The arrival of the BOOKS

I'm excited that the books have arrived!! Soul Coaching, SoulCollage (Seena Frost) & Eckhart Tolle's New Earth!

This morning I did the journaling for Soul Coaching, & it was interesting doing the 'should/could' exercise - & telling my list 'I could, but I choose not to at this time!" Wow! I actually did some of the things on my list - - - later! & that felt good, too.

Then, writing about sensuality/sexuality & relationships -- that took awhile! I have been in some tangly relationships - LIPID - the 'Last Inappropriate Person I Dated' is several years in the past, & I've been happy on my own, more so as time goes on. I have a heavily 'relationship oriented' chart ("Relationship, Relationship, RELATIONSHIP!" said one astrologer) & I've been enjoying getting to know myself better these last few years. I don't know if I want to meet someone romantically - I have had a dream of doing sacred work with a partner, teaching Reiki, empowerment work, . . . my powers of manifestation haven't attracted such a being.

My daughter lived with me for ~ 9 months while going thru her divorce & rebalancing; now she lives next door, & is getting married in a couple of months. So our dynamic changes, things we did together for the past few years we do less frequently. He is very easy to be around, & close to his parents (like me, he's an only child!) so there's a lot of room for me, but it's different.

I got a few more 'soul collage' supplies, & am ready to begin creating on paper!! 

As another bespoke, I'm a bit reluctant to get on the 'Eckhart Tolle' bandwagon - sigh; tho I did begin reading for my book group last night, & found it more palatable than I 'expected!'
Is it my ego that says I've heard most of it before? :)

Relationships & Commitment

Day 11 - Relationship When I think of Relationship, I think of commitment - to a person, to oneself. My sense of relationship to 'creator being' is lifelong, I can't think of a time I didn't feel connected to 'All that Is,' & I was lucky to grow up in an eccmenical household, with parents who looked for commitment to ones' values, rather than to the particular path. My dad had Cherokee heritage (thru his dad), & my mom's mom, Mary, I've written about - Lois told me "Mama always said 'the Indians have a perfectly good religion/ spiritual path; no need for us to convert them!"
My sense of spirit tends to be that of evolution of the soul, collective & individual. I lean toward 'goddess' if I put gender on that limitless being - women, after all, are the ones giving birth!

I am also thinking of commitment to process - I am in a reading group that focuses on 'Women's Spirituality,' & the current book is Echart Tolle's 'New Earth' - I've had resistance to reading it; feeling it restates things I've already read - but I do (finally) have it on order, so we'll see!!
I also ordered the 'Soul Coaching' book - today, & 'SoulCollage' - honed my book order down to just the three I truely want right now - rather than getting a few others, simply because they sound interesting!
A number of truely delightful books have come to me that way, & I am working on being more selective about what I choose to BUY. Clearing clutter is still a priority, & something I am working on!

A Soul Collage friend identifies collecting as being a 'Sea Gull' trait - I'd place it more with Magpie! Oh, what lovely black & white birds!! & seeking treasures - as I continue to clear clutter, I intend to identify treasures - 'friends,' & to id. ones to pass on or send off, as well. In the Crow family, usually thought to be good luck, & the only 'non mammal' known to recognize themselves in a mirror! In my young married years, I remember talking with someone who'd had a magpie as a 'pet' - & they attested to its cleverness. So I invite magpie to help me clear my clutter!

Earlier this evening, I found a link to Isha Lerner's lovely flower cards reading - the card that came was 'Manzanita' While I don't have that essence, I know the plant & it's lovely little bell flowers (similar to those of blueberries). The message was tapping the love of the Goddess, her roots, her branches, to dance (!) & to love one's body, exactly as it is!

I tend to be pretty satisfied with my body - but heck, I'm female!! OK, OK, I love myself just as I am!! & I think of the lovely, curvey branches, which I enjoyed using to hang small ornaments (as my own 'Christmas tree' in my room, when I was ~ 10 or 11) or easter eggs. Maybe Manzanita will assist Magpie in lovingly pruning some 'things!'
I also did a Goddess reading, & got "Flying into Spring" - rise above old routines, go up the mountain. Spiritual journey? "I will lift mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help!' I always loved that image - & when living in the mountains, would pause on the footbridge, looking up river at the hills that rose above camp . . .

blessed be!