Blogs
Reclaiming the Outer Guru
Rather frequently I hear from clients and students that they believe, or have heard, that they do not need to have an outer spiritual teacher or guru figure to guide them. That by looking within they will find their inner guru, or that all outer spiritual teachers are...
Embracing Emptiness: Nothingness and the Spiritual Path
At the base level of our being there is a blankness. A void or emptiness into which all prior held convictions, beliefs, and understandings regarding the world and our own self-concept collapse. At previous points on the path this may be understood as a dark night of...
Five Favorite Individualist (Spiritual) Books
I have a passion for non-fiction spiritual writers who are individualists. They bring in new thoughts, different perspective, and they are often soul-baring, allowing access for a paltry sum to their decades of consideration and experience. Our response to...
Reading as Soul-Making (the Animist Book)
Like many, my love of books began as a small child. In books I found a deep source of sustaining connection and realization that brought me, again and again, into the recesses of liminal space and the imagination. In such books I saw myself, I saw the realities...
What is Spiritual Healing?
In this blog I will be discussing the “four bodies” model to understand what spiritual healing is. We have a physical form. It is the densest of our energies, and what we agree upon as “reality”. It is our materialist world, our organs and muscles and tissues and...
Should I use Psychedelics to Awaken?
Hi Mary– Curious because I never really hear you talk about it much. What is your opinion on utilizing psychedelics or taking other forms of mind-altering substances to awaken?…. Have they been a part of your path? Should I use them if I am interested in becoming more...
The First Stage of Kundalini Awakening
Several years ago I wrote The Three Phases of Kundalini. It is one of my most popular blogs, and I occasionally get questions from people asking if several years later I would write anything differently. The answer to this question is yes. The way...
Taking Up Space: On Healing Invisibility
Early this morning I was considering how my career as a spiritual worker, teacher, and author has caused for me to interface with some rather difficult energies projected onto me. Reviews, emails, working with clients and students, and simply being a human being have...
Kundalini, Sinus Issues, and Headaches
Hi Mary- I keep on getting itching in my head, neck, and face. Is this a kundalini thing?– DMary-I am in the latter phases of kundalini awakening and I notice that it seems to be quite stuck and focused on the mouth and nose. I experience a buzzing around the mouth....
Healing the Abandonment Wound
Sonja comes to me stating that she feels stuck in her life. She goes on to further state that she feels like nobody is there for her, that her life is filled with people who are narcissists and sociopaths, and laments a world that is filled with harmful individuals. ...