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Awakening Secrets Behind Numerology - Here are the main master numbers we encounter on our journey. Each Number is a subconscious trigger helping us unlock our long term memory.

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astrolocherry:

aries - surrender yourself 

mars is the ruler of aries, and mars is the cosmic combat field in astrology. the aries psyche is founded and contested in the battle arena. they have to fight for themselves through constant conflict, challenge, and contest. aries is armed to resist opposition and wage the war. but it’s not always argumentative, socially provocative, or socially destructive. this combat is also fought on the inside through significant internal conflict, and sometimes this is the only fight an aries puts up. one of these battles is between the primary independent self appointed leader who wilfully charges at the dragon against a confused, somewhat vulnerable child who wants to be accepted for their mistakes and quietly needs subtle validation as energy. the other battle is between the reactive, hostile, irate, and reckless energy that remains angry at the world against the daisies blooming with the glow of eternal youth, the fresh essence of new life in the spring that reveal and revel in natural miracles. and there is also the battle between the self-regulating egoist who uses drama as personal amusement against the trailblazing combatant of justice who fights for a cause much larger than their own. these battles can be quite enduring and difficult to resolve because every part of aries is determined to win, even if it’s against themselves. the constant regeneration of inner cause can also hide a further inability to sit peacefully, silently, and calmly with themselves. the skill for negotiation can really begin on the inside against these duelling counterparts. it also exhibits the dynamic and diverse complexity in aries. an experimenter, but mostly an experimenter with the fires of expression, self, and identity. it burns a secret spell. aries are capable of living many lives in one lifespan. they can gain a newly harvested perspective and see the world as something different, refreshed, realigned completely

-C.

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astrolocherry:

aries is the star ascending, so they are always developing and elevating in some way. when they are searching and finding, trying something for the first time, confronting personal challenges, and embarking on new territory they also discover and uncover parts of themselves. 
imagine that you woke up suddenly in the middle of a serious exam with no preparation, notes, or ability to get any help. this can be the experience for aries. they are forced to figure things out quickly and take swift decisive action. it contributes to their agile ability to process information at the speed of light and source its energy. and they decipher instantly if this information will be of any personal use or interest. in positive relationships, aries demonstrates remarkable loyalty because they know no other way than the flowers wilting in winter holding on until the sun returning in spring. they adopt friends as family members because their last remaining memories are with their universal spirit family. and they can swing grandiosely between an emphasised sense of importance, expertise, and capability into feeling quite small and minimising their personal and profound achievements by measuring them on grand scales. 
it’s hard to explain the divine without referring to it as an ‘essence’ or ‘energy’. and this is exactly what aries symbolises in the zodiac. aries is ‘energy’ as mars directs your energy distribution, just as taurus is ‘own’ and gemini is ‘think’ and so on. this ‘energy’ is very much on the conquest for the identity base it can express through, something substantial and unafraid, something unwilling to follow anything but its self-spinning compass of progress and prophecy 

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Anonymous asked: Ive started university and your posts are helping me a lot right now. Over the past summer i went through a depression where i lost all my confidence and security in who i am. The depression is slowly easing but its left me in tatters, it took my ability to feel joy and my self worth. Everyday is a whirlwind and I feel like I'm trapped and drowning in my anxieties. How do I build myself back up from rock bottom? I know you get a lot of similar asks, apologies

zenmister:

…Breathing exercises don’t work for me. I become more tense.

Getting a lot of similar questions is probably more help to people than the answers that I give. Excessive anxiety is a widespread experience. Learning to work with your anxiety takes a personal approach.

Because breathing exercises tend to make your more tense, you may want to try a more physical type of approach, an active form being with your thoughts. Swimming is a good way to regulate breathing while being active. Walking or jogging can also work. Rock bottom is a good place to start from, but a lousy place to be.

If you have access to counselling that should complement any work you try to do for yourself. When you are suffering from depression and low self-esteem it is difficult to come up with the ideas you need to move on.

The most reliable way to generate good feelings is through gratitude and generosity. When you are feeling down, practice thinking of some things that you are grateful for.  As you help yourself and others, practice noticing the benefits you get from giving. Even if you give by letting somebody help you, you can feel both gratitude and generosity from that exchange.

When you suffer from low self-esteem practice connecting with your sense of goodness. Remind yourself that you would like to feel better and that preference is your compassionate nature in action. Be patient with yourself for not knowing just what to do, but put yourself through the motions doing things that you think will be good for you.

Get exercise, go outside, spend time in the company of others. Engage your mind in intellectual exercises as you do your course work. Any time you do any of those things, be aware that you are doing something good for yourself.  Sitting in class and listening can be both intellectually stimulating and spending time with others. Give yourself credit for putting yourself in a positive situation.

When you feel like you are at rock bottom, you are greatly underestimating your value. Think of yourself as being a diamond in the rough, or a prized piece of clothing on the discount rack. Eventually your actual value will come to be appreciated. Your appraisal is wrong, not your value. That awareness can help you live with your undervalued perception.

Don’t try to eliminate your anxiety, but live with it. Try go get it into a range where you can tolerate it. Use any help that is available to you. Anybody who makes it into university has a lot going for them. It is stressful though. If university teaches you to manage your stress and feel good about yourself you will have an invaluable education. 

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Last week to check out this piece and others showing at @jackhanleygallery NYC until April 16
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alphachanneling:

☀️Living Temple☀️ print at ALPHACHANNELING.com
Last week to check out this piece and others showing at @jackhanleygallery NYC until April 16

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Top 10 Gospels You Won't Find In The Bible - Listverse

worlddreligions:

The Infancy Gospel Of Thomas

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This gospel is often confused with the more well-known Gospel of Thomas (which appears later in this list). It is unclear who wrote the Infancy Gospel of Thomas, when, or even where, but the two books likely have nothing to do with one another.

What’s not a mystery is why this book was written. As time went on, Christians were curious about Jesus and wanted to know more about His life as a human. This gospel fills in the gaps left from the four canonical Gospels and focuses on the years of Jesus’s childhood.[6]

Even though this book was never a serious contender to be added to the Bible, it remained immensely popular. Many of the stories contained within, such as a 12-year-old Jesus going to the Temple, remain in Christian memory to this day. Most of the book remains intact and can still be read.

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Sam’s Guide to Self Cherishing

panatmansam:

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by  Saṃsāran

What does it mean to “self cherish”? Why is it important? Isn’t just playing into ego? How do we do it?

Self-cherishing isn’t about putting yourself above others, though; instead, it’s about each of us doing the work and taking some accountability for cherishing ourselves. Self-cherishing is the art of respecting and appreciating you in your strengths and unique skills, appreciating your weaknesses and trying to grow or improve where appropriate, and loving your body for its power, health, and intricacy.

Sadly, for a variety of reasons, most of us go through our lives berating ourselves, hating our looks or our bodies, feeling shameful, ugly, unattractive, undesirable, or unloved. If you pay attention, you might notice that you say mean things to yourself that you would never DREAM of saying to a friend.

This is what we call negative self-talk.

Negative self-talk is reinforcing. The more you let it run wild, the more it will run wild. The brain creates pathways for efficiency. The more you think a certain kind of thought, the easier it becomes to think that thought again in the future, and the faster your brain knows to jump down that pathway.

Imagine, for a moment, what your life would be like if the voice in your head (the one that is always talking – the Buddhists call it “monkey brain”) said the following to you:

  • you deserve love
  • you deserve happiness
  • you have your own set of unique qualities which make you “you”
  • you are a powerful person
  • you are not defeated if you start over
  • you are compassionate
  • your body is not perfect but it is yours 
  • you can make friends and be a friend.

One of the hardest things to overcome is what we call Negative Self Comparing. When we compare ourselves to others we are not making a true comparison because we don’t know what these other people are dealing with. We see only an idealized version of them and of course our real life can never compare with a false imagined idea.

4 TIPS FOR CULTIVATING SELF-LOVE

1. Visualization and Affirmations: Trade the negative self talk in for positive self talk. This is not some flaky new age thing. Champions like Bruce Leigh and Mike Tyson used affirmations as part of their training. Learn to visualize success in your mind. See yourself as you would like to be. Picture it in vivid detail.

2. Taking care of your mind, soul and body. Eat a good healthy plant based diet. Eat frugally. Get some exercise even just a walk. Meditate. Relax occasionally. Learn to quiet your mind. Learn Self Observation. Learn One Pointed Concentration. Learn how to breathe properly.   Give yourself the benefit of the doubt.  Learn the techniques of Deep Relaxation and Self Hypnosis.

3. Cherish Others: One of the best ways to feel good about ourselves is to appreciate the others in our lives. In meditation, or just in a quiet time, think of those people you love and admire both living and passed. See their good qualities and in your conscious mind seek to be like them. Let your heart swell with love. Cherish even the blue of the sky and the cool breeze. Cherish the warm sun and the sea.

4.  Mindfully reflect on your life:   Take time every day to be fully present. That could mean meditating if that’s helpful to you, or simply taking a few minutes in which you do your best to be quiet and still, and just look around at your world. Take the time to deeply and mindfully appreciate the unique life you have.

Anonymous asked: sam what if I am destined to never find someone cause I am ugly or too mentally ill or whatever? I believe in God granting prayers, but its myself I dont trust I dont trust anyone can possibly love me romantically, this is my deepest fear something that consumes me every day

panatmansam:

You are your own worst enemy. You have a very common human fear. You fear to be alone without somebody to share your life with you. This is understandable. However, you forget that everyone else out there has some variation of this same fear. 

The universe is a huge frightening place and having someone to share it with takes a lot of the fear away. They say there is someone for everyone. I disagree. I think there are many someones for everyone and love strikes in its own time and in its own fashion.

It will be okay. Learn to love yourself. You can love yourself without being perfect. Nobody is perfect. You can have flaws and be loved. You can have flaws and love yourself and that is where you need to start.

Please see:  Sam’s Guide to Self-Cherishing