Emanations. *** ...our entire society loves to dissociate because it's painful to be here not knowing what the heck is going on. Dissociation is a legitimate coping mechanism but coming to consciousness requires understanding when we do it -- at the very least. And heck yeah, I feel like an alien too...most of us do...hence... Continue Reading →
by Leaflin Lore Winecoff ~~ My name is Leaflin, and I am a purveyor of magic in the forms of paintings, yoga, healing, costumery and performance, poetic scribblings, and the way I dance through life. I wish to offer the you a strip-tease of the soul, in the hope that the terrain revealed is a treasure map for us both!
The only way to heal and be free is to first be totally destroyed. So it says in much of the spiritual literature thoughout many traditions, worldwide. Our culture certainly conditions us in many ways that are clearly toxic. Once we’ve been wiped out completely (all that conditioning wiped away clean) we discover we are an animal whose nature is in synch with all. Can you say KALI?? We live in a time when KALI is needed everywhere, everyday and always… Kali came to me when I was a young woman. First she had me name my cat after her. Then she had me use her name as pen name….
Yes, awe-inspiring. Watch the bouncing droplet.
It makes me think of a tag-line I once used for a twitter bio. "Adventures into the ordinary...."
Because the ordinary, when we really see it, is also, always just so amazing.
Sometimes the truth is deceptively simple and straightforward … [click on title to read the rest]
Update 2026: I was lucky to get to study with the Oxford Rumi scholar, Andrew Harvey. I have a lot of bits and pieces of Rumi on this site. It's
Absolute peace in our world is an unattainable goal. But it is one towards which we must continue to journey, our eyes fixed on it as a traveller in a desert fixes his eyes on the one guiding star that will lead him to salvation. Even if we do not achieve perfect peace on earth,... Continue Reading →
This is an excerpt of the text of The Tao Te Ching I studied in college. This exact translation, in fact, and though I've been told by many it lacks scholarliness, I've always liked it. Perhaps because it is what I started out with. I also met the translator, Stephen Mitchell once when he spoke... Continue Reading →
The problem's not that the truth is harsh but that liberation from ignorance is as painful as being born. Run after the truth until you're breathless....
In out-of-the-way places of the heart,
Where your thoughts never think to wander,
This beginning has been quietly forming,
Waiting until you were ready to emerge.
For a long time it has watched your desire,
Feeling the emptiness growing inside you,
Noticing how you willed yourself on,
Still unable to leave what you had outgrown....
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