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Inner Surprises Blog

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By Anne Marie Bennett

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Worthy- Committee Suit

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Who are you? I am the one who is touched by the juicy water of life.  I am the one who is totally into being who I am. I am the one who receives deep joy from my own existence. I am the one who deserves EVERYTHING just because I exist.  I am the one dancing in the fullness of life and its beauty.  I am the one who is open to all that life holds, to all that life has to give me.  I am the one who receives, who holds the colorful wonders of life’s goodness.  I am the one who knows that I deserve all good things simply because I was born.  I am the one who is nourished by my own joy.

What do you have to give me? I give you the deep knowing, the belief that you are worthy, that you are deserving.  I give you freedom from guilt an the weight of impossibility.  I give you joy and a wholeness that you didn’t know existed.

What do you want from me? I want you to drink from the bowls of life, to drink from the bowl that life is offering you RIGHT now.  I want you to accept the irrefutable fact that you are worthy.  I want you to delight in your very existence.  I want you to leave behind doubt, guilt, and impossibility, for they have no place in a full, juicy, glorious life.

Reader- Committee Suit

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Who are you? I am the one who loves to read. I am the one who reads for hours and hours and doesn’t pay attention to the passing of time.  I am the one who finds solace in words, who seeks information and comfort in the words of others.  I am the one who loves stories, who finds myself in stories and novels and good books. I am the one who loves the feel of a good book in my hands, who escapes into other worlds through the arms of a good book.

What do you have to give me? I give you pleasure, enjoyment, comfort, and I stimulate your imagination. I give you knowledge of other worlds, both within you and outside of you.

What do you want from me? I want you to make reading an integral part of your life- not just something you save for “after” your work is done.  I want you to remember that you derive a deep sense of pleasure from reading fiction.

NOTES FROM DAILY READINGS:

August 2006- I am the one who loves to read!  I am the one whose most favorite form of entertainment is reading.  I am the one who is at peace when I read.  I act out my frustration when you DON’T read regularly… by EATING!  If you find yourself eating too much, stop for a moment and ask me if what I’m really hungry for is words, books, stories.

August 2007- I am the one who has always loved books of all kinds, sizes, shapes and colors.  I am the one who needs to read like I need to breathe.  My message for you today is this: I don’t EVER need to EAT when I am reading.  A part of you eats when I am reading in order to distract you from the pure pleasure I feel when I am reading.  The next time you read, try just sipping a cup of tea instead, or just BREATHING.  I would like that much better. And thank you for listening!

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!