Initiated Practice 3: Gratitude

“We don’t see the world as it is. We see it as we are.” - Anäis Nin Today’s episode focuses on the biological and perceptual truths behind the idea that we ‘create our own reality’. Each of us has a ‘lens’ in our brain that filters our experience. The purpose of this lens is to limit the amount of…

In the Shamanic tradition (and others) there are very specific tools that we are guided to use to meet reality. These tools both form a framework and containment for the difficult process of Initiation—when you’re going through hell they provide a structure and reliable practice that will ground yo…

Patience is profoundly connected to faith—faith in something larger and more wise than ourselves, and thus that knows when and how things should be happening better than we do—and to the willingness to be humble in contact with the unknown. Therefore, the most beautiful practice I know of to encour…