The Mystic's Message

"That seems like a nice idea. I'd love to do that...someday..." 

Don't get me wrong. It's wonderful to let your mind wander and explore possibility. 

But it's also important to recognize the difference between a "nice idea" and a commitment. 

Maybe it's just the introvert in me, but going out on a Friday night is a nice idea...until I'm done with the week and all I want to do is cook a nice meal and relax on the couch...

Fortunately my friends know me well enough to allow me a little grace b…

"Buy the ticket. Take the ride."
-Hunter S. Thompson

Buy the ticket. Take the ride. 

Not the other way around. 

When you buy the ticket, you're in. Until you do that, it's just a nice idea. Something you might do...someday...maybe...

You have to buy the ticket, and you pay for it with...

...your time

...your attention

...your effort

...and yes...

...your money.

Will it be worth it? You won't really know until you're on the other side. Even then, it might take you a little time to reali…

You're walking down a trail, warm sunlight gently brushing your skin, when suddenly, out of the corner of your eye, you see it...

Did it just move, or was that a play of the light? 

You freeze.

Staring. Waiting.

Adrenaline pumping through your system. Trying to determine whether or not it's safe to take another step...

Is it a rope?

Or is it a snake? 

Maybe there's nothing to worry about at all...

But make the wrong choice and it could cost you big time! 

This is the power of perception…

Making simple things complicated is one of the things the human mind does best. Looking for answers EVERYWHERE but here and now.

And I can't help but ask...

Why go to other dimensions when you don’t have this one sorted out?

Why try to heal your past lives while you are adding fuel to the fire in this present one?

Why obsess over your dreams when your waking life is in chaos?

Rather than chasing answers across the multi-verse, I offer you this alternative...

Assume that you have everything…

You're not a work in progress because something is inherently wrong with you that needs fixing. 

To assume that is to assume nature made mistakes with you that are somehow now your responsibility to correct. 

Instead, what if you assumed that you were perfectly designed? And rather than fixing, your work is to realize your inherent perfection? To know it and live it and bring it forth into the world...

That's a "work in progress" that will END the exhausting chase and put you firmly on the pa…

What is it about empty space that's so unsettling? 

No sooner does the empty space appear, and we're looking to fill it with...

a book

a task

a thought

a game

a show

a diversion

We're grateful for the space opening up, but not because we can leave it empty. We're grateful because we can fill it with something more pressing, or if we're lucky, more pleasing than whatever was there before. 

When did it become so wrong to just do nothing? 

When did it become so difficult to rest in the qu…

Everyone says they want to do the fun creative work. It seems so exciting, romantic even, to pull something out of yourself and give it shape and form in the world. 

Until...

The deadline is looming and...

you're stuck for an idea!

You don't know where to start, or where to go from here. 

And it all gets very stressful very fast. 

Suddenly, all those little mundane things seem very important. Surely you can't write that piece, or compose that song, or come up with your next offer until you…

The black and white blur whirled around, fangs bared, and bit down. Hard! A shock of pain burned from my thumb to my shoulder, and I knew I'd made a mistake. 

Her name is Pecan. That little fuzzball has been with with us for a few months now and that was the longest anyone had touched her. 

In hindsight, it was an ill-conceived plan from the start. 

I thought that if we could scruff her and get her into Kisma's loving arms, she'd realize that she's safe with us. That we'd never let any harm c…

Emotions can be sticky. Especially when they take a dark turn...

Resentment, anger, frustration- they have a way of winding us deep into a story with no way out. 

What if I told you that you can learn to deal with your emotions effectively, without allowing them to hijack your mind and your life. I'm NOT talking about stuffing your emotions. And I'm not talking about some convoluted "emotional processing."  

It's a simple method. Only a few steps...

There's a catch though. You'll need to set…

When it comes to personal development, I play the long game. 

Flashes of insight and “Breakthroughs” are great, but they don’t always mean that something significant has shifted, and they’re definitely no guarantee of lasting change. 

You feel better for a little bit and then it's back to business as usual. 

I don't know anyone who is committed to their own growth who hasn't asked in a moment of self-disappointment and frustration, "Is this even working?" 

Trying to change a habit and see yo…