...Although the mysterious aesthetics certainly look nice and are good for sales. I've always been a big fan of the practical and grounded, though, and I've always strived to demystify a tool that is seen as somehow sacred. It can be, but I find 'sacred' is often an adjective we assign to an object or place, and over time, if enough people do that, the energy of the object or place can become a thing of its own. But we're  the ones who have done that - the collective human consciousness. (Yeah, we are that powerful, especially en masse.) Reading with cards, shells, crystals, runes, or any instrument is greatly misunderstood. A collection of things (whatever they are) form a network of energy that is communication within itself. When you walk into a room, you "read the room" by using all your senses to assess everything within it to form an opinion, or inner-guidance, that helps you move forward. A reading with any instrument is exactly the same. The diff...

(As always, the below are just my current thoughts, that is all...) Duality is necessary for depth and breadth of feeling, emotion, evolution, thought... to find mergence of both, within the soul, is where peace begins. Duality is what creates the split within us that in turn gives birth to our strengths and vices. Today, I felt compelled to focus on 'judgement'. To lose your judgement of others, you have to accept yourself as you are, after all, judgement of others is only judgement of self. When one is at total peace with all their vices, their darkness and their light, is when the need to criticise, disapprove, and 'be offended' disappears. Judgement is no more. What is left in its place is a calm discernment of life as it is; of people as they are . The understanding and drive to strive for greater things become clearer and sharper when we are not reliant on judging what we mean to heal. Lose your judgement; aim for acceptance and the clarity of discernment that bri...