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“The Universe Called — It’s Putting You on Do-Not-Disturb”

☕ The Setup

You ever notice how the moment you finally commit to your spiritual practice — candles lit, sage smoldering, playlist set to “transcendence but make it vibey” — everyone suddenly remembers you exist?

Your phone buzzes, your dog needs out, your partner yells something about “missing socks,” and your ancestors? They’re not helping — just murmuring in that smug tone of theirs, “We told you stillness wasn’t simple.”

Congratulations, darling — you’ve hit Divine Do-Not-Disturb Activation Mode.

🧹 The Snarky Truth

The Universe loves to test your boundaries. Not because it’s cruel — but because it’s nosy. It wants to know if you’re serious about the peace you keep praying for.

You can call it resistance, ego death, karmic homework — whatever suits your flavor of enlightenment. But really, it’s a cosmic group chat gone feral.

The second you say, “I’m unavailable for chaos,” chaos treats it like a personal invitation.
And honestly? That’s when you know you’re onto something sacred.

🪞 The Mirror Moment

When the distractions hit hard, ask yourself:

• Am I protecting my inner quiet, or performing availability for approval?
• Do I feel guilty saying “no,” even to people who drain me?
• Who benefits when I stay endlessly reachable — and who do I become when I’m not?

Sometimes the holiest thing you can do isn’t another ritual.
It’s muting the noise long enough to hear your own spirit breathe.

🔮 The Devotional Shift

This week’s mantra:

“If it’s sacred, it won’t demand my immediate response.”

Let yourself go offline — energetically, emotionally, spiritually.
Light one candle, not twelve. Ignore the urge to fix everyone’s vibe.

The true test of devotion isn’t how much energy you pour out —
it’s how much stillness you can sustain when everything around you demands a reaction.

🕯️ Ritual Nudge

Tonight, place your phone face down and whisper to yourself:

“I am not an emergency line for the emotionally under-hydrated.”

Then sit in silence for five breaths.
Let the world spin without your supervision.
Spoiler: it keeps spinning just fine.

🔔 Invitation

Beloved seeker, may your sacred quiet become louder than the world’s demands.
May your boundaries hum with grace, your solitude taste sweet, and your DND mode be blessed by the gods of silence and self-respect.

With devotion and humor,
The Inspired Imaginative | The Devoted Mystic

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