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How often do you preface your statements with, “I really should”, or “I shouldn’t”? Well, if you are like me, it’s often enough that it has become an annoying habit. I have been vigilantly observing my language and choice of semantics in my self-study and I realized that ‘should’ is a distasteful word that doesn’t serve me. It lends to obligation, criticism, expectation (yours and that of others), guilt, shame and projection to future outcome. It is a word of…
In India the full moon is referred to as the Guru Purnima (moon), the Guru and the moon are considered the source of wisdom. The moon is also believed to represent our intuition, mind, emotions, creativity, sensitivity, and the great feminine power. The full moon brings closure, death (to a situation or feeling), change, rebirth, and manifestation. It is a time where we can reflect on those things that no longer serve and give ourselves honor and nourishment in releasing…
So, you might not like this...BUT much beauty and truth is bitter sweet You know all those people who have sucked in your life? All those times your heart has been ripped open? All the raw pain, sorrow, conflict, struggle, abuse, abandonment, neglect, the annoying, seemingly selfish stranger that cuts you off in traffic, the bad habits you shelter from others, the disgust of betrayal? All this messy-ness of life (as defined by the wise old crow) ??? You know…
I am a firm believer in the need to express our selves through various creative modalities. Our creative capacity is something that flows from the soul, and gets blocked from the critical mind. Too often we don’t create because we are led to believe that a masterpiece should be made. Our inner self-critic over-rides the playful innocence that wants to color outside the lines and create things that are abstract and imperfect. We attach to the end…
