To Do list №6 May 2020

Maybe you can't remember what day it is, maybe everything in your life has changed, maybe you're desperately hoping for this to end or perhaps you're finding peace within. Whatever it is, wherever you are, I hope you know that this will one day all become history. As humans we have the pleasure of living through great change, wild mysteries and the change of the world. We will be part of the history books for future generations (I hope!) and that is pretty extraordinary. This month look deep within yourself at what ails you and remember to practise "here now" mentality. Ask yourself "in this moment, am I ok?" Often we find that we are indeed ok in each moment, it is the future projections we fear. I am including the founder of this method- Byron Katie, in inspiration number 4. She has profoundly helped me in my life, I hope you find immense help from her also.

Taurus Season

"Since the last New Moon, the world has continued to rapidly change and nature is thriving. The fear is we can’t or won’t…

The fears about whether we can survive on many levels are real for so many people, and there aren’t any platitudes or spiritual statements to smooth over the reality some people are living. That was old energy when we pacified our self with a sentence once read from a book.

Everything about this crisis from an energetic perspective is to dig deep. Who are you? Who could you be? Will you be all that you came to be? 

Tuning in to the energy, I feel such strength this month. A force that has a purpose and direction. It feels like a bridge for us to travel and underneath that bridge, just like in many fairy tales, are our fears.

Similar to the bridge trolls, our fears are for us to pass so we can move beyond where we are. None of us are immune from fear. Fear is unresolved energy and as we grow, more is unearthed. 

With Taurus and its relationship with Earth, it isn’t surprising this month has the sense that we are digging deep to move. That is the theme for this month."

Beautifully written by Sarupa Shah

- Forever Conscious

The Great looks aesthetically marvelous! A genre-bending, anti-historical ride through 18th-century Russia following the wildly comedic rise of Catherine the Nothing to Catherine the Great.

We are certainly in need of some laughter. Jerry to the rescue!!

Stay, by Stephanie Dnaler

"After selling her first novel--a dream she'd worked long and hard for--Stephanie Danler knew she should be happy. Instead, she found herself driven to face the difficult past she'd left behind a decade ago: a mother disabled by years of alcoholism, further handicapped by a tragic brain aneurysm; a father who abandoned the family when she was three, now a meth addict in and out of recovery. After years in New York City she's pulled home to Southern California by forces she doesn't totally understand, haunted by questions of legacy and trauma. Here, she works toward answers, uncovering hard truths about her parents and herself as she explores whether it's possible to change the course of her history. Lucid and honest, heart-breaking and full of hope, Stray is an examination of what we inherit and what we don't have to, of what we have to face in ourselves to move forward, and what it's like to let go of one's parents in order to find peace--and a family--of one's own."

Pickling, by Crowded Kitchen

"Homemade quick pickles are easier than you think – and oh so versatile! We have everything you need to know to make your favorite vegetables into snappy brined quick pickles in just 24 hours. In addition to sharing recipes for how to pickle radishes, asparagus, beets, onions, peppers and jalapeños, we’re sharing our tricks and tips for quick pickling just about anything."

Who are you without your story? 

Meet Byron Katie, Let her help you change your life.

“How do you react when you think you need people's love? Do you become a slave for their approval? Do you live an inauthentic life because you can't bear the thought that they might disapprove of you? Do you try to figure out how they would like you to be, and then try to become that, like a chameleon? In fact, you never really get their love. You turn into someone you aren't, and then when they say "I love you," you can't believe it, because they're loving a facade. They're loving someone who doesn't even exist, the person you're pretending to be. It's difficult to seek other people's love. It's deadly. In seeking it, you lose what is genuine. This is the prison we create for ourselves as we seek what we already have.”

“As long as you think that the cause of your problem is “out there”—as long as you think that anyone or anything is responsible for your suffering—the situation is hopeless. It means that you are forever in the role of victim, that you’re suffering in paradise.”

Here's an oldie but goodie, there are a ton of videos on youtube that can help you with so much anxiety.