The soul book for each individual records the social worker’s detailed decision making process, the teachers credentials and agreement to act as guide for the soul and information concerning the nature of the soul’s soul group at its inception including social orientation and general perspective. A group’s social orientation might be towards picking an interesting…
DetailsSouls learn the culture of symbols. Symbols are not just forms or concepts or a means of communication. They are beings, entities in their own right with history and free will and abilities of their own. Symbols can be used to create, to deconstruct, to educate, to facilitate travel and bridge worlds. They are beings…
DetailsI’ve never been one to flinch from situations that were out of my comfort zone or to decide against doing something because it didn’t fit a social norm or because of what others thought about it. Which, it’s brought to my attention repeatedly, is not how the majority of people live. To which I always…
DetailsI just finished reading a book, the most recent work from a teacher I have worked with and admire. She’s a well respected academic who was a pivotal member of those women in the 60’s working in San Francisco reimagining spirituality and reconnecting with women’s embodied sense of the world and our place in it. …
DetailsHiding things from other people is something we do every day. We call it wearing mask or just plain old politeness. Depends on if your perspective is getting what you want from other people or refraining from enlightening people with the truth, I suppose. It’s part of everyday life, not something nefarious, necessarily. However, hiding…
DetailsLife on earth teaches us that humans are the preeminent species. Although there are carnivores that can take us down and the weather and other natural disasters have the ability to wipe us out in swathes, we manage through our analytical thinking and that opposable thumb to make our way and to have become the…
DetailsOnce upon a time I was a college student working to get my undergraduate degree. And during this mythical, magical time, I took a trip to Europe with my fellow students and one night, after 10 days of traveling, we ended up in a beer house in Munich. And of course, hilarity, tall tales, and…
DetailsA good storyteller is not just gifted in telling a tale, they cultivate a voice that people want to hear, a narrative that draws people in, and maintain a perspective that only peeks out at the audience from behind the curtains instead of blaring at them through a megaphone. But it’s there all the same. …
DetailsBut the sacred is not only an internal thing between your soul and an unseen deity. It is also your body and the world around you. Prayer is not just thoughts in your head or words whispered in quiet corners. It is the actions of your hands, the choices of your heart, and the places…
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