Category: Mindfulness
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Oracle – Becoming a Warrior
Duality – Ambivalence Warriors Tolerate Uncertainty – Being a warrior is all about balance. The experience of balance-seeking is indescribable linguistically – it must be felt experientially. Warriors learn to live in a world beyond language where we can savor uncertainty and foretaste eternity. Warriors Relish Paradox – Two contraries not only exist together but…
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Oracle – Becoming a Warrior
Warriors Learn for a Lifetime – The complex dance between our skills, our bodily manifestation and the physics of reality is never-ending. We will master the synchrony of Right Thought, Right Instruction & Right Action. Warriors Have Young Brains but Old Souls – We have seen, known, learned and struggled so much. We have much…
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Oracle – Becoming a Warrior
Solitude – Self-Sufficiency After the Party Comes Cleanup – There is a time to be in company and there is a time to be alone. We are most usually alone when we are performing the hum-drum aspects that support daily living. The Buddhists believe this is the moment of mindfulness – when washing dishes can…
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Oracle – Becoming a Warrior
Peace – Serenity Warriors Know What They Have to Do – Others are envious that we have laid out a plan for our lives, that it is flexible, that it is life-enhancing and that it gives us permission to Enjoy. Be humble about this jealousy. You’re Entitled – Others also could find peace if they…
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Oracle – Becoming a Warrior
Autumn – Regret Superpower: Our brains are constructed in a way that allows us to move backward and forward through time, watching and judging ourselves from the outside, always considering multiple possibilities, outcomes and problems. We have a tendency to regard this superpower as a burden and envy those whose lack of questioning makes them…
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Oracle – Becoming a Warrior
Summer – Relax It’s Summer – Relax! Seems counterintuitive, doesn’t it? Well, Lesson #1 is that being a warrior is Counterintuitive. Other people rush away from the burning building – planning on being EVEN MORE SCARED the next time. Well, we are going to master our fear. We are going in. Let’s Panic – I…
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Oracle – Becoming a Warrior
Am I me or is my diary me? I’ve been keeping a diary since I was seven years old. My first problem was who I was writing to – that took seven years to solve. (Answer: Me.) My second problem was who I was. I haven’t solved that one yet but since I became a…
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Oracle – Your Warrior Tarot Today
The Gazing Ball – Prophecy – Can We See Future? Warriors Are Rewarded With The Gift of ProphecyBut don’t forget Solomon’s Paradox – the wise have difficulty being wise about themselves. If you can only see others’ futures, perhaps that’s another reason you need a trusted ally. DREAMS – The Number One question people have…
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Oracle – Your Warrior Tarot Today
The Pond – Judgment – There’s No Escape Who’s Judging You? We all feel judged. And we warriors, trying to make something of our lives, have a plan. We judge ourselves by how close we hew to our design. Others judge us by “light” and “dark” – are we warriors for good or evil. Because…
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Oracle – Your Warrior Tarot Today
Foxglove – Medicine – Health Is A Balance Warriors Are the Planet’s Health – When you draw the Foxglove card, something is off-track. We can feel it. Time to set to work to identify and re-harmonize disparate, dissonant chords. DREAMS – Do you dream of hospitals? Doctors? Shamen? Magic pills? One of society’s proudest boasts…
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