S11EP4: A Powerful Week

Hey, gang! Welcome to my life – where anything is possible and nothing is as it seems. I’m Freedom and I’ll be your host, coming at you from within the depths of Geistopia.

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The Nameless One

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The Village of Idiots

Piz-Niffer

Dancing Queen

Downtown Encyclopedia Brown

Chicken Witch

Dick Pointer

Soup, the Son

The Legendary Pink Elephants

Baby-Mama Rabbit

Wisconsin Belle

The Babes

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It is…Sunday, August 27, Two-Thousand and Twenty-Free. Time...Colliding

I honestly don’t think I have descriptions for The Trinity this week. It has been a very long, rough day. [Now Monday.] And I don’t think I can formulate the thoughts. Perhaps this is a moment when you, Fellow Travelers, must fill in the blanks for yourselves.

Theme – Mirrors, Mirrors Everywhere

Lesson – Considerations

Observation – Can’t do it Alone

The Post

*Sigh*

I started writing last night.

I wrote and wrote and wrote. For hours, I wrote. I wanted to write until I could write no more.

Then this morning I woke up and decided I had written too much.

If I’m not mistaken, this was part of The Trinity in some post or another – Write Less, Say More. Last night, I wrote a lot but felt like I didn’t say enough. So, I am going to try it again. I think, sometimes, this is why I don’t usually try to ‘officially’ write until Sunday Night. My thoughts change and my feelings shift.

It was a helluva week. In fact, one might say it was a week like none other before. In many ways. It was the first full week of Cuddlebug and The Boy living here. It was the first week I’ve had that I was able to keep a good balance between work time and home time. It was the first week in many more weeks than I can remember that I actually finished the week [just a bit] ahead of myself.

My struggle, as you may recall, Fellow Travelers, has been getting my finances balanced out. Fot two weeks, I ran a negative bank balance every day. I worked tirelessly to get money in the account each and every day. But, with a constant stream of pending charges compounded with an onslaught of $32 overdraft fees, it very often felt like a losing battle.

Of course, I knew all of this. I knew going in. I was told it was going to happen. And, it did. I was also told that in the third week it would start to get better. And, it did. By the start of this week, I had myself out of the hole and [would have been] $30 ahead of myself. I say “would have been” because I had a surprise charge process through and it threw me off a bit. Still, I was in good shape.

I don’t know what made the difference this week exactly. The grace of G-d? Fate? Maybe even just a little bit of a committed attitude from myself. Whatever it was, it worked.

This was the highest income take in the two plus years I have been doing this. That sounds incredible and it is. However, it is truly just a start in the effort. Nonetheless, I had very high end days almost every day this week. I also made that money early enough in the day to be home at a decent hour and actually be able to work on some things. It was both an abundant and productive week.

I still have a long way to go on my Goals, but I have little plans in motion to try and tip the scales in my favor. I figured I haven’t been able to make any huge leaps, so perhaps a combination of small steps might do the trick. I started by trying to come into the week with just a little bit of funds ahead of myself. Again, I would have succeeded had that charge not posted.

I was really trying to have my first two charges of the week – gas and The Mechanic – in my account before the week started. I also budgeted those expenses as needed income for this week. Another little trick was to not count any cash made in my daily calculations. I counted it in my budget totals but not in my income to earn calculations. This way that money would be even more extra. And, of course, as always I rounded up all my budget numbers.

Overall, the plan worked. I managed my way through the week and pulled a bit extra to head into this next week. Though I am using it to start my week off, I am not counting it in the money for the week. This should keep it as extra. I also double budgeted a rather large bill from last week into this week. Again, trying to trick my system into generating extra. Also, I have my cash, which I am not counting towards anything. It is just there. Basically, as far as I am concerned, I am starting from zero. If I need to spend it this week, then I need to earn it this week.

Little by Little, Bit by Bit.

As I said, I got some stuff done along the way as well. I found a ladder along the road this week so I was finally able to get to the loft type area of the Workshop and clean it out and organize it. I got caught up on some video work. I spent some time with my daughter. I went to a bar and had drinks with a friend. I haven’t done that in quite some time. Of course, we also talked some business. I am undertaking a new project. I went to see that same friend’s band the next day [rehearsing] and even got to sing a number with them.

The adjustment to having the kids here has been challenging at times. Especially with Cuddlebug. She has my stubbornness and determination. So, needless to say, we have had quite a few clashes. Most of them have been trivial nonsense. One or two have been a bit more serious. But, we’ll work through it.

I think some of it was just an overwhelming energy in the house. I wasn’t having any time or space to purge myself. I did get some of that time yesterday. The kids went visiting and, as I said, I took some extra time off. I came home and Zenitated. I saged. I just kind of recharged – myself and the homestead.

The thing is, after I was cleared, certain things started to click and make me wonder. I’ve sensed a presence in the house – as well as seen and heard. I had that terribly awful dream the other night. [Which still makes my skin crawl.] All of the tension that has building in the house. I’m not only concerned that someone brought something dangerous into the house. I’m concerned that it may have come from The Place That I Loathe So.

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So, without hesitation, for now and for always, from here in Geistopia, this is your beloved Rev…

WALT: And Walt…

DOC: Unt Doc…

JOHNNY: Aaaaand Johnny…

And those guys, saying, “Stay Tuned-In, Fellow Travelers,” and wishing you Peace, Love, Light…

WALT: And Freakishness, Baby.

The Totems & Archetypes

**from Ted Andrews’ Animal Speak**

Ant - Industriousness, Order, and Discipline

Symbol of work and industry. Wisdom and intellect in their endeavors is often acclaimed. Social. Community activity. Gathering, hunting, growing. May find that the cycle of industriousness and building of goals may increase over a period of twelve years. Cycle of twelve - days, months, years - will be of significance. Teacher of how to build, how to be the architect of your own life. Show you how to construct our dreams into a reality. Greatest success occurs with persistence. Examine your own industriousness. Are you disciplining yourself enough to accomplish the tasks at hand? Are you or those around you looking for the quick and easy way? Are you neglecting important activities? Are you laying a good foundation? Are you adding new structures to your life with each passing year in some fashion - education, jobs, hobbies, etc? Are you being patient with your efforts? Are you being patient with yourself? With others? Are you making things greater and more difficult than they need to be? Are you missing the opportunity to initiate new creativity and endeavors? Can teach how to harness your own power to design and recreate your life. Can show you how best to work with others for the good of everyone. Regardless of circumstances, if the effort is true, the rewards will follow - in the most beneficial time and manner. The promise of success through effort.

Buffalo – Manifesting Abundance Through Right Action and Right Prayer

Uniting the mundane and the divine appropriately. Abundance that is available if we know how to tap it. Combine our efforts with the divine. Both the mundane and the spiritual is necessary for manifesting. Groundedness. The path opens and flows easily. Not a time to push or force. Follow the easiest path. Law of Synchronicity. Things will happen in the time, manner, and means that is best for us if we allow. Do what we have to do and then let the events take their natural course. If you allow the natural flow to take you, you still end up at your at your destination, at an advantageous time, and you usually get some nice side trips along the way. How to work with that natural rhythm. Opportunities for abundance and increase. Honoring that which you seek? Remembering that the divine is essential in all things physical? Giving honour to yourself and to the efforts of others within your life? Show gratitude for what you already have?

Caterpillar – (from whatismyspiritanimal.com)

The life cycle of Caterpillar symbolizes times when you’re dealing with potential and transformation. Caterpillar’s cocoon stage takes it into a new and glorious life. It’s akin to an inner search where everything else endures a pregnant pause until you emerge anew.

The Caterpillar Animal Guide embodies fresh ideas, renewal, and unexpected outcomes. Caterpillar doesn’t wrap itself up in warm solitude while expecting to awake with wings: This natural process whispers of the glorious order of the Universe. Metamorphosis is evolution at its finest and loveliest. Caterpillar is not elegant beforehand. Be patient: The best of you is yet to be!

their color attributes make them teachers of when it’s time to camouflage one’s self and when it’s time to shine. Caterpillars sample potential edibles to see if they like them. But they carry the lesson that some things appearing delectable are not always good for you.

Caterpillar, in Butterfly form, is an omen of good luck, health, and joy. Like a baby, the Caterpillar’s new form opens new horizons. If you are starting a new endeavor, seeing a Caterpillar is a presage to experiencing strikes of creative inspiration. However, slow change is lasting. “Haste makes waste,” in Caterpillar’s reality.

Caterpillar symbolism reveals something about your willingness to let go of the past. Caterpillar cannot grow in its current form. They must bravely shed their former body; this is a great act of trust driven by Caterpillar’s natural instincts.

Cricket –[from Spirit-animal.com]

Like the Ladybug and the Dragonfly, Cricket symbolism is a sign of exceptional luck. Furthermore, this spirit animal says that the things that you have been working toward and dreaming about are now possible. Therefore, Cricket meaning directs you to stay open to guidance and messages so that you will know what you have to do. You may be guided to buy a lottery ticket, interview for a new job, or be in the right place at the right time. In other words, Cricket symbolism is letting you know that all things are possible right now. All you have to do is feel that you deserve it! Similar to the Robin and the Whale, people with Cricket totem know how to sing their songs loud and clear! In other words, they love to use the power of their voice to attract what they want in life. These folks also have a gift for finding their way through awkward moments with panache and aplomb. People with this spirit animal are excellent communicators, love to walk their talk and are often vegetarian. In fact, like the Deer totem, they understand the power of music and will usually have a career that uses music as a form of healing.

Hawk - Visionary Power and Guardianship.

Messengers, protectors and visionaries. Visionary power and leading you to your life purpose. There is a message coming. What you eat, you become. Kundalini. Childhood visions are becoming empowered and fulfilled. The ability to soar and glide upon the currents. Great Heights while still keeping your feet on the ground. Attacks by people who won’t understand you - attack your ability to soar. Teaching of higher expression of psychosis and vision. Beauty and harmony in moderation. Lead you to using your creative energy in manifesting your soul purpose. Hope and new ideas. A need to be open to the new or shows ways that you may help teach others to be open to the new. Be observant. Life is sending signals. Careful in expression. Comments and actions will be strong and powerful with the ability to tear and/or kill.

Hornet/Wasp – (from whatismyspiritanimal.com)

Wasp Spirit has tremendous power, symbolism, and meaning around the world. Take the Old Testament as an example. Wasp, in giant form, is mentioned several times, representing God’s efforts to keep foes out of Canaan. Africans look to Wasp as representing evolution and our ability to take the reins of control in our lives. Ancient Europeans talk of how Wasp plays a role in pollination, so they symbolize fertility.

When a Wasp enters your home, he brings a warning. You will have a disagreeable guest who has nothing good in mind. They are tricky, so beware a sting; This type of predictive symbolism for Wasp isn’t unusual. Wasp seems to be a harbinger of danger in various forms. Additionally, folklore tells us that Wasp predicts the weather. Low hornets’ nest means a snowy, stormy winter. A high nest means a mild Winter with little precipitation.