@Coyote. During my meditation this morning, your name came through. Not only will your upcoming surgery go well, it will also be successful. That is certainly my heartfelt wish for you, but this came through when I was meditating about our world, country, the pandemic, etc. and it surprised me. I’m still smiling about it.
I saw the name "Reading" in my dream and pronounced it "redding" (I also definitely saw Scotland). But it's ambiguous what that actually means. Luminous, your thought about a psychic reading makes a lot of sense, and it's really up to you how you want to interpret all of this. i'm only the messenger ? I think the Norfolk-military-Houston doctor connection is more than coincidence as well.
Anyone who comments on the forum already has much in common with other forum members, and I have noticed similarities between our journeys @luminous . So I guess that added similarity makes for mental entanglement.
@bluebelle Speaking of entanglement, thank you very much for your message. I'll take that hint.
@2ndfdl Sending you kind thoughts and positive intentions surrounding you at your job. The stress, the people and reactions, the effort of trying to make it better. Ugh, but they are part of the whole universe that makes up the all that is you and will not be pushed away.
A suggested mantra might be to welcome home the stress and chaos, acknowledge that it exists as part of the whole, and allow it to move through. My point is that sometimes pushing something away will ensure that it continues to reappear until you allow it to have dignity until it dissipates.
I hope this helps in some small way.
@luminous
Hi luminous, are you living too much inside your head and going round and round in circles. Could being present in the moment sometimes help at all, like speaking to a funny friend, enjoying the outdoors, savouring that cake. I personally don’t see that it’s a need for anyone to suffer to grow or evolve.
Maybe just be for a little while, quieten your mind and get well first.
Take care of yourself.
@luminous I hear your hurt, loss, and hopelessness. Your feelings are honest and we care for you.
After reading @Matildagirl’s post I believe she has the right of it. There is only so much the rational mind can do before it starts spinning in circles. We don’t really know the spiritual answers or the karmic debt that we incur, but we do know that what we have to work with is not just our mental thoughts but also deep consciousness and bodily sensations. One of these should probably not be given constant precedence over the others, for balance.
Sometimes to get out of my dead end thoughts I’ll take a hot shower by candle light and bundle into bed. Ask for guidance and protection, and know that you have them. Sleep well tonight.
By the way, the tarot card I pulled for you earlier today was 10 of Discs, which looks like great progress on all fronts. ❤️
My son tested negative for COVID on a rapid test and is awaiting results of the PCR test. Meanwhile a second of his housemates has tested positive and is sick (vomiting, flu-like symptoms). This housemate, like the first one, was double-vaxxed but not boosted. My son (triple vaxxed) decided to evacuate himself to a mobile home we keep out in the country. He took with him food, books, DVD's (no WiFi out there), and a pack of home COVID tests. Hopefully he will keep testing negative. I feel so bad for him--this is his winter break from college classes, it's almost Christmas, and he should be having fun. ? I know everything will probably be fine in the end but still...
Sympathies. My granddaughter's COVID case put a kabash on Thanksgiving and now my triple vaxxed son-in-law has COVID for Christmas. He tested negative when symptoms first appeared then positive a day later. He is not seriously ill but he has been miserably ill.
Good, on the N95s. There is a helpful article today on NPR with a link to a site from which to purchase masks at good prices as well as a link to the Mask Nerd, an aerosol expert who provides valuable mask info, too.
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/12/23/1066871176/mask-n95-omicron-contagious
A HEPA filter (Blue Air seems good) and even indoor masking for your son might provide a measure of safety, Iridium, as Omicron is slipping through triple-vaccine immunity.
Luminous, to Matildagirl's point, I wonder if Eckhart Tolle's book, The Power of Now might offer comfort? It is paradoxically complex and simple but no matter what, if you get the audio version, his mellifluous voice is soothing. ? Again, sending love and support...If you were close I would make English Trifle for you for Christmas. (or is that coals-to-Newcastle?)
@raincloud Seconding the recommendation for "Power of Now". (I should probably be re-reading it myself.)