When we think about creating good boundaries, most of us have an idea that “strong” boundaries are fixed boundaries – this idea is woven into the mainstream culture, a sense that who we are is mostly static and so things that we like stay that way, things that we don’t like stay that way. But this type of boundary can become stale and flat over time, a rote answer to life instead of a fluid, flexible, living relationship with who we are, what life means to us, where we fit in the world in a given moment.
Transcending Competition in Favor of Love
Serpents shed their skin and so are also a sign of metamorphosis. If we can use our skills of witnessing/detachment, this time period is actually very potent for transformation of how we give and receive love. We can go through a kind of rebirth within our relationships right now.
Eclipse – an Opportunity for Deep Change
Eclipses momentarily hide the light of the sun, and have been thought of since ancient times as a sort of portal to the deep subconscious, when that which is normally hidden comes to the surface.
Centering in Your Eternal Self
Only when the true self becomes known, viscerally, does a deep feeling of connectedness and dignity come in to all that you do in the world. Once this deeper feeling is online, there comes with it a respect for your uniqueness, your pace, and your purpose. No longer do you succumb so easily to outer pressures and live through someone else’s ideals.
Criticism and Change
As the year wanes and the nights get longer, it’s easy to feel the energy of transition all around us. From life to death, lightness to seriousness, soul transitions take all shapes and forms. On the global level our earth is in massive transition, with climate change disasters left and right and species die-off. How […]
From Isolation to Unity – How Staying In Your Own Perspective Keeps You Stuck
Isolation is dangerous. The recent shootings in Las Vegas are a testament to that. When one person shuts off from others, and spirals into his own tortured mind, developing ideas of revenge and hostility, the result can be devastating. The white supremacist groups in the US are a testament to that. When individuals or groups […]