Five Signs That Tell You It’s Time To Let Go
Reading Time: 6 minutes Cindie Chavez ©2018 “We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept
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Cindie Chavez
If It Quacks: Opinions are Important, but Facts are Facts
Reading Time: 5 minutes You can decide your own opinion, but you can’t decide your own facts. And the fact is that there is a definition for abuse, just like there is a definition for fascism, for authoritarianism, for dictatorship, for tyranny. It’s shocking to me how many parallels there are between our current political climate and living in an abusive relationship – from the gaslighting to the total lack of respect – respect for norms, for human dignity, for women, for the truth, for the rule of law.
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A MAGICAL WAY TO TRANSFORM THE DARKNESS OF SUFFERING: OR… WHAT TO DO WHEN CURRENT EVENTS MAKE YOU WANT TO SCREAM
Reading Time: 5 minutes Tonglen is an exceedingly simple meditative practice in which one visualizes taking in the suffering of oneself and others on the in-breath, and on the out-breath sending recognition, compassion, and relief. It involves being willing for those brief moments to “take on” the suffering of the world (or those specific people or groups that you have chosen to focus on) as you breath in, and then imagining that this suffering is being transmuted into goodness, love, compassion as you breath out, sending blessings and relief to those who are suffering.
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Peace on Earth
Reading Time: 4 minutes Spiritual practices are not just for us. Spiritual practices and beliefs are personal, yes. Often we are born into specific belief systems and taught certain practices when we are very young. We then grow into adulthood and come to a place where we adopt those beliefs and practices by choice. We make them our own, or we don’t – we drop them and choose new beliefs and new practices, and our choices are deeply personal.
But as personal as those choices are, (I cannot choose yours and you cannot choose mine), we still do well to understand why we’ve chosen the specific beliefs and practices that we have.
Why?
I can’t answer that question for you. But I do want to ask it, of you, and of myself.
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7 TRAITS THAT MAKE YOU A POWERFUL PERSON
Reading Time: 4 minutes Personal power doesn’t show up as power “over” other people, it shows up as power “with” other people.
And here is the best thing about personal power — it is not attached to a title, or a thing (like financial prosperity, a big salary, or a promotion), so once you’ve developed your own sense of personal power you won’t lose it because it didn’t come with the job or the title or a big financial windfall.
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There is No Healing Without Love
Reading Time: 4 minutes Our body’s propensity is to heal. You may be doing everything you can to support your body and promote healing – keep doing the things that support you. I had a serious health crisis of my own, and although it was nearly two decades ago, I still vividly remember the frustration of doing everything I knew to do and not finding relief. It’s frustrating. Don’t give up. Infuse your self-care with LOVE.
You are made of Love, worthy of Love, capable of Love…there is so much Love for you in the world. Your heart, mind, soul, body, spirit are all parts of a beautiful miracle that is you.
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SPELLS AND RITUALS AND BASIC HUMAN NEEDS
Reading Time: 3 minutes When you take good care of yourself by taking full responsibility for getting your own needs met you send an energetic message to the Universe that having your needs met is important to you. This is some of the most powerful spell-work you can do!
Making magic begins with taking care of you. Begin with a deep breath. Magic always happens in the present moment, start now.
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10 IDEAS THAT WILL HELP IF YOU’RE MAKING A DIFFICULT DECISION
Reading Time: 3 minutes “Take the lighted path, no matter how dimly lit.” ~Simran Singh
That proverbial fork in the road – sometimes even the simplest decision can feel like a struggle when we start taking all of the many factors into consideration. Even though it would be easy to shake a magic 8-ball, or just flip a coin, sometimes we’d like to feel a little more grounded when we’re making a difficult decision, especially if there is a lot at stake. Here are some tips, pointers, encouragement and support because you may be right smack in the midst of tough decision time and it’s important to find clarity and feel confident right now.
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10 Ways a Tarot Deck Will Make Your Life Better
Reading Time: 5 minutes Whether you’re looking for a way to connect with Divine, hear from your higher self, increase your intuition, decrease stress, learn something new, improve your memory, experience more vivid dreams, or just add a dose of beauty into your life, tarot is a great idea!
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The Ebb and Flow of a Spiritual Practice
Reading Time: 3 minutes The German philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel said that “matter is spirit fallen into a state of self-otherness”. His idea has often been interpreted in the thought that “we are not humans having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience.” If this is true, then we can’t not have a spiritual practice. We are spiritual beings. Our life is our practice.
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