Here are some clues to the hidden treasure… Finding hidden parts of ourselves is difficult work. We are conditioned to hide the unlikable, less desirable traits because they never get us love and affection. We have learned to dislike these parts of ourselves and shut them away. We overcompensate for these “lacks” and we project them onto others. If we are able to get a glimpse of how unaccepting we are of these traits in us, we can begin personal assimilation that accounts for tremendous healing, manifestation, and recognizing our power. It is unearthing our true Essence. Unfortunately, it is … [read more]
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Our Ultimate Wholeness Takes Responsibility and Acceptance
Responsibility, acceptance, and our ultimate wholeness are key factors in changing our illusion of separation. Those illusions create a world of fear and discord which we are experiencing on a grand scale at this time in history. Becoming whole creates a world where duality is resolved, where we see others not as different or enemy or something to be exploited or exploited by, but as the same. The only way for this to happen is for us to take responsibility and learn to accept the enemy within ourselves. Our world of duality stems from unconsciously pushing and maintaining parts of … [read more]
My Inconvenient Life Without Plastic
My inconvenient life without plastic began about a month ago when suddenly after years of environmental awareness, I decided to go the next step. Awareness is something that spurs on transformation and starts with small actions outside of our mechanical way of living. We develop awareness that allows us to connect ourselves and our actions to the living whole. Before I continue with broad “we” statements, I want to make it clear that making these new efforts have been extremely inconvenient. The decision to not buy any single use plastic has brought me to some realizations. These realizations are about … [read more]
Service Requires Breaking The Spell
In studying J.G. Bennet’s seven lines of work (specifically the third line about service) our group discovered more about identification and how it keeps us from true service and sacrifice. Service cannot exist without assimilation and struggle (the first two lines). With anything, we must learn to assimilate information through our own experience, which is in direct relation to how we understand and implement intentional inner struggle. If we are to be of service, by the very definition, we must break the spell of identification with the role we are playing. This calls us to look at duty and the … [read more]
On Nature
For the past few months or so, Sean and I have been living completely outdoors on the weekends. I cook outside in my beautiful outdoor kitchen with a pro range. I shower outside and the water pressure is better than at home. I wander the woods and things emerge. I listen and hear what I thought was not possible. I see things that I hadn’t noticed before in my surroundings. I see systems, cycles, and relationships that I previously did not know. I see possibility where I thought there was none. Nature has much to tell me about how things … [read more]
Going Forward Despite All Trepidation
Going forward despite all trepidation means learning to live with fear. If we wait until there is no fear, it is not going to happen. Going forward and trying new things requires an acceptance of fear. That acceptance is fearlessness. The future is unknown and common ground for all of us. Trust and faith are lacking in most of us, but when these two qualities are developed through small acts of risk, we then know what it is to act on faith. We act in spite of our fear. The risk that it might not work is a factor that … [read more]