Chrysalis
GLOBAL MEDITATION: REFLECTIONS ON THE SOLSTICE, THE SATURN/JUPITER CONJUNCTION & THE AQUARIAN AGE
December 21st, 2020 10:15 – 10:45am PST FREE Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/97711871269?pwd=UUtHM2M0RDcwSmhQYVQ1SGNMenJrdz09 PC: 751887 This coming Monday on the Winter Solstice, I will be offering a free guided meditation that will be taking place globally. The protocol for this meditation will be similar for all of those joining in from different parts of the planet at the exact …
The Crown & The Irony of The Iron Lady
After starting season 4 of The Crown, I was inspired to go back and rewatch The Iron Lady (Merle Streep’s 3rd Oscar.) Much to my surprise, Olivia Coleman plays Margaret Thatcher’s daughter, Carol! I didn’t become aware of Coleman until Broadchurch so complete didn’t realize she was in IL and love the full circle and poetic …
Election Potluck & Media Immunity
“Que sera, sera, whatever will be will be, the future’s not ours to see, Que sera, sera…” I am confident that I have done all that I can around this election to help create positive change. I am also certain that being attached to those efforts and stressing about their impact serves nothing and no …
Non Reactivity: Staying Centered In A Storm
Do we watch the Presidential debates or not? We have a choice, over and over again. Do we pick things that are toxic to eat, breath, see, or do we pick those things moment by moment which enables us to thrive and be proactive? Self-Care also means watching what we give our attention to and …
The Dust of Things Gone
I grew up in a Chevy Biscayne on the Pasadena freeway. I lived in cars; jeeps, trucks, a BMW and the first SUVs, one per decade. But none of them was black, I’d always wanted black. Today that black car, my new shiny toy is parked outside my window, sprinkled with ash. The air is …
Walk With The Wind
Excerpt from Civil Rights Leader and Congressman John Lewis days before his passing. “Though I may not be here with you, I urge you to answer the highest calling of your heart and stand up for what you truly believe. In my life, I have done all I can to demonstrate that the way of …
The Ego of Racism: A Comparison of “White Fragility” & “Not For Happiness”
https://www.dropbox.com/s/r7yzzvbl4j35o9v/Dharma%20Talk%20with%20David%20Moreno-2.mp4?dl=0 “From time immemorial we have been addicted to the self. It is how we identify ourselves. It is what we love most dearly. It is also what we hate most fiercely. Its existence is also the thing that we work hardest to try to validate. Almost everything that we do or think or have, …
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Full Moon Class: Guru Purnima
Enlightenment is a destructive process. It has nothing to do with becoming better or being happier. Enlightenment is the crumbling away of untruth. It’s seeing through the facade of pretense. It’s the complete eradication of everything we imagine to be true. Adyashanti
PRIDE 2020
I came “out” in my early twenties but only because I didn’t know what to call it as a kid. My father didn’t speak to me for a year and my mother suggested that I do therapy. I explained to her that doing therapy is what enabled me to come “out”… When I began seriously …