Moments of Awareness

Today's card: Queen of Wands Look for a Leo-type personality to energize your home and family today. It's a good day for family get-togethers, but some compromises will be called for along the way. Spiritual and metaphysical pursuits are favored.

A Load of Manure - New York Times

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Altruism 'in-built' in humans

Today's card: 2 of Swords We've reached a point of balance, but it's precarious and fearful. It's important to reach out to trusted friends for guidance in order that we might move forward on the new path that's opening before us. Our emotions threaten to overwhelm us and the facts seem hard and unforgiving so we must take appropriate care, but provided we do we stand to find deeper reserves of courage than we've known we carry.

Today's card: 4 of Cups As material bounty begins to present itself into our worlds, our emotions want us to hold back accepting it. Our thoughts and actions are at odds, as what has been spiritual seeks to become physical and the energy between the two is not comfortable just yet. We'll do well to check our intentions today and ensure that we're on track toward our true goals.

From: Kelly this is a good one... my friend ... forwarded it to me.... Swami Calls for an Up-Wising - The Evolution Has Begun! By Swami Beyondananda For years now, we've been hearing "shift happens," and wondering when, where and how. Now finally, it looks as if the shift is about to hit the fan. This is good news for all those shift fans who've been wondering if the new age will arrive before old age does. Of course, if you're looking for signs in the news, you won't find them. At least, not yet. The news might as well be called the "olds," because the world still seems stuck in greedlock, ruled by fossilized fools fueled by fossil fuels. But I have been receiving encouraging intelligence reports that say indeed, humans are becoming more intelligent. Yes, people everywhere are wising up. And that's great, because we could sure use an up-wising! The evolution has begun. But before we see changes in...

Online Colleges Receive a Boost From Congress - New York Times

Today's card: 6 of Wands Finally, the chaos and disappointments of recent days begin to succumb to our efforts to bring balance. Look for an opportunity today to improve work situations, or even move into a new career altogether. The fortune we've been manifesting into our lives through our internal effort can now begin to incarnate into our external world.

From: Jennifer J. After Reading THIS, you'll NEVER look at a banana in the same way again! Bananas Containing three natural sugars - sucrose, fructose and glucose combined with fiber, a banana gives an instant, sustained and substantial boost of energy. Research has proven that just two bananas provide enough energy for a strenuous 90-minute workout. No wonder the banana is the number one fruit with the world's leading athletes. But energy isn't the only way a banana can help us keep fit. It can also help overcome or prevent a substantial number of illnesses and conditions, making it a must to add to our daily diet. Depression: According to a recent survey undertaken by MIND amongst people suffering from depression, many felt much better after eating a banana. This is because bananas contain tryptophan, a type of protein that the body converts into serotonin, known to make you relax, improve your mood and generally make you feel happier. PMS: Forget t...

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Today's card: XXI - The World In this card is rebirth. Yesterday we'd reached a tentative balance. If we took it's lessons to heart we find ourselves today reaching a state of full transformation, truly balanced between the material and ethereal. However, there is an energy of deception in the air as well, and it's a lie that arises from both internal and external sources. Truth to ourselves will help prevent us falling prey to deceit.

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LiveScience.com - Accidental Invention Points to End of Light Bulbs

Today's card: 2 of Swords We've reached a point of balance, but it's precarious and fearful. It's important to reach out to trusted friends for guidance in order that we might move forward on the new path that's opening before us. Our emotions threaten to overwhelm us and the facts seem hard and unforgiving so we must take appropriate care, but provided we do we stand to find deeper reserves of courage than we've known we carry.

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It's my opinion that it wasn't Adam & Eve's nakedness but their shame that offended the God in whose image they were created. Love, Peace

A Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Measure - New York Times There's an interesting line in this article: "... we should ... be doing everything we can to control pain..." Uhm... Why? I understand the reasoning and at a superficial level I agree that it sounds like the thing to do, but maybe if we were feeling a little more of our pain we'd be better equipped to figure out what's wrong with our bodies, our lives, even our society, and rather than ignoring it all and letting it fester until it kills us (because we've mitigated the pain so well) we could do something about it while it's still manageable. We might even be able to cure most things if we noticed them in their early stages and actually addressed them at the source rather than writing them off as 'regular aches and pains' to be suppressed and analgesed. Love, Peace

Two Tiers, Slipping Into One - New York Times

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Today's card: I - The Magician We've learned a lesson which applies both to our internal landscape and the external world in which we live. There is a potential for new adventures, but it's up to us to make them manifest. We would do well to seek our teachers and cement their lessons in our lives.