New Becomings

If the truth can be told so as to be understood, it will be believed. ~Terence McKenna If someone had told me that in my later adulthood I would be witnessing a separation of realities, I wouldn't have believed it, but here we are. The internet has created factions of stern believers in all sorts of ideas and ideologies, that once taken hold are difficult to diffuse. Those who have not spent time understanding their own mind/consciousness are subject to conditioning. Understanding the mind is a life-long process because it is more than what we could possibly write down or comprehend in one sitting or even in one lifetime. We cannot fully understand individual consciousness by surface dwelling with spiritual tools of the day or reading books or taking mind-altering drugs or meditating in silence... Realizing and proactively using mind/consciousness means a difficult discovery of looking at our own behaviour, its cause/effect, and self-awareness through the insight that there are ma...

Conversations and debates with people who think differently than you is difficult, especially online where tone and expression are absent. I find it important to have these conversations nonetheless because many of us live in echo-chambers and socialize with mirrors. When people live in bubbles, they can't see clearly what's outside of it, and end up believing what they see and hear is an overwhelming societal majority, when really, it's not - it's just a majority in that particular social bubble. Most people I know who are aware of this simply don't engage with those living in obvious bubbles - the problem with that is people get entrenched in the opinions of their bubble, and once people are entrenched they feel the need to enlarge that bubble, trying to convince everyone outside of it that what they think is Truth. Believing you are in sole possession of Truth is dangerous, and even more so when surrounded by those who believe the same way. Exactly one year ago, ...

  Paradigm Shift: an important change that happens when the usual way of thinking about or doing something is replaced by a new and different way ." Rabbit Hole: used to refer to a bizarre, confusing, or nonsensical situation or environment, typically one from which it is difficult to extricate oneself. When I first watched my Grandmother read Tarot for family members, I was about 7 years old. I was fascinated by the possibility that these magical cards could tell people things that helped them see parts of their lives with some clarity. When I was a teenager, I started to feel depressed about the fact that my life would be a constant irritant of jobs I had to do until retirement at old age, and then death. That is when I decided to pick an art form to master, so at least the jobs would have some fun attached. I chose theatre arts. In University, the freedom from living at my parent's house and drug induced trips (sorry, Mum!) were more fascinating than acting classes and th...