Hauntings

There are plenty of ‘reality’ shows available this season for people to get their fix of things that go bump in the night and restless souls who continue to walk among us because they have unresolved issues.  Which is a gross oversimplification of the issue, but makes for good TV and dramatic effect.  Buildings, objects…

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Vampires

I like the newer romantic vampire stories that have appeared on the market in the past 10 years or so.  I’m not interested in vampire horror movies where vampires are just raging monsters, calculating or cannon fodder, but then I’m not into horror movies in general.  And children dressed up like vampires is just cute. …

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Sacred Space

We all have the ability to create sacred space in our lives.  A place where we lay down the everyday world, remove our shielding and masks and relax and replenish ourselves in the numinous.  There are many places already available to us for this purpose:  temples, mosques, churches, and memorials to name a few. These…

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Have to/Get to

Talking to ourselves is normal, getting an answer means it’s time to check in to the hotel where everyone wear’s white and you are strapped into the bed.  However, what people don’t realize is that listening to what you are saying and how you are saying it is very important and can lead to some…

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Our Stories

Our lives are made of the stories we tell about ourselves and the world.  This was brought home to me in a dramatic way one day in college.  My school had the ‘publish or perish’ rule for its professors so they were constantly researching something.  This could be alot of fun for the students such…

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Change your perceptions

What if your life were not a linear progression?  What if time and the next thing and the next thing and the next thing weren’t guiding factor of your life?  What would it look like?  Western culture teaches us the importance of time, the finiteness of life, and that everything is cause and effect in…

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Extending Your Senses

There is an exercise I like to use with my students to help them understand physically what I mean by the limitations our culture has taught us.  It helps them become aware that they can do much more than they ever thought possible.  I call it “Extending Your Senses” and it’s completely safe to try…

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Express yourself

I love October for so many reasons, but Halloween is definitely at the top of the list. I love decorating for it, I love the creativity of it, I love sharing ideas about food, decorations, costumes with people, and scary is delicious when it’s just for fun.  I decorate my front yard with headstones to…

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