Writing
Mystical musings for the professional adept
Meetings with Spirit Guides
The first time I met one of my guides, I had no idea that’s what he was. He was a strange, hooded figure that showed up in a “journey” during my first weekend shaman workshop. The workshop was full of people I’d tried my best to avoid in life – tribal yoga pants and feathery […]
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The Names We Give Things Do Matter
We do something no other animal does. We speak and think in words. It is this ability that gives us such incredible power, for we can imagine something in words, that doesn’t exist in reality. Words are the magic through which we create the world....
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Don’t Do Anything You Don’t Want To
Because the moment that you agree to something, when in truth you don’t want it, you betray something. You betray yourself. “Yes sweetie, I’ll come to that party.” Except I don’t want to go. I would be absolutely clear about this fact if I actually...
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The Woman on the Other Side of the Boundary
She came too close. She presumed too much. She took what she needed. I’ve spent my life trying to keep her happy, making sure I’m giving her what she needs. There’s something in my base-code, an algorithm that says her emotional well-being is my...
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The Social Event of the Century
I’m at a party. It’s the biggest party I’ve ever seen, and friends from all over the world are here. More and more are pouring in through the doors. The room is vast, and it seems to grow with each new guest who comes in. I look around. I’m not...
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The Two Lives
The first is the one between birth and death. This life. The one you’re living right now. The unfolding of what was, through what is, into what could be. The second is the other life. That between death and rebirth. It’s the elusive life, because...
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The Saga of the Sensitive Man
I’m a sensitive man. By that I don’t mean one who is touchy, emotionally volatile, or easily hurt (though I have all these characteristics), I mean in the literal sense of one who has a high capacity for sensing. I’m pretty sure I was born...
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Speak the Truth
Speak the truth. What moves you. What perplexes you. What pisses you off. Whatever comes out. The more you say it, the more wants to come. Keep speaking, even if it’s just for you, to untangle the mess in your head, scribbled in a notebook and kept...
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Crutches of Attention
There’s a part of me that doesn’t want to be conscious – to feel, to actually notice what’s going on around me And so when I’m not looking, it sneaks around behind me and steps into me, putting his hands inside my hands. When I can’t find a way to...
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The Heroic Professional Part II: The Transformational Cycle
The professional. A role as old as Adam. The professional used to be someone who had a trade – a craftsman, farmer, healer, soldier. The new professional is one who follows a vocation – literally a calling. And by following this calling, the call...
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