Which One Are You?

WHICH ONE ARE YOU?

“A young woman went to her mother and told her about
her life and how things were so hard for her. She did
not know how she was going to make it and wanted
to give up. She was tired of fighting and struggling.

It seemed as one problem was solved a new one arose.
Her mother took her to the kitchen. She filled three pots
with water and placed each on a high fire. Soon the pots
came to a boil. In the first, she placed carrots, in the
second she placed eggs and the last she placed ground
coffee beans.

She let them sit and boil, without saying a word.
In about twenty minutes she turned off the burners.
She fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl.
She pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl.
Then she ladled the coffee out and placed it in a bowl.

Turning to her daughter, she asked,
“Tell me, what do you see?”

“Carrots, eggs, and coffee,” she replied.
She brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots.
She did and noted that they were soft.
She then asked her to take an egg and break it.
After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard-boiled egg.
Finally, she asked her to sip the coffee.
The daughter smiled as she tasted its rich aroma.
The daughter then asked, “What does it mean, mother?”

Her mother explained that each of these objects had
faced the same adversity -boiling water- but each
reacted differently. The carrot went in strong, hard
and unrelenting. However after being subjected to
the boiling water, it softened and became weak.

The egg had been fragile. Its thin outer shell had
protected its liquid interior. But, after sitting through
the boiling water, its inside became hardened!
The ground coffee beans were unique, however.
After they were in the boiling water they had
changed the water.

“Which are you?” she asked her daughter.
“When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond?
Are you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean?”

Think of this: Which am I? Am I the carrot that seems
strong, but with pain and adversity, do I wilt and
become soft and lose my strength? Am I the egg that
starts with a malleable heart, but changes with the heat?

Do I have a fluid spirit, but after death, a breakup,
a financial hardship, does my shell look the same,
but on the inside am I bitter and tough with a stiff
spirit and a hardened heart? Or am I like the coffee
bean? The coffee bean actually changes the hot water, the
very circumstance that brings the pain. When the
water gets hot, it releases the fragrance and flavor.

If you are like the bean, when things are at their worst,
you get better and change the situation around you.
When the hours are the darkest and trials are their
greatest, do you elevate to another level?
How do you handle adversity?”

Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean? -Author Unknown

Quick Feng Shui Tips

“Our homes are mirrors of ourselves.They reflect our interests, our deeply held beliefs, our spirits and our passions.”  – Denise Linn

Here are some quick things you can do to improve the energy flow in your home or office.

• Open all the doors and windows for 10-15 minutes in the morning for a complete shift in the energy of your home.
• Give your home a quick surface cleaning by decluttering and clearing as you walk through your home. The more you do, the greater the energy shifts.
• Use indoor plants to move stagnant energy, particularly in the corners.
• If your pressed for time and decluttering is not an option, then place rose lepidolite, amethyst or a crystal ball in the area. Lepidolite is considered an excellent stone to clear out unwanted energies and is said to provide protection from negativity.
• Use an atomizer or spray bottle to lightly spray spring water all over your room. Spraying your rooms with water is one of the simplest and most effective ways for shifting your home’s energy and to cleanse away any strong residual emotions. You may also add a couple of drops of essential oil of lavender to the water or rescue remedy flower essence if you like.
• Light a candle.
• Play inspiring music.

“We shape our dwellings and afterwards our dwellings shape us” – Winston Churchill

Everyday Goddessing  is about sharing magical techniques and sacred wisdom with other beautiful Goddess women. I believe that within every woman there is a goddess, a wise woman, beautiful, creative, powerful, with a deep soul, and that everything we need and are looking for is already inside  each of us. – Rose Arizmendi

Sowing Love & Compassion

Did you know that somewhere within two to three blocks of your home there is someone who feels desperate, helpless and unloved? Regardless of their age or circumstances they feel isolated and alone in the world.

A kind word, a helping hand or just saying hello can have a profound effect on their lives. Make a difference in somebody’s life by sowing love and compassion.

Within Each of Us – Digital collage

Some Questions to think about . . .

• When was the last time you promoted the idea that people can change?
• When was the last time you wrote a letter to a loved one letting them know that they are important, worthwhile and loved?
• When was the last time you spent some time with someone less fortunate?
• When was the last time you offered assistance to someone in need?

“When you begin to touch your heart or let your heart be touched, you begin to discover that it’s bottomless, that it doesn’t have any resolution, that this heart is huge, vast, and limitless. You begin to discover how much warmth and gentleness is there, as well as how much space”. – Pema Chodron

Everyday Goddessing  is about sharing magical techniques and sacred wisdom with other beautiful Goddess women. I believe that within every woman there is a goddess, a wise woman, beautiful, creative, powerful, with a deep soul, and that everything we need and are looking for is already inside  each of us. – Rose Arizmendi

Mandala Healing Kit

I purchased this kit several months ago and had forgotten all about it until yesterday. The kit contains pictures of mandalas, colored pencils, a guided audio CD, a 96-page workbook, stencils and special paper.

This kit is one of life’s little gems and nurtures one’s spirit in many surprising and amazing ways . . .

I had to abandon the idea of the superordinate position of the ego. … I saw that everything, all paths I had been following, all steps I had taken, were leading back to a single point — namely, to the mid-point. It became increasingly plain to me that the mandala is the centre. It is the exponent of all paths. It is the path to the centre, to individuation.
… I knew that in finding the mandala as an expression of the self I had attained what was for me the ultimate. – C. G. Jung.

The “squaring of the circle” is one of the many archetypal motifs
which form the basic patterns of our dreams and fantasies. But it
is distinguished by the fact that it is one of the most important
of them from the functional point of view. Indeed, it could even
be called the archetype of wholeness.

– from Mandalas. C. G. Jung. trans. from Du (Zurich, 1955)

Holiday Madness

Have you found yourself caught up in all the frenzy and craziness of this season?

If you find yourself stressed out and frazzled, think about what’s really important during this time of the year, and remember that every thought, intention and action touches all of existence.

Stop whatever your doing and breathe!

Here are a few things to do that can assist one with their spiritual health and sense of well-being during the holidays.

• Bring fresh flowers into your home.
• Listen to music that elevates your spirits.
• Read spiritual literature or inspirational literature that inspires you.
• Seek out the company of people in whose presence you feel more elevated.
• Spend some time in nature.
• Take long walks in nature.
• Be here now … eyes open, present, and responsive.
• Be kind to yourself.

“One kind word can warm three winter months”.
Japanese proverb

Everyday Goddessing  is about sharing magical techniques and sacred wisdom with other beautiful Goddess women. I believe that within every woman there is a goddess, a wise woman, beautiful, creative, powerful, with a deep soul, and that everything we need and are looking for is already inside  each of us. – Rose Arizmendi