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This is a good day to be mindful of keeping balance in your life. The holiday season is in full swing; it's easy to get caught up in the revelry, and before you know it, you've succumbed to excess spending, over-eating, or other bad habits. Make this charm to keep your balance. Whatever need you have, focus on it. Select an item to remind you of your focus. This can be a piece of jewelry or a stone, or simply write your area of focus on a piece of paper. Hold your item and speak this chant ...
This time of year, many of us are overwhelmed by all the activity and social obligations of the season. Introverts may be especially affected, though even extroverts may be feeling the pressure. Remember to take some time for self-care over the next few weeks. Here are some simple suggestions: Make sure you get enough sleep and good-quality food, to the best of your ability. Take a little extra time in your daily bath or shower. Visualize the stress - good and bad alike - oozing out of ...
Typically we think of ahimsa, the principle of nonviolence, as a passive stance. However, there is nothing more active than a response to life that honors it fully. Ahimsa can be a philosophical position, an engagement in the world with care, a response to injustice, or all of these and more. Consider today your approach to living a good life and the ways in which your choices impact others. To help you retain a powerful stance that encourages ahimsa from your core motivation to actual ...
With the first and middle fingers, trace a pentagram over the object to be protected. Visualize electric-blue or purple flame streaming from your fingers to form the pentagram. Say this as you trace: "With this pentagram I lay Protection here both night and day. And the one who should not touch, Let his fingers burn and twitch. I now invoke the law of three: This is my will, So mote it be!" ...
