Today’s meditation was a ten minute self-guided session based on an affirmation card that says, “Whatever you manage to do is enough.”
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The @GlitterbyInk #OctoberAlchemy26 Challenge
Bless Prompt for October 7th : Memory
Daily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.
Today’s draw is the Six of Wands, which is traditionally a representation of public accolades, societal expectations, people pleasing, and peer pressure.
Don’t let the expectations of those in your past influence how you treat yourself in the present.
We learn a lot of lessons in our lifetime. Some of them are easy to grasp, others we end up repeating over and over.
For me, one of the lessons I find I’ve yet to fully learn is how to shut out the past from creeping into my present judgmentalism towards myself. It’s as if I absorbed all those unreasonable and unrealistic expectations that others placed upon me and made them my own expectations and demands for myself.
The message in today’s Six of Wands card and Memory prompt asks us to consider where our harsh self-judgements really come from, and if they are really worth holding onto or if it’s time to let them go.
DECK USED: PENNY DREADFUL TAROT AND TWIST’S HALLOWEEN AFFIRMATIONS DECK
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Philosophical Question for October 7th : Do ghosts exist?
Feledir – Industriousness. There are times when a soul lingers because they still have something to do. This task can be great or small, but they ultimately linger until they can either let it go or it’s completed.
Netling – Flighty and frivolitous. Sometimes people’s souls linger simply because they want to stay and play and explore a bit more. Emotional attachments may keep them anchored, but their souls ultimately linger out of sentimentality and an emotional connection with others that they have no desire to break.
Anarach – Forced to linger due to closed thinking. These spirits tend to stay not necessarily because they want to, but rather because they are too stubborn to give up control. This is different than having a task to complete, for it’s more about refusal to accept their new path than anything needing to be completed.
Take Away: Yes, ghosts exist, and clearly many more of them than we realize. These cards show that the soul may linger for a variety of reasons, the three above listing off some of the most common.
Other elements included in this reading:
Bird Figurine for Encouraging Hope, Positivity, and Renewal
Dried Cedar Bundle for Protection from Negative Influences
Gray Agate for Instilling Gentleness, Calm, and Stability
Desert Rose for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy
DECK USED: SHADOWMYTHS MALOCHI MONSTER DECK
October Prompts by @forgotten.dumpling & @ml.mecham
Prompt for October 7th : stalked by my cravings
there is peanut butter in the pantry
and leftovers in the fridge
but it’s the ice cream in the freezer
I reach for in a pinch
(Jack of Clubs)
at the drive through window
it’s not juice or water I want
but chocolate milk or soft serve
that will really hit the spot
(Three of Clubs)
the healthy options are there,
and they don’t get thrown away,
but it takes much longer to go through them
when my cravings are holding sway
(King of Clubs)
Other elements included in this reading:
Roots and Branches Design on Cedar for Interconnectivity
Dried Purple Heather Flowers for Independence and Luck
River Rock for Resilience within Life’s Flow
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy
DECK USED: LURKING PLAYING CARDS SILVER VEIL EDITION
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Prompts for October 7th
Question – Two of Swords – Make sure you are questioning the big decisions. Especially the ones that seem easy and obvious, but could have far reaching ramifications.
Take some time to think on things, rather that becoming impatient and choosing blindly just to get the selection making process out of the way.
Trust – Three of Pentacles – Not every problem can be decided on as a group.
If you have a true opinion and know your choice is the right one, sometimes consulting others can confuse the issue more than they help. Trust, in these instances, that you know the answer instead of reaching for outside input.
Other elements included in this reading:
Bird Figurine for Encouraging Hope, Positivity, and Renewal
Foraged Pin Oak Leaf for Strength and Endurance
Green Aventurine for Harmony and Balance of the Heart
Desert Rose for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy
DECK USED: PENNY DREADFUL TAROT
I didn’t head out first thing in the morning as I’d originally planned, but instead allowed myself to have a slow and easy morning before hitting the road..
