Symbolism

@acotarnet event 8: alternate covers

“I would not, could not be broken. Tamed.”

SCI-FI/ FANTASY NAME IDEAS

BTW, some of these just sounded “out-of-the-norm” to me in my mind, I’m not sure if they’re established names, but, hey, any word can be a name

Nova (probably one of the most over-used, but sounds cool regardless)

Skid (idk this just came up in my mind, for a hero)

Drax (honestly, any name with “x”)

Alex or Xander

Mace (like “Mace Windu”)

Val, Tal, Cal (you get the gist)

Xelena

A name with numbers (ex. IG-88 from “Star Wars”)

Ludo/Lud/Ludwig/Ludovic (famous war/hero)

Quitus

Rylan

Septimus

Leon

Zed

Arcturus (maybe “Tory” can be a nickname)

Ash

Ax (not a literal axe, but kinda like “axon” if they’re a character who sits at the secret base and transmits messages to the heroes…)

Caelen

Daelen

Aaryaa (like Arya Stark, but I put this name in honour of my friend Aaryaa)

Meara

A name with punctuation in it, like “Obi-Wan”, “Mon-El”

Volt (😭)

Mare (from “The Cruel Prince”)

Jon, J-onn, Jeon, Jh-onn (a twist on traditional names)

Zilda

Scienc-y (Allele, Delta, Axon (as mentioned above))

Ayala

Numbers that sound cool (Eleven, Four (from “Divergent”))

Names of Greek or Roman gods

Artemis

Apollo

Dio (from “Dionysus)

Thena/Xena

Hector

Diane

Vera

Minerva

Sol

@acotarnet event 8: alternate covers

I was his and he was mine, and we were the beginning and middle and end. We were a song that had been sung from the very first ember of light in the world.

International Yoga Day 2022: Simple Bhakti Yoga Given by a Complete Saint Is the Best

History of International Yoga DayYoga is an ancient art of physical, mental, and spiritual practice that gives calmness, peace, confidence, and courage to the people through which they can do several activities in a better way. At every level of existence, it is a state of harmony. Yoga is practiced in various forms around the world and continues to grow in popularity. It originated in pre-Vedic times in India approximately 6000 years ago and requires people to practice meditation in their daily lives so as to attain a healthy and strong life.In ancient times, yoga was practiced by Hindus, Jain, and Buddhists. This ancient wisdom is also known as the supreme science of life. But in a developing world, looking upon the health benefits yoga provides, it is practiced all over the planet. Now the question is why we choose 21 June as the day of Yoga, and not any other day. Actually 21 June is the day of the summer solstice. A solstice is an event when the tilt of a planet’s axis in the northern hemisphere is most inclined towards the star that it orbits – in our case, the earth and the sun.

Now the question arises why chose 21 June as the day of Yoga, and not any other day? June 21 is considered as the longest day of the year with the sun rising early and setting late for the northern hemisphere. The summer solstice is also considered as an important day in Indian mythology as it marks an event that could be considered the start of Yogic science.Who Is Known as the Father of Modern Yoga?Tirumalai krishnamacharya is considered as the father of modern yoga. He was an Indian yoga teacher, ayurvedic healing and scholar. In the 20th century, he was known as one of the most influential yoga teachers. What is the theme of International Yoga Day 2022?The theme of the International Yoga Day 2022, which will be observed on Tuesday is ‘Yoga for humanity’. 

Where will International Yoga Day be celebrated in India?From the heritage city of Mysore, PM Narendra Modi will lead the Yoga Day celebrations. More than 15 thousand people will attend the Yoga celebrations at the Mysore Palace grounds.Who introduced Yoga Day in India?Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered the concept for the day during his speech at the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly in 2014. The goal of International Yoga Day is to raise awareness of yoga’s benefits to the population of the country. Importance of International Yoga DayYoga Day is important to make people aware of the benefits of Yoga. Yoga has medical benefits and it helps in curing many diseases like diabetes, blood pressure, alleviating physical injuries, and chronic pain. It helps us to live a healthy lifestyle. Apart from that, it helps a person to get mental peace, get relief from everyday stress, and help spread the message of love, peace, and oneness amongst the people of the world.Why Is Yoga So Popular Among Fitness Seekers?Yoga provides many health benefits. Most people practicing yoga report that they feel less stressed and have a better sense of well being. Many studies showed that yoga can alleviate symptoms of anxiety and depression as well as promote good physical fitness. Many people ask Why Do People Do Yoga? The answer lies in the fact that most people do yoga for flexibility, stress relief, health, peace and physical fitness.What Are the 10 Benefits of Yoga?Benefits of Yoga: Yoga is very necessary and beneficial for all human beings if it is practised by all on a daily basis in the early morning. The benefits of Yoga include:-Increased muscle strength and tone.Increased flexibility.Improved respiration, energy, and vitality.Maintaining a balanced metabolism in the human being.Help in reducing weight and also help to maintain Cardio and circulatory health.Improved athletic performance.To help people get relief from everyday stress.To help people get over or fight various medical issues by practicing regular yoga.To help people know the benefit of yoga in sustaining a higher level of physical, mental and spiritual health.Help gain people attention over the holistic benefits of practicing the art of yoga.Yoga Poses That Can Be Done EverydayBridge (Banda Sarvangasana)Downward Facing dog (Adho Mukha Svanasana)Child pose (Balasana)Easy pose (Sukhasana) Warrior 1  (Virabhadrasana I) Warrior 2 ( Virabhadrasana II)Triangle  (Trikonasana)Chair (Utkatasana)What Is Bhakti Yoga?This Yoga which is celebrated on 21st June is, however, not the one that can lead to spiritual well-being. That Yoga is Bhakti Yoga, i.e., the Yoga of doing worship. That is the real Yoga because ‘Yog’ literally means ‘connection’. 

This word was initially used with those who used to practice various types of religious acts in order to attain the Almighty, i.e. with those who used to try to connect (Yog) with God. And, those who used to practice the worship were named ‘Yogi’.Then, these Yogis also started doing physical exercises to keep their bodies healthy because of not getting the right way of Worship, they used to practice worship by sitting idle at one place. This way, the physical exercises are also named ‘Yoga’ and are ignorantly associated with spirituality while this Yoga has nothing to do with Bhakti. Bhakti Yoga is different from this Yoga. Only Bhakti Yoga can lead to spiritual success. That true Bhakti Yoga, today, is being granted by Jagatguru Saint Rampal Ji Maharaj alone. If you wish to take Initiation from Jagatguru Sant Rampal Ji Maharaj, kindly fill the Online Naam Diksha FormCan Yoga Lead to Salvation?To attain salvation a soul will have to ascend towards Satlok. There is a specific path present in our human body to ascend to Satlok. There are three veins in our nervous system called the Ila, Pingala, and Sushumna. The practitioners of yoga are aware of the third eye or Trikuti, which is situated between the two eyebrows at the back of your head. However, the way towards Satlok is much higher than the crown chakra or Sahsar chakra which is situated above the third eye. The ones who meditate along with yoga can reach the crown chakra.What Was the Purpose of Yoga?Only the ones who are following the way of worship and meditation given by an enlightened saint can ascend to those higher realms which are partly in our body and partly outside it. There are five types of winds that regulate the workings of a human body, about which all the practitioners of yoga are aware

.■ Also Read: Can practicing yoga lead to salvation?However, there are 7 other types of winds that assist a soul to ascend towards the eternal abode-Satlok. And only those who are practicing true worship will be able to take control over those 7 winds. Hence, it can be concluded that performing yoga and meditation alone cannot lead to salvation. There is more to it and only an enlightened saint can give you more information about it.International Yoga Day 2022 Quotes“Be equal minded in both success and failure. Such equanimity is called Yoga”“The union of apana and prana, own rajas and semen, the sun and moon, soul with the supreme soul, the union of all dualities is called yoga”.“Surat Shabd Yoga is for the realisation of true-self”“Yoga is for the welfare of the body. This body is destructible. Perform Bhakti Yoga for the welfare of both your body and soul”.International Yoga Day 2022 ConclusionIn today’s world, there are hundreds of sages and it is a difficult task to identify an enlightened sage.

 However, our holy books have given us information as to how an enlightened sage could be identified. An enlightened saint is one who is aware of the situation of this universe, who has seen Almighty and is aware of His eternal abode-Satlok and who has the knowledge about the deep and hidden secrets of Holy Scriptures of all the religions. That enlightened saint will be able to guide mankind on the route of true worship and meditation to attain Almighty and His eternal abode.Who Is a True Saint?Today there is only one saint in this whole world who is enlightened and is imparting the true spiritual knowledge from all our Holy Scriptures. His name is Saint Rampal Ji Maharaj. He is the only one who is capable of differentiating meditation during yoga sessions and meditation in a spiritual sense and what one individual can attain through either of the practices. To understand what He preaches one will have to listen to the spiritual discourses delivered by Him or read the Sacred books Way of Living.

FAQ about International Yoga DayWho Is Known as the Father of Modern Yoga?Tirumalai krishnamacharya is considered as the father of modern yoga. He was an Indian yoga teacher, ayurvedic healing and scholar. In the 20th century, he was known as one of the most influential yoga teachers. What is the theme of International Yoga Day 2022?The theme of the International Yoga Day 2022, which will be observed on Tuesday is ‘Yoga for humanity’. Where will International Yoga Day 2022 be celebrated in India?From the heritage city of Mysore, PM Narendra Modi will lead the Yoga Day celebrations. More than 15 thousand people will attend the Yoga celebrations at the Mysore Palace grounds.Who introduced Yoga Day in India?Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered the concept for the day during his speech at the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly in 2014. What is the goal of Yoga Day?The goal of International Yoga Day is to raise awareness of yoga’s benefits to the world.International Yoga Day 2022: International Yoga Day is also called World Yoga Day and it is celebrated on June 21st every year. The word ‘yoga’ is derived from Sanskrit which means to join or to unite. The main aim of celebrating international yoga day is to spread awareness amongst the masses regarding the importance and effect of yoga on the health of the people. It holds importance in improving a perfect balance between our materialistic and spiritual well being.

“Perhaps the failure of metaphysics lies in the caution and timidity of metaphysicians, who seem ostensibly so brave. They have sought for rest — which they describe as the highest boon. Whereas they should have valued more than anything restlessness, aimlessness, even purposelessness.”

— Lev Shestov, All Things Are Possible

Evolution

The Inner Circle

Some character cards I did for @illumicrate back in May for the Starfall box!

🌷🪷why i’m unbothered by the 3d and ‘time passing’🪷🌷

the 3d or the physical world around you is a reflection of your 4d or your inner world. you can not expect things to change around you if your inner world is constantly repeating the old story. but knowing this is a beautiful thing because now you know that you have full control, all you have to do is redirect your thoughts to align with your ideal reality! use the 3d as a what you need to focus on in your inner world because the 3d is not the enemy!

things are always changing. nothing is ever set in stone. you can change your thoughts and habits. this will change the things around you when persisted in. i remember at the beginning of my journey when i wasn’t ‘seeing’ movement and i would complain it wasn’t working for me….baby it wasn’t working because i kept persisting that it wasn’t working. then one day it clicked and i decided to start affirming that things are working in my favor and that there is always movement. i would tell myself that all things are aligning perfectly for me. even if i didn’t ‘see’ it around me i knew that i was getting what i wanted. and guess what? i got all the things i wanted super fast right before my eyes. that is when i realized that the 3d truly is a reflection of my inner world.

i focused solely on my mindset/self concept for a couple days and saw such an improvement in my life and big things happened! but something clicked and i felt that i should just focus on myself because clearly by doing that the 3d is reflecting all these amazing things. you don’t have to have a perfect mindset to get what you want but it definitely is something you should work on not for just manifesting things you want but just in general to feel good about yourself. do it to feel more confident in yourself and your power. do it to feel more calm and stable.

rely on the 4d as confirmation of having everything you want because that is what will be reflected in your physical world. remember that circumstances don’t matter at all.

when it comes to ‘time passing’ it doesn’t bother me because i know that time is not linear and can not be measured. the only thing that is exists is now. and now. and now. you get the point i think. the past is simply memory and the future is what you decide by your thoughts but all that really is is now. the less you focus on time the faster things appear for you. you could want different parents and you don’t actually see them but in five minutes when your mom comes to your room it could be a totally different person that you wanted as your mom. that is why we say live in the end and know you have it already because things are always changing and the inner world is the only real reality.

i think people get caught up in past ‘failures’ for getting what they want but think about it. you never actually failed because you were applying the law correctly and getting results. might not have been the results you wanted but you knew how to apply it. this means shift your thoughts to what you want to experience thats it! remember the past only exists in memory so if you want to whenever a negative thought pops up about the past just say it never happened or say that you are always successful at getting what you want instantly (this helped me tremendously). even though it might suck that you didn’t get what you wanted because of your thoughts use that as a beautiful thing and realize that yes this means i can do it because all i have to do is affirm the opposite.

these are some affirmations that can help you live in the end, feel more calm and shift to a winners mindset!

everything is working out in my favor

everything i want is already mine

i am successful at getting what i want

i easily stick to the new story

this is everything going my way

god does not worry and i am god

i am in my ideal reality

my life is perfect and beautiful

i believe in myself

i am capable

i am limitless and powerful

manifesting is fun and easy and you deserve to have everything you want. you had the desire for a reason and that reason is that you are meant to have it and experience it! you control time and you decide how things go for you. have affirmations that make you feel comfortable and calm. i give affirmations just to help give ideas and what i use for my life and they work for me!

I SHIFTED (to hogwarts) LAST NIGHT AND HERE ARE SOME STORIES/THINGS THAT HAPPENED INCASE ANYONE WANTS THEM OR NOT ITS FINE IM JUST EXCITED AHH

THIS IS REALLY LONG IM SO SORRY YOU DONT HAVE TO READ IF U DONT WANT TO I LOVE U ANYWAY <3

((I spent like 4ish months at hogwarts when I shifted))

Im a slytherin in my 6th year

Im dating Fred!!!!!!!!!

My absolute best friends are Draco, Cedric, and Ron

And the others in my group are Harry, Hermione and George

All of us walk to the great hall together every day and sit by each other, and then split off after depending on who has classes with who

Draco and I have a brother-sister kinda dynamic , so we pick on each other a lot but have each other's back [slytherin buddiesss]

while Ced and I are the cuddly best friends (NO ROMANCE) who are attached at the hip (when I'm not with Fred lol)

Ron and I are the comedic duo and we always say the stupidest shit- we are the lives of the party, usually always partners in herbology and potions

Ron and Draco literally argue all the damn time but they will behave if I ask them to lol

ok ok ok ok FRED

He takes muggle studies the hour I have care of magical creatures and he always insists on picking me up from COMC even though it's so far and he's always out of breath, but he's always waiting for me as my class ends.

"I nearly knocked snape over on my way down here today"

I literally told him he should just take his broom down instead of fucking sprinting across the grounds and he was baffled like "THATS SUCH A GOOD IDEA WHAT WOULD I DO WITHOUT YOU"

Always calls me darling, love, sweetheart

Cedric accidentally knocked my books out of my arms one day and said "sorry love, let me help you with that" and Fred got so red and pissed off that ced called me that lmao

Now that I'm starting to remember more Fred got jealous of Diggory a lot- ced gave me a teddy bear for my bday and kissed the top of my head (a friendly kiss no flirtiness) and Fred left and came back with a bigger teddy bear and ced got upset so I had to tell Fred to apologize but now everyone's all good

Fred is so possessive oml- his arms are always around me sometimes I can't breathe through his death grip

I FUCKING KNOCKED OVER MY CAULDRON IN POTIONS AND IT BURNED THROUGH SNAPES SHOE AND RON WAS MY PARTNER AND HE JUST MUMBLED "never in my life did I think I would see snapes toes"

We got detention lmao

HUFFLEPUFFS THROW THE BEST PARTIES MOVE OVER GRYFFINDOR

Seamus blew up my pumpkin juice at dinner and Draco picked up his goblet of water and just splashed it at Seamus's face and it started a food fight

((there weren't like, labeled house tables?? Everyone was all just sitting together and it was so nice, usually Draco sits next to me bc he prefers to talk to me over the others--Seating arrangement is Draco, me, Fred, George and then across the table is Ced, Ron, Harry, & hermione,,, other than that it's just random around us))

DRACO FLINCHES WHEN HERMIONE RAISES HER ARM FOR LITERALLY ANYTHING BECAUSE HE THINKS SHES GONNA PUNCH HIM AGAIN AHHH

Fred and George have tried to switch multiple times to see if I noticed but I always did

Fred took me to hogsmeade and started buying me everything my eyes lingered on for more than a second and I was like freddie where the hell are u getting this money from and he said he made a huge [illegal] quidditch bet with lee

I HAVE NICKNAMES FOR EVERYONE THEY SOUND MEAN BUT WE ALL TEASE EACH OTHER ITS OKAY

Fred: Freddie, Frrrrrredrick, bear (idk why lol)

Cedric: Ced, sunshine (sarcastically)

Ron: *yells across the great hall/classroom/grounds* RONALD, dumbass

Draco: Drake (he rolls his eyes but he totally loves it), bleach (joke on his hair), blondie, your highness (when he's acting bitchy)

George: idiot

Hermione: 'mione, smartie, gal

Harry: Harold even tho his name isn't Harold I call him Harold all the damn time and now people ask if his name is Harold and he just sighs deeply every time someone asks him

Me: everyone calls me princess, I bring everyone together they all love me it's literally my perfect world I love them all so much

I have a lot of little details about fashion and like what we all wear so here they are

draco and I have matching snake rings for slytherin, they're both black and silver

FRED HAS HIS LONG HAIR and he uses my green scrunchie to tie it back during classes and quidditch games MAN BUN FRED MAN BUN FRED

Molly weasley made me a jumper🥺its got my initial on it and she made it green for slytherin

Literally half of my wardrobe is stuff I've stolen from my guy friends. When things get too small on them they all go to me. Fred's pj pants w/ the gryffindor crest on them, dracos old jumper, ced's old quidditch jersey, a warm hat that Ron had but he got a new one and didn't need his anymore

I'm a keeper for slytherin so I get to play with Draco and playing against gryffindor is absolutely hilarious becsuse half of my friends are on the team and also Freddie

We had a five hour game once and Draco FAKE FAINTED so the game would stop- it was a draw and no one knows he fake fainted except for me

Freddie got a necklace for me with his initials on it and I wear it every day

Ron and I sneak into the kitchen at midnight on fridays, sometimes we bake, most of the time we just eat so much food

I TAUGHT THEM VINES AND SNAPE THOUGHT WE WERE CASTING A CURSE OR SOMETHING WHEN I WHISPERED "it is Wednesday my dudes" and Ced, Ron, Fred, George and I all went aaaaaaaaAAAAAAAHHHHHHH and disrupted class

KINDA NSFW WARNING: Fred is perfect omg. I don't want to get SUPER into the spicy details but this man KNOWS WHAT HE WANTS, he's rough yet soft, it's always so loving, HES SUCH A TEASE. When he loses a quidditch game, especially against slytherin(me mwahaha) is when it's the most rough (more motivation for me to play my best I guess), and if I'm upset or we're tired or something that's when it's the softest. We use the room of requirement and a few times it was the quidditch lockers 🤭🤭

My friends are fucking the best, we get into trouble all the time and all of us were speed walking down the hall and laughing because we were all going to go prank the ravenclaws and mcgonnagall saw us walking and started to say something and then just let out an exasperated sigh and turned the other way

SNAPE TOLD DRACO HE WAS TOO GOOD TO BE HANGING AROUND WITH US SO ME AND DRACO PUT A SLEEPING POTION IN HIS GOBLET DURING DINNER AND HE PASSED OUT ON THE TABLE

Overall snape hates me lmao

Harry came back from dumbledore office saying he asked him to go on some stupid quest and I went to his office with 'mione and we told him to stop making harry do stupid shit that could get him killed, well i said that and ''mione asked a bit more nicely lmao

Cormac grabbed my ass when I was walking with Draco and Draco pushed him down the moving staircase

I got called to demonstrate how to pull out a baby mandrake and I put my earmuffs on and pulled it out immediately but forgot to check if everyone else had their earmuffs on and HALF THE CLASS PASSED OUT and Cedric had his on and he just started slow clapping

I HAVE MORE BUT THIS IS ALREADY WAYYYY TOO LONG SO BYE