As I’m (s l o w l y) moving off social media I’m having more time to read the stockpile of books that has been growing for far too long now. It feels very good.
South Node eclipses don’t seem to stress me out. While yes they bring karmic endings, for me, in general, the endings that come are ones I knew were coming and seem to dissolve gently and naturally. North Node eclipses however leave me feeling stressed because they are the unknown beginnings, and how can we prepare ourselves for the unknown?
We have deep inner knowing and interconnectedness. Some call this intuition, some call it the “clair” or 6th senses. Regardless, it is that inexplicable, from any western defined logical perspective, knowing that many either ignore or don’t trust. Part of our healing work is strengthening this knowing and learning to trust it.
We need to learn to respect the boundaries of others, regardless of whether we like or agree with them
Entitlement looks like disrespect and dehumanization so we can get what we want.
I finished reading “Venus and Aphrodite: A biography” by Bettany Hughes which has lead me down yet another rabbit hole of reconnecting various ancestral parts of me. The healing work that exists in our relationships to those who came before us is immense.
Considering the ways we have all been separated from each other, the rest of nature, our interconnectedness, and acknowledging and examining the ways we both individually and collectively perpetuate our separateness and isolation, opens the doors to finding our ways back to each other, back to the earth, back to our souls.
We can’t force inspiration. We can make only live our lives and be open to and embrace inspiration as it comes
Sometimes we find our breath in the most unexpected places.
After periods of intensity, heartbreak, and hardness, we need ease, lightness and fun.
Cats are excellent judges of character. Most animals are.
Finding peace is an inside job. However, finding people we can be at peace with can help strengthen and deepen that inner work.
As someone who tends to be extremely private about the details of my life, I am slowly learning that perhaps, within specific context and with appropriate people, it is actually okay, even considered “normal,” to share the daily happenings of my life. Learning to open up is an ever evolving lesson and process.
We can have an anxious younger part activated and while we may not be able to calm them down, we don’t need to let them run the show and cause problems.
Sometimes when we are grieving the end of a relationship, what we are really grieving is the end of certain experiences that we had with them. This is also important to grieve.
Every single time I tell myself it can’t possibly get better, the Universe kindly shows me how wrong I am.
People are not property nor possessions. We do not have a right to try to control or manipulate others so we can avoid dealing with our own anxiety, insecurity, and abandonment wounds.
Karmic connections are plentiful. Remember this and don’t stay in relationships that keep you stuck.
Healing has so many layers and facets. And all these layers and facets are interconnected. Once you start to pull on one thread things begin to unravel everywhere.
Sometimes when we don’t know what exactly we want, and are open to unknown possibilities, what we truly need and desire finds us.
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