If you are looking for love, perform this rite and you will soon find a lover to satisfy your needs. On the night of the next new moon, take two pieces of a pink or red crystal—rose quartz will do nicely—and place them on the floor in the center of your bedroom. If you are lucky enough to have two garnets, rough rubies, or pink tourmalines, by all means use two of those heart stones.
Light one pink and one red candle and speak this love and life-affirming chant:
In my day job, I've been struggling with a few issues. The stress has been higher than normal making me fall into old bad habits. I'd love to say I recognized this immediately and countered it but of course I didn't. I got in a rut.
As I recognized (finally) what I was doing and the rut I'd been spinning my wheels in, I returned to techniques I knew worked. Stress is bad for my gout. It makes it flare up and cause me a great deal of pain.
I had so many things to be angry about. So many people had wronged me, from my biological father who molested me, to my beloved grandmother who’d bailed him out of jail and brought him home to live with me after he shot my mother in the head, to my mother who taught me that I was worthless and unlovable, to the so-called friends who had used and betrayed me over and over.
They wronged me. They hurt me. They deserved to suffer for what they did to me. How could I possibly forgive them, especially if they were not even pretending to be sorry?
Queen of Swords from the Anna K Tarot by Llewellyn
When making a decision, the Queen of Swords is logical and rational.She exudes confidence because she knows that she sees every aspect of every possible scenario in any situation.She is impartial and doesn’t allow emotion to cloud her judgment.In this card from the Anna K tarot deck, she has both hands on her sword, demonstrating that she has control of her thoughts, not letting them waiver.Her matter-of-fact attitude can appear just as cold as the winter scene behind her.When she appears in a reading, you are being told to use critical thinking and be impartial.
Here is another affirmation using Tarot. I began with a quote that really struck me then matched it with the Tarot card I felt it went with. In this case, matching the card was a simple thing.
Today's card is from an oracle deck. Don't mind the dog hair. That was on my scanner but I didn't notice it. sigh. :D Funny how that gets everywhere, isn't it.
In a way it's like the crazy in our lives. That seems to seep into everything, doesn't it? Just when you sit down for a quiet moment with a book or a TV show, some version of that crazy pops up.
It's true. It was sometime in the mid 80's that I became an Affirmation addict. At least I think that is when I first ran across this concept. My first real memory of learning about affirmations was in Marion Weinstein's fabulous little red book,
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