Cat’s Morning Bits for April 18, 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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Again the blackbirds sing; the streams
Wake, laughing, from their winter dreams,
And tremble in the April showers
The tassels of the maple flowers.
-John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-92)
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Spirit Library: Master Every Moment?
Excerpt from the interactive book: A Course in Mastering Alchemy: Tools to Shift, Transform and Ascend.
At the beginning of this course, long before I knew it would be a course, Ascended Master Kuthumi told me that it is necessary (i.e. required) for me to be masterful of every thought, every emotion, every action … every moment. I swallowed hard and nodded, not sure how this was even possible and very clear it was far out of my reach.
https://spiritlibrary.com/jim-self/master-every-moment
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ThoughtCo: Understanding Omens and Symbols
For many practitioners of various magical traditions, there is a tendency to look for and find symbolism in everything, particularly in aspects of nature. Often, these symbols are interpreted as omens
https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-an-omen-2561765
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MBG: Tonight’s Libra Full Moon Is The Best Time To Do These 5 Things
Relationship check-in time! Peace and harmony is the Libra way—this balanced sign counts Gandhi, John Lennon, and Alfred Nobel (of the Nobel Peace Prize) among its ranks, after all. The Libra full moon tonight is occasion to celebrate our soft spot for all of humankind, passing out olive branches and extending our goodwill.
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Daily Good: The Skittish Stallion
“There were two horses. One was a quarter horse and the other one was this big black stallion that had been abused. It was quite skittish. You couldnt get close to it. Of course, I was determined to become friends with that horse.” Rosemary Peterson shares more in this beautiful piece that speaks to the power of patience and intention in our relationships.
http://www.conversations.org/story.php?sid=171
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Elephant Journal: For the Wild Ones who Sing to the Moon. {Poem}
No matter
how hard they try,
they cannot
keep us apart.
They can pour concrete
over the rich, dark earth,
put us in a plastic chair
inside a Sheetrock box
https://www.elephantjournal.com/2019/04/for-the-wild-ones-who-sing-to-the-moon-kai-siedenburg/
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MNN: 10 curious truths about Stonehenge
The world’s most famous ring of standing stones has been studied for centuries, yet we learn something new about it all the time.
https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/stories/10-curious-truths-about-stonehenge
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EarthSky News: April full moon shines in Virgo
On April 19, 2019, the moon turns full in front of the constellation Virgo the Maiden at 11:12 UTC. That is 7:12 a.m. EDT, 6:12 a.m. CDT, etc, and thus tonight’s moon might look more full for you than tomorrow night’s if you live in Earth’s Western Hemisphere. More about that shortly. In the meantime, for all of us around the world, as darkness falls on April 18, you’ll find an almost-full waxing gibbous moon close to Spica, the constellation Virgo’s one and only 1st-magnitude star.
https://earthsky.org/tonight/april-full-moon-shines-in-virgo
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Patheos-Pagan: Pagan Portals Sun Magic
Pagan Portals Sun Magic
An introduction to working with Sun magic, and how to live in harmony with the solar year and to utilise all the magical powers it provides.
A book filled with the basics of the sun cycle, the representations and correspondences, what magic to work and when. A look at the solar year, sun deities, sun spells, meditations, specific sun rituals, sun recipes and more..
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/beneaththemoon/2019/04/pagan-portals-sun-magic/
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Inner Journey:
TIME TO BLOSSOM
“The voice of our original self is often muffled, overwhelmed, even strangled, by the voices of other people’s expectations.”
— Julia Cameron
Many of us unconsciously believe that we’re unworthy or defective. We adopted this belief very early in our lives when the people we looked up to disapproved of our demands, wishes and behaviours. We concluded that we had to learn to be good.
Unfortunately, ‘being good’ usually meant giving up our own differences or uniqueness. We learned that we might get the love we wanted if we acted and felt like others wanted us to.
If we seek true joy and connection with life, we now need to remove these artificial masks and express our deep authentic nature.
“For all those years you’ve protected the seed. It’s time to become the beautiful flower.”
— Stephen C. Paul
higherawareness.com
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A Note from the Universe
Have you ever stopped to consider that due to your eternal nature, you and everyone else live forever?
Of course you have.
And therefore, have you realized that in the truest sense, everyone beats cancer, AIDS, and starvation?
Un-hun, un-hun…
And you totally get that between now and forever, you will meet and fall deeply in love with everyone, and they with you?
Let’s not wait…
The Universe
tut.com
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Today’s Recipe: Steamed Greens with Ginger and Water Chestnuts
This Asian–style recipe calls for water chestnuts, which add a crunchy texture to this flavorful leafy greens medley. Leafy greens contain fiber and folate, as well as lutein and other phytochemicals that help protect against many chronic diseases from cataracts to cancer.
https://pioneerthinking.com/steamed-greens-with-ginger-and-water-chestnuts
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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
April 2019
Praise
“My soul preached to me and said, “Do not be delighted because of praise, and do not be distressed because of blame.'”
-Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931)
We must not get too caught up in the teeter-totter of outside commentary on our works. There will always be some who appreciate what we do and others who disparage it. The ego is what gets caught up in this game of needing approval. The soul is wise, and knows that life is a balance of opposites. The soul itself can’t be affected by praise or blame.
-Lissa Coffey
coffeytalk.com
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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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