Card for Week of January 23, 2012

This week we have drawn the Cheetah card.  If you can visualize driving down the freeway with the flow of traffic, the Cheetah is an energy that you send out in front of you to keep the traffic flowing smoothly.  She will keep your pathways of the day clear, on and off the freeway!  So if you find yourself worried about something blocking your way, send the Cheetah energy out to clear it before you even arrive!

I am sorry I didn’t make a post last week.  I was just too darn sick to do it.  Getting much better now, and sending the Cheetah out to make my week go smoothly!

Give her a try!  She’s at your service!

Card for Week of January 9, 2012

This week we have drawn the owl card.  Owls have the ability to see with great detail in the darkness of the night.  Yet what they symbolize to most of us is wisdom, not vision.  So for me, what this card indicates that for this week, we can practice seeing into the depths of a situation and shed light on something that may be hidden, but share that information with great wisdom.

Shedding light on a situation at the wrong time may do more harm than good.  I am currently reading “Beyond Religion: Ethics for a Whole World” by the Dalai Lama  and highly recommend it to everyone.  He believes that all human beings have the potential to grow in their own personal wisdom.  If you see something you think is not right, try to find a way to bring it to that persons attention in a way that allows them to grow out of that behavior.

That would be wise.

I also want to tell you that some friends and I started a new facebook page, Wide Awake Network.  Please go to facebook and friend us!  Our long term plan is to build a network of products and people of wisdom over the next few years.  Please join us and contribute YOUR wisdom!

Card for Week of January 2, 2012

This week we have drawn the Social Butterfly card.  Butterflies are some of the most beautiful creatures we have in our lives and decorate themselves in the most amazing colors and patterns.  Then they go flittering about the beautiful flowers, spreading the life giving pollen from flower to flower, enriching life as they go.

They are symbolic of many things, so you can perhaps best decide what this means to you personally.  In this case we call it a “social’ butterfly, as in one who goes flittering about amongst people, sharing light conversation and lifting the mood of those they encounter.  If you don’t feel up to doing that yourself, at least admire those who do that in your circle of friends.  Appreciate that sometimes a conversation isn’t really about the subject being talked about at all, but is rather an exchange of energy.  The social butterflies of our world bring light and happiness.  That is a good thing for all they come in contact with.

This week, observe how people react when you talk to them.  Is there a change in their energy level after you are with them?  Does it go up or down?  That doesn’t mean that you need to be an obnoxious Pollyanna, but if you are really happy to see them, then find a way to let them feel that.

And do enjoy yourself in the process!

Card For Week of December 26, 2011

The Crane

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This week nature drew a card for us, the Crane Card.  The lesson here is to start looking for messages in your daily life, messages that speak to you in some way.  In my case, that happened yesterday while out on a walk with our dog Maggie.  We saw a beautiful white crane near the path so I felt this messenger of nature was more important to pay attention to than drawing a card from the deck.  I haven’t posted a video on the blog before so hope you can all see this.

The crane is able to look after its own needs for finding food, and yet keep an eye on what is going on around it.  It wasn’t afraid of us and kept flying short little flights in the same direction we were going.  We did see it get a bite to eat at one of it’s landing spots.  So this week, while paying attention to the details of life, try to “rise above” any situations and see things from the broader perspective…see what is really a threat and what is not.  The bird was so much bigger than Maggie that I think Maggie would have turned and run away if she had actually gotten close to it.  And I certainly meant it no harm!  So it moved away, but in a relaxed way, and kept looking for food.

Enjoy this week as we move towards a new year.  Envision what you want for yourself next year and let those thoughts take flight!  It is certain to be an exciting year for all of us!

Card for Week of December 19, 2011

This week we have drawn the Gratitude card.  If you look at the “Meaning” for the card, it is Awareness.  We can choose to be aware of what ever we want in our lives…the good things or the bad.  If we listen to the news, the world looks like quite a mess, and yet there are many things to be grateful for in many parts of the world.  If we place our awareness on things that we can’t control, things that are bad, it isn’t going to lift our energy.  Since we radiate our energy out to all those we encounter during the day, isn’t it better to focus on things that are good, even the smallest things.

It is as if our bodies radiate out what we are thinking about…thought radiators!  Not the specifics of the thoughts, but certainly the level of energy.  Have you ever been around someone that just brought you down…even if they didn’t say anything?  And what are they getting from you?  Light is more powerful than dark, so by radiating positive energy, you can help deflect the dark energy they are sending out.  You don’t need to “fix” them, but just know that you can benefit all those you come in contact with if you spend a minute every morning pondering all the good things that you DO have in your life!

In Gratitude, Happy Holidays!

Robbie

Card for Week of December 12. 2011

This week we have drawn The Dog card.  This image is of our dog Smokey, with us 15 years now…devoted and loving, playful and intelligent.  I am still amazed at the capacity of these animals for unquestioning devotion and love.

Recently we rescued a small, 13 pound dog who had been badly treated.  It took 7 months with us for her to feel playful enough to pick up a sock and toss it around.  I nearly cried when she did as I never expected that from her.  Despite what she had been through in her 6 years before we got her, she still had the desire to be playful deep down inside her tiny little body.

My brother had to put down his dog this last week and we lost our dog Jack earlier this year.  It is hard to explain the bond we have with these animals, but the best way I can describe it is just pure living love.  Love from one being for another….and back.

If you don’t have a pet, take a moment this week to befriend one that lives near you.  Or better yet, volunteer to spend time with dogs in your local shelter.  Animals have a key to unlock our hearts in such a special way.  We can all use a little more love in our lives!

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Happy Holidays Everyone!

Card for Week of December 5, 2011

This week we have drawn the Eagle card.  The eagle has been used as a symbol for Scorpio, after it has risen out of the ashes of a bad situation….to a new higher level of understanding.  What this card is asking us to do is to “rise above” any situations we encounter this week.  The eagle has a very powerful vision to see the smallest details from a great distance.  That makes him a good hunter.  That ability is what can make us good hunters of accurate details to better understand any given situation.

Sometimes stepping further back allows us to actually see more details, even though we are further away.  As a graphic designer, I have to constantly focus in on the smallest details of precise measurements, but then have to stand back and look at the balance of the whole page.  So this week, practice standing back to look at the details…expand the depth of field of your vision.

Enjoy!

Card for Week of November 28, 2011

This week we have drawn the Healing Hands card.  As we learn more and more about the “unseen” energies that affect our lives, understanding the healing power of your own hands becomes more and more important.  I was taught by someone years ago that energy flows out of your right hand in into your left…so to give healing energy touch with your right and to draw out pain touch with your left.  Touching with both hands completes a circuit through the body you are touching…yours or someone elses.   I can’t prove this to be true, but I believe it is worth working with.  I have worked with this concept for over 30 years now and it feels very very true to me.

Think of a time when someone came and touched you when you were in pain.  How good that felt.  There is always a risk in touching someone who doesn’t want to be touched so let your intuition be your guide.  Let your hands feel if their touch is welcomed or an irritation.

You can bless your food with your hands before you eat every meal.  I saw evidence of this at a presentation at UCSD on Kirlian Photography in the 70′s.  They showed a photo of a loaf of bread before and after it was blessed by a Nun.  The difference was amazing.

So play with this idea this week.  Enjoy the “good vibes” you can generate!

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Card for Week of November 21, 2011

This week we have drawn the Flower Bulb card.  I am always amazed when flower bulbs, knowing that it is the right time for them, burst forth with strong stems and beautiful flowers.  They seem to draw so little from the resources around them…a little moisture, sun, and nutrients if they are in soil…and there they go!  They manifest beauty from those simple things.  The bulbs you put in water at the holidays…they are even more amazing because they use nothing but water and sunlight!  The power to manifest beauty lies within them.

They have no doubt that they can become a flower….they just do it.  Imagine if we had that kind of steady belief in ourselves and what we can create.  We don’t have to imagine great “save the world” things, because even just the most simple small things can tip the scales to the positive side on any given day.  Even a seed thought of gratitude when shared can spark a good feeling in someone, and they can pass that good feeling along to someone else…and to someone else.

The stores usually carry the bulb kits as gifts for the holidays.  Do yourself a favor and gift yourself with one….and watch in wonder as it grows and becomes a thing of beauty.

In gratitude to you all, Happy Thanksgiving!

Card for Week of November 15, 2011

This week we have drawn the Sail Boat card.  While the image looks like you are to float at the whim of something outside yourself (the wind), what this really encourages us to do is be flexible as we plan the events of our day.  The exercise is to practice tuning into your higher self as often as you think of it.  How you do that is up to you. For me I just sit quietly, ask for guidance that is for the highest and best good for all and for my own joy and then listen.

As an example, you may have an inspired thought to make a special effort to visit on the phone with someone on a given day.  Nice thought but as the day goes by, that persons day may be developing entanglements that would make the lack of available time to visit with you a frustration for them.  There is a time for thoughtful visiting and a time for doing activities that need to be taken care of in the moment.  So before you pick up the phone to call them, check in once again to see if it is still a good idea.  Who is guiding you?  Your own higher self.  Who benefits by your tuning in once again before making the phone call…BOTH you and your friend.  Try again tomorrow as it may be a perfect time for them to share the stress of the day before…and now perhaps they can comfortably make the time to do that. And who benefits from that?  BOTH you and your friend.

So let the winds of your soul voice guide you this week.  Them make a post and tell us all about it!

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