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Burst through the “It’s Good for You” Wall (a Witch’s Perspective)

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“What’s good for you—that’s Wicca—that you don’t do?” my friend, Margarette, said.
“Meditate more often,” I said.
“What holds you back?”
“It’s a freakin’ cliché. I have no time in the morning. I’m too tired at the end of the day. And, I spend my day mostly taking care of my parents (often). And one diabetic cat,” I said, my shoulders drooping.
Margarette nodded. She looked sad.

I have an insight for you.

Attach The Good For You Action to Something You’re Already Doing

Something good for me is to do an action that makes me feel better.

For example, my husband massages my back every night. (Yeah, I feel lucky.)

But I just don’t get around to massaging his back.

I don’t feel good about not supporting the Love of My Life.

Except, now I’m turning that around. Now, I’ll take 10 seconds to massage the trapezius muscles next to his neck when I walk past him to my workstation (in our home).

10 seconds is better than nothing.

He smiles and says, “Wow! You remove a lot of tension from my trapezius muscles in a short time!”

So I’m going to walk past him anyway. I’ve just attached being kind to my husband (and I feel better) to my daily action.

My way to add Wicca to these 10 Seconds is to say a prayer like: “God and Goddess, thank you for my sweetheart. May he feel safe in my arms and loved.”

What would be good for you to add to your daily life?

Here’s a helpful prayer.

Goddess,
Guide me to make time for
What’s good for me,
What’s important to me,
What makes me smile.
So Mote It Be.

May this insight support your path.

Blessed Be,
Moonwater

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How Witches Deal with Someone Who Won’t Hear Them

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“My sister just won’t stop for a minute to hear me out,” Milly, a new acquaintance, said.

“She has all these judgments about me and my faith. She doesn’t see me as a person. It’s like she’s talking to her projection of what she thinks I might be.”

I reflected on this.

Here are two insights that might help you.

1. You push, and they push back.

    Ever try to explain your faith to someone? And, they just push back. Telling you that you’re wrong and that they know—better than you—what your spiritual path is.

    Arrogant, right?

    You push facts, and they push fiction.
    But what does the pushing get?
    Nothing good.

    2. Invite the Gods to help you lower your “intensity.”

    Have you noticed that when someone says unfair and ignorant things against you, it’s your internal “intensity” that rises?

    Here is a prayer that you can use to help you lower your intensity.

    I breathe in and bring in the love of the Gods.
    I breathe out and let go of my anxiety.
    I breathe in and bring in clarity.
    I breathe out and let go of my intensity.
    I breathe in calm.
    I breathe out and let go of my intensity.
    I breathe in peace within my integrity.
    I breathe out and let go of my intensity.
    May the Gods bless me.
    So Mote It Be

    May these insights support your path.

    Blessed Be,
    Moonwater

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    Are We Entering Another Burning Times?

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    “I can’t believe what President Dumbdumb just did,” one of my friends said.

    “I know. I can’t buy eggs, anymore,” my other friend Sarah said.

    “And it looks like there is going to be legislation against certain spiritual paths,” my friend said.

    I reflected on this.

    During the Burning Times, what did our ancestors think about such awful circumstances?

    I considered that we must do what we can and hold strong in faith.

    Here is a prayer you can use.

    Goddess,
    Help me endure like my ancestors did.
    No matter what stupidity or viciousness I and my brothers and sisters shall face.
    The Gods are with us!
    So Mote It Be

    May you stay surefooted on the path.

    Blessed Be,
    Moonwater

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    How Witches Experience the Privileges of Being Wiccan

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    When I found Wicca, it was like coming home. A whole new world opened to me. And of course, I discovered the God and the Goddess. Here is something amazing. You have privileges as a witch.

    I have four insights for you.

    1. You can be close to the God and Goddess

    You can communicate and be close to the Gods.

    Do you pray? Or do you meditate? Using these tools as a witch we can communicate with the God and Goddess. They are only your next breath away. You can say a prayer now. Something  like:

    “Goddess, thank You for the comfort you give me now. So Mote It Be.”

    What would you like to pray about?

    2. You can wield magick for your benefit and all involved.

    Ever daydream about a dream job? Want to get a raise or make more money with your own business? In these situations, and more, witches can use magick for their benefit.

    I have learned that a combination of magick and taking practical actions in the mundane world makes abundance happen.

    What would you like to manifest? What form of spell would you like to do?

    3. You can experience community.

    You can have a family-by-choice. It is true we can’t choose our family by blood. But we can have a chosen family by making good decisions.

    I have learned that aligning with your spiritual family and certain friends can make for strong bonds. Bonds that are more nurturing than many bonds with family by blood.

    Who in your life encourages you? Do you want to devote more time to the encouragers in your life?

    4. You can avoid being tossed about seeking your personal worth from the human-mundane world.

    If you must seek your personal worth from any human, you’re in trouble. Why?

    Because human beings have flaws. Many are so self-focused that they have no room for you. Have you ever gone to a parent or sibling for comfort and they just ignored you?

    Realize that your true worth is the divinity that the God and Goddess placed within you.

    Sure, you can work to accomplish something in the mundane world. But you do not have to earn your worth. You already have a divine nature. It’s something to celebrate!

    When we incarnate, it’s like we put on blinders.

    When you pray and meditate, you take off the blinders, even for a few moments. You connect with your real worth—your divine worth.

    Do you want to add or grow your rituals of prayer or meditation?

    May these insights support your path.

    Blessed Be,
    Moonwater

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    How Witches Fill an Inner Need

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    At night, I cannot eat enough. What?

    Have you had this experience? You eat something—something good like a dessert.

    Then it’s chips.
    Soda.
    Cookies.
    Cashews.
    Peanut butter M&Ms.

    (Not you? Am I alone here?)

    Recently, I said, “You can’t satisfy an inner need with outer stuff.”

    (But I’m willing to try.)

    I have three insights for you.

    1. What is your inner need?

      Some researchers suggest that we are 95% motivated by things in our subconscious mind.

      So how do you make the subconscious stuff visible to your conscious mind?

      You can meditate and ask the Gods about some of the driving factors.

      But, one of the most important things is to observe your actions.  

      Ever open a cupboard door looking for something to eat?

      You know that hunger—that no matter how much you eat—is never satisfied? Just close that cupboard door.

      It’s Halloween time in the United States. Or for us witches Samhain.
      How do you feel when you see the green-skinned, cackling caricature of a “so-called witch”?

      What does this cackling, green caricature need? Popcorn?

      Chocolate? Definitely chocolate.

      Let’s pull back. Away from that… What could be the inner need?

      Wanting comfort.

      So, how would you like to be comforted?

      (I do rely on my coffee in the morning…)

      2. Step on the path of “centered and whole.”

      Have you attended a ritual with other witches and felt at home?

      Or…

      You’re a solitary witch and your personal ritual came together well. You felt calm, but also invigorated!

      To get to “centered and whole” you need to push away distractions.

      So, what is distracting you?

      3. Ask the Goddess for clarity in the face of distractions.

      To me, cookies, pastries, and other treats are a plea for comfort. What about you?

      Here is a prayer you can use.

      Goddess, clear my mind,
      Free me from the mud of distracting thoughts and feelings.
      Flush me clean with the spring waters of Your love.
      Hold me close with Your arms around me.
      So Mote It Be.

      May these insights support your path.

      Blessed Be,
      Moonwater

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      How Witches Escape Self-Hatred

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      I couldn’t breathe. I swallowed swimming pool water. My 10-year-old brother kept his feet on top of me. I was 6 years old and terrified.

      What could a 10-year-old boy feel that he wanted to terrorize his little sister?

      Recently, I realized that the people I grew up around used judgments like knives to cut me.
      You get cut enough, and you bleed out.
      Also, you get cut enough—you internalize those shards of glass made of judgments against yourself.

      Some people talk about a committee of voices in your head. Many of the voices hate you. What happens? Much of that can turn into self-hatred.

      I have three insights for you.

      1. Survive when you compartmentalize.

      Sometimes, to function, I need to put certain thoughts off to the side. For example, I’ll recall something I said that embarrassed me. If I allow this one negative thought to overrun my life, I won’t get to the facility where my parents live. And I won’t get my mom to her doctor appointment on time.

      I will not let that happen. I do what I must.

      Do you find yourself doing that, too? Do you compartmentalize sometimes?

      Compartmentalizing is only a temporary tactic. I find that I must talk through what bothers me with someone I trust. … when appropriate.

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      2. Proclaim: “I interrupt this broadcast” and stamp your foot.

      Recently, a friend told me about a method that works for several people. When you think of a disempowering thought, you stamp your foot and say, “I interrupt this broadcast.” You are interrupting the thought that showed up in your brain.

      You do a physical action to disrupt the trance of negative thinking. Dealing with my depression symptoms, I realize that using a positive disruptive pattern helps me shift my focus.

      Here is an example. I think, “Damn. I shouldn’t have said, ‘I can’t do that.’”
      Then I say, “I interrupt this broadcast.” I stamp my foot on the ground.
      (This shifts my focus.)

      Do you need to shift your focus from habitual negative thinking?

      3. Ask the Goddess to help you shift your focus.

      Here is a prayer you can use.

      Goddess,
      Help me shift my focus
      From helpless to helpful,
      From self-anger to self-love.
      From fearful to fearless!
      So Mote It Be.

      May these insights support your path.

      Blessed Be,
      Moonwater

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      How Witches Stop Emotional Pain

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      “I had to talk to some officials about my father,” my friend, Fred, said. He looked shaken. His elderly father was continuing his violent ways.

      “They want me to sign some paperwork. But I don’t know what the hell my father will do next,” Fred continued. Fred’s father had attacked another resident at the facility. The police were called, and Fred’s father had to face a judge. His father was barred from that facility.

      Fred was triggered. And why not? His father had physically and emotionally abused Fred as a kid. Until he left home at 17 years old.

      Are you triggered now?

      I have three insights for you.

      1. You need steps to handle being triggered.

        Every time Fred talks with his father, the conversation goes bad. So, Fred sets up a phone call with a friend to occur immediately after such a conversation. They talk a bit about the call. But better than that, they shift to talking about something good. Fred is able to make a shift in thoughts and emotions.

        Do you have a pattern so you can feel better after some triggering situation?

        2. Focus on doing “a shift.”

        Sometimes, the way to stop emotional pain is to shift out of a worn pattern. Something triggers a person, and then they go into a negative spiral. Fred calls a friend to do a shift in thoughts and energy. You can also meditate, pray, and/or go for a walk in nature. The idea is that you avoid losing a whole day to feeling bad.

        A person can get value by venting during a chosen time. My husband and I take walks together. I remember my husband saying, “I’m going to vent about the problem until we get to that traffic light. Then let’s talk about something else.” That became our signal to do a “shift.”

        Do you have a pattern of making a shift?

        3. Consider a “Meditative Walk” to help you release pain.

        I have learned to take a certain kind of “meditative walk.” It works better with nearby trees.

        As you walk you can say something like:

        I thank you my friends, the trees,
        I thank you grass and shrubs.
        Help me dissipate the negative energy within me.
        Negative energy flows downward.
        Out of my feet.
        Into the ground.
        Into Mother Earth.
        Such energy is now harmless.
        I am clear.
        I am safe.
        So Mote It Be!

        May these insights support your journey.

        Blessed Be,
        Moonwater

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        How Witches Finally Find Out What Their Life is For – Ep. 296

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        https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-wq9wb-166bea3

        Moonwater reveals the secrets of how witches discover what their life is for. She uncovers ways witches can use times of confusion or feeling broken. Witches can use such times as important steps for living a fulfilling and authentic life.

        How Witches Rise from Being “Broken” – Ep. 295

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        https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-uzd2w-1660f46

        Do you feel broken? Moonwater feels deeply the pain of labeling oneself as broken. She deals with depression symptoms—for decades. She reveals how you can transform your experience of “being broken” and discover renewal on a fresh spiritual path.

        How Witches Break Free of Fear – Ep. 281

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        https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-5ygs8-15cae4e

        Moonwater Silverclaw details a unique approach to overcoming fear from a witch’s perspective.

        She shares a story of how Alice, a management coach, was challenged by fear due to a single bitter experience. She generalized her trauma and avoided coaching any more CEOs.

        However, she later identified her trauma and understood the importance of not focusing on the wrong detail, thus saving herself from crippling generalizations. 

        Moonwater includes a powerful prayer to the Goddess to help us move forward.