Today’s meditation was just over twelve minutes long, and was a continuation on the theme of managing stress.
Today, the guided meditation explored how a moment focusing upon your breathing, and on a careful body scan from head to foot where you train your attention on relaxing each body part individually one at a time, can assist in easing the physiological response to stress and anxiety.
That is to say that stress and anxiety cause physiological responses. Your blood pressure goes up, your breathing shortens and shallows, your heart beats faster, your brain feeds your body a trickle of adrenaline, etc. These physical responses can be managed by taking a moment to do some deep breathing and focus upon the moment and relaxing your body.
Today’s draw is the Knight of Ghosts (Cups) which is a representation of an active beta energy, personality, or person in the area of the heart, emotions, relationships, and intuition.
What I saw when I pulled this card is a message about value. Specifically, that those who manipulate others through use of emotion also have their value. Maybe they are entertaining, or maybe they help in distracting those that would be in your own path without realizing that’s what they’re doing.
But the fact is. Everyone has value. Even those who follow a different code of ethics and a different moral compass than your own. Sometimes it’s easy to look down on these people, but it’s important to remember that they, too, have a place in our lives, and in live in general.
Deck Used: Halloween Tarot
Bonus Reading
Another #TarotForGrowthOctober prompt.
Question: How can I better balance personal time with the time I spend with others?
Reading Summary: I need to inspire a time of reckoning and self examination concerning what’s important to me and what isn’t (Judgement). Doing this will inspire me to better preserve those things most important to me (Seven of Wands), and let go of the rest in order to create space for what’s important to me to grow.
In other words, I need to do some trimming and weeding.
Take Away: I’m focusing on too many different things, and spreading myself too thin. Sort of like trimming a tree in order to allow it to sprout new growth and produce a healthier dispersion, some serious evaluation of what I value is needed in order to par down the sheer amount of crap on my plate and create space in my life for what I need to be in it to dig deeper roots and flourish.
Deck Used: The Carnival at the End of the World Tarot
Today’s draw is the Eight of Cups, which is an indication of determination, energy, and strength in the area of emotions, creativity, and relationships. This is a card of purpose and movement, and as such, it speaks of being lead by the heart to make changes and move away from the things that are not working for you.
