#9.9.2020

Beanie

So, I watched Detroit Evolution the other week and loved it lots 💜 It’s been getting (a bit) colder recently, so have some wintry Reed900 <3

announcing: chapter 7 of in the shadow of a flame (and the book one finale!)

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in the shadow of a flame is an atla swap!au where ty lee is the avatar whose iceberg washes up on the deck of the wani, where nonbender zuko and firebender master azula decide to follow her on her mission to overthrow their father and stop him from complete and total world domination. it features several large twists on canon, including healer yue and earthbender mai (eventually). 

this chapter features the siege of the northern water tribe, possession by way of spirits, and hard choices and revelations for yue, ty lee, and zuko.

excerpt.

“Leave if you’re going to,” Yue cried, her voice rising. The two Fire Nation siblings startled, turning to look at the disheveled Princess, who stood amidst the white snow. “If you’re going to run and abandon us, then run. But either you come with me now, or you stop wasting my time.”

Azula blinked slowly, her eyes like liquid copper, as if she could hardly be bothered. Yue’s own brown eyes met the other girl’s with defiance flaring in her own.

“I’m going to do what it takes to save my people,” she said, her spine straightening as she spoke. “I can do it with or without your help, but I will stop the Fire Nation from claiming any more lives today.” She spoke without even a tremble in her voice.

“I’m coming with you,” Ty Lee said, gripping her staff tightly. She turned to face Zuko and Azula. “And you can’t stop me.”

“I wouldn’t,” Zuko said. “But I’ll go where my sister does.” He turned to Azula, raising an eyebrow. She chewed on her lip, expression different.

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September 9, 2020 - Day 82

Date: 9 September 2020

Duration: 25 minutes at 10:55 pm

Depth:

Written at 7:34 am, 10 September 2020

Last night I couldn’t last my usual duration of a session. It wasn’t an urge to sleep that I fought when I gave up on the session. My last thought before I slept was that I have cheated my way out of fear. The guise that fear wore was the urge to sleep. Some part of my mind knows that it is going to get dunked into a new depth of meditation. A depth within the super conscious mind that it hasn’t experienced before. This uncertainty is enough for the rest of my mind to suggest ‘Enough for today!’

I sure have been given all the signs that a new depth is coming. The body has been shaking through months of meditation sessions. There have been those moments when I have been given a push from my meditation seat forward. This, as I understand from Gurudev’s writing, is the kundalini energy finding direction. The urge to meditate all the time’ has never been so strong in me before.

This might be one of my favorite songs.

“The lyrics are based on first-hand testimonies from soldiers who have served the Israeli army. They speak about how easily occupation becomes the new normal – how, with time, the role as oppressor becomes a routine.”