Category: Life & Learning

The Role of Ego

7/31/2021

What is the ego?

After a brief discussion with a friend regarding the ego, my curiosity got the better of me and I began to explore what it is and what it means.

Ego: noun - a person's sense of self-esteem or self-importance.
The psychoanalytic definition says it’s: the part of the mind that mediates between the conscious and the unconscious and is responsible for reality testing and a sense of personal identity.

The philosophic definition says it: a conscious thinking subject.

In the spiritual community I often hear people refer to their ego as problematic or make statements that would lead me to believe they would like to tame or negate their egoic identity as if it is something to overcome or transcend.

Past lives & Timelines

5/30/2021

I had lunch with a friend yesterday and the topic of past lives came up. He shared with me that he was told that he was an old soul and that in one of his past lives he was a monk.

As I recalled the conversation this morning it got me thinking about my own past lives. Nine of them that I have recalled on my own so far (plus more that I have been told about). Not the entire life from start to finish, but scenes, bits and pieces. I believe each of them were significant at the time the memory came to my awareness to facilitate an understanding or remembrance that could serve me in that moment, and each carries a fragment of who I am today. They are interesting, and not so interesting, great and ordinary. I remember being a Celtic healer, I remember being a man hunting in the woods with a bow and a knife so that I could provide for my wife, I remember being a native American woman, I remember watching my village burn down as a young woman in Asia, I remember having dark skin and laughing while running barefoot through a lush landscape, I remember being a tall and slender dancer, I remember being a guard for a queen and I remember being a boy with horse.

Its About the Journey

5/6/2021

Meditation, Thursdays & Manifesting

For as long as I can remember I’ve been a fan of Thursdays. Not because Thursdays in themselves are all that great, but because they lead to Fridays.

Back in the day, when I worked a Monday through Friday job, Friday was a big deal. That was kind of a long ago, even before I was married or had kids. I always looked forward to Friday night because I usually had something fun planned either with friends, or to take myself out to dinner, watch a movie, or whatever. I loved staying up late on Fridays and sleeping in on Saturdays whether I was going out or not.

The Mirror

12/2/2020

Message of the Hawk

11/15/2020

I have been blessed to have the energy of the Hawk walking beside me now for a couple of years. Recently a friend of mine has noticed that she is being visited regularly by a hawk. Having lived in her home for years, she doesn't recall this happening before and has been expressing awe and curiosity about the occurrences.

This morning, as I sat contemplating and trying to understand a crystal message I was to deliver to the collective today, my eyes landed on a hawk feather resting on the cabinet under my TV. I crossed the room and picked up the feather I was gifted a few months ago (one of many serendipitous and freaky-cool occurrences this past summer) and just held it.

6 benefits of Walking Meditations

10/12/2020

Everyone is talking about how great it is to meditate and how often we should be doing it. But what about those of us who have a hard time sitting still? For us… there are walking meditations.

Walking meditations really are a thing! I didn’t believe it until I tried it myself and as an experienced meditator, I can tell you. It really works!

I Vote

10/9/2020

This message came to me almost verbatim while on a walking meditation as I pondered the usefulness of political signs in yards. As we approach the upcoming presidential election it seems odd to me that we are asked to choose sides and perpetuate a system of polarity.

** Whenever I get messages while walking, I use my phone's voice memo or notes application, and dictate it via seri as it comes through.

Finding My Big Girl Pants & Making Changes Suck Less

9/8/2020

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last six months, you’ve probably experienced some changes lately. Actually I take that back. The only thing I know of that lives under rocks are roly polies, at least that’s how it goes in my yard. And I don’t think much changes in their world, but then again, what do I know about roly polies?
I think it’s safe to say that unless you’re a roly poley, this shit-show we call 2020 handed you some changes.

Acceptance vs. Resistance

2/6/2020

What I learned from having a bad day. My last post was all about the bad day I had, how I got frustrated and let it ruin my whole evening, leading me to the conclusion that I needed a Bad Day Plan.
The concept of the bad day plan is awesome, I still think everyone needs one but since posting that blog and associated video, my thought processes have taken me a bit deeper.

Generally speaking, this is how I deal with things I don’t like. Something stupid happens, I let it bug me and I get grumpy for a while.

My Bad Day Plan

1/27/2020

This morning I went to my local home improvement store very early in the morning to get some special orchid potting mix (after Googling “wilting orchid” a few days ago and getting the scoop on how to revive the beautiful plant a friend gave me last year). With only one item to pay for and not wanting to walk 5000 yards to the regular check outs, I got in line at the customer service counter.