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"You" Are Not Your Body
I am NOT a body? . . . Not a mass of organic matter? This is a predominant concept in the early chapters of the Bhagavad Gita, and I am...

Annelisa MacBean
Mar 6, 20215 min read


Flight from Death
Flight from Death (2003) is a documentary film that investigates the relationship of human violence to fear of death, as related to...

Annelisa MacBean
Mar 2, 20211 min read


Everyday Death
Shakespeare wrote, “Death is a fearful thing.” These words likely resonate with each of us in one way or another. All humans have fears...

Annelisa MacBean
Feb 26, 20214 min read


Speaking of Death
The reality of death . . . the fact that we are mortal and are aware that this human experience is a limited engagement . . . is...

Annelisa MacBean
Feb 22, 20212 min read


Revolving Around Death Anxiety
“Fear of death features heavily within illness anxiety and psycho-somatic disorders, with body checking, frequent medical appointments...

Annelisa MacBean
Feb 18, 20213 min read


The Loving Heart
What if I give my loved ones the gift of my presence this Valentine’s Day, the gift of my loving heart? What if I make actual contact...

Annelisa MacBean
Feb 14, 20214 min read


The Goddess of Reality
by Maya Luna Let it be known I worship the Goddess The one with tangled hair where insects nest The one with blood soaked thighs The...

Annelisa MacBean
Feb 10, 20212 min read


Transforming Rage
Whoa!! Slow down . . . slow way, way down!! In those moments when you have been hooked and your emotional world is burning your core, you...

Annelisa MacBean
Feb 6, 20212 min read


Infinite Being
One of the amazing possibilities of the human journey is the discovery that being human, in all its manifestations and dimensions, is an...

Annelisa MacBean
Feb 2, 20213 min read


An Allegory for Life and Love
Please set aside the 50-minutes it will take to experience the kindness, tenderness, truth and love of this sweet story . . . it is your story . . . https://www.dropbox.com/sh/mudmr2clphfepra/AACI6GD2BY9S22ga2yDSIOaCa?dl=0 https://tv.apple.com/eg/movie/the-boy-the-mole-the-fox-and-the-horse/umc.cmc.2aenzye90tqkj7iy0131oom9x

Annelisa MacBean
Jan 31, 20211 min read


The Eternal Wisdom of the Body
As a young child, I did not have the capacity to discern between feeling bad and being bad. In the meaning-making mind of my little self,...

Annelisa MacBean
Jan 28, 20212 min read


Full Spectrum Living
It is not a mistake that human beings are born with sensitive hearts that can sometimes feel raw and broken. Feelings of loss,...

Annelisa MacBean
Jan 24, 20212 min read


What is Most True
When I am activated; when I feel emotions and bodily sensations are taking me beyond my capacity for tolerance and control – I know my...

Annelisa MacBean
Jan 20, 20212 min read


Accidents of Birth
By William Merideth Spared from a car or airplane crash or cured of malignancy, people look around with new eyes at a newly ...

Annelisa MacBean
Jan 16, 20211 min read


Higher Power, Higher Self
What is the Divine, or a Higher Power? Among other things, these terms are commonly used references to "God" when using the word “God”...

Annelisa MacBean
Jan 12, 20215 min read
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