#women’ spiritualty

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I don't know why I thought Australia's time was a day after America or at least hours behind. Don't know why I didn't talk you were just a day ahead of us. Well.. That does answers some questions for me anyway.

No offence. But me and my character think it's weird that she really is superstitious about spiritualty. But, unlike me, most of my characters would be mostly accommodating towards her. Especially Orange too.

But me on the other hand would tease her for being any superstitious way about these stories, days and events. I would tease her over this.

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If I ever drank alone at home.. Maybe wine. But if I decide to drink any wine, it has to be specific brands because I don't actually ever like the same wine as my mother. Her brands are too light for me to enjoy any wine. Surprisingly, when I drink wine, I tend to prefer stronger flavors. But I don't drink wine that often though. And my mother's completely different than me. I won't get into that though. But I can't tolerate her.

Any time someone in my family (especially my grandmother) makes a homemade cocktail for birthdays, holidays, any celebratory event you can think of... That drinks are actually too strong. They would add just way too much alcohol that you only taste the alcohol, nothing else. I'd say that those drinks are too disgusting to drink that I'd never drink it.

I'm going to say this vulgar comment in the nicest way I can. If you've ever seen how most women and girls in my town dresses, I would just have to say that prostitutes seem to have more class than the women and girls in this town do. Seriously. That's not a joke either. Ironic with how I mainly stuck to the dress code yet I was the only one would just got constantly bitched at, while girls who should have even been sent home for actual dress code violations never did. That made no sense.

And the worst part was the colder seasons like winter. It's winter. Like cold weather, icy weather, snowy weather, blizzard weather.. The cold weathers. Yet girls would walk to school either one of three outfits; so one - tight lowcut shorts with a lot of cleavage, either short shorts (or short skirts) that basically showed their underwear while wearing ugg boots. Ugg boots won't ever protect you from the cold! Two - just any overly sized sweat clothes. Three - pajamas.. Like they just got out of bed. They don't ever attempt to dress themselves when that happens either. I hated going to school but I still dress myself for public places though, so seeing so many people even lazier than me says so a lot of these people. And this town has gotten worse throughout the years.

I was diagnosed with some conditions at a young age. But diagnosed again when I was a really younger teenager, around thirteen years old.

The anemia didn't happen until middle school, or was it high school.. I can't remember. Either way, I only known about being diagnosed with anemia because of puberty. When I first started menstruating when, I couldn't stop bleeding so I had to take birth control to regulate cycles for a while until my bleeding was stable. I actually knew that I had this anemia condition when I was in school, but I felt that I never even had to justify myself to any teachers over my conditions. But if they might know about my conditions, then it was on personal paperwork I could have about myself. And I've never participated in gym. Since I was an outcast, the "weird" person, I sat in the bleachers drawing in my book since I used to be the artistic person (but I've quit creating artworks).

Because my cousin might have stolen my costume rings - plural as in three costume rings that I still never got back, which is why I really do hate children, so maybe I should try getting new custom rings that do actually fit me. I do not know why... I've always thought rose gold was just a bizarre shade of pink. Obviously rose gold is a pinker gold color.

I've had my fair share of injures since I'm clumsy.. Many broken bones happened in my lifetime. Actually I sprained my limbs a lot too, pulled muscles a lot. I've had just about every injury. And whenever it comes to spraining my ankle, I've actually sprained my ankle by falling down the stairs multiple times in a day while falling the exact same way too.

When I was a child, can't remember which age, I broke my own bones before.. I broke my own collarbone just from tripping over the carpets in my house. That happened in the summer, right before my birthday.

Since I suffer from frequent migraines, or when any sleep schedule is me sleeping during the day... Sometimes I wear an eyemask. Because the darkness does help me sleep. And also helps my eyes any time I'd have a migraine. Lavender scents tend to worse my migraine. But any scent, most scents, tend to be heightened whenever I have migraines though. So I really can't only blame lavender scents in this situation.

Well.. What I'd consider as an eccentric flower would be really unusual plants like; the bat flower, cymbidium flower (the black flower), devil's hand flower, grevillea flower, silver vase flower, asian chrysanthemum flower are some examples of eccentric flowers that I like. Oh! And you mention that bees are your favorite insect and orchids are your flower too, then search the bee orchid. And also the beehive ginger plants.

But for traditional flowers.. I would have to say basically any flowers if the flower has multiple colors; like hybrid flowers. I don't mind hybrid roses. Dahlias - especially any variation to black widow dahlias (since the colors are black, red, maroon and burgundy). Spider lilies are also another flower. So either eccentric flowers. Or flowers with more than one color to the plant, especially darker (nearly black) colors to any of these plants too. Also blossoms. I'm trying to think of any flowers I do like but my mind is blank right now. I don't know why I'm blanking out over this. Either way, you might have some ideas what flowers I'd like.

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I still think Keiji Kuroki would be a perfect Nanami Kento from Jujutsu Kaisen. So that is another reason why I'm a bit upset he retired from a career as an entertainer. He's the only person I would accept as Kento in every way, based on the pictures I'd sent you. That should happen.

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I'm torn about that situation. Because on one hand, I respect that this mafia boss does removed people who betrayed him - apparently with this guy working on the side for extra money, with drugs that he even stole from the mafia boss. But on the other hand, he warned him that the two cops he was close to who really gathered information on him. But mafia guy isn't listening to him though. Why is he so stupid now?

What do you think the ending would be? Who do you think would die?

I'm trying to think of any other horror shows and movies if you would probably watch. But I don't know.. My mind is blank at the moment.

So the violent scenes with violent in Talk To Me? At least a possession scenes. Unless the movie was violent? Was the movie violent though?

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nope! a day ahead! or, like, 10 hours ahead where i am iirc.

yui used to tease shizuka over it and hiroto does think it’s kinda dumb, but he can keep his thoughts to himself. but then they also both love shizuka, quirks and all. even if her quirks are slapping nail clippers out of yui’s hands at night (japanese bad luck superstition to cut nails at night) or diving across the room to stop hiroto from killing a spider during the day (spiders are good luck in the day but bad luck at night).

i think the only ones who would get her are maybe kato and hyuga, since they’re more traditional. shizuka breaks the strap of her geta one time and freaks out and hyuga’s the only one who gets that it’s an omen of misfortune.

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i’m not a wine drinker at all. it just all tastes the same to me. or the white wines at least, because that’s what my mum drinks. i don’t like darker wines either tho. i don’t mind being able to taste the liquor in cocktails, but i do prefer fruitier cocktails. i like having the lil burn from whiskey or rum when i mix it with colas tho. and i’ll sip shots of rum/whiskey like how most people tastetest wine.

i had a friend who wore track pants every day at school. i had no idea how she did it because it was so hot all the time. it barely gets cold in winter. i wanted to be one of those girly girls who wore the skirts, but i hated them and ended up wearing the basketball-y type shorts instead because they were comfier. cannot do the girly thing, even tho i love dresses and skirts.

i got diagnosed with pcos when i was about 20. before then, i got my period at random and it never came regularly. my mum didn’t even want to believe me when i first suggested it because i stupidly mentioned how it messes with losing weight and my mum accused me of just being fat and lazy. i got a bloodtest tho and i was right. pcos. so now i’m on birth control to regulate it, and an anti-inflammatory pain killer to help with the totally awful cramps i get. i also used to take a blood clotting medication but i’m off that one currently. i’m also being treated for hypothyroidism and a heart issue.

i was also diagnosed with depression but that’s currently going untreated.

i have a lot of clumsy injuries that have left me with some lasting issues. scars on my knees from tripping, my elbows is a bit arthritic from where i broke it, i broke my front two teeth and they have permanent caps, i’ve got a scar on the inside of my top lip where i was shoved face-first into pebble tec. i’ve also got a scar high on my forehead from when i ran into a pole. well. walked hard into a pole. which my father literally just watched me do and then laughed about until he realised i was heavily bleeding. i was a lil kid, under ten.

my mum grows bat plants! black ones. those suckers have lasted for years and my mum’s given away cuts from. i think it’s a second generation bat plant from my grandma. devil’s hands are so cool!

i LOVE bee orchids!!! i might need to add it onto my tattoo list. they’re so neat looking! it’s so weird to imagine the bee species this flower outlived.

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bossman’s really ruling with his heart instead of his head here. should be listening a lil more, looking a lil deeper into those coincidences, but i think he doesn’t want to believe it. that this guy who’s saved his life twice and been his friend, and the girl he’s been in love with for years could be lying to him. so i guess i understand. but it’s also so dumb of him. please pretty boy. use your brain! you’re a gang leader! and a drug dealer! get away from the cop!!!

at least he’s starting to question stuff now, since there’s holes being poked in the cop’s story and his informant isn’t getting back to him.

if someone was going to die, i imagine probably the boss, if he fights against getting arrested. or gets into a dramatic shootout with the cop. i’m not sure about how it’ll end yet. still a good handful of episodes left tho! there’s lots that could happen!

the possession scenes are pretty violent, especially the kid’s. the movie does open with a guy stabbing his brother in the back and then killing himself, so there’s no shortness of violent stuff happening across the film. the visual effects for the gory parts are very good too tho.

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What are you top 10 must reads for understanding the divine feminine/Goddesses? Much love~

Hi there!

I love this question! And such a difficult one to answer simply because there are so many great books. I am going to answer your question in two ways: first, by providing a general reading list, and second, by providing a select reading list by goddess.

There are inevitably some setbacks to my recommendations--specifically because I have a limited background in many areas—but I intend to update this list in the future. To that point—thank you 🌺 to the person who asked me this question! You have inspired me to put together a “living” Goddess Recommended Reading list on my website. I will continue to update there in the future.

Worth mentioning: Many of the books I recommend are to some degree scholastic. But, all of which are readable and enjoyable to anyone inside or outside of academia.

Finally, right now I'm building my Journey to the Goddess YouTube channel where you can find my in-depth Interviews with scholars and artists about the Sacred Feminine. If you journey over to YouTube and enjoy what you see, please hit the “subscribe” button on my channel. Like the videos? Hit “like” as it will help my content show up for other like-minded souls.

General Goddess book recommendations:

1)    “Goddess: Mysteries of the Feminine Divine” by Joseph Campbell

This book is a collection of his lectures on the Goddess. It was, essentially, my introduction into the Goddess. It is also a book that I return to from time to time for inspiration. I greatly appreciate JC’s unique way of emphasizing cross-cultural patterns and the psychological-spiritual meaning behind myths and mythic figures. Though not without a bit of controversy, JC was a brilliant comparative mythologist who truly believed that human beings could transform themselves through the wisdom of myth.

2)    “The Living Goddess” by Marija Gimbutas

Marija Gimbutas was an archeo-mythologist who dared to theorize that the people of Neolithic Old Europe and Anatolia were egalitarian and worshipped a Great Goddess. This GG was likely a prototype for the later goddess figures that we know today. She had, and still has, many critics in mainstream archeology, but I find her theories fascinating, plausible, and liberating!

3)    “Encyclopedia of Goddesses and Heroines” by Patricia Monaghan, PhD

Just a great all-around resource. She organizes by tradition, but you can use the index to find a goddess by attribute (i.e. sun goddess) or simply by name. I would trust any work written by her.

4)   “The Creation of Patriarchy” by Gerda Lerner

This book is been monumental in creating a solid theoretical framework for the development of patriarchy in the West and how it has impacted the lives of women and the role of the Great Goddess in culture.

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“The Politics of Women’s Spirituality” Edited by Charlene Spretnak

“Weaving the Visions” Edited by Judith Plaskow and Carol P. Christ

“Womanspirit Rising” Edited by Carol P. Christ and Judith Plaskow

These three books feature a variety of essays, poems, and visions by the “Founding Mothers” of Goddess Spirituality. These books offer context, including an historical understanding of the Goddess; how to make meaning of the Goddess and why that is important for modern women; and most important, they present the voices and experiences of women from many different traditions—not simply those of from the Judeo-Christian world. With these books, you can learn from multiple lineages and lineage holders such as Paula Allen Gunn, Gloria Anzaldúa, and Luisah Teish.

Four books I have not yet read but have been recommended to me by grad school collogues:

8)    “The Myth of the Goddess: Evolution of an Image” by Jules Cashford and Anne Baring.

9)    “The Chalice and the Blade” by Raine Eisler. A classic.

10) “The Spiral Dance” by Starhawk. An ecofeminist, permaculturist and Earth-based spirituality practitioner.

11)  “Dancing in the Flames” by Marion Woodman. She was a deeply treasured Jungian analyst and teacher who taught on the subject of feminine consciousness.

Goddess recommendations by tradition and goddess:

1)    Mary Magdalene

Okay, it’s no secret that I am a Mary Magdalene devotee and I could recommend book after book after book. But, knowing what I know now, here are three books that I would recommend people start with:

      “The Woman with the Alabaster Jar” by Margaret Starbird for a well-researched approach to Mary Magdalene as bride to Christ.

      “The Meaning of Mary Magdalene” by Cynthia Bourgeault for a mystical Christian approach.

      “The Gospel of Mary of Magdala” by Karen L. King for a thorough academic approach.

       I have a full list of recommendations here: https://www.sheislove.com/mary-magdalene-celebration

2)    Inanna & Ereshkigal

“Inanna, Queen of Heaven and Earth” by Diane Wolkenstein and Samuel Noah Kramer. A beautiful collaboration between folklorist and Assyriologist. Poetic, historical, and psycho-spiritual.

“Descent to the Goddess: A Way of Initiation for Women” by Sylvia Breton Perera. A feminist Jungian approach to meeting the unconscious feminine, or “underworld” goddess within. Mostly psychological, but also spiritual and historical.  

 “Uncursing the Dark” by Betty DeShong Meador. A reclamation of the wisdom of the goddess of death as well as the repressed aspect of women’s psyches and archetypal expressions; that which has been labeled “dangerous” by patriarchy.

3)    Greek Goddesses

“The Goddess” by Christine Downing. Full disclosure, she is a professor at my graduate institution.

4)    Pele

“Pele, Goddess of Hawai’i’s Volcanoes” by Herb Kawainui Kane

5)    Hinduism

“Awakening Shakti” by Sally Kempton. Love this book.

“The Goddess in India” by Devdutt Pattanaik

“Hindu Goddesses” by David R. Kinsley

6)    Buddhism

“Wisdom Rising” by Lama Tsultrim Allione

“Dakini’s Warm Breath” by Judith Simmer Brown

“Buddhist Goddesses of India” by Miranda Shaw

7)    Black Madonnas

“Black Madonnas: Feminism, religion, and politics in Italy” by Lucia Chiavola Birnbaum

8)    Yoruba Diaspora

“The Divine Horsemen: Living Gods of Haiti” by Maya Deren. A slightly dated book but very good introduction to Haitian Vodun.

9)    Ecofeminism – If you want to understand the connection between the treatment of the planet and women under patriarchy. Timely in terms of understanding the psychological components behind climate change

“Gaia and God” by Rosemary Radford Ruether

 “Ecofeminism” by Vandana Shiva and Maria Mies

“Reweaving the World” edited by Irene Diamond and Gloria Feman Orenstein

“Mary Magdalene” by Pieter Leerman

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An empowered woman claims her physical body as her own and regards herself as a temple, a vessel of divine light. ~Shikoba www.relationshipsreality.com

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Studying the Different Types of Meditation

Yoga is usually understood while a process of concentration. This unification is multi-dimensional. In one dimension, the idea is a union associated with the various systems that you can get within the human currently being including the mental, bodily, mental, and psychic methods. In total there tend to be thought to be five different programs within just human life. All these are generally referred to be able to as the koshas some of the physical, energetic, mental, refined, and bliss sheaths. Inside our current understanding of meditation, we could working to unify these several bodies or maybe layers with the human staying. Another process of concentration occurs between of the particular personal consciousness and typically the universal mind.

.Check out more info on the basics of yoga mindset on this article

This union is often called Samadhi and is one regarding the primary changes which occur within the training of yoga. Observing this particular from a different viewpoint, Samadhi is a modification of notion in which often disillusionments about the universe are reformed so that will the fact behind actuality can be seen with the purest of application form. Yoga exercise, as a method, has developed in different branches through which men and women pursue the evolution and also unification of the factors in their being. Each department holds its own special set of concepts along with philosophies which outlined often the process and eventual obtainment of complete unification.

There is not any right or wrong technique of yoga as being the every single possesses their own specific characteristics that accommodate the wants of various characteristics in addition to personas that exist between human beings. Each and every process is designed to allow for another personality type, as well as yoga exercise has developed in to a broad getting program that can be used simply by nearly anyone who all is interested in seeking a spiritual life. Any practice like Jnana yoga exercises is ideal for an individual who is philosophically oriented whereas the process involving bhakti yoga is useful for anyone who is emotionally perceptive and inclined towards a sense devotion. In this content we will be looking at the more mainstream routines connected with yoga which are usually derived from the actual traditions of yogic spiritualty. These kind of traditions of pilates are generally as young as five-hundred a number of as old seeing that thousands of. While there usually are many modern techniques associated with yoga which have also been characterized by various instructors, the particular systems we can be discussing tend to be standard systems which have been recently offered to throughout many years.

Bhakti Yoga The initial system you will discuss the item is Bhakti meditation. Bhakti yoga is a train in which the non secular practitioner targets developing any state of commitment in the mind and typically the coronary heart. In bhakti yoga exercise a powerful sense of beliefs is needed together will be expected to submit them selves to God through some sort of means of self surrendering. The particular methods and techniques regarding bhakti yoga are as a result built to help surrendered often the vanity and embrace having like the thought of the actual creator. A lot more common procedures of bhakti yoga are usually kirtan (chanting/song), japa (mantra repetition), and also meditation about the divine.

Typically the particular practice of bhakti yoga exercises is advised to possibly be applied by those who else are well attached to their very own emotions and also responsive of more subtle sensations within themselves and other folks. Passionate love defines typically the exercise of bhakti pilates since the practitioner devotes all their complete being towards often the spiritual keen. A opinion in The almighty or a new higher being is critical for you to the practice, and with no it, it is around to extremely hard to training bhakti yoga. Typically the love that is practiced from the bhakti Yogi is certainly not certainly one of slavery towards the actual divine. Somewhat, it is usually a relationship that is definitely filled up with love, friendship, along with company. In bhakti meditation persons view God because a good friend, a fan, a father, as well as mommy. It is through this specific relationship that bhakti yoga exercise is practiced. There are generally many areas of devotion intended for the bhakti yogi; presently there are many forms involving God which can be worshiped within yoga which includes Shiva, Vishnu, Brahman, Parvatti, etc. Besides from the metaphysical kinds of God, a guru or even teacher can also become worshiped in the practice. Often the primary purpose of this kind of practice is to aid in relinquishing the confidence and unifying the specific being with the widespread.

Karma Yoga Karma is surely an aspect of human living that may be responsible for the thoughts, inner thoughts, and steps. It is supported yoga exercises that Karma helps to keep the particular cycle of revival inside motion as recent measures and events push people to take another existence in the world to help balance out typically the inequalities that we have added within our spirit in addition to the galaxy. Once accrued Karmic value is well-balanced or damaged then routine of labor and birth and dying is ceased and often the spirit is come back to it is origins within the worldwide divine. The practice connected with Karma yoga directly includes this primary aspect associated with lifestyle, works to remove the effects of Karma with disciplined action in which formulates a separation involving the individual and the outcomes of Karma. This separating occurs by way of a process regarding disassociation in which the actual unique separates themselves coming from the rewards or failures from their things inside of the world.

The process of Karma yoga is commonly based around one's Dharma or duties within the particular globe. Dharma is established by the actions from the individual in the previous, including the past involving the current lifetime since well as the earlier of prior lives. Throughout some respects, Dharma is actually the most effective approach for someone to make use of their time on the planet to get spiritual progress currently centered upon the realistic sizes and potential of typically the person. One of often the main components of Dharma will be acting in the actual world without idea of the particular benefits or losses on the actions. The practitioner lifestyles and acts within typically the planet without any anticipations or included impressions connected with how the future must unfold. The mind is usually focused with selfless services and earning a living for the profit of the greater very good rather than the independent needs associated with the personal. In Karma yoga often the practice is definitely gradual because the individual little by little relinquishes the actual bonds regarding karma as well as liberates the particular spirit from your confines involving egocentric considered processes.

Despite the fact that a Karma yogi may possibly practice approaches such while the asanas, breathing routines, and meditations, the major concentrate of the their spiritual train is actually service and activities with all the focus of selflessness and humbleness. The initially mention of Karma pilates is within the Bhagavad-Gita inside a dialogue between Arjuna and also Krishna. In that dialogue, Krishna informs Arjuna that he can easily blend his consciousness along with Krishna's when he surrenders his or her actions to the work (which in this circumstance is Krishna). Krishna promotes Arjuna to act along with follow out his obligation without worry or thing to consider of the benefits or perhaps cutbacks of his steps. He or she informs Arjuna this behaving in the label of Krishna (or divine) will provide the dog together with the liberation that he or she provides set forth in order to achieve.

Kundalini Yoga exercises Kundalini yoga is a exercise of yoga which descends from the practice of tantra yoga. Historically speaking, tantra yoga is believed to be able to be one of several oldest varieties of spirituality which can be continue to in practice today. One of many key components of tantra meditation is the agglomération of kundalini which will be considered to be typically the esencial force existence inside each one human being. The actual practice connected with Kundalini yoga exercise was formed to regulate in addition to harness the potential associated with often the kundalini energy within just the body. As opposed to the actual other systems of yoga exercises, kundalini yoga can end up being a remarkably unstable training of pilates as the particular release of kundalini power can lead to intense mental and physical issues or even controlled in typically the proper fashion.

Therefore, often the practice regarding kundalini meditation is a really innovative system which is typically only practiced by those who find themselves well advanced in the actual techniques of spirituality. One particular of the primary specifications of kundalini yoga is actually a strong mind and the healthy and balanced body without which will the let go of kundalini energy may be damaging or maybe even fatal. A good certain term in mindsets identified as kundalini syndrome have been developed for those who also have gone directly into dementia because of the inappropriate launch of kundalini vitality. With kundalini yoga the particular tactics presented are developed to help rise typically the kundalini energy. Besides their definition as the fundamental energy, kundalini is furthermore called the serpent electricity. Before its awakening, often the kundalini energy rests from the bottom of the actual spine in the type of any spiraled coil nailers similar to regarding some sort of serpent. When introduced, the particular kundalini energy shoots out way up through the spine, moving towards the crown involving the brain. Depending after the purification in the strength channels along the backbone known as chakras, typically the kundalini will either get to it has the final destination as well as the head as well as will probably be stuck within on the list of chakras. Usually kundalini yoga exercise starts by purifying just about all the chakras. This is purified helps to keep things in balance movement of prana inside the body. That is believed that a new equilibrium flow of prana internally leads to the sound state of head and also body. Once often the body, imagination, and pranic channels usually are purified, the actual practitioner connected with kundalini yoga exercises works to discharge the particular kundalini energy. The particular filter process an essential top quality of the practice seeing that it really helps to ensure any smooth move of kundalini energy from the chakra method.

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ARRIVAL.   blurry memories.   helicopters flying overhead.   fog pouring over mountains.   ominous feelings.   stuttering voices.   dark, cavernous chambers.   protective suits.   hazy skies.  smooth and mysterious rock.   in a relationship with death.   defied gravity.   a chirping bird in a cage.   white, bleak emptiness.   the soft hands of a child.   a barrier between them and you.   moaning voices of unknown creatures.   odd languages.   tentacles.   flat landscapes.   ink.   the circle of time.   silhouettes.   a window overlooking a body of water.  strange perceptions of time.   moving from shadows to light.   possible threats.   the laugh of a child.   déjà vu.   government secrets.  conversations without speaking.   military uniforms.   sickness.  confessions.   a lover once there and now gone.  strange dreams.   paranoia.   disturbing the peace.

FENCES.   strained relations.   exercising power.   laundry hanging on the line.   providing.  tears streaming down hurt cheeks.   masculinity.   family.   claustrophobic houses.   youth and inexperience.  the hollow sound when a baseball bat hits a ball.  football jerseys.   framed photos of relatives.   throwing punches.   second chances.   muted colors.   prison.   unacknowledged sacrifices.   post-war.   streets framed by rusted metal.   sitting on steps.   sticking your fingers through the holes of a fence.   cross necklaces.   unflinchingly hard circumstances.   railroad tracks.   pride being suffocated by self-pity. being rooted in the same place for years.   building a dream.   maternal abandonment. pecking someone goodbye.  bad timing.   losing a dream.   long-standing marriage.   knitting.   covering your ears with a pillow.   infidelity.   brick walls.

HACKSAW RIDGE.   bullets whizzing past your ears.   dust.   bodies littering the dirt.   helmets.   scraped up faces.   hospitals.   obligations.   pacifism.   taking someone in your arms.   a photo tucked away in a bible.   warfare.   a cemetery full of plain white tombstones.   smoke.   saving lives.   rough terrain.   a rifle set aside.   enemies.   allies.  underground tunnels.   perseverance.   water and blood streaming down one’s face.   being the odd one out.   staying true to what you believe.   the smell of gunpowder.   people crying out for mercy.   spiritual transcendence.   someone waiting.   a cliff leading to nowhere.   fire and brimstone.   no man’s land.   barbed wire.   trust.   white rock.   faceless danger.   carrying somebody on your back.   heroes.

HELL OR HIGH WATER.   sleepy towns.   a windmill turning.   pick-up trucks.   the cocking of a gun.   cowboy hats.   summer heat.   doing things for family.  robberies.  stand-offs.   locking eyes with somebody in a bar.   dirt roads leading to nothingness.   masked faces.   badlands.   justice.   crosses painted on the sides of buildings.   the west.   dust bowls.   the badge pinned to a cop’s shirt.   hot tempers.  burying past mistakes.   guns on belts.  slow drawls.   shattered glass.   piles of money.   browns and beiges.   gambling.  hot and sprawling landscapes.   a lack of moral salvation.   tattoos hidden by sleeves.   blinding sun.  getting away.   getting caught.   generations of poverty.   thunderstorms on the horizon.   loose-fitting shirts.   farms.   not knowing if you’re going to heaven or hell or somewhere else.

HIDDEN FIGURES.   junky cars.   close friendships.   vintage lamps.   pursuing the impossible.  rocket ships.   satellites.   running in heels.   computers.   chalk drawn on a whiteboard.   mathematics.   pulling up after being pushed down.  kodachrome.   files being slammed on desks.   standing out among the rest.   dark computing rooms.   pencils moving on paper at high speeds.  warm homes.   being depended on.  getting ahead and having the finish line moved.   space age.   meetings full of suits and ties.   crowbars.   grainy footage.   crowds of women.   black and white televisions.   counting numbers.  no windows.   astronauts.   a little girl walking through the trees.   sepia.   breaking boundaries.   long hallways.   watching through glass.   making history.

LA LA LAND.   auditions gone wrong.   neon streets.   highways jammed with cars.   vivid colors.   piano keys.   spotlights.   dreaming of goals.   christmas jingles.   romances that sweep you off your feet.   dancing.   telescopes.   old hollywood movies.  lighthouses.   parties.   movie sets.   jazz music.   galaxies upon galaxies.   fights over dinner.   purple skies.   blue skies.  car radios blaring from vehicles.   murals on the walls.   arms spread wide.   candy-colored fantasies.   nostalgia.   standing on a stage all alone.   brightly colored clothes.   lingering eye contact.   theater seats.   the seasons flying by.   singing your heart out.   elegance.   losing love.  jumping into a swimming pool.   lamps lighting up dark streets.   film burning out on the screen.   coffee shops.  kisses where the world stops.   fireworks.

LION.   gut feelings you can’t shake.   yellow butterflies.   walking alongside the tracks of a train.   a child running around freely.   dangerous alleyways.   elegant pinks.   a family who you haven’t seen in a long time.   falling apart.   being lost.   bright green grass by an ocean.   foreign landscapes.   looking for answers.   locked in a room.   searching the internet.   maps.   crowds of unrecognizable people.   noisy traffic.   holding hands.   catching a stray leaf floating in the wind.   being chased down dark streets.   no one understanding.   rainbows appearing in the rain.  dust-colored browns.   trash dumps.   fluorescent fixtures in a home.   letting go.   banks of a river.   thumbtacks.   home.  rare but bright colors. standing in water.  the train departing.   the roughness of eroding brick.   fruits.   finding a way back.

MANCHESTER BY THE SEA.   boats on clear water.  regret.   shoveling snow.  driving without a clear destination.   fluorescent lights of a hospital.   orphans.   tears clinging to your eyes but never falling.  aimlessness.   hockey.   small towns.   running into someone from long ago.   sidewalks.   a house burning to the ground.   funerals.  dressing for the cold.   jarring human memories.   pointless conversations with some meaning.   teenagers.   empty pizza boxes.  life going on.  having people over.   haunting beauty.   bands playing bad music.   trauma.   bar fights.   fishing nets.   seagulls.   depression.   dreams you don’t know aren’t real.   confronting the past.   grief.   tough love.   unopened boxes.   annoying relatives.   depending on someone else to get by.   punching glass and shattering it.

MOONLIGHT.   violins.   dusk.  visiting an old friend.   repressed emotions.   searching for an identity.   bullying.   well-lit diners.   running away.   rich skin tones.   alienation.   the moon over glistening seas.  burgeoning sexuality.   darkness making your skin look blue.   keeping your head above water.   glints of light.   dream-like senses of reality.   flashy cars.   pink hallways.   screaming but there’s only silence.   crystalline blues. avoiding home.   bath tubs.   palm trees.   being scolded.   dreams.   moist skin.   hotboxing.   sun-drenched neighborhoods.   struggling with addiction.   first kisses.   songs coming on the jukebox.  reflections in the mirror.   high contrast.   flickering lights.  hands digging in the sand.   forgiveness.   bright mid-daylight.   blowing smoke.   true love.

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Spiritual Science Explained

A friend said to me “I need Spiritual Science Explained to me, but, in simple terms that I can understand”.

Well, let’s just say that It is an extremely intriguing element, as it consists of one’s words, deeds, and ideas, along with meditation practice. It is a philosophical lifestyle but in a much disciplined way.

How do people become spiritual individuals?

Below are actually 3 recommendations to get anyone started:

1- Embody your emotions– even unpleasant ones. The element of being actually metaphysical means being aware of humanistic sensations knowing that they are healthy and balanced as well as required. …

2- Ignore the commotion. Assuming that you’re caught up in what others are doing, you might be hooked to the comparison game. …

3- Make spiritualty enjoyable.

Yes, It’s that simple, Now let us move on to the good stuff, OK?

It teaches that each person is the master of their own fate.

Many are thinking about it. This is due to the fact that research is open-ended as mankind constantly develops or evolves. This science teaches that a person is his or her own divine being, the master of their own fate.

It looks to hold all people accountable for their own deeds, words, and ideas. Their success, assurance, and ways they figured out to get in touch with the Divine Being. The objective of this is to motivate people to believe in themselves.

What is the real significance of spirituality?

Spirituality entails the acknowledgment pertaining to a sensation or perhaps sense or even mindset in which there is something more significant than myself, a little something even more to being humanistic than a physical journey, and also the more substantial totality of which we are actually part is cosmogonic or supernatural in attributes. … An opening of the soul is an important element of genuine spirituality.

On the spiritual side

It teaches that being an esoteric expression, the axioms are exposed in all faiths worldwide. All faiths worldwide are acknowledged in this science and have their own worth.

Rather, it shows that all are on the same course or path, and in the end have self-realization along with God-like reality. Individuals who have an interest in this science are those that possess genuine and real angst to discover the art of mindful living.

On the viewpoint element

It teaches that on the viewpoint side, the thinking about nature in this universe can be identified in our relationships. Moreover, people can reveal their limitless capacity if they see themselves as being the producer in addition to the co-creators of this universe. The approach has 7 branches: metaphysics, reasoning, principles, psychology, epistemology, aesthetics, and theurgy.

What are some good examples of spirituality?

Devoutness relates to possessing a feeling of peacefulness as well as objective throughout daily life. Generally, there are numerous different approaches to showing spirituality as there are ‘religious’ men and women. … For instance: Buddhism. Islam. Christianity. Judaism.

I can go on and on, but you get the drift, now let us take a look at some technology stuff, shall we? here is a link to Crypto-Magique Inc. that might just spark that intriguing mind of yours.

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MEET THE FAC 2017 RESIDENCY ARTISTS: SARAH STEFANA SMITH

Sarah Stefana Smith (b. 1982) is an artist scholar based between Washington D.C. and State College, PA in the United States. Smith’s photo-based practice is a recursive exploration of blackness, memory, and genealogy. She creates photographs, collages, and photo-weavings that are informed by an interest in conceptual art, embodiment, and narrative in feminist and black art traditions. Her art-scholarship communicates between the fields of black art and culture, queer and affect, visuality and aesthetics.

Feminist artists often deliberately use found objects or materials that are not traditionally from the canon of history. In one of your projects Hauntings and Other Inclinations you used pigeon mesh. Can you explain to our readers why you chose this material and what it represents symbolically for you and your work?

Let me begin with an antidotal story.

The pigeon mesh (bird netting) came directly from the experience of needing a material to keep birds from congregating on my balcony. At the time, I was living in Toronto, at the corner of Gerard/Dundas on River street, in one of the high rises. I think I paid something like $800 for a one bedroom apartment. Between the four years, I lived in the East End of Toronto, in various iterations, that apartment I last lived in, was cosmetically renovated and offered at the starting price of $1250 a month. A new aquatic and recreational center was erected, several high-rise buildings that provided various income housing were demolished, and replaced with mixed-economic status condos. The Freshmarket was introduced and several single family and three floor apartment complexes were targeted for demolition. The landscape of the East End, like much of the city, continued to change (e.g. St. Jamestown, Cabbagetown, Regent Park, Riverdale, Leslieville), in ways, that my brief time in Toronto, only begins to gesture towards.

The radical traditions of feminist and black intellectual thought, remind us that land/place/ geography changes alongside the people that inhabit the space and always bears the mark of relation and antagonism. The symbolic meaning behind the bird netting and my own orientation to living, is not lost on me. The practice of managing a space, to minimize congregating birds, reflects the very systems of exclusion and violence that makes a nation-state and anti-blackness possible. Bird netting is used to keep pigeons and flying creatures from congregating on balconies. Symbolically this material is used to obstruct something from coming in. Yet the netting, as a central infrastructure, gives the illusion of free movement and airflow particularly as the material is both visible and invisible, depending on where you are situated. What does it mean, then, to think about an illusion, a spatial and geographical illusion and the traces of story, investments in memory, in imagined community that holds the space for both violence and creation? This relationship between contamination, exclusion, imagined, and antagonistic relation, is what I think is capture in such a simple material; what materials outside the cannon of history provide is a gift to the discourses on the very nature of art itself.

Using mesh in Hauntings and Other Inclinations (it has also become an integral part of how I approach photographs as three-dimensional) invites this dialogue on exclusion and inclusion. The boundaries of species. The boundary of the human.

In many ways, I was problem solving. I was going through a moment in my work where I hated picking up a camera and taking photographs, I just was not inspired. I also knew that I did not want to photograph black people to make a statement about blackness, something that I write about through other artist’s work and what I imagine is the various entry points into discourses about blackness. I wanted to think about blackness more obtusely. I wanted to figure out how to make a flat document, more dynamic and sculptural. The bird netting, quite literally addressed that need. In short, bird netting, takes on a lot of varying orientations across the breadth of my work. I wear the mesh, I wear the weavings. I make two-dimensional photographs, sculptural and wearable; and I always think about the nature of blackness and the boundary of the human in it all.

If it were, it might be such a turbulence (2017) 

In your series Remixed of the Color Purple there is a visual juxtaposition between the movement and stillness. What does this speak to?

The story of Remix of the Color Purple begins with two trips, one to Provincetown, Massachusetts and another to the Odunde Festival in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Writer, Alice Walker, in, The Color Purple, in an often-cited passage, notes, how one cannot walk past a field of purple, without stopping to appreciate its beauty. I was thinking about the relationship between godliness and spirituality, beauty and the sublime, through the juxtaposition of Provincetown, a community of LGBTA+ people and Philadelphia’s festival of African and Afro-Caribbean spiritualties that present a mash-up of Yoruba, Santeria, and Catholicism, that rely on some similar figures. Beauty and the sublime, is used as the philosophical standpoint on the nature of existence, the nature of aesthetics. I was also reading a lot of fiction that considered practices of magical realism and allegory, through Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez, Paulo Coelho The Alchemist and what has been understood as a continuation of Alice Walker’s Color Purple, The Temple of My Familiar. This cross pollination between what is real and fantasy, what is remembered, what is recalled and conjured translated in a set of photomontages that use place, stillness, and movement.

Because I understand myself as a photo-based artist, the genealogy of the medium and its practice, is mediated through the logics of time, which has everything to do with a relationship between fantasy and the real. Of course, photographers break apart the nature of these techniques in their own practice. Which tells us a lot about futurity and what future making looks like for subjects that do not immediately adhere to the parameters of linear progress time (e.g. blackqueers). So, Remixed is a mediation on futurity. Though in 2009 I do not know, how succinct this line of inquiry was in the production of the work.

I am getting to movement and stillness, so bear with me…

Recently a mentor of mine, suggested that I might think of my visual work as a continual call and response or dialogue with the artists whom my scholarly writing engages with. I have recently been thinking about motion, stillness and movement and this relationship to time and Ayana V. Jackson’s photographic work, To Kill or Allow to Live (2016) series and Wild as the Wind (2016) have been my mode of meditation. What is so compelling to me about Jackson’s work, is this visualization of movement in a two-dimensional photograph, that makes stillness, a kind of motion that lifts off the image, itself. So, if we return to Remixed, a defining thread, is the constant movement of the dancer, through geographical locations that are never clearly marked. At times, as a viewer, we might be held in space, while at other times, only a glimpse of the fabric of the dancer’s clothing mark movement. What is magical about photography and motion, and the visual as communicative text, is that through interpretation, the image itself exceeds language. This relationship to time and place, motion and stillness, exceed the linear.    

But I’m still adrift (2009)

In your series Dreadhead the view of the subject’s faces are obstructed. Why have you chosen to eliminate the identity of the subject in your work and what does this represent symbolically?

Dreadhead represents a continued interest in themes of anonymity and the limits of representation as it relates to blackness. As I mention previously, there is a circular conversation I have with the artists I write about (e.g. Ayana Jackson, Mickalene Thomas, Deana Lawson, and Zanele Muholi); many of which often use the body in their work and my own fascination with objects as extensions of bodily comportment without the body present. These object studies also, mark my own perplexity with markers of difference (e.g. such as race, gender, ability etc) that locates imagined and pre-figured collectivities in and through the body. A return to the body, or a subject that is not an inanimate object, still, is another entry point into this trilogy of preoccupation, the body, representation/vision, and blackness. In many ways, this work is indebted to Carrie Mae Weems and Lorna Simpson’s oeuvre. Particularly where their work has figured black feminine subjectivities central to a discussion on historicity and blackness. Whereby Weems’s trilogy of work, juxtaposes the body in such locations, as Louisiana and Hampton, in Simpson’s work, we see a relationship between text and the presentation of the work with related objects and at times in installation form (see for example, Five Rooms 1991).

In Dreadhead, the subjects “identity” has not entirely been eliminated because as viewers we can draw some conclusions about the racial identification of the subject based on skin and hair texture. The racial marker, then precedes the individual’s constellation of subjectivity, by relying on all the things that signify blackness. However, without a returned gaze, viewers must also do some of the work to imagine, who this subject is and what relations can be drawn by the surrounds and objects present in the photograph. The images for me, then, holds in suspension the tensions of race, representation, and anonymity. On the one hand, to figure as black, is never to experience a kind of anonymity, and on the other hand to be of all the world’s history.

Let me offer one more example, to make this connection. I have been on the job market, and have considered Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality studies departments as one space for potential employment. Recently, I got some feedback, from a well-meaning senior scholar, that read my work as black feminist scholarship and thus, a position filled in the department. In other words, my work is not novel enough in the context of a department that already has two or three other scholars doing “black feminist thought” (which we can read as black women). That within the context of hiring practices, justify another black studies scholar would be difficult. I want to note, my perplexity/ challenge in this, is not being named a black feminist scholar/ one that does black feminist scholarship. Rather, that my work is only made to be legible as such, and thus does not represent a wide breadth of work important to the very notion of Feminist and Sexuality studies. As if a black feminist/ or black feminist scholarship means your work does not encompass all of humanity (e.g. utopianism, war, genocide, affect, and so on and so forth). So, there are some ways that racial markers can never be abstractions, even in institutional practice. I have also been thinking a lot about what constitutes a black artist, or a black Canadian artist, and black American artist. This is a continual question in my art and production, and certainly not new. I think these questions are evoked in this notion of anonymity (or the obstruction of the face) in this work.

Dreadhead

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Just watched Get Out.

When I tell you I have thoughts!!! I HAVE THOUGHTS!!!

First off, this movie is a gothic film in every sense of the word. Jordan Peele gave us a romanticized version of black people’s fear in regards to white people, psychological/physical agency, and being

It’s beautifully shot. The performances were excellent. The story was dope. The subversive moments were so thrilling and the ending was satisfying to say the least!!!

Fave moments/things about the movie:

Them playing “Redbone” in the beginning

The main character being a photographer

The way the story showed how white folks who learn how to hide their racism are the most dangerous.

The moments when Rod was steady telling Chris to leave and ended up saving the day.

The moments of humor to break the intensity

The horrific use of psychology and medical practices to hearken to black people’s fear of health care institutions because they’ve actively harmed us in the past.

The reinterpretation of the “zombie” fear. And I’m talking about the version seen in Haitian culture/afro-Caribbean spiritualties. The fear of losing complete control of your body to someone else which hearkens back to slavery

The auction scene

The fact that the literally blind guy was spouting colorblind foolishness while also being a part of the process that was going to destroy Chris.

Showing white women as schemin’ ass racists exactly white men.

When that heifer was googling “NCAA prospects”

And the ending! The very last scene was so satisfying to see. I loved it. Just loved it!!

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Tarot, Yoga & Healing Retreat for Women

Article By Essence of Bali 

Every  now and then you come across another soul who tugs the depths of your psyche and brings you face to face with a resonance of something dormant, something left behind that brings you forward. Into the truth of where and what you are.

Tarot Reading & Youtube

After my first retreat in Bali, I came back filled with a renewed passion for my beloved tarot, with a sprinkle of astrological wonderings that were inspired by the retreat centre owner, a well known astrologer.

ok, I was a little obsessed and began to listen to every single tarot reader and astrologer on YouTube.

My nights were filled with yoga asanas and meditations accompanied by fast paced blaring announcements of ‘Your being ghosted’, ‘This is the one’, ‘You are their secret soulmate’ ‘They’re coming back’, ‘They can’t stop thinking about you’… And, on and on went the twists and turns of promises of  the return of ex loves,  a new secret admirer, karmic twists and other tragic forces of fate.

Sometimes I felt I actually was the lost love of a past life twin flame that was coming to turn my life upside down and bring me the immediate commitment and life long companionship that my soul had come planet earth for.

That I was about to know any minute now who it was. They were going to text message me after a moon phase of ghosting me and I would surrender to their pulsating love.

Then, one cold wintery day, after a week of this frustrating nonsense i was about to give up and reclaim my penchant for ‘lectures on hermetics and the history of the major arcana’ When a calm and willowy confident voice came rolling out into the airwaves that seemed to smile at me whilst knowing all the while what I was truly up to…

I looked at the screen, it was Raaji. I was floored.

Raaji – Opal Oracle. 

She looked me straight in the eyes with a warm and sincere smile, with a landscape of trees and sunlight behind her and slowly announced that she was ‘grateful to be here and welcomed me, wished me a happy birthday and compared my recent growth to that of the Forrest breeze surrounding her.

i didn’t lean over to switch it off. I was hopeful. But, was she real?

I sat back and relaxed, I  was wondering what was next. Surely this wasn’t YouTube. I must be in a parallel universe with someone who actually cared, was calm, spiritual and was communicating with me like I was a human being.

She paused for a moment, looking up and around her, after a simple dialogue expounding on the going ons in the sky, that somehow magically assimilated not only to my feeling but also my life.

I listened for a while and I began to see that Raaji has a sweetness to her that is natural, honest and had the vibration of healing.

She then began to read the cards and a wisdom and knowledge that bore the  innocence and truth of depth psychology, with a splash of the Tao and a twist of shamanic medicine came pouring forth from YouTube.

I couldn’t believe it so I quickly called a friend and he two felt as though someone was seeing him and talking directly to him as if for the first time, with a down to earth familiarity and wisdom.

Here is an example of her reading here

Tarot & Spiritualty Retreat Bali 

So my week long night fun or hell (perspective is everything) came to a halt. I had to go back to reality and work.

Fortunately,  my work is rewarding and my night times were again focused on organising my next women’s healing and yoga retreat, and my days counseling and studying the dharma.

Raaji however continued to pop in my head. She reminded me of the depth of oracles and tarot’s. She reminded me of the wilderness and the shamanic principles that had nurtured my spiritual journey, my own healing path and my work. She reminded me of me, of you of the universe.

Then one morning in meditation I was contemplating the upcoming tarot retreat and again Raaji popped into my consciousness and immediately I knew why I had spent that week listening to endless hours of non psychic babble.  To come across Opal Oracle.

To collaborate with her for my next retreat.

Tarot and yoga go together like two peas in a pod; both practices are spiritual paths that aid the soul through its unfolding. Pushing us forward in unknown territory , unleashing potentials that we can scarcely imagine and with a precise accuracy documented from eon to eon.

Both, similarly help to quiet the mind. The tarot to center oneself to receive the messages coming through, And yoga to use the breath to cease the fluctuations of the mind to allow the greater reality to be seen. Both, inducing higher states of consciousness that every human being has the potential to reach.

Bringing the Two together, creates a much needed bridge between the East and the West that allows a beautiful gift of spiritual and humanistic evolution that our souls have long awaited.

Awakening Through Tarot and Yoga – A Women’s Retreat

Feburary 14 Tarot and meditation retreat

Daily Yoga & Meditation  | Local Healer visit  | Fire Ceremony | Reiki| | Temple Visit  | Massage x 2 | Tarot Workshops and readings | Hiking

April 4-9 2020  and  April 12-18 2020

Daily Yoga & Meditation  | Local Healer visit  | Fire Ceremony | Reiki| | Temple Visit  | Massage x 2 | Tarot Workshops and readings | Hiking |

Join Megan and Raaji for one week of Relaxation Tarot and Nature in Ubud Bali

I really love the image of the Hanged Man in the tarot!

I drew this 2 years ago and so much has happened, so much has changed, stuff i could never have imagined nor foreseen… But as knowing myself to be the fool, ‘I haven’t much… inside, I’m still me…

I’ve spent the morning pondering over it, for some reason (or no reason at all)…

It reminds me of that state of falling, the experience of boundlessness. Like when we let go, when we surrender our past, our future and fall… into the deep unknown. A little like the a meditation in Yoga.

What Zen Master Hongzhi (circa1091) referred to as ‘The field of boundless emptiness’

Hanged Man Major Arcana 12

It’s the 12th card in the major arcana of the hero’s journey or the soul’s journey (we aren’t all heros).

So, it’s a ‘time’ in life when we spend a period alone. Contemplating, soul searching, being, whatever you want to call it.

The hanged person surrenders all that they have learned (information) and gets in touch with their inner reality.

It’s a time of relearning, standing on ones own two feet (or hanging as it were), emptying out.

The image depicts how this person is falling into the unknown but is still ‘tied’ to the Earth or the world, their body.

There is no escaping it, yet they are in a different consciousness. Perhaps an expanded one or one that has flipped things upside down.

It’s an early stage of the journey (arcana 12 is about half way), if you take the major arcana as a linear process (and on some level it’s wise to do so), Yet our journey isn’t linear as far as I can tell ( although it may appear so).

I digress..

The strength Card, Death Card and The Tower Card

So it’s after the Strength card (11) when one begins to gain power (strength) over the ego mind (the chattering mind or conditioned mind), getting it ready to hang for a bit, I suppose. Again like Yoga.

And, it’s before the death card (arcana 13) which is a card of transformation and ego death. And, the Tower card (which is 16th) ,when you undergo a more permanent abiding transformation. So it’s an important part of the Tower journey also; the dismantling of what is in the inner and outer worlds again… and again and again… spiral…

The Fool Card

But, I like to remember that we are the fool (arcana 0), I mean if we got it at zero we wouldn’t have to go through another whole 21 cards would we…

But, that’s another story altogether and has been debated since the beginning of the age of reasoning… without any great agreement.. so I’ll stick to my drawing the cards and see what happens .. with hope that my creativity is the answer after all…

It’s ironic because this card depicts a willingness and a valor in accepting the unknown yet the tarot is often used as a way of seeing into the future… It’s a fine line.

I believe both are true… there are times when we benefit greatly from having insight into our future and times when we must let go and allow. Again the Yoga.

Drawing by Megan Jackson

Awakening Through Tarot and Yoga – A Women’s Retreat

April 5-11 2020  and  April 2 -27 2020 (available soon)

“To the student of the tarot, the images represent the learning of the process of evolution. To any other person, they are pictures and nothing more. “– Ra

Like love, the Tarot and its origins are pervaded by mystery, both historically and by its very quintessence, or its essential nature, as it were.

It is like a deep river of life, of which the current of many esoteric disciplines and philosophies are flowing to, through and from. The streams of astrology, numerology, the Kabbalah, alchemy, hermetics and theosophical geometrical systems ripple through the Tarot like a fish takes to water; naturally, necessarily.

We see also Buddhist and Yogic principles circling though like wild rips in an ocean of wonder. I can hear Einstein’s famous attribution resounding right now “It’s all relative.”

As I’m passionate about all things esoteric, unknown, as well as Yoga and Buddhist principles and have studied and used the Tarot cards (for 30 years) – reading for hundreds around the world (for the past 16 years), I decided to incorporate then into my next Yoga retreat in Bali – The Isle of the Gods and (Godesses).

I thought it would be wonderful to do morning asanas, have massages, do tarot readings, past life regressions and Reiki sessions and learn about the Major Arcana.. A dream come true, Right?

Take a look at my plan

Awakening Through Tarot and Yoga – A Women’s Retreat

April 5-11 2020  and  April 19 -25 2020 (available soon)

Daily Yoga & Meditation  | Local Healer visit  | Fire Ceremony | Reiki| | Temple Visit  | Massage x 2 | Tarot Workshops and readings | Past Life Regression | Hiking | Beach Trip

Daily Schedule

Morning: Gentle Yoga or walking & Meditation, Breakfast, Massage, Counseling

Midday: Lunch, women’s circles and tarot workshops, hiking (We will explore the major arcana as a personal guide to spiritual growth and learn how to use tarot for reading for others)

Afternoon: reiki, tarot readings, massage

Evening: Dinner, Yoga Nidra, Chanting, Silent Meditation, Dancing

Bookings include accommodation , meals and all activities. This retreat is suitable for women beginners or advanced in Yoga or tarot. Designed to to enhance their creativity in a spiritually nourishing environment. It is also for suitable for beginners who are wanting a relaxing and intimate environment with spiritually focused women and a deeper understanding of the Essence of Yoga and tarot.

These will be small and intimate groups of 6, as I feel this to be a more conducive environment for spiritual bonding and growth, rather than with large numbers.

You can Book April 5-11 2020 here

or contact me below for more details

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Warm Blessings

Megan

        Opal Oracle, Megsi & the Tarot & Meditation Retreat Tarot, Yoga & Healing Retreat for Women Article By Essence of Bali  Every  now and then you come across another soul who tugs the depths of your psyche and brings you face to face with a resonance of something dormant, something left behind that brings you forward.

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Weekly News, October 19, 2017

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Weekly News, October 19, 2017 ------------------------------------------------------------

Explore our Community - Sunday 8am and 10am

“Let us go forward in Christ's name as a community of faith; to grow in faith through worship, witness and love for one another and our neighbor” — St. Anne's Mission Prayer ------------------------------------------------------------

Welcome to St. Anne's Episcopal Church, an inclusive community of faith located in Damascus, Maryland (http://saintannesdamascus.net/location) , the "northern star" of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington (http://www.edow.org/) . We invite you to establish roots in the rituals, tradition, and fellowship of the Episcopal faith. All are welcome!

Your Support is VITAL to ensure our future! ------------------------------------------------------------

Income as of End of September: $278,879 Expenses: $280,041 Deficit $1,162

Pledges are about 5% ($14,000) behind from the summer. - this makes it difficult to stay current on our bills!

We are projecting a deficit for the year of at least $30,000 - don't forget to submit your estimate of giving for 2018 and please PRAY about increasing your giving for 2018!

Enter your 2018 Pledge Here! (http://saintannesdamascus.net/living-out-our-mission-pledge)

This Sunday's Readings, Track 1 http://www.lectionarypage.net/YearA_RCL/Pentecost/AProp24_RCL.html

Social Media Concept ------------------------------------------------------------ We are thinking about the possibility of some short promotional videos on social media to be targeted in our local community on Facebook...Just an idea and nothing has been decided yet, but we did create these "test" videos to give an idea of what we could do...Check them out!

All Are Welcome (https://slide.ly/promo/share/59e8d947374e276a197b23c6)

Together (https://slide.ly/promo/share/59e8dbd8374e27261c7b23c7)

Different Families Welcome 1 (https://slide.ly/promo/share/59e8c4c1374e270d7d7b23ca)

Different Families Welcome 2 (https://slide.ly/promo/share/59e8d65076e0dfb63c7b23c6)

Different Families Welcome 3 (https://slide.ly/promo/share/59e8d22c7a97fd86767b23c8)

Serving (https://slide.ly/promo/share/59e8e0b876e0df98487b23c6)

Why You Should Go To Church Part 2 ------------------------------------------------------------ The following is reprinted from the blog The Art of Manliness and authored by Brett and Kate McKay (although this article is for women as well as youth). The blog created in 2008 has grown to be the largest men's interest magazine on the web. This is a really good article and offers some incredibly valid reasons why belonging to a faith community and attending regularly makes a difference in people's lives. It also offers some great points for EVANGELISM! It is long - so I will be reprinting it here in sections over the next couple weeks. Although if you want to read it in it's entirety just check out the blog (http://www.artofmanliness.com/2017/04/14/go-church-even-youre-not-sure-beliefs/) . By the end of the article you will see how, in the authors' view

"regular church attendance functions as one of the best keys for anyone wishing to create a flourishing life — not just the religiously inclined, but even agnostics and atheists as well."

Now on to the article PART 2!!

Why Don’t People Go to Church? ------------------------------------------------------------

We’ve explained why men don’t go to church as often as women (http://www.artofmanliness.com/tag/christianity/) , but why doesn’t the majority of either sex go?

A decline in belief seems like the most obvious answer, and while it does explain part of the reason people aren’t attending religious services, it doesn’t explain everything.

The overall rate of church attendance in the U.S. hasn’t declined recently because the ranks of the religiously affiliated are going to church less; belief and practice among this group has actually pretty much held steady over the last decade, and in some areas (though not church attendance), increased. Rather, it’s gone down because the population’s proportion of Nones — who attend church very rarely — has increased.

Yet, contrary to popular assumption (and their negative sounding moniker), Nones don’t eschew all connection to the transcendent and many still evince theistic leanings: 61% believe in God, 40% say they regularly experience feelings of spiritual peace and well-being, over a third say religion is either very or somewhat important to them, and 20% pray daily. So the religiously unaffiliated aren’t wholly nonbelieving; rather, this is a cohort who is likely to describe themselves as “spiritual rather than religious” — and to associate church attendance solely with the latter label.

Thus while a weakening in belief amongst Nones has indeed played a role in decreasing church attendance, so has a general disassociation between belief and the necessity of making some of the outward manifestations traditionally associated with it — like going to church. Even if those in this group experience religious impulses, they don’t feel the need to structure them within the confines of an organized religion.

Weakening of belief is even less of a factor among those who are religiously affiliated, but have been going to church less often than in the past. Rather than citing doubt or theological questions, this cohort, who make up 22% of the religiously affiliated, point to more practical reasons (http://www.pewforum.org/2016/08/23/choosing-a-new-church-or-house-of-worship/?utm_source=adaptivemailer&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=16-08-23%20choosing%20congregations&org=982&lvl=100&ite=217&lea=24514&ctr=0∥=1&trk=)  for why they’ve been skipping out on services more often lately: a good church isn’t close by, they’re too busy or admittedly “too lazy,” or there are simply other things they’d rather do instead.

For both groups, then, the common driver behind a lack of church attendance is a rising sense of its optionality. Those who are religiously inclined, feel like church attendance can readily be dropped for the sake of convenience, or substituted, without loss, for a more pleasurable activity. Theistic Nones feel like spiritualty and church-going are not inseparably connected and that the former can be cultivated without the latter. And nonbelieving Nones think church isn’t something that is at all relevant to them.

Whereas going to church once constituted a central cultural, social, and civic institution, it’s now something to take or leave, depending on one’s beliefs, personality, and schedule. A non-essential for living the good life.

There’s certainly no putting this cultural cat back in the bag. But I’d still like to make a controversial, countercultural, admittedly quixotic case that, optional though it may be, regular church attendance functions as one of the best keys for anyone wishing to create a flourishing life — not just the religiously inclined, but even agnostics and atheists as well. (continued next week)

Parish Conversations - Contrary to What you may think - THESE HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH STEWARDSHIP! SO.... ------------------------------------------------------------ The vestry has been working on some conversational questions based on themes from the vestry retreat to discuss in small groups over the next several weeks. These conversations are meant to help the vestry continue to plan our future as a community of faith, and to help keep us growing! It's really important that we have your input and we hope that you will be able to make one of the sessions that are graciously being hosted at homes of parishioners. The conversations will last approximately 2 hours and will be facilitated by members of the Vestry.

You will see signup sheets in the parish hall for the currently scheduled sessions - each session can hold 10-12 people. THE ENTIRE VESTRY encourages you to sign up for one of the sessions and help us continue to grow as a community of faith.

Currently scheduled sessions are as follows: * 10/27; 7pm - Reed and Peggy Owens Hosting - Damascus * 11/3; 7pm - Shane and Cindy Lippert Hosting - Clarksburg * 11/5; 1pm - Tom Warfield and Robin Mustain Hosting - Germantown * 11/8; 7:30pm - Bettianne Quinn Hosting in Multi Purpose Room at St. Anne's * 11/12; 2pm - Bill and Chris Mathews Hosting - Ijamsville * 11/18; 3pm - Bryan and Victoria Imhoff Hosting - Clarksburg

New Neighbors Food Drive ------------------------------------------------------------ St. Anne's is collecting food for refugee families in our area. The food will go to specific families we work with through our New Neighbors refugee assistance ministry, and also to the food bank that serves them. We are also collecting donations of money to assist refugee families with expenses like rent and utilities. If you would like to contribute, please drop off your donations by October 8, in the blue bin in the narthex. The shopping list appears below. Thank you! * Basmati Rice * Pasta Sauce - No Meat * Pasta * Dried Fava Beans * Tomato Sauce * Black Olives * Cooking Oil * Olive Oil * Sugar * Flour * Tea Bags * Coffee * Toilet Paper * Laundry Soap * Snacks for Kids

What makes you feel good about contributing to St Anne's? ------------------------------------------------------------

We are looking for people willing to stand up and tell us –  in 2 to 3 minutes at church services during our giving campaign to start in late October – how they answer this question.  Doesn’t matter if you have been giving to St. Anne’s for a month, a year, a decade or most of your adult life.  Your answer may get others thinking about giving in a way that they had never considered before!

I can point to 2 stories I heard from those willing to get up and talk about their reasons for giving that have been the great inspiration to us to commit our financial support of the faith community we have been a part of (including St. Anne’s of course)over the past 20 years or so.  I know how important it is to hear people speak of reasons for giving in their own words.  So please devote some thought and prayer to doing this, and if you are willing to do it,  call or text me at 240-620-2441, email me at timpacey@verizon.net (mailto:timpacey@verizon.net)  or see me in church.

Finally, if you have thoughts to share but speaking in front of the congregation terrifies you, not to worry.  By next week, we will provide an opportunity for you to share your thoughts in writing or electronically on What makes you feel good about contributing to St Anne's, that we can share anonymously with the rest of the congregation.

Tim Pacey Giving campaign chairperson

Saint Anne's Youth ------------------------------------------------------------ Thank you EVERYONE for coming our last Sunday.  What a wonderful turnout.  I was very humbled by many of your comments and excited about moving forward this year.  Right now I need some refinement for our work camp dates and our theme.

PLEASE GO TO SURVEY MONKEY and answer just 3 simple questions. DEADLINE 10/27 Here is the link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/7WRMS9H

From Sunday with multiple answers allowed: Work camp votes Jun 24to Jun 29 2018 3 Jul 08to Jul 13 2018 4 Jul 15to Jul 20 2018 6 Jul 22to Jul 27 2018 4 Jul 29to Aug 03 2018 6

theme for the year votes Military               7 Poverty                1 Seniors                7 environment            6 animals                4

Notes on fundraising at the Holiday Bazaar 11/11/2017 – I talked to Charlotte King and they already have people from church who will be selling lunches.  We however can have a bake sale.  Food not sold on Saturday could be sold on Sunday or used for the food for coffee hour so this could be a win win scenario.  We will need food items and people to help man our space from 9 am to 5 pm on that day.  Charlotte was also wondering if any youth would like to dress up and wave to people on 27 to encourage them to come into the sale.   So check you calendars for availability and look for more info next week.

Last reminder – we have coffee hour duties in November.  Thank you everyone who signed up.

Faithfully, Bettianne

St. Anne's Book Club: Books and Brunch! ------------------------------------------------------------

The St. Anne's Book Club will meet on Saturday, November 4 at 11 a.m. at Jean Hampton's home for books and brunch.

All are welcome! Please RSVP to Jean by Wednesday, November 1 if you plan to attend.

The book: A Piece of the World, by Christina Baker Kline https://www.amazon.com/Piece-World-Christina-Baker-Kline-ebook/dp/B01G1FFH6Y/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1505043024&sr=8-1&keywords=a+piece+of+the+world

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the smash bestseller Orphan Train, a stunning and atmospheric novel of friendship, passion, and art, inspired by Andrew Wyeth’s mysterious and iconic painting Christina’s World.

"Later he told me that he’d been afraid to show me the painting. He thought I wouldn’t like the way he portrayed me: dragging myself across the field, fingers clutching dirt, my legs twisted behind. The arid moonscape of wheatgrass and timothy. That dilapidated house in the distance, looming up like a secret that won’t stay hidden."

To Christina Olson, the entire world was her family’s remote farm in the small coastal town of Cushing, Maine. Born in the home her family had lived in for generations, and increasingly incapacitated by illness, Christina seemed destined for a small life. Instead, for more than twenty years, she was host and inspiration for the artist Andrew Wyeth, and became the subject of one of the best known American paintings of the twentieth century.

As she did in her beloved smash bestseller Orphan Train, Christina Baker Kline interweaves fact and fiction in a powerful novel that illuminates a little-known part of America’s history. Bringing into focus the flesh-and-blood woman behind the portrait, she vividly imagines the life of a woman with a complicated relationship to her family and her past, and a special bond with one of our greatest modern artists.

Told in evocative and lucid prose, A Piece of the World is a story about the burdens and blessings of family history, and how artist and muse can come together to forge a new and timeless legacy.

And looking ahead: The book after this one will be Tea Girl on Hummingbird Lane, by Lisa See https://www.amazon.com/Tea-Girl-Hummingbird-Lane-ebook/dp/B01HMXRVL8/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1505043214&sr=1-1&keywords=tea+girl+of+hummingbird+lane

Cathryn Conroy

StrivingforJustice&  Peace ------------------------------------------------------------

The Celebrant:   Will you strive for Justice and Peace among all people, and respect the dignity of every human being?

The People:      We will, with God's help.

In the End, we will Remember not the Words of our Enemies, but the Silence of our Friends.  Martin Luther King, Jr.

“Racism is a Demon that Still Must be Engaged.”  Presiding Bishop Curry.

On Sunday October 15, 2017 and Monday October 16, 2017 The Washington National Cathedral and The Kaleidoscope Institute hosted Gracious and Courageous Conversations in the Nave at the Cathedral.

This writer attended on Monday at 6:00 pm just as the sun was setting in the West. As the rays struck that most beautiful west-facing Rose Window the colors flared then burned as embers.  In the old air of the church The Great Choir and Readers brought Evensong to life as the night set in and the great window went dark.

About eighty men and women of all races and backgrounds gathered inthe center of the Nave in small groups of eight and heard the poem: Touched By An Angel by Maya Angelou; then prayed together the Prayerby Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Rev. Mpho Tutu in The Book of Forgiving:

“Can you hold that space open for me?

Can you keep your questions and suggestions and judgments at bay?

Can you wait with me for the truths that stay hidden behind my sadness, my fear, my forgetting, and my pain?

Can you just hold open a space for me to tell my story?”

[This prayer is printed in Becoming Beloved Community: the Episcopal Church’s Long-Term Commitment to Racial Healing, Reconciliation , and Justice.  In 2017, the Episcopal Church released this document as a road map in response to resolutions passed at the 78th General Convention of the Episcopal Church (2015).

Becoming Beloved Community is available online at

www.episcopalchurch.org/page/becoming-beloved-community ]

Then the “Mutual Invitation to Sharing” began with a pledge from the eighty that we would participate in the process of “Respectful Communication”.

The guided sharing centered on the history of the Lee-Jackson Stained Glass Windows which have already been removed from the walls and are being restored and crated until their next resting place can be found.

The Mutual Sharing was designed to allow participants to speak aloud feelings and ideas about the Cathedral and the removal of the windows and the general movement throughout the country to remove statues and plaques honoring the Southern military leaders and armies. It was designed to allow participants to talk together about race relations.

Although the stained glass of the great Nave had all gone dark with the setting of the sun, the “Confederate window’s” were quite visible due to the plywood covering the empty spaces.

At some time, new windows will be installed.  What these windows will be is a question to be answered through time.  There are, in fact, many windows available for staining.  What would men and women of good will in the twenty-first century deem valuable and suitable to put into glass and hang on the walls of this great church?

In this writer’s small group, the discussion of Race Conversations in Episcopal churches throughout the Metropolitan Area revealed that there are Episcopal Churches within the area holding race conversations.  Some churches have leadership in this area and are reaching out to communities to be a part of the work of our time.

The mitigation of the violence of our time depends on reaching out.

Will we strive for Justice and Peace among all people, and respect the dignity of every human being?

With God’s help, we will .

I hope you find this respectful

RMW

Cathedral Task Force ------------------------------------------------------------

For the next few month the Cathedral Task Force is gathering information from the people of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington (AKA - EDOW). We would like to know your thoughts on the questions below.  Listening Sessions are on the calendar and they are : October 30th at Grace Church in Silver Spring, and November 1st at the Cathedral in DC.  The time of the sessions are 7pm to 9pm.  If you find you cannot get to a Listening Session, please feel free to answer the questions and share your thoughts with us.  Please look for the survey on the EDOW website: edow.org.  We hope to have it online very soon.  If you want to send your thoughts to an email then you can use mine: jpkbrewer@gmail.com.

1. What is the relationship between your congregation and Washington National Cathedral (AKA - WNC)? 2. What would you like the relationship to be/what are the opportunities for your congregation and WNC to collaborate and share resources? 3. The founding charter and tradition charge it to be a House of Prayer for all People, the chief mission church of the diocese, and a great church for national purposes, in all of these things working to promote religion, education, and charity.  Is that a role that the Cathedral is serving? 4.  What is WNC's role in public square? 5. What might the WNC do that it isn't currently doing?

Thank you for your time and attention to this concern. Thank you and may peace be with you, Pam Brewer

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