(A guide to spiritual survival, without dubious cosmic promises)
There are times when everything falls into place.
Things are flowing. Answers are coming. Doors are opening almost politely.
And then there are the other periods .
Those where:
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Nothing is working as expected.
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Even the simplest plans become strangely complicated.
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Appointments are being cancelled.
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The responses are slow in coming.
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Intuitions are clouded,
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and even your coffee cools down faster than usual.
At that moment, a thought arose, more or less formulated:
"Well. Clearly, the universe has decided to make my life miserable."
The question is not whether it's true.
The real question is: what do we do when it happens?
First thing to do: stop taking it personally
No, the universe doesn't blame you.
No, you are not being punished.
No, you did not “miss” a crucial ritual during the last full moon.
What happens rarely resembles targeted sabotage. It's much more often a moment of friction , a slowdown, an imposed adjustment where you would have preferred to continue straight ahead.
But since we're human, we dramatize.
We are looking for an immediate meaning.
We're looking for a mistake.
We're looking for a magical explanation.
Spoiler alert: they are not always available.
When everything is blocked, it's not necessarily a sign to be interpreted
We love the idea that every obstacle hides a specific message.
That's reassuring.
It gives the impression that everything is controllable.
But sometimes, a blockage is just… a blockage.
Not a test.
Not a disguised lesson.
Not a great cosmic lesson.
Just a moment when reality says:
" Not now. "
And that is deeply frustrating.
Something we often do (and which doesn't help)
When the universe seems to be throwing obstacles in our path, we tend to:
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overinterpreting the smallest detail
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multiply the rituals “just in case”
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ask for signs repeatedly
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drawing cards until we get an answer that reassures us
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absolutely wanting to “correct the energy”
The result: we get agitated, we get tired, and we lose even more clarity.
By trying so hard to symbolically regain control, we forget to look at what is really happening.
What if the universe wasn't a pain in the neck... but was deliberately slowing down?
An uncomfortable hypothesis, but often relevant.
Certain periods of blockage occur when:
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we are forcing a direction that is no longer correct
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we refuse to listen to obvious fatigue
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We cling to a situation out of fear of the void.
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Perseverance is confused with relentlessness.
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We are moving too fast to integrate what is already changing
The slowdown is not there to punish.
It's there to prevent it from continuing on autopilot.
How to react without losing patience (or faith in anything)
When everything seems stuck, the first useful thing is not to “do”.
It's about changing your posture .
Stop fighting against the moment.
Stop trying so hard to understand everything right away.
Stop looking for an immediate magic solution.
Instead, it is often more accurate to ask:
What is it that this moment is preventing me from doing… and why is it bothering me so much?
The answer is rarely comfortable.
But she is almost always honest.
The right approach: get back to basics
When the symbolic becomes confused, the real remains an excellent point of reference.
Sleep more.
Drink water.
Slow down the pace.
Postpone what can be postponed.
Do less, but better.
It's not very glamorous.
But it's incredibly effective.
Spirituality is not meant to disconnect us from our bodies and daily lives. It is meant to bring us back to them when we stray too far.
Should we perform a ritual when the universe is "a pain in the neck"?
Yes… but not just any old way .
A ritual is not meant to force a passage.
Nor to “unblock” something at all costs.
Nor to beg the universe to cooperate.
A proper ritual, in those moments, serves another purpose:
to take a conscious pause .
To recognize:
“I see that something is resisting. I choose to listen rather than force it.”
Sometimes, that's all it takes.
A simple mini-ritual for these times of friction
Choose a quiet moment.
Light a candle or burn some herbs, not to change the situation, but to mark a pause.
Take a sheet of paper and write:
“What am I trying to control right now?”
Then :
“What is this blockage forcing me to look at?”
Don't look for a brilliant answer.
A feeling, a word, a phrase is enough.
Fold the sheet and keep it for a few days.
This ritual is not intended to “solve” anything, but to accompany the time needed for understanding.
What if nothing changes right away?
So nothing happens immediately.
And that's acceptable.
Some periods do not require action.
They require patience, rest, and a little bit of trust.
Not blind trust.
A clear-headed confidence: one that accepts not being able to control everything.
In conclusion
When the universe seems to have decided to be a nuisance, it's not necessarily a failure, nor a coded message that absolutely needs to be decoded.
This is often a time when it's necessary to:
to slow down,
observe,
readjust,
and sometimes simply… wait.
Between the Sun and the Moon, there are also those phases where moving forward means not forcing anything .
And even if it's annoying,
It is often there that something fairer begins to take shape.
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