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I'm alive.
Does anyone still even post here anymore, or have people mostly gone to Tumblr/Facebook/Twitter? -
Oh and I almost forgot...
About my question last time I posted here... I managed to figure things out on my own. It's amazing how much better you can navigate through the Tao when you let go and just MOVE.
I think my conscious mind can sometimes be my worst enemy. It stresses over minutiae. -
My update and life these days
I have been going to yoga class almost daily for about 4-6 times a week on average the past month or so and I'm already seeing and feeling the difference. My health is better, my weight is dropping, I'm getting more toned and I definitely see an improvement in my digestive system, which is a pain in the butt ( Read more... ) -
How not to get in your own way, AKA being yin versus yang.
What do you all do when you find yourself striving towards a solution for a problem and know that you're "lusting for result" or vainly grasping in such a way as to lose focus? How do you each train yourself to truly be still when you need it and listen for the Force, Tao, HGA, or what-have-you to whisper in your ear ( Read more... ) -
Alena's LJ manifesto
My commentary on being a vegetarian versus an omnivore, a Buddhist versus a Christian, or any sort of lifestyle choice, idea, state of being, or whatever being different from me and why I simply Don't Care If People Are Different From Me Or Disagree But Instead Vehemently Defend Their Rights To Do So:
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On the Middle Way in regards to stress and being productive...
From my inbox this morning and because I'm already being quoted since I posted it to AshlaKnights:
Take heed that when effort is too strenuous it leads to strain and when too slack to laziness. So make a firm determination that you will adopt the middle way, not allowing yourself to struggle or to slacken, but recognizing that faith, energy, ( Read more... ) -
Rending the veil/obstacles to enlightenment
I've been working on some sort of means via spiritual alchemical work and theurgy to embark on a process of rending the veil. Western ceremonial magicians and Hermeticists are at this point nodding and grokking the fullness of what I'm saying, or at least getting the gist of it ( Read more... ) -
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So a few months ago I got a new tat above my blue rose. It's a green ouroboros around the Seal of Rassilon ( Read more... ) -
OM TARE TUTTARE TURE SOHA
At long last, thirteen years after a certain Tibetan goddess came screaming into my life, inspiring me to say repeatedly "I want to be her when I grow up!" I finally received my Green Tara initiation last night.
I am a happy bouncing ball of squee.