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Radical Sameness

“If you can not be radical then you will never make it.” Ra Uru Hu This is the kind of statement that I would traditionally gravitate towards. I have been keeping quote books since I was 16 , there are probably about 25 quotes recorded with this sentiment in mind. Please give me information, in all forms, what is the next far- out theory? I have a love affair with the idea of radicalness. The extremes are seductive to some and dangerous to others. I believe in both fear and courage. In many traditions, radicalness is living from the self, I feel at home here. The exploration for most of us is to find that out, living from that place, that place of home-self. I spent a large chunk of time studying the Five elements in Chinese medicine to locate the self and how to put that out in the…

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Idiot Compassion

Absolute compassion is seeing the situation as it is, directly and thoroughly. If you have to be tough, you just do it. In other words, idiot compassion contains a sort of opium—constantly trying to be good and kind—and absolute compassion is more literal, more discriminating, and more definite. You are willing to hurt somebody, even though you do not want to hurt that person; but in order to wake that person up, you might have to hurt him or her, you might have to inflict pain. The need for reassurance has only one eye.  Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche

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Extinction Burst

I picked this idea up from someone, somewhere and I do not remember where that was. My understanding is that before the post-transformational calm, there is a chaotic burst of energy, or there will be a chaotic burst of energy before we all go Extinct. Your guess is as good as mine, the path that the future will take. Mythically, there is often an epic battle between the good forces and the bad. And just when we think the bad is going to win, the good prevails. I know that is the way most of us are hoping the current events will go. There have been plenty of times, historically, that the bad forces won in the world. Whole populations perished, because let’s face it, God is one kinky fuck and really lets anything happen. Or is it that Human beings let anything happen? Not really sure. I do know…

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Celestial Storehouse

Revisting the 17 th century, secret murals from the Lukhang Temple and the Potala Palace, Tibet. The temple of the serpent water spirits. The vast landscape depicts copious images painted with ground mineral pigment, showing every aspect of human development from pre-conception through all stages and aspects of human existence on through death and beyond. There are Buddhas, Deities, humans, Demons and animals: the murals keep your eyes roving up and down and side to side, feasting on the raw, gory, beautiful pictures. They stir something deep within, foster an insatiable craving for comprehension. Messages for the mind, for the heart for the self, they are all here to understand. DNA is probably adaptable if we can access that part of our brain and expand our own consciousness. Let’s learn by example. Radical pictures of demons in the many stages of life painted across the wall. The dangerous and captivating…

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Patterns of Living

Sita Ram, Sita Ram, Sita Ram, Jaya Sita Ram सीता राम सीता राम सीता राम जय सीता राम Sita is the incarnation of Lakshmi, Goddess of abundance. She is the embodiment of love and virtue. Her husband Ram, is the incarnation of Vishnu, Lord of the universe. He was a living vessel of effused truth, compassion and bravery. Together they symbolize the union of the feminine and the masculine energies, the powerful partnership of intuition and action. Mantras are prayers, patterns of letters, words, sounds and breath, that consecrate intention into form. By chanting the songs repetitively, we evoke the sacred energies. We can use this tool to unify the separate sides of the self and to heal the violent divisions in our culture. The intertwined energies of Sita and Ram, balance the right and left sides of the human brain and regulate the parasympathetic and sympathetic aspects of our…

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The Elements

“Find out what you love and let it kill you.”

-Charles Bukowski Love, the union of opposites, the strongest magic that we puny humans are capable of conjuring up. It comprises the absolute best in us, without Love we are nothing but cold heartless robots with a desire to destroy. We can shut down our hearts because it is too painful to feel, let our fire go out, however, it can always be resurrected. The warmth and light of joy sustain us in times of sorrow, in times of fear, in times of anger, in times of worry. Our hearts whisper to us and keep us on a path of learning and stretching ourselves. The big question How can we function when the world around is falling apart ? The answer is to take care of hearts and to let the love grow. “All I plead with you is this, make love of yourself perfect.” -Sri Nisargadatta

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Acupuncture Principles

Subtle Shifts

In a recent dream, I torched my child hood bedroom by building a bonfire on the floor. I put the fire out just before it burned through the walls. When I looked over the room and the damage done, it was decimated, the ceiling was a sea of hanging shreds, the walls were husks, it was burnt to cinders. A part of myself has been incinerated. I am filled with rage. Conventional dreaming is dead, a desperate attempt at salvaging a corrupted patriarchal system. Old dreams, what I am specifically referring to, conventional dreams, those of the naive youth. The dreams conjured up in a child hood bedroom, those of marriage and children a future of “deserving” it all to work out well. A future of environmental and economic stability. All tainted with denial when I look back on it, a superficial training to make me docile and weak. …

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Patterns of Living

The Light of Water

“Out of nowhere the light will appear. It is all happening on Earth, follow the natural law. Where there is darkness, there is only the sun to shine through. What we go through is only for our own good. If to admit this, is as easy to stay with every battle fought and won, the stronger that we fight anew. Dark then light, dark then light.” Bernie Kagan 1973- Brindaban, India -Neem Karoli Baba You lightly tread over the threshold, passed under the archway (it was really pretty) and plunged directly into the darkness (Yikes). It is Water season. The spotlight is on fear and the acts of fearing. Security, survival and willing your life forward, these traits make up the bones of Winter. The primal fear is that you won’t make it through alive. It is a mini -confrontation with death. Will I survive? If I do, does it even…

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Six Steps of Focusing

The Six Steps of Focusing Eugene T. Gendlin PH.D 1- Clear the Space 2- The Felt Sense 3- Finding a Handle 4- Resonating 5- Asking 6- Receiving What the heck does this mean? Let’s do some decoding. First take a few breaths and feel your feet on the ground. Get comfortable, is there anything that will make your body happier? Do you have to get a drink of water, a snack? Maybe visit the restroom? Bring your attention inside yourself and feel your body. Where does it begin and where does it end? Scan your insides? Maybe there is a lot going on, it may feel chaotic or you may feel numb. No Judgements, just take stock of the overall feeling of everything. You may want to start clearing a space for yourself by either stacking the worries and moving them to the sides of your inner laboratory. If you…

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