What is reality, anyway? There’s a scientific theory, yet to be disproved, that space-time, the fabric of the universe and apparently the backdrop against which reality plays out, is a hologram (here’s another link in case you don’t subscribe to New Scientist). As a Shaman, I see no falsehood in the idea. To me, all…
Category: empowerment
[Monday Message] Exercising free will
Every person with a physical body has a Negative Ego. This is a part of us that is a holdover from the time of little technology and lots of predators above our weight class, so to speak. The Negative Ego told us “don’t leave the cave, and you won’t get eaten.” While it’s a fear-based…
[Monday Message] Hesitation
When you think about going after your goals, what stops you? Where is the hesitation? What is the fear? You are a cell in The Body Divine. Everything is in perfect order if you allow it to be. Fear is the illusion that this is not so. If you knew that, simply by committing yourself…
Equal Footing (reprint)
In honor of Juneteenth, this is a light rewriting of a post from 2014. The Monday Message will return next week. Legends, mythology, and stories abound with people giving up their worldly possessions on the path to enlightenment. I think a lot of people don’t really get what that’s about. I’m not sure I did…
[Monday Message] Letting Go of Past Patterns
We all have patterns. Once we become aware of them, they annoy us (or traumatize us, or make us feel poorly about ourselves). We seem to be having the same boss/roommate/partner over and over and over again. Newsflash: The Universe is not doing this TO you. If you’re going to attribute it to the Universe…
[Monday Message] Acceptance
In order to operate from the heart and still be out in the world, acceptance is vital.
[Monday Message] Getting Past Dislike
A cute little video I put together to help us be at the same starting point on this We are here to evolve spiritually. Technically, we are here to re-member who we are. The process of that is spiritual evolution. Every person, critter, or situation comes into our lives as a teacher. Whenever we have…
[Monday Message] What do you stand for?
Last week, I wrote about priorities, and suggested you figure out what the three areas in your life which are most important to you are. Those are (or speak to) your core values. If you know your core values, you know what you stand for, you know what you’ll fight form, and you know what…
[Monday Message] Priorities
There’s a lot of noise-to-signal these days. So many things are grabbing at our attention, so many messages, so many things we think we need to do, that it can be paralyzing. Priorities help; but real priorities, not the ones being forced on you by society. In order to know your priorities, it might help…
[Monday Message] Inspire others
How do you define strength? What makes you see someone else as strong? Is it that they can bench press a moose? Or is it that they can walk through a personal challenge and come out the other side? Do you see blustering or vulnerability as being stronger? What characteristics inspire others? Now, put yourself…
[Monday Message] Acting consciously
What if your entire life felt sacred? All you really have to do is to act consciously. Acting Consciously turns your life into a form of prayer. “All you have to do” may be misleading, because, while this is a simple concept it is not easy. The only moment that exists is right now. Here….
[Monday Message] Choosing to feel better about yourself
If you want to feel better about yourself, it helps to do estimable acts. Estimable are are those things which are going to make us better about ourselves in the long term. One of the main reasons that people feel poorly about themselves is because they don’t do the right thing. Consciously or not, this…