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Joy

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What is Joy but this, that I am always feeling and doing? Is it not me that is choosing? So it is this then that I will be doing, forever more Would you like to walk with me and spare a moment of yours? That I may share but a glance of what I have seen In my Return to Forever I have seen Peace and it looks like this I have felt joy and you have been there Let us remember together I have separated out the confusion and turmoil as if it were a novel that I was reading Yet, it is no … [Read more...]

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I Saw a Man

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I saw a man -- old, with cold greased iron and steel Scorched by the direct lick of the sun And I thought to myself  -- that's it I want to roll around in it -- be dirtied by it -- that's where I want to be with my depth Like an aged mechanic "Bring your engine to me and I'll fix it" I want my Death to be under my fingernails; unable to clean it away I want to reek of the oil of Death So I never forget my impermanence … [Read more...]

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Nowhere to be found

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I have torn this thing apart...time and time again And found Nothing Hollowed echoes remain Of footsteps past...Nothing lasts in this shattered domain What was it that I would hope to find anyway? Me? Where would I be? In this soliloquy There are no arrows that point to self Save vain interpretations and vile representation Of a mangled belief-based false reflection I then, am left, when all else falls away And is swept away There is glory in winter’s death For I am … [Read more...]

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The Illusions of Self

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Who do you think that you are? A collection of memories, the titles you've received? Your pain or trauma that you think defines you? Your race or sex, the compliments or insults that you get? Does your name represent the self that you've gained? Do you associate yourself with these times or your assigned purpose, reason or rhythm? Who are you, your spirit or soul and the baggage that they hold? Or the stories that you've been told? Are you your beliefs that give you relief? You decide who you … [Read more...]

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On Time!

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"Be here now." Really? Has anyone ever stopped to think about this? By the time you even perceive "Now" it is the past! Then you may say "Be in the present time." The very present is built on fragmented memories of the past and projections of the future. If anyone ever did find "Now," they would soon realize that there isn't anything there, because time is fleeting and so too are we, chasing after it and getting stuck in it! Time is a necessary illusion, much like a language. They both … [Read more...]

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“don” We Now

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In retrospect, I have found a congruent theme and archetype in my life: The "don." Actually three in particular: don Juan De Marco: The hopeless romantic that sees everything and everyone at their fullest potential and is in love with life and experience. don Quixote: Dreams the impossible dream and sees the endless potential in all things and stands up against any and all wrong. don Juan Matus: The Nagual that holds the space for change and personal power. One who is prepared to rule … [Read more...]

Category: Intuitive Arts

Who/What am I? An Exploration of Self and Beyond: A Requiem

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There is a moment, between sleep and wake, night and day, between the notes in a concerto, life and death, between the eyes of youth and old age...all unspoken, all unheard, yet certain; in the stillness of a stone or a whisper's breath in the wind and ice melting and water freezing or fire burning wood to ash...where things are both eternal yet, never last. I am this lasting. I am this fleeting...moment. My memory is like an old photo album in a baseboard attic. My mind is like a shattered … [Read more...]

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Reality Check

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"They could be made to accept the most flagrant violations of reality, because they never fully grasped the enormity of what was demanded of them, and were not sufficiently interested in public events to notice what was happening. By lack of understanding they remained sane. They simply swallowed everything, and what they swallowed did them no harm, because it left no residue behind, just as a grain of corn will pass undigested through the body of a bird." – George Orwell in 1984 The Earth … [Read more...]

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What then is Magic?

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Let's jump right in. If you try to use magic, it will inevitably destroy you, as will any power. Whatever you use comes back to haunt you. One must become Magic. So what then is Magic? Magic is the self-aware matrix of existence and non-existence. Like intent, it brings things into being. It is the crux between. It is the whisper within that says this is the way, and if you look away for a moment it is gone - and yet, you can't even look straight at it. It is the hairbreadth of instant. It … [Read more...]

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Nothing At All

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"Horror, I've seen horror...the horrors that you've seen. But that gives you no right to call me a murderer. You have the right to kill me, you have the right to do that but, you have no right to judge me." - Marlon Brando in Apocalypse Now (Hearts of Darkness) The above quote was a portion of Brando's last monologue to explain that his atrocities were no different than the atrocities of his country, or, for that matter, no different than the atrocities of religion. How is it that so … [Read more...]

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The Jig is Up!

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Religion and culture as art are beautiful. Religion and culture as truth are dangerous. Both religion and culture rely heavily on our shared mythology, dramatic tales of heroic accomplishments, ancient teachers and powerful gods. These stories are an answer to a subconscious stirring within all humankind. They are a poetic representation of the dream and the hero's journey within each one of us. The archetypes that we have created throughout history are representations of our internal … [Read more...]

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The Rabbit Hole

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Little did I know the significance of watching Bugs Bunny as a child or reading Alice in Wonderland, nor the depth that I would somehow glean from these archetypes. Then a couple of years ago I used to joke that my power animal was the bunny - only to find that the place I ended up living has a giant bronze bunny outside of it. And that right before I moved here, seemingly unknowingly, I created an online group called "Down The Rabbit Hole," well before the movie came out. And as many of you … [Read more...]

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The Looking Glass

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A child is lifted up and its mother says, into the mirror, "That's you honey," and the child takes that information in, relative to itself and its mom. But is that image really the child? Are you what you think that you see in the mirror and what someone tells you that you are? Is that image in the mirror the you that you have chosen or the one that was given to you? Do you question it or do you just believe it? I don't believe in anything, not in me or the reflection that I am seeing. The … [Read more...]

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Embracing The Darkness

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The Void, The Nothing, The Womb, The Great Mother, The Sublime Feminine, The Great Mystery, The Tao, The Yin. This is the True Darkness...get over it. It is part of who we are; it is the source of who we are. We have been misguided for thousands of years to fear the dark. In many ways, this was a diversion so that we wouldn't question that which occurred in the light. In so many religions and aspects of spirituality, when we question the motives and actions of authority we are told that it is … [Read more...]

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Excavation: Clearing from the depth of self

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"I can't believe that this has come up again. I thought that I had worked through this." Lightworkers often seem surprised about personal issues that keep popping up. This is because much of the work around inner issues is ritualistic at best, meaning that it is only representative of what actually must be done. Or a person may ask another to go in and do it for them or psych it out of them, like asking someone to yank out a tooth. Or they may even attempt to pray it away. But this I must … [Read more...]

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