February 14, 2026 at 10:40 am

Symbolism:
Chains symbolize bondage – captivity
Inverted Pentagram refers to hidden knowledge
Flaming Tails and Grapes – This is the vice that imprisons us
Stark Background: hell – what holds you back
Horns – uncivilized behavior
Bat’s Wings – a nocturnal animal
Taloned Feet – the devil as earth spirit
Triangular Head – alert: negative energy pulling everything down
Goat’s haunches – animal drives and instincts
The Cube – the Unexplored Self
Chains – accepting material bonds
Torch – light in the darkness
The Tails – acknowledge the primordial nature
Adam & Eve – banished with paradise, enslaved and corrupted
Getting to Know the Devil
Beware all things toxic.
The Devil is all things making up your shadow self. He attracts you by offering you everything you covet. He wants to fill the hole in your heart. He tempts you with the addictions you should avoid.
Getting the Devil Card can be scary but there is a good side here. You have the power to free yourself from the negativity. You are stronger than your vices. Seek professional help when you cannot face this issue alone.
You are in a dark place. But, all is not lost. You can walk away.
The Devil Card appears with issues in any struggle you experience: sex, food, substance, and negative thought patterns. You may be living with a domineering or abusive person.
The Devil Card allows you to see the darkest corner of yourself. You are in a dark place, but all is not lost. You can walk away.
Internal Issues: eating disorders, addictions, and illness (mental, physical, emotional, or spiritual).
Career issues: bad financial contracts, unsatisfying careers, domineering bosses, toxic work environment.
Relationship issues: controlling partners, lust-over-love situations, affairs, codependent patterns, financial dependency, ongoing money or property boundaries.
The situation is different for everyone. The Devil exposes everything that is not in your benefit. He focuses on all things taboo.
Whatever issues you identify with, run from materialism, power, self-deception, and controlling people.
Break free from people and situations stealing your time, energy, and love.
Beware your inner devil while you escape from under other people’s expectations.
In short, liberate yourself from anything that traps you.
Important here: Forgive yourself and offer compassion to yourself.
Story
The Devil Card appeared in a gift-certificate reading I gave to a young woman. The minute I saw this card in the spread, I knew why she had been given the reading.
The Devil Card warned her that she’s playing with fire. Addictive behaviors are not sustainable in the long term so what began as an escape ends up as a compulsion. Abusive, obsessive, harmful relationships and addiction to material things chain you to your secrets, disconnecting you from your higher power.
When I asked about her boyfriend, she was surprised at how much the Devil Card revealed about her secret life. She appeared surprised at how unhealthy and destructive her situation really was and needed to let go of the ways she manipulated others to get what she wanted.
The Devil Card in this spread pointed to the potential to be discovered when her most hidden and unexpected activities and parts of her life get exposed to the light of day.
I never learned whether the shock of discovery helped her. But this I can say: Her stuckness was a choice. Poor decisions are an option. She was the only one who could change her life.
The Devil Card spoke clearly: “Get out NOW before you get caught.”
Her situation does not have to become permanent. She can stop this now. She should do this to protect her future. This spread spoke clearly: “Now is the time to control destiny.”
As an aside, the spread considered a love interest, affair, or even a crush. The best advice here is to run in the opposite direction. The most she can hope for is trouble and her destruction is a very real option.
Whatever her situation, the details will come with a heavy price tag.
Life Changing Rituals
Mental self-care includes going outside for your help.
Physically, support your wellness without being obsessive about your diet or weight. Take 10 deep breaths every morning.
Mentally, educate yourself on social issues to understand the world.
Therapists, counselors, support groups, and addiction specialists are a good source.
Meditation
Go to a safe and secluded space. Set up your area for your best meditation comfort and environment.
As you settle into your meditation, close your eyes and focus on your in-and-out breaths.
Inreaths promote relaxation. With each inbreath, allow yourself to become more and more relaxed as you nurture your positive self. You are the one controlling the beast.
Your outbreaths reduce toxins, negativity, and anything you don’t need for your better self. As you inhale and exhale, you relax.
With the continued breathing, your legs relax.
Notice how your feet and legs shift into their most comfortable position – in a direction that frees you.
As your abdomen becomes relaxed, your muscles release unwanted tension and stress.
Your back and shoulders relax – releasing unwanted and unneeded stress and negativity. Your back and neck hold a lot of stress so this relaxation affects your total body so you can remove the chains in your life.
Your relaxing meditation breathing relaxes your arms and hands.
As this relaxation progresses throughout your body you notice that your body is calmer, quieter, more peaceful.
Your head relaxes now. Your face and neck muscles. Gently, quietly, your body feels more relaxed.
Your mind begins to calm. It floats.
You realize you are floating away from your meditation area to an area where you feel good. You feel really good about yourself.
Look around now. Where are you? Are you in a nature place? Are you someplace you visited in the past? Are you in a quiet room? Notice where you are. You are moving in a direction that frees you. Wherever this place, you’ve arrived when you enjoy being where you are.
Feel the warmth of this place. Breathe it all in. Feel the air and how comfortable it is to your skin. Feel this warmth, this space, and the love you realize you feel. You feel filled with love. You feel accepted and forgiven. You can disengage from destructive behavior now.
You see yourself as a perfect person in a perfect place. You are perfect exactly as you are. You enjoy yourself in this moment. You experience the joy of just being you.
Feel the warmth of the space. Breathe in peace and well-being with you. Carry it with you throughout your day.
You are your own liberator. You know you can return to this space whenever you need.
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February 7, 2026 at 1:30 pm

Symbolism
The Tower – protection
The Explosion – lightning has struck
22 Drops of Gold – destructive firestorm or grace
Lightening – for good or ill
Flames – destruction
Tilted Crown – loss of self-importance
Black Sky – loss of the horizon
Falling Figures – the fallout disaster can bring
Getting to Know the Tower
The Tower is dreaded and often misunderstood. You’ve been stopped on the spot and are now in the midst of huge shift. It’s time to change the way you have been living.
When some kind of upheaval or collapse from an outside source occurs, you have a chance to rebuild your life. This event, while disturbing or even traumatic, is your opportunity to change. While you cannot avoid the event, you have been given a gift to move on to a better place.
Know this: The system, building, or relationship that collapsed wasn’t working very well to begin with.
Look at it this way: The disaster you’re looking at is no longer sustainable. This event was coming. For all the confusion and stress, you are at a moment in time of liberation. Go for it.
Trust this: Your event is happening for a reason. Bring on the resurrection!
Because this is a moment of awakening, take a few days to figure out the best way to move forward.
It’s time to find your new place – either physically or spiritually or both – if progress is a goal.
You may think you’ll never recover – but you will. Think of it this way: You’ve just been liberated. Caution have been thrown to the winds and your boundaries are exploded.
This is your time of personal development, happiness, and spiritual growth.
Accept this powerful event. The benefits are real even though you don’t yet understand them. It’s time to rebuild! Align and stay in the present tense.
Story
About the time Nixon plotted Watergate, my husband Tony found, and married a really cute little nineteen-year-old in a whirlwind romance. When this happened, I was upset.
After a few weeks, I realized I was young and felt my daughters and I would be better off in Texas anyway. I put Jennette, Michele, and myself and the clothes on our backs aboard a green bus carrying people, chickens, and pigs. And, actually, it was pretty easy to leave the cook books, the furniture, and china behind. We headed for San Antonio, Texas, and I never looked back. In Laredo, we switched to an American bus without the farm animals.
While I packed my daughters off to Texas, my Mexican in-laws rejoiced. They had a few parties to celebrate my departure. After all, I just wasn’t the right person for them. I didn’t drink enough and didn’t gamble at all.
And, in my heart of hearts, I never figured a Mexican divorce to be worth the paper it was printed on. Why should I even bother?
Decades later, I look back on this phase of my life and believe I did the right thing. I brought my daughters back to Texas and raised them as Americans. This was important to me and was probably my primary reason for returning home.
Energetic Balance
In the midst of a Tower event, check in with yourself. Ask yourself: How are you doing? This is also a good time to practice some slow, relaxing, rejuvenating yoga. The idea is to keep your muscles calm. Take yourself outside every day, even for a few short breaths.
Meditation
Go to your safe, private meditation place. Sit in a comfortable place where you keep your spine straight, and your shoulders relaxed. Your feet make contact with the earth, and allow the chair to support your body.
Close your eyes. Focus on your breath. Begin to relax as you breathe in and out. Observe your breath as you inhale and exhale.
You inhale and exhale more deeply. As this happens, your breathing becomes deeper, slower.
As you inhale and exhale, move your breath to focus on other body parts. As your breathing moves to different body parts, you find tension. Wherever you find this tension, exhale the stress.
As your attention moves to your arms and hands, you inhale in appreciation for all they do.
Your arms and hands relax.
As you focus your attention on your shoulders and neck, they relax. Breathe in appreciation and breathe out stress.
Take a few in-and-out breaths as you enjoy this relaxation.
Focus now on your chest area. Inhale gratitude for your heart and lungs. Exhale stress, tightness.
Move on to your abdomen. Encourage it to soften. Exhale deeply as this happens.
Notice your buttocks now. Breathe in relaxation. Allow toxins to release. .
Send gratitude to your legs, thighs, knees, lower legs, ankles. Appreciate the work they do today as they carry you where you need to go.
Focus on your feet and toes now. Send gratitude to the many bones and muscles in your feet and toes. Acknowledge the support they give and the work they do.
Encourage your breath to scan your body, removing any tension that remains. Let each breath relax you more and more.
Finally, focus on your mind and emotions. Notice your burdens: your activities, your work, your errands, your cares. As you exhale deeply, allow them to dissipate and disappear.
Send these burdens on their way.
You are in your present moment now. You are in the here and now. You feel lighter, refreshed, relaxed. Your body and mind feel free now.
Take a few inbreaths and outbreaths now. Move gently now. Let your body stir.
Open your eyes now. Look around.
You are now ready to move on in this day.

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April 21, 2025 at 11:57 am


Your opportunity is a powerful game changer.
Opportunities can be emotional, healing, and intimate. They give you hope again.
Not coming around often, your opportunity seems like a gift card.
Whenever it appears in your life, one thing is sure: You may not see the size, shape, weight, or anything else about your opportunity..
You may not know yet how much or where you’ll spend your opportunity’s currency. It may even be difficult to impossible to visualize how your opportunity will end up. .
Begin the adventure!
Connect with this. Feel it. Smell it. Hear it. Let it touch your heart. Take it and make it what it will eventually become.
However this opportunity develops, use it to fulfill your dream.
Sometimes beginnings can be challenging. The moment can be profound, even.
As your opportunity takes shape, the events may be powerful. This can release creative and intuitive emotions. When this happens, you may connect with your opportunity physically and spiritually.
Give it the definition It needs.
This may guide you to forgive and heal yourself. Get ready. Self-acceptance can be expansive. This can be good for your opportunity and its definition.
Pay attention to the activities in your unconscious self.
You are opening up your self. Protect your heart. It is open and filling with love.
A good step now is to write yourself a letter. Support yourself here and now. Welcome the growth you experience. Embrace change and all the wondrous things coming your way. Give yourself permission to be the person you choose to be. This includes your thoughts, emotions, and everything making you who you are.
Breathe in those things promising your success. Radiate power, confidence, and whatever supports it.
Receive your talents and everything else in the world important to your self.
Accept those positive gifts and “run with them” as my grandmother used to say.

Spend time receiving Reiki therapy and reflexology sessions. These sessions promote balance and homeostasis. They will support your opportunity journey in ways you may not know at the moment. Balance and homeostasis cannot be overstated.

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December 25, 2024 at 10:12 pm


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We gathered at the Woodstock Jewish Congregation last Sunday and grieved together. Not really. We were, actually, each in a separate bubble, remembering Alan.Hans
The Rabbi sang prayers a capella. The crowded room included family and friends, community members, employees, and others.
We each felt special. We each felt a unique connection to the memory of Alan Hans. Several individuals spoke – each person relating what she felt was a “secret” experience shared with Alan Hans..
These short, shared stories made the guests feel more comfortable with the person who had a larger-than-life connection to his community. Guests felt a sense of togetherness in the moment.
This energy shift was important to the grief experience.
Really, Dr. Alan Hans was much more than the father, uncle, friend, veterinarian, employer. He gave character, strength, and color to a group of people who call Woodstock, NY, home.
Throughout his career in Woodstock and Port Ewen, I don’t think Dr. Hans sought his place in the community. He just settled into this spot…through his daily connections with people in the community.
During the service, a few people sat alone, on the back row or along the wall. They were as close to invisible as they could get. The grief was overwhelming.
I think that happens in situations like this. .People are recognized – family, friends, neighbors.
But, when the deceased honoree is a person of the community – an entirely different group huddles together individually or collectively.
The situation cannot be avoided. Unless the person or persons go to the family and identify themselves, not much can be done.
They are outside the circle of family and friends but inside the circle of the community. Though often unidentified, the grief is just as deep, just as disturbing, and just as captivating.
Grief offers us an opportunity to hold and comfort each other more closely. Our remembrances are shared as treasured thoughts.
To those sitting outside the circle and along the wall, let us reach out from our hearts to yours with love, with sympathy, and with caring.
Our hearts and minds are thinking of you at this difficult time.
Thurman Greco

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March 13, 2024 at 12:22 am


To be honest, things are becoming more and more confusing as the days go along. Every time I greet a friend or neighbor or anyone, for that matter, she talks to me as if we are all lost.
And, maybe we are.
It’s hard-to-impossible to figure out sometimes where this year is headed. Some of my friends and acquaintances are solving their dilemma by simply not reading papers or watching TV.
Others choose their channels with care, blocking out everything that seems to be problematic.
Still others are becoming information junkies, focusing their lives on a particular channel offering information they can understand and accept.
On the home front, our Woodstock community is undergoing gentrification. We’re all facing the fact that we’re living in a place far removed from the community we chose to live in when we moved here.

And, this situation comes on the heels of the stresses of Covid and everything that went with that.
Our home is hardly recognizable.
And, I haven’t even brought other news: economic, climate change, the election, our local schools – and any other thing you can imagine.
Then, there are all the economic and social changes in our country.
Sometimes, I think that each of us is on our own, private, Yellow Brick Road.
And, that leads me to the whole reason for this blog post: Fear
The Fear is palpable.
It has an odor.
I see it on the street in the way people walk and the way they talk and the way they dress.
There are some things we can do as we make our way forward into a future many of us are having trouble even imagining.

ONE. Speak Your Fear. As soon as you begin to share your fear, it begins to lose its power over you.
TWO. When fear covers you with an invisible tent, practice breathing exercises. Include meditation sessions. Find what works for you and practice it regularly. When this breathing exercise becomes a part of your life, you should be able to find calm which will send the panic running.

THREE. Exercise regularly. Regular exercise slows down the fight-or-flight reflex. The options are open here. Do what you enjoy.
FOUR. Seek out friends you can chat with who will have a calming effect on you. This step has been helpful for me. When I’m upset, I call Carey and we chat. Sometimes she calls me. Over the last few months, I’ve gathered a few friends who call me. We’re an informal support group.

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FIVE. Enjoy Reiki, or other bodywork modality, regularly I’m watching healing groups form in the area. People gather regularly to share and exchange their sessions. I cannot tell you how important these groups are. Peace. Calm. Lower Blood Pressure, Sleep………….

SIX. Get the what-ifs out of your life and your mind. These lists of fears can wreak havoc on your day. And, they will not save your situation. They are a waste of time which will get you nowhere. Instead, focus your energy on things you can manage.
SEVEN. Write something. This can be a memoir, a journal, a diary, a letter to the editor, a note to a friend you haven’t seen in awhile – whatever works for you. If you’ve never written anything before, now is a good time to begin. Don’t worry. Everybody has a first sentence or chapter or essay. I had one. I never wrote anything but my name before 2013. And, now I have 2 blogs and several books – one of which has been purchased by people in over three dozen countries!

When you begin to write, don’t be afraid of a blog. My first 2 blogs certainly kickstarted my career. I bought a book by Nina Amir: “How to Blog a Book”. I read this book and followed Nina Amir’s instructions.
EIGHT Stress and what-ifs are good invitations to develop our spiritual and religious lives. This is a good time to meet fear with a renewed trust in your spiritual and religious beliefs.
Sometimes reality can be downright scary. This week, meet the uncertainty and fear in your life with a renewed calm. Work your way down the list and see what item helps you the most.

And, finally, thank you for reading this blog post!
Thurman Greco.
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January 30, 2024 at 1:10 am

This year, my daughter and I gave my spouse an iPad for a holiday gift. We were all excited. Barry is now going to get to enjoy connecting with the world while sitting in his recliner with his feet up.
This piece of modern technology is a win for all of us. He’s enjoying the world and I’m enjoying seeing his feet elevated!
Technology makes so much of his daily experience: he is constantly on the phone, checking emails and social media pages, typing reports and filling out forms.
He is also continually absorbing electromagnetic waves from his electronic equipment.
Now, by the end of the day, he appears bleary-eyed. His skin looks pale. I’m willing to bet that his mind is on overload also. From the looks of things, his new iPad has a down side as well as an upside.
We finally all agreed with him that things were not necessarily what we hoped for. Having his feet elevated while entertaining himself was a goal but he was paying a price for all this fun.
He finally decided to schedule periodic brakes and time-outs. He scheduled detox brakes.
So, now, at a certain point in the day, he turns off his phone, iPad, laptop and all other electronic equipment. He removes his equipment from his area.
Now, instead, he takes time to visit with us, review his day, or reads a book or the New York Times.
This break refreshes him. He feels that he’s grounded and he realizes that there is more to his life than the contents of a screen or speaker.
A periodic digital detox works for us all in different ways. For example, if you’re working from home, it’s important to take detox breaks throughout the day to maintain your work production.
Actually, whatever project you may have going throughout the day will benefit from a digital detox break. If nothing else, leave your project for a few minutes and have a glass of water. Water has energizing effects which we all need throughout the day.

Beginning and ending your activities with a 10-minute Reiki or reflexology session will improve your project results. Even a short break is good to promote homeostasis, something our bodies all need.
Reflexology sessions relax, balance, and heal the whole body.
Everything always goes better with reflexology!
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August 30, 2023 at 8:12 pm

Our long-term health and longevity rests in our hands. Genes play an important role, but it’s the things we do every day which add up to long-term health and wellness. Our day-to-day living carries us to good health throughout our lives.
A Secret
I’m happy to share this secret with you. My daily breakfast is the most important meal of my day. But, it’s not just any old breakfast. It’s my muesli breakfast! Not just oatmeal. Historically, Muesli was a specific cereal blend which kept the Swiss healthy in World War II when food shortages were common.
So, what is Muesli? Muesli is an easy-to-prepare-and-serve meal made up of rolled oats, seeds, dried fruits and nuts.
My Morning Muesli
1/2 cup muesli mix
2 tablespoons plain yogurt
1 scoop collagen peptides protein powder – I purchase mine at Village Apothecary here in Woodstock, NY.
1/2 cup of half-and-half or juice or whipped cream
Scoop ingredients into a small bowl and cover with liquid.
Enjoy!
I eat this cereal at room temperature.
Some History
When I began eating this breakfast, I bought boxes of muesli in the cereal section of the grocery store. It wasn’t long until I was mixing my own blend from raw ingredients I found in the bulk section of the grocery.
Now, my Muesli includes rolled oats, sunflower seeds, almonds, pecans, crispy rice cereal, raisins and other fun raw grains and dried fruits. I make large batches of my breakfast mix and just scoop it into a bowl or cup.
I enjoy adding chopped apples, bananas, blueberries, etc.
When I work all night, I prepare my muesli breakfast before I go to work and then eat it on my 4:00 am break.
I love this breakfast because it’s easy to fix – no matter what the situation. I also like it because it sticks with me. I never get the before-lunch hunger pangs. I also like this breakfast because my experiences with it have taught me that the ingredients are magical.
The oats and other raw grains found in Muesli are filled with vitamins, minerals, antioxidents, protein, iron, and omega-3’s.
The ingredients in my breakfast muesli help me fight off diabetes, and high blood pressure. They encourage a good energy level and they motivate my immune system to work better.
What more can I ask for? The cereal is easy to prepare, fun to eat, and keeps me healthy! This is a win! win! win!

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May 14, 2023 at 9:59 am

Self-care is part of my daily life. Practicing self-care develops personal happiness. It honors a balance between personal life and career.
Self-care offers things that are important in daily life. But, that’s not all. Self-care activities diminish burnout, stress, and fatigue.
Occasionally, I review my physical, mental, and spiritual toxicity to boost my self-care agenda. Actually, a toxicity review is good for everyone, whether or not self-care is the issue.
To pamper myself, I’ll declare a detox week.

Your body continually self-cleans. But, sometimes this process needs a focus and boost because of the hordes of chemicals confronting the liver, lungs, kidneys, fat cells, intestines, bloodstream, and skin.
Toxins come in many forms: too much sugar, caffeine, and processed foods.
They also invade us through pesticides in the produce we eat, formaldehyde in carpets and cosmetics, plastics, and paper products.
I’ll start off a detox week with a water flush, drinking filtered water to cleanse my tissues. (I normally drink filtered water but, with a detox week, I’ll add a variety of waters which I get at the health food store. I also drink some of the Saratoga Springs Waters.) And, I’ll alternate my water with herbal teas to support my liver, lymphatic system, bowels, urinary tract and skin.
DRINK 8 GLASSES OF WATER
DRINK 2 CUPS OF HERBAL TEA
For a fresh-air treat, I go to my local garden center and buy a new plant to help detox my home. I love ferns. Truthfully, I love any plant that I can grow. I started growing houseplants during the pandemic. I definitely don’t have a green thumb but I’ve managed to collect plants which are surviving in my home. The oxygen they produce is important.
GET A PLANT FOR FRESH AIR
My detox week includes a daily cleansing walk, a short 20-30 minute walk I take in my neighborhood to breathe fresh air and enjoy my community.
TAKE A 20-MINUTE WALK

Finally, I include breathing properly to dispel toxins and wastes. When I celebrate a detox week, I set aside time each day to practice deep, slow, rhythmic breathing. This clears my mind, lifts my energy, and boosts my mood.
TAKE 10 CLEANSING BREATHS

SCHEDULE A WEEKLY REIKI OR REFLEXOLOGY SESSION
Reiki and Reflexology work well with a detox week. Include one session for the week or, if time permits, include a daily session.


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May 11, 2022 at 7:45 pm

Are you ready to move into your future?
You’re at a good starting point now. You’ve just lived through a couple of years where your life was different from anything you’ve experienced before.
Each of us has a different pandemic life experience.
For years, my job had a certain description, a certain pace. Suddenly, the pandemic brought in new and different rules. I remember that first Monday like a confusing dream.
One of my friends, on a road trip to California, got stuck somewhere in Nevada or Colorado for three weeks when everything shut down.
Another close friend went into her home and hasn’t come out yet. When I visit with her over the phone, I wonder if I’ll ever see her again. Social distancing is an art form for her. Her life is a closet to hide in.
We cleaned our homes, and cleaned out our homes. We took up solitary hobbies. We did things we never even imagined that we would do and then we talked about it on the phone and emailed about it. Or didn’t.
CHANGE IS IN THE AIR NOW
People are moving, getting new jobs, getting trained, starting new businesses. Whatever this shift brings, I see people going forward somehow. .
Question marks punctuate everything. Question marks are the centerpiece of this new energy. We’re riding into our futures on them.
What are some guidelines we can use in these new times?

GRIEVE THE TIME WE LIVED THROUGH THE PANDEMIC.
Honor your losses. Remember friends and relatives lost to this disease. Did you struggle with children trying to learn school lessons at home? Is your job gone forever? Did you work endless hours? Is your housing situation changed? How are you changed?
Honor these experiences and set them free.
OPEN THE CLOSET DOORS.
Send whatever fears you have away. Quit hiding from life, hiding from love.
You may be hiding old, worn-out fears and experiences in this closet. If you look in the corners, you may find baggage stuffed with fears and events you experienced in past lives even.
Whatever you’re hiding, send it on its way. You need space for the new you. Spend some time meditating about the new you – how you look and act and feel.
GIVE YOURSELF PERMISSION TO LET YOURSELF BE YOU.
Right now the world needs you to just be you. When you are yourself, you can soar like a beautiful bird. As you soar, you release your limitations.
With your limitations gone, you’ll shine in new ways you may not have thought possible before. Let the world see the real you – the new you that was there all along,
Without limitations, how will your new life look?
For some of us, creating the new life is the most difficult part of moving into your new future. These old limitations were comfortable. Make it easier to create your new life. Creating your new identity can be a real challenge.
It can also be the best thing you can do.

BEGIN BY LETTING GO.
Let go of living with what other people expect of you. When you live your life according to what everybody else wants, you will find yourself following the crowd, and obeying the rules.
When you give up living your life for other people, you’ll find that you are discovering things you want to do to live your own life for yourself.
Hurrah!
You may even see the big picture now.
FINALLY!
You are good enough. You are smart enough. Know your worth.
Be kind.

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February 21, 2022 at 9:20 pm

Your third eye chakra has a lot to do with trust. The first thing you do with your third eye chakra is trust what you see. This means you develop trust in what is going on around you and what you focus on.
I don’t think what I just wrote is that clear to everyone but, a developed third eye chakra uses your grounded, logical thinking along with your intuitive experience.
This combination is necessary because if you rely exclusively on your logical thinking and reject your intuition, you won’t get the full picture.
A lot of your successful decision-making in life depends on knowing and understanding a wholistic set of facts and events leading up to the decisions you make.

This wholistic approach develops your mental clarity.
Wholistic decision-making works with your third eye chakra because your pituitary gland is located between your eyebrows in your sphenoid bone.
Much of your successful third eye functioning depends on practice – practice and trust.
I did two things to develop and trust my third eye chakra when I learned Reiki therapy from Mary Ruth Van Landingham in Vienna, Virginia.
Second, I developed and trusted my third eye chakra when I studied tarot card reading with a professional tarot card reader while I lived in Virginia.
I didn’t realize what was happening at the time but after several years, I couldn’t deny reality any longer.

All those mornings studying with Shoshana and all those Reiki classes with Mary Ruth Van Landingham changed my life.
Reiki therapy was instrumental in developing my trust and decision-making in life. Reiki taught me what I know about healing and the healing process.
Reiki taught me to see the world in a full spectrum way which included absorbing wisdom and information around me. I learned to connect to my inner energy to see things from different perspectives.
Tarot taught me about the importance of questions and the importance of the process.
Developing your third eye chakra can facilitate your inner knowing and your higher self.
When you work on your third eye chakra, meditation, and yoga can help.
And, finally, don’t overlook your need for clean, pure water.


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Many Reiki books are available. When I first studied Reiki therapy, I found fewer than half a dozen. Now, it seems there are thousands of Reiki books available..
I recommend two Tarot Card writers: Rachel Pollack and Avigayil Landsman.
Rachel Pollack’s books are fascinating. It’s hard to put one down when you begin reading it. That says a lot. Her books are filled with pages and pages of information.
A good first choice for Rachel Pollack’s books is “Tarot Wisdom.”
I also recommend Avigayil Landsman’s book, “Letters from Heaven.”
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