Insights from Session 3 of TYLL...

Insights from today's FFS class...

(1) I am Water and Earth essence: and she talked about how each one influences the other. Last week, she gave me the feedback that my secondary Earth is lived out philosophically (Water). This week she asked all of us to reflect on how we live our primary essence. So if we are the Philosopher, are we a "healer Philosopher?" which would be Water blended with Earth. Well, that's exactly what I am.

(2) I am Water and Earth appearance: Water hair, Earth eyes and Earth skin. I thought maybe my eyes also had Fire coloring because when I looked at them in the mirror, I thought I saw one of the colors on the Fire wand. But she asked me to email her a pic of my eye and when I did, she said it was topaz and she would say it was Earth. In class, she called my coloring "burnished." Don't you love that?

(3) I'm thinking that makes Fire a tertiary influence, since I have some of the facial features and identify somewhat with the personality traits.

(4) A lot of the people I thought had Wood bodies were Metal. Wood, apparently, is waistless. If there is any indentation of arc, even if it is slight, then that person is Metal.

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Toward More Earth: Cinnamon Wisdom and a Deer

 

Deer... this picture (from Jen, on FB) and decided that as an animal spirit, maybe deer has something to tell me about how to sink more deeply into Earth...

"Calm & centeredness come when the deer is invited into your life. Think of the deer's antler's as antennae, tuned into the subtle energies that swirl through your unconscious."~~Stephanie Iris Weiss, Spirit Animals

Cinnamon...

I'm also thinking about Root Chakra, and clove, which is in my Cinnamon Stick candle. Perhaps I need to light it more often...

Earthy Comfort

I think I have hit upon some ways to increase Earth energy in my life so that I can be more grounded and centered and peaceful. Doing things that are comforting and self-nurturing helps me feel like all's right with the world...

Like watching family and romantic movies, alone and with my son. And maybe making more comforting meals. Taking walks by the trees, and sitting out on the balcony more often. Lighting my vanilla cookie candles. Reading. Maybe a little less time on FB and a bit more just hanging out with my son or by myself.

I came up with these after working on my Style Statement. I changed it to Natural Comforting Warmth. And then, I thought about what that would look like in my life.

So I'm planning to create a comfort collage. Stay tuned!

Toward More Earth

 

So last night, I sort of let percolate the question of how to bring more Earth into my life and into my daily experience. Because my goal is to be more grounded, more centered and more peaceful.

And then I had a dream that I believe may be a response to that question. In the dream, I was getting my car worked on, and the guy working on it had moved some things around and was telling me how to fix it back to the way it was before.

While I was trying to adjust things, the car started moving, and I was barely able to control it. By the time it stopped, I had moved away from the place where I was and was on another road entirely! And that kept happening!!

It was like this scary, madcap adventure because I couldn't stop the car, and could barely make it move the way I wanted it to but somehow, each time, it would miss the other cars and eventually stop without anyone getting hurt. Finally, I was able to turn it off in the driveway of a house I had never seen before.

I got out of the car, shaken, and a woman was walking across the street, having seen me stop, and was coming to talk to me.

Now, I'm sure this dream has multiple layers of meanings (including some deeper meaning about recent losses in my life) but as applied to the Earth thing, here are the questions I asked...

(1) What did the car need? Better brakes!!!

(2) What did I need? Confidence that I knew exactly where I was going & how I was going to get there without hurting myself or anyone else.

(3) What was my perceived problem? I could not control the car & wasn't sure when or if it would stop!

(4) How do I wish the dream had been different? I wish it had been a smooth, easy ride straight to my destination.

Well, there you go, the meaning of life in four questions and answers! It is obvious that I am the problem in my dream, and that, in real life, it is not necessary to "control the car" or know when and how it will stop or even exactly how I will get where I need to go.

But I do need vision and confidence that I will get there. And trust in the car and the one who fixed it.

Earth offers commitment to wrap a bow around vision and confidence, and being grounded and centered may help with trust. But also, maybe I need better brakes. And I might need more frequent stops to regroup.

And, of course, I need to remember that "the car" is a love bug! :)

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Intention: More Earth

During our FFS class yesterday, I realized that though my Essence element is Water, my secondary elemental influence is Earth. I didn't think it could be because Earths are the nurturers who live to serve. I definitely do not live to serve!!

But I do love to help people by empowering them with information! When Evana mentioned Oprah (as an Earth), who has been doing exactly that for more than 25 years, I realized I did fit within the Earth framework.

And she talked about Oprah's giveaways. I love to surprise people with things, too, though I often don't have the money for it (I do it for my son, though, and love to watch his face when I surprise him).

So then we talked about which element we want to use to bring what we need into our lives. She asked us to consider what we need most. And I realized that what I need is to be grounded and centered and to have peace. The kind of peace that doesn't budge.

And that's an Earth thing! So I need to figure out what I need to do to bring more of that into my life.