Thinking Out Loud

I've got an emerging theory about supernatural occurrences that I'm experimenting with. I am trying to confidently conclude that all my experiences with spirits have been--and will continue to be-- occurrences solely of the mind.  Rather than recreate my thoughts, I'll add the conversation I had via text with a friend wherein I feel I already adequately made my ideas quite clear: I had such a fun experience last night. E very now and then I have what I like to call “spirit” encounters. Well, what is fascinating to me is that the more I have studied dreams, lucid dreaming, the subconscious mind, and the supernatural, the more I realize that my "spirit encounters" are actually dream paralysis, lucid dreams, and subconscious visions all happening in my mind. I've never done drugs so I don’t know what a hallucination is like, but I wonder if a hallucination is similar to what I've experienced in these dream/waking states? Wow, that’s a big revela...

I received a What's Your Word bag from the MOVE Event that contains 30 questions to stimulate thought. You can learn more on the MyIntent.org website. The question for today reads, "What would you do if you weren't afraid?" I like that question. The first thing that came to mind was I'd buy the cabin or house I found in Huntsville. Both had plenty of space to have chickens, cows, horses, goats, and pigs. I'd start a little retreat school or some type of mindfulness recreation center. I'd have yoga classes where the goats could climb all over us--and yes, goat yoga is really a thing. I'd invite young women to attend and I'd fill their heads with all kinds of crazy dreams. I'd tell them that they are divine human beings with infinite possibilities and that they possess the power to be and do anything. I'd get some fainting goats and I'd make my own yogurt and cheese. I'd plant an orchard and grow a sizeable garden. I'd build ...

I watched a really cool documentary on my flight home from Hawaii. It was called Marshall and shared the story of how Truman Marshall fought for civil rights. Slavery sucks. Seriously, I can't believe any Christian nation could sanction the barbaric practice. Heck, I don't understand how any religious country could allow slavery in any form. And here's the fascinating thing about slavery. It comes in all forms. Today we may not physically enslave others, but slavery still exists in other forms. If you aren't free to be who you want to be, then I say you are a slave. You are not free. I know so many people who live their lives in a mental closet, afraid to say what they think or express their beliefs because they fear the consequences. They are afraid of being cut off from their family, friends, and "cult"ure. They choose to die a thousand deaths every day because they don't dare hurt their loved ones feelings or they don't dare pay the price for th...