...without pain, without struggle, without anguish, discomfort and fear, transformation is impossible...Real learning, which is to say, transformation from a state of ignorance to one of enlightenment, is in reality more of a lurching, spiraling, ebb and flow, full of peaks and valleys, and yes, pain and suffering. Those of us in the world of … Continue reading Teacher Tom & Transformation
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Trauma & Transformation
Psychologists like to talk about trauma. If you have experienced X, then it must have been a traumatic experience. But, this is a function of the lens with which they view the world. Our experience of the world tends to form a lens of interpretation. An emergency room physician — who, by definition, sees emergencies … Continue reading Trauma & Transformation
The Plural of Apocalypse
"Our resolution should be not simply to survive our present apocalypse and resume “life as normal.” Let us wake up to ways the world ends every day, responding with compassion when we encounter others going through one slow-motion apocalypse or another. But let us also not turn a blind eye to the grace-filled apocalypses of … Continue reading The Plural of Apocalypse
Reading Harry Potter as a Sacred Text
"What if we take this seriously? What gifts is it going to give us if we love something, and we love it with rigor, and we love it with commitment?" —Reading Harry Potter as a Sacred Text Strikes me as an important question for many things in our lives that we trivialize because they aren't … Continue reading Reading Harry Potter as a Sacred Text
Book Review: Prometheus Rising by Robert Anton Wilson
tl;dr: The eight-circuit model of consciousness: survival, emotions, reason, society/reproduction, body connection, imprint selection, connecting to life, and connecting to everything. If this all sounds like some New Age bullshit to you, then you might want to try some of the exercizes at the back of each chapter, e.g., "Try living a whole week with … Continue reading Book Review: Prometheus Rising by Robert Anton Wilson
Blue Moon Human
If you don't have time to do it right the first time, where are you going to find time to do it again? Or, you could be complacent. Mediocre effort. Mediocre results. Mediocre life. We all start out wanting to excel, to be good and do it right. When does the change creep in on … Continue reading Blue Moon Human
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