The Nature of Today's Energy 8.30.13: What Does Your Spiritual Diet Look Like?

Friday 8.30.13:

The card of the day is The Devil. The hidden energy card is The Star. The card sits in the position of Fire Opal = sensuality and confidence.

When I see the Devil card, my mind begins to wander, and in turn I start to think of my gift of emotional eating.

When I first started out on my journey, to lose weight and be healthy, I started with a single step. The chains that sat around my wrist were placed there by my current state of thinking.

This is how a lot of things that hold us back are created. You tie the rope around your waist that is attached to the boulder. Sometimes that boulder can turn into a mountain.

You think, "when will I ever break free?"

I would always state, "Today I will surely eat right, exercise, and lose this weight."
I was tired of the current shape of my vessel.
I could see the true Aaron inside of all the excess skin and fat.

I needed to be true to my current self. I had to stop lying. I had to stop the action of "eating my feelings away".

I associate the Devil card to weight loss because sometimes the only thing standing in our way of losing weight is the inner dialogue within our head.

I had to break free. I had to make a choice. To be happy or unhappy. Of course I want to be happy. I had to recognize that I was in control and that no one can stop me but me.

I had to get up and work out five days a week, even when I did not feel like it. I had to have self control when eating and also work through my own crap. Food was not the answer.
Of course there are times when I feel like grabbing a dozen donuts and eating them all. Of course I want to eat carbohydrates and be like all them skinny bitches who can eat what they want and not gain a pound.
I simply have to look at food and I gain a pound. Blah!

The Devil card can creep in and advise me, "You know what will make you feel better? If you went out and ate pizza."
Now eating pizza will not kill me nor will it take me back to the weight I once was. What will make me gain weight is the lack of self control. Once I get the taste of carbohydrates (I mean bad carbs like white bread and sweets) in my belly, then I go hog wild and I eat all the sweets I want. My thought at the time is "I eat right, so I deserve it".
Oh little Devil card.

This is the only way that I can relate the Devil card to everyday circumstances. Eating is the only temptation I have in this life.
The cards are advising us to keep our eye on the goal. I was once told by a good friend, named Dana Handbury, that when you fall off of your diet and begin to eat everything in site, you just simply advise yourself that they are all vegetables, and keep on moving.

I do wake up the next morning feeling guilty and also I have a major food hang-over. Do you know what that feels like?
It is not fun. Sometimes I simply want to give up the constant battle with weight and eat everything in site. Then again what would that get me?
More weight.

When things are not working out in your favor, do not turn to the negative side of things. Turn to the positive. Have compassion for that which you do. If you fall of your wagon (and falling off of your wagon can be anything, such as over shopping, eating, drinking, sex, etc.) and find yourself spiraling downward, understand that you create the momentum of movement. You can always change the direction. You can always break free from your self created glass box. The change can be small. It can be simple. You may fall off your spiritual bike many times but the greatest gift you could give your self is getting back on it.

Tomorrow is a new day. Have the confidence that you are in control. The Devil card is not bad. It teaches us about the obstacle that is in front of us. The obstacle that you have created. So look at your weakness as vegetables and keep on moving.

Blessed Be.

The Nature of Today's Energy 8.29.13: Something Wonderful is Taking Place Behind the Curtain of Life

Thursday 8.29.13:

The card of the day is Eight of Swords. The hidden energy card is the Tower. The card sits in the position of Red = passion and survival. 

I want to touch briefly on what the day may feel like. You may feel like things are simply not working fast enough. That you are not getting anywhere, even though you are putting in 100% of your energy. The swords have fallen down and you are stuck. 

Ah...you are never stuck. 

The swords may have fallen down and you are having to walk through them, but if you listen to your inner being, then you will walk through the danger without a scratch. 

The need to survive. The passion to break through and receive what is good. 
You can feel like you are stuck. 

The feeling is small and meek. It is not overpowering. You can make it bigger than what it already is. 
What if you simply allowed this feeling of "stuck" to exist. Sit within it. 
Open the front door and let it in and then follow up with opening the back door to let it out. Advise it that you will be fine. 

I have been feeling stuck since I have returned to Ventura. What is next? Where am I to go?
What am I to do?

I have been reading, reading, reading, and when I am done reading, I pick up another book and read some more. 

I am reading about crystals and grids. I am working with new tools. The information is there. I am never stuck. I simply am taking a breather. 

I am stopping to smell the roses. I am moving slowly through the field of swords, blind fold and hands tied, in order to make it to the other side. 
I am change. 

The movement may seem small. It may seem like I am standing still. 
My spirit is jumping up and down screaming, "You can do it!"

Always refer back to my statement of "It may look like nothing is happening but you may not see that something wonderful is taking place behind the curtain."

While you are singing your sad song of mishap, the stage is changing behind you. Can you feel it?

Sometimes all we have is a feeling. A feeling that something is happening but you can not see it. 

Do not give up hope. Keep your eye on your goal. This week may bring up more doubt and fear than usual. 
Work through it. Declare your good. Recognize it!
There is a celebration taking place on Sunday. I can feel it! 

Blessed Be. 

The Nature of Today's Energy 8.28.13: It is Time to Get Back on Your Spiritual Bike and Ride Into Your Sunrise

Wednesday 8.28.13:

The card of the day is the Eight of Coins. The hidden energy card is The Devil. The card sits in the position of Purple = Third Eye and clairvoyance.

Did you know that the information is there? 

All of your questions contain an answer. It is sitting within your beautiful self. 

The Eight of Coins speaks to me about moving forward. A new skill that you must learn. You have mastered one skill to the fullest and now you must add to it. I am going to take an example from my mystical book called "Even Mystics get the Blues". 

If you are a Tarot reader or a Healer then you can not learn only one aspect of it. You must try! try! try!
Even P!nk states it in her song. Or rather learn! learn! learn!

How many times have you fallen down when learning how to ride your spiritual bike? A lot of times. 
My spiritual body usually has a mystical bruise somewhere on it due to the fall. 

I am starting to venture out and learn additional skills to add to my spiritual resume. 
I can not rely on Tarot alone. Growth is calling my name and I have to answer. Opportunity is knocking at my door and I sure as hell have a nice brunch set up (on a side note I also have a whopping supply of champagne and orange juice, cause these two happy betches are about to come up with some spiritual prosperity.)

A person can get bored with the same old routine every day. I want more! 
I want more clients. I want more spiritual growth. I want to recognize my potential. The potential to be fantastic. 

You must always take on more skills. Add more jobs to your current resume as well. You should be a jack of all trades. You never know when someone will need a Wicked-tarot-Reiki-healing-energy-working-data-entry-person. 

But our Ego is stating that this is not possible. 
I know. 
It is nice to know that the Ego is reliable. 
Ha! 
That made this Mystic laugh. 

I can always count on my Ego to show up at the perfect time. Oh how I could kiss him. 

It is time for you to recognize your true potential. To see it manifest in the spiritual plane and be created in the physical. Use your Third Eye to see it. To see your good. Your dream is not far off. It is right within your grasp. Take it. Pick the fruit from your wonderful tree of life. 

Bruises go away. Cuts are healed and a scar is left behind. You recognize that you are a fighter. It is time to get back on that spiritual bike and ride off into the sunset..or rather ride off into your sunrise. 
The sun is surely rising. 
Do not give up. Do not lose hope. 
Tomorrow brings about the fear of what our Ego is stating to us. You may feel trapped tomorrow but keep this thought in mind,

"You may have fallen off your spiritual bike, again, but your legs are not broken and you are not dead. So get up and try again. "

Blessed Be. 

The Nature of Today's Energy 5.23.13: Being Prepared

Thursday 5.23.13:

Do you have your bottles of water hidden away in a closet? Do you have canned food? 
Do you carry a spare tire in the trunk of your car? 
Do you have a spare divination set, just in case you forget your Tarot Cards?

Small details. 
I forgot my phone today. I forgot my badge. I sometimes will forget my head, but that is attached to my neck, so no problem with losing it. 

Small details can lead us down a road of destruction. 

When I forget things, I start to think about all the negative shit that is happening in my life, and my blood starts to boil. 
I have never had this happen to me in the past. I was always able to calm myself down, before I blew my top off. Now, my mind races to the extreme and it becomes "The Blame Game Show". 

Did you know that at least once a week, I am a contestant on this show, and I occasionally win such great prizes, such as; avoiding the truth and not understanding. Such great novelties. 

The card of the day is Three of Wands. The hidden energy card is the Tower. 

Destruction. Mayhem. Stones being thrown at a glass house. Wow, I just figured out that the Tower card can be related to "Stones being thrown at a glass house". 

The stone is the Truth and the Glass house is the Belief that does not serve us anymore. This is only my observation and I am relating the Tower card to a statement in order to help me understand.

A glass house. 
I would not want to live in a glass house because it would be too damn hot. Ya know, greenhouse effect and such. Yes, I know, air conditioning would most certainly have to be installed, but can you imagine the bill? Also can you imagine how much fabric would have to be used to make the curtains?

Sorry, a little off track there for a while. 

Remember that Lies and Deception will be around you this week. The Truth will come out. The Truth will be revealed. So, the journey will begin. The tools are there with you. You wait for the line to move, until it is your turn. 
Kind of like waiting to ride a roller coaster at an amusement park. 

You wait for the line to move, decide which stall you want to go in, and then get ready for the ride of your life. 

The tools are all there, in your bag of tricks, and you are simply waiting for the perfect opportunity to move. To strike the metal while it is still hot. To temper it. 
To push the hoop in one direction. 
Things will be lost in the shuffle. Things will be discarded. One thing is for sure, you will come out with everything that is needed, in order to advance. Who cares if the tower, you built your life on, crashes to the ground. 
You have been there before. When love leaves our side. When the break up happens. Our life is thrown to the ground and we learn to live without the familiar. 
You learn to sleep in the middle of the bed. You learn to do things on your own. You learn to love again. 

Even if you were to leave your current job. You will survive. You will still exist. The job does not make you. The job does not state that you are someone. You make that happen. You advance forward with great potential, if you are willing to give up that which does not serve you. 

Blessed Be. 

The Nature of Today's Energy 5.21.13: New Beginning

Tuesday 5.21.13: 

The card of the day is The Fool. The hidden energy card is Temperance. 

When I started to write down first impressions about the card, the phrase "purging of past karma" and the word "healing", came into my mind. 

I wrote down other things such as:
New beginning
first step
forgiveness
moving forward with no regret
new tools are coming 
Evolve
New orders are being given to us by Source

New Orders. Kind of like in the military. You are given papers for a specific task and then it can be changed at any time. 

What is the new task that we must take on? What is it that we have to move forward with? I think I need to go outside and think for a while...

Sometimes we fear the unknown. 
What will take place. Why are we afraid to speak up? 
Why do we think that we will surely die, if we decide to make waves? 
A wave. 

Remember back in an earlier post, I gave an example of a wave, and how it starts out by it self. Alone in the adventure. We all must start this journey with a single step. One step. One voice. One word. A raising of one hand. 

All things are set in motion. You can allow others to influence your decisions and choices, but it all comes down to your action. Who is taking the step? 

I love people who state to Mystics that having a job in this day in age is hard to come by, and that if you were to speak out, then surely you will be left penniless. Really? 

I usually smile at them and state, "Well then, I would rather live a happy life, penniless, than to live a life of burden, tied to something I hate. "

Sometimes we stumble, make mistakes, and pick the wrong path, but one thing is for certain; we are still loved. 

Source does not leave our side. If anything, Source always has our back. 

This Mystic is needing to take a step. My spirit is feeling very tied down and wants to speak out. To yell out the truth and spit fire. Eliminate the shadow and bring in the light. 

This Mystic is afraid of the change. Afraid to create waves, because no one else is doing it. Maybe that is the answer. I am allowing the thoughts of others to influence my action. My spirit is telling me to jump, run, and advance. My body is telling me to watch out, stop, and keep still. 

I think I must return to that which I know. That I am of light and always within alignment of my Divine Path. 
Always. 

Blessed Be. 

The Nature of Today's Energy 4.24.13: Wish Granted

Wednesday 4.24.13:

There are times when we try, with all our might, to manifest something so spectacular, that we are sure it will be the answer we need. We focus so hard on that which is desired, and in turn, we create that very item. Now what?

Are we left feeling satisfied? Do we want more?

Sometimes I find myself complaining about something so small, when there is so much good to be thankful for. 

The card that I picked, for today, is the Nine of Cups. It sits in the position of Owl/Mystery/Secret. The hidden energy card is the Tower. 

Sometimes our secret desire, is to simply be happy, and there are times when we believe that by manifesting a certain item, we will find that happiness. 

Our belief system has to be shattered, in order to find that perfect piece of the puzzle, that will fit into the empty slot. The Tower is working behind the scenes, destroying everything in sight, so that we will be left with the basic fundamentals of happiness. Sometimes we have to lose everything, in order to find value in new items. Sometimes we have to have a hurricane rush through our home, so that we can learn to deal with chaos in our life, by starting at the beginning. By starting with step 1: cleaning up the mess. 

A lot of books, regarding the Tarot, advise that the Nine of Cups is a Wish card. 

What are we truly wishing for? What is desired? Actually, what is needed within our life at this time?

For some it may be patience. Others it could be acceptance. I know that in my life, I am needing to return to my spiritual practice of meditating and praying everyday. I miss it. I use to pray and meditate everyday after I worked out. Soon I became lazy and started to cut back, then I started to not work out all together, and when I began to gain weight, I would complain!

Oh Aaron, get your shit together...

I noticed that the Universe was calling me to take a few moments and return to what is known. With starting at the very beginning. A very good place to start...and in comes Julie Andrews. 

It is true though. You must start at the beginning. Sometimes we become blinded by our gold and jewels. Blinded by the shiny things we have accumulated in our life. The mystery, or secret, behind all of it, is to snap our self out of the daze we are in, and return to our spiritual practice. A Mystic's job is never done. We can enjoy the achievement all we want, but we still need to keep on walking our path of spiritual enlightenment. We still need to keep on living, loving, and healing. 

Do not get too use to the feeling of greatness and satisfaction, for eventually that wonderful lightening bolt will strike our tower down. We will fall to the ground and be advised to build a stronger and better tower, than the last. We will be strong ourselves. To survive a large enough fall, and only come out with a few scratches, shows us that we were built to last. 

Then again you could be like other people, who's tower is struck with the lightening, they are thrown to the ground, and in turn they complain about the small scratch on their arm, as if it was broken and bleeding. Making a mountain out of a mole hill. 
The choice is yours. 

Blessed Be.  

The Nature of Today's Energy 4.22.13: Hope

Monday 4.22.13:

The card that will influence the energy for the rest of the week is #17 Hope. It sits in the position of Turtle/Earth. The Hidden energy card is Temperance. 

Breaking free from the item that holds us back, can be very frightening. Humans are creatures of habit, and at times, they return to that which is familiar. 

Do we venture out into the unknown and possibly succeed? Or stay in one spot and complain about how it hurts? 

Hope is a single beam of light. A ray of sun. It shines in one direction and can penetrate any issue or problem. The issue that one might have, is that, are they ready to see what hope can manifest in their life. 

If a person is ready to see the hope, set before them, then it takes on a new form and instead of being a single beam of light, it turns into many. Threads of time and space, cast out into the sea of existence. Anchoring our dreams and connecting us to the all knowing. The all powerful. It allows us to tap into the heartbeat of the Universe. It allows us to connect to Sister Turtle. 

Temperance is the hidden energy card, which tells me that through pain comes peace. A healing takes place. Maybe it is a healing of the heart, ego, or spirit. Either way, a person will soon figure out that balance of the energies around them is needed, in order to move forward. You must recognize the shadow part of a situation, in order to see the light. One must try to understand what is around them. Hope is setting the mood. Hope is setting the stage. 
What are you hoping for?

When I think of the word "hope", I picture myself standing around, looking at the sky, stating to Source "I am ready."

I can confuse hope for selfishness. I desire, so I should receive. 
Hope is about finding the strength to simply exist. In that moment of existence, everything that is needed will be given to us. 

Want to know what I hope for?
My heart hopes for the strength to decide on my next adventure. The strength to understand why Source has brought me here to this place and time. 
Did you know that even a Mystic person gets the blues? Oh ya, I find myself in states of confusion at times, due to the fact that the signs and symbols around me are not making sense. A blue ribbon mixed with the squirrel? What?! 
Oh source if you are playing a huge joke on me...?

Source does not require us to understand every sign that is given. We require the element of surprise to take place, and from a person who is part OCD, the element of surprise scares the living daylights out of me. 

I like things to be structured and to fall into place.
Life was not meant to be cookie cut and precise. Sometimes the detour must be taken, in order to understand why the choice was made, in the first place. 
To go left when you were advised to go right. Pitfall...oops. Well got to try again. Maybe this time I will not break a spiritual bone. 

Hope gives us the ability to keep moving, after we have bruised our soul. Sometimes mistakes need to be made on purpose, in order to understand the nature of who and what we are. 

Blessed Be. 

The Nature of Today's Energy 4.19.13: The Idealist

Friday 4.19.13:

The Queen of Swords sits in the position of Lizard/Dreams/Strength/Weakness. 
The hidden energy card is Judgement. 

I turn to my spirit guide for answers.

Me: Is this a person in my life?
Spirit Guide: No
Me: Is this an energy that will be around me?
SG: No
Me: Is this an energy that I must take on?
SG: Yes. You must live it. 

When I speak to my spirit guide, there will either be a novel of information, or she will give me one word answers. How do I interpret the one word answer? 
I simply understand that my Spirit Guide is giving me a definite answer and that to question it will only cause me to form doubt within the process of love and life. 

I am to move through out my day and create that which is good. Good beyond belief. To move forward with everything that my heart is set on. Write...
She advised me to write what is within my heart, not within my mind. To create that which is good. To create that which is mine. I long for the past to reach the present. For that which has been, to follow suite and find my home once more. To regroup. To live within the moment of what is taking place at this time. 
To write. 

To feel pain of that which has passed. We all go through it. We all find peace in the moment that love presents itself to us. We think this is it. I surely can die and I will be happy. What happens when the moment is over. We wish for more. More of the same feeling within that experience. 

To write. 

She advises me to be inspired by what she is stating to me. It is not about the card, but it is about tapping into the energy that is around me. To write about what is happening at this very moment. 

If you seek Truth, then be truth. Be like the Queen of Swords. Speak your mind. You must accept what will come from that Truth. Are you ready to accept the Truth of the situation? Even if it means that you are wrong?
That I am wrong?

She leaves me with one last thought, one last statement. 
"If you wish to change that which is around you, you must start with your thoughts". 

So many have spoken this truth in the past. 

I do want to warn you about the shadow side of the Queen of Swords. You may want to contain the power that she has, of clarity and truth, but you must pay attention to that power. Are you using it to hurt or heal? Are you really seeking the Truth or stating your opinion? 
You must be open to everything that is around you and accept that which is being presented. The moment you do this, the truth will present itself. The struggle will be no more. The tools you contain in your hand, whether it be paint, clay, Tarot Cards, Crystals, and such, will make sense and you will be inspired to create. To create that beautiful masterpiece called "You", called "Me". 

Blessed Be.