Daily Mindfulness Nine of Swords

Daily Mindfulness
So many swords lately - and it feels that way.
Also, yes, the Crows are up front for awhile. They asked and they shall receive.

Nine of Swords
Being stuck in our own minds is like being wrapped in sharp, stabby vines and it is never fun. This is when our thoughts fly at us all night and no sleep is to be had.  What often helps the over thinking brain is to stop the hamster wheel and make a list of things you can deal with and things that are out of your control.  Then find a step by step plan, one thing at a time, that will help you move past this phase.

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Lady Harris illustrated this one so perfectly - all those crackly, stabby thoughts running amok in our heads - with no direction - out of control.   But there is hope! We just need to be brave enough to face the things we are hiding from.  Our minds are just filled with the mean reds here and Crowley says, "Consciousness has fallen into a realm unenlightened by reason. This is the world of the unconscious primitive instincts, of the psychopath, the fanatic."
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Despair, cruelty, malice, loss and misery.  While these all sound horrible, we need to realize we are in the realm of the mind and it likes analytic thinking. Often to the point of over-analyzing everything. And when we do this, we often see truths we would rather ignore or hope will go away.  The mind won't sugar coat this and when it happens we either stick our heads in the sand or we face the truth, as uncomfortable as that may be.
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