Focus & Faith: Cat’s Angel Message for June 22, 2019

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Focus & Faith: Cat’s Angel Message for June 22, 2019

June’s Theme: Maintaining balance our in all areas of our lives. (material, spiritual, goals, dreams, self etc.) Create and invite good things through focus and faith while staying grounded and present.



All things are difficult before they are easy. – Thomas Fuller




622:  Our message for today revolves around both focus and faith. The Universe is asking us to stay focused in the now and avoid distractions. When we get busy or overwhelmed our focus turns inward and is lost. Sometimes this is necessary, however it also tends to pull us away from the things going on around us that require our undivided attention. This is where our faith comes into play. Give your inner worrywart a hug and remind them that things will work out and you both will be fine. Paying attention today will keep you focused on what’s really important so that you don’t miss out!




 Archangel Jophiel reminds us that worry solves nothing as it doesn’t nurture or heal. The effort you put into worry is better used through creative pursuits, which in itself is a kind of meditation. She helps us to slow down and find both beauty and harmony in our day and in our world. The Ascended Master Paramahansa Yogananda teaches us that during times of stress or loss of focus peace can be found through meditation. Remember that meditation can be as simple as taking several deep breaths and centering yourself. Use this as your personal reset button., and the Hindu goddess White Tara says: “Come and sit beside me. I will help ease the worry in your heart and teach you how to replace it with gratitude and joy. This is where faith dwells and we must only open the doors and invite it forward.”




Our Sacred Stones for today are: Galena which helps us to stay grounded and centered. It helps to open the mind as it dissolves self-limiting thoughts from our past, and Lepidolite helps us to focus on the important things and filter out any distractions that come knocking.




Bright blessings for a magickal day!




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Cat’s Morning Bits for June 21,  2019 ~ Midsummer Edition

			
						

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Cat’s Morning Bits for June 21, 2019~ Midsummer Edition


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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“Summer set lip to earth’s bosom bare

And left the flushed print in a poppy there.”

– Francis Thompson


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Spiritual Unite: Lion Spirit Animal Meaning – Embody Courage To Roar


When the lion spirit animal empowers you, you draw on your inner strength and courage to face the difficulties that will soon come your way.

When Challenges Arise, The Lion Roars

The lion spirit animal usually arrives in your life when you are about to face a difficult challenge.

Events are getting out of your control, and it will take you wielding your strength to keep everything handled.


https://www.spiritualunite.com/articles/lion-spirit-animal-meaning-embody-courage-to-roar/


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ThoughtCo: 10 Deities of Litha: Summer Solstice Gods and Goddesses


The summer solstice has long been a time when cultures celebrated the lengthening year. It is on this day, sometimes called Litha, that there is more daylight than any other time; a direct counterpoint to the darkness of Yule. No matter where you live, or what you call it, chances are you can connect to a culture that honored a sun deity around this time of year. Here are just a few of the gods and goddesses from around the world that are connected with the summer solstice.


https://www.learnreligions.com/deities-of-litha-2562232


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MBG: Happy Solstice! 5 Rituals To Ring In The Longest Day Of The Year


The summer solstice is a celebration of the longest day of the year, and it marks the height of the waxing season: a time when nature is blooming. Summer is synonymous with love, romance, and joy. Even the month of June was named after the goddess Juno, whose domain was love.


https://www.mindbodygreen.com/articles/5-spiritual-rituals-to-celebrate-the-summer-solstice


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Daily Good: Island of Plenty


Eva and her family live an isolated life on the remote island of Stra Dmun, in the middle of the North Atlantic Sea, with the occasional helicopter visit their only connection to the outside world. While they are geographically isolated, Eva states that she never feels lonely. Eight generations of her family have lived on this island, with children seeing first hand the full cycle of life all around them. Summer and winter are both enjoyable to Eva, who feels rich because she gets to be a caretaker of the natural life here. She rejoices in the many small good moments that make up her days.


http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=8358


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Elephant Journal: A Powerful Ritual to Celebrate the Sacred Summer Solstice.


Celebrating the solstice can be deep, sacred, and generate connection.

My true understanding, love, and appreciation for rituals started during my time spent living in the Andes mountains of Ecuador with a shaman and his family.


Their entire house was infused with natural light. Large windows without screens lined the exterior walls, and there were skylights across the ceiling of the wide hallway and in all the bedrooms.


https://www.elephantjournal.com/2019/06/a-powerful-ritual-to-celebrate-the-sacred-summer-solstice-kelly-mckinstry/


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MNN: 7 things to know about the summer solstice


One of the best things about summer are the extra hours of daylight, and the summer solstice is the ultimate day in that regard.

Although summer is just getting started, the days will start to get shorter from here on out. The next thing you know, you’ll be trading in your sunblock and shorts for scarves and hand warmers. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves. Here’s a look at some interesting facts about the unofficial first day of summer


https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/climate-weather/stories/7-things-know-about-summer-solstice


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EarthSky News: Happy solstice, everyone!


If you’re in the Northern Hemisphere, the June solstice is your signal to celebrate summer. If you’re in the Southern Hemisphere, winter starts at this solstice. This 2019 June solstice takes place on June 21 at 15:54 UTC; translate UTC to your time. In North America and U.S. time zones, that’s June 21 at 12:54 p.m. ADT, 11:54 a.m. EDT, 10:54 a.m. CDT, 9:54 a.m. MDT, 8:54 a.m. PDT, 7:54 a.m. AKDT (Alaskan Daylight Time) and 5:54 a.m. HAST (Hawaiian-Aleutian Standard Time). At the instant of this June 2019 solstice, it’s sunrise for the Hawaiian Islands, and sunset in the Middle East and Africa. It’s noon in South America and midnight in eastern Asia. The solstice happens at the same instant for all of us, everywhere on Earth; only our clocks and calendars are different.


https://earthsky.org/tonight/solstice-brings-northernmost-sunset


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Patheos-Pagan: Illuminate the Sanctuary and Empower a Talisman ~ A Summer Solstice Meditation Ritual


Here is a simple Summer Solstice meditation ritual to charge a talisman with the powers of the light, and to illuminate your inner Sanctuary, using techniques from my book the Secret Country of Yourself.


https://www.patheos.com/blogs/dirtheartwitch/2019/06/illuminate-sanctuary-empower-talisman-summer-solstice/


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Softly


Walk softly through the twilight~ feel the lavender blue magick surround you, feel the breath of night, soft as fae wings as it eases the cares of the day.


Look softly through the twilight~ find the first stars in the lavender blue, pinpoints of fairy light glitter softly in the canvas overhead. Fill your senses.


Stand softly in the twilight~ fill yourself with the lavender blue magick, experience the essence and the heartbeat of the coming night.


Feel the magick, Be the magick~ Walk softly through the twilight.


© 2005 CatSister/LLBolotin


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Inner Journey:


CONNECT WITH THE LIFE FORCE


“The spirit down here in man and the spirit up there in the sun, in reality are only one spirit, and there is no other one.”

— The Upanishads


We regard our lives as made up of an infinite number of separate bits and pieces. That is how our senses perceive our universe.


But science has now affirmed what the sages always knew. The life force is the foundation of all, unseen and untouched though it may be. It flows through everyone and everything. It is impossible to exist separate and apart from the source of all creation.


“Everything you see has its roots in the unseen world. The forms may change, yet the essence remains the same. Every wonderful sight will vanish; every sweet word will fade, But do not be disheartened, The source theycome from is eternal, growing, Branching out, giving new life and new joy. Why do you weep? The source is within you And this whole world is springing up from it.”

— Jelaluddin Rumi


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A Note from the Universe


Generosity and gratitude turn good into great.


Thank you, you’re welcome


The Universe


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Today’s Recipe: Summer Solstice Strawberry-Mint Sun Tea Recipe 


Summer is here, and the weather is showing it. Our gardens are growing in full force with an abundance of mint. We have Orange-Mint, Mojito-Mint, Peppermint, and Spearmint and a couple of other varieties I think adopted our yard. I find myself wondering what to do with this abundance of mint http://www.themagickkitchen.com/summer-solstice-strawberry-mint-sun-tea/


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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

June 21, 2019


Comfort


“I simply cannot understand the passion that some people have for making themselves thoroughly uncomfortable and then boasting about it afterwards.”

-Patricia Moyes, 1961


This passion seems to be particularly prevalent today – you can see it on “Survivor” and “Fear Factor” and shows like that. So what’s the spiritual message here? I guess we could look at it several different ways – but let’s choose one: When we challenge ourselves, and break outside of our comfort zone, we discover things about ourselves and reap rewards!


-Lissa Coffey


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Tetraktys: Litha Ritual : Drawing Down the Sun on the Summer Solstice


Hello witches! We’re now officially in June… the days are longer, the sun is brighter, and summer is coming! Since summer is my favorite season, I am more than happy to write this post. This week, I am writing about the upcoming summer solstice festival, known as Litha or Midsummer. First, we will talk about the spiritual meaning of the Summer Solstice. Then, I will share with you a ritual that I plan to perform for my own Litha celebration. So let’s get started!


https://www.thetetraktys.com/2018/litha-ritual-summer-solstice/


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Summer Solstice Blessings: Cat’s Angel Message for June 21, 2019

			
						

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Summer Solstice Blessings: Cat’s Angel Message for June 21, 2019


June’s Theme: Maintaining balance our in all areas of our lives. (material, spiritual, goals, dreams, self etc.) Create and invite good things through focus and faith while staying grounded and present.




“Kind hearts are the gardens;  kind thoughts are the roots;  kind words are the flowers;  kind deeds are the fruits.”  – English Proverb




621:  Today is the Summer Solstice (aka Litha or MidSummer) which makes today the first day of summer and the longest day of the year. This Solstice packs some pretty powerful energy and by tapping into this power source we can boost our own powers of manifestation. The key is to believe in yourself as well as the creator. The stronger our belief is the more we are able to clearly see the blessings and miracles around us. Even the small everyday ones become clearer, which are more important by far. The ancient Romans honored the goddess Fortuna on this day and this is a good time to acknowledge the blessings you have as well as the ones that are coming.




Today try working with the deities associated with the Summer Solstice like Sulis Minerva, Apollo, Horus, Athena, Kali and Isis. The ancient Romans also honored the goddess Fortuna on this day and it’s a great time to acknowledge your blessings as well as your power as a creator.




Sacred Stones for the Summer Solstice include:


Amber to enhance your earth connection and to promote grounding. It is also a great healing stone (it’s actually tree resin) that helps to remove energetic impurities from the body.


Jade helps us to understand that you are spiritual being on the very human journey we call life. it stimulates knowledge and ideas.


Sunstone has a strong connection to light and helps to harness the re energizing power of the sun during meditation and everyday life. It is linked to all benevolent deities and brings good fortune and luck.


Tiger’s Eye works with the energies of both earth and sun, it also helps with grounding while drawing spiritual energies to earth.




Bright blessings for a magickal day!




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Thought For The Day:June 21, 2019 ” Litha Blessings!”

			
						

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Happy Summer Solstice!


Today we welcome the 1st day of summer. Embrace your inner fire and allow it to empower your  being. May your day be filled with all the magick the season has to offer.


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Midsummer Correspondences

			
						

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Midsummer Correspondences


Colors: Blue, green, gold or yellow, orange, white and red

Plants and Herbs: Anise, Mugwort, Chamomile, Rose, Lily, Cinquefoil, Lavender, Fennel, Sun Flower, Mistletoe, Hemp, Thyme, Larkspur, Nettle, Vervain, St. John’s Wort, Heartsease, Fern, Wormwood, Chickweed, Heather, Yarrow,


Trees: Oak, Holly


Sacred Stones: Agate, Alexandrite, Fluorite, Moonstone, Pearl, Emerald, Jade, Lapis Lazuli, Diamond, Tiger’s Eye, all green stones


Food: Honey, Mead, Summer Fruits & Vegetables, lemons, oranges, Honey Cakes, Strawberries


Things To do: Picnics, leaving food for the faeries, jumping bonfires, gathering herbs.


Spells: Fire spells, Empowerment, Healing, Love Magick, Protection, Purification, making and charging amulets.


Incense and Oils: Heliotrope, saffron, orange, frankincense & myrrh, wisteria, cinnamon, mint, rose, lemon, lavender, sandalwood, pine


Animals: Wren, Robin, Peacock, Frog, Butterfly, Horse, Cattle


Other Creatures: Fairies, Satyrs, the Firebird, dragon, the Thunderbird


Sacred Symbols: The Sun, Love Amulets, Shells, Summer fruits & flowers, Solar Wheel, Balefire, Stone Circles, Sundial, Swords, Blades, Feathers, Witches’ Ladder, Gods Eye


Goddesses: Mother Earth, Mother Nature, Venus, Bast, Aphrodite, Yemaya, Astarte, Freya, Hathor, Ishtar, Amaterasu, Hestia.


Gods: Father Sun/Sky, Oak King, Holly King, Arthur,  Baal, Baldur, Helios, Horus, Hephaestus, Jupiter/ Zeus , Lugh, Osiris, Ra, Sol.


 


Gathered from A Druids Herbal, and various internet resources.

					

		
		
	


				
					
	

		

						
The Magickal Herbs of Mid Summer

			
						

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The Magickal Herbs of Mid Summer


Fairy Offering: Sprinkle Sage or Vervain mixed with tobacco around your garden as an offering to the Elementals and fairies who help things grow.


Chamomile: This sun herb can be used to protect your home from dark powers.


Chickweed: This is a love herb that can be used to attract or improve a relationship.


Chickory: This sun herb is used to over come obstacles, and win the favor of important people.


Cinquefoil: Use this herb for protection, purification and for abundance.


Delphinium (larkspur): Use this herb to gain selfless skills of leadership. If you gaze at the Mid Summer fire through a bunch of delphinium it is said to strengthen your eyes.


Dogwood: Used for protection.


Elder Flower: This fairy flower can be used in wish fulfillment spells and blessings of people, places and things. This is a sacred fairy tree and it is said The Elder Mother, a powerful dryad who lives in the Elder, will haunt any person who cuts down her trees. The stems of this tree plant are used to make panpipes and if you stand or sleep beneath an Elder you will see the King of the Fairies and his court go by.


Fennel: Use this herb in the Mid Summer bonfire and if you hang it in your home it will bring health and protection.


Lavender: Use this herb in the Mid Summer bonfire as an offering to the Lady and Lord. It can be used in love spells to attract men and if placed in the home promotes joy, peace, and healing.


Male Fern: This plant is said to attract women. It also brings luck and if you burn it indoors it will bring rain.


Meadowsweet: This fragrant plant is used for bridal bouquets and in love spells.


Mugwort: Crowns of  mugwort were traditionally made and worn at Mid Summer. It is the protective herb of travelers and works against fatigue, wild animals, evil spirits and sunstroke. Made into tea it is said to bring prophetic visions and can help with scrying. Use the tea to cleanse mirrors and crystal balls.


Pine: Use for peace.


Rose: Traditional flower for love.


St. Johns Wort: This herb is picked at Mid Summer and dried over the Mid Summer fire. It is a powerful protective plant that help keep evil from your home. The scent of this plant will cause evil spirits to flee. It is the custom in Brittany to pray and ask for permission to harvest this plant. It is always picked with the left hand. With your white handled knife loosen the dirt around the plant and then pull the whole thing from the ground. The roots should be intact. This herb symbolizes the dismemberment of the god and considered a sacrifice.


Adapted by Cat from A Druids Herbal For The Sacred Earth Year by Ellen Evert Hopman

					

		
		
	


				
					
	

		

						
Cat’s Morning Bits for June 20, 2019

			
						

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Cat’s Morning Bits for June 20, 2019


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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Paula is digging and shaping the loam of a salvia,

Scarlet Chinese talker of summer.

Two petals of crabapple blossom blow fallen in Paula’s hair

And fluff of white from a cottonwood.

-Carl Sandburg (1878-1902)


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Spiritual Unite: Turkey Spirit Animal Meaning – Share Gratitude For Abundance


When the turkey is your spirit animal, you are resonating with Mother Earth and the natural world.

The symbolic meanings of the turkey are becoming central to your life at this point, so it is essential to pay attention to the message.


https://www.spiritualunite.com/articles/turkey-spirit-animal-meaning-share-gratitude-for-abundance/


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ThoughtCo: Litha Prayers


Midsummer is the time when we celebrate the bounty of the earth and the power of the sun. Our fields are flourishing, fruits are blossoming on the trees, herb bushes are fragrant and full of life. The sun is at its highest point in the sky, and it has bathed the earth in its warmth, heating up the soil so that when autumn rolls around, we’ll have a rich and bountiful harvest. These prayers celebrate the different aspects of midsummer. Feel free to modify them to suit the needs of your tradition.


https://www.learnreligions.com/prayers-and-blessings-for-litha-4051842


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Daily Good: Happiness is Practice, Not Pleasure


Put aside your preconceptions of happiness and join Krista Tippett with French born Tibetan monk Matthieu Ricard, author of Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life’s Most Important Skill. Ricard reframes happiness as not simply a pleasure or sensation to be experienced, but as a skill to be practiced and cultivated. He asks, “What are the inner conditions that foster a genuine sense of flourishing, of fulfillment?”


http://www.dailygood.org/story/2340/happiness-is-practice-not-pleasure-on-being/


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Elephant Journal: The Unconventional Way I Healed from Heartbreak.


I’m a statistic: just one of millions of women who have a failed marriage as a chapter in their life story.

I am also one of millions of women who discovered that having your heart ripped out of your chest can be a great way to learn how strong you are and to discover a whole new life waiting for you on the other side of the pain.


https://www.elephantjournal.com/2019/06/how-a-trip-to-home-depot-saved-me-from-the-wreckage-of-my-divorce-rebecca-west/


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Daily Tarot: The Moon


You may be dwelling on your weakness or discomfort, and those things may be real enough, but take heart and know that these things are also temporary and are not going to last much longer. You underestimate or overlook your great powers of recovery and self-healing. You have too much love of life to be kept down for long. Give yourself a break and relax a bit.


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MNN: 8 mind-boggling dolphin facts


Dolphins never cease to amaze. As researchers delve into the underwater world of these brilliant cetaceans, we’re learning how full of surprises these creatures are, from their intricate social lives to their intelligence. Here are just some of the ways dolphins are exceptional, both physically and mentally.


https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/stories/7-mind-boggling-dolphin-facts


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Today’s Deity: Spider Woman


Spider Woman appears in the mythology of several Native American tribes, including the Navajo, Keresan, and Hopi. In most cases, she is associated with the emergence of life on earth. She helps humans by teaching them survival skills. Spider Woman also teaches the Navajos the art of weaving. Before weavers sit down at the loom, they often rub their hands in spider webs to absorb the wisdom and skill of Spider Woman.


Read more: http://www.mythencyclopedia.com/Sp-Tl/Spider-Woman.html#ixzz5rImya8zr


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EarthSky News: Longest sunsets happen around the solstice


Here’s a natural phenomenon you might never have imagined. That is, the sun actually takes more time to set around the time of a solstice.

It’s true. The longest sunsets (and sunrises) occur at or near the solstices. The shortest sunsets (and sunrises) occur at or near the equinoxes. This is true whether you live in the Northern or Southern Hemisphere.


https://earthsky.org/tonight/longest-sunsets-around-solstices


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Patheos-Pagan: Finding Magickal Tools


What kind of magickal tools you use and where to find them has been a topic of hot conversation for as long as I can remember. Certain traditions have very strict rules about magickal tools. Outside of any traditions that you are a part of, you have a lot of flexibility when it comes to finding magickal tools. Here are the stories of a few of my faves.


https://www.patheos.com/blogs/thewitchesnextdoor/2019/06/finding-magickal-tools/


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Inner Journey:


APPRECIATION


“You can never get to peace and inner security without first acknowledging all of the good things in your life. If you’re forever wanting and longing for more without first appreciating things the way they are, you’llstay in discord.”

— Doc Childre and Howard Martin


Develop an attitude of gratitude. We discover a sense of wholeness as we appreciate both the small and big things in our lives. And it really helps to remember to appreciate ourselves. Appreciation is more than just acceptance — it’s respect and admiration.Let go of criticism and self-abuse.


“Generally, appreciation means some blend of thankfulness, admiration, approval, and gratitude. In the financial world, something that ‘appreciates’ grows in value. With the power tool of appreciation, you get the benefitof both perspectives: as you learn to be consistently thankful and approving, your life will grow in value.”

— Doc Childre and Howard Martin


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A Note from the Universe


Even dwelling upon the end result, imagining all the glorious consequences, and feeling the joy you anticipate in advance still doesn’t compare to the power you wield, the dragons you slay, and the legions you command when you act as if your greatest dreams have already come true.

Olé…


The Universe


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Today’s Recipe: Pulled Pork Swineapple


What do you get when you cross pulled pork, pineapple, and bacon? Swineapple! This is a fun stuffed pineapple recipe for these hotter months that will make your friends and family squeal. Give it a try!


https://www.thriftyfun.com/Pulled-Pork-Swineapple.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

June 20, 2019

Comfort


“One sits uncomfortably on a too comfortable cushion.”


-Lillian Hellman, 1976


What I get from this is that there is such a thing as “too comfortable” and that’s not necessarily a good thing. We need a certain amount of change, and renewal in our lives to keep things moving, to keep things active. Life spurs us on – and one way it does that is by making us uncomfortable sometimes. We feel the need to seek comfort, and that causes us to grow.


-Lissa Coffey


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Natural Living Ideas:  5 Genius Ways To Use Essential Oils In The Kitchen


Essential oils are handy to have around when you are working in the kitchen. They can be used from cleaning kitchen worktops, to providing the “right” ambience for your latest social gathering! However, it is essential that you understand how to use essential oils safely in this way to avoid unwanted accidents.


This article is a quick introduction on how to use essential oils in the kitchen. For a comprehensive look at the therapeutic properties of the individual essential oils mentioned, consult the appropriate essential oil profile.


https://www.naturallivingideas.com/kitchen-essential-oils/


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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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Look At Everything: Cat’s Angel Message for June 20, 2019

			
						

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Look At Everything: Cat’s Angel Message for June 20, 2019


June’s Theme: Maintaining balance our in all areas of our lives. (material, spiritual, goals, dreams, self etc.) Create and invite good things through focus and faith while staying grounded and present.




Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time. Then your time on earth will be filled with glory. – Betty Smith




620:  We are receiving a big boost of energy as we head into tomorrow, which will be the Summer Solstice (Litha/Midsummer). This is the official beginning of summer and the longest day of the year. This is a time of amazing energy and by tapping into this power source we can increase our power of manifestation. The key to success lies in faith and belief in yourself and the Divine Source. The stronger our belief the more clearly we see the blessings and miracles that surround us. This includes the “Tiny Miracles”, which are often more important than the big shiny ones. Today the angels are asking us to embrace the divine magick of the Universe and carry it over into tomorrows event.




Archangel Raziel teaches that our “tiny miracles” are the key to unlocking the doors to our own divine magick which will help us in the creation process. Ascended Master Vywamus encourages us to continuously and consciously seek inspiration through the discovery and rediscovery of our own natural abilities and talents. He teaches us that healing can be found in change. If something is holding you back let it go and continue forward. And  and the Irish Goddess Dana tells us ” Your energy is linked to the energy of the Divine. Acknowledge and strengthen this connection as it allows you to handcraft your dreams.”




Our Sacred Stones for today include: Labradorite, called “The Bringer of Light” It is both protective and mystical. Turn the stone in your hands and see the flashes of color and light. They create a connection and helps to raise the consciousness to the energies of the Universe. Peridot brings new levels of awareness as it promotes growth and necessary change. It helps to sharpen the mind and enhances our self confidence. Peridot can teach us to look back at the past and find the gifts that are hidden within our experiences and then shows us the path to forgiveness and moving forward and Tiger’s Eye helps us to accomplish our goals by showing us how to recognize and access our inner resources and the promotion of clear intentions.




Bright blessings for a magickal day!




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Thought For The Day: June 20, 2019 “Time Pilots”

			
						

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Time does have a way of getting away from us. Sometimes it just seems like we are too busy  for all the things we need or want to do. The good news is that we have choices! The truth is that we can always make room for the things that really matter. What will you choose to make room for today?


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Cat’s Morning Bits for June 19, 2019

			
						

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Cat’s Morning Bits for June 19, 2019


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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Your voice, with clear location of June days,

Called me outside the window. You were there,

Light yet composed, as in the just soft stare

Of uncontested summer all things raise

Plainly their seeming into seamless air.

-Richard Wilbur (1921-2007)


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Spiritual Unite: Whale Spirit Animal Meaning – Community Spirit And Resilience Are Key


Whales are the biggest animals on the planet, and their symbolism holds the key to your success on your path.

Emotional Resilience

The whale spirit animal belongs to incredibly resilient people.

Whales dive deep in the ocean, withstanding pressure and managing to hold their breath for up to an hour and a half at a time.


https://www.spiritualunite.com/articles/whale-spirit-animal-meaning-community-spirit-and-resilience-are-key/


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ThoughtCo: Mortar and Pestle


The mortar and pestle set is a handy tool that many Pagans – and other folks – use for grinding and blending herbs and dried ingredients together during a magical working. The set consists of two pieces – the mortar, which is typically a bowl, although it can be flat as well, and the pestle, which is held in the hand. The wide end of the pestle, which is shaped a bit like a baseball bat, is often roughened to aid in the grinding and crushing of herbs, resins, or whatever else you may be working with


https://www.learnreligions.com/mortar-and-pestle-uses-2561906


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Daily Tarot: The Magician


Be organized, stick to your personal routine, and don’t gloss over any steps if you want to get the results you have in mind. This could be a day better for practice than for performance. Do your best, be forgiving of yourself about any minor slip-ups, and have no regrets. You know what you’re already good at, so focus on that and glide through the day.


astrology.com


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MBG: Why Making Offerings To Nature Is Part Of My Wellness Routine


We’re constantly in a conversation with the Universe—whether we’re aware of it or not. And I believe that one of the ways that the Universe communicates with us is through jewelry. Jewels that come from the Earth are old as humankind, and they’re embedded with symbolic meaning.


https://www.mindbodygreen.com/articles/why-making-offerings-to-nature-is-part-of-my-wellness-routine


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Natural Living Ideas: 21 Totally Unusual Essential Oil Hacks That Go Way Beyond The Obvious


There seem to be an endless number of choices when buying essential oils, and for every oil, there are at least a dozen uses. Still, even if you’re a tried-and-true essential oil expert, there are probably at least a few essential oil hacks that you haven’t heard about, including these


https://www.naturallivingideas.com/essential-oil-hacks/


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Spirituality & Health: The Empty Mind: Let Go of This Meditation Myth

Many people get deterred from meditation because they feel like their minds are racing. Letting go of the idea of a totally empty brain can help. Here are three tips to try this week>


Listen to your thoughts. Be aware, as thoughts come to you, that the mind is thinking—but you don’t need to get involved in the content. Spiritual teacher Ram Dass shares his insights on How to Cultivate Mindfulness by Listening to Your Thoughts.


Embrace the “full mind.” According to Buddhist teacher and author Bodhipaksa, who runs the site Wildmind, “When meditation brings us to the point where self-talk ceases, the mind is anything but blank.” As we become more practiced at meditation, self-talk slows but we also gain an awareness of the sensations, emotions, and mental imagery that pass through, so expecting a blank slate isn’t the goal.


Treat the mind as a friend. Contributing writer Julie Peters writes that she wouldn’t sit down with a close friend, “staring her down and shushing her every time she tried to say something. … The difficulty of listening, whether to our real live best friends or to our own selves, is learning not to interject with judgment or advice before the other has finished talking.” She recommends meditating while focusing on the breath in order to stay present with how you feel in your body as the thoughts scurry about. For more, read her piece, On Meditating Badly.


spiritualityhealth.com


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Today’s Deity: Unraveling the Nature and Identity of the Green Man


An enigma spanning thousands of years, the Green Man is a symbol of mysterious origin and history. Permeating various religious faiths and cultures, the Green Man has survived countless transformations and cultural diversities, enduring in the same relative physical form to this day. Although specifics about his beginnings and his worship are not fully known, due in large part to how far back and to what initial cultures he can be traced to, it is a testament to the widespread reach of his character that he is still remembered and worshipped to this day.


https://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends/unraveling-nature-and-identity-green-man-002620


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EarthSky News: Circumpolar stars don’t rise or set


Circumpolar stars stay above the horizon all hours of the day, every day of the year. These stars neither rise nor set but always remain in our sky. Even when you can’t see them – when the sun is out and it’s daytime – these stars are up there, circling endlessly around the sky’s north or south pole.


https://earthsky.org/tonight/circumpolar-stars-dont-rise-or-set


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Patheos-Pagan: What Your Favorite Wheel-of-the-Year Day Says About You


Hello, beautiful creatures.

In my previous post, “What Your Favorite Ritual Tool Says About You: An Exercise in Humor,” I poked some gentle fun at those of us in the Pagan, polytheist, and occult movement who use magical and devotional implements, in the form of a goofy set of statements written in the style of Buzzfeed quiz responses.


https://www.patheos.com/blogs/mishamagdalene/2019/06/favorite-wheel-year-day/


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Inner Journey:


LET GO OF BLAME


“My days of whining and complaining about others have come to an end. Nothing is easier than fault finding.”

— Og Mandino


We often expect other people to meet our needs. When they don’t give us what we want, we may feel anger, resentment and even revengeful. Rather than blaming others, we could choose to get in touch with our needs and then fill them ourselves.


“Take your life in your own hands and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.”

— Erica Jong


“Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity or registering wrong.”

— Charlotte Bronte


higherawareness.com

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A Note from the Universe


Pretty much everyone you know just wants you to love them.


Good thing it’s free, huh?


The Universe


tut.com


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Today’s Recipe: Maple Peanut Butter Granola


Granola isn’t one of the cheapest foods but it is definitely nutritious and a great way to start your morning. You can play with the types of nuts and dried fruits you add into this.


https://www.thriftyfun.com/Maple-Peanut-Butter-Granola.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

June 19, 2019


Comfort


“Give me a well-cooked, well-served meal, a bouquet, and a sunset, and I can do more for a man’s soul than all the cant ever preached. I can even do it without a sunset!”


-Anne Ellis, 1929

Is there anyone more comforting that Mom? I don’t think so! When a child is hurt, he wants his mother. When an athlete waves to the camera, he says “Hi, Mom!” We are each and every one of us our mother’s children. That never changes, and in that we can find comfort.


-Lissa Coffey


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Beliefnet: 7 Ways to Heal Yourself and Awaken Your Spirit


If you want to achieve wholeness, it’s important that we spend time focusing on our own health and well-being. Beginning the process of healing and awakening your spirit is a process. Too many of us are waiting for something big to change in our lives so that we can finally achieve healing and find true happiness.


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.


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