Tag: Flow

The Rhythm of Now

I must trust that each moment is exactly what it should be. I must be present in each moment and recognize that it is the only moment I have. I call this state, the rhythm of now.

Goddess Inspired

February 11, 2022

Tagged Creativity, Flow, Living in the Moment, NOW, Openness

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The Rhythm of Now

I come from a long line of worriers. Growing up, I lived in a household of four generations of women. My great grandmother, my grandmother, and my mother all worried about everything. They had survived a world in war, the great depression, hunger, and loss. They were not people of means, and I am sure that all of those things contributed to worry and sleepless nights. So it is only natural that I am a worrier too, although not to the same degree.

During my meditation practices this week, the oracle cards that have kept coming up for me are ones that keep pointing out the idea of flow. There is ebb and flow, being in flow, trusting the flow, creative flow. Ultimately, they all point out to me how important it is to just allow life – in all its contradictions, its quirkiness, its uncertainties – to flow around me. I must trust that each moment is exactly what it should be. I must be present in each moment and recognize that it is the only moment that I have. I call this state, the rhythm of now.

If I am fearful and anxious about the future, I am wasting the moment that I am living in. If I am focused on or regretful about the past, I am also wasting this very moment. My task is to focus on the here and the now and to allow the flow of moments to wash over me without judgment. My task is to be fully present as each moment unfolds, to allow whatever feelings I am experiencing to flow through me without identifying with those feelings.

If I am in the here and now, I am in flow with the universe. I am fully present. I am not in a state of worry. I am not missing out on the now because I am focused on the past or the future. I can fully appreciate the things of the here and now – the beauty of the sky, the scent of a flower, the joy of a hug, or conversely the pain in my joints, or the loneliness of being misunderstood. How I respond to these moments will determine my future because they are all about how I approach life. Is it with love and appreciation for each moment or is it in fear and mistrust based on past wounds or a frightening future?

As I put my focus on each moment, I am fully experiencing life in all its wonder. I am allowing life to flow, and I am an active participant in that flow. It is in that flow that co-creation with Goddess can happen. It is in that flow, the rhythm of now, that life at its best can happen. It is also in that flow that I can trust that I am held and safe. Whatever is going on around me is a part of a much bigger and grander picture. Even in the difficult times of life, there is an ebb and flow. I can find beauty in the dark times as well as the light times if I stay in the rhythm of now. While being in the rhythm of now may not change what is going on the wider world, it changes how I perceive the world and allows me to savor my life instead of worrying about the past or the future.

Barbara Garland
February 11, 2022

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What My Soul Desires

What My Soul Desires I use oracle cards in my meditations and my journaling. The cards are a way to point my conscious mind to the deeper messages of the unconscious. This week has been particularly enlightening, since the cards I have […]

Goddess Inspired

December 17, 2021

Tagged Feminine, Flow, Letting Go, Spirit, Vessel

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What My Soul Desires

I use oracle cards in my meditations and my journaling. The cards are a way to point my conscious mind to the deeper messages of the unconscious. This week has been particularly enlightening, since the cards I have drawn point me to a more profound understanding of what it means to let go and be in flow. The cards that have emerged for me this week have all been about letting go, living in the present, and discarding what no longer serves in order to make room for something new.

I drew the Yin card for two consecutive days. This card is about the deeply Feminine principle of receptivity. It is the empty vessel, waiting expectantly to be filled. For me, it embodies the idea of being, of letting go of control, of allowing what is. While it is a symbol of being in the moment, it also suggests letting go of the old, while waiting for the new.

In addition, I drew the Morrighan, the death card. This card reinforces the Yin card, because its message is to let go of what no longer serves in order to allow the new to be birthed. It is not a comfortable card, because there is a space between letting go of the old and waiting to see what the new will bring. That space is a liminal space of uncertainty and the unknown. It is a space that I want to skip over because I can’t see the future. I am not on solid ground. But it also holds hope, because only when I let go of the familiar can I see the miraculous work of Spirit in my life.

The next two cards that came up this week were “building blocks” and Yhi, the Sun Goddess. These two cards remind me to look at my foundational values and let my light shine. It is important to make sure that my values are strong and solid, that my foundation is built on love, not ego. When I am sure that my foundation is strong, then I can let the light of my Soul shine out into the world and not be afraid.

Finally, I drew “To the sea,” which is all about being in the flow with the universe and Skuld, Goddess of the Future. To the sea points me to being in flow, to allowing Spirit to flow through me, and to let go of struggle. Skuld reminds me that the future depends on who I am in the now. I must plant the spiritual seeds now for them to blossom in the future.

I have also been journaling about what my Soul desires. As I work with all these images, I realize that more than anything, I want to merge with the Holy, to be one with that Source of unconditional love. In order to do that, I must let go of all the old messages of unworthiness, of fear, of separation, of sin. I must strengthen the foundation that invites love and that invites unity. Then I, as the vessel must expectantly wait to be filled with the light that is the love of God/dess and with the magic that is wholeness. When that happens, the future no longer holds fear. I am one with the Holy. I can be my true, authentic self and have the confidence that no matter what happens to this body, I am held for all eternity.

Barbara Garland
December, 2021

You Have Everything You Need Inside of Yourself

Joy, on the other hand, is a state of being in flow. It is a state of being connected with our inner selves and the divine. It is a state that is not dependent on outside circumstances to exist. It is a state of existence that depends on the inner being, not the external circumstances.

Goddess Inspired

May 27, 2021

Tagged Flow, Guide for Life, Inner Peace, Joy

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You Have Everything You Need Inside of Yourself

As human beings, we are always tempted to look outside of ourselves to fill whatever seems like is missing inside. We think we will be happy when…when we finish school, when we get married, when we have children, when we have that shiny new car, when we have a big house, when we land the job of our dreams, when we retire. The truth is that every time we reach one of our ”I’ll be happy when” goals, the goalpost moves, and there is something else, just out of reach, that we think will make us happy.

Hopefully as we mature, we begin to realize that nothing outside of ourselves can make us happy or fulfilled. In fact, the goal of being happy is a false goal. Happiness is fleeting. It is with us for a few moments and then flies away, leaving us in pursuit of one more external thing.

When we are in that state of flow, we have everything we need. We are not dependent on that external God in the sky, because God/dess lives in us. We are one with the divine; we are the divine. And in that state of divinity, everything is we need is there. Nothing is outside of our grasp.

When we are in flow, we re-examine what we need. We look at what really matters, not what society tells us matters. We see life from a different perspective. Instead of grasping, we serve. Instead of striving, we surrender. Instead of competing, we cooperate. Instead of judging, we are compassionate. Instead of hating, we love. Those things, the things we truly need, are inside of us just waiting for us to access them.

The eternal internal flow then becomes the guide for living our lives and the thing which brings true joy. We need nothing else.

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I am a seeker of truth, a truth teller, a lover of the Divine Feminine, an aspiring writer, a mystery, an open book, a work in progress. I have lived a long and varied life, and now in my seventies, I am being called to share some of what I have learned over the years. I hope to share the wisdom of the deep Feminine that is being channeled through me.

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