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Don't Hesitate
– by Mary Oliver If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy, don’t hesitate. Give in to it. There are plenty of lives and whole towns...

Annelisa MacBean
Oct 31, 20201 min read


Joy in the Shadow
Usually when I talk about parts of the psyche that have been disowned, parts that have been relegated to “the shadow” I’m referring to...

Annelisa MacBean
Oct 27, 20202 min read


Healing
There is a death that occurs as part of any healing process. When I deepen into self-awareness, some part of what was “me” does not...

Annelisa MacBean
Oct 23, 20202 min read


Spiritual Bypassing
Adapted from the writings of Lone Wolf, Aletheia Luna Spiritual bypassing is a very persistent shadow of spirituality, manifesting in...

Annelisa MacBean
Oct 19, 202012 min read


Masculine & Feminine Energy
“Tantra is an Eastern philosophy which posits that the universe is created by and made up of masculine (Shiva) and feminine (Shakti)...

Annelisa MacBean
Oct 15, 20204 min read


The Flow of Love
Have you ever heard someone say that fear is the opposite of love? I have often nodded in agreement to that statement, without really...

Annelisa MacBean
Oct 11, 20202 min read


“On His Blindness”
By John Milton WHEN I consider how my light is spent E’re half my days, in this dark world and wide, And that one Talent which is death...

Annelisa MacBean
Oct 7, 20201 min read


Higher Love
- By Steve Winwood Think about it, there must be higher love Down in the heart or hidden in the stars above Without it, life is wasted...

Annelisa MacBean
Oct 6, 20201 min read


In the Middle
Coming apart, keeping it together. Then coming apart, then keeping myself together again. The cycles of integration and disintegration...

Annelisa MacBean
Oct 3, 20203 min read


Step Inside the Circle
On February 12, 2020, 23 Crew Members, including Academy-Award nominated Director of Photography Rodrigo Prieto and Grammy-Award winning...

Annelisa MacBean
Oct 1, 20201 min read


Another Way to Read a Book
Mirra Alfassa (21 February 1878 – 17 November 1973), known to her followers as The Mother, was a spiritual guru and a collaborator of Sri...

Annelisa MacBean
Sep 30, 20203 min read


The Last Day
I woke up this morning to a feeling of the ordinary. It was the usual foggy coastal August weather, with the usual tension in my solar...

Annelisa MacBean
Sep 26, 20204 min read


Despair
By David Whyte "Despair takes us in when we have nowhere else to go; when we feel the heart cannot break anymore, when our world or our...

Annelisa MacBean
Sep 22, 20204 min read


Surrender
Surrender is at the heart of many spiritual paths; it is taught to be a powerful and profound experience. But what does it really mean to...

Annelisa MacBean
Sep 18, 20206 min read


An Opportunity in Relationship
Relationships are the vehicles that enable us to work out our unresolved, unmet or unknown issues. It is in relationships that we are...

Annelisa MacBean
Sep 14, 20204 min read
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