It’s said that if a praying mantis allows you to see it, it is indeed showing itself to you for a reason…likely for a divine reason. Blending in so effortlessly into their environments, if they emerge into your line of view, one can deduce the voyeur allowance is purposeful. There are many spiritual meanings (both good and bad) tagged onto this…insect. Breaking the word into two: ‘praying’ is of obvious meaning and awarded due to the insect’s front ‘arm’ stance; ‘mantis’ is Greek in origin and means prophet or seer. Spiritually, when the praying mantis appears, it is a nudge to be still, connect with one’s intuition and take the necessary time away to meditate (and/or pray) while awaiting divine messages. For instance, God/Source/Spirit may be whispering for you to dive upwards then inward (eventually onward) at this time. An impossible task? Of course not. There are both seen and unseen messages circling around at all times that do NOT wish to be caught and netted out of thin air, but welcomed in softly. These high dimensional messages are indeed forming our reality in the 3-d. And much like the normally elusive, blend-able, camouflaged praying mantis – it desires you make your intuitive knowledge receptive to being seen. First, we must be still.
P.M. Meditation
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Oftentimes, I am asked the origin and/or meaning of my name. Shimah is a derivative of the name Shammah; Hebrew-Arabic in origin, with a biblical reference to Jehovah Shammah meaning 'God is present'. It is pronounced with the accent on the second syllable and the only one who shortens it on a consistent basis is my mother. I think I've been looking for ways to ground myself since birth - love grounds me, as does the written word. And so, here we are! Please explore the menu on the homepage; here you will find the different areas in which I express myself through script. Be it impromptu poetry, editing work, my ever-growing children's literature series, or the socially conscious (yet personally knotted) blog, it all siphons into creating and expression by way of the written word. I refer to myself as the Maternal Head of a beautiful little girl who lovingly just calls me mommy. If you've gotten through this lengthy bio then I will assume you've got time today... so, please leave me a note - the literates are in need of inspiration and constructive feedback from time to time. Take care of your soul and I'll see ya'll 'round the way. View more posts
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