This card again?

This card and another used to plague me. Well, not literally!  But for nearly a year I selected 3 of these angel cards nightly and journalled about them.  And for 32 out of 46 days straight, I pulled this card and another one.  Clearly there was a message I needed to take from this Angel card, and I wasn't getting it.

The pages of my book are so dog eared here, and still smell vaguely of the essential oils I frequently had near my bedside table then.  Here we go:

Sensuality

If only we are wise enough to stop and set aside a moment amidst the demands and distractions of our daily lives, to truly see the beauty that surrounds us, to hear teh sounds of birdsong, to taste a peach and smell the roses, to touch the one we love.  ~ Elizabeth Millar in "The Fragrant Veil, Scents for the Sensuous Woman"

The soul is sensuous and playful by nature.  The angel Sensuality revives your sensuous and playful spirit by guiding you to a more open, loving heart. Sensuality connects to the pleasures of the spirit and reveals itself through the senses of taste, hearing, sigh, smell, touch, and emotion.

Bodily sensations and your truer qualities are greatly enhanced when you are in touch with your soul.  A slight breeze can feel like a passionate caress, and brief eye contact with a stranger can give you a glimpse into the grace of eternal love.  Are you open to feeling aroused and vibrant?

 She goes on to ask questions about how we (I) feel at this time in my life, today.  Am I stopping to smell the roses?  What areas of my life need a makeover?  Is it my hairstyle or clothing?  What can I change in my life to feel more sensual right now?

In the sensuality makeover she suggests the following:

• meditate and ask the angel Sensuality to help feel connected with the sensual, playful nature of your soul.
• Play music that provokes sensations and desires, and allow yourself to feel all of your emotions.  Cry to wash away old pains and hurts, scream into a pillow to break through numbness and Dance!
• Write about any thoughts that come to you, and any actions that you could take.  
• Take a bath with essential oils that smell enticing and make your skin feel smooth and delicious (This may be why my book smells so good right now)
• Do a striptease
• Act out a fantasy
• Dress up in erotic costumes and accessories
• Remove things from your closet that make you feel numb or dead.  Wear clothes that bring you to life.
• And, choose clothing that connects you to this following pieces of music

Celine Dion, "Seduces Me"

Alanis Morissette, "Uninvited"

Joe Cocker, "You Can Leave Your Hat On"

Sarah Brightman, "You Take My Breath Away"

While browsing for these video clips in YouTube I came across something that stirred me. It reminded me of a time of awakening while I was on one of my trips to England several years ago.  I watched a documentary about Freddie Mercury from Queen.  Someone who I'd known very little about, a tortured soul I've since discovered.  Someone who was willing to step outside the box & be who he was, regardless of societies expectations of him.  He stood for so many things that are admirable, whether you believe in the ways he experienced them, or not.

I found this little snippet of a video from 1977, by the same name

You Take My Breath Away, Queen

There is clearly a lifetime worth of work for me here, in this card about sensuality.  I can't let it slide & think I've done the work, completed it like something on a checklist.  Instead, it's something best revisited daily.

During the coaching call last week with Gary, he uncovered a phrase he believes should be my life motto.

Walk In Beauty

It's an old Native American saying that means

Beauty before me, beauty behind me, beauty beside me, beauty below me, beauty above me -- I walk in beauty.

You can read more about it in an ezine article here

 In this article the author also says:

In this life, pain is inevitable--suffering is optional. The key to practicing non-suffering is to stay in the moment, stay in our "Beauty."

By drumwolf

All week my body has been filled with pain.  Migraine pain for the first several days, then what seemed like a recovery day only to wake up this morning with another intense headache and sinus pain that's kept me small and quiet.  In some ways it has been good for me though.  I've stayed indoors, I've waited until the end of the afternoon to write this blog & I've quietly enjoyed teleseminars and information videos that peak my interest. And I did do some research for a client on a topic that interests me, something I could respond to quickly.




And how interesting it is to me, that "walking in beauty" is to be in a state of Grace ~ as this was the card I pulled yesterday. 

I can hardly wait to see what shows up tomorrow.

~ Loralee

Grace

I'm feeling less inspired to write today, so I will begin with my customary Angel Card. Today I will write my interpretation of her work, since I'm not feeling comfortable with the risk of copywrite infringement. The text in green in the section below is from Kimberly Marooney's  book "Angel Love".

Grace

The soul learns which activities brings God's presence nearer.  
~ Brother Lawrence, French Carmelite monk (1611-1691)
in The Practice of the Presence of God

The angel Grace is God's messenger who bestows the experience of unconditional love at the most surprising moments.  These precious moments light the beacons of faith in your soul, showing you the way home.  Home is the place of your soul's origin, which lies within the heart of the ultimate source.  When you are touched by grace, you are feeling God's tender caress calling you to "come home." 

An Experience of grace provides a glimpse of the magnitude of the love that awaits you.  This pure love ignites the longing of the soul for home.  What is the state of your relationship with God?  Do you have a personal connection with him?  By what name do you call him?  Even if you feel that you don't know God, realize that he never forgets you.  He knows you intimately land waits patiently for you to want to know him again.  Wherever you are in your relationship; with the divine, think of it as your starting point. 

Your soul calls on the angel Grace to guide you into intimately personal experience of unconditional love.  An open, yearning heart is an irresistible invitation for the intervention of Grace.

She reminds us that unconditional love is available to everyone, at all times.  

ALL times!!

It's not something you earn 

Some ways to experience Grace:

• Ask the angel Grace to show you opportunities to share kindness. Be Observant.  If you see a neighbor struggling with a heavy trashcan, offer to help.  Or Take a flower to the clerk at your dry cleaners.
• Listen to the following pieces of music:

"I knew I Loved You" by Savage Garden on Affirmation

  
"Ave Maria" by Chloe Goodchild on Devi to elevate your desire and attract grace.

And a quote from Gary Zukav

Judging is like watching a big-screen, big-sound, full-color feature film in black and white on a tiny television set with one small speaker.  The feature film is your life.  The reduced black-and-white version of it is what you see through your judgments. ~ Gary Zukav