@theungamer I totally get that!!! No judgement here. Somedays it needs total mindless escapism! Like your favorite popcorn, movie snacks or candy ( I confess to a fondness for sweet tarts and candy corn and Hershey Kisses )from childhood and binge watching a Grace and Frankie or Lucifer or Jane the Virgin on Netflix. With the doors and windows kept shut against the world outside... cocooned in a mindless disconnect for a bit to destress. I have been out in the early mornings getting my little garden plot ready to plant my Fall garden. Gathering my herbs to dry and fill jars for use over the winger months.Filling the bird feeders, both songbird and hummingbirds. Still trying to establish a closer relationship with the feral cat that I trapped, neutered,vaccinated and released. We have made great progress! He now waits for me each morning and "talks" to me as I walk my little geriatric dog. I can get within mere feet of him now and he talks and postures..but..still not quite ready to for actual physical contact yet... eventually we may get there.. if not.. I can honor what he "allows" Barefoot in the morning dew and appreciating the rising of the sun and the early morning Peace before the clamor of the "civilized" world intrudes. That grounds me most days.. somedays? The pain and weight I feel are too heavy...then I know I need to "escape" however briefly.
I just want to send some love and light to everyone. I don't post much, but I so appreciate everyone's honest positivity. I too have been feeling pretty heavy these past days/weeks, you make me feel not so alone. Much love!
@journeywithme2 Now that's feeding the soul. We are doing some of the same things but I will try to be more mindful of the heaviness setting in and spending more time with nature to lift the vibe.
@journeywithme2 So lovely how you stay grounded, literally, by walking barefoot on the ground. It's a familiar routine. Every morning upon waking I also walk outside barefoot on the grass and gaze at the garden and the woods. After a while, when I get stressed as I read news and think of all the to-dos, I have a video of that garden walk in the back of my mind. It's like the trees, the grass, the flowers and the forest have my back no matter what.
@jeanne-mayell ❤️ It serves to remind me also, that Creator has a Divine plan and order, that carries on regardless of mankind with its foibles. If we were to eradicate ourselves... Mother Nature would fill the void we left quite efficiently and I dare say .. our fellow sentient beings that we share the world with would probably not miss us at all. I try to stay humble and kind.
On Friday night I wrote in my journal that i wouldn't be surprised if a cultural conflagration erupts soon. 10 hours after I wrote that the 7.2 earthquake struck Haiti. And 24 hours after that, Kabul fell. So yes, I also felt the surge of darkness coming and have been tending to myself this past week.
I've allowed myself to read print editions of the New York Times, but no browsing online or peeks at social media for me. I'm sure the mass psychosis of cosmic transition we've been dealing with for several years is at a fever pitch, and there's no need to let that energy scramble my own coordinates. Even when reading the pages of the Times, I completely skip over talk about partisan politics in the US ("Will this hurt Democrats?") or conjecture about whether Afghanistan will become a safe haven for terrorists. There's no need to clutter my mind with conjecture from pretend oracles. I just want the facts of what is actually occurring.
We're at a point where explanatory Stories of the World that have lasted centuries and even millennia are quickly unravelling, and we'll need to be attuned to our inner guides in order to navigate. (That's why I asked for Tarot advice in a different thread. So if anyone has Tarot feedback, that would be greatly appreciated.)