I’m not talking ‘clothing’ here. This RACK is torture related. The RACK was a wooden device for stretching people in ways that literally pulled them apart at the joints. (Bound wrists are pulled in one direction while bound ankles are pulled in the opposite directions.) It was a popular form of torture from early GreeceContinue reading “On THE RACK”
Category Archives: self-realization
The Evolution Process: On Shamanism
After seeing this Four Winds Society (Alberto Villoldo) https://thefourwinds.com/ image posted this morning shortly after I’d just read an email of shamanic classes posted by a friend who conducts her version of them herself, it stirred some memories of my own explorations in that field of study a couple decades ago during my two-year ShamanContinue reading “The Evolution Process: On Shamanism”
Considering Alternate Realities
(Art by 7th Dimension Energy ) I like the image above as representing the concept of alternate realities: where from the central core of our soul we spiral out spokes of infinite branches that develop their own version of potential lives. This consideration that alternate realities exist is hard to get your head around; andContinue reading “Considering Alternate Realities”
Being Human
“This being human is a guest house—every morning is a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all. Treat each guest honorably. The dark thought, the shame, the malice, meet them at the door laughing and invite them in. Be grateful forContinue reading “Being Human”
Jumping Time
The first time it happened, I was unsure of what had actually occurred. The next time it happened I was, “Come on, this can’t really be happening.” The third time it happened I knew it was real and I’d have to make a change or I could never rely on what I was seeing. OverContinue reading “Jumping Time”
Freedom of Response
If you haven’t yet read Viktor Frankl’s book Man’s Search for Meaning, I suggest you soon do so. Frankl was an Austrian psychiatrist whose entire family was taken and eventually deported to Auschwitz, the World War II German prisoner of war labor camp for captured Jews. He was one of the few who survived afterContinue reading “Freedom of Response”
Sitting in Your Soul
NICABM (National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine) offers Facebook image blurbs to encourage healthy living and enhanced mental resilience; plus occasionally offering online classes and speaker summits that I’ve participated in previously. Today’s image above is focused on the importance of MINDFULNESS with the Ram Dass quote: “When you are down hereContinue reading “Sitting in Your Soul”
Standing in the Stream
During summer’s heat, if you don’t mind getting your feet wet you’ve likely stood at least one time in a gentle stream and allowed the cool running water to casually flow over and around your feet and lower legs. There where the current is mild with water tickling your ankles and calves as it envelopsContinue reading “Standing in the Stream”
Remember the Mountains and Valleys
“When you start to feel like things could have been better this yearRemember the mountains and valleys that got you here They are not accidents and those moments weren’t in vain.You are not the same You have grown and you are growing.You are breathing , you are living.You are wrapped in EndlessBoundlessGraceAnd things will getContinue reading “Remember the Mountains and Valleys”
Acknowledging Ourselves
We exist. We ARE. We live and die, and somewhere in-between the two, we learn. WHAT we learn depends on so many factors such as our living environments, our support teams on earth and beyond who protect us and nurture our growth, and that soul spark within us that drives us forward toward some unseenContinue reading “Acknowledging Ourselves”
Beliefs and Concepts
“Our beliefs and concepts are the greatest obstacles to awakening.” (AwakenTheWorld) *** This won’t be another rant against organized religions, although it’s clear how detrimental I feel that many of them are by discouraging an individual’s self-inquiry and personal consciousness development. We can actually be biased and closed-minded about most anything that we encounter inContinue reading “Beliefs and Concepts”
“To Make You Feel My Love”
“When the rain is blowing in your faceAnd the whole world is on your caseI could offer you a warm embraceTo make you feel my love…” Bob Dylan When I meditated on this lovely image for awhile, in my mind I heard Billie Joel singing this Dylan song’s title words, “To Make You Feel MyContinue reading ““To Make You Feel My Love””
FINDING YOUR TRUTH 