Gentleness
The message of this card is: “Be gentle towards yourself and others at this time. Being harsh or using brute strength won’t benefit you. There’s great strength in gentleness.”
This reminder from Spirit and the Mermaids is significant at this time as we are catapulting forward into this year of awakenings and transformation. We are not only reminded to be gentle with ourselves, we are also reminded to be gentle with others. And, we are further reminded to look for and expect to find gentleness in the most unexpected circumstances and people.
This asks us to bring our awareness to all that we are experiencing and those with whom we are engaging. With this awareness, we are encouraged to allow our hearts to lead so that we may bring compassion and truth to all that we do, as well as encouraged to look deep into the hearts of others.
Our hearts are stronger than we know - even when we feel like they are breaking. The Merman’s torch is a light of truth. We are invited to call upon this torch of truth through our connection with our hearts to light the path forward. This will assist us in bringing love and compassion to all of our interactions. It will also help us to find flow and direction when we feel uncertain or lost.
Now more than ever, it is important to bring awareness to the narratives and thoughts in our minds. Are you being unkind to yourself? Are you being overly harsh or critical of yourself? Whose voice is speaking in your head? Are you willing to quiet the mind and quell the internal debate? If you do not know how to do this, focus upon creating a feeling of safety in your own life. This will allow you to identify the fear and to break through the internal debate. Also, consider if you are being overly judgmental? Where does this judgment come from? Is it your voice or does it just sound like your voice? Are you willing to be more gentle with yourself in all areas of your life?
When we engage with gentleness, everyone experiences greater well-being. First of all, we come into greater coherence and are more balanced and less reactive in our lives. We also attract a different energy to us as we shift our frequencies. Further, we are able to treat others with greater love and understanding as we are more able to shift our perspective and allow for what may be occuring in their internal dialogue.
While many of us have experienced the dynamic of “tough love,” this is not beneficial at this time. We are asked to not push through, to not force things, and to not propel ourselves into a space of survival. For when we engage with “tough love,” we do nothing to heal and release the underlying traumas and experiences we have had. This keeps us trapped in an old energetic that may manifest repeated experiences we would not prefer - especially if having discovered that we can survive them, such experiences have become familiar to us.
Gentleness and perspective also allow us to retain the ability to be flexible with whatever comes forth in our experience. It allows us to let go and to surrender, as well as to pivot and to try something different. As we do this for ourselves, we also are more likely to grant others the same grace. In all, we create more space for everyone and everything that allows us to open to experience more of the love of the Universe through sychronicity.
Take the time to connect with your heart space today, your guidance team, and the Mermaids. Ask the Mermaids to help you to connect with your heart’s truth about things you are experiencing or people with whom you are interacting. Is more gentleness needed? Are you being kind to self? Would you benefit from speaking your heart’s truth in a loving way by sharing with another how their behavior affects you?
Take the time to also pay attention to your internal dialogue as you go through the day. What do you notice? Are you being kind and gentle with yourself? Are you treating yourself with “tough love?”
Are you being gentle with yourself as you work on self-discovery? Do you believe you “should” be further along than you are? Do you believe you “should” have manifested something in a certain way by now? Are you having doubts? Are you being critical of yourself for doubting? Are you allowing yourself to receive?
Are you willing to take your partnership with Spirit to the next level? Ask the Mermaids to use the torch of truth to illuminate your path to greater wholeness and connection with Spirit. What is revealed to you?
Take the time to also notice how you are engaging with others. Are you looking through the lense of your heart and into the other person’s heart? Are you treating all with love, compassion, kindness, and grace - in other words, gentleness? If not, in what way do you feel threatened or unsafe?
