678: The Magical Garden of Overflowing Delights - How to See Magic Everywhere

So for a long time now, I have wanted to create a different kind of Flow Dreaming playlist. I have wanted to make one that was incredibly fantasy oriented, like, just beautiful, you know, mountain streams and little nymphs and dryads and seahorses and just gorgeous kind of beautiful fantasy ideas. And I don't know why it's taken me so long to do it, but I finally have, and I'm excited to share that with you today because this new playlist is now released, and it is called My Cup Floweth Over. Ooh, isn't that sound beautiful? So we're gonna talk today about the four areas in our lives where your cup can floweth over what that feels like. And not only that, but the magic of that feeling, the magic of anticipating that truly there is again magic. All through my life, I want to recapture that feeling that we had as children when we played make believe, when we made little fairy gardens, when we just let ourselves pretend. And not only that, but the world did sparkle, right? The world can still sparkle with those little glimpses of, huh, where did that come from? Was that. Is that a coincidence? Is that a synchronicity? Was that. What is that? Is there something else at play than just what I'm seeing with my eyes? That is an energy. I want us to get into that energy. I want us to. To feel it, live it, breathe it, and request it, revive it in our lives.

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I'm Summer McStravik, and welcome to another episode of Flow Dreaming. So with that, I'd love to welcome you to episode number 678, the Magical Garden of Overflowing Delights. How to see magic everywhere. So as I was putting together this playlist, I decided on four different scenes, four different magical fantasy. Just rub a dub. Yummy, you know, Bubblicious places that we could go. And I know this isn't for everybody, but for those of us who just want to take a little magical ride, that's what I made this for. And the four areas that I decided to focus on broke down into these four new flow dreams. And in fact, I'm going to play you an excerpt of one of these now. And I'm not playing the whole thing. They are Flow Dream meditations. We are talking, you know, 20 minute long. In fact, I think the whole playlist is. It's easily more than an hour. But they broke down into the ever blooming garden of delights. Think of a magical garden. Perfumed flowers, almost like a fairy garden. All of these beautiful blossoms, all of this richness, the tangled wildness of this garden just overflowing with passion and love, right? All there for you. You are in it. You are becoming this. Then the next path that I ventured into is called Flowing with the Light. Now this one is for all of you who feel like I love the sense of being in flow and I love being in that stream of light. I love the feeling and the imagery of the alignment that I get into when I feel myself like rapidly shooting forward down this gorgeous stream of light or this ribbon of the universe. I said, let's just take it as far as that can go. What if we are the light? What if we are not just flowing in it, but we are the flowing light? What does that mean? How deep can that take us in? Then I shifted to another track, another image or area. This one called Lift the Horn of Plenty. Now this is inspired by, you know, those old cornuch copias, you know, the autumn, you know, you put it on the table, it's got the pumpkins and the wheat and you see all these old fashioned paintings of them, right? The jug of milk and cream and honey and all of that. I said, what if the Horn of Plenty is right there at the central banquet of my life? What if this is where the universe says there is no lack, it's all abundance. It is ever replenishing, it never goes away. Take from it as much as you need in any area of your life that you need. And I was like, yeah, yeah, I want to go there. I want to stuff my pockets, I want to fill up my, you know, my closets and my house and my trunk of my car, as much as I can from the Horn of Plenty. Give it to me. Bring it on. So we go there, into this fantasy banquet hall again, someplace out of, I don't know, the Middle ages or the fairy kingdom. Finally, I put together the Walkway of Abundance. And this draws on imagery that I've played with over the years in different flow, dreams for abundance and prosperity, money, wealth. But in this one, you are on a treasured walkway, A walkway of treasures. Like being in the dragon's lair. Except there's no dragon. There's just lots of golden coins, lots of half buried treasure just popping up under your feet, waiting for you to take it, receive it, fill your life with the gems and the jewels and the gold. So if this sounds appealing to you, I really want to encourage you. Go visit flowdreaming.com, go to the shop, you'll see it, it's new. And. Or go to the flow Dreaming app on your phone. You can also get it there, by the way, if you purchase it at the website you use, you, Safari, Chrome, Internet Explorer, whatever, if you buy it there, it will also automatically show up inside the app on your phone. So that's always a nice surefire way to get it both downloaded to your desktop and to your phone. But now that I've kind of explained them in this overview and my intention for doing it, I want to kind of focus in a little more on why would I focus on these four areas? And how does loosening up this magical feeling inside yourself, how does that work? Like, how does that make things more effective? How does that make more of an impact? Well, let's start with this idea of magic. And I just want to shout out to Denise Lin, I was reading one of her newsletters the other day and she was talking about magic and magic moments in our lives. These little pinpoints. It's like, did you ever, when you were a kid, like, one of the things that teachers would do for art in class, grade school is they'd give you a paper and then they'd give you a little pin and you had to stick the pin into the paper and you would make shapes and things and then they would stick it up against the window and you would see the glowing outline of that image that you pin poked. Do they still do that? Do they still give kids pins? Come to think of it, that seems a little dangerous, but that's how I feel. Magic is sometimes in our life, we are experiencing what feels like a little pinhole to the other side, almost so small. Sometimes we, we, we're not expecting it. We, we think, is that supposed to be there? Oh, did someone overlook this? Did something get through? And these magic moments are sometimes happening, often, in fact, but we're not seeing them. We're not looking for the pinholes. Our eyes are up and around gazing at, you know, the, the regular stuff of life, the boring stuff, the mundane, the expected. It's like, you know, when my husband takes a walk, he is always finding like five dollar bills on the ground, twenties. I'm like, how do you always find money on the ground? And he says most people aren't looking for it when they walk. You know, they're looking around, they're on their phone there. He's like, I look where I'm going, I look down, I look to the sides. I'm being aware. And I think that's what finding the magic means, being aware. So whenever I encounter someone who says, I see magic stuff happen all the time, I think to myself, because you're looking, you're seeing what's there. You're not glossing over it. And then I check inside myself, where have I been? Have I been that person taking my walk on my iPhone or, you know, focusing on all the making the dinner and washing the laundry and getting my work done and deadlines met? Am I missing the pin pricks? And if so, what is that doing to me? How is that affecting the quality of my life? Because I'm a person who likes magic. I'm a person who likes that feeling that there is something else and there is something more. And not only can we glance on it and let our hearts kind of squeal with the light, but having our hearts squeal with the light is essential to our well being. It's essential to our deepest happiness. It's essential to our connectivity with ourselves, with spirit, to, with, with hope. And, and, and when we don't experience that, you know, all work and no play makes Johnny a dull girl. And I remember that and I think, okay, I'm going on a magic hunt. I'm looking for magic. Show it to me. So when I decide that I want to do something like that, I don't just, you know, let it rumble through my head and go away. Like a lot of my thoughts, right? A lot of all of our thoughts. Instead I say, okay, I want to activate this, right? I want to instigate this. And again, this brings me back to the playlist. Me saying, I really want to activate the magic. I want to lift that horn of plenty. I want to feel it when I go into my flow. I want to be reaching my arms into that cornucopia and pulling out everything that's good and bountiful. The things that I don't even know that I need, that are just being gifted to me that I discover again with that squeal of delight later. Oh my God. This was exactly what I needed. Exactly when I needed it or when I am, when I am flowing in the light. I say, I'm going to let myself feel free. I'm going to let myself feel like a sunbeam. I'm going to let myself go in, grow into, fill that space where the photons are fill that space where there's no barrier. I travel at the speed of light. There is no resistance, there is no friction. I am everywhere and I am everything. And I fall onto life evenly and equally like the sun drips and drenches its warmth and light on the earth all at once, without effort. It just is to me. That's magic to me. That says tomorrow I might wake up, drive my car, get out someplace and see a beautiful symbol that says yes to that thing that I've been working on. Or I might be on the Internet looking up something and there it is. That thing that just reminds me that someone I love is truly there for me. Caring about me, thinking of me. I'm looking for these little spicy moments that take me out of my everyday, that remind me, that wake me. Because if I don't do this, then again, like I said, I tend to overlook them. I start walking with my face going straight forward. I'm not looking down, I'm not looking up, I'm not looking to the sides. I'm just barreling through or battling through the walkway of abundance. When I'm in that realm of magic, right, you're noticing that these, the four that I'm discussing in this very roundabout and loosey goosey way is pure alignment with source, with magic, with co creation. That's one pure alignment. The other one is abundance in all forms, overflowing everything I need. The other one is the walkway of abundance, is material wealth, treasures support, strength under my feet, ever, ever blooming, ever constant. And then the fourth focus is again that garden which is I overflow with relationships, with love. I drink in the scents and the smells and the textures of beauty, of roses, of softness, of connection, of love, of passion, of friendship. Those are the four areas that I picked because for me those four move the needle the most when it comes to provoking or invoking this kind of magic. And that's what I want. I want more magic when it's there and when I'm seeing it, when I'm starting to catch it, those little fireflies, if I've been doing flow dreams around it, kind of getting myself back into that space, waking me up into it. You know what that does for the rest of my life? You know the other parts of my life, there's like this beautiful soft overflow. The things I'm doing don't seem as hard. The work that I'm pursuing feels a little more inspired, like there's a little something, something on my side. It means that when I'm in relationships, I'm looking for those tender moments, those little surprises, those little, you know, skips and dances in my heart where I feel like, oh, I really love this person. I'm so lucky to have them. That's what waking up the magic does. It provides a layer of sparkles and softness and beauty that isn't just for looks. It actually sort of brings on more of that in my life, more of that through my life. It softens things, it opens things, it smooths things, it makes things just easier. And that is why I'm a fan of looking for the magic, remembering the magic. And I think sometimes, especially in personal growth or when you're working to really improve your life and yourself, we can get caught in this kind of grit and push through and steal yourself. And you can do it. And that's good, right? Sometimes we need that. We need to push ourselves, make it happen, get there, you can do it. But equally, we need the softness. We need that levity, that joy, that fun, that sense of magic happens. And I am a regular recipient of it. You can see how that opens the door to miracles. That opens the door to things that we ourselves don't necessarily create, but which are created with us on our behalf for us, because our hearts, minds, energy are open to it. That is why I love magic. So what I'd like to do is play for you a little excerpt of the Walkway of Abundance so you can feel the delight, the glee of being in this fantastical place, overflowing with plenty, overflowing with riches and treasures. Go into the Pirates of the Caribbean with me for a moment. Go into the dragon's lair, go into this beautiful soft, sandy seaside trail and come digging. Put on your pirate hat, come digging with me. And if you really love it, you can grab again the whole thing in the playlist. And if you can't, then just enjoy this and use today's episode as your reminder. Magic is real. Magic is the firefly. Magic is the feeling that these things that you aren't controlling or expecting truly are there for you. Little connective moments, little lights in the darkness, little messages from non physical from the other side. These points, these pivot points that sometimes can be quite profound in their effects and sometimes are just light. Little taps on the shoulder saying, don't forget. Don't forget this exists. It's here for you. So with that, let's drop in to the Walkway of Abundance.

The Walkway of Abundance. A flow dream meditation. I close my eyes and allow myself to relax, releasing all thoughts.

All tension.

And just Breathing, inhaling, feeling my breath, the bottom of my abdomen, exhaling.

Feeling.

My hips settle, my lower back.

And.

My midsection relaxing.

Releasing.

As I continue to breathe, allowing my shoulders to drop, feeling my neck relax and loosen. The tension easing from my jaw, easing from my brow as I let myself drift, feeling positive, primed and ready for an adventure. An adventure into myself, into my future, into my flow, aligned, clear, fueled with purpose. I step in. I step forward into my daydream, Letting the images flow in.

I see.

A walkway.

A long path.

A path that might lead to an ocean shoreline. Soft sand under my toes. It's wide, lined with the sweetest grasses and wildflowers. I feel the sun flow down, warming my skin.

I hear the sounds of life.

Of.

The universe singing through the wind.

That ruffles my hair.

And urges me onward. I let my fingers trail over the beauty of these flowers, the fields.

That.

Glow on each side.

I can feel how this is a.

Place.

Where the universe deposits its magnitude of riches for me, places them here. It settles them in on either side as I continue to move forward, soft on my feet, light and buoyant, drawn toward this feeling ahead of me. Where life says, you are rich and abundant. We give you all good things. We give you all that you ask for. We give you the building blocks of all of your desires. And they're scattered around you. Riches on the road. Look down.

Look down.

And there you see it poking up from the sand in front of you. Something beautiful. A golden chalice, shimmering and sparkling in the sun. You move the sand away and you lift it. You lift it ahead of you. And the light shines from it. It pours from it. The sun, the energy, your future, radiant from it, glowing. You can feel the pulse of something living, alive, intelligent. And this chalice is full. It's so full it overflows. And you can see, sense and feel the things that drop from it, drop from it into your hands, onto the path, into your future moments. Little presents, little gifts, nudges. They lay everywhere. You can scoop them up. You say, oh, I've needed this. Oh, I've wanted this. Oh, I didn't know that this was exactly what I needed right now. But here it is. This chalice overflows. Abundant, never ending, overflowing riches. And you look around you on this path and you pick up all the glory that it's left, that it pours down. The golden coins, the stacks of money, all the material support. That's the easiest part, the material support. Just that energy. Here you go, have some. We know you're going to build on this. You need this.

Take it.

Take as much as you want. You take the chalice and you bring it into. You bring it into your body, your energy, pocketing it. Because right there is something else, something else ahead of you as you continue to glide on this gorgeous path filled with emerald greens and golds, the sand glow, the flowers billowing. There is a treasure chest. And it too is filled with cash, money, gold, support. And Flo laughs and joyfully expresses its desire. Have this. This is the material support. This is your feet on strong ground. This is what you need to jump off from, to get started with, to.

Build from, to double down with.

This is what you need right now, this infusion. And you take the coins from this chest, you take the cash from this chest and you bring it into yourself. You bring it into your life. And as you do, you look this chest refills the money, slides in the gold up wells and you realize it too is overflowing, overflowing with material support, the basic foundation of life. And the things I build from.

My home.

The objects around me, my vehicles, those things that make me feel steady and sure footed, that mark my progress. The funds I've tucked away for my future, the funds I use to jump forward into new adventures with, it's all there. It's all there. It's all in my life right now.

Now.

This beautiful path of abundance, it gives this to me, my life. And the universe says, take more. Take as much as you need. There is no end to this supply. Life, people, humanity, they make more of this money every day. It's the energy of exchange. And you've been gifted every day with your energy, your work, your focus, your creations, your giving. And in return, you signaled, you said, I need this material stuff, this abundance, this money. And the universe says, take it. Take it with ease. Take as much as you need. And you feel yourself filling up with it, clutching it warmly, beautifully to your chest, into your life. And then pouring it, look, pouring it into each and every direction that needs some. You can feel the areas that are low or empty. And you pour a wealth of it in, seeing almost the beautiful treasure fly in and fill the low spots. Filling, filling, filling until they're high and filled full and your shoulders release. You relax, you smile, you say, thank you, thank you. I needed that.

I needed that.

As knowledge is recognition that yes, I deserve it. Yes, it's there for me. Yes, I can move forward with my dreams. Yes, thank you. I gratefully receive. I receive in and again this treasure Chest is full to overflowing. And you gently scoop it up, light as anything. And you bring it with you. You bring it into your energy. You absorb it into your being, taking it in. Feel the song of this energy, this prosperity, this wealth as you drink it into your soul, drink it into your energy.

You take it in, in.

It is part of you now. And you feel the expansiveness of you, as if your own inner song were beginning to get louder and to glow, radiant, lit on this path. And yet this path is not done. Look ahead, you see so many gifts. Some fully out of the ground, out of the sand, just waiting for you to pick them up, unwrap them, lift the lid off the box, Others poking up, peeking up, catching your eye, asking you, come for me, find me, discover me. I'm a surprise. And you say, oh, I love those kinds of surprises. Yes, yes. You reach one. You reach for one. A golden box wrapped in solid gold foil, ribbons streaming. You say, this is so beautiful. This is so beautiful. It is ornate, beautiful crystals and ribbons and light flowers, bouquets of roses and jasmine, sweet smelling, gorgeous, flowing over each other. You lift the top, you look inside. There is something so unexpected there, something you never knew you needed. But this feeling, the energy of it as you lift it out, you say, oh God, yes, Source. Yes. You anticipated me. You knew I would need this next. You knew this was the missing piece. You knew this was the thing. Oh, yes.

Haha. So what do you think? What? You want to keep it going, don't you?

I do too.

Like I said, you can find that@flowdreaming.com or on the app. It is in the playlist called My cup. Floweth over four magic infused, beautiful, inspired flow dream meditations. You can flow dream to them, you can fall asleep to them. But if you're looking for magic, if you just want a quick infusion, as well as something that will cultivate more of this in the long term in your life, create these kinds of circumstances. When I lifted that gift and I saw the thing that I needed, that I didn't even know to ask for, that was so completing for me. You can tell when I record these, I felt that from the depth of my heart, I felt I could receive that. I was receiving that. That is the energy that's imbued in these. You feeling that same feeling, you receiving that. So I'm gonna leave you now. And I want you to keep in mind this one most beautiful message. The nugget, the kernel of today's episode. Magic is real. Those pinpricks of light do come through. Look for them, cultivate them. You don't have to get carried away. You're not going to become unbalanced and drift off from this planet. But they will lighten your load. They will be that gentle, friendly reminder there is more to it than what you see. And a lot of this is floating on a wellspring of spirit, of magic, of energy, of all that is of universal love. And it's there and it reveals itself. And all the work and the, and the stuff that you're doing, you know, being human and getting ahead and paying for things and going to work and caring for your family, all that stuff rests on this under flowing. You know, it's like water under the earth. You know, it's an aquifer. It's an aquifer. And every now and then you're gonna, you know, stumble on a little geyser, a little magical spring. And when you do take a moment, wash your hands in it, splash your face with it, let yourself be refreshed by it. It's one of the jewels of life. If you haven't felt it in a while, you can get back to it. It's right there. It hasn't gone anywhere. It just might take you saying yes and you kind of opening the door, opening the conduit. So lastly, if you guys enjoyed today's episode of the Flow Dreaming podcast, please do subscribe and do leave a rating. That's the little stars that you're gonna be prompted to leave either in the Apple podcasts, Google podcasts, perhaps even in Spotify. Oh, I'd love to have some of you leave some notes there because I've just noticed that lately it's starting to kind of catch on in Spotify. So that's wonderful. But my love goes to you all and that's the only thing I ask is just that you give me a little feedback. Oh, you can also, speaking of feedback, you can email me anytime and or join my Facebook group. It's called Ilove Flow Dreaming. Give me a day or two to let you in. It is a private group. That said, there's thousands of us there, so come on in and I look forward to meeting you and to continuing our journey together in Flow, My friends, Flow on is a brand new membership and its goal is to keep you in flow, in alignment with and in a state of beautiful growth and emergence. Emergence into the next you. Sometimes this is going to mean some healing or renewing your energy from depression or burnout, or maybe you're going to be pushing into new areas of growth and rampant success. Well, Flow on is your monthly spiritual backpack. It's a brand new program. I haven't done anything like it so since well it's been so many years when I used to have a Flow Dream of the Month club. Think of this as its new 21st century iteration and Flow on has everything that you need. It's a monthly masterclass, a monthly Flow dream, even some live interaction and best.

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