Root Chakra

January 22, 2012

Last year I chose a general focus which was to be for the year ahead. It was “connection”. It was an inspiration I had, and I put it down in that deliberately vague word, because the inspiration itself seemed to be open to interpretation in many different ways. This year, the focus is to be [...]

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Shame: How it Blocks You, How to Release It (Guest Post By Rei Williams)

January 19, 2012

By Rei Williams Shame is not the same thing as guilt. Guilt is the voice of your conscience. It helps you act with integrity. Guilt is about behavior. It may or may not serve you. Some of us find it greatly motivating. Shame is another beast entirely. Guilt is about your behavior, or a choice [...]

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Alternative Money

January 18, 2012

Alternative money systems. Yay or nay? For me, in my ongoing quest to be part of the movement that is saving the world, I say, regrettably, nay. I can’t deny that alternative money sounds cool, it sounds well-intentioned, and they’ve got *something* going with the idea that money needs to be questioned. But I just [...]

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Original Sin

January 13, 2012

I’ve written a guest post on Rei William’s blog recently. It’s about the concept that humans are inherently negative or flawed, called “Original Sin”. And about what I think about that (I disagree with it). Go check it out: Original Sin

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The Tree Of Knowledge Of Good And Evil

January 12, 2012

The tree of knowledge of good and evil is a myth that has always stood out for me as having a special meaning. I don’t just mean that the myth of the tree of knowledge of good and evil has a special meaning in a merely literary or philosophical sense. I think, beyond their value [...]

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6 Foods And Drinks I Used To Exclude From My Diet And Now Don’t

January 9, 2012

I’ve done a lot of diet experimentation in my time. Among other things, it’s healed a long term supposedly-incurable disease, and helped me become conscious about the horrific plight of animals in this world and act accordingly. I’ve experimented with different diets and also with different beliefs about diet. Sometimes, I’ve just tried on those [...]

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Arrogance, Humbleness, And Healthy Self Confidence

January 7, 2012

I have a very high self-esteem bordering on arrogance. Sometimes I *am* arrogant – either on purpose, as a joke or because at that point it feels more empowering than trying to be humble – or, less and less often nowadays, when it’s not appropriate for me. During what I fondly remember as the worst [...]

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Your Greatest Fear

January 3, 2012

Back when the internet was still kind of novel and people still made HTML websites – remember them?, I had one – I thought that silly little flash animations were the coolest thing. (They’re still cool. But there’s even cooler stuff out there now). For some obscure reason I still remember this one, which talks [...]

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The British Moment

January 2, 2012

There’s a sort of peak experience which I think is mostly peculiar to British people. I call it the “British Moment”. It’s a physical set-up, and an internal and spiritual attunement, which allows us to experience a level of intense coziness that literally transports us to a transcendental place beyond the fabric of our very [...]

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Using A Lucid Dream For Personal Exploration

December 31, 2011

I had a cool lucid dream this morning, or midday, somewhere in between 11:00 after my morning class and 2 PM. (Note: a lucid dream is when you realise you’re in a dream while you’re dreaming, and gain some control over what happens there). It was “quite lucid” – meaning I had quite a lot of control [...]

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