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SoulCollage® Suits

By Anne Marie Bennett

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SoulCollage® Suits

Jeff- Community Suit

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Scjeff_2 I just realized that I have posted 4 of my Community cards from my deck, but they’re all female!  So here’s my SoulCollageĀ® card for my husband, jeff.  And since tomorrow is Thanksgiving, and he is the one for whom I am MOST thankful, I will celebrate by sharing his card with you today! 

This is one of the first cards I made, and I found it to be a very interesting process speaking from the card as if I were Jeff!   It gave me a whole new perspective on our marriage.

NOTE: If you click on any of the images on this blog, you will be able to see them a little larger. Who are you? I am the one who loves you unconditionally.  I am the one who is fun and easy-going and loves to laugh.  I am the one who is strong and stable and steady.  I am your rock.  I am the one who is hard-working and dependable.  I am the one who loves people and who always believes the best of people. I am the one who embodies positive living.  I am the one who is a good father and who wants the best for my children.  I am the one who manifests abundance by the way I live and think.  I am the one with a big, wide heart.

What do you have to give me? I give you abundance of love and support and kindness and grace.  I give you the knowing that you are unconditionally loved.  I give you my everything.  I give you financial security freely and with no strings attached because I love you. What do you want from me? I just want your love, and for you to be kind to my children and to my mother.  I want you to be there for me, and to have fun together with you on our many vacations.

Prosperity- Council Suit

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Scprosperity_1 I held onto these images for months and months before I finally gave myself permission to make this card. Then I finally worked with it a few weeks ago when it appeared in my daily reading.  This is a whole new world for me to explore and discover!

Who are you? I am the one holding the cornucopia of abundance.  I am the one who pours this financial abundance over your life and into your world.  I am the one who helps you create your own abundance.  I am your Guide from Beyond who indulges and graces you with financial wealth beyond your dreams. What do you have to give me? I give you financial wealth, success, and abundant prosperity.  I give you a never-ending supply of exactly what you need.  I give you everything you need to make your dreams come true. What do you want from me? I want you to acknowledge me, to let me into your life on a regular basis.  I want you to say thank you to me for providing financial freedom and abundance to you.  I want you to acknowledge your potential for abundant wealth and financial prosperity.  I want you to open your arms, your life, your bank accounts, to my presence.  I want you to believe that you are worthy of financial success and abundance.

Solitude- Committee Suit

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Scsolitude When I made this card intuitively, I had no idea which part of me this was.  After I did the interpretation (below), I see it now as a most precious part of me, the one who loves and craves and thrives on solitude.  This part has always been with me, from the time I was very young. I’ve always loved being alone… but I’ve never really “owned” this part of me or taken care of her so fully until now.

Who are you? I am the one who curls into myself by the beautiful ocean.  I am the one who is content in my soul, who needs no support when I look within.  I am the one who blossoms into marvelous sweet beauty when I am alone, who treasures solitude, who needs nothing external, only my inner self, to thrive and grow.

What do you have to give me? I give you the joy and deep inner peace that comes from alone-time.  I give you time to be alone, with your self, your inner voices, your thoughts, your dreams.  I give you the rest that you need, and can only get, from time in solitude. What do you want from me? I want you to remember that you are one who needs and thrives on time spent alone.  I want you to keep time set apart on your schedule for this so that you can do the work you are meant to do in this world.  I want you to remember that your creative work is made so much more powerful when you consciously seek to balance your daily life with spans of solitude. NOTES FROM DAILY READINGS: March, 2006– What I’m saying to you today is this: This is a hard week for you because your usual days of solitude are continually interrupted with appointments and places to go.  Remember to keep the balance, and that for you, balance is maintained by a higher ratio of solitude. November, 2006– I am the one who finds my deepest, truest self alone, and in nature.  I am the one with rivers and veins of life running thru my body and soul.  My message for you today is this: you can add more solitude into your daily life if you spend your evenings alone with a good book or at your art table instead of with food.  Ask yourself why you’ve been pushing me away during the evening lately, and why you’ve been replacing me with food.  I can be your truest, best and most helpful ally while you are bringing your body to its natural weight.  Remember, I am a healthy and valid part of you.  It doesn’t matter that others don’t need as much solitude as you do…. what matters is that YOU do!

Self-Protection– Committee Suit

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Scselfprotect_1  I created this card four months ago, totally intuitively, just liking the way the images seemed to fit together.  I was intrigued by the woman holding up the shade so resolutely, and in awe of the beauty of the background scene of the sand,flowers and lightning.

As I was making the card, I accidentally ripped the woman from shoulder to hip/buttocks.  At first I was going to get rid of the image, but then I thought, “Hmm..  this is probably important to the meaning of the card somehow.”  So I glued her back together while placing her on the card. If you look closely, you can see the tear mark on her body.

In doing the interpretation below, the meaning of that rip did surface, almost immediately. 

Who are you? I am the one who walks in the desert at night because that is when the flowers bloom.  I am the one who sees the lightning in the distance and seeks to shield myself from it for I know how it can rip me apart (see my wounds). I am the one who holds this flimsy fabric shade up to block/hide the lightning from my view.  I am the one who is trying to protect myself from the dangerous lightning.  I am the one who cannot see the beauty of the lightning (or the desert at this hour) because I am trying to hide from it.  I don’t want it to hurt me anymore.  The lightning is fierce and terrible and deadly and it has burned me before.  I know that it is also beautiful and wild and exciting, but I am willing to not see that in order to protect myself from its danger.

Geneen Roth- Community Suit

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Scgeneen Here’s an example of a Community Card I made for someone NOT in my immediate circle of friends and family.  Geneen Roth is an author and speaker whose focus is breaking free from compulsive eating.  I’ve been reading her books and listening to her tapes/CD’s since the early 90’s.  Her work has had a huge effect on my life, and an intense effect on my relationship with food.

You can see some of Geneen Roth’s books here. Find out about Geneen’s workshops and retreats here.

I was blessed to be able to attend Geneen’s 4 day Retreat at Kripalu Yoga and Retreat Center earlier this month.  While there, I gave her a copy of this card along with a printed page that explained why I chose the different symbols on her card.  She spent several minutes talking with me about it, and was visibly touched as she received it from me.

I strongly suggest that if you’ve made a Community card for someone, you find some way to share it with them.  It will strengthen and enhance your sense of connectedness and community.

Here is my interpretation of this card, which I made a year ago.

Who are you? I am the one who lost the weight and kept it off with my practice of intuitive eating.  I am the one who listens to myself with kindness, curiosity and compassion.  I am the one whose writing opens new doors for you.  I am the one who pulls up a chair to myself and listens fully.  I am the one whose words and ideas give you wings to fly. What do you have to give me? I give you wings to soar above your old self-definitions. I give you a peaceful heart. I give you freedom. I give you books and tapes to remind you that you can do this too. What do you want from me? I want you to remember that losing weight is a process, an inner process, and that it takes time. I want you to be gentle with yourself. I want you to listen to your inner voices. I want you to remember, first and foremost, that you have choices.

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