That loss of shame around vulnerability began as a joyful freedom, but now it's a tool, a power.

The element that most enabled my spiritual awakening was the medicine or gods or the power of my shaman (can I call her that?) plucking poisonous shame, shame about being vulnerable, from my body. It was flicked away, like, "We don't need this anymore."

"You will learn things about yourself through enacting castings and rituals, and what you learn may not always be comfortable."

-- Ivo Dominguez, Casting Sacred Spaces

Every day, somehow, you post something that appeals to me in interesting ways.

People think there are two states of existence in times like this: politics or war. There is an in-between state. We are past politics now. The military isn't machine-gunning people in the streets, but we're a lot closer to that than we are to debates over tax policy. This is a scary time.

This looks amazing! I don't think I'm ready for this yet (I'm so new I don't even know what I "am"), but I'm definitely going to keep an eye out for it next year. Is there someplace that lists conferences and events like this?

And as I knowingly stepped into my captor's van, I'd look at them and say, "Thank you."

This guy?

Saving this for an upcoming gathering with vegans and gluten-free folk.