Crowrider: Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free
This episode of Crowrider Street is brought to you by: The letter: “I” The planet: Uranus The word: Truth Sometimes, when we listen to our inner guidance, the intuitive information we hear is not to our liking. On a smaller scale this can show up as the truth that I’m tired and need more rest, when my plan was to get more done in my day! I don’t want to rest! On a larger scale we may resist the reality that it’s time to change jobs, shift our relationships, or move from our homes. Simply put, we don’t like to LET GO OF THE PLAN! But what happens when we actually acknowledge the...
Read MoreCrowrider: The Labyrinth- Following the Thread of Imagination
The labyrinth is one of the symbols I’ve been exploring in my ongoing inquiry of the transitional/liminal phase of initiation (see previous blogpost for more on the three phases of initiation.) The labyrinth represents the maze of great confusion we enter when we have lost our identity. It is a twisting journey of discovery, transition and reclamation, the unrelenting longing to find one’s center or the Self – who we really are when we shed the limited outer identity. The labyrinth is also seen as a trap, prison, or obstacle, and conveys the real dangers of getting lost in the chaos...
Read MoreCrowrider: The Questing Beast
A few weeks ago I spent a wonderful weekend with the mythologist, storyteller and all-around passionate soul Martin Shaw. He brought the story of Tristan and Isolde alive in the most animated manner. Emerald rings, broken swords, slain giants, blood, black sails and beating hearts pranced about our intimate gathering as he drummed us along the twisting path of love and betrayal illuminating the particular ways trickster announces itself in the human terrain of intimacy. There’s nothing that makes me happier than living inside of a story for days on end – marinating in metaphors, achingly...
Read MoreCrowrider: What balloon are you holding?
I heard a wonderful parable the other day, told by a member of the spiritual center that I have been attending regularly, and I’d like to share it with you: A man gives one red balloon each to five children. The children stand together holding their identical red balloons, but their experience is not the same. The first child, as he holds his red balloon thinks to himself, “I don’t really deserve this balloon.” The second child holds his balloon protectively, looking over his shoulder with a scowl worried that someone will come and take his red balloon. The third child feels sad and...
Read MoreCrowrider: The Broken Bridge
I have discovered a key to crowlaborating with the great mystery, and aligning with our ephemeral human range of experience, is to locate yourself in your own mythic story. As a great lover and student of myth, and an innately symbolic thinker, asking for an image that helps me establish my place in the greater story of my life is something that has always been natural and helpful to me. When I can see that I am winding, blindly through the labyrinth, or on a quest for the hidden well, battling the demons at the gate of my longing, or reuniting with my lost love, these mythic images give my...
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