Note: At the 27:00 mark, my audio cut out. Please scroll down to read my brief explanations of what I talked about for the rest of the reading.

Peace ya’ll.

January has been a LOT and February is fast approaching. As we enter this month, we are called to holistic understandings of collective truth/reality, energetic/mental manipulation, and the importance of returning to ourselves. It’s a short month, but there’s a lot to be contended with.

The reading starts at around 5:30, the written portion of the lost audio, & the cards for this reading can be found below.

Starting with insight from The Devil card that came out in this reading, I talked about how we need to be vigilant against the manipulation tactics of the powers that be, media (including social media) and guard against being manipulated even by well-meaning people around us. This can look like being made to think about liberation and collective struggle as the opposite of your actual well-being. Addiction also came up with this card and I discussed being careful not to get addicted to watching everything play out, allowing the constant stream of news to hijack our nervous systems and ultimately paralyze us.

The oracle cards that came up were Stillness and Purification. The Stillness card underlines the message that The Hermit card on the bottom of the deck brought us. This is about the importance of quieting your mind and returning to yourself as an intentional strategy for your own wellness and for the good of those you are responsible to in your communities. The Hermit is not hiding or ignoring what is happening externally. Being still is not the same as being frozen due to fear. It is not learned helplessness. Understanding the importance of taking time to yourself to recharge, nourish your being and truly understand yourself is key to how you show up in your work in service to others. To know what you are offering and why, to study, train, and fight with purpose.

The Purification card comes to remind us of the importance of detoxing - from screens, harmful or unhelpful perspectives, thought-processes, routines, and habits. February is a time for cleansing ourselves of what is no longer helpful - look at it as a internal pre-Spring cleaning. Use your time in the shower and the rain to purify yourself, your heart, your mind, and your intentions. Express gratitude to the water spirits on your spiritual team and ask them to assist in this purification. And while you’re at it, ask for guidance on how you can be of service to the water spirits in your community.

Friends, this is not the time to abandon your methods of self & communal care, nor is it the time to zone out with no plan of returning to your role in revolutionary work.

Lately, I’ve started writing letters to my mind every day to create more intentional processes around what I’m thinking and why. I’m sharing of my letters here:

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That’s all for now.

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Love,

Mila 💫

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