To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you you ought to prefer, is to have kept your soul alive.— Robert Louis Stevenson As we are discovering, many of us carry hidden grief, where our fragile young creative self was shamed and wounded. When this happens enough, we … Read more
== TODAY == Soul Retrieval for the U.S. and Us with Dr. Maya Phoenix of Phoenix SoulUtions April 18, from 5 to 8pm (Eastern time) at Mystickal Voyage in Nottingham, MD And wherever YOU live! Dr. Phoenix writes: President John F. Kennedy said in his inaugural address, “Ask not what your country can do for … Read more
© Osho Zen TarotI merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.— Duke Ellington In the Osho Zen Tarot, there is a very instructive card called “Suppression,” or the Ten of Fire. In the more traditional Rider-Waite-Smith Ten of Wands, the card shows a heavily burdened man who is soldiering on, … Read more
© Eugenio RecuencoYou are the only person on earth who can use your ability. — Zig Ziglar We are taking the next, crucial step on the pathway to freeing our artist self who has been locked in a tower for unknown decades. To do so, we have already faced some of the monsters who guard … Read more
I can believe anything, provided it is incredible.— Oscar Wilde We have been working some powerful exercises to recover a sense of safety for our tender Artist Selves. A big part of this work has been to uncover and face the damage done to us by the monsters in our past – those people and … Read more
The fair-weather gardener, who will do nothing except when wind and weather and everything else are favorable, is never a master of his craft.— Canon Ellacombe In today’s installment, we are encouraged to select one of our monster stories, and write it down in detail. You may have already started this, the way Thalia’s utterly … Read more
Promise me you’ll always remember: You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. — Christopher Robin to Winnie the Pooh (A.A. Milne) As I discussed yesterday, as we go about discovering our artist selves, one of the big problems is “either/or” thinking. Julia writes, “Stripped to their essence, … Read more
Comfort Zone © Tim Davis If we’re growing, we’re always going to be out of our comfort zone. — John Maxwell I am simply blown away by the courage of each one of you that has shared your fears here. And for those of you who are silent so far, no problem. Be comfortable and … Read more
We were born to make manifest the glory of God within us. — Nelson Mandela I have been doing a little hunting around, and I am surprised to see how many websites and blogs there are that proclaim the basic ingredients for happiness, but do not include creativity in their lists. Perhaps they assume that … Read more
St. Bridget of the Mantle by MD Spooner (?) Fire in the forge thatshapes and tempers. Fire of the hearth thatnourishes and heals.Fire in the head thatincites and inspires.— The Three-Fold Fire of Brighid, the Ord BrighideachToday is the feast day of St. Brigid who is also Brighid, the beloved Goddess of the Old Religion. … Read more