Happy Friday,
This is for all of my sparkly, shiny happiness warriors! It’s Friday so let’s get out there and spread some good vibes!
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Cat’s Morning Bits for August 23, 2018
Good Morning Beautiful Souls, grab a cup of your favorite morning brew and start things off with “Today’s Inspirations”. I hope you find something here that will make you feel good or help you on your path today.
Blessings, Cat
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The sun is set; the swallows are asleep;
The bats are flitting fast in the gray air;
The slow soft toads out of damp corners creep,
And evening’s breath, wandering here and there
Over the quivering surface of the stream,
Wakes not one ripple from its summer dream.
-Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822)
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Spiritual Unite: These Are the Symptoms of Lightbody Activation
Merkaba or light body is a state of complete awareness. When endless amounts of light and love enter your spiritual being, they fuel the awakening of Merkaba. You currently reside in a three-dimensional plane. Once your light body awakens, your mind gets access to the 4th and 5th-dimensional planes, which introduces you to a new world of endless possibilities
https://www.spiritualunite.com/articles/light-body-activation-symptoms/
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MBG: This Mind-Clearing Yoga Sequence Is Perfect For The Inevitable Midweek Slump
f you woke up refreshed and feeling ready to take on the day, good for you! If you could use a little pick-me-up, keep reading.
There’s nothing like a midweek slump to wear away at your willpower and your spirit. Fatigue and exhaustion are the culprits of ordering takeout, skipping your meditation, or consuming one too many of those delicious dark chocolate squares.
https://www.mindbodygreen.com/articles/mind-clearing-yoga-sequence
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Daily Good: Nature and the Serious Business of Joy
Our origins are of the earth. And so there is in us a deeply seated response to the natural universe, which is part of our humanity.
– Rachel Carson
Nature and the Serious Business of Joy
British naturalist and environmental writer Michael McCarthy writes in The Moth Snowstorm: Nature and Joy —part memoir and part manifesto. The natural world can offer us more than the means to survive, on the one hand, or mortal risks to be avoided, on the other: it can offer us joy.” { read more }
http://www.dailygood.org/story/2078/nature-and-the-serious-business-of-joy-maria-popova/
Be The Change
Walk into nature in any of its forms today, and as you look and listen and receive the impression, also notice within yourself its effect on you. Is there some simple way you can return to nature its great gift to us, by planting or weeding or caring for an animal
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Elephant Journal: Why Mindfulness is Worth it, Even when it Feels Totally Unsatisfying.
Several days ago, my mom seemed bent on picking a fight with me.
As she stood in my doorway, I looked at her and realized that I was simultaneously experiencing multiple thoughts and emotions. I was perplexed about how my picking up three cigarettes off of the stairs could have elicited her reaction. I was thinking about all of the mean things I wanted to say to her in response. And, I was feeling the physical heat of irritation rising inside of me.
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MNN: 7 mind-bending facts about magic mushrooms
From ancient shamans (and Santa Claus?) to scientists studying mental health, humans have a long fascination with ‘magic’ fungi.
Fungi have flourished on Earth for quite a while, possibly more than 2 billion years. They’ve evolved some impressive tricks during that time, including many that are either fascinating or frightening to humans — and sometimes a bit of both.
https://www.mnn.com/health/fitness-well-being/blogs/facts-about-magic-mushrooms
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EarthSky News: Moon, Mars couple up on August 23
This evening – August 23, 2018 – as soon as darkness falls, enjoy the beautiful presence of the moon and Mars in your southeast sky. They can be viewed from all over the world, except at the far-northern Arctic latitudes. These two worlds – the moon and Mars – rank as the brightest and third-brightest celestial luminaries to light up the nighttime sky, respectively. So you should have little or no trouble spotting this august couple before nightfall, or at evening dusk.
http://earthsky.org/tonight/moon-mars-couple-up-on-august-23
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Patheos-Pagan: Apple Head Dolls and the Autumn Equinox
One of the bittersweet aspects of being a Virgo is that every experience carries light and darkness for me. Even at the height of something joyous—perhaps a marriage or a birth, for instance—I’m keenly aware of death waiting in the wings. I don’t walk around feeling morose all the time, and I do enjoy the heck out of my life on most days. It’s just that every high has its equal and opposite low, and that is what I feel even more intensely than usual at this time of transition from summer to autumn.
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/quillofthegoddess/2017/09/apple-head-dolls-and-the-autumn-equinox/
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Inner Journey:
THREE LEVELS OF PROSPERITY
“Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.”
— Woody Allen
To become more prosperous, we need to change on at least two levels. First, we must ensure our financial affairs are in order. We need an income that at least covers our expenses. And we need a foundation of habits, tools and skills so we achieve some financial stability in our day-to-day experience.
Second, we must become aware of the beliefs we hold around money and prosperity. If we unconsciously believe we are lacking in some way, then no matter what we do, we will unconsciously sabotage our own efforts to improve our finances.
And third, it’s helpful to understand the spiritual principles that govern our level of abundance. Once we know those principles, we can work effectively within them to attract abundance to us.
“If you’re prosperous in soul, you’ll be prosperous in whole.”
— Mark Victor Hansen
higherawareness.com
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A Note from the Universe
If you only knew how normal you were when you thought you were weird.
How strong you were when you thought you were weak.
And how ready you were when you thought you weren’t.
You’d think again, oh Great One Revered by All in the Unseen –
The Universe
tut.com
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Today’s Recipe: Black Bean-Cauliflower Rice-Mushroom Medley
I had half a bag of riced cauliflower left over, a can of black beans, and got a great deal on mushrooms. This was a very satisfying meal.
https://www.thriftyfun.com/Black-Bean-Cauliflower-Rice-Mushroom-Medley.html
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Magical Correspondences for Thursday
Intentions: Luck, Happiness, Health/ Healing, Religion, Legal Matters, Male Fertility, Treasure and Wealth, Honor, Riches, Clothing Desires, Leadership, Public Activity, Power and Success, Trade and Employment
Incense: Cinnamon,Henbane Nutmeg and Sage
Planet: Jupiter
Sign: Sagittarius and Pisces
Angel: Sachiel
Colors: Purple, Royal Blue and Indigo
Herbs/Plants: Cinnamon, Beech, Buttercup, Coltsfoot, Oak
Stones: Sugilite, Amethyst, Turquoise, Lapis Lazuli and Sapphire
Oil: (Jupiter) Clove, Lemon Balm, Oakmoss, Star Anise
Goddesses: Juno, Hera, Kwan Yin, Mary, Cybele, Tara, Mawu, Mlaba Mwana Waresa, Ishtar, Nuit
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Daily Wisdom
August 23, 2018
Patience
“Patience is not passive: on the contrary it is active; it is concentrated strength.”
-Edward George Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873) English novelist
Look at people who are patient. Along with patience comes a kind of calm, a deep faith, a beautiful presence. Compared with people who are impatient – who seem stressed out, angry, and hurried. Who has more strength? The patient person can do anything because that person recognizes his or her connection with the Universe. Patience can move mountains!
-Lissa Coffey
coffeytalk.com
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Beliefnet: 10 Reasons to Make Gratitude Lists
Read about reasons why it’s important to remember and acknowledge the blessings in your life.
One of my spiritual practices is to make regular gratitude lists. I aim for every day. Lately I’ve gotten a couple of notes, both from strangers and friends, saying this jotting down of thanks helps them. It’s certainly not news–people have been counting their blessings since the first breath, I imagine. But here are some reasons you might want to add it to your handful of spiritual supplements.
Read more at http://www.beliefnet.com/wellness/galleries/10-reasons-to-make-gratitude-lists.aspx#WO12kk5slXDK0jbe.99
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About Cat’s Morning Bits: These daily post are reblogged from various email newsletters that I receive each day.
I invite you to check out my websites!
The Desert Path: The dusty ramblings of a desert pagan. https://thedesertpath.com/
Cat’s Treasure Trove …. an eclectic collection of jewelry & gifts! https://thedesertpath.com
Sacred Spirals (the place where all paths meet)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/SacredSpirals/
Happy Thursday,
Today’s thought is about choosing your battles wisely and knowing when to just walk away. Drama is everywhere and it’s easy to get caught up in it. Like many other things this IS a choice. Our challenge is to be the bigger and better person. Be the wise person and let drama pass you by, shut the door in it’s face and walk away. Your inner peace will thank you for it.
I invite you to check out my Facebook group and our store!
The Desert Path: The dusty ramblings of a desert pagan. https://thedesertpath.com/
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Sacred Spirals (the place where all paths meet)
Cat’s Morning Bits for August 22, 2018
Good Morning Beautiful Souls, grab a cup of your favorite morning brew and start things off with “Today’s Inspirations”. I hope you find something here that will make you feel good or help you on your path today.
Blessings, Cat
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“Now I see the secret of the making of the best persons: It is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth.”
-Walt Whitman (1819-92)
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Spiritual Unite: 8 Signs You Are Going Through A Merkaba Activation
Merkaba is a state of total awareness. When we fill our spiritual fields with an immaculate amount of love, a perpetual light starts to fuel our souls, which awakens our light body or Merkaba. Merkaba gives us the ability to unlock the 4th and 5th dimensions of our physical and spiritual human form.
https://www.spiritualunite.com/articles/merkaba-activation-symptoms/
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MBG: 3 Crystal Rituals For Sexiness, Radiance & Confidence
As women, we get a lot of tips on how to be sexier. From what clothes to buy to which moisturizers to use or even what color nail polish to wear, we are constantly bombarded with advice on how to become sexier. Unfortunately, the most important tip we could ever receive is one that we don’t hear often enough—sexiness comes from within!
https://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-29420/3-crystal-rituals-for-sexiness-radiance-confidence.html
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Daily Good: The Price on Everything is Love
When the city of Detroit was going through a rough time, neighbors banded together to help each other. Now, the organization has become a community shop called Detroiters Helping Each Other, which offers services for free. Learn how love has become the greatest currency of all. { read more }
http://www.dailygood.org/story/2080/the-price-on-everything-is-love-kevon-paynter/
Be The Change
Take a look at the community surrounding you. What is one way you can help make your community a better place?
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Elephant Journal: August 26th Pisces Full Moon: Finally—a Fresh New Chapter.
On Sunday, August 26, there will be a mesmerizing full moon in the mystical, enchanting constellation Pisces.
This moon’s calm and serene essence is much-welcomed following months of chaotic and disruptive cosmic energies.
https://www.elephantjournal.com/2018/08/august-26th-pisces-full-moon-finally-a-fresh-new-chapter/
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EarthSky News: What is pareidolia?
Seeing a dragon in a patch of clouds, or a face in the moon, are examples of what’s called pareidolia. Look here for photos to test your own ability to see things that aren’t there.
http://earthsky.org/human-world/seeing-things-that-arent-there
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Patheos-Pagan: Finding Your Spiritual Path Later In Life
Here’s a question one person asked that I suspect applies to many people.
One of the things that drew me to your writing was that you described yourself as a Pagan who didn’t get serious until later on in your life. I am used to hearing people talk about being multiple decades into their practice because they started as children or teens.
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/johnbeckett/2018/08/finding-your-spiritual-path-later-in-life.html
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Inner Journey:
HOW DO YOU SHOW YOU CARE?
“Love is not only something you feel. It is something you do.”
— David Wilkerson
In her book, ‘No Less Than Greatness,’ Mary Manin Morrissey speaks of a research study that explored how family members communicate with each other. Apparently, the most frequently spoken words between husbands, wives, sisters and brothers were “What’s on?”and “Move.”
She goes on to say, “We all desire great relationships but often settle for just getting by. Many of us have stopped questioning the fact that we may know fictitious TV families more intimately than we do our own.”
The most powerful force in our lives is our ability to love. Indeed, it’s the most basic essence of who we are. How do you experience and express your love for the people in your life?
“The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the other…. The whole purpose of life is to live by love.”
— Thomas Merton
higherawareness.com
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A Note from the Universe
Taking massive action on massive dreams amidst massive uncertainties is pretty much where anyone who’s ever done anything massive had to start.
And then things got way easier.
Massive love,
The Universe
tut.com
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Today’s Recipe: Sunrise Cheesy Fried Rice
Upgrade leftover rice into a plate of feast. This recipe is another kitchen innovation I discovered just this morning. My partner loves fried rice and I want it to be more flavorful with a different twist. Here’s the recipe.
https://www.thriftyfun.com/Sunrise-Cheesy-Fried-Rice.html
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Magical Correspondences for Wednesday
Intentions:Rules healings, the mind, Communication, Divination, Writing, Knowledge, Business Transactions, Debt, Fear,Loss, Travel and Money Matters, Addictions, Young People, Messages, Perception, Self Expression.
Incense: Jasmine, Lavender, Sweet Pea, Cinnamon, Cinquefoil
Planet: Mercury and Chiron (though this is a moon of Pluto)
Sign: Virgo
Angel: Raphael
Colors: Orange, Light Blue, Grey, Yellow and, Opalescent colors and Violet
Herbs/Plants: Fern, Lavendar, Hazel, Cherry, Periwinkle
Stones: Aventurine, Bloodstone, Hematite, Moss Agate and Sodalite
Oil: (Mercury) Benzoin, Clary Sage, Eucalytus, Lavender
Goddesses: Aset [Isis], Demeter, Ceres, Spider Woman, Bona Dea, Oya,
Devi-Kali, Hella, Rhiannon, Coatlique, Maman Brigette, Sekhmet, Het Heret
[Hathor]
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Daily Wisdom
August 22, 2018
Patience
“How poor are they that have not patience!
What wound did ever heal but by degrees?”
-Shakespeare, Othello
Sometimes we need to just get out of our own way and let nature do its thing. The seasons know how to change. It does no good to try to “hurry things up” so we can fit in one more vacation or whatever! So many things in this world just take care of themselves. There is an organizing power to the universe. Shouldn’t we allow this power to work for us? All we have to do is be patient. Everything will work out the way that it is supposed to.
-Lissa Coffey
coffeytalk.com
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Beliefnet: 5 Ways to Breakup With a Bad Attitude
It’s important to squash negativity before it takes over your life – here are five ways to breakup with a bad attitude.
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About Cat’s Morning Bits: These daily post are reblogged from various email newsletters that I receive each day.
I invite you to check out my websites!
The Desert Path: The dusty ramblings of a desert pagan. https://thedesertpath.com/
Cat’s Treasure Trove …. an eclectic collection of jewelry & gifts! https://thedesertpath.com
Sacred Spirals (the place where all paths meet)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/SacredSpirals/
Happy Wednesday,
Our thought for the day references perspective. Our perspective or how we choose to see the world or things going on in our lives IS a choice. Yesterday we talked about positive people. These folks have chosen the “glass is half full” perspective because they want to invite good things into their life adventure. Remember, we all have complaints but the key is in not letting them rule our lives.
I invite you to check out my Facebook group and our store! The Desert Path: The dusty ramblings of a desert pagan. https://thedesertpath.com/
Cat’s Treasure Trove …. an eclectic collection of jewelry & gifts! . Visit Our Store
Cat’s Morning Bits for August 21, 2018
Good Morning Beautiful Souls, grab a cup of your favorite morning brew and start things off with “Today’s Inspirations”. I hope you find something here that will make you feel good or help you on your path today.
Blessings, Cat
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What is a weed?
A plant whose virtues have yet to be discovered.”
–Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82)
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Spiritual Unite: Can Soulmates Feel Each Other?
Can soulmates feel each other? The soulmate relationship is a soul level relationship that we share with people whose souls have come from the same oversoul. These people are in our soul group and we share a lot in common with them on a spiritual level. Because of this, soulmates can often feel each other.
https://www.spiritualunite.com/articles/can-soulmates-feel-each-other/
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MBG: Weekly Horoscope: Saturday’s Astro Event Will Happen Only Once In 2018
On Thursday, Virgo season brings us back down to Earth.
The Cirque du Soleil wages on for three more days as the Sun winds down its 2018 tour through flamboyant Leo. If you need to dazzle the crowds with your creative gymnastics—or let ’em know who’s queen around here—make your mark on Monday or Tuesday. On Thursday, August 23, the razzle-dazzle dies down
https://www.mindbodygreen.com/articles/weekly-horoscope-august-20-26-2018
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Did You Know?
Pie was not always America’s favorite dessert – in the 19th Century, fruit pies were a common breakfast food eaten before the start of a long day.
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Elephant Journal: How to Get Back Up when the Universe keeps Kicking you Down.
What happens when life falls apart—completely? Every inch of it destroyed.
To be fair, sometimes it’s exactly what we’ve asked for. Maybe in a meditation to the new moon, or a prayer stick thrown into the fire, or a penny thrown into a fountain, we ask that our life be transformed completely.
In this way, we call in Kali, the goddess of death and transformation. We call on her energy to come and completely turn our life around.
https://www.elephantjournal.com/2018/08/how-to-get-back-up-when-the-universe-keeps-kicking-you-down/
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EarthSky News: Moon, Saturn, Mars August 20 to 22
As darkness falls on August 20 to 22, 2018, watch for the waxing gibbous moon to move by two of the four planets now up after sunset. The moon passed Venus around August 13 and 14. It passed Jupiter around August 16 and 17. On August 20 and 21, you’ll find…
http://earthsky.org/tonight/moon-saturn-mars-august-20-to-22
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Patheos-Pagan: Morning Meditation with Robin
Here I sit in my spot at the back window, first cup of hot coffee in hand, watching the comings and goings through the back yard. The sun slants in harshly from the southeast, feeding the cherry tomato plants, and freshly mowed lawn. The enormous Tulip Poplar tree – our Guardian Tree – shades a dappled patch of yard that is our sacred ground.
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/witchonfire/2018/08/morning-meditation-with-robin/
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Inner Journey:
A LIGHT LOOK AT LIFE’S JOURNEY
“Inside every older person is a younger person–wondering what the hell happened.”
— Cora Harvey Armstrong
“The hardest years in life are those between 10 and 70.”
— Helen Hayes (at 73)
“Old age ain’t no place for sissies.”
— Bette Davis
“Thirty-five is when you finally get your head together and your body starts falling apart.”
— Caryn Leschen
“If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn’t lead anywhere.”
— Frank A. Clark
“I’m looking forward to looking back on all this.”
— Sandra Knell
higherawareness.com
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A Note from the Universe
When you see things that pain you, that sadden you, or that make your heart ache, remember… you’re not seeing all.
I hope you never need this one.
All love,
The Universe
tut.com
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Today’s Recipe: Strawberry Mango Sorbet
This is a quick and easy sorbet that doesn’t require an ice cream maker. A bit of heavy cream pureed with ripe fruits make for an excellent treat once frozen. I love this for hot summer days!
https://www.thriftyfun.com/Strawberry-Mango-Sorbet.html
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Magical Correspondences for Tuesday
Intentions: Courage, Destination, Physical Strength, Revenge, Military Honors, Surgery and the Breaking of Negative Spells, Matrimony, War, Enemies, Prison, Vitality and Assertiveness
Incense: Dragon’s Blood, Patchouli, Lignum Aloes, Plantain
Perfumes: Hellebore, Carnation, Patchouli
Planet: Mars
Sign: Aries and Scorpio
Angel: Samuel
Colors: Red and Orange
Herbs/Plants:Red Rose, Cock’s Comb, Pine, Daisy, Thyme and Pepper
Stones: Carnelian, Bloodstone, Ruby, Garnet and Pink Tourmaline
Oil: (Mars) Basil, Coriander, Ginger
Goddesses: Aset [Isis], Soorejnaree, Pingalla, Anna, Aine, Danu, Yngona, Bellona, Aida Wedo, Sun Woman
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Daily Wisdom
August 21, 2018
Patience
“What is your need to eat the seed,
When growth might be so sweet?”
-Ann Wickham, 1915
Ah, this sounds almost like an offer, doesn’t it? Maybe we have a choice – instant, yet temporary satisfaction now – or a more long-lasting and genuine appreciation if we but wait a little bit. Patience brings its own rewards. When we are children, we want everything NOW! It is difficult for us to sit still and wait for anything. But as the years go by, we understand that some things are worth the wait. We begin to put great value on patience.
-Lissa Coffey
coffeytalk.com
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Beliefnet: Expanding Awareness with Archangel Uriel
This is a time of expanding Awareness and the best Archangel to call upon for help you is Archangel Uriel. He can help you to live in the moment. Become more conscious of your thoughts and feelings with…
Read more………………
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About Cat’s Morning Bits: These daily post are reblogged from various email newsletters that I receive each day.
I invite you to check out my websites!
The Desert Path: The dusty ramblings of a desert pagan. https://thedesertpath.com/
Cat’s Treasure Trove …. an eclectic collection of jewelry & gifts! https://thedesertpath.com
Sacred Spirals (the place where all paths meet)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/SacredSpirals/
Happy Tuesday,
I know people get tired of hearing about “staying positive and positive thinking” but our quote for today has a lot of truth in it. Being positive isn’t always rainbows and unicorns. It’s about making the best with what is handed to you and looking for a way to make things work. It’s about finding something to smile about or even that “one good thing”. And if there are rainbows and unicorns …. well that’s even better!
I invite you to check out my Facebook group and our store! The Desert Path: The dusty ramblings of a desert pagan. https://thedesertpath.com/
Cat’s Treasure Trove …. an eclectic collection of jewelry & gifts! . Visit Our Store
Cat’s Morning Bits for August 20, 2018
Good Morning Beautiful Souls, grab a cup of your favorite morning brew and start things off with “Today’s Inspirations”. I hope you find something here that will make you feel good or help you on your path today.
Blessings, Cat
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Ah in the thunder air
how still the trees are!
And the lime-tree, lovely and tall, every leaf silent
hardly looses even a last breath of perfume.
–D.H. Lawrence (1885–1930)
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Spiritual Unite: 10 Best Crystals to Boost Your Mood
Crystals are highly beneficial to uplift and boost your mood. They can heal the deep-seated tissues in your body and improve your energy and senses by preventing stress and anxiety. If you are looking for the best crystals to boost your mood, then you are in the right place. Read on to know more about these crystals.
https://www.spiritualunite.com/articles/10-best-crystals-to-boost-your-mood/
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MBG: 5 Ways To Find A Sense Of Spirituality Without Religion
Gather a room full of 1,000 people and ask what spirituality means to them—let alone spirituality that isn’t pegged to a certain religion—and you might get 1,000 different answers.
When viewed outside of a religious context, spirituality connects us with a dimension of life that is greater than ourselves.
https://www.mindbodygreen.com/articles/spirituality-without-religion
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Daily Good: The Happiness Multiplier Effect
Happiness is something we all strive for, yet can be difficult to define. Dictionary.com defines happiness as “good fortune, pleasure, contentment, or joy.” And in fact many people associate having more money with being happier. However, studies released in 2008 and 2010 show that there is a threshold for which money can bring happiness. Beyond being pulled out of poverty to a comfortable income, the effect of money on happiness is negligible. In fact the one thing that was found to consistently produce, increase, and spread happiness, was to give to others. To find out more about how sharing the wealth means sharing the happiness, check out this infographic from YES! Magazine. { read more }
Be The Change
Share the wealth. Whether it’s telling a fun joke that will make others laugh, buying coffee for a friend, or volunteering some time with a local organization. Not only will you be giving to others, but you’ll be increasing your own happiness too!
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Tetraktys: Mother Nature and Spirituality – A Few Thoughts on the Concept of “Mother Nature”
Since the 60s, our views on nature and the natural world have considerably changed. If, in the 19th century, nature was seen as the receptacle of human activities, the importance of the natural world was put to light in the latter half of the 20th century. As our scientific views of nature changed, so did our spiritual views, and thus the concept of “Mother Nature”.
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MNN: How to invite amphibians to your garden
You can help save amphibians in your neighborhood by creating an appealing backyard oasis for them.
Some 10 years after they began collecting large rocks to give a natural look to an artificial stream that cascades into a pond in front of their home, Constance and Michael Johns have almost finished their long-planned project.
https://www.mnn.com/your-home/organic-farming-gardening/stories/how-invite-amphibians-your-garden
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EarthSky News: Moon, Saturn, Mars August 20 to 22
As darkness falls these next several evenings – August 20 to 22, 2018 – watch for the waxing gibbous moon to move by the planet Saturn and toward the red planet Mars. The moon travels about 1/2 degree (its own angular diameter) eastward per hour relative to the backdrop stars and planets of the zodiac. Keep in mind that the moon appears larger on the sky chart than it does in the real sky.
http://earthsky.org/tonight/moon-saturn-mars-august-20-to-22
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Patheos-Pagan: Boundaries Are Your Personal Magic Circle: Ways to Know and Strengthen Them
We can get so easily sucked dry by energy vampires or give up too much of our personal power when our boundaries aren’t firm. These energetic barriers between us and everyone else are our own personal magic circle. Understanding them and the consequences for when they are violated are important skills to develop as a witch.
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Inner Journey:
WORK WITH TENSION
“You never will be the person you can be if pressure, tension and discipline are taken out of your life.”
— James G. Bilkey
We need tension in our lives. It’s the force of personal evolution — it sparks creativity and higher consciousness. If we’re not comfortable with a situation, we try to improve it, right?
Tension arises through our experience of opposites. These opposites fight each other as each one struggles for dominance. Tension is transformed when two opposite dimensions of reality are brought together inbalance and in wholeness.
Know that tension is an integral part of growth. Instead of avoiding or resisting tension when it arises, identify the opposing forces at play. Make space for each of them to be there together and the tensionwill transform.
We encounter tensions between positives and negatives, mind and body, self and environment, self and others, and personality and soul – the dualities in our lives.
“Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.”
— Neale Donald Walsch
higherawareness.com
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A Note from the Universe
One of abundance’s many corollaries is that the brighter your light, the more you attract… everything.
Moths and butterflies.
At which point you begin learning what to celebrate and what to let fly on by.
Or who,
The Universe
tut.com
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Today’s Recipe: Puto Flan Bombs
This exciting recipe explodes with cheese and cream in your mouth. That’s why I call it a bomb. It is a combination of custard and steamed cheese cake.
https://www.thriftyfun.com/Puto-Flan-Bombs.html
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Magical Correspondences for Monday
Intentions: Psychic Sensitivity, Women’s Mysteries, Tides, Waters, Emotional Issues, Agriculture, Animals, Female Fertility, Messages, Theft, Reconcilliations, Voyages, Dreams, Medicine, Visions and Merchandise
Incense: African Violet, Honeysuckle, Myrtle, Willow, Wormwood
Planet: Moon
Sign: Cancer
Angel: Gabriel
Colors: Silver, White and Gray
Herbs/Plants: Night Flowers, Willow Root, Orris Root, Birch, Motherwort, Vervain, White Rose and White Iris
Stones: Carnelian, Moonstone, Aquamarine, Pearl, Clear Quartz, Flourite, Geodes
Oil: (Moon) Jasmine, Lemon, Sandalwood
Goddesses: Luna, Selene, Diana, Re, Gaeleach, Ida, Artemis [Whom The Greeks Associated With Bast], The Witches, Yemaya, Erzulie, Bast
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Daily Wisdom
August 20, 2018
Patience
“Patience is necessary, and one cannot reap immediately where one has sown.”
-Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855)
It is easy to understand that patience is important, and even necessary – but why is being patient such a hard thing to do?! It seems so contradictory to what we have learned about taking action… and yet, it is equally as essential. There is a time when we must sit back and do nothing, when we must allow nature to take its course and not impose our human conditions and expectations upon it. Being patient involves having faith, that inner knowingness that all is as it is because it is.
-Lissa Coffey
coffeytalk.com
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Beliefnet: Creating Your Psychic Protection Shield
We all need to shield ourselves before we go out the door. Just as we put on clothes to protect our body and carry an umbrella in the rain, we must put on our psychic shield to protect our energy. Creating your psychic protection shield should be done every day. In the morning, make time to create your shield. White light works best, but there are a variety of visualizations you can use to enhance your psychic shield. Try some of these this week and see how much stronger you feel.
Read more at http://www.beliefnet.com/inspiration/creating-your-psychic-protection-shield.aspx#ruJbdUcsV5CZy2W5.99
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Happy Monday,
Looks can be deceiving and what looks perfect has flaws. Remember that just because someone looks like they have it all doesn’t mean that it’s true. Unhappy people quite often perfected the “looks good on the outside” routine. True happiness starts from within and all else grows from there.
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Cat’s Morning Bits for August 2018
Good Morning Beautiful Souls, grab a cup of your favorite morning brew and start things off with “Today’s Inspirations”. I hope you find something here that will make you feel good or help you on your path today.
Blessings, Cat
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Many swarms of wild bees descended on our fields:
Stately stood the wheatstalk with head bent high:
Big of heart we laboured at storing mighty yields,
Wool and corn, and clusters to make men cry!
–George Meredith (1828–1909)
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Spiritual Unite: 13 Lightworker Awakening Symptoms
Did you know there is a massive conscious awakening happening on our planet right now? Well, you probably already know that, because things never felt right for you.
Throughout your childhood you knew you were different, you tried your hardest to adapt to everyone including your family and friends. There was something inside you that made you feel this was not the way.
https://www.spiritualunite.com/articles/13-lightworker-awakening-symptoms/
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Stress is not what happens to us. It’s our response to what happens. And response is something we can choose. – Maureen Killoran
Daily Good: 4 Ways to Train Your Brain to Feel Better
It might be difficult to think that stress could be an opportunity, but Laurel Mellin, Ph.D. believes that it can encourage us to pause long enough to change how we think. Mellin is the founder of EBT, Inc. (Emotional Brain Training) an educational organization that provides certification and brain training to health professionals and the public. With stress as the number one epidemic worldwide, Mellin and her colleagues have developed four brain-based techniques that anyone can use. . { read more }
http://www.dailygood.org/story/2074/4-ways-to-train-your-brain-to-feel-better-laurel-mellin/
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Elephant Journal: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, has died at 76. Here are her 10 most Inspiring Quotes.
She had been suffering from pancreatic cancer, and died at her home in Detroit in the morning hours of Thursday, August 16th. She was surrounded by her family.
In memory of one of the greatest musicians of our time, here are the 10 best quotes from the Queen of Soul:
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MNN: Add another strange property to the list of silver’s bizarre traits
In folklore, silver can stop creatures like werewolves and vampires in their tracks, but this element’s real-life properties might be even stranger than fiction. Silver has antimicrobial powers, is the shiniest element, and is the best electric conductor on the Periodic Table.
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EarthSky News: Moon near Jupiter, plus a Venus milestone
On August 17, 2018, a glance up into the evening sky will show you a bright planet near the moon. That planet is Jupiter, biggest world in our solar system by far (more massive than all the other planets combined). The moon is now in the process of passing all four planets in the evening sky, starting with Venus earlier this week.
http://earthsky.org/tonight/venus-hits-milestone-on-august-17
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Patheos-Pagan: Toxic Positivity Culture: Why Pagans, Polytheists, & Occultists Should Guard Against It
“You attract what you are.”
“Everything happens for a reason.”
I’ve seen a variety of these sorts of phrases. They’re typically found in the New Age and LoA (Law of Attraction) communities, but it’s not unusual for pagans, polytheists, and occultists to fall under the trap of this type of thinking. A lot of this tends to stem from the notion that intent is everything (or at the very least the main thing) which you need in magic, therefore if you “just think positively” your magic won’t fail.
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/teaaddictedwitch/2018/08/toxic-positivity-culture/
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Inner Journey:
HEAL THE PAST
“What you bring forth out of yourself from the inside will save you. What you do not bring forth out of yourself from the inside will destroy you.”
— Gospel of Thomas
We can transform painful memories by re-imagining them from the soul’s perspective of love and meaning.
Andrew Schneider says that all experiences have the purpose of serving the soul. An experience in the past blocked us because our fear at the time distorted our perception of what happened. To transform this limiting experience, we must bring what was thenunconscious into the soul’s realm through consciousness.
We can do this by following these steps:
1.RECALL the past experience that might inhibit us.
2.OWN the experience (no judgment, blame, etc.).
3.TAKE RESPONSIBILITY for it and the consequences (i.e., the experience was determined by my subjective perception of what occurred, dictated by my lack of wholeness — specifically my fears).
4.GIVE IT MEANING (the soul was attempting to gain some kind of mastery or skill, but we didn’t know that at the time).
5.RE-IMAGINE it from the perspective of soul consciousness (showing its higher purpose).
“Letting go of our suffering is the hardest work we will ever do. It is also the most fruitful. To heal means to meet ourselves in a new way — in the newness of each moment where all is possible and nothing is limitedto the old.”
— Stephen Levine
higherawareness.com
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A Note from the Universe
An earth changing idea, the clutch comeback, or the deal of a lifetime. Finding the frog before he turns into a prince, Cinderella only days before the ball, or getting in on a ground floor opportunity, at the ground floor.
These are the result of:
A. Astute observations, keen intellects, and lengthy preparations?
OR
B. Someone starting an adventure with a desired-end clearly in mind, enabling me to work “backwards” from the vision impressed upon the unseen, to the facts and circumstances of their life today; pushing and squeezing, nipping and tucking, deducing and maneuvering all of their evolving circumstances so that everything is tied together in a series of accidents, coincidences, and surprises that appear so uncanny, people everywhere are utterly stupefied by their luck?
(Wink. Wink. Rhymes with “me”).
A+
The Universe
tut.com
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Today’s Recipe: Cream of Overgrown Zucchini Soup
If you have reached the stage where neighbours are leaving zucchini on your porch or if a few have grown too large to grill, it’s time for this creamy and delicious soup. It is simple and you can return to it again and again. These days I encourage a few larger fruits to form just so I can make it!
https://www.thriftyfun.com/Cream-of-Overgrown-Zucchini-Soup.html
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Magical Correspondences for Friday
Intentions: Love, Pleasure, Affairs of the Heart, Romance, Marriage, Sexual Matters, Physical Beauty, Friendship and Partnerships, Strangers, Peace, Healing, Beauty, gentleness and Women’s Issues.
Incense: Strawberry, Sandalwood, Rose, Saffron, Verbena and Vanilla
Planet: Venus
Sign: Libra and Taurus
Angel: Ariel
Colors: Green, Pink, Aqua
Herbs/Plants: Pink Rose, Ivy, Birch, Heather, Clematis, Sage, Violet and Water Lilly
Stones: Rose Quartz, Moonstone, Pink Tourmaline, Peridot, Emerald and Jade
Oil: (Venus) Cardamom, Palmrosa, Rose, Yarrow, Apple Blossom, Musk, Ambergris
Goddesses: Astarte, Aphrodite, Erzulie, Aida Wedo, Eve, Venus, Freya, Diana, Aset [Isis], The Witch Of Gaeta, Chalchiuhtlique
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Daily Wisdom
August 17, 2018
Success
“Life is a succession of moments. To live each one is to succeed.”
-Corita Kent
Present-moment awareness. Being awake and aware and alive to the beauty and abundance in and around us at all times. Wow. How could that be anything less than success?
-Lissa Coffey
coffeytalk.com
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Beliefnet: Life’s Cycles made better with Archangel Haniel
Life’s cycles teach us that things never remain the same for long and Archangel Haniel is the perfect archangel to work with during those cycles. Everything has its perfect time, its right moment and divine timing is sometimes difficult for us humans to understand. Archangel Haniel can help us with balance, life’s cycles, and honouring our magic. Tune into the moon’s magic today with Archangel Haniel helping to light the way.
Read more at http://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/angelguidance/2018/08/life-cycles-archangel-haniel.html#l0bqyCXaIPVHQJBI.99
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About Cat’s Morning Bits: These daily post are reblogged from various email newsletters that I receive each day.
I invite you to check out my websites!
The Desert Path: The dusty ramblings of a desert pagan. https://thedesertpath.com/
Cat’s Treasure Trove …. an eclectic collection of jewelry & gifts! https://thedesertpath.com
Sacred Spirals (the place where all paths meet)
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