Happy Thursday,
Tiny miracles are everywhere. Make the most of what you have. Take nothing for granted. It’s a day to pay attention and embrace the small, simple things that bring the most joy.
Cat’s Morning Bits for July 11, 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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Cool in the very furnace of July
The water-meadows lie;
The green stalks of their grasses and their flowers
They still refresh at fountains never dry.
-John Drinkwater (1882-1937)
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Spirituality & Health: Mindful Walking
In the children’s book Wacky Wednesday, Dr. Seuss imagines a world where people are doing very odd things indeed, like driving a car facing backward. That’s how I felt the other day in my neighborhood. I saw one lady pushing her stroller, totally ignoring her baby while staring at her text messages. Another walked her dog, equally mesmerized by her phone and ignoring her cute pooch.
https://spiritualityhealth.com/articles/2018/07/09/mindful-walking
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MBG: An Altar Ritual To Bring Your Intentions To Life — Just In Time For Tomorrow’s New Moon
This upcoming new moon, which will occur during the wee hours of Friday, July 13, is also a partial solar eclipse. As the moon falls into the domain of caring, nurturing Cancer, an aspect of our emotional life could also be falling into place.
https://www.mindbodygreen.com/articles/new-moon-in-cancer-2018-ritual
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Daily Good: Cooking Stirs the Pot for Social Change
Every time we step to our stoves to make a meal we’re engaging with the society around us. Each ingredient that we use, every technique, every spice tells a story about our access, our privilege, our heritage, and our culture. The foods and dishes we consume are all part of larger forces that impact our lives. Our appetites and what we crave are the result of our place in the world at that time.
http://www.dailygood.org/story/2061/cooking-stirs-the-pot-for-social-change-korsha-wilson/
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Elephant Journal: Shift Happens: 20 Quotes for when we’re Afraid of Change.
Before I turned 18, my family had moved houses seven times.
I told myself that the constant moving had made me good at dealing with change. I prided myself on this.
https://www.elephantjournal.com/2018/07/shift-happens-20-quotes-when-were-afraid-of-change/
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MNN: These wild animals can help guard your garden
When you grow plants for food, you’re part of a cultural revolution that dates back more than 10,000 years. It might not seem very revolutionary today, but agriculture helped our hunting-and-gathering ancestors sow the seeds of civilization. It was almost like humanity had finally begun to wean itself off the wilderness.
https://www.mnn.com/your-home/organic-farming-gardening/blogs/wildlife-can-guard-your-garden
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EarthSky News: Double moon on July 27? August 27?
Let’s be hoax-busters. This one is sure to be circulating, since it circulates every year. No. Mars will not be as large as the moon on July 27, August 27, or ever.
http://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/double-moon-on-august-27
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Patheos-Pagan: The Moon…what’s yours called?
Each monthly moon has a name and these are different in each culture, region, country, faith or religion – many, many different names but usually they refer to the season, the weather or what the people are up to at that time of the year.
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/beneaththemoon/2016/11/the-moonwhats-yours-called/
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Inner Journey:
WE PROJECT OUR STRENGTHS
“Any situation that you find yourself in, is an outward reflection of your inner state of beingness.”
— El Morya
We have discussed that OUR WORLD MIRRORS WHO WE ARE BACK TO US. When we get upset by something outside of us, our reaction shows us that we have an inner wound to be healed.
Just as we can be unconscious of our wounds, we can also be unconscious of our strengths. If you are really drawn to the positive qualities in another person, you are being invited to own those same qualities in yourself.
“The people we are in relationship with are always a mirror, reflecting our own beliefs, and simultaneously we are mirrors reflecting their beliefs. So relationship is one of the most powerful tools for growth… if we look honestly at our relationships we can see so much about how we have created them.”
— Shakti Gawain
“Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.”
— Henry Ward Beecher
higherawareness.com
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A Note from the Universe
If given just one wish for this year knowing that you could wish for anything at all and whatever you wished for was GUARANTEED to come true… would you wish for all things to be EXACTLY as they are?
Me too.
We bad,
The Universe
tut.com
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Today’s Recipe: Cranberry Apple Tuna Salad
This is a fun twist on a tuna salad, adding some crunch and vibrance. I make a batch at the weekend. It keeps well in the fridge for days, making for quick and easy lunches. I love serving this at my summer parties.
https://www.thriftyfun.com/Cranberry-Apple-Tuna-Salad.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
July 11, 2018
Music
“Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don’t live it, it won’t come out of your horn. They teach you there’s a boundary line to music. But, man, there’s no boundary line to art.” -Charlie Parker (1920-1955)
Whatever we create comes through us. It is our own expression of music, or any kind of art, that makes it unique and original. Music is a part of the universe, and when we take the time to listen, we can channel it through to our everyday lives. There are infinite possibilities before us, and music is one way that we can experience that.
-Lissa Coffey
coffeytalk.com
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Beliefnet: A Spiritual Response to Daily Outrage
These days, we seem to be stuck in an endless cycle of awful news reports. Injustice seems more common than fairness. People in search of power or celebrity behave badly, sometimes with criminal cruelty. Social media seems to feed the cravings of drama addicts who pick fights just to enjoy watching folks spinning like tops in their fury. Who does not want to wash away the daily barrage of outrage?
Read more at http://www.beliefnet.com/wellness/a-spiritual-response-to-daily-outrage.aspx#rVCFCDc0GLboZpYD.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 Wednesday,
Is it a good day or a bad day? Well, I guess it depends on what you’re looking for. If we’re having a bad day we sometimes go out of our way to find more bad things (regardless of how small) to keep the “pity train” rolling. Take a deep breath and look for the “One Good Thing” even if it has nothing to do with the current situation. This simple exercise clears the mind, and opens the windows on the pity train, giving us the breath of fresh air needed to change the landscape of perception.
Cat’s Morning Bits for July 10, 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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Dog Days bright and clear, indicate a happy year;
But when accompanied by rain, for better times our hopes are in vain.
-proverb
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Spiritual Unite: The Three Stages of Awakening Kundalini
Stages of awakening kundalini: The process of kundalini awakening is the name we give to the opening of the channels through which our spiritual energy flows.
https://www.spiritualunite.com/articles/stages-of-awakening-kundalini/
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MBG: Here’s Why “Find Your Passion” Isn’t The Best Advice
“Find your passion” has become standard self-help fare, but new research suggests that that advice misses the point: Finding fulfillment is actually more about understanding the nuances of a growth mindset versus a fixed mindset.
https://www.mindbodygreen.com/articles/finding-your-passion-is-a-lazy-approach-to-life-experts-say
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Daily Good: The Lonely Patience of Creative Work
Poet Rainier Maria Rilke believed that patience was vital to creative work: “Being an artist means, not reckoning and counting, but ripening like the tree which does not force its sap and stands confident in the storms of spring without the fear that after them may come no summer. It does come. But it comes only to the patient, who are there as though eternity lay before them, so unconcernedly still and wide. I learn it daily, learn it with pain to which I am grateful: patience is everything!” In order for work to flourish into art, the artist’s soul needs incubatory periods of self-reflection.
http://www.dailygood.org/story/2058/the-lonely-patience-of-creative-work-maria-popova/
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Elephant Journal: Psychic Attacks & How to Respond to Them
Energy attacks happen when a negative energetic vibration is directed toward us via other people’s thoughts, feelings, or emotions.
This often happens when someone is harbouring anger, vengefulness, resentfulness, jealousy toward us, or feels rejected in some way
https://www.elephantjournal.com/2018/06/psychic-attacks-how-to-respond-to-them/
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MNN: UNESCO selects 19 new breathtaking World Heritage Sites
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) selects World Heritage Sites that have cultural or historical value, or some other element of importance to the human race. Once selected, the sites receive international protections, preserving them for study and appreciation.
https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/blogs/unesco-new-world-heritage-sites
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EarthSky News: Jupiter ends retrograde on July 10-11
Tonight – July 10-11, 2018 – the planet Jupiter is poised in front of the stars of the zodiac. It’s now moving neither east nor west against the star background, but will soon resume its usual eastward course. In other words
http://earthsky.org/tonight/planet-jupiter-stationary-ends-retrograde
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Patheos-Pagan: What Is Incense For? A Few Things To Know About Incense
I burn incense virtually every day. It’s been a big part of my personal practice for years and it’s spanned practically all traditions I’ve ever encountered. There are incense burners in my home office and at the shop I co-own.
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/thewitchesnextdoor/2017/09/incense-rituals-daily-practice/
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Inner Journey:
DIRECT YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS MIND
“The power to move the world is in the subconscious mind.”
— William James
Our subconscious mind creates our lives perfectly according to how it has been programmed. It works 24 hours of every day, 365 days per year. It accepts instructions from the conscious mind, checks on old inner programming and executes.
The subconscious mind acts on old beliefs stored over a lifetime. Many of those beliefs you may have accepted without thinking. Or you may have absorbed them when you were too young to exercise choice. Many of the beliefs that govern your life may no longer match what you now hold to be true.
Nonetheless, the subconscious mind is the director till you rewrite the scripts. Put some effort into getting it working on your positive, conscious intentions instead of your old limiting, unconscious beliefs and your life will change.
“If a man devotes himself to the instructions of his own unconscious, it can bestow this gift [of renewal], so that suddenly life, which has been stale and dull, turns into a rich unending inner adventure, full of creative possibilities.”
— Marie-Louise von Franz
higherawareness.com
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A Note from the Universe
The BIG THING rarely happens when you ask for it, nor does it typically come from who or where you expect. It usually comes a bit later, from someone you didn’t even know when you first asked, as a result of some weird turn of events that were impossible to foresee.
So, chill. Be patient. Enjoy the moment. And let your friends, employers, and partners off the hook. Besides, they’re going to have enough to deal with when the BIG THING does arrive, if you know what I mean.
Won’t be long,
The Universe
tut.com
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Today’s Recipe: Strawberry Banana Bread
I had 5 over-ripe bananas and some leftover strawberries that were also a bit past their prime. This recipe made two loaves of bread. My boys loved it!
https://www.thriftyfun.com/Strawberry-Banana-Bread-3.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
July 10, 2018
Music
“Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard
Are sweeter.” -John Keats (1795-1821)
When we listen very carefully to the silence we can hear the songs of the universe. These songs are playing all the time, yet we are unaware of them because so many other things are going on at the same time. When we take the time to slow down, and “tune in” to these beautiful sounds, we are enraptured. God is a musician.”
-Lissa Coffey
coffeytalk.com
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Beliefnet: 20 Ways to Be Good To People
Don’t miss another opportunity to be good to someone, here are 20 easy things anyone can do…
Read more at http://www.beliefnet.com/inspiration/galleries/20-ways-to-be-good-to-people.aspx#brK6zFmxXDkdjdMe.99
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About Cat’s Morning Bits: These daily post are re-blogged 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,
Take chances. Look for the good. Find the humor and see everyday as an adventure!
Cat’s Morning Bits for July 9, 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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Hot July brings cooling showers,
Apricots and gillyflowers.
-Sara Coleridge (1802-52)
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Spiritual Unite: How to Use Amethyst for a Stress-Free Life
Amethyst is one of the easiest and most natural solutions for stress. It doesn’t have any negative side effects and can be readily available when we need it. 3 Ways Amethyst Helps Reduce Stress It Provides Emotional Balance Amethyst helps neutralize emotions, so that we can handle stressful situations with more ease.
https://www.spiritualunite.com/articles/how-to-use-amethyst-for-a-stress-free-life/
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MBG: How To Help Save The World With Your Next Cup Of Coffee
In America, it feels like there are coffee shops on every city corner, and for good reason: Each morning over 200 million people in the United States wake up and drink a cup of coffee, with the average American enjoying not one but three cups of joe a day and spending more than $1,000 on them every year.
https://www.mindbodygreen.com/articles/eco-friendly-coffee-buying-tips
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Daily Good: Pearl Fryer’s Unusual Legacy
Just a mile from Interstate 20 near the heart of South Carolina there is a living topiary art sculpture garden created by Pearl Fryar. The topiary that resides here along with Fryer and his family is extraordinary and still challenges the minds of horticulture experts who claim that these plants aren’t supposed to be able to look like they do.
The mission of the Pearl Fryar Topiary Garden, Inc. is to “support and preserve the artistic and horticultural legacy of Pearl Fryar, to encourage public appreciation of the garden, and to provide opportunities for artistic and educational enrichment and enjoyment.”
http://www.dailygood.org/story/2033/pearl-fryer-s-unusual-legacy-teri-leigh-teed/
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Elephant Journal: A Gentle Reminder for the Sensitive Souls who feel lost in Today’s World.
We can be wise and unsure.
We can be messy and hopeful.
We can be kind and angry, aware and unsure, depleted and determined.
With tattered edges and the bare, aching soles of our well-traveled feet, we can walk through fire on hot, shattered glass.
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MNN: Birth of sun bear cub is a first for the U.K.
Two sun bears once snatched by poachers in Cambodia just had their first cub at the Chester Zoo. It’s the first sun bear born in the United Kingdom.
The cub’s parents — mother Milli and father Toni — were taken from the wild when they were young by illegal wildlife traders who killed their mothers and kept them as pets.
https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/stories/rare-sun-bear-born-uk-zoo
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EarthSky News: Venus and Regulus conjunction on July 9
Tonight – July 9, 2018 – view the dazzling planet Venus in conjunction with Regulus, the brightest star in the constellation Leo the Lion. As seen from around the world, just look westward at dusk. You can’t miss Venus, the third-brightest celestial body to light up the sky after the sun and moon
http://earthsky.org/tonight/venus-regulus-conjunction-on-july-9
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Pioneer Thinking: How to Create a Fragrant Herbal Lawn
If you are familiar with the scent of thyme, I am sure you can imagine what it must have been like on a summer evening to be sitting on a lawn of thyme, soaking up the evening sun and absorbing that wonderful characteristic herbal aroma. Well, why just imagine it? Its not a major project to plant your own thyme lawn, and once it’s done you’ll never tire of the pleasure it will give you during the summer months.
https://pioneerthinking.com/how-to-create-a-fragrant-herbal-lawn
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Inner Journey:
WHAT IS YOUR BODY TELLING YOU?
“There are times when we may fool ourselves. There are times when we can fool others. But we can never fool our body. It is the most sensitive barometer of our inner world.”
— Sherrill Sellman
“Instead of frittering away your vibrancy with worry or distraction, realize your mind and body are inextricably united. What calms and tones up one, soothes and improves the other.”
— Marsha Sinetar
“When you are saying that you are happy and you are not, there will be a disturbance in your breathing. Your breathing cannot be natural. It is impossible.”
— Osho
“Your body is the ground and metaphor of your life, the expression of your existence. It is your Bible, your encyclopedia, your life story. Everything that happens to you is stored and reflected in your body. In the marriage of flesh and spirit divorce is impossible.”
— Gabrielle Roth
“If you don’t take care of your body, where will you live?”
— Unknown source
higherawareness.com
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A Note from the Universe
Anything worth having is worth thinking about, every day, for 5 minutes, in a dark room, wearing a really huge smile.
Bunny slippers optional.
Tallyho,
The Universe
tut.com
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Today’s Recipe: Shrimp Spring Rolls
This is a quick and easy Americanized twist on shrimp spring rolls that are perfect for a light snack, lunch or as an appetizers. In lieu of shrimp, another quick alternative that I have used was sausage!
https://www.thriftyfun.com/Shrimp-Spring-Rolls.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
July 9, 2018
Music
“Music has charms to soothe a savage breast,
To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.” -William Congreve (1670-1729)
No, that’s not a typo. We’ve all heard it as “savage beast” but it really was said “savage breast.” And I think it is more effective that way. A savage breast says to me, “an angry heart,” and I can see that as being hard and cold. There is a lot of power there, but Congreve uses the word “charms” instead. Interesting… the power of music comes not from sheer strength but from its charms, from its subtle, gentle effect on our soul.”
-Lissa Coffey
coffeytalk.com
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Beliefnet: 6 Practices That Will Radically Transform Your Life
Personal transformation may seem hard, but these simple tricks will help.
Read more……………
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About Cat’s Morning Bits: These daily post are re-blogged 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 Monday,
Our thought for today is reminder to be flexible. There are times when we fight to control things we can’t. When we do this we become stuck and unbending. But when we let go and go with the flow…. like the clouds……… it creates solutions and new ideas.
Cat’s Morning Bits for July 6, 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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A moon-flooded prairie; a straying
Of leal-hearted lovers; a baying
Of far away watching dogs; a dreaming
Of brown-fisted farmers; a gleaming
Of fireflies eddying nigh, –
And that is July!
-James N. Matthews (1852-1910)
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KarmaTube: We Shall Overcome: Love Will Rise Again
Empty Hands Music once again brings together the creative collaboration of Nimo Patel, Daniel Nahmod, and Ellie Walton for another heart-warming music video speaking to the challenging socio-political climate of the world. “We Shall Overcome: Love Will Rise Again,” captures the message that both Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. represented: that love is the only option no matter what our circumstances. Enjoy this ‘goosebumper’ of a music video – an inspiring anthem for modern day humanity.
http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=8183
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MBG: 6 Ancient Cooling Practices For When It’s Hot AF
Next time you’re feeling overwhelmed, too warm, irritable, or uncomfortable and need some quick relief, turn to one (or more!) of these practices and watch as your body starts to respond:
https://www.mindbodygreen.com/articles/how-to-cool-down-fast
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Daily Good: The Practice of Walking
When was the last time you connected with nature, paused to take note of your surroundings, or admired a simple sunrise? The hurried way by which we often live our lives can distract us from the beauty of the natural world that surrounds us. Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee and Hilary Hart suggest that the simple practice of walking can help reconnect us to the web of life, and the soul-awakening moments it offers. “Nature is cyclic and rhythmic, and walking – …
http://www.dailygood.org/story/2039/the-practice-of-walking-llewellyn-vaughan-lee-and-hilary-hart/
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Elephant Journal: How I found my greatest Life Lessons in the Dirt.
For those of us toiling away, year after blessed year, planting, replanting, moving, organizing, and simply watching our gardens grow, there is no summit—no final result, no end game, and no resting upon any lovely, proverbial laurels.
https://www.elephantjournal.com/2018/07/how-i-found-my-greatest-life-lessons-in-the-dirt/
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MNN: 10 stunning photos to inspire your next adventure
From massive, looming cities to an intimate portrait of immigrant girls, this year’s National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year images capture a world that is constantly evolving and changing through nature, cities and people.
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EarthSky News: Earth farthest from the sun on July 6
Planet Earth reaches a milestone today, as it swings out to aphelion, its most distant point from the sun. We reach this point on July 6, 2018, at 16:47 UTC. That’s 11:47 a.m. Central Daylight Time in the U.S
http://earthsky.org/tonight/earth-farthest-from-sun-for-year-in-early-july
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Patheos-Pagan: Did You Think The Gods Were Lying?
Sooner or later there comes a time when it hits us: “oh, shit – this is real.”
And in an instant we have to make a decision. Do we accept what our senses are telling us and begin the process of rearranging our lives to accommodate the new reality? Or do we pretend we didn’t really see what we know we saw and go back to watching reality TV?
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/johnbeckett/2018/07/did-you-think-the-gods-were-lying.html
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Inner Journey:
AS ABOVE, SO BELOW
“There is in all visible things – a hidden wholeness.”
— Thomas Merton
“From a hologrammatic viewpoint, …you are one little physical image that reflects all of humanity when projected spiritually upon the cosmic screen.”
— Wayne Dyer
“As above, so below.”
Everything is connected. The universe is a hologram where every part contains the whole. Outside echoes the inside. The lower is a reflection of the higher. The other is a reflection of you. We are all a microcosm of each other. The big picture is within us and even our cells.
Be open to see the interconnections, influences and inter-relationships of things.
“Unity consciousness is a state of enlightenment where we pierce the mask of illusion which creates separation and fragmentation. Behind the appearance of separation is one unified field of wholeness. Here the seer and the scenery are one.”
— Deepak Chopra
“To me there is no difference between one person and another; I behold all as soul-reflections of the one God. I can’t think of anyone as a stranger, for I know that we are all part of the One Spirit.”
— Paramahansa Yogananda
higherawareness.com
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A Note from the Universe
What people rarely give themselves credit for is that their giving continues giving, even after they’ve forgotten giving, and even when they didn’t know they were giving, forever and ever and ever.
At least I’m keeping score,
The Universe
tut.com
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Today’s Recipe: Floret Salad
Broccoli or cauliflower florets can be used as a main ingredient in many delicious salads.
https://www.thriftyfun.com/Floret-Salad-Recipes.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
July 6, 2018
Simplicity
“It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.” -Laura Ingalls Wilder (1917)
What’s real? Schedules, deadlines, hassles, arguments, conflicts, “fine print,” details? Those things sure command our attention – but are they real? Or do they take us away from what is really real? Where is the love? Put your attention there. Ahhhh, that’s better!
-Lissa Coffey
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Beliefnet: How to Resist Cultural Pressure
Here are ways to resist cultural pressure to be thin, perfect, rich, and anything else you can think of.
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Happy Friday,
Just a little wisdom from the Jungle Book today! The simple pleasures of life are calling and what better way to honor simplicity than spending time in the great outdoors. Personally I like to sit in the backyard, under the cherry trees and listen to the birds. Simple and relaxing!
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