SPIRIT MUNCHIES MONDAZE.
Today I am going to share with you a card that I pulled from my tarot deck yesterday. For the people that are not familiar with tarot cards, they are not spooky dooky witchcraft. They are not for connecting with negative energy or demonic spirits. Tarot cards unveil the things we are so blind to in our busy, distracted lives. They speak to you. The Universe is always trying to speak to us, we just are not mindful of the symbols catapulted at our faces. So all that to say, tarot is meant for growth and understanding. I never do a reading for myself and feel unsatisfied or super confused, unless I am in denial. That is the bull in me, sometimes I just don't want to hear the truth about myself. And this is why I do tarot, it shows me what I usually do not want to accept or see. So, the card I pulled yesterday was RIGHT ON TARGET, as always. And it was...
The Phoenix. Hmmm. Interesting card to pull right? I love how the author Kim Krans describes this bird's symbolism.
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I wanted to share this for Spirit Munchies today because I think many people are in this season of transformation. I believe I moved to the desert deliberately. Even though it was kind of a spur of the moment thing, my spirit needed me to physically be in the desert to understand what was happening internally in me. Do you ever pay attention to your physical circumstances to understand your spiritual journey? If not, try it. When I think of the desert I think of barren, dry, empty, waterless or without much life. The interesting part about that, I do not feel like that is how I would describe my spirit.
This teaches me that the desert is the place where the most growth happens, because it is internal growth.
I paid so much attention to external growth in my past. Financial growth, material growth, growth that does not matter if my spirit isn't growing. I needed to be in a dry place to remind me of my inner power. To remind me that beautiful green grass only stays green when you water it. No more green grass, just desert. But I can survive here. The water that flows through me can sustain me. I have lost much in my life, but there is still so much to gain.
As soon as I drew the Phoenix card, I knew it meant something great. As soon as I moved to the Phoenix area this year, I knew it meant something great. I had such a negative connotation with the word desert. I never in a million years would've saw myself in Arizona. But this is the place I needed to be physically and spiritually. The desert is the door to the honey, the promise land, enlightenment, growth, your heaven, whatever you want to call it. This place is HOT! I haven't felt the worse of it yet, but sheesh. It is really hot. But I need that heat. I need to burn the things out of my life that no longer serve me. Pride, anger and resentment need to be burned.
Fire transforms me.
Fire can change stone into beautiful jewelry. Fire brings warmth when you feel alone. Fire exposes the true you. Burn all the masks, the expectations, and the latch to the past. Burn it all. If you are in a season where you feel you are deserted, keep going. The desert does not last forever. The heat is there to grow you, not kill you. The fire is there to mold you, not break you. You cannot skip this season. I am learning to embrace all things, and become one with the pain and not separate myself from it. The desert is just an exercise on your spiritual muscles. Will you stop trekking through the blazing sun? Will you collapse? Or will you trust in yourself and the Creator that made you and is inside of you? If you are in this season with me my gullies, speak this into your life daily.