Attaining The Impossible
Sexual Attraction
Wishful Thinking
Personal Prophesy
Attaining The Impossible
We all know people who believe that anything wished for strongly enough can
be attained. I wouldn't necessarily call these people unrealistic about life.
They're basically average, caring people who desperately want something to come
true for themselves, and they're willing to sit down and wait for it. Can the
impossible be attained? I'm inclined from my experience with the cards to say
no. The prophesy of the cards is quite precise when it comes to matters that
involve restrictions or limitations that we simply don't have the ability to
change.
You can't make something happen through force, manipulation, or even just
wishing to make it so unless it already has the potential for becoming reality.
When it doesn't, the cards will give you this message over and over: "This
desire is not an option. You must make another choice. This plan, this dream,
this expectation will never be realized. It simply cannot be."
This is where so many tend to have the most difficulty -- accepting what has
been perceived as impossible. They hear the prophesy of the cards, but they
refuse to listen and act on it. They continue to pursue relationships and
elusive lovers who have no potential for becoming reality whatsoever. What
ultimately happens? They find themselves wallowing in misery needlessly. By
clinging to something that simply doesn't have the potential to become reality,
they turn their backs completely on the genuine, loving relationships the cards
offer as real opportunities for lasting future happiness.
Just as you must accept the reality of your situation, you must also accept
the reality of your desires. Choose to find the right kind of happiness for
yourself, rather than trying to make the impossible happen. With the cards as
your guide, you can learn to avoid relationships that will only cost you in
terms of suffering and sorrow.
If there is another man or woman standing between you and the person you
love; if you are trying to captivate and marry a certain person who has not even
met you yet; if you want an old lover to return to your life -- these are not
necessarily "impossibilities." It would depend greatly on the circumstances
surrounding you at that precise moment in time and the personal inclinations of
the other parties involved. One thing is certain, the cards are extremely
reliable when it comes to revealing exactly what the future holds in store
should you choose to pursue a relationship along these lines, and they will let
you know just what your chances really are for succeeding.
Listen to these messages when you get them from the cards. They are important
ones as you travel your own personal path to happiness. Impossible dreams are
just that -- impossible. Give them a nice, quick mercy killing and simply let
these dreams die. You'll be far better off, in the long run, without them.
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Sexual Attraction
While conducting countless readings over the years, I have discovered that
most men tend to view their relationships with women on the sexual level
initially, while most women are led emotionally at this stage. Therein lies a
major problem with most early encounters between the sexes. Males and the
females are on two completely different wavelengths, which usually isn't
communicated until it's too late. The end result? Males tend to be misunderstood
in their pursuit of sexual release, and the women feel misled by the pursuit --
which is, intuitively speaking, a completely avoidable situation.
With careful thought and action, the sexual force perceived in the cards can
be put to excellent use in the early stages of these relationships. When you
understand this force for exactly what it is -- the drive for sexual
gratification -- you won't go wrong. I guarantee it. You will "know"
perceptually whether this new relationship is capable of making you happy even
as it is only beginning, and as I can vouch from experience, that kind of
insight can be priceless.
Sexual attraction is interest as it is perceived on the physical level. It
should never be confused with emotion. Karen, a past client of mine, learned the
hard way.
Karen, a 37-year old woman who had been married for 17 years, was divorced
approximately six months when she came to me. It was a particularly painful
divorce -- her husband decided to marry the woman he'd secretly been having an
affair with for quite some time. Karen's first reading indicated that she was
seeking a permanent relationship. She married the only man she ever dated, and
she was having difficulty adapting to the thought of a long-term single life.
Karen's reading revealed that if she continued to go out with her friends to
nightclubs and parties after work as she had begun to do, she would meet a
particularly attractive man before the month was out, a man who was also
divorced but not consciously looking to become involved with any one specific
woman. It was perceivable in the cards that this man would find Karen's lack of
experience, and subsequent reserve where the opposite sex was concerned,
refreshingly charming. The potential was very strong for this man to eventually
find himself caring for her rather deeply.
Based on the information revealed in the cards, I advised Karen that she
should be aware that while he would appear to be just the man she was looking
for, he would basically be drawn to her on a sexual level initially. She should
avoid responding to this man -- both emotionally as well as sexually -- until
the relationship had the time to develop on a much more meaningful level.
When Karen came for a second reading, she met this man and thought for sure
she was in love with him. Again, I strongly advised her against beginning a
sexual relationship with him too soon. The reading indicated that he was
definitely a man who had tired of the easy sexual involvement that seemed so
available in the time since his divorce, and he was actually enjoying Karen for
the challenge she represented, sexually and otherwise. I advised her not to
express feelings of affection to him until he initiated such a discussion
himself, which was clearly evident would occur with the most effective choices
made on Karen's part.
In this particular instance, Karen didn't trust the prophesy of the cards.
When I saw her a few weeks later, she was crushed. Not only had she acted on
sexual impulse, but she told this man that she was falling in love with him.
Consequently, she hadn't heard a word from him in the time since. The reading
clearly indicated that her relationship with this man was over. His inclinations
toward her had changed once his sexual interest had been satisfied, and he did
not have intentions of seeing her romantically again.
Can the cards actually differentiate between physical drives and emotional
needs in this way? Absolutely. You must always bear in mind that when a reading
is conducted, the cards are revealing your hopes, your expectations, your life.
They are essentially a mirror reflecting your values and beliefs -- the things
that are important to no one but you. The only relevance other people have in
your reading is the impact their choices are making on your life -- choices
centered on their own personal feelings -- which are visible in this "mirror" as
well.
Now, suppose your wish was to marry a particular person who is already
married and perceived in the cards as loving his or her spouse. The cards would
consistently reflect your continued unhappiness with this situation. The reading
would unequivocally let you know that this wish is not going to be realized as
you have been wishing it -- the message being that you will only face heartbreak
and future suffering if you choose to continue seeking a marriage with this
person. The limitation here that makes it impossible for this situation to have
the potential to become reality is that the person you wish to marry does not
feel the way you do, and there isn't any way you can force him or her to feel
otherwise. You, then, have the freedom to accept this situation and the misery
it offers, placing yourself at the mercy of this person's choices for him or
herself, or you can choose to pursue your own personal happiness by leaving
yourself open to the opportunity for that future relationship with someone who
will culminate in the marriage you wish for.
What you have just read is a prime example of one of the most important
aspects of Personal Prophesy: "This is the ability to choose the best possible
options for yourself. To direct your life toward the happiness you desire. And
ultimately, to attain it."
Frequently, people act too quickly where sexual interest is concerned when it
has been perceived to be to their detriment to do so, or they will try to reap a
future from it, finding themselves merely living to regret it. All sorts of
these people have come back to me and groaned, "Why didn't you warn me?" That's
the important lesson in Personal Prophesy. You have to listen to the message in
order to make it work for you. In every one of these cases, the prophesy was
there, but unfortunately, the "message" wasn't heeded.
I see sexual attraction as a sword that cuts two ways. It can be used to your
best advantage in order to inspire a relationship of substance (or conversely,
to let you know that such a relationship is not a possibility), or it can be
used against you, causing you to act injudiciously when it really wasn't what
you wanted to do at all. Accept this attraction in your readings for what it is:
the drive for sexual gratification -- a powerful, self-satisfying force -- and
you will have no illusions about its prophesy.
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Wishful Thinking
I have provided intuitive guidance over the years for countless people who
all have one major problem in common. In every case, they were madly in love
with those who the cards consistently indicated were not true, faithful, caring
partners.
These people couldn't seem to understand why they were so miserable, yet the
reality of the situation they were in was staring them in the face. The
relationships they were pinning all of their hopes and dreams to were not going
to succeed, no matter how hard they might try to make it so. The prophesy was
there -- it was just a simple case of futile wishful thinking to avoid having to
accept the inevitable.
The message of the cards for men and women who are enduring disastrous love
relationships will always be the same, even though so few are willing to listen:
"Stop clinging to partners who are incapable of making you happy." What is it
about the human heart that makes us put so much energy into loving people who
are never going to love us back? The cards will show you who is incapable of
loving you back. You will also know beyond a shadow of a doubt who can be a
faithful partner, deserving of your love -- *if* you listen to the intuitive
message in your personal reading.
In order for you to achieve the kind of happiness in love that you hope for,
you will have to do one important thing right now: Accept the reality of your
situation as it exists this very moment. You must be completely honest with
yourself and realize that the cards reflect how things realistically appear and
not how you wish they could be.
Wishing is an important part of the card reading process. When you get a
reading, you are in essence wishing on the cards for knowledge: to determine how
close or how far you actually are from the things you want; whether there are
unexpected difficulties ahead that will have to be dealt with; and what
circumstances and individuals will be encountered -- all prepared to bring
changes to the path you have chosen to happiness.
This kind of wishing is extremely important to your ability to get what you
need and desire in love and friendship. Wishful thinking, however, is a grand
illusion that what you want to be true is true and ultimately puts you at the
mercy of the choices made by the people living their lives around you.
If you tend to find yourself on the losing end of your relationships, now is
the time for you to do something about it. By accepting the reality of your
situation (which is not to be confused with simply accepting the situation "as
is" and living with it, something you don't have to do), you are seeing your
life as it really is and taking the first step toward resolution and change --
change that Personal Prophesy will show you is a powerful, creative force when
controlled and used properly.
Are you single and lonely? Single and involved in a relationship that is not
making you happy, wondering if there might be somebody better for you out there?
Perhaps you're married, but spending life with a partner who doesn't satisfy
your needs, or you aren't completely sure this is a partner you can really
trust? None of these "realities" are permanent, although we have all been
conditioned to think of them as such when they're actually happening to us. But
remember, life is change, regardless of whether those changes are on a physical,
intellectual, or emotional level. The cards will constantly be filled with
possibilities for these changes to alter your situation and, consequently, the
rest of your life.
The possibilities that are forever present in the cards are definite viable
options that you can choose -- or refuse -- at will, putting you in control of
what happens to you, giving you confidence, without the need for wishful
thinking and other illusionary traps.
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Personal Prophesy
Ask yourself if you are you, in fact, making the most of your love life. If
you are currently in a good, solid relationship, my hunch is that you will say,
"Yes, I most certainly am making the most of my love life." If you are in a
less-than-satisfactory relationship, you're probably thinking, "Well, things
could be a lot better, but rather than go back to living without a partner, I'm
making the most of what I've got right now -- at least until someone better for
me comes along."
And if you are in a terribly unhappy relationship -- or if you are not
involved in a romantic relationship at all -- you're probably thinking, "No, I'm
not making the most of my love life." What it all boils down to at this
particular moment in your life is how you "perceive" your own romantic
happiness. Try to answer these questions: Do you see your love life in realistic
terms or through the rose-colored glasses of wishful thinking? Can you assess
what you see as a genuine fulfillment at a time in your life that needs
emotional improvement? Are you actually gravitating toward lasting happiness or
stagnating in a relationship that is not going anywhere? You may even, plainly
speaking, be floundering like crazy just to feel some sort of happiness for
yourself at all.
This is where Personal Prophesy comes in. Because this philosophy is so
intensely focused on the intuitive perception of emotions, the cards have the
capacity to be extremely clear-cut about where you actually are, emotionally, as
you follow your own personal life path toward the future. I'll tell you right
now, the cards won't ever lead you down the primrose path of wishful-thinking
where your love life is concerned. In terms of the cards, wishful-thinking is a
grand illusion that deceives you into believing what you *want* to be true *is*
true, and it ultimately puts you at the mercy of the choices being made by those
living their lives around you.
The cards prefer to deal with reality rather than fantasy when it comes to
love. The cards won't feed your ego, tell you fanciful bedtime stories about
your relationships, or give you any sort of false hope about the success of the
path you have chosen to take to seek love and happiness. The cards will plainly
reveal to you that if you continue to pursue a relationship with a man or woman
who does not have the potential to make you truly happy, you will only find
yourself brokenhearted and miserable in the end.
The cards will alert you to avoid potential partners who are essentially
incapable of fidelity when in committed relationships. They can help you better
understand the reasons why a partner has, for instance, suddenly lost heart or
is experiencing personal emotional difficulties regarding a relationship. And
they can also literally point the way toward those relationships that will make
you feel happiest and most complete in the end.
Those who are in good, solid relationships need to remember that their
relationships are in fact "living things." Right now, think of your relationship
as a precious plant on the windowsill. It is a plant that someone who loves you
very much gave you as a gift. Are you going to say, "Well, this is a very nice,
healthy plant, and I'm just going to sit over here and think about it once in
awhile but not really put any time or energy into taking care of it"? No, of
course not. Without attention or tender loving care, that plant will wither and
die. Even a good, strong, hearty cactus will eventually keel over and bite the
dust. Nothing thrives in an atmosphere of neglect. You can't put that plant on
your windowsill and come back three months, six months, or even a year later and
find a healthy plant thriving there just because you were "busy" or
"preoccupied" and not really focused on taking good care of it for that period
of time.
If you have a relationship that is precious to you, do everything possible to
make the most of it every single day. Tend it, fortify it, nurture it. Give it
all the time and attention you can because, as we are growing from day to day,
our relationships are either "thriving" or "dying" in the midst of our own
personal growth. They don't remain the same. It's up to each and every one of us
to see that our relationships maintain strength and good health as we gravitate
and grow toward the future.
If you are in a relationship that isn't what it used to be, ask yourself why
this is. Did you stop taking care of this relationship, or is your partner at
fault? Has one of you quite naturally outgrown your commitment in this
relationship or simply chosen to take a new, solitary path for yourself into the
future? There are no guarantees in life, only "promise" in terms of what has yet
to come. If you can hold fast to this promise -- the potential for a happy,
fulfilling life shared together alive -- you have won half the battle already.
When you share the same goal and are deeply committed to it, nothing will ever
possess enough power to divide you. Nothing. No temporary lapse in fidelity, no
financial problems, nor a lack of passion and intensity will do this.
When both partners are truly committed, they have the power to weather every
storm. They will lavish attention on that plant on the windowsill -- and they
will tend to it even during the dim days of winter or if it has suddenly fallen
to the floor and been bruised.
Some people cannot make the most of their love lives because they simply
haven't got one. They need to take a good, hard look at the way they're living
their lives in general. Nobody is going to ride up to your door on a white
charger to romantically whisk you off for a lifetime of love and happiness
unless you happen to be a character in a Disney movie. Even then, your chances
might be a little remote. If "Beauty" wouldn't have left the house, for example,
would she have met her true love, the "Beast"? I, for one, sincerely doubt it.
Face it; you have to expand your social circle. You've got to consider your
friendships with members of the opposite sex as potential romantic partners.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: There is no better foundation in the
world for marriage than genuine, honest friendship.
You also have to consider how others perceive the way you "live" your life.
If you go out and present yourself as available to anyone who happens to look
your way, chances are that real love will be hard to come by. Nobody wants what
everybody else can have. Nobody sees sincerity and honesty in someone who falls
in "love" every other week. Nobody puts genuine faith in someone who has no
faith in themselves.
Making the most of our love lives is essentially centered on making the most
of "whom" we are and "where" we are in terms of our life paths and our own
individual capacities to love. We are always changing, always becoming. This one
fact of life will always be so. But if we can view our loving relationships as
doing the same with every breath we take, we will become more empowered in the
process of loving and more committed to keeping these relationships alive and
thriving. We will be more willing to literally "make the most" of the love lives
we have while living right now, in the present.
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