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By Anne Marie Bennett

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Ancient Fears

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Fear- We are the ones who are afraid. We are the ones who were installed in your inner world by your mother.
Fear- We are the ones who are afraid. We are the ones who were installed in your inner world by your mother.

We are the ones who are suspicious and afraid.Ā  We are the ones who haunt you from your past.Ā  We are the ones who haunted your mother and her mother and her mother and on into your own ancient history.

We are the ones who are frozen in our fear.Ā  We are the ones who hide behind shuttered windows and rarely look out to see what is really true.

Our message to you today is this: fear is an illusion.Ā  Fear is False Evidence Appearing Real. You are deeply afraid of many things- death, deep love, rejection, letting go, surrender.Ā  You are deeply afraid of succeeding as well as failing.Ā  These are all learned fears.Ā  They do not belong in your new, light and airy inner “home.”

When we appear, it is time to pay attention to what lies you are being told by these old and ancient fears.Ā  When we appear, it is time to bring yourself back to the present, back to the light and reality of your NOW.Ā  Your fear of the Great Belovedness is heavily stopping you on your journey and it is time to now see that fear for the Lie that it is, and move beyond it.

Colorful Possibilities

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I am the one who relaxes against the backdrop of many bright colorful possibilities.
I am the one who relaxes against the backdrop of many bright colorful possibilities.

Who are you?

I am the one who lies here, relaxed and stretching luxuriously.Ā  I am the one who is wrapped in colorful rainbows.Ā  I am the one who balances on this downward incline. I am the one who keeps my balance.

I am the one who is flexible. I am the one who rests against the backdrop of rainbow-colored windows.Ā  I am the one who knows these windows are opening to me to colorful possibilities of what is next.

What do you have to say to me today?

My message for you today is this- rest, relax, stretch your body, do not neglect your body.Ā  Do not feel like you have to open every window and poke your head out to see what is on the other side. Ā These windows are all portals to possibilities that await you.Ā  You cannot open/see through them all at once.Ā  Take your time, rest, relax, let go of the striving, just be with the possibilities and all willĀ  be made clear in time.

 

 

Queen of the Paint Tubes-
My Artist’s Muse

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Artist Muse

I made this card years ago and after looking into the woman’s challenging eyes, I claimed her as my Muse, not just of all things creative, but specifically my urges towards and passion for creating art.

Who are you?

I am the one who is staring at you expectantly.Ā  I am the one who opens new windows of possibility for you and to you.Ā  I am the one who is Queen of the Paint Tubes.Ā 

I challenge you to JUST DO IT- just add art back into your life, a little bit at a time, and see/notice/feel how much pleasure it gives you.Ā 

The orange flower blooms behind me- all things grow and come into full blossom, full growth, and then turn back to seed and die.Ā  As will you.Ā  Someday.Ā  Not now.Ā 

Now is the time for open windows with sunlight pouring in.Ā  Now is the time to dig in to the rainbow possibilities of all the artist tools that you have in front of you.

 

Daily Reading- 8/30/11

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Divine Child

 

As some of you know, I have had an emotionally and physically tumultuous summer (and that’s putting it mildly).Ā  At the end of August I finally started doing my Every-Other-Daily readings again and here are theĀ  two cards that showed up for me.

Very comforting and enlightening!

 

Divine Child:

I am the one who is full of simplicity and joy.Ā  I am the one who is held by the Mother.Ā  I am the one who brings gifts.Ā  I am the one who is comfortable in my nakedness.

My message for you today is this: Smile. Notice what gifts you are carrying in your arms.Ā  Allow yourself to be held by Great Mother.Ā  Rest. Go to the ocean and sit. Smile again.

Journeyer

Journeyer

I am the one who moves forward, no matter the weather.Ā  I am the one who sometimes sits and rests and thinks about the Journey.Ā  I am the one who makes my own trail.Ā 

My message for you today is this: Journey is not always about movement. Sometimes you need to pause and rest and give yourself time and space before moving on.

 

Time in a Bottle

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I am the one who is running out of time. I am the one who knows that I donā€™t have all the time in the world.Ā  I am the one who is afraid that I canā€™t get everything done in time.

I am the one who has so much to do and to share with the world and not enough time to do it. I am the one who tries to capture time and save it, hoard it, hang on to it because I think I can control it better this way.

My message for you today is this: Pay attention to your relationship with time. You are hurting yourself with your attitude towards time. Time keeps ticking on, even if you hoard all of the clocks in the world into locked jars and cabinets.

 

This card is one that I made several years ago and it accurately reflects exactly how I feel about the passing of time.Ā  Sometimes I look at it and think that the large image of the woman in the top right corner might be the Keeper of Time, but whenever I read from it, I tap into the energy of the sadness of time passing. So here it came to me again, last week, in one of my daily readings, and after I had just gone on at length in my journal about how there is so much to get done, and how am I going to get it all done..etc. You know the drill!

I find great comfort in this card, even though it seems to remind me of my powerlessness in the face of Time.Ā  It helps me to remember that time is just a mental construct, and that as long as I keep myself in THIS moment, right now, that is all that matters.

And when I CAN do this… stay in the present moment…. then I find deep peace, and my worries and fears about getting everything done (or not done!) simply fade away.