Whispers of my Soul

Actively seek out things that inspire wonder

Look for the good parts. There are good parts. There are interesting parts. There will always be good and interesting parts.

Treat yourself kindly. This one is difficult.

Do things out of ridiculous whimsy.

Practice cog itive behavioural exercises to self-examine and address beliefs and behaviors that are causing suffering.

Don't argue when people compliment you.

Don't rush yourself, and don't assume it'll be like this forever when you have a backslide. These things happen. Over time, they happen less.

Be honest with the people you love and trust.

Tell people how much they mean to you and what you like about them.

Help others and find satisfaction in being the stranger that did something good

Consider speaking to a medical professional, my antidepressants and anti-anxiety medical took some time to figure out but life is WAY better.

Have a silly little craft or hobby.

Let yourself be bored sometimes. Stand outside in the rain and let yourself get wet. Go on a walk. Put your phone in a different room and wander off. Meet up with a friend and go on a long walk together to nowhere in particular

Start doing things because you want to and it feels good, not just because you think it's something you should say yes to.

Say yes to things.

Take a random day of the week and go into a store or a business you've never been in before.

Compliment strangers when something about them is striking.

Read books and watch movies that make you feel the exact right amount of ecstatic and embarrassed, and make all the silly noises about it.

Collect scraps of fabric and little trinkets and all the little textures and colours you love and stash them in a shoebox or something like a tiny dragon's hoard.

Start a collection of something small and inexpensive. Like corks.

Make food with ingredients you've never used before

Make long lists of all your favorite things- flowers, bugs, songs, foods, places

Start a trash-book to fill with scraps of neat wrappers and bits of paper and colored fabric from old ruined clothes

Imagine yourself as a alien from a dead and barren world who has just arrived on this planet for the very first time and imagine how excited you would be by every little thing

El Mictlán es, en la cosmovisión mexica, el inframundo o el lugar de descanso eterno al que se dirigían las almas de quienes morían de causas naturales o por enfermedades no relacionadas con los dioses (como el agua o la guerra). Para los antiguos nahuas, la muerte no era un final, sino un proceso de transformación y el inicio de un eterno retorno al lugar de origen.

El Viaje al Mictlán

El camino hacia el descanso final era un recorrido complejo y peligroso que duraba cuatro años. Este tiempo correspondía, según la creencia, al periodo que tardaba un cuerpo en descomponerse por completo hasta quedar solo en huesos, signo de que el alma había llegado a su destino. Durante este trayecto, el difunto debía superar nueve niveles o pruebas que ponían a prueba su fortaleza espiritual:

Apanohuaia: El alma llegaba a un río caudaloso. Para cruzarlo, era indispensable la ayuda de un perro xoloitzcuintle (que debía ser de color pardo), el cual guiaba al difunto para atravesar la corriente.

Tepeme Monamictlan: El lugar donde dos montañas se chocan entre sí de forma constante, obligando al alma a medir el tiempo para pasar sin ser aplastada.

Itztepetl: Una montaña cubierta de filosos cuchillos de obsidiana que desgarraban el cuerpo y el alma del difunto.

Itzehecayan: Un páramo desolado de hielo y nieve, azotado por vientos cortantes.

Pancuecalocayan: Un lugar donde no existe la gravedad y las almas son lanzadas como banderas por vientos huracanados.

Temiminaloyan: Un sendero donde manos invisibles lanzaban flechas de obsidiana (las saetas perdidas en batallas) para acribillar a los caminantes.

Teyollocualoyan: Una región habitada por fieras salvajes, donde un jaguar devoraba el corazón del difunto.

Izmictlan Apochcalocan: El lugar donde el alma se pierde en la niebla y termina de desprenderse de sus últimos restos materiales.

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