Committee Cards

By Anne Marie Bennett

Rising from the Nautilus

scunknown12345I am the one who was covered up with my illness and now I am free from it.Ā 

I am the one who is naked and free and open to life.Ā 

I am the one who rises out of the Nautilus Shell and its many inner chambers.

I am the one in active movement, saying a joyous YES to life!

My message for you today is this- you are connected- head to toe- to divine inner Spirit. Rest easy in this knowledge and CLAIM YOUR JOYFUL LIFE.

 

 

Note from Anne Marie: You can see the SoulCollageĀ® cards I made for my 2011-12 cancer journey on this page.

Mommy & Me

I am the one who knows how to mother myself.
I am the one who knows how to mother myself.

I grew up with a mother who was always there for me, butĀ  because of her own lack of a nurturing mother growing up, she wasn’t one who nurtured me with unconditional love and kindness.Ā  I missed out on having a real “Mommy.”

After practicing SoulCollageĀ® for a few years, I realized that I could “mommy” myself and so I made several cards to depict this Mommy and Me relationship that I had missed out on as a child.Ā  This is the one card of all my “Mommy and Me” cards that remains in my deck, as a vivid reminder that I can be nurturing and loving and unconditionally accepting towards myself.

Most of the time when I read from this card, it is the Mommy inside of me talking, but recently I drew it in a short reading and I noticed that the little girl was speaking this time:

I am the one who loves being held and cherished by Mommy.Ā  I am the one who can completely relax when Mommy is holding me.Ā  I am the one who feels safe in her arms.

My message for you today is this- even though you had an earth-mother who couldn’t and didn’t give you this, you have an inner mother just waiting for you to open your arms to her. Open up on the inside.Ā  Let Mommy hold you when you need to be held.

If you have a card with two distinct Neters (energies) on it, like this one, try doing the I Am the One Who… exercise with EACH of the voices and see what you discover.

All Kinds of Seeing, All Kinds of Knowing

scvisionI have had this card in my deck for eons and I love that its meaning now has broadened and deepened since the first time I journaled with it.Ā  It comes to me often in my every-other-daily readings and each time I feel reassured and reminded of my gift of inner and outer seeing.

I am the one with wide open eyes who sees clearly everything around me.Ā  I am the one who has eyes closed and who still can see with an inward sight.

I am the one with clear inner and outer vision.

I am the one who is sometimes troubled by what I see yet I remain open to the seeing because I can use all of it in my inner work as well as my outer work/ministry in the world.

I am the one who chooses what to use, from what I see, and what to disregard.

 

Inner Royalty

Queen

I’ve had this card in my deck since 2005 and when I first put these images together, these two were talking to me about being Queen of my Own Authentic Self.Ā  There was much in their mother-daughter story about caring for my inner princess as much as my inner queen, about ruling with authority and kindness and nurturing.

However, the last time I drew it in a reading, they said something else and something totally surprising!

We are the ones who rule your inner world.Ā  We are a mother-daughter team and we rule with joy and compassion and deep intention, thoughtfulness.Ā  We are the ones who live in the Castle of Contentment.Ā  That is our home and we rule your inner world with peace and radical acceptance.

There is a king as well but he has not made himself known yet. Now he is in the realm of your thoughts.Ā  He will make himself known to you soon.

Together we (king and queen) parent the princess, and offer love to one another so that your inner world will be stable and complete.Ā 

Our message for you today is this: we do not rule with laws and punishment.Ā  We rule with gentle acceptance, forgiveness and love. This is our message. No further explanations necessary. Hear us. Listen. Know.

I do so love that my cards are continually surprising me!

Because of this latest info, I’ve decided to name this card Inner Royalty instead of Queen of My Authentic Self.Ā  And I’m now on the lookout for an image of a kindly king who will fit on the right side of the card.

Stay open to new messages from your cards and you’ll be pleasantly surprised too!

 

I Am the One Who Prays

scaskhelpThis is a Committee card from my deck. It represents an inner part of me, the part who prays, and who believes in the power of prayer.

Who are you?

I am the one who spent many hours on my knees in church, praying. I am the one who believes that Someone is listening when I pray. I am the one who feels comfort and deep connection to all living things when I pray. I am the one who believes in the power of gratitude and supplication.Ā  I am the one who prays for others, who prays for myself, who prays for the world.

What do you have to give me?

I give you solace.Ā  I give you sustenance. I give you a channel through which you can connect with the Divine energy that connects everyone and every living thing.

What do you want from me?

I want you to honor me by praying consciously every day. I want you to write your prayers sometimes as that seems to focus you more. I want you to remember that Spirit is always listening. I want you to know that even the smallest thing can be taken to Spirit in prayer.

Is there anything else you want to say to me TODAY?

Yes! I sense your distinct sadness over the death of Robin Williams yesterday. I urge you to close your eyes for a moment and offer your sadness up to Spirit. I suggest that you spend some time today praying for his family and for those who were close to him.Ā  This will soothe your heart and ease your sadness.Ā  You have been thinking that there is nothing you can do, but there IS something you can do.Ā  Use my energy to pray.