'4 The Green Man', the 'Four of Stones Protection' and Extending a Helping Hand

Wednesday, November 18, 2015.  Spanish lessons are over.  Last night was the eighth and final class of level one and included a potluck.  Dinner was great and the flan I brought received rave reviews and requests for the recipe.

Now I need to put everything I learned into practice.  And I will by combining what I learned with a Spanish book picked up a few years back.  I'm quite excited to be learning a new language.  One odd thing I noticed though over the course of this eight week class is that the odd French word came out when I engaged in dialogue with other students or the instructor.

Spirit Is and yesterday's Tarot Energy is "4 The Green Man: The Green Man is generous in his bestowal of creative, fertile energy and he will move you to a new level of confident and assertive dynamism.  This is a time for both giving and receiving the natural flow of life both inwardly and outwardly.  Be prepared to find a new and thriving drive to begin projects, relationships and even new ways of living your life and fulfilling your world.  Now is the time to experience being at the apex of the cycle of life.  Enjoy it!"

Today's Tarot Energy is "Four of Stones, Protection: Many trials and tribulations surface during our lifetime, and being able to endure such times is the sign of a strong heart and healthy spirit.  Finding a personal place of emotional safety may require patience and a stoical dedication to the quest, but for those who have weathered adversity and know loss, the light of life will always burn brightly within them.  By building on a foundation of ethical beliefs, boundaries and skills, we can be assured that when the test comes we are secure in our self-knowledge and confidence.  The human ability to recognize and feel compassion for those who need help is just as important.  However the storm may tear at our own inner place of protection, we must keep the faith that the sun will rise again for all those in peril and offer fresh opportunities and spiritual rewards.  Such is the law of karma, that each act of selfless protection and mercy for those in need revitalizes the spiritual warrior with a sense of peace and divinity rarely found in common practice."

I believe that we are being reminded that in spite of all the violence going on around the world and in particular the latest attacks in Paris that we cannot turn away from seeing and helping those in need despite the risks involved.  We need to extend a helping hand regardless of the perceived threat that some of these people may pose.

I hearken it to coming upon an accident scene and not helping the victim or victims because he/she or they might be for example a murderer or murderers or someone who committed some other heinous crime.  We should not be weary of others or their intentions as it only creates unnecessary fear.  If we behave this way then we cannot get upset when someone does the same to us.

Extend a helping hand, extend your spirit and extend your heart to those in need.  Do not let fear get the better of you.

Thank You Spirit.

Blessed Be.

The 'Four of Stones - Protection'

Monday, May 18, 2015.  A New Moon rises, the Moon is now in Gemini and it's Monday, a long weekend for us here in Canada.  Happy Victoria Day!
We had a homey day yesterday.  We didn't get out until the afternoon as we took a stroll along the pier and enjoyed an afternoon iced coffee beverage a Tre Galli before running a couple of errands and returning home.  I made a few tweaks on my model railroad layout before committing the rest of the day working with the Wild Wood Tarot in digitizing each of the cards and recording each cards "reading points".  I'm actually still in the process of doing this.  It's great to observe the images of each of the card and then write a bit about them.  When the process is complete I will actually meditate with and on each card and then write about it.  I will do this over 78 days allowing each card I'm working with be the Tarot of the day  I likely won't start this process until later in the week as I'm a slow typist so I'm maybe only a quarter of the way through the deck in terms of typing out each cards "reading points".

Thank You Spirit.

Spirit Is and today's visiting Tarot Card, from the Wild Wood is the "Four of Stones - Protection.  The newly risen sun brings hope and renewed vitality to the vulnerable.  Shelter and protection for the weak or the spiritually wounded is the responsibility of us all."

As spirit moves through me and courses through my veins and fills every atom of my being, I must use the strength, love, light, and energy of Spirit to do my part and help those in need in whatever way or whatever form I can.  I must let the light of Spirit shine through and touch the lives of those who need to witness the spark of Spirit most.

Close your eyes and be still for a moment, allow the rays of sun fill you and penetrate your heart, allow Spirit to lift you up and give you a sense of hope that love and compassion still exist in this world and it will come to touch you too!  Have faith in Spirit...

Thank You Spirit.

Blessed Be.