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Tag: magick
15 Minutes 27 Seconds & So Much More
Day 30 of 30 of meditation & blogging! 15 minutes 27 seconds Friends, I was awake shortly before my alarm this morning, and started some dishes soaking and got coffee brewed and puttered about the internet for nearly an hour. Despite a good nights sleep I was feeling a bit more fatigued rather than fabulous. …
An Inner Dance Marathon
Day 29 of ? of meditation & blogging! 15 minutes 03 seconds Friends, Today's session has been a lesson in how far I have come in my mindfulness practice so far. I awakened a few minutes before my alarm feeling very well rested. Thanks in part to my recently prescribed CPAP and in part due …
Stretching and In The home Stretch
Day 28 of ? of meditation & blogging! 15 minutes 31 seconds Friends, One of the challenges I have found in this meditation and blogging journey is in trying to not repeat the same descriptions and metaphors each time. A juggling of word orders here and noting where I've used that metaphor before and trying …
Meditative Epiphanies
Day 26 of ? of meditation & blogging! 14 minutes 39 seconds Friends, I did my usual preparations of coffee and ice water. I bopped into a couple of ongoing online conversations catching up here and replying there. ! watched a brief video. I had had a good nights sleep and felt fairly rested and …
On Not feeling it
Day 25 of ? of meditation & blogging! 14 minutes 43 seconds Friends, Awakening this morning I realized something was not right. The vibes, the mood, something. I felt half-way between well rested, and feeling like Mr. Sandman (song not Comics) had beaten the hell out of me with the bag of sand. Something was …
Two to Three & ADHD
Day 23of ? of meditation & blogging! 14 minutes 39 seconds Friends, It is what it is, and what it is today is the rather amazing difference something vaguely resembling a proper nights sleep can do for one! Between last nights desperately needed 2+ hour nap before yesterdays session, and last nights 5+ hours of …
21 Days (so Far)
Day 21 of ? of meditation & blogging! 14 minutes 25 seconds Friends, Today has been a day rather packed with activity, feelings, lessons, and as I can now recognize, many forms of meditation. It honestly began before it began. Last night my insomnia burned the midnight oil and I finally forced myself to lay …
Lusting for Results & Mindfulness
Day 17 of ? of meditation & blogging! 10 minutes 4 seconds Friends, When we open our inner eyes and turn them inward, focus upon our breath and trace the river of those breaths through our body, this journey can take us to different destinations every day. Mindfulness meditation can be like gently drifting on …
Delaying tactics and being kind to oneself
Day 14 of ? of meditation & blogging!*end of week 2* 10 minutes 6 seconds Friends, So I slept very very deeply, until around 5 something am when I woke up and then puttered around online for a couple of hours before laying back to bed for another 3 hours or so. After waking up …
The minutes ticked by and that’s OK!
Day 13 of ? of meditation & blogging! 10 minutes 0 seconds Friends, Today has been another day that challenged me in my ongoing meditation streak. I learned yesterday that the Sleep Clinic had my CPAP machine and mask ready for pick up, and they are open overnights until around 8am or so. I already …
Small Things & thoughts on the art of the blog
Friends, Sipping some coffee and savoring some quiet before the tumult of a busy day at work I take a moment to splash some Florida Water into the offering cups. A brief moment before the window-sill altar breathing in the perfume scent and seeking some small comfort with a moments connection with the Holy Powers. …
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Everything is Magic!!! Everything is Holy!!!
...or magick, if you prefer. I am writing this as a reaction to Hecate's post regarding some comments she's gotten on the fabulous Calendar post of hers. There is also a fantastic Elemental Castings podcast where T. Thorne Coyle interviews Jason Pitz-Waters... that touches on this and is inspiring me to rant. While this may …
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