Hello,
I'm Candy Foster.
I'm a channel and an intuitive,
And I pull a card for the collective each day.
Each month I use a different deck,
And this month we'll be using the Rumi Oracle by Alana Fairchild.
This deck is a little more poetic than most,
And may need more than one listen.
Fellow listeners have informed me that putting it on repeat is very helpful with its integration.
I think that might suit well this month.
Today's message is card number 10,
Celestial Rose of Ma.
The taste of bitterness becomes sweetness in love.
The searching in the dark finds the light of faith revealed in love.
Love transforms thistles into jasmine.
Love layers heaven and gifts us with wings to soar into its mystery.
Love transforms our every thought into a desire of the heart,
Oh love.
How divine is your alluring.
Beauty flows from your unseen face.
Your very nature is radiant with joy.
You manifest vibrant hues in every flower.
Your touch dazzles all creation.
Every particle is attracted toward you.
Longing to unite and dwell in you.
Rumi.
The Divine Mother offers me her rose.
How rich that gift may be.
I tear my flesh on its thorns and my blood flows.
I curse myself for carelessness and yet,
In my desire to grasp this gift,
It happens again and again.
Then I realize such is its scent,
Its beauty.
How can I be tentative in my approach?
My senses are drenched in beauty and I long to inhale the exquisite perfume,
To reach for the velvet dew on the petal,
Soft and delicate under my touch.
Perhaps I will be scraped and I will bleed,
Yet that is not enough to deter me,
To prevent me from accepting this gift.
The magnificence of the bloom renders the struggle to enjoy it as a worthy,
Noble,
Essential pursuit.
Of course I understand something so precious must be protected.
It must be allowed to live.
More than this,
To thrive.
So those thorns are hooks that allow for growth for those that would bear the pain of the essent,
The rose's blooming heart.
And those thorns are barbs that keep away those that would consume the creation without appreciating its worth and its beauty.
Yes,
Those thorns serve essential purpose.
I cannot begrudge them,
For I love the rose,
And so I love what is necessary for her to be.
So I love the thorns too.
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Namaste.
