Welcome To My Menagerie

I am immensely curious.

[lakeeriedarling]

The light shifts upon the mountains like the fluid emotions from my heart. All shades and degrees. Nothing and all.

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[anancientheart]

do you have any books or articles that have really informed your spiritual and energetic healing journeys? always looking for more to read on these (broad) topics xx

books, yes! these are a few we were assigned to read for class: the pathwork of self-transformation by eva pierrakos (it’s a collection of channeled lectures from the early 1900s) hands of light by barbara ann brennan eastern body western mind by anodea judith books outside of class are: energetic boundaries by cyndi dale lovingkindness by sharon salzberg the prophet by kahlil gibran be here now by ram dass (all of his books I love but this one started the journey for me) women who run with the wolves by clarissa pinkola estes the lazy man’s guide to enlightenment by thaddeus golas the heart of the buddha’s teachings by thich nhat hanh awakening the buddha within by lama surya das I’m about to read breaking the habit of being yourself by joe dispenza so I’ll let you know how that one goes.

[lamignonette]

[04k96]

[aura-eden]

ANA MENDIETA, The Labyrinth of Life, 1991

[huariqueje]

Night of blues , Blue Night - Hsin-i Kuo , 1921.

Taiwanese , b. 1974 -

Watercolour , 56 x 113 cm.

[lakeeriedarling]

apart

often I feel quite alone

apart

I am

I cultivated this

in many ways and goodbyes

imagined or otherwise..

[lakeeriedarling]

yesterday was monday

at the beach on monday

I found a heart shaped stone

and when I turned it over

there was a chamber

[woundgallery]

Nobuyoshi Araki

[mona-l1sa]

[shisasan]

March, 1933 The diary of Anaïs Nin [Volume One: 1931-1934]

[bebemoon]

women want tinctures potions elixirs salves balms concoctions brews tonics essences and so on

[mouseshouses]

Bedhead

[anancientheart]

What advice has worked for you or you’ve attempted with not taking “things” personally- especially in relationships? For example; angry coworkers or roommates with different ideas of cleanliness. Thank you for any wisdom or hard learned lessons.

hmm I think to see others’ “problems” as prompts to what is bothering us. a mirror practice. take it as a challenge to communicate and also not take it as a personal attack on you. everyone is doing what they believe is best or right for where they’re at, for the most part, and is dealing with their own stories about themselves and the world. it helps to be kind and it helps to stand up for yourself, and it helps to do these things lovingly if you can. I’d say the rule is if it bothers you for an extended period of time either say something or change the situation for yourself and accept that people sometimes just are who they are. if it isn’t an environment you want to be in then you can change it.

[anancientheart]

“–after which our separating selves become museums filled with skillfully stuffed memories”

— e.e. cummings

[weltenwellen]

Rainer Maria Rilke, Rilke’s Book of Hours