March 4, 2020-
In the newspaper, this morning, my horoscope was a bit on the snarky side: “You have been known to take the smallest hint as a sign from the Universe”.
Yes, and no. Each day, there are hundreds of small hints that come the way of any one of us. As I laid down for an after-breakfast nap, something I have customarily done during the Fast, these past 39 years, a magnet button fell off the refrigerator, hitting the floor. The button’s message: “Follow your dreams”. I re-attached the button to its magnet, and resumed my rest.
The message may, or may not, have been an affirmation. I follow my inner promptings, regardless, after always bouncing them off the reality around me and subtle messages from my spirit guides. Reality can change, from one day to the next, so I am prone to a fair degree of flexibility-as is most anyone else, I’d imagine.
I have met people who are so over-tethered to the sights and sounds around them, that every billboard, bumper sticker and expression on someone’s face is seen as intended just for them. There are times when the connection between self and universe is indeed very intense, and there are times when one is left to own judgment.
I am grateful to items like horoscopes, tarot cards and sightings of heart-shaped objects, for generally offering comfort and affirmation. May they ever be so. I am also supremely grateful for having been given the power of discernment.
A Sagittarian Seeker 
I agree on discernment. I note, take advice but trust myself and my judgements.
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Sounds like a plan.
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In the past, I’ve relied on messages from the universe. I still sometimes talk to clocks. A lot of things I go through being schizophrenic are the same things people do just not as often/dark.
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There is not a whole lot of difference between you and others.
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yeah, most people have heard voices or have had mental breakdowns (ego death). The difference with schizophrenia is that the voices and hallucinations don’t match reality at all and are usually aggressive. They take over the soul and cause misbehavior. Instead of hearing your mom tell you no more cookies while you’re binging Girl Scout cookies, you hear a monster from the fifth dimension or Satan or evil things, like my POCD. I don’t struggle with that anymore though, the POCD.
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I am sorry for all the pain you have endured. Glad that at least the POCD is gone.
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The power of discernment is indeed a gift.
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It is one of the greatest.
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discernment is the balancing factor. We must always provide room in our lives for the ability to reason and think independently.
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Exactly, though it took me about 25 years to learn that.
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