Wisdom

Old Habits

Habits aren’t just something that we do, they are small bits of our identity.  They are part of the framework we have built our lives on and therefore not easy to change.  Life is a full body experience exploding with sensory input in every second, so much so that we need to shut off input for hours at a time not only to let our bodies recuperate, but to let our minds process everything we have felt and learned so that we can become. …Details

The Examined Life

I was on the phone (long ago in the landline days) with someone having an intense conversation. I don’t remember what it was about at this point just to show how amazingly relevant it was. However, in the middle of the conversation the line went dead.…Details

Going Into the Depths

There are some things about human beings that we have become amazingly distanced from due to civilization, urbanization, and mechanization.  The fact that we are mammals that prefer to live above ground, we are diurnal liking daytime and sunlight, and we are by nature social/herd animals who for safety and emotional well being live in groups. …Details

Liminal Space

One of the things which has drawn me to the writings of Charles De Lint is how he thinks of the movement between what we consider reality, and what lies beyond it.  His works of Urban Fantasy place the people and creatures of myth, legend, and story into our everyday lives and weave the connections giving us answers to “Why is that…?” and “What do we do now?”  I like that his characters are real, meaning flawed and living lives of decisions in the moment, making mistakes and correcting them and living…most of all living. …Details

When Positive Change Isn’t?

I’ve blogged about it briefly a couple of times: Healing is relational Seeking Yourself Is an Act of Courage Positive change is always good for you and good for everyone around you even if its tangential and the positive effects show up in the long term and not the short. …Details

Fear and Darkness

Something I regularly point out to clients is that quite a bit of the symbology we use to make meaning out of the world we experience, both internal and external, is based on the fact that we depend on our sight as our dominant sense. …Details

Manifesting 101 – Part II

People speak about fear as detracting from manifesting.  And this can be true, but it depends on what you mean by fear.  Being afraid of something in real time, like an oncoming car or a bear standing next to you in the woods, or the decorative railing on the balcony of a high rise apartment are all good fears that help your body gear up to keep you safe. …Details

Manifesting 101 – Part 1

Manifestation in its simplest form is a conversation between an individual and the Universe in all its aspects.  One side speaks and then the other in an ongoing communication that allows each to express itself.  This being the case, the clearer the person is on what they are trying to communicate the better chance for the receiver to understand and be able to respond appropriately. …Details

Start Where You Are – Or Not…

The concept of “Start Where You Are” is predicated on somewhat of an either/or proposition.  Basically the wisdom is to not wait until you have a perfect situation to start doing what you want or what is best because then you never will. …Details

Sacred Space – Here and There

Like many things in our lives we have a very us/them relationship with Sacred Space.  For the most part we see it as other than us, residing in buildings specifically designed to create and contain it such as churches, existing in nature such as awe inspiring mountains, water falls, rivers, or canyons, and forming temporarily in large public gatherings such as the Presidential inauguration or Burning Man.…Details