Welcome to my mindful moments for November! My hope, is that through sharing some of my knowledge and inner workings, it will assist and inspire others as they strive to travel through life in grace.
11/8/20
Are you a spiritual person who occasionally gets so busy with life, that you forget to practice your usual prayers, and other rituals? The past few weeks, I feel I have been busier than I had anticipated. I find myself wishing I had time to do this or that. I sometimes feel that my intentions aren’t “intentional” enough. My “conscious” isn’t aware enough. And my “deliberate” is perhaps in a different direction than I would like sometimes. However, I am learning that I can be my harshest critic. That I hold myself to some high standards that I don’t hold others. Sometimes I need to remind myself that spiritual practice is perfectly imperfect. While I may not have been giving my 100%, I was still giving my all. My “all” didn’t look the way I would prefer it to. But that’s another reminder that sometimes, intuitively, we don’t always do what we want. Our practice won’t always look the way we prefer it. Yet when we are in tune with spirit/divine/the great it all, it guides us in the way that we need in that moment.
Picture from a walk in Rasmussen woods with my family in early October.
11/9/20
Are you familiar with “imposter syndrome” or “imposter phenomenon”? That’s when someone doubts there abilities or accomplishments, and expects to be exposed as a fraud. There is a time and place to be humble, but this is humility out of balance. It can be challenging some times to accept wholly accept compliments, praise, and support. But these are the Universe’s way of validating that we are capable, and we are doing good work. Everyone falters once in a while. And we do often experience tests. Lately, a lot of people have been tested on their integrity (myself included). My guides assure me that in honoring our integrity, and honoring that abundance comes to use in praise/compliments/support, we can trust that we are who we make ourselves out to be.
I finally compiled all of my mindful moments from September onto my blog page! I had good intentions when I first set out to post mindful moments daily and compile them weekly on my blog page. I hope to be back in the groove soon.
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11/11/20
Do you feel inspired to start projects, and then just stop in the middle? Never to finish them? Today, I am looking at projects I started a couple of months ago. I am looking at the “hang ups” I encountered, and my resistance to resolving them. They reminded me of information in the Clarion Call 2020 (hosted by Practical Spirituality with Selina Maitreya). Unfortunately, I can’t remember which esteemed guest shared the information about procrastination and resistance. But, it is helping me to really look at why I struggle with gumption and following through with some projects. First, I am taking note where I feel “stuck” in a task. This leads me to check in with myself, as to what’s going on? Am I being pulled away because duty calls elsewhere (it goes with parenthood)? Was my attention really needed elsewhere, or did I jump at the distraction so I wouldn’t have to face my task? When I get hung up, is it because I need more information? Sure. Why don’t I ask? What am I afraid of? A lot sometimes. This is where I am reminded of that popular saying that bravery isn’t about the lack of fear. Bravery is moving forward despite fearfulness. So, as I send a lot of healing to the shadowy aspects of myself. I strive to keep on keeping on. Or that other popular meme where a person asks “what if I fall?” They are met with the answer, “but darling, what if you FLY?” While there are times it serves us to retreat, there are also times where moving forward (while uncomfortable) leads to much growth, and wonderful new opportunities to do our work.
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11/14/20
Do you find that once in a while, you come across as crotchety? Or just kind of critical of yourself and others? Well, we often hear about our inner child, and doing healing work with him/her. We also have a “witch mother.” Like the inner child, the Witch Mother is a part of us. Does she serve our highest good? Not normally.
So, one thing I learned through shamanism classes with Soulspeak Communications, was to send her away! We begin by saying our prayer to set up sacred space, connect with the divine, and be open to information and healing. Then, we choose a point on a map. We point to it, and state our intention to send our Witch Mother there. And that’s it! We can send her anywhere in the Universe. I personally like to send her to nice and interesting places. She is a part of myself after all. And I strive to show myself compassion, generosity, and mercy. I wonder if she is more likely to stay longer in a place she enjoys…
If you are interested in exploring my past mindful moments, you can find most of them on my blog page!
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11/16/20
Do you find that once in a while, something really triggers you? Something happens that feels so unjust, and even personal, and pulls you off-center? I had one of those moments today. Lifetouch has messed up my current kiddos picture orders three times now. I can easily let it spiral into the dashed hopes I had for the pictures. I won’t be able to give them to family because that part of the order wasn’t fulfilled. And there’s the other rabbit hole of corporate structure serving only the good of a few at the expense of others. I’m sure I could allow myself to be drawn in other directions too. But I am telling my mind “let’s not go there.”
What to do now? Well, I have a plan to contact Lifetouch first thing in the morning so I can insure that I can speak with a rep. When I get through, I will share that my order is again not right, and request a refund. Until then, when I find my mind slipping back to the problem, I reassure myself that I am capable of fulfilling my plan. Also, I pray and meditate. I visualize myself dropping back into the core of my body. I visualize my feet grounded to mother earth. Also, I do my transmission meditation, inviting love and light within, and watching it expanding around me. And finally, I have other things at hand that require my attention, like laundry and cleaning up after dinner. I’m choosing to focus on what I am able to do in this moment.
These are some of the tools I use to be response-able. For more examples, check out my past Mindful Moments that I shared to my blog.
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Thank you for taking a look at my blog. I apologize I haven’t been very regular with it the past few months. I am striving to write them as I feel the inspiration. Some days I don’t feel the inspiration, and I am acknowledging that this okay, and directing my energy where I do feel guided to do my work. To see my mindful moments as I post them, follow me on Facebook and Instagram.
I wish you all the best in health and abundance!
Rev. Jessica
