Shy Owl’s Soap Box

We all find ourselves in the position of needing to get to the bottom of things at one point or another. This is a quick and easy truth finder but I caution you, if you are hiding anything you better be wise. This will bring out all hidden truths.
What you need:
1 Red Pillar Candle
1 Round Mirror
Tbsp Rosemary dried is fine but fresh from your garden is better
Quill or other utensil to scribe the candle with

Close your eyes and imagine the situation around you. Feel the sensation of what is being kept from you. Take a deep breath and scribe onto the candle “Blessed Mother let it be that the whole truth of this will be shown to me. For better or for worse, hurt feelings aside, there is no truth that from me any can hide. So it will be.” I know that is a bit that is why the big candle. If you have a person in particular that you are wanting to know about, put their name on the bottom of the candle. Place the candle on the mirror and ring it clockwise with the rosemary.
I would start this at anytime needed and burn it until you know what it is that you need to know. But, do keep in mind, if you are hiding something yourself then you will be exposed right along with everyone else….just so you know.

Ever find yourself wanting to give up on everything? Feel that it is all worthlessly pointless so why bother? Why bother? That is a great question. Does it matter at the end of it all if you actually wrote that book or took that trip? Who cares? Do you care?
We all find ourselves in this space at one time or another. That is life, that is just the way it is.
So to answer the question, “Does it matter?”…we should ask the woman you might meet on that trip who is at the end of her rope and the smile you give her or the coffee you bought her gets her through another day. We should ask the person who crosses your path and there is not a soul in their world who can bring them help and you might just be the one to do it, the only one who can. What about your children who might look back and see that you did get up and you did try. You might have failed, but you tried and that effort will be what they remember as adults. No kids watching? Poppy cock, someone has another person looking at them and up to them if they only take a moment to notice. If for no other reason, it is worth plugging on so you don’t have to sit in your own life review room and look at a screen full of all the things you didn’t do. Feel old? Feel like it is too late? That is a nasty nasty excuse to continue in life the same way you have. When are things going to change for you? When you decide they are going to change. That really is all you need to do to effect change in your life. Make a decision and then of course FOLLOW THROUGH! It does no good to make a choice and a plan if you don’t do anything with it.
So you answer that for yourself. What is does it matter? Do you really really want to look back and see that you did nothing?
Find love in yourself. Find peace for yourself and plug through.
Blessings
Shy Owl

Love is the most common theme in every reading that I provide. It seems to me that there is a difficulty in letting go of the self in order to become part of a whole. That of course applies to both sides of the fence.

Your ego benefits in keeping you in a stagnant position because it allows it to remain in control. The first step to finding love is to let your ego know that you do still need it on some level. It is the mechanism by which we are able to interact in the earth plane. You need your ego as much as you need, to an extent, your fears. Your fears let you know when there is danger. It becomes a problem when fear is created by your ego as a tool for control and is then owned as reality.

It is a tough path, working in this world dealing with essentially an angel and a devil on your shoulders at all times bickering and conspiring against you. What can be done? You need to get them on the same team. To look at each fear or reaction in a detached way, to asses where it is rooted. Instead of just dismissing and pushing through, find out why this energy has arisen. What are you being taught?

By getting everyone on the same team, you will find yourself in the position to let someone else into your life in a healthy way. Love is the sharing of energy towards the same goal of learning this life’s lessons efficiently and effectively.

There are some other tools you can use to help you find love. Carry a rose quartz or wear it. Red aventurine as well as basil and cloves. If you already have a medicine bag, add it in, if not, any small pouch will work nicely.

Love and forgive yourself. How can someone else love you if you hate yourself? How can you be respected if you don’t respect yourself?

Lastly, be open and receptive. Not unwise of course, but open. As you set out the energy for love, you want to be certain you are drawing in the right kind of love. Throw away the notion of “soul mates”. Mostly that is an exaggeration brought to you by Hollywood. Your actual soul mate comes in to challenge you, not to make your life a piece of cake so you may want to rethink pulling in that energy.

Many Blessings

I have lived in Ohio 99% of my life. Never before have I seen so many bluebirds. I spent the summer with the help of my PussyCat searching out bluebirds and their nests. Why? Who knows. But I found 11 nests within 20 miles of my home. I went from seeing the very first nesting pair between Camden and Oxford to seeing their little ones spread out. Along the way we found an oriole nest and of course lots of owls.
I am sad to say that we lost 2 barred owls and one barn owl to roadkill as far as I noticed. When driving along at dusk or dawn keep in mind that they are focused on food and not looking at you. Notice them please.
Anyhoot, as I looked for the spiritual message of bluebird, I found very little. It seems that most ancients didn’t really pay them mind. I did finally find a few teachings that associated bluebird with happiness and the pleasures of life. Finding happiness is often right smack in front of you if only you are willing to look for it.
Love and Light
ShyOwl

Mabon is simply the Autumn Equinox. It is a time to work towards the winter months ahead, a time of preperation. Just as with the spring equinox is a time to prepare for sewing so now we are reaping. Mostly already in the process as the first of the harvest holidays was back in August. This is our final stretch until Samhain.
This is a good time to asses your current life path. To be sure that all of the things you are carrying with you are needed and if they are not, let them go. At Samhain we will lay out our goals and such for the upcoming year so this is the time to be sure of what those goals are. You may find that what you want out of life is changing, that is okay. As you grow and change, so shall your goals.
Choose the things you will carry with you wisely. There is no point in weighing yourself down w

We may often feel that our Guides are not speaking to us when in fact they are speaking to us daily. They speak to us through repeated animals, or animals that do strange things to get our attention. I had an incident earlier where a cardinal landed in the tree outside my kitchen window and complained until I went over and acknowledged it. It continued to sit there and look me in the eye for quit some time. This is how I knew that the cardinal was there as a sign for me.

Our guides also speak to us through sounds. If you think that you hear someone call your name, but no one is there, that is your guide trying to get your attention. Notice what you were thinking about or doing at the time to help gain clarity. This also applies to de ja vu.

Many of us are olfactory kind of people and for this reason, our guides will often use scents to get our attention. For example, the smell of roses out of nowhere can denote that someone is thinking of you or that you are being visited by someone with a love or roses.

Dream signs are going to be more personal. Each of us will have our own way of connecting with our subcouscious self. Keep a journal by your bed and write down anything from your dreams that seemed significant. How did it make you feel?

Journaling is a great way to recognize the signs and patterns that are already there. You may be feeling no love, but once you start looking, you will find that you are very loved. They are listening, now just notice it.

Love and Light

Shy Owl

So many people seem to think that to be a Witch means that you are Wiccan, or Druid, or this or that. In truth, anyone who is connected to the Earth, uses and understands herbal treatments, speaks to their guides or recognizes signs and blessings given by them or the Universal All is a witch. Following the path of the witch is often times nothing more than stepping out of what is dictated to you by this person or that and following your own personal connection with the Divine. God or Goddess, in either perception, the energy is the same. On the path that leads to personal spiritual growth and personal enlightenment, there are no wrong answers. It seems to me that those who deem the word witch to be negative are those who are fear based and seeking to control everyone around them. We are not here to learn to be controlled, we are here to learn to stand up for ourselves.
Life is short, fly groovy
ShyOwl

It never ceases to amaze me that people on the path of “enlightenment” can be so competetive. It seems to me that there is no point in that. If we are truely walking in Spirit then we should all know that there is no one message. Every person will receive information differently so then, many perspectives of delivery are valuable if not necessary to the ascension of mankind. Backstabbing is as ramapant through our community as it is any other religious group. We all tougt that we are not in it for ourselves, we all say that we are working for the greater good, but then when push comes to shove, where is everyone at? Where is the suport? If we can not work together to support one another, then how can we expect the rest of the world to receive the messages that Spirit is delivering through us? When we are petty, we hurt ourselves in the long run.
If all LightWorkers would learn to come together in the same energy and spirit of healing, then this process would be so much easier. If there is an energy worker in your area starting out, don’t judge them or do things to ensure that they do not get any business. Do not worry that one of your clients might go there. If we believe what we preach, that the Universe is Boundless Prosperity yet we act in fear when it comes to sharing clients, then we are hypocrites.
On that note, I am one to put my proof in my pudding so anyone with a website that is promoting healing, please send me a banner to add to my website. I have all the links sections divided up so that healers are not listed with artists etc. This allows someone looking for a particular need simplicity in discovery. I do my best to support anyone new to light work and to support their ventures in any way that I can. I would also love to have like minded people on my blogtalk show. By keeping light workers active, we keep the healing energy of the Universe flowing.
What kind of proof is in your pudding? 2009 is an 11 year. 11 is all about manifestation so be extra careful that you are thinking what you want because you will reap what you think.
Love and Light
ShyOwl
www.shyowl.net

For this you will need:
Silver Taper Candles (at least one per room but more is okay)
One Silver or White Pillar Candle
Fast Luck Oil
House Blessing Oil
Dragon’s Blood crumbled
A Candle Plate for the pillar candle

A few hours before midnight, it is a good idea to smudge your house completely. For this you will simply need a sage bundle which you will lite and carry from room to room, allowing the smoke to do its job. A spray of sea salt water can be sustituted for this. For this you will simply fill an empty squirt bottle with distilled water and about a tablespoon of sea salt or table salt. A drop of rosemary oil is a nice addition to this. You will then spray every surface in your home that will not be adversely effected by the moisture.

Annoint all the candles with the oils. Remeber to point the wick towards yourself and apply the oil towards you. This brings the positive energy to you.

Set each of the taper candles around the house about an hour before midnight. My Momma always put dimes in the windows, so whatever your traditions are, set them in place at the same time you set the tapers.

As you light each candle you will say “May the Light of the Mother bless and prosper this home.” You can substitute Creator for Mother if that makes you more comfortable.

I would place the pillar on the plate and then on the kitchen table. Sprinkle the Dragon’s Blood around the pillar candle in a clockwise motion. The excess can be burned on a charcoal brick.
At midnight (don’t worry if it is a few minutes after) you will light the pillar candle and say’
“Mother, pour your blessings on our home. Upon us, wealth, happiness, health and wisdom are bestowed. All worries and cares are removed with ease. So I will it, so it shall be.”

Have a Blessed New Year
ShyOwl
www.shyowl.net

In spite of the widespread teaching of the law of attraction, many of us are likely finding ourselves in a financial bind one way or another. Why is this so? Do you feel that the Creator must be upset with you? Doubting that you had enough faith to pull it off? Do you wonder why you even bothered with that stupid focus board in the first place?The key to success here is perseverance and understanding that the Divine Source does not hate you and that your faith is just fine. If you have a focus board then it is full of the things you want out of life and at no time should you throw away your dreams.So why me? You ask next. Well, that is simple, sometimes shit just happens. Sometimes, it has nothing to do with karma, lack of faith, bad choices or anything else along those lines. There are times, (and most everyone in the US is suffering for this), that we are subjected to the results of the bad choices made by others.
I preach all the time that one can change their path by changing their choices, so how then if we are subject to the consequences of others choices can we control or change that? This is an "easier said than done point" but worth considering. You change that by not giving in to fear. So the first step in surviving fallow times is to stay strong and make no choices out of fear. Fear is the number one enemy of all humanity and the best way to stop that is to cut it off where it stands. Knowing that "this too shall pass" is the only mantra needed for this.
It is sooo easy to look towards the ethereal plane and accuse our guides of not doing their job but this is a huge mistake. That is like a kid yelling at it’s mom for not scooping food on the plate fast enough. Patience is the second step in survival and also among the hardest lessons for us all to learn. It takes time to set things back in order after a setback and if the Heaven’s aren’t working fast enough for you, too bad. The more you stomp your foot and carry on, the longer it takes for them to get their job done. If they are constantly having to stop working in the energy to smooth over your ego then that is time taken away from the solution.
The next thing we all like to do is blame ourselves and review all of our choices like we can actually go back in time and fix it all. Ha! Wouldn’t that be awesome? But it is just not going to happen. Maybe once the physicists have worked out the string theory and found a way for time travel, but I don’t suggest holding your breath. So look at today for what it is and work on today, let yesterday and tomorrow worry about themselves. This makes our final survival tool letting go of worry. What good ever came of worrying? I can think of plenty of bad that comes from it though, stomach ulcers, addictive behaviors, high blood pressure, headaches and so forth. So just let it go. Like leaves flowing down a river, let it go.Be sure to support one another, if only in spirit.
Sometimes a kind word or the acknowledgment of someones plight can make all the difference in the world.
May your walk be in love and light.
ShyOwl

ShyOwl is a Reiki Master,Author, Intuitive Reader, and Artist.  Her readings focus on getting you on the best path for your success. If you are experiencing job difficulties, looking for love, or just want to better plan for tomorrow, readings with ShyOwl are available through her website www.shyowl.net  This article can be reprinted freely online, as long as the entire article and this bio is included.