Not a Victim of Depression.
You may have been told that you have a genetic predisposition to depression. So what? Predisposition is just another excuse to say, “I am a victim.” I may have a genetic predisposition to depression. I...
View ArticleThe Only People Still Alive.
When Ursula appears in a dream, it is usually to stir things up. “There are two kinds of people,” she once decreed to me emphatically. “One kind, you can tell just by looking at them at what point they...
View ArticleDelusion of False Dreams.
Perhaps you want to be something. A doctor. A photographer. An actor. But no matter how hard you try {and you sincerely try, very hard} you can’t make any headway on your aspirations. You feel like you...
View ArticlePrimer on Boundaries.
I have always found it incomprehensible how the setting of boundaries can be thought of as selfish. Everyone has boundaries, whether they acknowledge them or not. Everybody needs boundaries, mental,...
View ArticleOut with the Old. Herald the New.
I’m a December baby. Capricorn. In the Major Arcana of the Tarot, Capricorn is represented by Card XV—The Devil. {oh how hilariously apt!} I particularly love Angeles Arrien’s take on The Devil in her...
View ArticleBalance Openness with Boundaries.
I used to be very open on my blog, about everything within me, physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. Raw openness was my tool for healing. I was hurt, lost and confused. I was in search of...
View ArticleMysticism Is to Me… A Word.
The function of the contemplative or mystic is by its nature esoteric—for few have had the experience necessary—but “to shed light on this dimension beyond self” takes place through writing and...
View ArticleMysticism Is to Me… A Way Of Life.
Mysticism is to me, quite a number of things. Therefore, I shall tackle the subject over a number of posts. This is the second. Here is the rest of the series: Mysticism Is To Me… A Word. Mysticism Is...
View ArticleMysticism Is To Me… A Filter.
Mysticism is to me, quite a number of things. Therefore, I shall tackle the subject over a number of posts. This is the third. Here is the rest of the series: Mysticism Is To Me… A Word. Mysticism Is...
View ArticleSuicide: No Longer An Option.
I have brushed the gates of Death but once in my life. It was 2004 and my platelet count had plummeted to double-digit figures as a result of dengue hemorrhagic fever. There may have been a handful of...
View ArticleGratitude For Suffering.
I grew up in a Buddhist environment. As such, I was exposed to the Buddhist concept of nirvana, which is to be free of dukkha, commonly translated as ‘suffering’. As a child, I made the cessation of...
View ArticleCreativity Matters Not, If You Don’t Ship.
I’m a creative, so I know well the pains of a creative life. Impossible expectations, relentless self criticism and, above all, the paralysing grip of fear—the lizard brain. We deny it’s fear though....
View ArticleAre Your Motivations Healthy Or Unhealthy?
Motivation is misunderstood. A popular misconception—motivation is ‘good’, a positive thing that aids our goal achieving efforts, i.e. enthusiasm or inspiration. When really, motivation can be either:...
View ArticleSwitching Off From Work.
Do you schedule off days? Do you make it a discipline? Not working is just as important as working. In fact, it is crucial to ensuring high quality output. Saturday was my off day. Completely off. It...
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On Darkness Within.
Do you fear the Dark in yourself? If you fear seeing the Dark in others, you fear the Dark in yourself. Polarity does not exist. Or… Polarity exists as an illusion to be integrated. A person who does...
View ArticleReal Change Cannot Be Written. Only Lived.
Over three months have passed since I last wrote consistently here. I look back, and March 2015 feels a lifetime away. That is what true change feels like. Weeks disappear like days. Time is relative,...
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