SoulCollage®

By Anne Marie Bennett

Untitled Card with Huge Message!

I drew this card from my Deck a few weeks ago and was pleasantly surprised with what it had to tell me!Ā  I made it completely intuitively after my second cancer experience, not knowing its message.Ā  Beautiful timing!

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I am the one who offers myself to the Divine Universe.Ā  Take me, I’m yours!

I am the one who has stripped off all clothes, all masks, all illusions.Ā  I am the one who is wide open, trusting.Ā 

I am the one who was behind closed doors but now I am free.Ā  I am the one who offers up all I am and all I have, who is willing to let it all go in this powerful stance of open glory.

I am the one who can go and hide behind that heavy door again, where it is safe, but now I feel no need to shut myself back up again.

NOTE FROM ANNE MARIE- If this was YOUR card, what would it be saying to YOU?

Cosmic Wheel of Fortune

Cosmic Wheel of Fortune
Cosmic Wheel of Fortune

Who are you?
I am the one who eagerly leans forward and spins the bright, jeweled Cosmic Wheel of Fortune.Ā  I am the one rising out of the jeweled lotus.Ā  I am the one who eagerly awaits the result of the spin.Ā 

I am the one who knows that WHEREVERĀ  the Wheel of Fortune lands, I will receive something bright and valuable.Ā 

My message for you today is this- Spin, play the game of life with wild abandon, pleasure, and an absence of fear.Ā  There is NO WAY you can LOSE at this Cosmic Wheel of Fortune.Ā 

Wherever you land is the perfect gem for you at this time.Ā  Always look for the jewel of each place that you “land.”

 

NOTE FROM ANNE MARIE: I made this card years ago, totally intuitively. It’s been in my deck at least four years, and for the first time, it showed up in one of my Every-Other-Daily readings this week.Ā  I had completely forgotten about it, but what a powerful and timely message I received today!

SUGGESTION: Don’t give up on cards you make that sit in your deck for a loooooong time. They will show up at exactly the right time with exactly the right message, even though you don’t know what it means when you are making the card.

Found Poem

scunknown 102014 01When working with a card I’ve made intuitively, I sometimes find it helpful to write a Detailed Description of the card first, as if I were describing it to a friend who cannot see it.Ā  It’s a very powerful journey of discovery because it makes me notice things that I wouldn’t have seen otherwise.

When doing a detailed description, be sure to use directional words like in front of, behind, over, beside, under, near, upper left, lower right, back…etc.

I wrote a whole page and a half detailed description of this card in my journal, then I found it much easier to ease my way into sayingĀ  “Who are you?” and allowing both of the voices on this card to respond.

After doing some of that journaling (I am the one who…)…. I went back over everything I wrote and circled any words or phrases that jumped out at me, then wrote them in a list.Ā  I played around with the list for a while and came up with this, which in literary terms is called a Found Poem, but which I call A New Way of Looking At a SoulCollage Card!

I can honestly say that I don’t think I could have gotten to this lovely place of understanding this card without having done the detailed description first.Ā  Go ahead and try this with one of your own cards!

She sleeps below the surface
cradled by the earthy green moss.
A seed pod protects her
as she grows,
unaware of the changes occurring
in the deep dark stillness.

She grows her roots downward
anchoring to the earth.
She becomes the roots
reaching upwards towards the light.

She IS the seed.
She IS the roots.
She IS the stillness, the dark, the growth.

There is nothing to do.
The growth manifests
without her direction.

And the young girl is lifted up.
She flies without falling.She is poised, balanced, happy, moving.
She soars
because she contains the deep power
of the rooted one
beneath her.

 

 

New Year Reading with Affirmations

Here are the four cards I drew for my New Year Reading this week, and what they said to me about my journey into 2014.

Note that I chose one card from each of the four suits in my deck, plus one card in the “Unknown” section.

 

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Committee Suit

IĀ  am the one who feels worried and anxious about not having enough time.Ā  I am the one who wants to throw away all the clocks and never have to worry about time again. I am the one who believes I don’t have enough time to get everything done.Ā  My message to you about the coming year is this: I am an old, false belief that you inherited from society and your ancestors.Ā  You don’t need to buy into my energy any more!Ā  Focus on creating pockets of time during each day where you can slow down, even for a couple of minutes and be STILL.
AFFIRMATION:Ā  I have enough time

 

 

 

sckripaluKRIPALU
Community Suit

I am the one who is a sacred holy place for you. I am the one who plays a big role on your life’s journey.Ā  I am the one who has nurtured you and lifted you up and loved you and taught you for more than 25 years.Ā  My message for you about your year is this: Come back to me and rest here again this year a few more times. This place calls to your spirit, offers you sacred solitude and rest.Ā  Come to me and rest.
AFFIRMATION: I place visits to Kripalu and other sacred places high on my priority list.

 

scdolphin (2)DOLPHIN- 6th CHAKRA
Companions Suit

I am the one of great Intelligence who knows how to work AND I also know how to play and frolic and have fun with my friends.Ā  Our message to you in 2014 is to lighten up- play and laugh more, operate from your INNER knowing only, not the distracting ways of the world.
AFFIRMATION: I choose to laugh and play and lighten up daily.

 

scprayerPRAYER
Council Suit

I am the one who stands for every prayer ever prayed since the beginning of time.Ā  I stand for the power of prayer.Ā  Prayer is any time you make connection with Spirit.Ā  It may be asking for something, it may be about healing of yourself or others.Ā  It might even be just to rest in Divine presence.Ā  My answer to your question about focus for the New Year is this: at the end of every meditation time, yoga time or any Quiet Time you give yourself, add a few prayers.Ā  Seek inner changes. Ask for what you need, it is always given.
AFFIRMATION: I choose to add conscious connection with the Divine to my Quiet Times.

 

 

 

scunknown223Unknown Card
Unknown Suit

I am the one who is in a Holy Place surrounded by Holy Ones.Ā  These beings of light speak to me on other frequencies yet I hear them clearly. My answer to your question about focus for the New Year is this: You are also surrounded by these Holy Ones.Ā  This is a year to give them your full attention.Ā  Bathe in the clear waters of their wisdom and love for you.Ā  Open to receive the Light they freely give to you.

AFFIRMATION:Ā  I listen, look for and hear the Holy Ones all around me.

 

 

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AFFIRMATIONS

Just a note about affirmations!Ā  I highly recommend this book by Sondra Ray: The Only Diet There Is, which is more about affirmations than about losing weight. Even if you don’t want to let go of weight, read this book if you are interested in using affirmations to affect transformation!Ā  It’s more than just saying them out loud, or writing them down. It’s about getting in touch with those inner voices who don’t believe the affirmation, and listening to them and honoring them so you can get past them.Ā  Give it a try and see!

Rainbow Misfits

Rainbow Misfits
Rainbow Misfits

Who are you?

We are the ones who are not the right colors.Ā  We are the ones who don’t belong.Ā  We stand out, we don’t blend in.Ā  We are the ones who are unique, rainbow-colored. We are the rainbow misfits.

What do you have to give me?

We give you the courage to be bright, to be bold, to be uniquely you.Ā  We give you courage to be different from the rest.

 

What do you want from me?

We want you to stay true to your own colors.Ā  We want you to be who you really are, not a mirror image of everyone else.