Embracing the Shadow: A Fall Contemplative Practice
Fall is a season of transition—trees shed their leaves, daylight wanes, and we naturally turn inward. In Ayurveda, this is Vata season, a time when dryness, instability, and anxiety can surface. Spiritually, autumn mirrors the work of shadow integration: acknowledging the unseen, the hidden, and the unexpressed within ourselves.
Shadow work can feel intimidating, but it is one of the most powerful practices for healing and renewal. Just as the earth pulls energy inward to prepare for winter, we too can honor this rhythm by facing our inner shadows with compassion.
Monarch Programming, Mind Control & the Media We Love: A Hidden Narrative
I’m not here to tell you what to believe. But I am here to ask:
Why are the same symbols used again and again?
Why does The Wizard of Oz appear so often in media linked to trauma and mystery?
Why does dissociation feel so familiar in modern storytelling?
You don’t have to believe in Monarch to start asking deeper questions about how media affects your mind and soul.
Maybe Northern Exposure was just a cozy show. Or maybe it was a softly coded initiatory path.
Maybe Oz is just a fantasy. Or maybe it’s the most important dream spell we’ve ever been under.
Volcanoes, Pole Shifts & Edgar Cayce: Are We Witnessing Earth’s Awakening?
Recent volcanic activity around the globe feels like an urgent conversation between Earth and the cosmos. The eruption in Indonesia just yesterday, Kilauea’s ongoing eruption in Hawaii, and several other volcanoes currently awake and active remind me of the old prophecies — particularly those of Edgar Cayce.
Falling Forward: Embracing Vulnerability and Strength
As we started our downhill trek along the rocky path, I was entranced by the beautiful scenery around me. The rock formations in the canyon, the valley where grass was just beginning to turn green for spring—it all felt so alive. I was walking my dog, pausing occasionally for him to investigate curious scents along the trail. Admittedly, I wasn’t paying much attention to the path ahead. I was chatting and enjoying the peacefulness of the morning. I did notice the branch sticking out, but I dismissed it as a mere weed or broken stick.
I was wrong.
2025: The Year of Nine - A Journey Home to the Self
Led Zeppelin’s iconic "Stairway to Heaven" transcends time as a masterpiece of spiritual exploration and awakening, offering profound reflections as we step into the transformative energy of 2025. Its rich symbolism and poetic narrative resonate deeply with the themes of a Nine Year—a time of culmination, spiritual introspection, and renewal.
A Scorpio’s Journey: The Bold Path of Lisa M. Gunshore
Lisa M. Gunshore’s dream is not merely to empower others but to remind them of their inherent strength and wisdom. Her work is a call to action, an invitation to step boldly into the unknown, to trust the unseen within themselves, and to create lives of intention and purpose. Through her books, teachings, and mediumship, Lisa embodies the wisdom of the ages, the passion of the phoenix, and the timeless truth that empowerment begins within.
The Role of AI in Jungian Individuation: A Double-Edged Path to Self-Realization
AI’s role in individuation is twofold: as a tool that can enhance self-awareness and personal growth, and as a potential obstacle if it leads to disconnection from one’s inner world. It can aid individuals by reflecting back unconscious material, but it also challenges society to confront ethical dilemmas that reflect the collective shadow. Ultimately, the integration of AI into the individuation process depends on how consciously humans engage with it, ensuring that it supports rather than detracts from their journey toward wholeness.
Finding Fulfillment: A Journey Through Self-Inquiry
This prompted me to explore the concept of fulfillment more deeply. According to the dictionary, fulfillment is defined as the fulfillment of a promise, completion, a contented feeling, and the achievement of a desire or promise. Inspired by this, I decided to delve into some self-inquiry questions to better understand the promises I’ve made to myself and what fulfillment truly means to me.
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Awakening to Spring
In the gentle transition from winter's embrace to the blossoming warmth of spring, we find ourselves immersed in a profound journey of cleansing and renewal, both within and without. As the vernal equinox ushers in the dawn of a new season, we are invited to release the accumulated weight of winter's slumber and embrace the burgeoning light of awakening.
The Healing Power of Vibrations: Gong Baths, Samvahan, and Ancient Sound Medicine
At the deepest level, all living beings are made of vibrating, pulsing energy. Mystics across traditions have described perceiving this energy as a subtle hum—an eternal vibration within and around everything. In yogic philosophy, this “unstruck sound” is contained in the sacred syllable AUM. When expressed through instruments like the gong, this primal vibration reaches us on a cellular level, harmonizing body, mind, and spirit.
Breaking Patterns: How Awareness Leads to Lasting Transformation
A few weeks ago, I jammed my toenail. It turned black and eventually fell off. But when it did, I discovered something surprising—a completely new, healthy nail was already growing underneath.
For years, ever since breaking this toe in 2003, I had accepted the strange, misshapen nail as “normal.” Suddenly, after all this time, it was gone—replaced by wholeness.
This small experience reminded me how often we accept unhealthy patterns or imperfections in ourselves, not because they serve us, but because we’ve convinced ourselves there’s nothing we can do. We tell ourselves, “This is just how it is.”
But just like that new toenail, transformation is always possible.
Mindfulness of the Emotional Body: A Guided Practice for Awareness & Healing
There is an intimate partnership between the weight we carry on the physical body and the weight we hold in our emotional body. The emotional body is part of the subtle energy field that surrounds us, directly connected to the chakras (energy centers), the aura, and the energy channels that run throughout our system.
The Life Pie: Balancing Your Time Through Self-Inquiry, Six Sigma, and Coaching
Take a moment. Draw a circle on a blank sheet of paper. This circle represents 100% of your time—all the hours you spend awake and asleep. Inside this circle lives your entire life: work, relationships, family, health, spirituality, and rest.
Now pause and contemplate: What compartments exist in your life, and how much time do you devote to each?
The Power of Self-Inquiry: A Path to Awareness and Transformation
Meditation and journaling often bring peace, clarity, and unexpected answers to life’s challenges. Yet there is another practice—more demanding, but deeply transformative—known as self-inquiry. While meditation soothes the mind and contemplation nurtures insight, self-inquiry asks us to turn inward with courage, confronting the uncomfortable patterns and emotions that shape our lives.
Journaling — A Path to Awareness and Emotional Healing
Do you keep a diary or write in a journal? Many of us have half-filled journals lying around the house—beautiful covers with only a few pages written before the habit fades. For some, journaling feels like a chore. With busy schedules, carving out consistent time for writing can be difficult. Yet, much like meditation, journaling is one of the most powerful tools for self-awareness, emotional release, and creative flow.
The Power of Contemplation: Slowing Down to Discover Truth
In a world where most of us are conditioned to react instantly, contemplation invites us to pause, breathe, and consider. Rather than rushing into action from fear, stress, or ego, contemplation allows us to hold space for the situation, letting wisdom ripen before we act.
Even comedy captures this truth. In a classic Monty Python sketch, philosophers line up to play soccer. Instead of kicking the ball, they all stand still, stroking their chins, deep in thought. Finally, one philosopher has an idea, kicks, and scores. Funny—but also a perfect picture of what contemplation really is.
Forgiveness Practice for Healing Relationships
The idea of forgiveness has come up often in my sessions recently. Forgiveness is not about condoning someone’s behavior, nor is it about forgetting what has happened. It is about releasing the toxic energy of anger, resentment, and pain that keeps us bound to the past. True forgiveness creates space for healing, freedom, and compassion—both for ourselves and others.