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I hope you each are having a glorious day today!
As I go through my weeks, looking for what I can talk to all of you about here is never far from top of mind.
This weeks topic is a little bit different than my normal.
Well... is there even a normal in this space yet?
Anyway...
Most of you know that I've been on YouTube since 2013. It always surprises me how many of you have been watching my content for that long that are still around and in contact here and there.
Besides and because of creating content there for so long, when I'm not reading for clients, creating my own content, or doing any of the other work involved with being a sole proprietor in this industry, I'm usually listening to YouTube. I put my headphones on so I don't disturb the people above me in the house and do any chores or prepare my meals or whatever with YouTube on in my ear. What I listen to morphs from one thing to another over time. The last few months I have mostly listened to updates on how Ukraine is handling the invasion from it's neighbor, videos about autism so that I can understand it better, some spiritually oriented podcasts...(go figure), a little bit of astrology, a little bit of tarot, a little bit of LeNormand, a little bit of Abraham Hicks, a little bit of my favorite Christian preachers and a tiny bit about politics in this country.
Hmmmm.....as I read through this list, I wonder if my interests are a part of why I can go years between dates....lol
In my YouTube wanderings this past week, I came across a title from a young tarot reader whom I had never run across before but who has apparently been reading for 3 or 4 years so far. The title of her video was something along the lines of: Is Reading the Tarot Wrong? Of course, that title intrigued me. With my strict Catholic upbringing, when I realized I was psychic, I had to wrestle with similar questions. It still fascinates me to hear about other peoples journey through that mental and emotional minefield. And then Doreen Virtue is always in the back of my mind when it comes to this topic, so I wonder where others will land with all of their mental wrestling's.
Where she started off with was talking about how so many times along her path, she has heard "I hope you choose love". I think she was mostly feeling like this was a message coming in on the regular from her ancestors and a couple of other sources along the way as well. I can track with that, and for so many reasons that that would take up more than one "Ramblings" session of a newsletter. I feel like we see the results all around us when people don't choose love, but instead choose to act out of fear. That's not rocket science really. Just most people don't so much think about it.
Than she went on to say that she has always given people the truth and not watered it down or sugar coated it. (You who have been with me even just a little while, know that I think and read along the same lines....so I was still tracking with this young lady.)
Then she really veered AWAY from my perspective. Everyone has a right to their own perspective. I like to say that we are all exactly where we need to be on our own paths at any given time. She started talking about how talking about things that are hard to hear about and that are not so "positive" is something that she doesn't feel like is acting in love. She gave the example of third party relationships as one of those. It was at this point that I went from relating totally, to listening, not really in agreement, but curious to see where she would end up going with this.
In the end, she has decided that the tarot can be used for good or bad, just like any other tool our there in the world, but that she had been using it for bad previously. (I haven't seen any of her previous videos. I have no opinion about that.) Her plan that she landed on was that from now on, she was going to use her cards to talk only about Jesus and God, with no mention of things that are not "love".
Hearing this gave me a lot to think about. Honestly it helped me to reclarify, and maybe to clarify even more deeply what I feel/think about using the cards and doing readings in general, with or without the cards.
My prayer to Sacred Spirit when it comes to doing readings of any kind is that they will give me only whatever if for the highest and best good of all involved. Sometimes people need to know about stuff that isn't exactly love coming down the pike so that they can prepare for it. Whether that means transmuting that energy or just having a good plan for how they might deal with the circumstance productively and not be taken by surprise when it shows up.
I'm a big believer that it's the truth that sets anyone free. We have to have it to make good decisions.
And to be honest, I was totally blown away when she started talking about that she hadn't been using her tarot cards in love in the past. I don't understand. I feel like reading the cards for someone is in itself an act of love. Even though I'm paid for it, which is just an exchange of energy and a topic for a whole different newsletter, I still an act of love to read for someone. In that moment that I agree to a reading, I'm agreeing to not judge that person in any kind of human way, no matter what they might say to me during that space in time. I am agreeing to set aside human judgements, and to see that person through God's eyes. With all of their potential, and all of their goodness. I am agreeing to help them to find solutions that allow them to uncover even more of that wholeness that is the God in them, to the world, with no judgement for where they are with that process right now.
You can't do that for money, or reputation, or ego! You won't be in the correct headspace to be able to pull that off. If this person who's video I viewed wasn't choosing love when she read for people, then I am totally lost. What WAS she doing? Does she not realize that really she was? She didn't hit me as a scammer at all. She seemed really sincere. Was she just reading for money previously? How could you read successfully that way?
So many questions. I just don't understand.
By speaking only about Jesus and God in a reading, can we really give people the guidance they are seeking when they come to us? My opinion is no. We have to face the struggles head on. We can't just not mention them. We have to be able to give Spirit's perspective and advice on them. You can't do that effectively by dancing around the mulberry bush. You HAVE to take the bull by the horns. People can't just dance around their problems in real life without addressing them.
In a way I feel sorry for this young woman who is trying to find her way. Much like how I feel about Doreen Virtue, I feel like "they" got her. "They" are watering her down and making her less effective in her contribution to humanity and the world. She mentioned several times, the judgements that other people had put on her for what she does. She was obviously grappling with what other people thought was right about her and, more to the point, what was not. When I refer to "they" in these instances, I just mean old school versions of right and wrong. Those values that someone put in place, usuallycenturies ago, to keep the masses from becoming to powerful in the world. The rules that were meant to make sure that only the people at the top were empowered enough to have authority over their own lives. I feel sorry for her because those rules that have been passed down through the generations got their talons into her, even after she had broken free of them a little bit. I don't know if I can think of anything sadder than that. Sadder than not recognizing your own good....because the old rules say that you are not good.
We each have to find our path, chop down the undergrowth and make a way through the forest of our lives. I hope she will return to her freedom and empowerment soon. By walking in her freedom, and her empowerment, she will automatically empower those around her to reach for theirs as well, whatever that might look like for them.
Thank you for allowing me the honor of being a part of your life. Sometimes it's overwhelming to think about. I hope I'm having a positive impact on each of you.
Have a fantastically empowered week! You guys are amazing!
Peace,
Amista
