So, the Big Changes.....

I did find what I was looking for - and more - at the Soulcraft Intensive experience at Breitenbush Hot Springs, in beautiful, beautiful Oregon ( Read more... )

TransformationThe central figure in this card sits atop the vast flower of the void, and holds the symbols of transformation -- the sword that cuts through illusion, the snake that rejuvenates itself by shedding its skin, the broken chain of limitations, and the yin/yang symbol of transcending duality. One of its hands rests on its lap, open and ( Read more... )

Participation

Each figure in this mandala holds the left hand up, in an attitude of receiving, and the right hand down, in an attitude of giving. The whole circle creates a tremendous energy field that takes on the shape of the double dorje, the Tibetan symbol for the thunderbolt. The mandala has a quality like that of the energy field that ( Read more... )

I am feeling exhausted but good, after a sweat lodge today. It was very helpful for me, and I hope others received similar support.

I just drew a powerful reading from the Zen Osho tarot deck, asking about the very issue which came up during the sweat.....

The RebelThe powerful and authoritative figure in this card is clearly the master of his ( Read more... )

The LoversWhat we call love is really a whole spectrum of relating reaching from the earth to the sky. At the most earthy level, love is sexual attraction. Many of us remain stuck there, because our conditioning has burdened our sexuality with all kinds of expectations and repressions. Actually the biggest "problem" with sexual love is that it ( Read more... )

No-ThingnessBeing "in the gap" can be disorienting and even scary. Nothing to hold on to, no sense of direction, not even a hint of what choices and possibilities might lie ahead. But it was just this state of pure potential that existed before the universe was created. All you can do now is to relax into this no-thingness . . . fall into this ( Read more... )