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SoulCollage® Suits

By Anne Marie Bennett

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SoulCollage® Suits

Queen of Denial- Committee Suit

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I’ve written about and from this Neter in years past, and she came up the other day in a reading again. Here is what she said to me this time:

I am the one who sits here, poised and pretty and smiling, even though a tree has just crashed through my window. I am the one who is ignoring the damage done behind me.

I am the one who wishes the tree and the damage would go away. I am the one who wishes that I wouldn’t have to deal with all of this. I am the one who doesn’t like it when bad things happen. I am the one who thinks that if I just sit here, I won’t have to face what just happened.

My message for you today is this a question (or two): What are you in denial about? Is there something that you need to turn around and face?

I had a good deal of inner-looking and journal to do after this reading… I just love it when the cards ask ME the questions!

Dragonfly- Crown Chakra Companion

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scdragonflyWho are you?
I am Dragonfly, representing your 7th Chakra, at the crown of your beautiful head. I am reminding you of all things that have to do with Spirit, Source, and The One That Holds The Many.Ā 

I am the one who is colorful, iridescent, ever morphing into more beauty.

Why have you come to me today?
I am here to remind you that I am ever present and that you can trust my presence and my connectivity to the wider Net.Ā  Look at my wings in the image of the lower dragonfly- my wing are made up of a web, a net. I am also here to remind you to your connectedness to everyONE and everyTHING.

A Note from Anne Marie

The truth that we are all connected, even to those who have left the earthly plane, plays a huge part in my novel, Dragonflies at Night: More Than a Love Story, which was just released.

I hope that Savannah’s story touches you, along with the voices of her mother, Deirdre Rose, and her Aunt Suzanna.
Get your copy here.

 

I Can Do This

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I have to say that this is one of my favorite SoulCollageĀ® cards. I made it several years ago and was inspired by one particular episode of The Amazing Race.

In this episode, the participants were given the difficult challenge of walking across a very long, wobbly thinly-woven bridge. They were very high up in the air and we were all happy to see that they were attached to a safety cord in case they fell.

I was on the edge of my seat watching the contestants attempt this challenge, and one young woman in particular caught my heart. For the entire length of the crossing (and it was perilously long) she was chanting under her breath, “I can do this.” Over and over. I can do this. I can do this. And guess what? She did it!

I’m never going to be asked to do something that dangerous (I certainly hope not anyway!) but there are plenty of other challenges in my life that I have faced and will face in the future. And whenever I face one, I promise myself that I will remember that young woman’s forceful, positive, super-focusing mantraā€”I CAN DO THIS!

 

Who Are You?

I am the one who is climbing.Ā  I am the one who is on a journey, climbing, and it is a hard, steep journey.Ā  But I can do this.Ā  I am the one who is walking steadily through the dry, hot desert. But I can do it.Ā  I am the one who is strong, who can climb without falling. I am the one who is focused, who knows the journey is hard and steep and yet I can bring some fun to it.Ā  It can be hard and easy at the same time.Ā  If I stay in my body, I Can Do This.Ā  I can stay focused and balanced and keep up the steep climb.Ā  I can even have fun doing this. I can do it.

What Do You Have To Give Me?

My gift to you is of positive thought and determination.Ā  My gift to you is perseverance, strength, attention, focus.Ā  My gift to you is the awareness that it can be fun and difficult at the same time.

What Do You Want From Me?

I want you to say “I can do this” over and over and over until you believe it too. I want you to know that I am a very real and viable part of your being.

Bubble Woman- Committee Suit

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I made this card intentionally to give image to the part of me who refuses to feel anything, is afraid to really feel the messy emotions of life. This part of me often goes numb when confronted with difficult situations and feelings in order to self-protect.

I was never TAUGHT to feel and accept my feelings, but I’m learning this skill now and it’s enriching my life immeasurably.Ā  I wanted to honor this numb part of me anyway, because she really has been (and sometimes still is) an integral part of my life and she isn’t going to go away.

Who are you?
I am the one who is encased in this glass bubble- safe, protected.Ā  I am the one who is safe from the fire, safe and protected from the bubbling rabble of pieces and parts of you that have strong feelings. I am cool and calm and collected, safe in my womb.Ā  No one and nothing can reach me here.Ā 

I am turned away from these angry, sad, fearful, joyful, anguished parts of you.Ā  I don’t want anything to do with them.Ā  They are messy, dirty, bloody, frightening, and I want them to go away.

I am the one who wants to stay in this Numb Bubble and not feel anything.Ā  Ever.Ā  I don’t like feelings.Ā  They are messy and complicated and time-consuming.Ā  I like this bubble. I’ve found that it keeps me safe from my feelings.

What do you have to give me?
I give you protection and safety from the heat of emotions.Ā  I give you numbness to protect you.Ā  My world is not colorful but it is safe.

What do you want from me?
I want you to NOT FEEL anything!Ā  I want you to keep me away from those ragged feelings of yours. But then again… I really, really want you to set me free. It’s really hard to breathe in here!

She Who Weaves the Web

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Who Are You?

I am the one who weaves the web. I am the one who puts the pieces together. I am the one who knows the connectedness of nature, and of all things, of all souls, across time, across space, across the Universe and beyond.Ā  I am the one who bursts forth with strength of body and Spirit.Ā  I am the one who is colorful, creative, and yet beyond words.

What do you have to give me?

I give you the knowing that everyone and every living thing is connected.Ā  I give you the gift of connection.

What do you want from me?

I want you to SEE the connections.

I want you to be aware of the connections between you and every other living creature on this earth.

I want you to know that you are also connected to the unseen and that these connections transcend time and space. I want you to pause every now and then, and remember that we are all woven together in one wide and glorious web. I want you to tell others about the Connections.