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00:00:11: This is bit breathe and my name is ricardia so today we are going to talk about the spring.
00:00:18: Equinox yay something new finally New Opportunities and that's exactly what we're going to be conversing about today.
00:00:26: So you may know from my last episode in the winter that came to sort of this seasonal Focus which was the Winter Solstice it's all about retreating going Inward and really.
00:00:38: Not just quasi about properly hibernating our goals maybe I'm Bish ins a little bit and really just turning Inward and seeing what's there.
00:00:47: Spring equinox exactly the opposite this is a time of new beginnings we're in the astrological New Year and everything is starting to give us its signal.
00:00:59: In its language whatever it is if it's the flowers then the slowly slowly starting to have a little buds maybe little blossoming if it's the.
00:01:08: Birds returning I've already saw seen those formations in the sky I'm like welcome back people or Birds if it's in your own energy and that of the people around you maybe you felt a slight little bit of I don't know more bounce in your step.
00:01:22: For some of us it can turn into a spring fatigue where we just suddenly really really tired also fine and for many of us this is.
00:01:31: Well the second year of lockdowns and limitations so maybe very possibly not everyone is feeling yay spring
00:01:40: but I personally am really looking forward to it because with everything that is going on with all the limitation no travel no nada I kept having this Mantra which was.
00:01:51: Even Corona.
00:01:52: Cannot stop the spring it might be limiting and stopping a lot of things a lot of encounters and goals and dreams and reconnection to ourselves to other people
00:02:05: but again stop spring and spring is officially knocking at our door so why is this such a big deal for me apart from the fact that spring is just fun and the temperatures rise,
00:02:16: it's also a time where we can really get into our witchy side.
00:02:20: So not just our bitchy side but our witchy side and there are so many beautiful rituals and practices
00:02:28: from the wiccan tradition certainly the Christian tradition if you're heavily interest to ology there's also a lot that can be done but they all have
00:02:36: a few things in common which is 2
00:02:40: get rid of old things not so much just throwing them out but recycling them creating them into something new so we can have that idea of sustainability around this renewal right A lot of times it's about fertility and I specifically don't just mean.
00:02:55: The idea of giving birth to human children
00:02:57: because maybe we're not fertile or we don't really want children or we're not fertile anymore whatever it is around that what is it we want to give birth to in terms of ideas,
00:03:08: in terms of changes in our lives what is it that once to be born.
00:03:15: And just around that idea there's so much you could do you could go into meditation there's so much free stuff online that you can look into but really looking at what has died and rightfully left your
00:03:29: building if you will but what wants to be reborn and everything that is light that is hopeful.
00:03:37: Has its origin in the dark right whether it's a baby that's coming out of the dark room or an idea that maybe came to you overnight whatever it is but we needed that darkness that came before.
00:03:49: So that we can now move into this light energy this birthing energy this full creatrix power.
00:03:57: And the reason I say it's such a witchy thing to do,
00:04:00: is because there are so many rituals around the witchy stuff and I don't know that much about it but I'm totally into it I like the Oracle I'll have the crystals on my altar I will draw a sacred circle around me with my Palo Santo whatever it is I pick from whichever tradition
00:04:16: that speaks to me and that feels like something I recognize rather than something that I think is cool or.
00:04:23: That's in and current blog that I'm following are something right but really look at the witch inside what is it she wants to bring and manifest.
00:04:32: To into the world will get to the idea of manifestation in a moment but just to sort of look at that particular question,
00:04:39: what else is going on in the new.
00:04:43: Cycle in this newest to astrological year while this is a time to really plant the seeds.
00:04:50: For the year that is coming so yes it's already March almost April but the seasonal year.
00:04:58: And the astrological year fall out somewhat together now.
00:05:02: Together with all these holidays everybody has if it's Judaism you've got the Passover if it's Christianity you've got Easter then again the wiccans they've got I think it's called ostara right so everybody,
00:05:15: regardless of who they believe in or what gods and goddesses they.
00:05:20: Pray to or speak to everyone's talking about this renewal.
00:05:27: The idea of fertility we spoke about and this blossoming and then specifically.
00:05:33: Because we talk about birthing lights and birthing ideas and.
00:05:38: Maybe giving birth to a new phase in our life I also want to talk about this potential whether you're Christian or not because I'm not a practicing Christian and I still look into it is the idea of Resurrection,
00:05:52: think about that for a moment Resurrection.
00:05:57: Now that word alone has always meant many things to me for one that was my favorite vintage store in New York a very very long time ago but I love the idea that we.
00:06:10: Renew now that we really resurrect our energy and especially with this
00:06:16: context of the pandemic and everything each and every one of us has gone through has suffered through
00:06:24: the doubt the doubt is this ever going to be over the comparison to some even compared to a bit of a war like situation because that year is is lost.
00:06:34: For us in some way we feel especially for our younger kids it's like oh these poor kids you know this is a time of Youth and
00:06:42: I'm bringing forth their personality and getting ahead to hang out with each other and here there are practically locked in you know and so there's all this.
00:06:51: Energy going on that we really can utilize even with the background of the pandemic so this idea of resurrecting our energy.
00:07:01: The goals the dreams we had before this whole thing hit is really key here what is it.
00:07:10: That you might have forgotten during this last year that actually was kind of on your agenda.
00:07:17: And maybe wants to be resurrected is there a friendship that you let go dormant maybe you guys even had a fight.
00:07:26: Is it worth to look at resurrecting that relationship and then very honestly being very honest with yourself.
00:07:35: Maybe it's not worth resurrecting but I like the idea of looking at the relationships looking at my dreams my goals and asking myself.
00:07:45: Does this one to be resurrected is this the time now is this a time for me to be brave and put this thought this dream into action or have I laid it to rest for good.
00:07:58: Both answers of course are totally acceptable as long as they are truthful to you.
00:08:05: So in terms of everything that is going on.
00:08:08: Looking at the idea of resurrecting whatever it is that needs to come back to life what part of us
00:08:17: needs to come back to life is it our trust in the goodness of the universe the goodness of people maybe even is it our faith that things will get better is it a job and idea.
00:08:31: That we have long forgotten may be long before the pandemic whatever it is for you look into it and see.
00:08:40: What it is that once to be brought back from the dead that sounded very serious
00:08:47: but I guess that goes with the whole idea of Resurrection my next idea that I had around the Spring Equinox,
00:08:55: mmm is the idea of manifestation now I know that word is used a tan
00:09:00: inflationary rate in the spiritual scene and even all the corporates have caught onto and I don't know how many blog entries there must be on the subject alone so I don't want to spend too much time on it
00:09:11: but I felt like it was going to be an incomplete sort of episode if I didn't at least mention it
00:09:17: so what can we do in terms of manifesting you know some of the usual tools you can write stuff down you can have a white board where you can put your goals on there or maybe you want to pin them to your mirror or your stove wherever you spend a lot of time at the house
00:09:33: maybe even on your desk at work but what does it mean to actually put things into tangible material form
00:09:41: right which is what manifesting is and what it is really is to first I think because this is the hardest part for me sometimes is to know.
00:09:50: Well what do I want.
00:09:52: And I know that a lot of us in Seekers you know people in the spiritual seems even people who aren't in the spiritual scene we often wonder what what is it do I want.
00:10:00: And some of us are so good at it you ask them and they just like like a bullet it comes out of them you're like gee,
00:10:06: that was quick me I'm sometimes sitting there on the subway thinking I don't really know what I want I mean I kind of want this.
00:10:13: But I don't know that it will also happen if I also want that and can this be reconciled with this other dream I have and before you know it I'm in five scenarios none of which get manifested so what I've started to do.
00:10:27: Is to First sort of in a meditation that is not a very strict one it's sort of.
00:10:33: It's like an inner brainstorming where I just allow thoughts to come in and out and I don't censor at all I just sort of watch them and I see what bubbles up
00:10:41: and in what sequence
00:10:43: they Bubble Up So stuff that comes up first is usually of course obviously on the Forefront of my mind and wants to be looked at and so those things get jotted down after the meditation but then the longer you sit there
00:10:55: maybe for some of you this is running and you have like a running meditation and that's when it comes to you but wherever it is you are the longer it is you're doing this one thing
00:11:05: the more subtle and maybe interesting the things that want to be manifested become so just looking at all the things that bubble up.
00:11:15: And then prioritizing
00:11:17: according to your intuitive sense not so much I should do this I should do that or that is probably a good time to do this now or this person expects it of me hmm no look at what intuitively feels like Now's the Time
00:11:32: again you're going to have.
00:11:33: A lot more energy now in the spring I really think so unless you're heavily affected by sickness I hope you're not or any other sort of very difficult phase in your life right now but there is this global
00:11:46: This Mother Earth Energy if you will that is here to support us that is showing us that is demonstrating by once again letting everything Blossom that we can
00:11:56: so whatever it is whatever steps it is that you want to take to put thoughts into action.
00:12:03: Do it now because as extra energy out there for you and then the very last one because we are in a very challenging time.
00:12:13: Even more so than ever before at least in my living generation if you will we've not experienced such a global challenge none of the financial crisis came close to what it is we're looking at right now
00:12:25: so it can be a long path and it can certainly feel like a long path like we're never gonna make it we're never gonna make it through this crappy period of Our Lives
00:12:35: I've
00:12:36: known and I know these thoughts really really well they can overcome me very unexpectedly sometimes so I'm thinking what what how does this even make sense how does any of this make sense when we've got a pandemic raging out there
00:12:50: and everyone is scared and doubtful the reason why I think it still makes sense.
00:12:56: Is because life asks of us to live it Forward Lee.
00:13:01: Whether people were in wars in areas of crises whether they still are now whether we still are now
00:13:08: life beckons us forward that's the motion that doesn't mean I always have to press forward and speed things up that doesn't mean I don't look back occasionally and it certainly doesn't mean that I don't stay in the present but if you listen.
00:13:23: Really closely and if you maybe look at the trees you'll see.
00:13:27: It's going forward the trees are starting to have these you know these tiny little buds at the very tips of their branches it's coming spring is coming.
00:13:36: And with it all the hope that we've always connected to it I think and maybe especially right now.
00:13:41: And talking about a long path to freedom in a way to quote a book
00:13:48: I think it's the Nelson Mandela biography that I read many years ago any way to quote someone else who I really believe has something truthful to say here and there
00:13:57: if it feels like a long path just remember the immortal words of AC/DC It's a Long Way to the Top If you want to rock and roll
00:14:07: okay my dear friends I hope this was fun for you I hope you got some inspiration from it in any case and wherever you are.
00:14:15: I hope you can really utilize the spring the renewal the resurrection energy that is all around as I speak sending lots of.
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