This is a time for optimism.   I don't mean the "look on the bright side" or “expect the most favorable outcome" version. There's no rational reason to expect our current situation to just work itself out. This has already been an utter disaster for millions of people...

Are you interested in big change or do you want things to go back to the way they were? There is a natural desire for order and stability to be restored - to return to the familiar. But are you sure that what we were used to was working? This year will forever be...

Do you notice spiritual themes in this global crisis? Most people are, of course, focused on health and money issues. But beyond the immediate, very pressing survival issues, you can also feel some very powerful metaphysical issues coming to a head. Such as... 1....

Just because you feel out of touch with your child energy, it doesn’t mean it isn't already present in your life. The child is there somewhere, it's just that you don't recognize them. Even though it's painful to be out of touch with you, it’s safer for them to be...

In my own life, the most obvious and powerful appearance of the Destroyer proceeded the most significant personal transition. The most painful part birthed the happiest and most meaningful part. The Destroyer is easier to see on a big, sweeping, historical scale (the...

How do you begin to recover and heal a damaged inner child? The child part of you holds many important components of the spiritual path: innocence (beginner's mind), unbounded imagination, the capacity for play and wonder, unconventional creativity, and an ability to...

A damaged childhood is the most common experience among the many gifted spiritual seekers I have worked with. Early trauma doesn't cause a spiritual connection, it's actually the opposite. There are people whose life purpose is to channel large amounts of spirit into...

Does history repeat itself? I would say yes and no. I see the world in waves, levels and cycles. That means things constantly come around again, but they aren't exactly the same the next time - you might be on a different level this time or you might approach it...

"When I was doing ['Girls & Sex'] the kind of core issue with girls was that they were being cut off from their bodies and not understanding their bodies' response and their needs and their limits and their desires," she says. "With boys, it felt like they were...

What if I said that most, if not all, of the struggles we face in the world today are related to the fact that we live in a patriarchy? Sound hyperbolic? Politics, religion, the economy, the environment, the media, our social structures, education, are all based on...

The Destroyer is currently engaged with many countries simultaneously, and they are not unrelated. I have received some requests to continue with the theme of the archetypal Destroyer. First, I'll get more specific about how it shows up for a collective identity. In...

You're a big weirdo. You may not think of yourself that way, but if you're reading this it's almost certain that in your family, your community, and your life in general, you are something of an outsider. Maybe not in a painful way. Maybe in a way that you heavily...

Last time I talked about how many of the constructs that we have depended on to structure and make sense of our world are disappearing. The social, political, economic, environmental, and spiritual norms we are so used to are crumbling because we have resisted letting...

You can feel how this isn't an ordinary historical moment, can't you? We seem to be completing a full cycle that brings us back to a transitional juncture we last experienced in the 60s. That was the last time we collectively entertained the possibility of significant...

What has been the most challenging spiritual lesson, principle, or law for you? It's different for each of us. Faith or trust comes naturally to some of us and feels like risking death to others. How about humility? Patience? Oneness? Each has its own particular...

How would you define a soul mate? Whether one actually exists or not, almost all of us would say that it's that person I'm meant to be with. It's my one true love (not necessarily romantic), possibly across lifetimes, right? Well I don't disagree. You couldn't talk me...

You will fulfill all your soul contracts in this life. The question is, at what level? In light or in shadow? Before you incarnate, you create all kinds of agreements about what issues you will explore, with whom, and how. There's lots of flexibility and choice, but...

A few months ago, I heard a song that got stuck in my head. The lyrics were a mantra that is repeated over and over: I am the light of the soul. I am bountiful. I am beautiful. I am bliss. I am, I am. What stands out to me most is the statement "I am bliss." Our soul,...