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Bible Stories: On Lying to Yourself
Some reflections on a small quip between Sarah and God, Genesis 18
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The One Where Charlie Starts Reading the Bible
A sort of "not-religious, but spiritual" dive into ancestral knowledge.
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August 2023
Returning to the Present and Living With Intention
How we alienate ourselves from the present and, thus, from our ability to create joy and meaning in our lives.
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On Peering Deeper Into Ourselves and the Cosmos
Accepting and experiencing our subtle body and allowing ourselves to expand into it and, as a result, into the world around us.
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July 2023
Believing in Ourselves, From Ourselves, For Ourselves
In building ourselves us, in coming to our own sense of knowing, in learning to love.
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Talismans and the Constant Struggle to "Remember" Who We Are
On warding off "demons" and building a physical mythology of our sense of self
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Stepping Into the Circle of Death and Life
On processing chickens and recognizing a path to capability, intention, and gratitude in raising our own food and being part of the the cycle of life.
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Learning to Burn Bright
On becoming anything but an imposter and "remembering" our self.
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Emergence Part 6: Dreaming for Ourselves
We deserve to strive / To be the person / That we, as children / Would've been truly excited / To know they were becoming
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June 2023
Emergence Part 5: Words as an Intentional Practice
We ought to strive / To use only the words / That we have discovered / The true meaning of
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Emergence Part 4: Knowing With Our Body and Finding a Home in the Physical World
Disconnected from our bodies / We are disconnected from the Universe
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On Chairs and Spiritual Fulfillment
If only there were an IKEA kit for "being"
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