some love and support on this new venture!</div>
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This<a href="http://livestream.com/accounts/13579207/events/6045730/player?width=640&height=360&enableInfoAndActivity=true&autoPlay=true&mute=false" target="_blank"> link </a>will take you to the first episode, where we talked about our vision for the show and bringing awareness of different "paranormal" subjects out into mainstream.. paranormal being not just ghosts and monsters but anything that is out of the ordinary...<br />
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I hope you enjoy watching our show and stay tuned for what is coming up soon, not only on this show but also in life! I hope to connect with you soon!</div>
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Whispers of Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01093319170690937971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4488332775386187952.post-41113688860753279912016-04-18T16:30:00.001-07:002016-04-18T16:30:02.388-07:00When All Else Fails, Call In the Big Guns!!<p dir="ltr">Okay so I meditated. I connected with Divine Love. I sent out Love and Light to the Thunderstorm in Houston, the pilots, the other people on the flight, my hubby, my family, the people affected by the rain, the people affected by the earthquakes in Ecuador and Japan. A little family drama hubby took care of over the phone as we sat waiting and waiting here at the airport for our flight that is supposed to eventually take us to Cabo for a well needed and well deserved holiday.</p>
<p dir="ltr">We have now been here at the airport for 15 hours. I admit I had a melt down at around ...oh I think 12 hours or so. A short meltdown.</p>
<p dir="ltr">I had to confess to hubby that I have apparently not yet reached enlightenment while he calmly sat and said... let it go, Joy. A lot of people have it worse.</p>
<p dir="ltr">At some point I remembered.. I think it was after that second glass of wine.. that there were some pretty amazing rocking chairs in the sun right down the way.</p>
<p dir="ltr">And then I remembered my really cool Ganesha finger puppet in my purse. Ahhh.. Ganesha.. the Remover of Obstacles. </p>
<p dir="ltr">The message? No I don't always have all the answers. Sometimes I have meltdowns. THERE IS ALWAYS HELP. SOMETIMES THE ANSWER IS.. PATIENCE.. NOT RIGHT NOW. Other people have bigger problems than you.</p>
<p dir="ltr">I am still sitting at the airport. Right now it looks like our flight is going to leave on time. </p>
<p dir="ltr">And I am okay either way.<br><br><br></p>
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<p dir="ltr">Working full time, doing weddings, events, classes and seeing clients, not to mention family drama, grandkids, and life has exhausted this girl. My plan has been to sit on the beach, meditate, and allow people to wait on me hand and foot for five days.</p>
<p dir="ltr">I have been posting a card of the day for several months now on my Facebook page, and I actually drew them and scheduled one for each day so even that was off my plate. So this morning when I was contemplating my day, and I was holding my cards, I said to Spirit: please not the chariot card, please not the chariot card.. and guess which one I got??? </p>
<p dir="ltr">You guessed it!! The chariot.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Chariot obviously indicates movement, so it often has to do with travel, but most often it indicates the need to overcome obstacles to get you where you need to go. </p>
<p dir="ltr">What to do. I am sitting in an airplane on the runway, going nowhere.</p>
<p dir="ltr">I always say, when you can't control what is going on outside of you, you can always control what is going on inside. </p>
<p dir="ltr">What a perfect time to go within, connect with Divine Love and go with the flow.</p>
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We were not allowed to go to the fair. The carnival was okay as long as it was the fireman's carnival and not any other of those "evil" societies who put on carnivals. Disney movies were definitely a "NO NO". I went to my first movie when I was sixteen and even then I was hoping the rapture did not happen while I was there or maybe I might get "left behind."<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7xNHbAqyfkhHCNX4quyPMlp6op6JtwKsUUWxH2I_wVxrieDs8TTsmU4Uq3hcCPXRsvGvstJgh6uIuCGwKLjy8VBhmtOOVq3c7CaDzECtll3tVNKSLMhIBcWo91-7hpgufwNIINtxuyDsX/s1600/RWS_Tarot_20_Judgement.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7xNHbAqyfkhHCNX4quyPMlp6op6JtwKsUUWxH2I_wVxrieDs8TTsmU4Uq3hcCPXRsvGvstJgh6uIuCGwKLjy8VBhmtOOVq3c7CaDzECtll3tVNKSLMhIBcWo91-7hpgufwNIINtxuyDsX/s320/RWS_Tarot_20_Judgement.jpg" width="185" /></a>For those of you who have never heard of "the rapture" it was, and still is the belief that at some point Jesus is coming back to earth to take all of those to heaven who have accepted him as savior and leave everyone else here to be eventually taken to hell after seven years of tribulation. We won't go into that in this blog.<br />
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The common theme in all of the aforementioned rules is the theme of "fear". We were afraid of the power of the devil. We were afraid of God sending us to hell. Apparently it is still a common theme in some churches. I do not lump all sects of Christianity together just as you should not lump everyone together who believe in any specific religion. There are as many ways to interpret the Bible and other Sacred texts as there are fish in the sea. The point I am making here is that if your Higher Power makes you afraid, maybe you should change your viewpoint. I now believe that LOVE is the supreme attribute of my Higher Power, and I do not have a label for this FORCE which would put me into any particular category.<br />
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But back to the fear of tarot cards.<br />
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Tarot cards in some sects of various faiths are thought to be a tool of the devil, along with anything that does not appear in the Bible as "okay."<br />
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I don't specifically remember any mention of the tarot the many times that I read the Bible, but I guess it was lumped into a category of those things that weren't specifically inspired by God. However, in my experience with the tarot, I cannot say that they are not inspired by "God" when some of the messages I receive when reading them are nothing less than inspirational! I know that the information is coming from a Force higher than me as I could not possibly imagine the stuff that is revealed to me in a reading.<br />
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I began receiving messages from the Holy Spirit when I began attending a church that believed in prophecy. I may have heard messages before this, but I was extremely shy and was not someone who would have shared anything I received so I never really acknowledged the gift before then.<br />
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Fast forward many years later. Now I hear messages from the same Voice who was talking to me then. Some would argue that since I don't <b>label</b> myself a Christian anymore or call the Voice the Holy Spirit or Jesus that I am really hearing messages from the devil. At this point in my spiritual journey, I tend to dislike labels. I still talk to Jesus. And He is okay with what I do. However, in my spiritual journeys, I also have run into other Higher Powers that are not necessarily connected to Jesus. I have not felt fear in their presence, but only LOVE.<br />
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In my estimation the "devil" could be classified as an entity or thought form whose prime goal is to make our lives miserable. He would be the antithesis of anything that connected us with our Higher Power, God, Love or Enlightenment. In the tarot the card of the devil represents anything that holds you captive. That could be anything. Now I believe that anything that keeps us from walking the highest path is not going to send us to damnation eternally. Just like if I had a child who misbehaved I would not sentence him or her to death. Most of the time I believe we create our own experience of the devil. Like attracts like. If I am walking my path with love, I will not run into the opposite that often.<br />
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The tarot in itself has no power. The cards of the tarot consist of 78 cards with various pictures on them which as a whole represent the various qualities of human experience. When the cards originally appeared in history, it is thought that they were nothing more than playing cards. Oh, but, I forgot. Playing cards when I was a child were evil too.<br />
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When I was a child one of the games we were allowed to play was dominoes. Did you know that originally dominoes were used as a tool of divination? This is a little known fact.<br />
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When I connect with the cards of the tarot, I am connecting with my Higher Self, the Higher Self of the seeker, and the Highest Beings of Love and Light (I call them this just to allow for whatever people may call their Higher Power, since I believe that LOVE is the only rule as to Who is a Higher Power and Who is not).<br />
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If a card reading brings someone comfort, relief, information that makes their life better, happier, or leads them to a higher path, how can it be that the reading is orchestrated by any entity called the devil?<br />
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As I have evolved in my own personal belief system, I am of the belief that LOVE is from GOD, GODDESS, OR SOURCE, and FEAR is from the opposite of that. If you want to call the opposite of LOVE the devil, that is up to you.<br />
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I believe that I am connected to the Source of Love, as you are. We are all connected. We are also connected to the plants, the animals, and everything that comes into our experience. Does that mean we are also connected to the devil? Perhaps.<br />
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If I believe that everything comes into my experience for a reason, that I can learn from every experience, then I guess the answer is yes. I can learn from my challenges. I don't blame them on an entity that is out for my distruction. As a matter of fact, since I stopped being afraid of him, I haven't run into him lately. Other than the occasional difficult day, life is pretty pleasant and enjoyable.<br />
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I can get a message from a cloud, from a rock, from a series of numbers that appear to me repetitively, from a song on the radio, from a movie, from a stranger talking in another aisle in the grocery store, from a random synchronicity. I don't NEED the cards of the tarot to deliver messages. But people like them. Photos say in an instant what might take me several minutes to express verbally.<br />
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I could say, hmm, did you have a difficult year last year? Or I could show them this picture:<br />
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Bottom line is, Spirit wants to communicate with us. They want to give us help and advice for our lives. Symbols are the easiest way for them to come through. It is a lot easier for Spirit to send me a picture of something than to say.. Joy, tell them that they are going to learn a difficult truth which is going to upset their world, but in the end the truth will set them free ( the basic meaning of the tower card.)<br />
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I guess what I want to say to you is this. If the cards of the tarot invoke fear in you, then stay away from them. Connect to your Higher Power in a way that makes you feel LOVE and JOY. But don't judge others who may be able to connect to their Higher Power or Higher Wisdom through the cards.<br />
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LOVE is the only rule.<br />
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HERE is a Bible verse to back me up:<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="passage-display-bcv" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-right: 10px;">1</span><span class="passage-display-bcv" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-right: 10px;"> Corinthians 13</span><span class="passage-display-version" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline;">New International Version (NIV)</span></span></h1>
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<span class="text 1Cor-13-1" id="en-NIV-28667" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="chapternum" style="bottom: -0.1em; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "arial"; font-weight: bold; left: 0px; line-height: 0.8em; position: relative;">13 </span>If I speak in the tongues<span class="footnote" data-fn="#fen-NIV-28667a" data-link="[<a href="#fen-NIV-28667a" title="See footnote a">a</a>]" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Corinthians+13#fen-NIV-28667a" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b34b2c; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: top;" title="See footnote a">a</a>]</span><span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-28667A" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-28667A" title="See cross-reference A">A</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span> of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.</span> <span class="text 1Cor-13-2" id="en-NIV-28668" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "arial"; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">2 </span>If I have the gift of prophecy<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-28668B" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-28668B" title="See cross-reference B">B</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span>and can fathom all mysteries<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-28668C" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-28668C" title="See cross-reference C">C</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span> and all knowledge,<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-28668D" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-28668D" title="See cross-reference D">D</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span> and if I have a faith<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-28668E" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-28668E" title="See cross-reference E">E</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span> that can move mountains,<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-28668F" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-28668F" title="See cross-reference F">F</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span> but do not have love, I am nothing.</span> <span class="text 1Cor-13-3" id="en-NIV-28669" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "arial"; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">3 </span>If I give all I possess to the poor<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-28669G" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-28669G" title="See cross-reference G">G</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span> and give over my body to hardship that I may boast,<span class="footnote" data-fn="#fen-NIV-28669b" data-link="[<a href="#fen-NIV-28669b" title="See footnote b">b</a>]" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Corinthians+13#fen-NIV-28669b" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b34b2c; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: top;" title="See footnote b">b</a>]</span><span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-28669H" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-28669H" title="See cross-reference H">H</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span> but do not have love, I gain nothing.</span></div>
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<span class="text 1Cor-13-4" id="en-NIV-28670" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "arial"; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">4 </span>Love is patient,<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-28670I" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-28670I" title="See cross-reference I">I</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span> love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-28670J" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-28670J" title="See cross-reference J">J</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span></span> <span class="text 1Cor-13-5" id="en-NIV-28671" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "arial"; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">5 </span>It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking,<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-28671K" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-28671K" title="See cross-reference K">K</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span> it is not easily angered,<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-28671L" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-28671L" title="See cross-reference L">L</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span> it keeps no record of wrongs.<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-28671M" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-28671M" title="See cross-reference M">M</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span></span> <span class="text 1Cor-13-6" id="en-NIV-28672" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "arial"; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">6 </span>Love does not delight in evil<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-28672N" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-28672N" title="See cross-reference N">N</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span> but rejoices with the truth.<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-28672O" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-28672O" title="See cross-reference O">O</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span></span> <span class="text 1Cor-13-7" id="en-NIV-28673" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "arial"; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">7 </span>It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-28673P" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-28673P" title="See cross-reference P">P</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span></span></div>
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<span class="text 1Cor-13-13" id="en-NIV-28679" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "arial"; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">13 </span>And now these three remain: faith, hope and love.<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-28679Y" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-28679Y" title="See cross-reference Y">Y</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span> But the greatest of these is love.<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-28679Z" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-28679Z" title="See cross-reference Z">Z</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE98lMAkyJ_Sl8-uxuUHgmffJhyphenhyphen96iqgRu4Q_r8iTLGPglSdOzYR4cERAp9ktRKlkDDqsXY_sKojqC-xycXcrjqBHA_marbZi0l-pVErRLFRGiD1moRPl-nHR5j1ofMUdqiHAyOmGJPWAD/s1600/1451328313796.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE98lMAkyJ_Sl8-uxuUHgmffJhyphenhyphen96iqgRu4Q_r8iTLGPglSdOzYR4cERAp9ktRKlkDDqsXY_sKojqC-xycXcrjqBHA_marbZi0l-pVErRLFRGiD1moRPl-nHR5j1ofMUdqiHAyOmGJPWAD/s320/1451328313796.jpg" width="180" /></a>Just in case the images I have posted here are your only exposure to the tarot, you may feel like the images on the cards have a tendency to invoke fear. Not so. Even my least favorite card, the tower, has a positive application. Truth. Sometimes when we learn the truth it can be difficult or life changing. However, if we apply the truth to improving our lives, then the final outcome can be positive. Like this card:<br />
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This is the card of happy endings! To all of you I wish for you a happy ending! And remember, there is really no such thing as an ending. Every ending has within it a new beginning!<br />
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Just for today, expand your viewpoint. Know that there is more than one way to look at everything. Look at all of your beliefs from another perspective. Life is more than you think.Whispers of Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01093319170690937971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4488332775386187952.post-55587464247535454792016-01-15T04:22:00.001-08:002016-01-15T04:22:45.380-08:00Three of Pentacles <p dir="ltr">Today your hard work may be recognized. You may be working with others on a project or lending your expertise to those who could benefit from your skills. Don't be afraid to collaborate with those with whom you may feel you have nothing in common. All will benefit from the collaboration. </p>
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Your options are limitless! You have so many options, and within each option is an opportunity to learn or experience a part of life or discover something about yourself. Beware of living in a fantasy world. Yes, you could do a million different things if you won today's lottery, but how will that expand your experience of life? It's okay to dream, but it is important to also live in reality. </div>
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Whispers of Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01093319170690937971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4488332775386187952.post-83110640750822215862016-01-11T04:31:00.001-08:002016-01-11T04:31:57.805-08:00Ace of Pentacles <p dir="ltr">Today is a new beginning. You are being given a gift of something that will prove to be very valuable to you! No I am not saying you are going to win the lottery. Money is only a reflection of your inner treasure. When what is on the inside of you becomes your greatest treasure, you will know true happiness. Today is a great day to decide what is truly important. </p>
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<p dir="ltr">If today's message speaks to you, know you can always rise above conflict, even if the conflict is within your own soul. I send you love and light to a peaceful resolution. </p>
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Today is a day to learn something new. Maybe it is a good day to reexamine what things are most important to you. Decide where to invest in yourself and your future. Maybe sign up for a class and learn something new. The theme for today is value. What is valuable to you and how are you going to run with that information? </div>
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