XXI The World - Disney Villains Tarot #TCotD #TarotSky #DisneyVillainsTarot

VIII Strength - Disney Villains Tarot #TCotD #TarotSky #DisneyVillainsTarot

VII The Chariot - Disney Villains Tarot #TCotD #TarotSky #DisneyVillainsTarot

@nicomaramckay.com I just realized I'm a few days late, but happy birthday

Six of Coins - Disney Villains Tarot #TCotD #TarotSky #DisneyVillainsTarot

Two of Earth - Sextans & Octans : Cosmos Tarot #TCotD #TarotSky #CosmosTarot

High Priestess - Mensa : Cosmos Tarot #TCotD #TarotSky #CosmosTarot

Three of Air - Hercules : Cosmos Tarot #TcotD #TarotSky #CosmosTarot

There are revelations so profound they shake your world, your sense of being. For a moment you see beyond flesh, mortality, true clear consciousness like the gods... You can add salt and vinegar seasoning to a bag of Salt and Vinegar chips, and make them super salty and vinegary and it's amazing.

Nine of Air - Lupus : Cosmos Tarot #TCotD #TarotSky #CosmosTarot

I somehow lost (!!) one of my chöd texts, both the physical and digital copies. I went through my last four laptops and all my USB drives, nothing. Finally I remembered my fried hard drive that's been in a drawer for like 3 years waiting for me to see what can be recovered. 1/2

Strength - Puppis : Cosmos Tarot #TCotD #TarotSky #CoamosTarot

Bah, trying to share a joke on here, but the image upload keeps turning into a blank black "image". Tried three times, changed the aspect ratio, it's less than a mb, waited a few minutes even, still a blank upload. Is bluesky just saying I'm not funny? I'll try again later.

Knight of Fire - Chameleon: Cosmos Tarot #TCotD #TarotSky #CosmosTarot

Next book for my bookclub arrived today. Starting next week. I'm so glad I got my friends hooked on the Magic in History series.

The World : Phoenix - Cosmos Tarot #TCotD #TarotSky #CosmosTarot

I can't believe that was a decade ago I wrote that, probably one of my top 3 favourite posts/series.

"Paradise was not thus absence of pain, but promise of mending." Lucifer, Angels Before Men, Rafael Nicolas

There is something brutally psychically injurious to being constantly told "just do good work and you'll be successful" while watching people who do the most dogshit work possible do all the succeeding.

"Peaceful Buddhas are all just 'oh look at me sitting here all boring on a lotus, the calm embodiment of compassion.' Bhiksu please, I have 10 heads, 34 arms, 16 legs, and I'm dancing on the corpses of gods, holding the severed head of Brahma-the-fucking-Creator-of-All, while fucking." #NoContext

Next book for my book club. I can't believe I haven't read any of the Magic In History series since university. I might have to buy more and catch up, since I couldn't afford them in university.

There are two words that can be used to describe my religion: tantra and yoga. I never use those terms as the Western understanding of them have almost no relation to the traditional realities of the practice. So I say Vajrayana, I have to explain it, but don't have to break through misconceptions.

In a training today the presenter complimented me on formatting SMART goals. "You're good at this, I guess you've done this before." Of course I'm experienced with SMART goals, I'm a competent sorcerer.

Gate gate paragate

Having a day where I don't know if it's successful Buddhist non-attachment, or just numb.

I've had people comment on how I (used to) post a lot about the weird in my life, and this was the reason in part, normalizing the strangeness so others feel comfortable sharing.

Coworker in meeting: It's weird that I think of you as some sort of Time Lord. I don't understand how someone thirty years younger* than me seems to have centuries of experience and knowledge. *[actually only 20, but thanks]

Partner: Are we out of honey? Me: So... that asshole at work has been real nice to me this week. Partner: I hate that I understood that one... Putting honey on the grocery list.

Friend: Getting a new manager is annoying, having to learn their quirks, what you can get away with Me: Having to make new honey jars and poppets, and reapply layers of woog F: What? Me: What?

Having one of those days where it is useful for me to remind myself that my Rinpoche has PTSD from fleeing the Chinese invasion of Tibet. He's the 13th incarnation of his lineage, he has spent his whole life in temple meditating, practicing, and teaching. 1/2

Friend: So how did that stressful appointment go? Me: I responded to the doctor in Japanese at one point. Friend: Shit. Let me know if you wanna talk. Friends that understand the weirdness of my life.

Anecdotal, but it tracks for me.

Yesterday, gripe about bodies and aging. Today, did nothing I can think of, but so much foot pain I'm using my cane again. Not sure if this is my body saying I'm getting old, or that I'm still young since the last time I needed a cane long term was nearly a decade ago.

Okay highly amused watching Supernatural for the first time. Season 10 they have a tulpa mention (ugh), but then Sam says "It's not a tulpa" and Dean says to put some Schwarzenegger on it and imitates "It's not a tumour". This came out after my article www.blueflamemagick.com/index.php/20... 1/?

Odd realization: I can't remember when I last had a new spontaneous past life memory, I think it's a least been a year. I'm pretty certain this is the longest it's been basically ever (or at least since 92-93) Don't know why my brain latched to this thought.

Vajrasattva Mantra with Tibetan pronunciation in psytrance. Well, this will be stuck in my head with the Three Pourings tonight. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EE48...

Amusingly at this point I'm starting to find unusual if I haven't seen a friend for a decade and they haven't come out as trans in that time. "Wait, you're still cis?" #surreal #EggCollector #HalfJoking #OnlyHalf

Someone just told me I have "vintage autism" and I love, hate, and am confused by it (or how to feel about it). I mentioned my diagnosis was ~20 years ago, and they said "That's before they expanded the criteria, that's vintage autism you got there." I mean, I guess. To be clear, the comment 1/2

Something something cheaters never prosper. Playing charades with family, not doing well, try to cheat using sign language with my Deaf mother...only to realize how bad both of our sign language has become. Apparently almost never using it for 20 years means you forget a lot.

Mom to my siblings and me: Do you remember Aunt Anne? No wait, you wouldn't, you weren't alive yet. *looks at me* Well, you might remember her. Did my mom just make a past life memory joke with me? Also no, that would be part of my ~26 year blank spot of no memories. (Reminded by the last post)

I mean, I didn't have such a bad time *shrugs*

Five of Wands: Milarepa - Myth Weaver Tarot #TCotD #MythWeaverTarot #TarotSky I wouldn't necessarily think of putting Milarepa here, but I like how it works.

Warrior of Swords: Garuda - Myth Weaver Tarot #TCotD #MythWeaverTarot #TarotSky

If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features." There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.

I'll be 41 next month, my most commonly eaten meal is chicken strips (in vinegar with cheese, dipped in seafood sauce) which I've had several times a week for ~30 years, I got my autism diagnosis ~20 years ago. How did I just realize I'm the autistic chicken nugget stereotype?

@ravingsockmonkey.bsky.social Happy birthday!

Today is a grey, cold, rainy (Saturday) November morning. Time to start a reread. (It doesn't say here it is Saturday, but elsewhere you find out the next day is Sunday)