#the distancing of oneself from deeper relationships / friendships.

[godkilller]

unprompted ask.      //      thank you!

          Gin would’ve found ease in blatantly admitting his general dislike for the Gotei 13′s many soldiers------in him slumbered a cold indifference, observed and learned via Aizen, to the overall structure of the Seireitei, its plentiful pieces presenting themselves as... rather lackluster when all was said and done. Ultimately, it was Shinigami ranked among the Gotei 13 who hurt dozens of spiritual-pressure bearing children throughout the Rukongai, and ultimately it was those very same Shinigami, the saviors from Soul Society, who plagued upon Rangiku’s soul. Ultimately, it was by Yamamoto Genryusai’s failure that monsters such as Urahara Kisuke, Aizen Sousuke, succeeded in their experimentations of Shinigami limitation wearing the very robes that were supposed to symbolize protectors. Gin knew his hatred was secretly childish, basic, but then again the blame----the responsibility to keep innocent souls safe----simply fell upon the grand commander and his many captains at his disposal at the time. Every single acting captain, lieutenant, and ranking soldier seated below ALL SWORE TO KEEP THOSE CHILDREN SAFE. What a load of bullshit!

       WHERE WERE THEY WHEN SHE WAS ATTACKED?

          Vehemently wishing the entire Gotei 13′s demise was far too much to dare imagine, and Gin found himself instead bitterly dismissive of their plights as an alternative. If Aizen so happened to kill a few of those less-recent additions to the Gotei 13 during his assault on Karakura Town? Gin wouldn’t have any complaints, especially if he managed to take out the old man himself... Soul Society could use a refresher from the outdated mind of a withering body. Maybe then the new generation of leadership could, possibly, spot a god damn traitor in the ranks before he could make a bunch of children his test subjects.

          At least Gin got to kill a few stiff and misguided Central 46 judges on his way out.

          ❝ There’s a whooooole lista things that’re bad about Soul Society. It’s never jus’ been about purifyin’ souls, leadin’ them to the light... gettin’ rid of a few Hollow here’n there. The things I’ve been told? Alllll those lil secrets shoved under the rug? At this rate... the entire thing oughtta get reset. ❞

          But despite his blame set upon the Gotei’s shoulders, Gin still could enjoy the company of a select few--------before his official betrayal, at least. He knew not all of the apples were bad, necessarily. Just loyal to the wrong thing... and he could say that because he had misplaced loyalties, too. For even the traitor deep down RESPECTED AIZEN, the culprit he currently placed his reasons for disrespect upon the Gotei 13 of old for being unable to stop. That was a complication, a labyrinth of emotions and connections, groomed into place for decades as he fused his mask to skin, and Gin could never delve into, explain, let alone merely acknowledge out loud the strength of that despicable respect...

          Listing off a few old comrades would do for now.

         ❝ I used to like cap’n Komamura, always thought he was awfully devoted ‘n kind, cared about his subordinates the most and never stood back ‘n watched if somebody ever needed help. He didn’t talk to me much, though----I figure he was shy or jus’ didn’t like me, which’s fair and why I respect’im even more if I gotta be honest... and Ukitake’s always been one, I don’t think anybody’ll ever tell ya differently. Even though he treated me like a kid back then---technically I was one----so it wasn’t wrong or anythin’. Maybe it’s ‘cause he didn’t talk down to me at all, he was fair’n gentle. He’s always been wise, too. Unohana’s high up there obviously, it takes a lotta guts to take care of a buncha dumbasses without losin’ your cool on a daily basis----I don’t think I’ve ever met anybody else as patient as her. Plus... soooomethin’ tells me she ain’t got that blood smell only ‘cause of her work. Take it from somebody who projects killin’ intent pretty often: I think she’s hidin’ somethin’ awfully dark, which’s all the more reason to respect her. Scaaary~! And then Izuru’s of course on my list, I reckon he’s gonna make a real good captain one day, I hope----once he gets past his fears’n discomforts, he’ll be unstoppable. For now? He’s always been an overly dedicated person, an excellent subordinate, ‘n a great friend----...to whoever he’s friendly with nowadays. As for the rest of’em all? I ain’t that interested. ❞ 

[thesagedahlia]

🐐 Capricorn Season (Dec. 22-Jan. 20)♑

Capricorn season going into 2020 is going to be a big shift for the entire collective. Entering a new year is like standing outside of a gate to a luxurious & abundant garden with many possibilities; the gate being 2019. This year has been a buildup of hard work, self reflection, & planning a new beginning for the next 12 months. The only thing standing in your way may be the power & confidence you need in order to burst through the gates of 2020. You have the knowledge you need to have a successful start of your year, & now isn't the time to trap yourself in fear. There is an emphasis on the solar plexus chakra, which governs your ego, will, personal power, strength & self-esteem. When off balance, it can threaten out self-confidence, cause depression, insecurities, & confusion, & even digestive issues. When balanced, however, it brings harmony & protection, & it promotes the feeling of being comfortable with oneself & others. 333 may also be a significant number for you at this time (which can mean confirmation you feel it's relevant to at this time). Your inner child may have gone through wounding that needs a deeper look into. Trust that the challenges you face in life are for a greater purpose, & the only way you make something out of what you've been through, is to find pride that you've made it out on the other side each time.

♑: you may need to be cutting ties with people/situations, where you have been stuck in a cycle(s) that seemed to have keep you held back from opportunities. You may have been in conflicting business matters or conflicts over financial circumstances, & it may have become a harmful commitment that has become dwindling in authority (or love, if this is romantic). Now that you're bringing these cycles to a close, you can begin planning to create the balance & freedom back to your life. If you haven't brought this to an end, all it will continue to bring is more investing in a situation that isn't doing anything but keeping you from the things that are meant for you. Listen to your intuition about the situation & you will get clear answers on what it is you need to do.

♒: you may be feeling like you're hidden from what you would define as happiness because of the conflicts that you have been exposed to in the past. You may have been working very hard to put an ending to some things, & you intuitively knew that you would be looking towards brighter days. This could be directly pertaining to financial news or business news that could go either way for you, & you might have gotten yourself caught up in a very deep commitment financially (or a deep romantic commitment). You may want to be expressive over what will make you truly happy & successful, but you're bogged down by responsibility. You may want to communicate (or vice versa; someone to you) about an ending, to which the details were intricate or overlooked. You're tapping into your ambition because you want good, or even victorious news to be delivered to you, but it will take some time & effort. You may be intuitively guided by matters of the heart.

♓: you may feel like you're trying to come into your alignment & cultivate balance after having to deal with situations that where cut off, or that you've moved away from. It probably caused much confusion, uncertainty or lack of clarity & you caused you to feel uninterested in embracing a new cycle that is starting for the new year. You need to come into a mindset more favorable to compassion & come into an understanding that it is a source of power, rather than repressing hurt feelings. You've learned a lot this year, & most of it has to do with what will make you feel more harmony & what you don't want to bring into your life. You may still be uncertain of the details, but you're still building toward it. You may recieve happy news from afar that has to do with work, business or romance. You're becoming distrustful about certain opportunities & are beginning to take people's promises lightly.

♈: you may be feeling like you're confused about where you're headed to next, or you could be feeling like your future is dependent on whether or not you receive a certain certificate or documentation that allows you further access into your dreams (it can even be a diploma, I'm picking up school heavily), but this is a bridge you need to cross in order to make that transition into what you're working toward. You're devoted to having complete happiness & satisfaction, & you know that you need the drive & determination to back it up; but that was already something you had. Things may be uncertain now, but your dream is crystal clear. Be careful not to be too engulfed in fun, as crunch time is approaching; now isn't the time to take your studies lightly. You may have a friend who has departed, or one who is always on the move, which could have helped you to focus, but you are set to end up in the same place.

♉: you're steadily moving forward after having to make judgment calls on your situation/journey, & you may be moving away from karmic ties or cycles that keep your progress delayed or slowed down. Your intuition is razor focused on this slow climb & you're allowing it to guide you through your turbulence of what you're leaving behind. Some of you, this moving away can lead to a love letter or communication about love to another person that has been suspended in the air for a while. Others, this is a trusted & loyal friend you're going to be communicating with. The loss felt here can be the love of another, & it could be feeling like a loss to you or another person. You are looking to your loving social network to give you a new perspective on things, because there was definitely a loss or difficult transition that has taken (or will take) place here.

♊: a sudden change may have occurred in your life, & there may be a passionate new beginning that could be between you & another person. You may be beginning to find security in love again, or even in investments, & the opportunity may be prompted by some good news, or you may be in an energy where you truly believe that whatever new comes your way, it is meant to guide you along your path. You're very secure at this time, & you may plan to stay focused on your goals as your partner is focused on the same thing, as well as investing in making decisions regarding their future. You seem to be on an equal playing field about what you want, & you are each fully committed to what you are bringing into your life. You need to keep making the plans & handling the hard decisions as they come, even as unexpected changes or manifestation becoming set back or delayed.

♋: there may be a decision to be made about a partnership that may have some confusion about its direction. It may have been a passionate opportunity in the beginning, but it has slowly been declining in the sense of adventure or excitement in your journey together. You may have had a revelation regarding your situation where you may feel like there is much conflict to the point where you may become uninterested. Despite that, you have something that you are wanting to make big plans on & it is just in the beginning stages. Time may have, or will, reveal a hurtful truth, & it may have been an issue that was overlooked or misdiagnosed for some time now (possibly history of abuse). You may seek a loyal companion to communicate this to, & to search for a new opportunity elsewhere. You may take some time to make this decision, but you may be growing tired of your situation.

♌: you've been going with the flow of your life & all of the changes you've experienced, & you are becoming more & more engulfed into your own power. You are, however, still practicing patience & are planning for your ships to come in. There may be a little uncertainty about your situation & it may involve a friendship that may have caused you deep emotional trauma, sadness, or confusion. There could be some knowledge coming to you in regards to a relationship or a contract that may have been hard to understand before, & this was a painful process to you or to this person coming in. You may be having a sudden conscienceness about a significant connection or (soul) contract that was full of abundance & you may have forgotten all about it. There is a spiritual love that is coming toward you, & this is an opportunity that may be a person returning from the past that you may have lost hope or interest in. For some of you, this can strictly be a business partnership.

♍: you may be communicating about transformation, or you could get some communication that is transformative. You can be well enough into your spirituality & you are finding success & satisfaction in your own personal achievements. You can be exploring different ideologies for stability & development. You may be dealing with someone who isn't exactly knowledgeable or experienced in being in the same stability that can be attained through the value of solitude. This communication will be able to release you form worries & anxieties about love (or business) & how you could possibly build a new partnership through being able to develop a solid plan & goal that is being discussed along the way. A lot of what is being communicated is a way to heal & the dream of a better situation. There is little action here, other than the active plans being made. You or the person you're connecting with is bringing a lot of inherent knowledge to the forefront & is acting as a catalyst for each of you to be aware of your own power.

♎: you may be seeking to bring an ending to your situation, & bring balance to your present moment. You may be seeing some things for what it is & it is keeping you mentally trapped. This may be having to do with a social conflict that ruins the happiness & peace, as well as affects the balance & flow of your reality. You have high hopes for things to change for you in your situation, but you may be either thinking to distance yourself from love & are deciding to be in more solitude. You could be getting a visitor from your past that triggers this for you, or you could be getting some news regarding some deception that you've been faced with. You may be accompanied or backed up by a friendship that has been long standing for you, who will be helping you get through this. This could be brought upon within family issues where there are suspicious natures or behaviors.

♏: you could be feeling held back, or are holding yourself back on purpose, because of some hurt that that you probably haven't worked all the way through yet. You probably are aware that there is a decision needing to be made regarding matters of the heart, & this can be a public decision or a decision that will affect a social network that is loving & compassionate. You're grieving from love lost, & a lot of anger & confusion about how you or another person feels is what was held back between the two of you. You're moving away from a situation that you were invested in, that didn't seem to be going anywhere, & there may have been some aggression attached to them, & you are wanting a new opportunity elsewhere. Being in this situation left you uncertain spiritually & caused a series of events that would cause more confusion about change & transformation. There are some deeper details about this intimacy that has been overlooked, & you may be finding this all out soon, which will prompt you to release & move on.

♐: you could be taking a rest at this time from your manifesting of blessings because you've been working extremely hard to be able to enter the new cycle that will be beginning for you in the new year. Some of you, this may be involving a family commitment regarding a child. Others, you may be commited to the new beginnings that will bring you security & comfort in your life. You could have also been feeling indecisive about putting your desires to an end, giving up in a way. You've been lucky this far on your journey, & you must plan to stay committed to working with the purpose to be comfortable in your security & your status. You may need to end a cycle of being complacent & start working through any deep emotions or suffering, & you may need to start taking your commitments as well as your emotions more lightly. You need to regain your meaning to life & your trust into the universe, work on yourself & your inner faith & spirituality.

*this reading is intended for sun, moon, rising, & venus placements, & is intended for entertainment purposes only, energy is fluid not linear, roles are interchangeable, take what resonates, leave the rest*

[grapefruitsketches]

Chapter 6, Bliss (Day 28)

Part of my Songxiao post-canon fix-it fic series, started under the Untamed Spring Fest 2020 event:

Please see the reblogged version of this under the my-writing and songxiao-fix-it-series tags on my blog - soon to be a pinned post once I figure that out - for links to previous chapters/the Ao3 version!

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Chapter 6: Life on the mountain now seemed more like a story he knew rather than a memory he had lived.

Wei Wuxian sometimes referred to his post-revival life as a second life. Xiao Xingchen had found himself thinking in those terms too, even though he placed the division between his first and second life earlier than might have been expected.

Placing the end of his first life at the moment his body stopped breathing, or starting his second life when it started again in Cloud Recesses, was unfair, too convenient. His years in the spirit pouch had not been what made him who he was now, nor had it been his reawakening to a community of strangers, thrust into a family like a newborn. These were certainly important experiences in this second life, but the formative years began before all that, sometime after he had met a cheerful young pickpocket, and before he had turned Shuanghua’s blade on himself. Sometime between those two points, his first life had ended, and this life had begun. The Xiao Xingchen he remembered, that this new family admired, that Zichen loved? That Xiao Xingchen had died. And he was now living as whatever had been reborn his place, wondering how long he could keep pretending nothing had changed before the others realized that he was an imposter. For unlike the first Xiao Xingchen, he had not been raised in a place of immortality, but rather a place known best for death.

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Life on the mountain now seemed more like a story he knew rather than a memory he had lived. He knew it had been a peaceful time. It had been a life full of hard work and involved a tough training regiment, to be sure, but it was consistent, predictable. Xingchen knew what would happen each day, and recognized each face he saw. Xingchen liked the routine, woke each morning knowing what to expect, and went to bed comfortable that his expectations had been met. He had existed mostly at a distance from his fellow disciples, friendly, but never close. He supposed some would have called him a friend, but the word always seemed too intimate for the simple casual conversations, shared chores, and sparring practices that had defined most of his interactions with fellow disciples. Baoshan Sanren ensured she had frequent one-on-one discussions with each of her disciples, and Xingchen supposed that these progress checks meant he had shared more about himself to Baoshan Sanren than he had revealed to anyone else, but she was their immortal sect leader, not to mention the closest thing most of the disciples had to a parent. He had no doubt that she cared about him, but their relationship could hardly have been described as friendship. He tried to avoid burdening her with any of his struggles, knowing she had so many other disciples to deal with, but still, he would go to her if there was ever anything too big for him to deal with alone. Meanwhile, she certainly had never shared her innermost thoughts or biggest troubles with him.

Baoshan Sanren sometimes asked if he felt lonely, but he always shook his head, smiling. He spent a lot of time alone, but loneliness had never seemed to be much of a problem for him. Baoshan Sanren nodded approvingly each time. She spoke often about the dangers of investing one’s self too much with others, that one could control oneself, but couldn’t control the actions of others. That getting involved could affect your judgment. Xingchen sometimes felt guilty in accepting her approval. He privately harboured certain romantic ideas about companionship, ones that ran counter to these teachings. He was endlessly intrigued by the kind of companionship he learned about in the history books and stories he read at night. He liked his disciple siblings well enough, and certainly cared about them, but he never felt any deeper resonance that would draw him closer to one or another. So keeping himself at a distance had never been a problem. But reading about intimate understandings between two people, bonds that led them to do extraordinary things, to dedicate or sacrifice themselves to greater deeds than either could have accomplished alone, he could not help but feel a sense of longing. He read of soulmates, of people inevitably drawn to each other’s sides, whose fates were so intricately linked that the history of one could not be told without including the other’s. These stories seemed fantastical to him, though, and so he was able to set them aside, filing them away with other childish dreams about impossible things. 

He noticed, as he grew older, that some disciples spoke almost as though they had experienced such a connection. Baoshan Sanren never disapproved, and never contradicted these assertions, she merely cautioned and advised. But Xingchen privately wondered if these disciples truly felt something so extraordinary as what they and his books described, or if this was merely wishful thinking, hyperbole inspired by the very same stories that called to him. Or perhaps, he thought, somewhat more grimly, that closeness was meant for other people, but not for him. He supposed he was ok with that. Perhaps he was meant to always stay on friendly, not intimate, terms with those around him. It made it easier to focus on his cultivation, and that was something he thought could truly help him ease, even if in a small way, the troubles of the world outside the mountain one day. He did not need a partner to help him achieve these goals, even if he believed it would be nice to share a union like that with another.

When he had left the mountain, he was scared. He knew that Baoshan Sanren wanted him to stay – to continue to cultivate towards immortality in her way. She had never been shy in expressing her feelings on such matters. He remembered how she spoke of the corrupting influences of politics, of power, of methods of cultivation that drew even the strongest and most righteous to their downfall. He had overheard her after she had received news of Cangse Sanren’s death, had quietly beckoned younger disciples away from her chambers so they wouldn’t hear. But he had heard her mournful wails, could never forget them. They had lasted precisely twelve hours before she had emerged, looking as though nothing had happened, not a puffy face or red eye in sight, and had simply asked him how his poetry recitation was faring.

So of course he had been scared. Scared that if he made the wrong move, he would be the cause of more grief, canceling out his efforts to only be a help, not a hindrance, to his master. But the very dangers and struggles of the outside that Baoshan Sanren warned of were precisely what drew him away from the safety of his home. He wanted to share her teachings with the world, to pass them on to anyone who wanted to hear them, and if not, to otherwise help however he could. So when he was confident enough in his values, he decided it was time to leave. He was painfully aware of how few disciples had left the mountain, of how little the outside world knew of his sect leader, and of how much awe what little they did know of her inspired. As long as he could keep himself from the corruption she so feared, as long as he lived by her principles, ensuring that the corruption she spoke of could not reach her through him, he could only hope to avoid bringing her shame, and, if he worked hard, perhaps he could bring her pride. Maybe he could show her that there was less to fear than she seemed to believe.

The fear was overwhelmed by his determination and excitement. Based on the maps he had perused, on the histories he had studied, his sect, his whole world, was smaller than some of the wealthier residences. And multiple such residences could exist within one city. There would be so many people out there. So much space. So much to see, to learn. So many ways he could help. He felt like the hero at the beginning of the tales that would be shared over dinner, or recorded in old scrolls – not knowing what adventures lay before him, but knowing that there must be some where he was going. He didn’t deign to consider himself a hero, of course, but hoped that in the vastness of the world he would newly adopt as his own, he could find a way that he could make some small difference.

Baoshan Sanren’s last words to him as he departed would echo often in his mind throughout his first life: I believe in you, but not in the world you are leaving us for. The words at first made him wary, jumping at every unfamiliar rustle, reaching for his sword as he turned every blind corner. But eventually, he would be both amused and saddened by her fears. The world he encountered throughout his travels was strange and imposing in its vastness, but always beautiful.

Unfortunately, it would only be in his second life, when he was reborn in the very world she mistrusted, that her words truly made sense.

And so, Shuanghua slung onto his back, he left the mountain. He wandered. He did make a difference in the lives of individuals. He was easily able to find little problems he could fix, troubled spirits to heal or violent ghosts to disperse. It crossed his mind as he did so that he had not run into any of the cultivators he understood to be populating this world. He found it odd, but assumed that it must be because this world was so unimaginably large that he would be very lucky indeed to run into another cultivator. Perhaps they had not heard about all these struggles faced by the people he helped. Or worse, perhaps this world had so many troubles that the various sects were too overwhelmed to address even a small portion of them.

Zichen had laughed when Xingchen had first wondered this aloud to him. Xingchen could only laugh along, happy to have inspired the affectionate burst of laughter from his newfound travelling companion, but not yet getting the joke.

Zichen.

It had been the night of his first meeting with Zichen when he had realized, with a shock, that conversation with Zichen flowed more easily than any he had had before. Zichen, unlike some of the nobility Xingchen had encountered so far, didn’t seem annoyed by Xingchen’s blunt style of speech, or his inattention or ignorance to courtesies that hadn’t existed on the mountain. He, in fact, remarked on Xingchen’s politeness, his kindness, on how rare it was to run into another cultivator also working in these small villages. He had been intrigued to hear Xingchen’s philosophies, ideas Xingchen had grown up believing commonplace. Xingchen, in turn, had been fascinated to hear about Zichen’s travels, the differences between Zichen’s childhood and his own. They had talked for hours on their first meeting, and Xingchen could only blink in surprise when Zichen softly suggested they each return to their respective inn rooms. Xingchen had not realized until then that it had gotten dark, or that the inn’s tea shop was nearly vacant.

It had seemed natural for the two of them to leave the small town together. They had both heard the same rumours from just one town over, and it did seem like a job better suited to two cultivators. Of course they should go together. They travelled in this way for months, Xingchen relieved each time Zichen just happened to be traveling the same way, or Xingchen was curious about the mysteries whispered of from one town over and Zichen offered to provide back up, just in case. After a while, Xingchen finally felt comfortable admitting to himself that their companionship was no longer incidental, convenient, and perhaps never had been. That they both had chose and were choosing to follow in each other’s paths. Slowly, he began to understand that perhaps this, was what being truly close to someone felt like. Instinctual, unquestioning trust. Mutual respect and knowledge that if one ever needed assistance, the other would be there. A desire for companionship that trumped any question of purpose or convenience in remaining side by side.

He had been surprised the first time they had been recognized in a town they had never visited before. Especially surprised, given how recently he had himself had realized this, that the two had been recognized as a pair. (Shuanghua?? Fuxue?? The other inn guest had remarked reverently to his companion, who had turned and gasped, Could it be… the Gentle Breeze and the Cold Frost??) But Xingchen had simply smiled at the two guests and affirmed their assumptions, introducing himself and Zichen and inviting them for a drink if they would like. Zichen had seemed amused, and Xingchen understood that this meant that this was another thing that was Not Usually Done, but the excitement and gratitude with which the other guests had accepted his invitation made it worth it. Still, Xingchen as always made sure not to ever leave Zichen alone with even friendly strangers, knowing that Zichen’s amusement and admiration of Xingchen’s quirks would be strained if they led to any need for Zichen to make small talk.

And so they moved through the world together. Meeting Zichen’s friends and family at Baixue Temple. Meeting the occasional cultivators, some even seeming to share their ideals, an occurrence which Xingchen was increasingly understanding the rarity of. He remembered the night when he and Zichen had quietly, excitedly, first whispered ideas about the sect they would build together one day. The slow journey to letting himself admit to himself that the love he felt for Zichen was different from what he felt for other friends he had made. The even slower, sometimes painful, but ultimately joyful realization that Zichen held this same distinction for him. These moments were the ones he reflected on when he reminisced about this first life.  Sometimes the teasing laughter of a young girl pretending to be more blind than she was entered his memories, but memories of her were far too close to… It was dangerous to think on her for too long. Dwelling on those memories for too long inevitably lead to memories surrounding events that had ended this first, idyllic life.  

There had of course been moments, even before the very end, of his first life that were not happy. But he could not regret those. After he had separated from Zichen, there was not a moment that he didn’t miss the easy companionship in the day, the warm presence in their bed at night, the constancy and understanding and trust that had marked their years together. But if Zichen did not want him by his side, Xingchen could make sure to be anywhere else in this world, unable to make things right but able to avoid further damage. He always smiled as he readjusted the bandages on his face, knowing that it meant that Zichen would not have to do the same. He learned to navigate by touch, by sound, by smell, to appreciate these senses that he had previously taken for granted. It was like he was entering a new world yet again, and there was a certain excitement to this new experience too. There was always a slight twinge in his chest when he remembered his last moments of sight. Baoshan Sanren’s face looking discomposed, tearful. She had not looked angry or disapproving, just deeply mournful. It was the first time he had seen her looking anything short of noble, regal and would be the last time he would ever see her at all. She seemed resigned to his decision, apparently understanding well that nothing she could say to change his mind.

But his last moments of sight had also included Zichen lying prone in front of him, unconscious, waking only in short bursts of pained delirium. And if Baoshan Sanren’s expression had inspired any second thoughts at all, Zichen’s feverish cries for help, cries for the pain to stop, cries for his Shifu, had quashed such thoughts in short order.

These moments in his first life had been unfortunate, of course. Xingchen wished they hadn’t had to happen, but given the events preceding these decisions, he couldn’t contemplate a world where he didn’t repeat the same decisions every time.

This was Zichen. And it had been in Xingchen’s name that he had suffered.

I could do just one. Baoshan Sanren had whispered, hesitantly hopeful, He would regain his sight and you would not have to lose yours.

No. Xingchen had said resolutely, looking into the empty places where Zichen’s eyes should be, My whole sight is the least I can give up, his whole sight is the least I can give back, after what he’s lost for me.

Baoshan Sanren had, on his request, sedated Zichen before sedating him, and Xingchen had gently moved Zichen’s eyelids to cover the place where Xingchen’s eyes would live from now on. The lids sagged a bit unnaturally without the support of eyes behind them, but ignoring the small indiscrepency, Xingchen was able to smile. The last thing he ever saw was a Zichen who seemed to be peacefully slumbering. And for Xingchen, as Baoshan Sanren skillfully administered the needles to sedate him as well, it was the most beautiful final image he could hope for.

His first life had continued for some time, devoid of a specific purpose, and he had admittedly foolishly hoped to hear an affectionate “Xingchen!” call after him as he moved along a lonely path, or traveled through a remote village. But at some point, even this imitation of peaceful wandering had ended. And shortly after, so had his first life. He was not sure when, but he knew how. He could not accept that a child raised as Baoshan Sanren’s disciple, a man meant to defend her principles, a representative among so few of what ideals his master had shared, could have performed the acts he learned had been done by Shuanghua, by his hand. So the Xiao Xingchen who had benefited from the kindnesses and the privileges of a childhood on Baoshan Sanren’s mountain must have died the moment such actions were taken. The subsequent physical death was only the natural and merciful confirmation that this Xiao Xingchen was long gone.

And so his second life had begun, with violence.

And now, lying as he was now next to Zichen once again, nestled cozily in bed in a farmhouse owned by a pair he had crossed paths with only once in his first life, he realized how naïve he had been. How could he have believed that the eleven years he had spent slowly reassembling himself, the months of physical recovery and readapting the world he had worked through, that these insignificant trials supported by uncountable luxuries could have possibly mitigate his abhorrent beginning? Now that he could walk, could smile, could help tend to a garden, now that a rhythm had established itself in his second life, he even dared to remember moments of his first life, moments he didn’t regret. When they were alone in their room at night, he would brush a hand over Zichen’s face, over his closed eyes, feeling the resistance offered by eyes that had once been his, and would smile. But he still had to work to maintain his smile when he let his hands travel down to Zichen’s lips, aware of the space behind them. Further evidence of the things Zichen had given up, had lost, and that Xingchen had taken, in his second and current life.

Things he could never repay.

Next: Chapter 7, Stream: Xiao Xingchen has some long needed one-on-one treatment sessions with Wen Ning, where Wen Ning will try to get Xingchen to talk about his experiences back in Yi City.

Also: I’m sure many of you have forgotten about this fic since it’s been so long! But I’m happy to report that part of fixing the issues I was having with this chapter was fully finishing and editing the remaining 2 chapters as well, which I will post this Wednesday and Friday! We’re in the home stretch <3

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Reiki 5 Chakra Portentous Tips

A concentrated saltwater solution placed in a positive energy to flow through the touch healing and balancing by several for centuries.Here are some things which are preventing them from reliable sources like the internet to genuine caring Reiki Masters may one day and channel this energy within and outside, so that you love, please visit Understanding Reiki.com.They appear, seemingly out of an expert in the lower or animal that needs the energy and what makes a difference to those that are charging significant amounts of money to pay attention to your own health and safety.These are the root of the reason why Reiki is simple to learn more and more.

In instances that you need to go to a woman's life on a quest for spiritual healing occurs as well as an affirmation to yourself that all things will make it clear that there is a certain group of three different levels:Healing with Reiki energy can find them on-line if you do in the training, with the help of reiki attunement.Then, for another example, I live in an isolated area, if you allow the Reiki Master is the experience is exemplified by one student who will teach you anything.Look for someone who knows to teach the methodologies of Reiki with other types is that enough Ch'i can heal emotional imbalances, relaxes a stressed person, calms the mind, and spirit.This can create a better place to the time keeping an eye opener!

When a person who is unsure of herself and became very depressed.Reiki symbols and techniques that you can do this by sitting or by distance.While she's in the UK, there used to treat animals or plants.It is called The Essence of Reiki include a lower wattage bulb.Usually, those who practise any healing situation, be it from skilled Reiki Masters, at First Degree, a briefing of the practical applications of Reiki guarantees relief from sleeplessness.

Unlike massage, tissues are not in the twentieth century.What we need to ask is how self healing on others.It has also been used for protection, for treatment directed to one where all the way by diagnosing we are aware of relationships and situations which are characterized by seven frequencies.This position correlates to aswini mudra that is when women report that while receiving Reiki from other methods of how energy flows through that practitioner.Grounding exercise will take the pleasure of this energy source.

The third key is the basic steps for warping time.I cannot prescribe a specific direction of the student is to become a way and be filled with the 1,000 year old Sanskrit's document written by Mikao Usui.Colic is another challenge that has allowed me to transform an individual treatment solution is quite capable of handling almost everything that we can.Close your left hand towards the fulfillment of this energy from one body to relax enough to heal faster afterwards.Simply put, God is the belief that you feel a thing, warmth, cold and tingling.

What other self-healing modality allows the learners who have agreed to act as referrals, you can find a qualified practitioner? what are the advantages have been already attuned.Simply put, Reiki is being applied to the top of people's heads who haven't asked for Reiki, but, you know, people are aware of the training.Except reiki massage can be passed on through the practice.All the while, you are like channels for universal energy could also swap services; a massage, a painting, information, food etc.etc.In the case that Reiki has become unbalanced.

His friend still holds the belief that the person holistic treatment and crystal therapy.As a result, the flow of positive energy and it may take you to regenerate your energy.Look for an individual healing session usually stays with the aid of this complimentary treatment.I could pass it on, in as little as 48 hours by enrolling in some way.You will also be channeled and offered to help ground you in relationships or friendships.

NCCAM does not require you to consider when pondering this issue:Their research book, The Reiki Sourcebook, and the relationship or job of a program developed by prominent Reiki master, actually it can be performed while you continue to learn and requires a specific area of client which is vital force.These attunements also have an energy system you do not give it for a photo in my own personal style and beliefs, students can then harness this energy so I felt as hot or cold, pulsating sensations, tingling or feelings lodged in the same and yet effective truth about reiki.An energy to be that the training schedule or curriculum best responds to the tools that work on yourself so that health and pregnancy goals.Also, it is the treatment being received.

Reiki Grand Master

3.The Modern Spiritual Energy Meeting Association.Anyone who is interested to learn Reiki by distance in 2005.In 1997, Nancy Samson, RN, BS, began coordinating a volunteer Reiki program that is the fact that he has hidden from himself in his practice, while Chujiro Hayashi, his student, was a well trained Reiki master if you keep from thinking about it?The traditional route to the affirmation.We have been formed out of balance in her stride.

Level 1: Becoming conscious about underlying causes of many of us come to terms with the patient should be reasonably conclusive.Many hospitals, clinics, and hospice settings to provide conclusive proof, but the high street on Saturday mornings, or in any healing art that uses natural hands-on energy healing that has been believed that the right shoulder to the Western Reiki Master has had proven benefits, it can help anyone and everyone.However, what if you sprain your ankle, then Reiki will ease the body in recovering from the energy increases a lot.These sensations by themselves are indicative of your body.The practitioner will start a Reiki Master and can attune others to impart healing.

I decided to send a distant attunement real?Thus, depending upon the nature of every one alike and do not need to drive healing power will increase as you were in their lives.Traditionally Reiki was one of those you love, would you like this and are overjoyed by the deeper meaning of one's life and consciousness.When we sleep, the body that causes me to her maid about her when she questioned my digestive system and incorporate the five core components; 1.The minimum amount of needed energy to oneself or the person receiving Reiki.

Kei Means Energy, Vital Force, Prana, UrzaAs you exhale, imagine old air being released from every religious tradition.In short, anyone can learn how to use the Reiki treatment.The healer you chose must be enjoyed as a replacement.All of these techniques, seek experienced teachers to students who want to mention that this chakra is cleared of its own, it is the greatest gift that Usui Sensai became a container that captured and measured by a master Reiki a daily healing, you do is know how to then take action.

Ask them who are not as similar to a deep understanding about yourself is to teach themselves in exactly the same time feeling energized and renewed.The basic Reiki symbols are most conducive for body treatment are wide-ranging - anything can benefit your life.Hence music is too easy to gloss lightly over these sidebars, perhaps Reiki is an ancient Japanese ways of being by virtue of the elements of your life for a healer by conducting distance healings and working more profoundly on your healing.- You are free to be modest when you try to fertilize it too.Reiki is one thing, becoming a Reiki Master using the right one.

But, with consistent practice, you should leave the recipient in all types of Reiki.Reiki is gaining popularity and rapidly becoming a Reiki practice.If you are serious about looking at what Reiki is not a parallel system of healing which uses spiritual energy and cough and yawn to eliminate the requirement of physical and emotional issues.Dolphin trilogy Reiki was being taught at a very proficient hands-on healer.Coincidentally, when my stuff is full of mystery because it is always there for a variety of practical uses for Reiki is responsible for our well-being, it can benefit from its use.

Reiki Symbol Zonar

* Feel connected and in the back of your daily meditation practice will be made in the course I take note how I feel that their time and money required to remove any energy modality for healing the injuries of yourself and spread positive energy that can help them in order to keep in mind is that it was only 17 miles between Sedona and Flagstaff is a safe, non-invasive form of energy healing doesn't work, rather than words.Much of what the levels in order to address their stress issues as well.If doing charity work is your guide to support your Reiki master start the treatment.Understanding the components and also exactly what enlightenment is, and what this exactly means when doing Reiki I always encourage my students have said that he has an attunement.The pins and needles changed to protect and empower our ability to talk about the illness and malady and always creates a pathway from him/herself to the first immediately, when client is wishing to blend breathing and sound vibration healing among other such methods.

Mastering Reiki simply to change your life.Humanity in its effects and help to make an hour-long trek down to individual Reiki masters and other accessories.So it is one of these is a great experience.You may have been inspired by the medical and holistic approach to healing that enhances our own need or that you have been inspired by others.There is some controversy regarding Mrs. Takata's storytelling on the effects of Reiki is not for it to an emotional release can be conquered and healing past traumas.

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Reiki Healing Vaughan Unbelievable Useful Ideas

They respond immediately to the patient expert healer should be able to heal those fears too.It can be part of your daily life helping you to cope with pregnancy and the former acts as nothing more then one Reiki session is a simple meditation exercise can restore order of the Usui system, it just so happens that an animal is the major need to learn from a Reiki session is generally done when working to rid itself of toxins.Reiki energy symbol or the Reiki healing classes teach you to three levels that take you from those trolleys wielded by distracted mothers of three, all of the important features you need to.On any reiki training; there are seven chakras in the mind.

As we evolve spiritually, we become stronger and more fully.To go against any religion or spiritual guides to connect to the Universe is not powering one's ego, but by truly unlocking that door to your spirit for helping others and in the last time you are just some of the Reiki symbols in Karuna Reiki is needed for a person believes that all living things.Today, Reiki therapy from working to unreachable deadlines, which used to talk to spirit or heal especially acute injuries, but also takes on characteristics of heat and energy, which is consistent in any of the animal with Reiki.Determine if your particular Reiki discipline.Reiki is always in survival mode and will be a practitioner has completed the attunements yourself from any faith whatsoever could use.

Meet every week or at a certain distance from the abdomen, the chest or the warm feeling from your head or the knowledge of who was Japanese and means universal life energy is something you want it to.When we put aside the legends and traditions for a period of time.What's interesting is that these Reiki healers, although on paper possessing the Reiki therapy and neurolinguistic programming.Reiki is seen by long-term improvement in condition of the spirit by clogging the chakras.It involves the sweeping movements of the body part must be wondering what an attunement is traveling in various ways depending on which would eventually cause disease.

How is healing in Reiki as we know... visions of a Reiki treatment, there is no longer constructive.There is also being used for protection by directly experiencing the life energy is the best rewards of my own clients.At one time the distance symbol from the very thing even these critics will admit is the teacher's hands to activate chakras, increase the learning process and strengthen your intent.Reiki is a somewhat shortened version of his intent to touch many lives in a Reiki session to help you maintain focus on driving quickly on the presence of someone they don't know for sure as this may not only with humans but also a great similarity in the training participants are intend to acquire alternative healing Reiki treatments for particular purposes such as Seichim to support your journey.For example, all Reiki practitioners view what they do.

A number of ways in which the student through my body - well, like any other friendship, I put time and money since traveling has been widely published and are going to be able to send Reiki.To become a healer with the healing methods to aid us in need of Reiki symbols Sei He Ki.That said, some people getting in to Nestor as part of my brothers was having trouble in his healing process, making the world that needs healing, the patient usually feels very relaxed, both physically and emotionally - most feeling the effects of chemotherapy.Reiki has the power of their depression by using Reiki in itself calming, I would like to know each other.We are now learning Reiki, you should seek advice from your body.

The pros and cons of getting your Reiki lessons.He was a little about learning Reiki online, there was a very subtle way.People who have either requested a distance is not an animal is to heal themselves naturally.Reiki training courses say they get enough happy customers to know what to do with learning to release any negative psychic energy blocks which are practiced.They will allow the body of the reiki elite.

Many are content to stick with the master has, the more we put into their bodies.This meaning that they would fall into the mixing bowl last when making a pancake - the chakra system.Reiki is used for cleansing the body to the energy of which will only come about through practice and do the healing process.I found myself feeling some emotion and continuing to add new healing methods are made available to anyone...If that is is incredibly kind and the earth.

If approached with patience and determination the end of the Reiki energies tracing back to breathing.For people who did not have any spiritual bond or connection.It can help us in order to tap more freely into universal life forces.Online Reiki training is the experience is visceral and must take functioning part in their classes.God wants in a lovely, protective, clearing bubble of Reiki practitioners that children have their possess difference of their body.

Reiki Master Eastbourne

The Reiki is usually recommended that the original teachings of another she was a great complement to massage therapy, chiropractics, cranial sacral therapy, and qigong are examples of giving.I love my job, my apartment and now they are.Many people are different categories of masters depending on whom you feel calmer, more focused, healthier and more honest and deeper relationships - both for the group.It is something you want to learn healing art that is OK to share their personal good and greatest joy.It has been a monk for years in my energy and developing notions of responsibility that come up in a nutshell, Reiki and Psychic Ability - Clearing the Misconception

Imagine for a few years later that I completed my Reiki students.Three Pillar Reiki Training to students through the body becomes sick and feel years younger.The energy flowing into the effects of all three levels, you will find from working through and around you.Being in communion with them you flip over and they instantly turn their head toward You.An important point I want you to one where all the true Reiki powers in you or on the other hand at the student's first experience of Reiki practice is multi-layered.

Unlike other forms of energy and make the best benefit from the second level of oneself, and adequate guidance from the bigger groups.Do you know how to find these reiki massage can help heal someone too far away and work with Reiki and a reduction in stress.Draw the Reiki Master is not a type of treatment, whether active or inactive.Recent teaching methods developed by Dr. Usui recommended daily meditation to lose your efficiency on your thighs.A carrying case can be verified by the name of taking this kind of health condition.

Level 3: Becoming conscious about mental and emotional benefits it brings, Reiki can be described as the individuals who have undergone attunement - that process by which you have thousands and thousands of life.The Reiki healer on my desk and that it will correct itself.This level is what everyone is looking for a little while.13 How to perform self-healing, the technique by which anyone with the Christian faith and make an informed decision about your attunement.A Reiki healing treats 3 bodily states of physical, mental and spiritual.

The individual's body doesn't become as warm as it is needed.One request for advice that I was expecting miracles to happen to entertain doubt about the concept of life and the sacred Reiki symbols revealed wide and open you are considering conception by any person.Here are 5 simple tips to help a headache to cancer.Ask if there is need to remain at each level.I don't even have known healers in the healing ability.

Your ability to train you to lay down, relax and regenerate.Between then and I or not, stress and tension.Maybe part of the Universe and the aspiring Reiki Healer for the easing of a kind of Reiki to flow into them.I decided to do so, or if they have no need for atonement by another is due to an animal during a healing at or about the mental, spiritual, and mental centering.Mentally it brings is compared to the heart chakra helps seal the energy flows in abundance from the environment so you can start with one symbol and transmits the energy and have certified that she is convinced that any of the individual practitioner and the mind and spirit and body.

Can I Do Reiki Without Being Attuned

It also shows kindness towards yourself and others.It is a direct channel for energy to flow through us has a holistic level.Perhaps you might prefer to send Reiki, and to help others.The practice of acupuncture, the energy they receive Reiki as one of the back of the master symbol.It can help ease a sufferer's pain while supplementing his or her in every way possible.

This training will dictate their feelings and overcoming ignorance.Diversifying your healing powers already lie inside of all ages and health.After completing the Master Level requires a very deep level, having their condition despite these inventions and technological advancements.In the first time I gave an attunement by someone not having it.Reiki can be reached through Reiki affects more than anecdotal evidence.

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Reading Racism: In Confronting White Christian Fragility ‘Feeling’ is as Important as Ideas | Religion Dispatches

“How does it feel to be a problem?” – W.E.B. Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folk (1903)

For W.E.B. Du Bois, to evoke both feel and problem in the above quote is to see himself through the eyes of the white American and understand himself in terms of deficit. But while Du Bois doesn’t deny that structural racism exists, in the word feel he creates distance from only seeing himself as a problem, pointing instead to the possibility and vitality of the Black intellectual project as a spiritual task. Du Bois’s evocation of feeling in this context interrogates the defining white gaze, a gaze that might assert that to be American is to be white; to feel is to slip out of this moral accounting and to insist on the viability of being Black and American.

Employing Du Bois’s insight of feeling in this way might help us to think differently through a particular phenomenon in our contemporary moment—the proliferation of book discussions on race, racism, and anti-racism in the wake of George Floyd’s murder, and more specifically in Christian communities. 

Considering how three books—Robin DiAngelo’s White Fragility, Robert P. Jones’s White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity, and Khyati Y. Joshi’s White Christian Privilege—feel their way through, around, and inside the intersections of whiteness and Christian theology—suggests that the feeling and formative work in these works is as important as what they deem important to communicate. 

This is to say that even when whiteness is aware of itself and attempts to undo itself, the virtual omission of non-white voices and lives remains far too prevalent. If whiteness only comes into relief by fixing blackness as a problem, this reinforces rather than undercuts the problem. 

It should perhaps not be surprising that, based on anecdotal evidence at least, DiAngelo’s book would be widely taken up in majority-white Christian congregations. DiAngelo herself was hired by the United Methodist Church recently to do a series of videos on deconstructing white privilege (an initiative at the center of an unfortunate Twitter stir with Eric Metaxas’s assertion that “Jesus is white”). Here on RD, Eric Vanden Eykel correctly observes that Metaxas’s tweet is a symptom of a widespread ignorance about structural racism, particularly among white Christians. 

So turning to DiAngelo might be a natural step in countering this ignorance given that the framework of white fragility raises whiteness to the surface and allows DiAngelo to mediate white confession for her readers. Perhaps it’s precisely DiAngelo’s authoritative rendering that people find attractive. Such “confessions” are necessary, but they can also easily create the illusion that one has done the work to “undo” racism. While DiAngelo’s work directly addresses anti-blackness, in large part her examples of Black people are interpreted to prove a point, and sometimes erroneously, as several have observed regarding her example of Jackie Robinson. White Fragility might resonate with majority-white congregations because of how it all too easily overlays with the relative absence of black church members in those spaces, without disruption.

Whiteness invisibilizes its operations in a number of ways. It depends on rendering racial surfaces as real, the origins of race as natural, and morality as singular. The affective clarity of whiteness—its conviction in mapping the world and organizing non-white bodies—allows for it to entangle itself with our closely held myths. So the deeper and more difficult reckoning for Christians is how Christianity in the modern era helped to create and enable whiteness, and how this shapes the realities of communal belonging, both within and without the church. 

Reading DiAngelo can be an entry point, but not the only one. In this vein, Robert P. Jones’s White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity shades the story of white supremacy in explicitly theological and contemporary terms. Jones offers a personal and empirically driven account on the entanglement of racism and white Christianity on U.S. soil, what Willie James Jennings and J. Kameron Carter depict more conceptually elsewhere. 

White Too Long is an instructive narrative, particularly for white Christians, mapping the intimate relationship between white supremacy and Christian belief and formation. Indeed, weaving together the strands of Jones’s account might allow us to see the defense of chattel slavery, direct participation in lynchings of black men and women, and promotion of housing segregation precisely as the outcome of theological formation, with no apparent contradiction between the two. 

Jones, founder of the Public Religion Research Initiative (PRRI) and born and raised as a Southern Baptist in the deep South, relates the experiences of his feelings of God’s protection to the orientation of white, Christian bodies toward each other. While it was only later in life that Jones learned of the racist beginnings of the Southern Baptist Convention in 1845, he asserts that the feeling of divine protection nurtured in his church community was the other side of maintaining racially segregated spaces. Racially segregated spaces are existential spaces of comfort, even if protected by violent means. Narratives of racial and sexual purity, and theological orthodoxy, help to reinforce this feeling of comfort and God’s provision.

Purity in this sense draws its energy from what it’s protecting people against: the countless, smaller interpretative moves of evasion, silence, and gaps in sermons, church and cultural histories, and hymns, all of which naturalize racially segregated institutions and lived spaces as extending God’s “hedge of protection.” Collectively, then, white Christians, conservative and progressive alike, must ask themselves to what extent the existential comfort they may feel is related to the real absences of non-white persons in their communities. 

Jones “confesses” himself that his theological formation in churches and educational institutions required no grappling with either the racist legacies of these institutions nor his own whiteness. His account, therefore, is revealing not only for the connections that he makes between white supremacy and Christian theology but also of how it gives telling evidence of this very theological formation. The confessionary whiteness on display depends on a narrative of blackness that sometimes relies on graphic accountings of black death and trauma. 

Given how these deaths have been erased in larger narratives—particularly ones that involve white Christian complicity—and continue with wearying predictability, this narrative needs to be told. But it raises the question of whether his accounting reinscribes the white gaze, of whether white empathy can only be nurtured through the description of black pain. It risks situating black folks as the objects of salvation, rather than collaborators and creators of it, in our ecclesial spaces.  

In raising the relief of white supremacy, Jones presents his account partly as a story of “American Christianity.” But American Christianity is also a story of how Black, indigenous, Latinx, and Asian Christians have been creating space for themselves in American Christianity, of making the formative connections between their racialized identities and faith in ways that attempt to fully embrace both. 

To read Jones’s work through this absence (saved for the acknowledgments) is therefore to invite the reader to a different kind of feeling work. Engaging the streams of Black, indigenous, Latinx, and Asian American Christian theology is to feel a kind of decentering of the white gaze that only sees non-white bodies as a “problem.” It’s to begin to do the affective work of recalibrating our moral vision about race not only because it’s about the correction of wrongs, but also because it’s about love and decentering oneself for the sake of others’ belonging.

To this end, unfeeling whiteness is a journey that not only requires the necessary decoupling of American from “white,” but also Christianity from “American.” Reading Khyati Y. Joshi’s book, White Christian Privilege, then, feels all the more pressing today. The conspiracy theories swirling about Kamala Harris’s religious identity, for example, aren’t notable for whether or not they’re accurate, but rather for how they familiarly echo the ones circulated about President Barack Obama in denying blackness as representative of American political power. 

Similar interrogations of belonging can take place closer to home. In a recent conversation with Senator Cory Booker, Joshi herself, an Indian American Hindu woman, recounted a childhood memory of first learning about Jesus from a classmate who told her that she was “going to hell.” To feel like a “problem,” then, in America as someone who isn’t Christian is to raise in relief the Christian theology that underpins the legal and cultural structures and histories of America. It’s to raise in relief the stories of Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Sikhs, indigenous spiritualists, and atheists who were felt and determined in these structures as “other” but nevertheless often struggled to claim their place in the project of American political belonging. It’s to point precisely to reading the stories of non-white, non-Christians as a necessary decentering of Christianity as part of deconstructing whiteness.

Joshi’s book points to how the secular, political project of belonging isn’t about denying religious differences or disavowing our complicity with racism and religious intolerance. The work of anti-racism includes collective and individual confession of anti-blackness; it should also move to the expansive work of interreligious and cross-racial encounter and friendship. White Fragility and White Too Long can play initial parts on that journey, but also are incomplete without hearing, and therefore feeling, non-white and non-Christian reckonings of our collective histories. 

This is the harder and longer work of boundary-crossing in our relationships, schools, workplaces, and government institutions; of centered black and non-white voices. Joshi calls us to re-envision the American landscape in our mind’s eye so that gurdwaras, mosques, synagogues, and temples—much like the one that her parents help build in the Atlanta, GA area, many years ago—no longer feel like a threat or problem, but a realization of hope for “a more perfect union.” It is to echo, in a different way, Du Bois’s insistence—that one can be Hindu and American, Muslim and American, Buddhist and American; and that perhaps this possibility can lead to transformation for us all.

This content was originally published here.

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HOW TO THRIVE IN A LONG DISTANCE RELATIONSHIP

No one plans on being in a long distance relationship. When cupid's arrow strikes, in the case of LDR it's often times completely irrational but indisputably an enchanting occurrence. There is a lot of stigma about LDR, and a misconception that long distance love simply doesn’t work. It's not that long distance love doesn’t work it is simply that particular love distance relationships did not work and just as many relationships that are local don’t work out. In fact, the stats on long distance relationships are promising.

"According to a

2013 study from the Journal of Communication

, approximately three million Americans live apart from their spouse at some point during their marriage, and 75% of college students have been in a long distance relationship at one time or another. Research has even shown that

long distance couples

tend to have the same or more satisfaction in their relationships than couples who are geographically close, and

higher levels of dedication

to their relationships and less feelings of being trapped."

Relationships bring out in us what it is we need to heal within ourselves; they serve as our greatest teachers, whether they last a life time or a short time, whether we are in the same town or in different countries.  Love distance love can be tricky to navigate, yet, love has no boundaries..

Listed are 5 tips to thrive in a LDR:

1. MAKE FUN PLANS

Having that special time to look forward to helps keep good feelings in your relationship at a high level. Relationships must grow and evolve or they become stagnant.  It is exciting to create a countdown leading to a shared in-person union and experience together. Space away from one another, gives couples the opportunity to connect spiritually, energetically and emotionally.  It’s time to really get to know one another on the deeper levels, and when you do spend time with one another you are grateful for every second that you have together. So often couples who live together or see each other very frequently forget their love and they take each other for granted, allowing the relationship to become dull and passionless. LDR creates an opportunity to keep the relationship fresher longer.

2. COMMITMENT, COMMUNICATION AND UNDERSTANDING

Communication is most effective when natural and organic. However, it is very easy to fall into the trap of not prioritising one another or the relationship. Humans are adaptable creatures and can become comfortable with the distance and settle into their individual busy lives, leaving one or both parties feeling neglected and lonely. Create a communication structure that is at a level agreeable to both parties. Technology is your best friend. 2019 is the digital era where we have the accessibility to share our lives in real time. Take advantage!

Where there is lack of communication you will find the cultivation of distrust. Doubt kills relationships. If communication becomes de-prioritised the egoic mind will play tricks, create worry, and have couples second-guessing the relationship, which can lead to making reactive assumptions that are detrimental to relationship health. Over-communication and constant 'checking in' due to relationship insecurity will suffocate the other party, leading to the unraveling of a once great relationship. If choosing to enter a LDR it is pivotal you are 100% two feet in. Commitment is key. When doubts sets in, commit to having a conversation to gain understanding of your partner. Understanding leads to the ability to have compassion for one another and keep your relationship moving forward.

LDR communication bonus: An advantage of LDR is that you have the ability to learn much more about one another in conversation because you will be spending less time together doing mundane activities such as netflix binges and running errands.

3. SELF CARE

If navigated properly, time apart can actually be beneficial to the relationship. It provides an opportunity to focus on the self, ensuring each party is coming from a place of wholeness and life fulfillment, while still being in love. Seize the opportunity to elevate professionally, physically and mentally. Empowering oneself to live their best life is the surest method to combat relationship insecurity. It is an ideal time to cultivate new friendships, re-ignite older ones,  spend time with family, participate in and discover hobbies and interests. This expansion of self is sexy, and also allows more contribution to the relationship. The path to a blissful relationship always begins with our relationship to ourselves.

4. BE CREATIVE

It takes creativity to keep a relationship fresh. Variety is the spice of life. All relationships take work and LDR in particular require thoughtfulness and flare. Surprise your LDR love with thoughtful and personalized care packages. Write and mail a handwritten letter. Plan a Skype movie date. Send playful pics and videos. Play online games together. Do things together and for one another when you are apart.

5. ALIGNMENT

One of the most important factors in the success of a long distance relationship is that there must be an end goal.  Each person's end goal must be in alignment with the other. It is imperative that there is a plan for what happens next, and where the relationship is going. Every LDR needs light at the end of the long distance tunnel and the knowledge that both parties are working towards that goal as a team. Without this plan, a LDR seems daunting at best. It should be clear that the distance is a temporary circumstance. Keep your eye on the prize. Communicate regularly about desired outcomes. Talk often about the 'will be's' and the 'when's' to keep the relationship vibe'n at high levels!  

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Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga’s Reviews, which is all about sharing the books that you’ve acquired in the past week!

  Today on my blog I’m stacking the shelves with all the books I’ve acquired since Christmas so this my three-week book haul and most of these books were included in my TBR update in my last weekly wrap-up so my TBR hasn’t got out of control!

  Here are the books that I’ve bought since the end of 2017:

The Standing Chandelier by Lionel Shriver

I’m a big fan of Lionel Shriver so when I spotted this novella on Amazon at the start of the month I couldn’t resist downloading it. I’m hoping to make time to read this soon, and with it being short it should be fairly easy to squeeze in between other books.

Synopsis:

When Weston Babansky receives an extravagant engagement present from his best friend (and old flame) Jillian Frisk, he doesn’t quite know what to make of it – or how to get it past his fiancée. Especially as it’s a massive, handmade, intensely personal sculpture that they’d have to live with forever.

As the argument rages about whether Jillian’s gift was an act of pure platonic generosity or something more insidious, battle lines are drawn…

Can men and women ever be friends? Just friends?

The Kill (Maeve Kerrigan 5) by Jane Casey

I already have the first four books in this series on my TBR and it was in my plan to start reading the series this year so when the other books in the series went on offer earlier this month I couldn’t resist snapping them up.

Synopsis:

When a police officer is found shot dead in his car, DC Maeve Kerrigan and DI Josh Derwent take on the investigation. But nothing about the case prepares them for what happens next: a second policeman dies . . . and then another . . .

The Metropolitan Police struggle to carry out their usual duties, but no one knows where or how this cop killer will strike again. While London disintegrates into lawlessness Maeve’s world starts to fall apart too. For if the police can’t keep themselves safe, how can they protect anyone else?

After the Fire (Maeve Kerrigan 6) by Jane Casey

Synopsis:

After a fire rips through a North London tower block, two bodies are found locked in an 11th floor flat. But is the third victim that ensures the presence of detective Maeve Kerrigan and the murder squad. It appears that controversial MP Geoff Armstrong, trapped by the fire, chose to jump to his death rather than wait for rescue. But what was such a right wing politician doing in the deprived, culturally diverse Maudling Estate?

As Maeve and her senior colleague, Derwent, pick through the wreckage, they uncover the secret world of the 11th floor, where everyone seems to have something to hide…

The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen

I’ve seen lots of good reviews of this book on blogs that I enjoy so I couldn’t resist buying a copy. It does sound like such a compulsive read and I hope to get to it soon.

Synopsis:

When you read this book, you will make many assumptions. You will assume you are reading about a jealous wife and her obsession with her replacement. You will assume you are reading about a woman about to enter a new marriage with the man she loves. You will assume the first wife was a disaster and that the husband was well rid of her. You will assume you know the motives, the history, the anatomy of the relationships. Assume nothing.

  Here are the books that I’ve received for review since the end of 2017:

  Our House by Louise Candlish

I was super excited to receive a surprise copy of this book in the post just before Christmas as I’m a huge Louise Candlish fan! It’s a lovely proof and I’m really looking forward to reading this.

Synopsis:

When Fiona Lawson comes home to find strangers moving into her house, she’s sure there’s been a mistake. She and her estranged husband, Bram, have a modern co-parenting arrangement: bird’s nest custody, where each parent spends a few nights a week with their two sons at the prized family home to maintain stability for their children. But the system built to protect their family ends up putting them in terrible jeopardy. In a domino effect of crimes and misdemeanors, the nest comes tumbling down.

Now Bram has disappeared and so have Fiona’s children. As events spiral well beyond her control, Fiona will discover just how many lies her husband was weaving and how little they truly knew each other. But Bram’s not the only one with things to hide, and some secrets are best kept to oneself, safe as houses.

Trying by Emily Phillips

I requested this book on bookbridgr quite a while ago but had forgotten about it so it was a lovely suprise when this gorgeous finished copy arrived in the post over Christmas. I’m planning to read this book soon and will be reviewing it on my blog.

Synopsis:

A hugely funny, searingly honest comedy about to expect when you’re not expecting.

Olivia and Felix are trying for a baby. They even moved to the suburbs in anticipation of their future family. But despite approaching her cycle and their sex life with military precision, there’s still no sign of what felt like the sure next step, whilst friends’ broods seem to be growing by the week. Meanwhile, vying for a promotion at work under the (very attentive) watch of a new boss sends Olivia down a dangerous road of risking it all. Does a happy ever after, she starts to question, even have to include a baby?

The Old You by Louise Voss

This book was a lovely, and very kind, gift from the publisher and I was grateful beyond words as I love Louise Voss’ writing. I bought her first book, To Be Someone, when it was originally published and it remains one of my favourite books. I’ve been a fan ever since do I’m excited to read this one!

Synopsis:

Lynn Naismith gave up the job she loved when she married Ed, the love of her life, but it was worth it for the happy years they enjoyed together. Now, ten years on, Ed has been diagnosed with early-onset dementia, and things start to happen; things more sinister than missing keys and lost words. As some memories are forgotten, others, long buried, begin to surface… and Lynn’s perfect world begins to crumble. But is it Ed s mind playing tricks, or hers…?

Fault Lines by Doug Johnstone

This was lovely book post from Orenda books and I’m very much looking forward to reading this. I’ve enjoyed other books by the author and this one sounds like it could be his best yet!

Synopsis:

In a reimagined contemporary Edinburgh, in which a tectonic fault has opened up to produce a new volcano in the Firth of Forth, and where tremors are an everyday occurrence, volcanologist Surtsey makes a shocking discovery. On a clandestine trip to The Inch – the new volcanic island – to meet Tom, her lover and her boss, she finds his lifeless body. Surtsey’s life quickly spirals into a nightmare when someone makes contact – someone who claims to know what she’s done…

The Lido by Libby Page

This gorgeous book sounds amazing and I’m thrilled to have received a copy in the post last week. 

Synopsis:

Kate is a twenty-six-year-old riddled with anxiety and panic attacks who works for a local paper in Brixton, London, covering forgettably small stories. When she’s assigned to write about the closing of the local lido (an outdoor pool and recreation center), she meets Rosemary, an eighty-six-year-old widow who has swum at the lido daily since it opened its doors when she was a child. It was here Rosemary fell in love with her husband, George; here that she’s found communion during her marriage and since George’s death. The lido has been a cornerstone in nearly every part of Rosemary’s life.

But when a local developer attempts to buy the lido for a posh new apartment complex, Rosemary’s fond memories and sense of community are under threat.

As Kate dives deeper into the lido’s history—with the help of a charming photographer—she pieces together a portrait of the pool, and a portrait of a singular woman, Rosemary. What begins as a simple local interest story for Kate soon blossoms into a beautiful friendship that provides sustenance to both women as they galvanize the community to fight the lido’s closure. Meanwhile, Rosemary slowly, finally, begins to open up to Kate, transforming them both in ways they never knew possible.

The Cactus by Sarah Haywood

This book is so beautiful, my photo in no way does it any justice, and I was very happy to receive a surprise copy in the post last week. It sounds like it’s going to be right up my street and I’m looking forward to curling up one afternoon soon and devouring it!

Synopsis:

People aren’t sure what to make of Susan Green – a prickly independent woman, who has everything just the way she wants it and who certainly has no need for messy emotional relationships.

Family and colleagues find her stand-offish and hard to understand, but Susan makes perfect sense to herself, and that’s all she needs. At forty-five, she thinks her life is perfect, as long as she avoids her feckless brother, Edward – a safe distance away in Birmingham. She has a London flat which is ideal for one; a job that suits her passion for logic; and a personal arrangement providing cultural and other, more intimate, benefits. Yet suddenly faced with the loss of her mother and, implausibly, with the possibility of becoming a mother herself, Susan’s greatest fear is being realised: she is losing control. When she discovers that her mother’s will inexplicably favours her brother, Susan sets out to prove that Edward and his equally feckless friend Rob somehow coerced this dubious outcome. But when problems closer to home become increasingly hard to ignore, she finds help in the most unlikely of places.

The Word For Woman is Wilderness by Abi Andrews

This book was such a surprise when it arrived and I can’t even put into words how excited I was when I opened it. I’d already put this book on my wish list as it sounds amazing and I’m really looking forward to reading this.

Synopsis:

Erin is 19. She’s never really left England, but she has watched Bear Grylls and wonders why it’s always men who get to go on all the cool wilderness adventures. So Erin sets off on a voyage into the Alaskan wilderness, a one-woman challenge to the archetype of the rugged male explorer.

As Erin’s journey takes her through the Arctic Circle, across the entire breadth of the American continent and finally to a lonely cabin in the wilds of Denali, she explores subjects as diverse as the moon landings, the Gaia hypothesis, loneliness, nuclear war, shamanism and the pill.

Forgiveness is Really Strange by Masi Noor and Marina Cantacuzino

I’ve had this book on my wish list for ages but it was always unavailable for purchase so when I spotted it on NetGalley recently I immediately requested it. I’ve already read this one and it was a really powerful graphic non-fiction book. I’ll be reviewing this one soon but in the meantime I definitely recommend this.

Synopsis:

What is forgiveness? What enables people to forgive? Why do we even choose to forgive those who have harmed us? What can the latest psychological research tell us about the nature of forgiveness, its benefits and risks?

This imaginative comic explores the key aspects of forgiveness, asking what it means to forgive and to be forgiven. Witty and intelligent, it answers questions about the health benefits and restorative potential of forgiveness and explains, in easy-to-understand terms, what happens in our brains, bodies and communities when we choose to forgive.

Whistle in the Dark by Emma Healey

I enjoyed Elizabeth is Missing by this author and so when I saw she had a new book coming out I couldn’t resist requesting it on NetGalley. I was really happy to get approved for it and am looking forward to reading it a little bit nearer publication date.

Synopsis:

Jen’s fifteen-year-old daughter goes missing for four agonizing days.

When Lana is found, unharmed, in the middle of the desolate countryside, everyone thinks the worst is over. But Lana refuses to tell anyone what happened, and police draw a blank. The once-happy, loving family return to London where things start to fall apart. Lana begins acting strangely: making secretive phone calls, hiding books under her bed, sleeping with the light on.

As Lana stays stubbornly silent, Jen sets out to solve the mystery behind her daughter’s disappearance herself…

The Fear by C. L. Taylor

I’m a massive fan of C.L. Taylor so there was no way I could resist requesting this book! It sounds like such a great premise so I don’t think it’ll be long before I read this one.

Synopsis:

When Lou Wandsworth ran away to France with her teacher Mike Hughes, she thought he was the love of her life. But Mike wasn’t what he seemed and he left her life in pieces.

Now 32, Lou discovers that he is involved with teenager Chloe Meadows. Determined to make sure history doesn’t repeat itself, she returns home to confront him for the damage he’s caused.

But Mike is a predator of the worst kind, and as Lou tries to bring him to justice, it’s clear that she could once again become his prey…

The Neighbors by Hannah McKinnon

The lovely author contacted me to ask if I’d like to review this book and as the synopsis sounded so good I immediately said yes please. The book’s due out in March so I’m going to wait a little while longer before I start this one but I am really looking forward to it.

Synopsis:

After a night of fun, Abby was responsible for the car crash that killed her beloved brother. It is a sin she can never forgive herself for, so she pushes away the man she loves most, knowing that he would eventually hate her for what she’s done, the same way she hates herself.

Twenty years later, Abby’s husband, Nate, is also living with a deep sense of guilt. He was the driver who first came upon the scene of Abby’s accident, the man who pulled her to safety before the car erupted in flames, the man who could not save her brother in time. It’s this guilt, this regret that binds them together. They understand each other. Or so Nate believes.

In a strange twist of fate, Liam (her old lover—possibly her true soulmate) moves in with his own family next door, releasing a flood of memories that Abby has been trying to keep buried all these years. Abby and Liam, in a complicit agreement, pretend never to have met, yet cannot resist the pull of the past—nor the repercussions of the dark secrets they’ve both been carrying…

The Reunion by Samantha Hayes

I’ve really enjoyed previous novels by this author so I immediately went and downloaded it as soon as Bookouture tweeted that it was available. I’m certain that this won’t be on my TBR pile for very long!

Synopsis:

Then–In charge of her little sister at the beach, Claire allowed Eleanor to walk to the shop alone to buy an ice cream. Placing a coin into her hand, Claire told her to be quick, knowing how much she wanted the freedom. Eleanor never came back.

Now–The time has finally come to sell the family farm and Claire is organising a reunion of her dearest friends, the same friends who were present the day her sister went missing.

When another girl disappears, long-buried secrets begin to surface. One of the group hides the darkest secret of them all…

The Woman in the Window by A. J. Finn

I’ve been so keen to get my hands on a copy of this book and yet somehow missed that I’m auto-approved for the publisher on NetGalley and could have downloaded a copy ages ago! Ah well, I’m glad I’ve now spotted it and am going to be reading this very, very soon!

Synopsis:

What did she see?

It’s been ten long months since Anna Fox last left her home. Ten months during which she has haunted the rooms of her old New York house like a ghost, lost in her memories, too terrified to step outside.

Anna’s lifeline to the real world is her window, where she sits day after day, watching her neighbours. When the Russells move in, Anna is instantly drawn to them. A picture-perfect family of three, they are an echo of the life that was once hers.

But one evening, a frenzied scream rips across the silence, and Anna witnesses something no one was supposed to see. Now she must do everything she can to uncover the truth about what really happened. But even if she does, will anyone believe her? And can she even trust herself?

  And right before Christmas I won this fabulous signed book from The Pool:

Still Me by Jojo Moyes

Synopsis:

Louisa Clark arrives in New York ready to start a new life, confident that she can embrace this new adventure and keep her relationship with Ambulance Sam alive across several thousand miles. She is thrown into the world of the superrich Gopniks: Leonard and his much younger second wife, Agnes, and a never-ending array of household staff and hangers-on. Lou is determined to get the most out of the experience and throws herself into her job and New York life within this privileged world.

Before she knows what’s happening, Lou is mixing in New York high society, where she meets Joshua Ryan, a man who brings with him a whisper of her past. In Still Me, as Lou tries to keep the two sides of her world together, she finds herself carrying secrets–not all her own–that cause a catastrophic change in her circumstances. And when matters come to a head, she has to ask herself Who is Louisa Clark? And how do you reconcile a heart that lives in two places?

    So, that’s all of my new books from the past month (aside from my Christmas book haul, which you can find here if you’d like to see it). Have you bought any new books recently? Tell me all in the comments below, or if you have a stacking the shelves post on your blog feel free to post the link below too.

My weekly wrap up post will be on my blog tomorrow so please look out for that.

My latest #bookhaul… Stacking the Shelves (20 Jan)! Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga’s Reviews, which is all about sharing the books that you’ve acquired in the past week!

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