CHO KU REI

Increase power. The light switch. 

I use Cho Ku Rei over my candles before I light them. I air draw it several times over the candle while calling on the Angels of love and Mother Mary and my celestial team and Buddha to be with me throughout the duration of the lite candles. I thank them and then draw my own little signature over the candles. 

Doing this inspired me to draw a CHO KU REI. It is such a powerful symbol. I honor it fully. My life has changed dramatically since it came into my life. I love Reiki. 

Reiki Healing

Candle Ceremonies

These were my candles that I lite yesterday during my meditation and prayer time. There are 3 big candles in the back. 2 white novenas. Both have been treated with reiki. Today I added my own flowers (old rose petals) and essential oils (my own mix mostly sandalwood) to the candles for a blessing dressing. The middle candle is my blue Xmas candle aka my 12-12-12 candle because it was blessed and first lite on that day. The stones in front hold a brown candle from the Angel Blessings Kit that is almost done burning.

Tonight I burn the rest of the brown candle, the novenas and the 12-12-12 candle, along with incense. I'm also burning the final part of my baptism candle. It has a very small piece left.

All candles have been blessed with reiki and have special reasons why they burn. I try to burn them for an hour every night and meditate while they are burning. This practice helps keep me centered and keeps the energy flowing. If I'm really inspired I burn them during my morning prayers, too!

Special prayers go out tonight for a joyous and warm holiday season for all who read this. Know YOU are a part of my prayers.

Blessed Be.

Namaste.

TONIGHT:

LAST NIGHT:

The Christ in YOU

Blessed Holy Mother/Father God,
I call forth your Holy Presence this very moment to come and be with me. There is a calm and centered holiness within me now. I take a deep inward breath and as I exhale, all is released with the exhale. My tension, anger and depression is let go with the exhale. I call upon you, Mother/Father, to enter into me with the inhale. I feel you, Mother/Father God, come into me with each moment I breathe. I can feel your light enter into me and I let it wash over me and bathe me with your Love and Light of holiness. I am washed in your power, love and wisdom. I feel the Christ Consciousness come alive within me. I allow it to fill my soul and I can hear angels sing and begin to download into my being messages from God himself. I am here now and loving this heaven you are giving me upon this Earth. I am dizzy with this Love and Light you are beaming into my body. It is soo powerfully full of energy and Light. In the darkness, your Light shines through. I can see Mother Mary and the baby. I hold my inner child. We open to receive and embrace this wonderful Light energy. Thank you God for this Light and Love. In you dwells this Light. The star of Christmas is this Light, this Christ Light, this endless possiblity. Christ, now born in you! Relax, receive and from this place with your inner eye, look out upon the world. Love all beings and things. Forgive all things. Forgive all beings. For you are here with everyone else that together through him we shall save the world! BLESSED BE. There are angels to your left and right, in front and behind you, above and below you. On this holy night, on this silent night, let angels sing, Hallelujah, Praise God. For darkness is gone. As Christ is born in us today.
And SO IT IS.
AMEN.

*Parts taken from Marianne Williamson prayer 12/22/14 speech on ACIM online.

A Winter Wonderland

Candle and cards last night...

Smudge Day

Today has been a smudge day. My sage smudge stick sits next to my amethyst clutter crystal to help it stay energetically clear and high in frequency. This plate, and the two together, have been brewing on my Goddess altar for quite some time. Since my energy has been feeling low and I'm getting over being sick, I felt today was a good day to clean and smudge my apartment of lower energies and raise the vibration of the house. This is a good way to help remove the lower energies that sickness brings and help foster the new energy of health, wellness and healing. As I smudged I prayed to Lord Jesus, AA Michael and Raphael and my Guardian Angels to help "clear the air" of my apartment and make it vibrate in a heavenly and high manner. 

I then lite my blue Christmas candle (aka my 12-12-12 candle) and meditated on it for awhile asking that peace, health, wellness and vitality fill my heart, hearth and home. I asked that all who see this candle be blessed with the same and that you receive miracles, magic and manifestation in the New Year. 
If you have sage or incense, now would be a great time to light some and join in a group smudge. Just to cleanse away all that lower energy and muck and make room for the new energies entering for 2015. I know it's a bit early but doing it now allows for your holidays to flow smoother and for you to free up some energy for the holidays and New Year.

Be well. Take extra good care of yourself and loved ones. 

Have a beautiful day! Namaste beautiful kindred souls.

Smile All the While

There is an unwavering strength in a simple smile. It travels far and wide. It is a wave of positivity set in motion by an act of pure kindness. Smile at yourself in the mirror. Smile at your neighbors. Smile while in line at the store. Smile while driving at red lights. Smile while in meditation. Make it a habit. You will soon find that smiling makes you happier and makes others smile, too. It's easy to do and spreads like wildfire. Add a wink if you're really feeling happy! Here's a huge smile and a great big *wink* from me to you. I love you!

JOY

Thank you, Jackie, for asking me to join you as a blogger on this site! My name is Leslie, aka angelicmoonfairy, and you can find me at my wordpress site here. But I'm very excited to be here with Jackie and wanted to begin with a reading.
I've been hit with a cold virus this week but have been feeling better today. This week has been a healing week for me and for others too, I assume. I've nestled in bed and tried to stay away from others so as to not give anyone my cold. I've spent most of my time reading books, doing word searches, petting my cats and sleeping. Laying low and resting. Letting my energy rejuvenate it's self so that I will feel better. I've drank a ton of water. It's like I can't drink enough. For food it's been mostly soup and crackers. I'm glad I did do all of that because today I actually do feel better. My daughter is in the church musical this weekend with three performances this weekend. I need to be on the up and up in order to be mom this weekend. 
I picked a card while asking the question, "What does A Blast of Positive blog peeps most need to know and see right now?" The card that dropped out was "JOY". This made sense to me because joy is where it's at. It's what makes things manifest. It's what makes our heart sing. It feels good.
Here is some of what the book says about joy: "Joy is the natural state of the spiritually ordered person. Joy is the inner understanding that all things are held in the loving embrace of God and the angels, and that a meaningful explanation or learning will emerge that will ultimately benefit us all."
Here is a prayer from the book: "Dear Heavenly Teachers, allow me to believe in the rightness and goodness of life even when I see too much of the opposite. Permit me to bring love into the world even when my first response is to doubt love. Accept my life as a means of service to the Universe so that joy may abound on earth and within each living thing."
I hope your day and weekend are filled with joy. May each moment bring you joy knowing that life is so very precious, special and wonderful. EnJOY the holiday time and find the wonder and merriment in it all. Let the rest go.

The Key To Love Is Learning How To Not Lose Yourself or Repress Yourself

It's pretty hard to not lose yourself in the relationships around you without defaulting into "going numb" to be around these people, escaping into hobbies and other "less priority" friendships in order to not be impacted by the ones you love, and changing who you are and what you like in order to get along.

I don't know why this happens but it does.

So back to basics, each day you gotta ask yourself, "What can I do today to stay connected to the real me?"  Personally I have always wanted to be a spiritual writer (published author) however I did have an idea that if I just started a blog I would be able to write about spiritual solutions to everyday issues and one day take all those entries and turn them into a book.  When I take the time to write everyday I feel like I'm still holding onto a part of me that defines me.

Then there was the time that I grew up in a house where the people were non-practicing spiritual people and they had no desire to go to church or do anything spiritually oriented so I learned how to just pray in my room and learn on my own whatever books I was drawn to in the religious and spiritual section.  And then I married into a family that was the same, they would rather work then go to church together.  My ex monster spouse wasn't into creating a "church going" family like I wanted.  So there went another 15 years of not going to church or anything like that, just doing it alone.

Then the day came when some Mormon missionaries knocked on my door and all of a sudden I had two people who would come over everyday and read the bible with me.  (FYI I wanted to be a nun when I was little.)  So it wasn't until this happened that I truly reconnected with the part of me that always wanted to have a foot in the church door of life.  Like I simply like the positive energy of it all.  So I started going to service.  Anyway the point is I always knew I wanted to be a "church person" but I never did it because the loved ones around me wouldn't do it with me.  So I repressed a big part of myself.  

My message to you is don't repress who you are. I used to judge myself as "dumb person" for wanting to go to service.  My family told me that church people were all brain washed sheep.  But the truth is I wasn't being the real me by repressing who I was inside.  

Getting back to the real you may end up becoming the greatest journey you take in life but it is worth it because you are worth it.

You are unique and special and have something to offer to this world and your God Given Message to share isn't going to impact anything if you are diluting it with a lifestyle that isn't making who you really are stronger and better.

A safe place for you to go.

This is a good one.

It means that you find someone who makes you feel safe

and if it's been a very long time since you've been able to feel safe this will feel like a prayer answered.

This is someone who keeps your secrets, listens and doesn't tell you what you should be feeling.

Someone that you know you can be yourself around because this person isn't going to manipulate you or use your words against you in some future fight.

If you've been around people that you have to keep your guard up with then this person will feel like a place you can rest in a storm.

I really love this message.

Someone needs to hear what you have to say.

The good news is that someone needs to hear what you have to say.

Or you need to hear what someone else has to say.

Either way focus on the message

not the messenger.

The Oracle Of The Dragonfae

Just keep going forward.

So this card... lets look at the symbols...

Darkness:  Can't readily see the answer or information that I need

Unicorn:  Purification, answered prayer

The good news is that this period of being unsure, it's going to come to an end and the core message is to just keep going in the direction of what you know is true for you.  So if calling on Christ on every day is the thing that does it for you then just stick with that.  This is a time to just stick with what you know works for you and the answers and information that you need will come forward.

You're going to be moving forward very soon.

Card from Messages From Your Angels Oracle Cards

A kindred spirit grounds you and you feel calm.

The good news is that this card means we come into contact with someone who has the ability to ground us.  Personally I don't even try to ground myself anymore.  I only come down to earth when someone my heart loves is near me physically.  And you have this affect on your spiritual friend too.  When we connect with soul friends it just has that ability to soothe us and the anxiety rolls back and you can face life's problems more easily somehow.

So yay to getting your feet back on the ground because someone you love comes closer.

Card from Celebration of Love Oracle Cards

Something very Christ-like happened I think.... friendship blossomed.

"See yourself and others through the eyes of the angels, with unconditional love and acceptance.  In this way,  you inspire and life everyone to their highest potential."

OK so I was remembering when I first met the boys and I had told them - in a very disjointed and unclear way- a revelation that they were triggering in me.  Only I said it wrong because I hadn't had time to say it right and so I knew what I was trying to say but it came out wrong.

It had something to do with acceptance.  Like I'm all about "Don't shoot the messenger," and I had the feeling that being a missionary wasn't as easy as they make it seem.  Cause you don't really see angry disgruntled missionaries.  Like if someone insults them they smile and turn the other cheek and I can see where people might find that annoying....on both sides. 

What I had tried to say was people get too caught up on who the messenger is...in this case I was meaning people having preconceived notions about what a Mormon missionary was.  Most people aren't even sure what a Mormon is so I think it's easy to just assume they are like bible salesmen or something.  FYI they are Christians.

And most people feel their relationship with a higher power, in this case Christ, is personal and good enough.  So I can see where the average human being would be closed off from the start to hearing what these people - these messengers- had to say.  And it goes the other way too, it's possible these missionaries are just as closed off to us people - also messengers- and what we have to say.

Cause people are people in the end usually.

But I happened to want to be a priest and I happened to want to be a theologian and I still am very interested in biblical research.  But they didn't know this when I opened the door.  And because they don't have nuns or priests in their church I'm not sure they can even grasp what I'm saying when I say that if it had gone according to my plan I would have been a nun.  And they didn't even know that priests and nuns got college degrees.

Anyway....  when I would open the door I looked on them as messengers and I was open to the messages of Christ they wanted to bring up.  And I thank God that I came to them as a blank slate instead of assuming that I knew what their message already was.  Because when I did say they could leave literature or I did ask them what scriptures would have helped them if they were older housewives who were divorcing a crazy sociopath and starting their lives over at the middle of their lives and somehow trying to be a decent human being and parent to the three kids that were obviously already emotionally damaged from the family splitting in the way it did, they didn't judge either and they brought me comfort in those evenings... and something very Christ like happened I think.... friendship blossomed.

After all the people you forgive the very last one ends up being yourself.

Try not to put yourself last. 

The good news is you now have the option to jump past a bunch of layers and just get to the heart of it: self forgiveness.  I forgive me, I forgive you, now try and forgive yourself.

Card from Magical Mermaids and Dolphins Oracle Cards

The Word Wants To be Written and communication happens.

Communication in some form...sometimes it's direct like a text message, email, letter, through a book, lyrics, a valuable triggering keyword.

Sometimes when we don't have the time, the energy, the paper and pen, communication comes through other ways like intuitive connection, telepathic reception, or someone else telling you what the other person can't.

The good news is that some message is coming for you or through you.

Let it come through.

The angels have shown up today to send you healing.

Someone found out this week that she has cancer.  So to all those dealing with issues that are so personal and looking for comfort I hope this brings a sign that warms you with comfort.

 Gods and Goddesses Oracle Card deck, by Toni Carmine Salerno

Money is simply flowing energy.

I should meditate on an issue that I have personally with money which is it feels like it's other people who are in control of my money and their decision to give it to me or not.  I did do an archetype wheel reading once with Caroline Myss cards and the Inner Child came up in my money section which actually made sense to me.  I could go into a long list of how my money patterns seem to somehow always include having to trust that the people around me will provide for me.

I hate this pattern.

So I'm sure on some deep level I've come to believe that people somehow equal to eventually having financial power over me.  It seems so straight forward and easy right?  Just keep a job and spend less then you make.  So easy.  But it's not easy when the jobs always end almost as soon as they begin.  And when the bills add up to more then you have.  And the kids need more and more things everyday.  And....

So I'm trying to see what the good news is here....I think for me the good news is that maybe I'll change my financial story....maybe I'll make it so that it reads:

"And Jackie g was such a money magnet that so much money would rush to stick to her and fill up her bank accounts and pockets and wallets that even all the people who wanted to control how much she could have weren't able to stop her from being the wealthy rich and financially blessed person that God intended her to be.  There was so much money pouring in everyday that she couldn't even spend it all if she wanted to."

And so the good news for all of us is that we can rewrite the old script, the old story.  The new story can have a happy ending.  And the money can simply flow on in over all of us.

Not of this world.

The good news is that  when we remember that we are family of God, the sons and daughters of God, and that even angels are commissioned to minister to us, we begin to detach from the drama here in this world

and reconnect back to God,

who is able to give us the directions and the signs that will lead us from where we are to where we are meant to be.  The other good news is that prayer and being around spiritually conscious minded people (from authentic church people who really do try to follow Christ's example to the people who seem to live life in a way that draws out what is good about us) is all that you really need to start seeing the signs and having the revelations again.

Card from Sacred Rebels Oracle.

Surprise: You are so happy!

This is from Ross Bonacci's app My Oracle Cards.

It cheers me up just looking at it.

And of course the good news is that a surprise is coming.  Something unexpected...maybe something you didn't think was an option like someone who was supposed to move, doesn't.  Or someone you thought couldn't find you, does.

Or the money comes in.

Or things just start moving forward again.

Or.....you fill in the blanks.

Pink Angel Feather: Love is in the air!

Omg so my youngest daughter loves to play with pink boas and so everyday there are pink feathers everywhere and they even blow outside so I have all these pink feathers like trailing me wherever I go.

So it was interesting to see this as I had actually wondered if pink feathers mean something.

So the good news is, for the romantics out there, that "The Romance Angels are here to inform you that there is an interesting development about to take place in your love life."

I say Bring it On Romance Angels.

Bring it on!

From the Angel Feather Oracle

Assistance

Assistance is:  the provision of money, resources, or information to help someone.

So this card tells me that Archangel Michael and Mother Mary are coming in and they are 

bringing Divine Help to us, thank you Jesus and Amen to that.

Also the healing of the reasons of why we used to have a hard time asking for help or 

speaking up honestly about what it is that we really need.

So the good news is that this is a sign that something you were struggling with becomes 

easier because the money, resources, or information that you need is on the way.

Card from Return of the Spirit Oracle Cards Deck

I Am Blessed....and I Bless You

I remember once I hung a wreath on the front door and a bird made a nest in it and laid eggs and the eggs hatched and I had a mama bird and her three chicks in a nest on my front door and people would come and look and it was like, "Why did this happen to your front door?  Are you special?"

I could only say that I wasn't special and I didn't know and the attention from strangers made me uncomfortable.

So this card is about getting a sign, a big sign, that makes you have to say, "I don't really know why this happened to me...I've been so less then ordinary lately."

The truth is we are all children, meaning family, to our Heavenly Source...some call it God.  I like to think of Heaven as a celestial realm, a dimension that is so much purer in vibration then the vibration we are in now.  And for us stuck here it feels lonely and disoriented and maybe even pointless.

So then God sends us a sign that lets us know, "Hey we are still family. I'm still here for you."

It's the kind of thing that leaves you feeling like you are blessed.....

So take this as a good sign.  A really good sign that things are about to upgrade and swing up.

Card from the Wisdom of the Golden Path Oracle Deck.

Surfacing: Getting prepared for what is about to come out into the open.

I feel like this can be the keyword for the day.

So what is surfacing?  

Here's the vision I get:  You've been sensing for a while that someone close to you has been holding back something and you can't shake this feeling no matter how much you try and shrug it off.  This doesn't imply something bad is being kept a secret, more like your intuition is catching something on it's radar and you want to know now what is going on.  Sometimes it's as simple as people who just try and figure their stuff out alone without the need to inform you of what is going on.  So this card is a head's up that your prayer is being answered and this person will come out and share very soon.

OR you are going through some things and it's got you in a place where you seem distant or even MIA with your loved ones.  So if that is the case then know that the people around you would really love for you to share with them and it's not like you are trying to push people away, more like life got really busy all of a sudden.  Still people like to know what is going on so be considerate and send a text.

Card from Return of Spirit Oracle Cards

You can have a direct connection to God, you don't need anyone to do it for you.

"I open my heart to my guides and trust in the wisdom they share with me."

So you can take this beyond angels and go all the way to God with it.  You can ask God to give you an answer, usually it comes back as a sign that is personal for you or you receive a revelation that simply connects the dots for you.  

It's really easy, you simply get yourself into a calm state of being and then I simply just talk to God and all the saints and the angels and I tell them to come into my world and show me the truth or the choice I should make.  And usually within the day the signs start coming and it usually starts with a message of hope and love, that everything is going to be ok, that whatever has to happen I will have the Divine Help to get through it, that whatever I am afraid of I can let go of now because Divine Intervention has been activated.  And then the burdens get lighter, the situation is still heavy, but the burdens seem lighter, and I just follow the signs.

Be careful not to disregard the signs though.  If it gives you a sense of comfort and calmness then it's most likely Divine Connection.

Card from the Conscious Spirit Oracle Cards Deck.

Butterfly: take this as a sign that change is coming. Yay!

You made it through the transition.

Also in this stage of life the thing that is a "butterfly" is moving into the stage of looking for it's mate.

So I would take this as a sign that love is also going to be coming forward....the healing power of love and the beautiful thing called a "relationship with someone special."

Surround yourself with positive people and situations and avoid negativity.

Sometimes we have to confront a negative situation though and so having positive people who draw out the best in you will help you to face reality rather then stay in denial.

Ok so here's my experience:

Positive people draw out the best in you and in those moments when the wounds are coming out they offer you words of wisdom, hugs from the heart, healing and comfort, friendship and support to change.

Negative people confuse you with their actions, words, and the situations that they place you in.  They draw out what is wrong with you and perpetuate it rather then help you consciously heal and change it and turn that weakness into strength.

You know these people by their fruits.

You can't always assume that their "role" is an automatic given of who they are to you.  I've met "church people" who don't live up to the standards they have for others.  I've seen "non church people" live the gospel authentically and never have read the bible or care to.

So here's the blast of positive energy for today:  be mindful of who you are around lately and notice what these people draw out of you naturally.  

I ask Christ to make you a blessing to whoever crosses your path today :)

Card from Magical Mermaids and Dolphins Oracle Cards deck.

The Chief Disciple: Peter, stability, and routines

The Chief Disciple card comes up showing St. Peter.  The rooster there is a nod to when Jesus said to him, "The rooster won't caw until you deny me three times."  This message has to do with the masculine ways of doing things, even spiritually.  This is about someone who has a set way of doing things.  It's not someone who goes to any other churches other then his own.  He's not interested in changing his ways, but he will help you change yourself to come over to what he is doing.

There's stability and organization from having that kind of anchoring in something.  Once this person finds what works for him he doesn't try to fix what isn't broken.

So you may be looking for stability if this comes up.  You might really enjoy being around someone who knows who they are and stands by that.  Some things about people never change..... and we all know that for ever how long this earth is alive the story of Jesus will be alive to.  

If I was pulling this card for me I would say that I would probably be looking for an anchor.  Peter was a rock after all.  Maybe I need to be strong for someone or lean a little more on friends who are solid and real.  What we are looking for here is something or someone predictable.  Someone who maintains their routines, good habits make us feel safe.

Shift your focus from the problem back to love.

"Whoever does not hate father and mother cannot be a follower of me, and whoever does not hate brothers and sisters and bear the cross as I do will not be worthy of me." Thomas 55

This deck was created solely with Jesus Christ in mind but it does take from the Dead Sea Scrolls as well as the Bible.  I think it's called the Master Tarot Deck. I found it in a basket on a "Used Shelf" in a spiritual bookstore and they gave it to me for like $2.  Anyway I've always enjoyed it but never gave the deck the proper time and care that it deserved or required.  So why not start now?

This card actually talks about the fine line of honoring the mother and father while at the same time being mindful to not take on the negatives of the family that is around you.  So for example, if you were raised by someone who was angry and bitter, you could honor and love that person for giving you food, shelter, clothing, all the things that a person basically needs to grow up with until they can do it for themselves.  But you would be mindful to reject that bitterness and that anger, possibly choosing gentleness or a more neutral way of being so as not to follow the example of the bad habits of people.

So if this card were to come up for you I would probably say, "Ask God to cleanse you of any of the baggage that your family may have put on you as you were growing up."  Keep the good, leave the bad.

For me, I feel this card is saying that I can honor my mom and dad and my family without having to walk in their footsteps or think the way they think.  Just because they don't read the bible, it does't mean that I can't.  Just because they have images about me that I feel aren't even true of the real me, it doesn't mean that I can't change and be something else.

Gonna be a cowboy from Idaho on Halloween.

Keep Calm, ain't nobody got time for that.

So I was telling my Missionaries last night about how things never change for me and they were like..

Learning Kindness And Compassion from a Sprint Customer Service Rep

In a 3 month long journey to somehow lower my Sprint bill, it just keeps going up, and so I finally started blowing up a the poor rep who happened to be at this stage of the journey with me.  And did he handle it with kindness and compassion?  Yes.  Did Mr. Charlie bring me to tears because I finally had to explain why it was so important that I get this bill down and that what they are quoting me is real.  

It's just plain crap when you're in a hole that someone else dug for you.

You end up trying to maintain a life that simply has to change and you come face to face with the struggle of accepting that you are now in a different set of circumstances that need to be adjusted to.  So you start "cutting the fat" with yourself so that the ones you support don't have to notice that life has changed.  Food stamps, food pantries, shopping at Good Will, the kids don't really notice that especially if you do it when they are not with you.

But don't take away the cell phones!  That would just make it too obvious that we aren't where we used to be.   Lord Jesus Christ I just don't know anymore about anything.

Went To Church Service Today: Watching The Chosen Ones

So today service was a little different, they let the Chosen Ones talk today to everyone world wide.

It was nice to see people who really live this stuff and know their scripture by heart get up and share.

Basically, if I can be so bold as to sum up what the main message was, it was to just keep Jesus Christ in your sights.  Keep him as a vibrant memory in your mind.  Frequently recall his examples.  And remember that even Jesus Christ- super human at the least and God The Source at the most- was in the flesh and knows what it means to walk this earth.  That from his example we can see how to handle the problems that pop up in our own lives.

Changes In Direction....sort of.

Ok so here's the thing, I've always been about Jesus Christ and the saints and the bible.  That stuff always interested me in a very real way.  If I had been brought up in a household where the parents cared about spiritual things I would have probably run with it, but I wasn't.  I wasn't brought up with people who "practiced."  Like we all are Catholic and yet none of us were in the real sense of the word.

This left me free to explore every religion and every spiritual path.  I respect just about everything because just about everything is founded on the same good principles: be kind to others, be quicker to forgive then to take offence, do things that show you are listening and that you care, remember that you are not the center of the world, and what you do now will have reactions and ripple effects.

However for the first time in my life I've been going to church service, with these missionary boys that I met, and we are friends.  I had no intention of "joining" anything, merely sharing in a churchly service with new friends, showing that I am their friend by showing up and learning a thing or two about what they are teaching in the world.  I've gone to three consecutive services now and tomorrow will be the 4th, the effect this is having on me is to cut all the new age bullshit out and keep the Jesus Christ and saints part.

Unity is very neutral which is fine.  Claiming Jesus Christ is more...something.  I'm going to continue to do readings but they will be from my Christ decks, certain angel decks, and saints decks.  I'm going to change my spiritual counseling to more of a spiritual life coaching with prayer and Christ.

So it's not so much a change in direction, more like a refining of what I was doing all along.

And this is really what I want to say:  I'm pro Jesus Christ.  But I'm also pro "you working with what works for you" so please know that me being for something doesn't mean I'm against anything at the same time.  Jesus Christ just really works for me.

Clearing Your Chakras By Adding Crystals To Your Bath

I've been taking crystal baths the last week and a half as a way to improve my self care habits. It's really simple but what I do is when I start to feel myself getting drained (like I get a mental note that says "In about 1 hour you're going to be on a low battery) and so I go and fill the tub and I put in about 5-6 crystals that I feel guided to and if I have an essential oil available I will add a few drops (if not then I sometimes go out and get a few flowers around my complex) and I let the water sit while I do whatever I'm doing. Then when I feel drained I'll go and sit in the tub for 10-15 minutes. I've been doing this once a day.

This is what has shifted in me because of this: I'm very naturally being drawn to eating tomatoes and now cucumbers. And I eat them raw too. I just slice them up and put some salt and pepper (soy sauce with the cucumbers, something I saw in a PF Chang's). So the crystals are clearing my chakras and on a physical level I am very easily changing my eating habits to more healthier things to eat. I'm noticing less anger around me too. What I mean is on an emotional level it's like the cloud of repressed anger that is usually hanging around me isn't so dense anymore. In fact it's like the cloud went from dark and ready to rain to sunlight breaking through.

I'm starting to think that a lot of the food out there has a lot of anger in it. Like everyone knows that meat has a lot of anger and suffering and fear in it on an energy level and depression and sadness if the animal lived a really bad hard life. On a physical level you never know just how pure the animal is since they are usually given antibiotics and things while alive. For the first time in a very long time I went to a health food market to buy my tomatoes and cucumbers and I would have bought mushrooms but the kids were with me and my attention doesn't last long on anything when they are around me.

So I can say now that my energy is shifting me to go to different and new places now. In fact, I'm wanting to try out a new spiritual store that is about 20 minutes from me. So if you have crystals and you aren't using them then try and remember that putting them in your bathwater can be a way to clear chakras on a daily basis. And OMG clear chakras really do make a difference.

Card pulled from 

Flower Therapy Oracle Cards by Robert Reeves and Doreen Virtue

The Missionaries Showed Me That It's OK To Show Who I Am Spiritually

Ok so it occurred to me just now, what if the missionaries are in my life to help me to help me to feel more comfortable with openly being a "spiritual" person. Like when people ask me what I am now I just say I was raised with Catholic traditions but I'm all about peace and love so Unity because I'm for whatever Divine Message will draw out of me the best person that I can be. Like it takes a lot of guts to go door to door and just bring up Jesus, especially since it's considered bad manners to bring up religion so directly. Like would I go door to door and tell people that Archangel Michael can do an energy clearing like no one? I don't think so. However these kids were raised in families that encouraged them to be so open about their faith. They were told it was good to be like that. I was told the opposite. So it used to be so hard for me to tell people that I am a faith healer and reader. So I think these two young men are showing me, without realizing it, that it's ok to share who I am.

The Full Serenity Prayer

Lightworker Parent Reading: Someone Needs A Nap

Ok so it's been on my mind to start throwing readings out there that will help guide the Lightworker Parent.

This card says, "Insights that comes from quiet meditation.  The need for more sleep or time off.  Seek relief from stress."

I'm a lightworker parent and what this means is I can feel what my kids are feeling, only I feel it as if it was myself so that's where knowing my own energy comes in handy.  You're probably like this too with your kids.

The message here is that the kids (or you) need more down time EVEN if you really don't think you do.  This card is a thinking card, a mental patterns card, and actually it reminds me of a movie where a Templar knight went to a private chapel to pray and just have a moment to spiritually connect with Source before going back to battle.  So even though this card is about taking time to rest, it may actually be telling you that even though schedules are very busy and there is a lot of running around trying to get things in on time and be on time and not get totally stressed out....like be mindful to give the kids a break from all the errand-running and make sure that you stop and take a little 15 minute break to sit in the sun and get fresh air and drink some water or something.  

And remember, cranky people tend to really just be over tired and need to slow down.

Card pulled from this deck.

It's so obvious that you can't see it.

Ok when I look at this card I see a monkey who has broken through some "monkey ceilings" and has learned how to be more human then monkey.  Like Planet Of The Apes or something.

And yet is it safe to say that this card is showing very clearly no matter how much things can change, some things can never change and they should be acknowledged if only so that people don't go crazy.  

It's like that middle class guy who was raised to  believe he could be upper class but he makes too many dumb mistakes and ends up in a lower class situation, and he learns to adjust but something inside of him is sitting in anguish over the fact that he isn't who he is supposed to be.  He isn't where he is supposed to be.  And yet there he is...he is who he is.

I know this card is keyworded to the energy of No Limits, but to me it's like this person is just so ridiculous.

Here he is, smart, capable, he's been giving opportunities to move up and beyond where he started from but seriously all the education and opportunities in the world won't make this monkey a real human being.  This puppet is not becoming a real boy.

So this card to me, it shows a person who is trying really hard to do what he/she is supposed to be doing- which I guess in this case is to become smarter on some level (and by smarter I don't mean literal book smart but learn from the mistakes) but here's the game: this person has been brought into a situation where he was told he could become apart of something and he becomes the example of how someone CAN change and yet.....he's never going to be accepted on the fundamental levels that he needs acceptance from.  Like he's a monkey but no matter how great he is no human woman is going to fall in love with him and have his family.

This is the struggle in this card I think: you're looking around like, "I'm doing everything right so what is wrong here?" It's like the "other woman" who breaks up a family and she's with the douche bag who left his family for her and she's wondering why people hate her and judge her.  She won't admit that she did wrong to get what she wanted.  But still she wonders why his family won't meet her and why his friends or his kids don't like her.

You know there's a movie my kids watch and it's about how the three pigs adopt a baby wolf only they don't know he's a wolf, and this baby wolf and the three pigs become a family and it's only after the baby wold becomes a teenager that his best pig friend from school is like, "Yeah it's got to be frustrating to be a wolf." and she like drops this truth bomb on him because all this time he thought he was a pig.

It was so obvious but he couldn't see what was wrong because it was too obvious.

So I'm gonna say that whatever your situation is the answer may be so obvious that you might actually need someone else to enlighten you with the simple answer.  I say this card is showing that someone is going to be pointing something out to you, and once you see it you'll be like, "Why did I never see this before?"

Kind of like the Tower Card.

Like the answer can be a good one too, it's not all doom and gloom.  Like when people are acting weird and then you find out later they were all throwing you a surprise party.  Or someone you like is acting weird and then you find out they like you too and you're like, "Oh that's why you've been weird.  Cause you were trying to hide your feelings."

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card puled from Oracle of Visions by Ciro Marchetti

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Selfie

Remember all the moms out there:  remember to love yourself too.  You don't always have to come last.  if you can't wear hot shoes then at least make sure your purse is fierce.  And if you can't do that much then remember lip gloss,  face creme, and earrings are always a sign of a pampered face.  

Pink And Black Heels from Forever 21