.:|:. Dove Love’s .:. Points and Passions .:|:.

By Dove, www.TarotwithLove.com  This is a continuation of my “Horses and Hawks” post, and the Butterfly spread.  When I was writing it, I couldn’t remember the third card that came up.  It was the Elk, and I’ve been reading a bit about it since then.  I find it interesting that it followed the Horse, which was in the second position.  Both represent strength, and I’m feeling that it’s a strong message about my getting back to running.  Running always made me feel so good, mentally and physically.  One of Elk’s messages is about being confident and that’s definitely what running used to do for me.  If I felt like crap, running would snap me right back into shape — in more ways than one :)  And I’d never run for more than 20 minutes. 

The other messages I’m getting from Elk on this issue…  PACE YOURSELF, don’t overdo it (something I tend to do, heh).  From the Hawk, I’m getting that I should be fearless and determined in this goal.  The Horse has strong legs, it’s a sign of freedom and power.  Yes run, say the Horse and the Elk, but pace yourself…slow and steady progression.  Both of these animals are strong, have confidence and have a regal air about them.  As I understand, the Elk can “trot” for long periods of time.  Maybe run for a while and “trot” for a while :)  With the Elk, there’s also an emphasis on the diet, it advises to eat more fruits and veggies, less meat (less meat, not no meat) and supplements for more energy. 

The Elk can also be very unpredictable.  Aggressive one minute, passive the next.  From that, I’m getting that I should get after that running, but know when to pull back and rest (”passive”), both during exercise as well as from day-to-day.  But it might also be advising to stick with it, don’t give up.  Ya’ know, we get fired up about things (maybe too fired up) and then it tends to go by the wayside.

I also find it interesting that both the Hawk and the Elk advise to be observant of our surroundings and subtle energies.  Okay, so plug into how the exercise is making me feel.  If it hurts, stop it! ha! ;)  If ya’ get tired, rest.  I’m not all that knowledgeable about running, but as far as “environment,” I can’t help but think that running on concrete is not a particularly good thing.  Where is concrete in Nature? …

The Elk came up in a position that represents why I wish to pursue this goal.  Like I said in my other blog, I want strength, and the Elk definitely represents strength…and pride/confidence…power.  And another thing comes up with it that is a potent bing-bing for me.  The Elk will try to avoid confrontation, but if that’s not possible, there’ll be hell to pay for Elk’s opponent. 

I always liked that old Kung Fu show, where the guy travelled around like a hobo, very humble-like — would always try to avoid confrontation.  But any guy (or group of them) who pushed him too far invariably regretted it :)  I love that — it’s Athena (goddess) energy.  She’s about peace first, but she’s a powerful warrior… 

I loathe when those in power exploit or otherwise harm those they see as powerless, when bullies harm the “underdogs.”  And it rocks when these individuals discover they’ve made a serious error in judgment in that regard.  I used to have an old Garfield comic strip on my frig — the first frame showed Garfield in the bushes, stalking a seemingly tiny bird in a bird bath.  The bird’s head was under water, very vulnerable.  In the next frame, the bird’s head was out of the water, and it was shaped like Garfield’s head (it was in the bird’s mouth), LOL!   That’s what I’m talkin’ about  ;) 

Peace,
Dove

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Here’s a guy who seems very passionate about the Elk, a great interpretation for the Elk Medicine/Totem.

By Dove, www.TarotwithLove.com  OMG, it’s so gorgeous — can’t remember the last time I saw one.  It’s so big and amazing…  Also very synchronous in this moment.  I had been looking at a website that was talking about color therapy, and then I went to Amazon to read the reviews on a book that was mentioned. 

I’d read one book by this author in the past, and devoured it almost in one sitting (a rare thing for me — even to complete a book).   That one was Mary Summer Rain’s “Phoenix Rising.”  This book I was reading about on Amazon is called “Earthway.”  I immediately decided I would eventually get it.  Then I clicked on the link to read its first page. 

My head started swimming with joy with just the first two words, ”mountain living.”  I so desire to live in the country again, secluded with all the luscious and magical nature stuff :)  *sigh*   I looked up at the sky (glass walls here at work) and said a little affirmation — and asked to be shown the answer as to how I could make this happen, how I could manifest living this way again — soon! 

Within seconds a guy here at work came in from outside and said to me, “Did you see the rainbow?”  I leaped outta my desk chair (lol) and ran to the door and there it was.  OMG, so gorgeous!!  Ahhh, what a suh-weeet and awesome sign!  … and cool synchronicity/answer from the Universe.  Instantly!  Oh, baby – my dream is soooo gonna happen!!  Ha!  ;)  Hey, it’s also very cool that it aligns with the color therapy.  Hmmmm…

And by the way, I was going to call this just “Rainbow,” but one of the guys here that I work with — very not “magical” (lol) and had no idea what I was typing about, and not someone I’d speak about “magic” with :) … but I’d been talking with him about (gushing about) the rainbow.  He walked out the door and to my surprise said, “Yep, a magic rainbow.”  Ha! :)

Peace,
Dove

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I did a quickie search for rainbow as a dream symbol and this is what I came upon…

To see a rainbow in your dream, signifies much hope,  success and good fortune in the form of money, prestige, or fame. The rainbow is a bridge between your earthly, grounded self and the higher, spiritual self.

Source:  http://www.dreammoods.com/dreamdictionary/r.htm

By Dove, www.TarotwithLove.com  Ha, I was just noticing how many smiley’s I used in this blog (and how I generally use them a lot in other posts…and emails, etc), heh-heh :)  I tend to add them anytime I smile or laugh while writing these things.

And that brought thoughts of a co-worker (salesman) yesterday talking to a customer while standing here by my desk.  He was telling her something in all seriousness, but it sounded funny (he’s often a jokester) – so I laughed.  That made the customer think he was joshing her, so she expressed her disbelief with, “See, she’s laughing!”  So that made me laugh more, LOL   He said, “Ah, that’s just (Dove), she always laughs, she laughs at everything.” :) 

And that’s true, I do laugh a lot, I love to laugh…and play :)  I was thinking about it this morning, wondering which of my animal totems (spiritual animal guides/energy that we each have) brings that about in me.  The precious Hummingbird first came to mind, a totem that represents joy.  And also the Otter — sweet, playful little Otter baby :) 

I remember years ago, a co-worker told me she never watched comedy — she hated it!  OMG, I thought.  I couldn’t comprehend how someone could not enjoy comedy.  Generally, if I’m watching television or a movie, it’s something funny :)  Ah, and there’s nothing better than making someone else laugh.  Some of my favorite celebs are people who make (or have made) us laugh a lot, and especially those that seem to be very good people – Jim Carrey, Tom Hanks, Alan Alda … 

I feel very blessed to have an awesome sense of humor — and what a joy, this laughing thing :)  And who knew, it’s also very healthy! yay! :)  AND, it’s also very EMPOWERING in general.  Think about it.  If someone is laughing, their heart, in that moment, is not fearful and there’s nothing more empowering than a fearless (peaceful) heart.

So smiley-face to your heart’s content, heh-heh :)

Peace,
Dove

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Hey, here’s another fun blog I wrote a while back about laughing, “Quickie:  Fun with the Queen of Swords“

I started this a week ago…  Wasn’t sure if I was gonna publish it, but here we go :)

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By Dove, www.TarotwithLove.com  This is another one of those situations where it’s all clicking in my mind so fast, overwhelming, so much synchronicity…  People must think I seek these things out, but I so don’t, lol  Most of us can’t seem to grasp that the “magic” can be seen in the, um, mundane.  And it can be seen, once we simply open our minds to it, to the possibility…to the possibilities.  They are infinite :)

How’s this for magic mixed with mundane…  My hair dryer started losing heat the other day, and it really annoyed me because it isn’t that old.  So, as I usually do before making a purchase, I got online and started researching — trying to find a friggin’ hair dryer that will actually work properly, and last.  I was ready to spend some bucks if I had to, and was looking at several dryers in the high-dollar price range.  But then I came upon one at Amazon that was reasonably priced and had a 5-star rating, lotsa great reviews.  Some reviewers even indicated that they’d tried the expensive ones, but liked this one better.  Okay, sounded good to me.  Without further thought or investigation, I ordered it.  And then to my delight I noticed I was getting a $10 discount for purchasing another hair tool by the same manufacturer.  Cool.  Yesterday, I was telling a new hair stylist about it as she cut my hair.  All I knew was that it was Conair and the 5-star thing :)  I had gotten the package that day, but hadn’t opened it yet.

Next detail…  A few weeks ago I was in Bed, Bath and Beyond and during that visit, I saw a clock on the wall in the clearance section.  I loved it, but decided I shouldn’t spend the money, even if it was half price.

Also yesterday — my “errand day,” I returned to see if the clock was still there.  It was, so I felt that was a sign of course (lol) that I should go ahead and get it :)  I asked the salesgirl if she’d take it off the wall for me.  She responded by pulling one of two from a bottom shelf and handing it to me.  I said with a bit of a faux whine, “Ahh, I thought the one on the wall was the only one left… “Thought I was getting something special,” I joked.  “No,” she said, “but these will go fast.”  Oddly enough, the one on the wall was much cuter than the two in packaging.  The wood was noticeably lighter and I liked the grain/design better.  She said it had probably faded outside the packaging and pointed to a small scratch on the metal accent.  I didn’t care, I loved it, scratch and all (told her the scratch just  made it look lived in, lol).  So she got a step stool and took it down for me. 

I smiled as I sauntered off with my prize.  I had forgotten that the caption on the face under the “12″ read, “Infinity.”  “Cool,” I thought, as I noticed it again.  It wasn’t until I got home last night with it that I noticed that the circle part of the “9″ and “6″ are very subtle spirals.  No wonder I loved it, it had all this magical stuff (infinity, spirals), symbolism, beckoning me.  And go figure, on a clock, not from a witchy place (heh), but from Bed, Bath and Beyond :)  A classic, and wonderfully simple clock, and yet very discreetly “beyond,” ha ;)

I spent the evening rushing around to get all my errand-day stuff (groceries, mail, packages, other shopping) put away, and among all my loot was my Amazon package with my new hair dryer and hot brush.  I finally decided to plop down and open it.  This wasn’t long after I’d been marveling at the little spirals on my new clock.  I tore into the box and was thrown for such a loop when I saw on the side of both the hair dryer and hot brush, “Infiniti.” :)   If I noticed that when I ordered them, I have no recollection of it whatsoever.  But even if I had, it’s still amazing that I was so drawn to all of these items with “Infinity” on them. 

Okay, that’s wildly synchronous.  In doing a search for “infinity symbolism,” my memory is refreshed — the infinity symbol (an “8″ on its side) is on the Tarot’s Magician card.  And for those who have been reading my recent “adventures,” (lol), you have seen that the Universe has been putting a lot of emphasis on magic recently.  Maybe a potent reminder for when my subconscious BS tries to pull me back yet again into the fearfulness and sense of powerlessness that most of us reek of.  THAT is what we are needing to “awaken” from.  We are all “Magicians” :)  Truly.  If only we knew — FREEDOM, real freedom, real power will come from THIS “awakening,” this realization that we truly create it all with our own individual and collective “magic.” :)  

Little spirals and such showing up, synchronicities out the wazoo — it’s all an indicator that it’s time (clock? ha!), that it’s coming…the “second coming”?  The truth of what we truly are is rising to the surface.  

Here’s some interesting stuff, excerpts from an article I found on the spiral… (read full article at source link)

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“The spiral has a universal appeal, and this fact is a sure indication of some mysterious resonance with the human psyche. What does the spiral mean to us? Its early association with the Mother Goddess (it is often found with, or on, small stone carvings of the Goddess ) suggests some kind of connection to the mysterious and miraculous process of life which is embodied in the Feminine - the door through which life enters this world. But why a spiral and not some other image? Anthropologists are still unsure about the origin of its use, but there are speculations:

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3) It is an early Mandala, or meditative aid. The spiral certainly has a meditative quality. The ancient Eurasian variety of these early spirals had three interesting qualities: they were all associated with the Goddess, they often had seven winds or cycles, and they usually possessed a pronounced dot to mark “the center.”

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As I indicated earlier, there are many dimensions to serpent symbolism, most of which are not germane to this essay. I have just one final observation to offer on the serpent: when snakes rest, they coil up into a spiral.”

Source:  http://www.jonathonart.com/awak-l.html

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Interestingly, this article above also elaborates on the symbolism of the bird/dove.  Dove is a name I was, um, intuitively given several years ago, and I’ve long had this “thing” for birds.  Have lotsa winged totems, six or seven main ones, including the dove :)

The mention above (in the excerpts) of the dot in the center of the spiral intrigues me.  My most recent MS Paint pic calls itself “Goddess.”  It’s an eye with a spiral — and it has that dot in the center :)

Wow, just scanning down that page, I’m seeing several more synchronicities — Isis, the seven…  I’ve been getting that number a lot lately.  Will have to go back and read that page more thoroughly.

Here’s what I found on the infinity symbol…  Oh-cool, the hummingbird is a symbol for infinity, it’s one of my totems :)

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“It is not commonly known that the fluttering wings of the hummingbird move in the pattern of an infinity symbol - further solidifying their symbolism of eternity, continuity, and infinity. “

Source:  http://www.whats-your-sign.com/hummingbird-animal-totem.html

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The infinity symbol is an amazingly simple yet intense sacred geometric shape. Obviously, it represents the delicate balance and oneness that is inherent in all of life. For instance, in a successful relationship, both partners are one. They are whole as individuals and yet together they create something completely brand new. When they meet in the middle, they move into each other fluidly, sometimes forgetting which part belongs to them and which part belongs to the other. If one side gets too much control or too much of anything, the shape of the relationship changes. As it falls out of balance, it falls, indeed, out of infinity. Balance is the essential quality of any relationship. As Machaelle Small Wright has been known to say, “You can never overestimate the importance of balance.”

The infinity symbol has within it all 10 of the dimensions espoused by teachers of Quantum Physics and String Theory. The seventh dimension, which closely correlates to the seventh chakra, is infinity itself. A great example of this is the Magician in the Rider-Waite Tarot Card deck. Interestingly, the Magician has an infinity symbol poised just above his head, over the 7th chakra. This dimension is the place of pure potentiality, also known as the field of absolute. This is the place of infinite potential, infinite love, infinite joy.

At the 10th dimension, the infinity symbol connects with all other potential realities, demonstrating the hermetic principle of “As above, so below.”

Source:  http://www.genesacrystals.com/infinity_symbols.htm

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Anyway, I’ve been pecking at this blog for a week now, lol, so I guess I’ll wrap it up here.  Still fascinates me that I would purchase/receive all of these items with essentially the word “infinity” on them — on the same day, without any intent to do so, or immediate realization of it.  Kinda wild.  And the fact that it ties in with the Tarot’s Magician — and magic, and how I’ve been getting “magic” messages recently…  Hmmm, and I keep hearing these lines from an old song by Lovin’ Spoonful, “Do you believe in magic … believe in the magic that can set you free … do you believe like I believe … do you believe in the magic of a young girl’s heart …”  

Yeah, the magic of the heart … believin’  :)  Ha, a girl just walked in with “Peace” tattooed on her back.  Yep.  A peaceful heart, a joyful heart (hummingbird message), a loving heart — powerfully magical.

Peace,
Dove

By Dove, www.TarotwithLove.com  I was just reading an old post I did on a book that I feel everyone should read — that is, those who are so very tired of being on a hamster wheel that never gets them to where they wish to be, wondering where’s the happiness, the freedom…   It’s called “The Paradigm Conspiracy.”  My previous post includes an overview of the book (note, the bolded areas were my doing). 

As I was reading over this overview, thoughts came up about a blog I was frequenting on here a while back — trying to tweak the minds of a group of rabid skeptics.  I was sharing a few of my experiences with them, particularly with the Tarot.  Of course, it mattered not that they had zero experience in this regard (and I’ve now spent about a decade almost incessantly using the Tarot), they still scoffed at the prospect that what I spoke was the truth.  Since they’d already warmed up to me a bit, they first tried to be charitable and suggested that I was imagining all of this (heh), but it was clear that if that wasn’t it, dishonesty had to be.  

I tried to not let it annoy me — I s’pose I asked for it by sharing such things with people who believe nothing that their science tells them they shouldn’t believe.  I remember posting my Edison post (where people mocked Edison — scientists, and other lofty ones) on that thread, and there was a brief pause … then one of them came back with something like, “Yeah, but those Edison things could be proved by science.”  At that point, I moved on, because it was clear their minds weren’t budging — but I was like, huh?  Then, why were highly regarded scientists among those who scoffed at and mocked Edison? …

My next thoughts were about a guy in my past.  My cards have actually referenced him as a “fool” (several times) in the negative sense (but there is also a positive take on the fool in the Tarot).  The way he thinks boggles my mind, but I don’t think he’s that much different than many — thinking that “success” is all about how much money you can make.  And so this guy is consumed by his work.  He sees no other way to become his version of a success.  I remember a few years ago when he started working this job, I told him that it was a prison, that it wasn’t worthy of losing his health over.  I heard from him recently — he said he’d been in the hospital a couple of times recently per lack of sleep…   What he doesn’t seem to get is that the present dictates the future.  If it isn’t balanced, the future won’t be.  If you’re not happy in the present, you won’t be in the future either.  The thing is, you can do something in the present that might not be all that you wish for, BUT you must BALANCE it with what you do want.  That is, some energy MUST be put towards what you do want.  If you are currently neglecting and abusing your body for some pay-off in the future, there’s no balance in that — so stay tuned for a messed up body in the future.  But hey, you’ll have lotsa money to go to the hospital and docs a lot…

It’s insanity.  Our bodies, our health, are PRICELESS.  Ya’ can’t go out and buy a new body — NO MATTER HOW MUCH MONEY YOU HAVE.  Ask someone who has no sight, but lotsa money what they’d pay for the gift of sight.  Someone with no legs what they’d pay to have them back?  …  And yet so many of us sacrifice our lives, our health, so as to make money — to buy STUFF.  Geez. 

Actually it isn’t insanity, or even stupidity (usually), it’s what the above-mentioned book speaks of.  A kind of brainwashing via “paradigms.”  And I would add that we keep doing this over and over, because the promise of what it supposedly brings (happiness, or even real security, per money/power), never actually happens — but we think (per the paradigms) that it will if we just work a little more, a little harder…  And then maybe ya’ get “there,” but all you discover is that you’ve been a fool…you’ve been duped into sacrificing your precious body, life, health, TRUE HAPPINESS…for a pile of green paper, a false sense of security/safety, a mountain of material stuff that’s momentarily gratifying but ultimately suffocating, and an illusion of power…  All you truly have in those things is NOTHING, but you’ve lost so much in this FINITE life…

It’s time to “wake up.”  And this book is a good place to start :)  Read the overview of the “The Paradigm Conspiracy” here.  And then also realize that you ARE the power, it’s all about what you believe… And it will be those who are endeavoring to overcome the brainwashing that will truly be powerful in the future, not those who continue to put their total focus and efforts in the outer world, all the while destroying their bodies, and consequently dishonoring the real power — within them.

Peace,
Dove

By Dove, www.TarotwithLove.com  I’ve been itchin’ to write about this since Monday, but…I dunno, sometimes I wonder if I should be sharin’ so much of my “stuff,” but I’ve gotta trust that “itch” :)   Most of it I keep to myself, but some of these magical moments are just too amazing not to share…  So here we go.

Monday (the 17th) was, um, a very interesting “errand day,” and I’m recalling that my last errand day started out with some interesting energy as well.  Right off, in driving toward town, I noticed the license plate in front of me was either 11 or it totalled to 11.  Okay, no biggee, I often notice such things.  I got to the post office, it had been two weeks since I’d been there.  I was amazed that I didn’t have much mail, but in my box there were two bigger-box keys for two packages I needed to get.  I looked at the number on one of them, it was 11 :)  Hmmm, synchronous with the 11 license plate, was my thought.  The other box key number was 4. 

I then wondered which box I should open first, which package might be heavier, thinking the lighter one would be easier to hold while getting the heavier one…  As I wondered which would be best to open first, I heard “4″ and thought, alrighty then ;)  I opened 4 (I can’t remember if it was the lighter one, but I think so) and then got the other package from Box 11.  Okay, now hang on, this is actually building to something :) 

My next stop was a town about 20 miles from here.  I got on the highway and was amazed when I saw the license plate in front of me, it was a long number, but the last three digits were, “411.”  Within seconds, I looked up and a car with one of those temporary tags was in front of me and it was here that I realized we had some mucho magic goin’ on, heh  I saw in the first “box” of this temporary tag, “4″ and the next box was “11″ — the date was 4-11-08.  Alrighty then…a huge emphasis on 411, and all within about 10 or 15 minutes? — and so intriguing that that “little voice” instructed me to go to the 4 first, then 11.  Then I remembered the day before that I had gotten “something” that was pointing me to the end of the first week of April, not far from that date.  So now I’m feeling something “interesting” is going to be happening on that day…

I started seeing an explosion of 11’s and multiples of 11 (22, 33) — and that continued for most of the day.  (Ya’ know, anywhere there were numbers.)  I started thinking about the number 11 — and “double magic” popped into my head, referencing the two ones in the 11.  One is the number of the Magician in the Tarot, hence “double magic.”  I liked that :)  Perhaps it referenced heightened “magic” beginning to happen in my life.  It’s pretty magical already :)

But the rest of my Monday wasn’t as “peachy” as it usually is.  Shortly after all the “411″ messages, I noticed a marquee (driving through a little town toward the other) that said something about “stand up” or “standing up,” and when I arrived at my destination, I had to follow that advice.  A retailer was going back on a price (reneging) that she had quoted me over the phone, and after that quote she ordered me a case of the stuff (and I had even told her that the price was the only reason I ordered and was willing to drive the 20 miles for it – strangely, she thought since “the price changed in the computer” in the interim, the rest didn’t matter).  I definitely “stood up” to that challenge and was victorious … but I didn’t like having to start my day with that kind of unpleasantness.  And then I was thinking that wasn’t very dang magical, lol ;)

The 11 thing continued throughout the day, but nothing much else to “write home about,” but there was one more little point of magic that gave me a bit of a thrill.  My last stop of the day, a late evening trip to the grocery store (the local healthfood store).  I had to return from my visit earlier that day because of an error on my ticket (hmm, yeah, the day did seem to have a few little snags like that, and that isn’t the norm). 

I told a girl at the service desk about the error, she agreed with my remedy, and said to just tell the cashier.  I thanked her…she was a new girl, so I asked what her name was.  “Raven,” she said :)  I couldn’t help but smile and say, “Ah, I love that name.”  The crow and the raven animal totems are pretty much the same type of energy, and I consider them both under my “crow” totem — they are both very much about magic :)  I thought that was a highly cool punctuation for this “Magic Monday.”

I later asked my Tarot what the “411″ message was about and drew the Magician :)  I asked for clarity and drew the Fool card.  Hmmm, pretty powerful stuff.  The Fool’s magic comes from his/her childlike faith/trust and generally care-free, childlike and playful attitude toward life.  When we become like the “fool,” and begin to trust in our own magic, we too become “magical” :)

Peace,
Dove

By Dove, www.TarotwithLove.com  Well, it started on Saturday… this Jesus thing, he’s been around me for some reason.  Oh, but he thinks it’s funny that I call him “Jay-sus” lol ;)  Jesus would really be a drag if he had no sense of humor, ya’ know? 

Anyway, I thought nothing more about it after Saturday, but there he was again this morning…  He went shopping with me, heh :)   Today was my errand day.  And it was an exceedingly icky day weatherwise — icy cold, and highly wet, rain or really cold mist all day long.  I shivered as I closed my umbrella and walked into the post office and around the corner to the area where my p.o. box is located. 

Very unusual, a little lady with coal-colored hair appeared outta nowhere, and was opening a box not far from mine.  I said something about the icky weather and she said something sweetly about being grateful :)  “Yeah, you’re right…” I responded.  Then, also out of the blue, she said to me, ”Remember Jesus is always with you, no matter where you go.” :)  That really stoked me, since having had the Jesus energy around me just a coupla days before.  I just smiled at her, thinking “You are Jesus, sweetie.” 

My next stop, minutes later, was the grocery store…  As I looked for a park, I noticed where someone had written on the front of a car, “I (heart symbol) you.”  That was so close to the mention of Jesus, I couldn’t help but think that was him talking to me again ;)  { Update: Hey, I was just re-reading this, and realized that I hadn’t tied this “I (heart) you” with my other Jesus post where I noted that I had sang “Jesus loves me…” as a little one…ah, that just makes me smile all over again :) }  Throughout the day I was seeing and hearing things that aligned with this energy…  even hearing “Jesus” a couple of times on the radio as it scanned.  At one point, I felt I was chatting with him in my mind, mostly joking with each other :) 

Then I started seeing the number 16 everywhere, that usually represents, for me, the Tower card in the Tarot (number 16).  Interestingly, I had a day last year around this time when I began seeing the 16 like that, but that one last year was unnerving, I felt the Tower inside me, I shook inside (like the Tower), it frightened me … and sure enough, it proved to be a warning of something not-so-good about to happen…  But I lived through it, and came out of it for the better.

But this one today was different, I felt no fear, and I saw positive things around the 16.  So I felt this, unlike the other, was a positive message.  The Tower card can represent “enlightenment,” and freedom…even just a surprise.  At one point I was in a store, browsing, and I began seeing it again on items in the store.   I felt I was about to get a “surprise,” and felt I might be seeing someone that I knew…  And sure enough, just before I walked out of the store, in walked a co-worker I never would have imagined seeing there — it really did shock me (surprise)  :) 

At the end of the day, in the parking lot of my last stop for “errand day,” I was backing out and saw flashing lights at a distance, an emergency vehicle.  As I got on the main road for home, more emergency vehicles (I don’t think they were related to the other), about four of them, I had to pull over a couple of times…  These also reflect “Tower” energy…but again, I noted that I felt no fear inside from them…  I glanced at a license plate in front of me that simply said, “Sun” and that made me smile… that’s the “God/dess” card in the Tarot, a card about much joy.  My favorite card…

I’d gotten a lot of messages through the day like “No problem,” and “Don’t worry.”  So that was comforting.  Also many things that represent intuition, and “magic” and, of course, Jesus is part of that :) 

Still not entirely sure why Jesus has been hanging out with me lately, but I did get a strong message about “Heaven” at one point today.  I’d been getting that the Six of Cups card is related to it.  That is a sweet card that can represent home and joy and peace…  “Jesus” told me that this is “heaven” — it’s all the same thing – peace, “home,” joy — “Heaven.”  Ahh, so that’s what it meant when I heard years ago, at a climactic point in my life, that I was “getting closer to home.”  Home, peace, joy — “heaven” :)  I hope Jesus’ visit means I’m just almost there — I think so :)   I’m feeling very “blessed” lately…

Thanks Jay-sus, I heart you too *muah* ;)

Peace,
Dove

By Dove, www.TarotwithLove.com  I was tagged, um, last week? … for this meme and it sounded like my cup-o-tea (I love doing the open-the-book thing), so here we go :) 

About mid-week this past week, I had sat down to look up the Cardinal totem in Ted Andrew’s “Animal-Speak,” because I’d been seeing that gorgeous bird quite a bit, but before coming upon it, I remembered about needing to do this meme.  I thought, hey, this would be a cool book to use for it.  So I turned to page 123 in “Animal-Speak.”  Found the 5th sentence and these were the 3 sentences that followed:

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“One was the Strasburg Brotherhood of the Crown, and another was formed by St. Nicholas of Vienna in 1288.  In Germany, specifically, there existed a guild of meistersingers at Nuremburg.  This schooling was to teach the power of sound, music, and voice–physical and spiritual.”

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Right off, I thought it was interesting that it started with “One.” :)  Lotsa synchronicities with it.  Just hours before opening to this passage, one of my co-workers was actually speaking German to me!  Yes, this was exceedingly UNUSUAL, to say the least.  Note, the Universe is invariably speaking to us with unusual things, things that don’t happen to us everyday…  I looked at him, and said, “I didn’t know you spoke German.”  He didn’t respond in English, and just kept speaking in German to me, lol  There was also a German reference in an email I received that day…

Here are some interpretations I found at one dream symbol site (yeah, I don’t distinguish sleep-dream symbolism from this awake-dream we’re experiencing):

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Foreign Language

To hear or speak a foreign language in your dream, indicates a message from your unconscious that you do not yet understand.

Foreigner

To see a foreigner in your dream, represents an aspect of yourself that is unfamiliar or strange to you. You may be neglecting or ignoring some important feelings or talents.

Source:  www.dreammoods.com

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That last statement definitely rings true for me…  It’s also interesting that not long ago I made a comment on a blog where I posted some info about the original Saint Nicholas per a question on that topic (Santa Claus).  Hmm, that page that I just linked that to isn’t the source that I’m referencing, but a statement there intrigues me, …  “Nicholas, why dost thou conceal thyself from me? Thou art my helper” … 

{Update:  I feel compelled to add a bit here…  First, just for clarity, I had posted some info about the original St. Nick from one website onto another’s blog, but the St. Nick site I’m linking to above isn’t that one, it’s one I found just in the moment of my typing that paragraph.  But I especially wanted to point out that I realize that the statement, “Thou art my helper” is not (literally, or in this reality) referencing art, lol  ;)  But that’s what I saw when I first read it, intuition doesn’t have to be “logical” — and very often, it isn’t :) …  But I actually took both messages, that the Universe or “God/dess” is asking me why I am hiding myself, by holding back my creative expressions, AND that he/she sees me as one of his/her “helpers”… ah, and that our true (joyful) creative expressions are part of that — it is a “dance” we do with him/her.}

One of my first posts here was called “Create Change with Your Creations,” and not long ago I noticed how it had been right before I started doing all my MS Paint Pics and the post was spurred from people saying a single phrase to me one day that indicated they couldn’t see me…  It made me wonder if it was the Universe saying that I needed to do something to show myself, maybe my art I thought.  Writing, painting, some even consider the Tarot an art…  I’ve had people suggest I create my own Tarot deck, or write a book, and I’ve always felt I would write a book eventually.  I must say, this blog is the most I’ve ever expressed myself … the writing, the computer painting.  Right before starting this blog (Aug 2007), I was getting a plethora of Aces in the Tarot, a sign of new beginnings, the Aces are “seeds,” reflecting great potential.  I feel it has been a significant part of my healing journey.  I think we have no idea how vital it is to express ourselves, our creativity … but it makes sense, we are like that which created us, creators :)  We harm ourselves in not allowing that creativity to flow.

“Brotherhood of the Crown” –  the crown, the crown chakra, associated with universal love and ONE-ness … 

1288 = 19, the Sun card in the Tarot, a major arcana card that can represent our “god-ness’ or “God.”  19 = 10 = 1

“Master Number 88: The elevation of the personal and the infinite consciousness is facilitated to encompass the actuality of “knowing” and the receipt of meaningful, revealing, and significant revelations (and implementation of same) with respect to ones unlimited and unrestricted capabilitites. The concepts of sensitivity and compassion, with the experiencing of each moment, is reflected in the “eighty-eight” vibration.”  (Source:  http://www.lochsrocks.com/meta.asp?insert=Master)

“Meistersinger” — Master singer.  I love to sing, but not in front of anyone, lol   But I’ve always thought it would be such a joy to be a singer…  I’ve felt I might take voice lessons someday.  An intuitive years ago told me that singing would be healing for me.  And on the rare occasion that I do sing (in private), I can actually see a kind of a glow in my face the next day :)  I should do it more often…  “Make a joyful noise.” :)

And shortly after coming upon this “Animal-Speak” passage, I came upon a blog about the power of sound :)  It’s a great post, giving the mantras for each chakra.  I’ve seen the power in doing thse mantras, but I have gotten out of the practice of doing this.  This is strongly motivating me to get back to it…

Oh, and I almost forgot to mention that this passage was part of the Canary totem, which is synchronous in that I have winged totems, mostly birds, out the wazoo :)  AND, I have often referenced myself as the canary because I am so sensitive to chemicals, even those that others feel are not harmful or whatever — like I can’t be around stuff like fingernail polish remover and such.  I avoid the laundry products aisle at the store like the plague… 

And if all that’s not enough, guess what was on the very next page, page 124.  The Cardinal totem, which is why I picked up this book in the first place, remember? :)  Cool, eh? haha!

Well, I got a lot out of my three sentences.  I’m not really big on doing the tagging thing, but here are the directives for anyone else who would like to play :)

1)  Get a book with at least 123 pages, and go to page 123.
2)  Go to the 5th sentence, post the next 3 sentences.
3)  Have fun with it :)

Peace,
Dove

By Dove, www.TarotwithLove.com  Someone asked me yesterday if I could teach her how to connect with her heart.  My first thought was I don’t think I can teach something I haven’t learned so well myself.  It’s a journey — and mine began about a decade ago.  My own intuitive guides strongly advised me to meditate (every day), but most of us resist doing this, and so have I.  It’s only been in the last few years that I’ve begun to meditate with any regularity.  But it is, without question, crucial to connecting with one’s heart, and to discovering one’s own power…  The resistance is what makes it a “journey” :) …  an invariably rough one.  Our “de-programming” isn’t going to happen overnight, and there’s no book, class or guru that will make it happen jiffy quick, heh ;) 

Many “Tower” events will invariably be part of this journey — that’s where we resist, but our higher self wants freedom, and this part of us will send a “lightning bolt” to come crashing into our comfort zone(s).  That is, whatever is holding us back will begin to crumble…  

Our excessive materialism is holding us back.  For those who are still fully invested in the illusion, of this materialistic BS, still hungering to have a zillion-inch screen TV and all the latest hi-tech toys, giving every minute of one’s life to make more money so as to consume more and more, stay-tuned for that bolt :)   It isn’t about some scary “god” forcing this upon us, it is the core of us wanting freedom from the chains of this illusion — that we’ve created, and are greatly suffering because of.  Once the initial pain of that lightning bolt, and the destruction therein of that which imprisons us (the “Tower”), we then begin to feel so much better, so much lighter…  But again, this will not happen overnight.   It’s a journey, and there are no short-cuts.  If it’s easy, you aren’t doing it :)  Remember Frodo in “Lord of the Rings”?  Ya’ gotta destroy “the ring.”  Truly connecting with one’s heart, it is like Frodo’s journey.

Simplicity…this is how we begin to connect with our hearts.  Clearing away all the glop, inside and out – material, mental, emotional…all the things we have piled upon our hearts.  Things we’ve put ahead of that which we truly desire, things (and people) that we’ve put above taking mega-good care of ourselves, things that are suffocating those things we truly love, that which stifles our creativity, our passions…  All of those things are a prison, and deep down we wish to be free.  So we either consciously remove these things, or…the energy that is “deep down” within us will do it in a more dramatic way (the “Tower”).  Note, to get a taste of the Tower, you can do a google search for “Tower Tarot.”  This Tarot card represents freedom and “enlightenment,” but a Tower experience is a challenging way to become free of that which imprisons us — a change that seems to be forced upon us.  We resist this MAJOR change in our lives, because we are blinded to that which enslaves us.

Self-care is how we begin to connect with our hearts.  Self-love, self-respect, self-understanding…  When we heal our hearts, we will then move into them :)  It all begins with routinely looking within. 

My advice is to begin meditating daily, even for just 5 minutes.  That will begin the process.  Self-care — exercise, meditate, do yoga, eat well, rest, sleep, play, set goals, “pray” (ask your higher self for answers), affirm, establish boundaries…take care of you FIRST…  When we truly fall in love with ourselves, truly — then all the rest will fall into place.  That might sound too simple, and would be, except we resist…  So buckle up for a wild, but quite magical ride :)  Moving into one’s heart is moving into their power, real power.

As I was pondering this person’s question about connecting to her heart, I came upon this great post on 2012 called, “The World Will Not End in 2012,” and I honed in on these paragraphs from it…

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“The greatest wisdom is in simplicity,” Mr. Barrios
advised before leaving Santa Fe. “Love, respect,
tolerance, sharing, gratitude, forgiveness. It’s not
complex or elaborate. The real knowledge is free. It’s
encoded in your DNA. All you need is within you. Great
teachers have said that from the beginning. Find your
heart, and you will find your way.”

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“Anthropologists visit the temple sites,” Mr. Barrios
says, “and read the inscriptions and make up stories
about the Maya, but they do not read the signs
correctly. It’s just their imagination… Other people
write about prophecy in the name of the Maya. They say
that the world will end in December 2012. The Mayan
elders are angry with this. The world will not end. It
will be transformed. The indigenous have the
calendars, and know how to accurately interpret it,
not others.”

Source: http://indigolifecenter.wordpress.com/2008/02/28/the-world-will-not-end-in-2012/

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Again, simplicity, as we begin to heal we will begin to hunger for it — simplicity.  And we are the world :)  We are changing, “transforming.”  And holding tightly onto the old will just cause us more suffering.  We don’t really want it anymore, but we don’t consciously realize this…yet.  

I want to interject here that we should allow NOTHING to put fear in our hearts.  Let nothing I say here, or anything in the above article, put fear in your heart.  The “light” and the “dark” that this article speaks of is within us, it’s ALL within us — let no one tell you that there is some power or force outside of you.  You are the power — in your world.  Always remember, “Believe and it shall be so” and always trust your own heart, your own intuition, your own truth.  Anything else is giving your power away, giving it to someone or something outside of yourself.  And that’s how we became imprisoned in the first place. 

Additionally, to heal one’s heart (absolute requirement to connecting or moving into it) we need to stop blaming others for things that we’ve manifested in our own lives (we create it all).  When we begin to point the finger, we should immediately visualize a mirror in front of us :)  It’s all us, everythng and everyone around us, is us.  We can learn so much from simply realizing this, and taking actions to CHANGE US, and give up the need to change and blame others.  Since we are all of it, when we change us, the rest naturally changes :)

Peace,
Dove

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By Dove, www.TarotwithLove.com   Ty Pennington.  I love this guy… the guy on that show called “Extreme Makeover,” one of the very few shows I find worthy of clicking on the “box.”  This sweet guy (so sweet), with his spiked hair, and goofy-playful way, finds the most amazing people in this country, amazing people that aren’t doing so well — often that’s because they’ve followed their hearts in helping others.  They’re always just really good people, very giving and loving people.  And Ty, I love watching him while he talks to these people — ya’ can see his compassionate heart in those precious eyes. 

And the houses they build are so incredible, such creative people building them.  I’m watching it right now, they’re building a house for a marine who lost his leg “over there.”  It was apparently too much for the marine’s wife and she left him — with four kids.  The show just came on, and tears have already been streaming down my face (if ya’ have a hard time crying, this is the show to watch), and I already so wanna hug the marine.  Yet another sweetheart, a guy with courage and honor, who loves his little ones so much. 

Ty’s my hero, I wanna guy like Ty – and I’ve officially decided I’m never gonna settle for less :)  Gotta go watch my sweetie ;)

Peace,
Dove

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