Hello and welcome beautiful Insight Timer community.
Today I am thrilled to be doing a collaboration with another Insight Timer teacher,
Siri.
Please be sure to check her out.
I have linked her in the description of this track and she is the composer of the beautiful music playing in the background and it's called Tree Song.
I love this music and I wanted to pull from a suitable oracle deck for journaling inspiration.
So I have Denise Lin's Sacred Forest Oracle,
One of my favorites.
As many of you know I live in the woods and although originally a city girl I have to say I do love the peace and the calmness of the woods just like I love the peace and the calmness of this beautiful tree song.
So I pulled a random card from this deck and I got number 17 Fire Spirit Energy.
It's a lovely photo,
Definitely full of energy.
I wish that I could share photos on Insight Timer.
So Fire Energy says,
One jagged shard of lightning after another strikes the earth.
Loud rumbling crashing thunder reverberates throughout the forest.
The trees seem to vibrate together as one being in response to the lightning as the fire spirit activates the core of existence.
Extraordinary life force energy surges through your body and through the land.
You can feel the vigor of the forest expanding majestically.
Take action.
This is not the time to hold back in life.
Do not repress what you feel or allow yourself to be drained by others.
If you strive to meet everyone's expectations and fulfill the needs of others but forget to honor your own needs,
Your energy field becomes depleted and dull.
Break free of your constraints,
Whether self-inflicted or imposed on you by others.
Activate your verve and your passion.
Give your emotions free reign.
Waves of energy will surge through you as you spontaneously express yourself.
Running on your own resources,
However,
Can be depleting.
Allow the creator to flow through you.
Be open to receive,
Knowing that you don't have to do it all yourself.
This replenishes your soul and supports you in accessing enormous amounts of energy.
The power of fire spirit is renowned.
One of the four prime elements,
It traditionally represents transformation,
Passion,
Zeal,
Enthusiasm,
Creativity,
And activation.
In many traditions,
Fire is synonymous with creation itself.
Let the energy of fire inspire action and movement for you now.
The spirit of fire says,
Incredible vitality,
Life force energy,
And passion are expanding in your life.
If you start to feel drained by the expectations of others,
Don't hold back.
Ignite your inner fire,
Speak your truth,
Let the light of the creator surge through you.
Wow,
What a powerful message.
And I confess,
As someone who has been running herself ragged lately,
This is speaking volumes to me.
And I definitely am guilty of needing to,
Number one,
Let others help me,
And number two,
Not just reduce the expectations from other people on myself,
But the expectations I have placed on myself.
I've come to realize lately that wanting perfection can be unrealistic and unreasonably demanding on myself as well.
So friends,
That is an amazing journaling prompt for me,
And I hope that it resonates even a little with you as well.
I know that as people in spiritual communities,
We spend a lot of time trying to do for others,
And sometimes we need to pull back a little.
And I plan on doing that.
Alright my friends,
Let's put five minutes on the timer,
And let's do some journaling.
Alright my friends,
That was five minutes.
Probably not enough time to write down everything that was on my mind.
I plan to go back later,
And I plan to listen to this beautiful tree song by Siri a little longer,
Because I had a lot of thoughts that wanted to come out.
Five minutes was definitely not enough.
And I'm gonna leave you with this last thought.
I felt I needed to read that again.
Take action.
This is not the time to hold back.
Do not repress what you feel or allow yourself to be drained by others.
So remember my friends,
Break free of your constraints,
Whether self-inflicted or imposed on you by others.
Speak your truth.
I hope that you enjoyed that journaling prompt and this beautiful music,
And I look forward to chatting with you again.
Until then,
Be well.
