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What Firewalking Taught Me: Don’t Wait for Big Magic Answers
First Monarch Butterfly Sighting of 2015. (Photo by Brad Silberberg) About a month ago I received an email announcing a firewalk that was going to be held in western PA, about an hour from where I live. I knew immediately … Continue reading
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Tagged choosing to be happy, Firewalking, personal transformation, the happiness of pursuit vs pursuit of happiness, waiting for Big Magic Answers
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Being a Free-Range Human: A Heron’s Walk to Where the Buffalo Roam
Yesterday morning I was listening to Native American olowan (Lakota for sacred songs) on YouTube. I came across some entries that included buffalo songs I’d never heard. I marked them as favorites so I could find them later. As December … Continue reading
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Tagged "Animal Speak", Buffalo in western PA, buffalo meaning, Free-range human, great blue heron totem, Lakota, overwhelm before starting, self-intimidation, tatanka, Ted Andrews
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Gaining Merit: Karma and Karpay
Just a reminder that tomorrow is the Summer Solstice, arriving at 7:09pm eastern time, right on the heels of today’s (Tuesday, 6/19/12) New Moon. This will create a powerful window to spiritual energies that you can (re)connect with and provide … Continue reading
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Tagged Amaru Li, being stuck in life, Buddhism, gaining merit, karma, Karpay, Om Mane Padme Hum, Peruvian shaman, Summer Solstice 2012
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Emotional Spinning
I don’t know about you, but we’re still seeing last week’s Venus Transit exerting pressure in our inner and outer worlds. Unlike other celestial events of the past, it seems to have opened a door that hasn’t closed and feels … Continue reading
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Tagged 6/5/12, drumming circle, emotionally spinning, Mayan, unable to relax, Venus Transit
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Practicing Joyful Compassion
It seems like a month ago now, but it’s not even been two weeks since our visit from the Tsawa Tibetan monks from the Gaden Jangtse Monastery in south India on May 20th. We’re still experiencing changes from their time … Continue reading
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Tagged being a fixer, Cape Town South Africa, Chenrezig, Chod ritual, Gaden Jangtse Tibetan Monks, making horses drink, Om Mani Padme Hum, relieving suffering for others, sand mandala, single party suffering, suffering with others, Tibetan buddhism, tibetan house blessing, tipi, Tsawa monks, two party suffering
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Conscious Giving and Running on “Mesa Time”.
We’re still playing catch up here at The Mesa and at home. We have had every good intention of getting all kinds of things done, like cleaning up the gift shop, making our Summer schedule, painting the tipi liner, and … Continue reading
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Tagged boundary issues, conscious giving, Mesa Time, Tipi Gawkers
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