Day 257 - A Year of Spiritual Awakening - We Are Specific...

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Lesson 257: We Are Specific...

“We are specific, yes. We have characteristics, we have gifts, we have flaws and foibles. But at our essence, we are the same—not just with each other, but with every energy in the Universe.”

— Sara Wiseman

Today we are to think about what is specific to our self and what gifts have you brought into your human life. Do you find that you use them or neglect them? Why is that so?

It took a long time for me to figure out what I am good at and what “gifts” I have. I think everyone has something to offer the world, whether or not they realise it. Sometimes it’s an awakening within self to determine what gifts you bring into your life. I have found my creativity was something heavily neglected. I started it out as a child and it got lost in my teenager years and in my twenties. It’s only now in my thirties that I really am exploring the talent within. Besides this, I find I have some gifts from my spiritual side also which include medium skills, card reading such as tarot and just gaining and spreading knowledge to other people that I meet along the way.

I think there are skills that I need to explore further with my creativity. I have recently started painting and hopefully when I get my own art space to paint in, I’m going to create so much more. It truly is a path of discovery for me. every day is, really. I look forward to the gifts I awaken inside myself and bring forth to the world. I think the creativity and spirituality will come together to help others in the world. It’s just a matter of time before it all comes together.

Day 257 - A Year to Clear - Letting In, Letting Go

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Lesson 257: Letting In, Letting Go

Today is to take a moment and reflect on the altar that we made previously for letting go. we are to fill int these sentences upon reflection:

• It is safe for me now to let this­­­ go because______

• One thing I can do to support and honor myself now is______

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My altar is releasing some bad habits around laziness, procrastination and messiness.

• It is safe for me now to let this­­­ go because they do not serve me well and don’t reflect my best nature

• One thing I can do to support and honor myself now is to take small steps towards the release of these bad habits and to tell myself I’m doing well towards achieving my goals.

Day 256 - A Year to Clear - How to Create an Altar of Letting Go

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Lesson 256: How to Create an Altar of Letting Go

Today we are to spend time with our altars of release. How does one make an altar of letting go? I will list out the method of Stephanie Bennett Vogt:

·         Find a quiet area in your home with a small table that you will be able to step away for a few minutes a day

·         Place a colourful cloth down and place your item or representation of what you want to release on this table

·         Light a candle and ask the Divine to hold space for you. you may call in God or angels if that’s what you believe in

·         Breathe in nice deep breaths and say “"May this_______________[thing, thought, aspect of myself, painful memory, relationship. . .] be fully released for the highest and best good of all concerned. And so it is. And so it shall be."

·         Notice your breathing and any emotions or feelings that come up. Nothing is right or wrong, just embrace what comes.

·         Keep visiting your altar daily. Keep practising the exercise and start to notice changes in your life for the better.

·         Once you feel that the release has happened, remove the altar. You may very well remove the item from your life or notice a bad habit be gone.

The words spoken in the steps for a release altar is essentially a spell with good intention. I think if you believe that you can live without that object, beliefs or bad habits, it allows for more openness. Release those things that don’t serve you so you can start living your best life. What have you got to lose really?

Day 256 - A Year of Spiritual Awakening - People Who Have Lost Everything...

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Lesson 256: People Who Have Lost Everything...

…may walk around lost and not having it all together. They do hold something that we may not understand. They exist but without labels and things that define them. Today we are to think about what defines us and make a list. From there, apply Oneness to gain new perspective against your list.

I’m still trying to figure out what defines me. I think as I’ve been on my spiritual path, I have become more of a One than setting myself in a defined way. These are the labels and definitions I place on myself:

·         I am a witch

·         I am a friend

·         I am great listener

·         I am a trustworthy person

·         I am an honest person

·         I am one being just like everyone else

·         I am a daughter

·         I am a sister

·         I am an Australian

·         I am Asian

·         I am a home owner

·         I am a tarot reader

·         I am a spiritual being

Those are just a few haha! I think the majority of my list allows me to be One with others. It can be mish mashed into the collective and influence others. A lot of what I am is what others are in this world. We are combined and closer to one another than we think we are. We share a lot more connection than we care to admit. It’s the differences we create amongst ourselves that sets us apart.

Day 255 - A Year of Spiritual Awakening - In the State of Oneness...

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Lesson 255: In the State of Oneness...

“In the state of Oneness, the idea of security, safety, protection, stability also drops away. Everything changes. Happiness is an internal state, not based on externals. It is hard to see this, until you are there.”

— Sara Wiseman

Today we are to think about what makes us feel secure in life… is it money? Family? Material things? What is the one thing that you think cements your future? If that all dissolved, the question is posed of would you still exist?

I think I’ve learned that materialism gets you nowhere. All the shoes, handbags, make-up.. would have never really made me feel secure in life. All those objects are really temporary happiness fixes. They are not really long term. I guess like anyone else, I was taught that building a future with a high paying job is what makes you feel secure. I think money definitely helps in placing a roof over your head and allowing you to have enough to eat. I get that the lesson is teaching us that we are so much more than these things, and we will in fact exist if we didn’t have all these things, but the truth is, we are products of our environment. If I could live my life without money and still function in this city, I would do it but it’s really not realistic. The idea of Oneness is great, but it doesn’t place a roof over my head. I need to be logical and practical. If I one day I quit this lifestyle and moved to a remote village to live off the land, then accepting Oneness would be easier.  You would not live with the constraints of modern society. That’d be nice but possibly not achievable unless society changed.

I’m probably taking this lesson further than it needs to go. If I could be free to live a life without security in certain things such as money, it would be really nice. I think I could only enjoy it if I moved to a place where money doesn’t exist and just be. That’d be the life. If everyone could be without these constraints that we live in, then Oneness could be embraced.