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Inner Surprises Blog

SoulCollage Inspiration

By Anne Marie Bennett

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Mindfulness- Committee Suit

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Who are you? I am the one who is walking the labyrinth, oblivious to the harried rush of Time around me.  I am the one who moves slowly and calmly through this labyrinth, and through my own life’s path. I am the one who exists only in this moment, right now.

What do you have to give me? I give you a centering peace. I give you awareness of the central moment only. I give you disregard for time, for the past, for the future. I give you the blessing and grace that is yours in the moment alone.  I give you a centered steady pace through your life.

What do you want from me? I want you to walk slowly, mindfully.  I want you to claim this moment in time only.  Past and future exist, but not in this moment, which is all that you are given.  Allow the past and the future to become a gentle blur.  The reality is right here, right now.  Time is irrelevant.  What matters only is what is happening right here, right now, inside of you.

Three Untitled Cards

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I made this card early this spring… it’s only two images but I find it very powerful and directly related to the other card in this post (see below).Ā  I’ve been doing, for the past 6 months or so, some powerful work around some “emotional trash” from my childhood.Ā  I’m using The Solution Method (also known as Emotional Brain Training) for the basis of this work and have been making WAY so much progress.Ā  The method is gentle but real and authentic and for me, very powerful.

Anyway, about these cards.Ā  I haven’t done any formal interpretations yet, but this one seems to be saying to me:

I am the one who has thrown open the doors and is looking into my past.Ā  I am the one who is cleaning out the antique drawers and shelves of misinterpreted reactions and undefined dreams. I am the one who is slowly deciphering the hieroglyphics of my childhood.

I don’t know if I will keep both of these cards in my Deck for all eternity, but I couldn’t resist making them. The second one below flowed together as easily as the first, even though it has more images. You can click on either one and see more details:

 

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I made this one (to the right) just a few weeks ago and again, I was drawn to the ancient hieroglyphics.Ā  I’d had the little girl image in my collection of images for SO LONG…. and now she has finally settled into her place here, on this card. So this one seems to be saying similar things as the first one:

I am the one who is finally shining the light on the ancient hieroglyphics of my childhood.Ā  I am the one who is trying to make sense of what I was told back then.Ā  I am the one who is looking back at my past.Ā  I am the one who is doing the work now.Ā  I am the one who is bulldozing through the layers and acres of trash that has accumulated in my body and soul since I was a little girl.Ā  I am the one who holds my own ancient wisdom in my hands.

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I made this one in the same card making session as the second card here.Ā  It seemed to be a continuation of the theme of what I’ve been “deciphering” about my childhood.Ā  It seemed to me to be a follow-up card to those other two.Ā  At first it bothered me that the child seems more male than female to me, but I felt like I HAD to use it, so use it I did!

I have not worked with this card yet, until right this minute… so here I go, stream of consciousness writing:

I am the one who is surrounded by blessing hands. I am the one who is tired and dirty and skeptical of these hands.Ā  I am the one who is held within a web of hands which are blessing me.Ā  I am the one who isn’t sure I deserve all this blessing. I am the one who is sad.Ā  I am the one who doesn’t want to be hurt again.Ā  I am the one who knows there is another way of love than the way I used to know, but I am the one who isn’t sure how to access it.Ā  I am the one who sees the child with the Mother and Crone under the feminine protectiveness of the full moon.Ā  I am the one who wants that for myself.Ā  I am the one who came from that deep love and attention and protectiveness. I am the one who wants to go back there.Ā  I am the one who is trying to accept the blessings.

Well, that was quite powerful for me!Ā  I feel like there is more work to be done with this tender, sad, skeptical, part of me.Ā  But for now, it feels quite powerful to tap into her voice and to allow her some space to have her feelings.

Powerful- Committee Suit

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I made this card spontaneously (intuitively) at the first SoulCollageĀ® Retreat I ever led in 2006.  It seemed to come together quite naturally and easily.  It’s really just a couple of images, and I loved how I felt when I looked at it or held it in my hands.

Up until the time I made this card, I had not even remotely thought of myself as powerful.  This card certainly had something to say about that!

Who are you? I am the one who is powerful and strong.  I am the one who holds the world in the palm of my hand.  I am the one with power in my body and mind, who can balance the weight of the world on my shoulders and know that it won’t destroy me.  I am the one who is powerful enough that time doesn’t overwhelm me.  I am the one who is being given all the time in the world as a gift and who balances that gift with the powerful stance of my body, mind and spirit.

What do you have to give me? I give you strength and power to balance this new world you’ve been given.  I give you a posture which contains the power to receive and to balance.

What do you want from me? I want you to know that you are inherently powerful and strong.  I want you to stand tall and strong and gorgeously balanced.  I want you to receive this gift of all the time in the world—- with joy and unabashed strength!

Defensive- Committee Suit

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Believe it or not, I made this SoulCollageĀ® card intuitively/spontaneously (3 years ago!) because I was drawn to the images, even though they were a bit scary!  What a surprise to let this SoulCollageĀ® speak to me and tell me its story… I discovered a very strong inner voice here, one that has been with me for a LONG time, but that I’d been unaware of.

Who are you? I am the one who puts up armor so that no one hurts me. I am the one who hides my true feelings about what you are saying because I don’t want you to see/know how hurt I am.  I am the one who protects myself with quick verbal defenses. I am the one who is defensive. I am the one who fears vulnerability.  I am the one who covers my true self up with protective, defensive armor so that I cannot be wounded.

What do you have to give me? I give you protection from those who want to hurt you, and from those who intend to do you harm.

What do you want from me? I want you to put on the armor when you are around people who can hurt you. I want you to KNOW WHEN to be defensive and when being defensive DOESN’T serve you at all.

NOTES FROM DAILY READINGS:

10/18/05- Sometimes you are defensive when you don’t need to be. You don’t always have to be wary of an attack.  It is good to be prepared, but your job now is to know WHEN you need to be prepared and when it is ok to let the armor down.

6/11/06- What I am saying to you today is this: it’s all about closing and defending your heart.  I tend to act up when I’ve been hurt.  I tend to act up when my heart has been wounded- that is when I put up the walls and the armor and shields, so I won’t be hurt again. But my real purpose is to protect you from people and things who really will hurt you. It’s your job to know the difference.

9/6/06- I am the one who doesn’t want people to know how I really feel. I am the one who holds in the hurt with the veil, the mask, the armor.  I am the one who cannot be my own true self because of my fear of being hurt.  What I am saying to you today is this: I really CAN protect you when you find yourself in the the presence of people who really WILL hurt you.  It’s OKAY to take off the veil, the shield, the armor, when you are with people who love and care about you.

5/20/07- I am the one who needs armor to protect myself.  I am the one who hides behind my armor. I am the one who is afraid of getting hurt.  My message for you today is this: happy birthday,dear one.  And know that there is a time and a place for using the armor… but most of the time you do not even need it!

Seena Frost- Community Suit

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This is a card I made intentionally to honor SoulCollage’s creator, Seena B. Frost.  Many Facilitators and SoulCollagers created cards for their own decks to honor Seena’s 75th birthday in March 2007. 

She says to me:

I am the one who created SoulCollage.  I am the one who inspires imagination and inner work by opening the doors to your soul and letting the light flood in.

I have drawn this card twice in the past year during my daily readings as well, and each time she comes up, she has wisdom to share.

June 1, 2007- I am the one who encourages inner growth and creativity.  I am the one who sends the ripples of healing and transformation outward into the world as I continue my work.  My message for you today is this: be still and you will know many things.  Revel in the waters of your own colorful creativity.  Drink from the rainbowed rivers of your own reflection.  And all shall be well.

May 9, 2008- I am the one who gave you the gift of SoulCollage.  I am the one who says “grab your box of crayons and JUMP RIGHT IN!!”  Celebrate your artistic self!!! Right now!!!!