Cat’s Morning Bits for October 29, 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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In fields of bush clover and hay-scent grass
the autumn moon takes refuge
The cricket’s song is gold.
-Margaret Gibson (b. 1944)
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Spiritual Unite: How To Heal A Karmic Relationship
Do you feel a strong sense of familiarity when you meet someone? Like you know this person from a different time? It will dumbfound you, but it will also pull you closer towards them, because of a strong sense of curiosity bubbling inside your mind. You’ll feel an incredible longing for something you never even wished for.
https://www.spiritualunite.com/articles/6-keys-of-a-karmic-relationship/
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MBG: How To Call Out Hurtful Behavior While Still Exercising Compassion
So someone you like, love, or respect crosses a line. They say something that you don’t like. They send an email that you find dismissive. They overlook an important issue. They make a hurtful joke. A lover. A colleague. A client. A friend. What do you do?
https://www.mindbodygreen.com/articles/call-out-offensive-behavior-while-still-exercising-compassion
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Daily Good: Failure Is Afraid of You
When confronted with the possibility of failure, we become afraid. We are so afraid of failure that we combat it by metaphorically beating it, sweeping it away, or hiding it in a deep hole. What might happen if we lit a candle and looked at our fear in the light of wisdom, compassion and even joy? Discover how fear of failure can be transformed in this short essay from the blog DailyBeloved.
http://www.dailygood.org/story/2108/failure-is-afraid-of-you-bonnie-rose/
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Elephant Journal: Halloween: This Time of Year gives us the Chance to learn Life’s Greatest Lesson. {Book Excerpt}
This time of Halloween, Samhain, Day of the Dead, longer nights, colder weather, and winter’s looming arrival is a good time to contemplate death.
Death has much to teach us.
One of the most significant tests we ever face is death. And, because of his gravity, his apparent finality, he jolts our soul.
For we often don’t get things done till the deadline. We might delay fully living if we did not hear the tick, tick, tick of time.
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MNN: 11 amazing examples of insect camouflage
Some of these bugs might be indistinguishable from their surroundings. Can you pick them out?
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EarthSky News: Tonight, find the Andromeda galaxy
Tonight, now that the moon is in a waning gibbous phase and gone from the sky in early evening, find the Andromeda galaxy, the great spiral galaxy next door to our Milky Way. It’s the most distant thing you can see with your eye alone. It’s best seen in the evening at this time of year, assuming you’re in the Northern Hemisphere.
https://earthsky.org/tonight/find-the-andromeda-galaxy-in-autumn
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Patheos-Pagan: Samhain is What You Make of It
There always seems to be so much more Witchcraft and Paganism than usual at Samhain. Some of that is because there’s often just more to do. For many of us there are just more rituals to partake in, and there’s something about Autumn and Halloween that just feels like Witchcraft. You might blame the thinning of the veil for this, or maybe it’s the chillier weather, or shorter days.
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/panmankey/2018/10/samhain-is-what-you-make-of-it/
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Inner Journey:
GO FOR PASSION!
“There is no end. There is no beginning. There is only the infinite passion of life.”
— Frederico Fellini
How do you ration your passion?
In what situations have you experienced your life to the fullest? Do you live your passion as fully as you can? How do you limit your experience of passion?
Passion emerges when your essence expresses itself. How do you stop yourself from fully expressing who you are?
“Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron before it can give forth its spark.”
— Henri Frederic Amiel
“We could hardly wait to get up in the morning.”
— Wilbur Wright
higherawareness.com
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A Note from the Universe
Curiously, while you’re discovering the God within you, I’m discovering the You within me.
Thanks,
The Universe
tut.com
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Today’s Recipe: Violet Tea
Dried leaves and petals from your violets can be used to make a lovely tea. Add honey and enjoy!
https://www.thriftyfun.com/Violet-Tea-Recipe.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
October 29, 2018
Self-Knowledge
“Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.”
-Henry David Thoreau
As a spiritual community, we talk a lot about “who we really are” and becoming “more of our Self.” But wanting it and actually achieving it are two different things. The first step is understanding what it is we’re really after. And it’s not fish! Self-knowledge is something intangible, and invaluable.
-Lissa Coffey
coffeytalk.com
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Beliefnet: 9 Ways to Live an Authentic Life
If you’re struggling with redefining your life and need some insight – check out these nine ways to live an authentic life.
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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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