Arguably the most powerful force we'll ever encounter, Mother Earth fiercely reminds us of her unending power and presence in ways sometimes slow and persistent, and other times eruptive and volatile.
I interviewed Losang in Reno, where he was lecturing and creating a mandala. When it was complete, he swept it up and put it in the Truckee River—a blessing to the Earth and a recognition of impermanence.
We are currently in the process of evolving into a new paradigm and letting go of beliefs that have been around for hundreds, and in some cases, thousands of years but no longer serve us.
Learning to be present in our bodies is essential. Many highly sensitive beings have a tendency to disconnect from their bodies and their lives because staying connected feels far too dense and overwhelming.
Cellular memory is a new concept in the history of medicine, psychology and psychiatry. For your body, however, it is not a new concept. Cellular memory, in a metaphoric sense and in fact, is the Encyclopedia Britannica of you.
I recently attended the Conscious Life Expo in Los Angeles. There were hundreds of booths and celebrity lecturers on everything New Age and old age—healing, energy practices, starbeings, planetary shifts, astrology, ascension, evolution, how to save the world, and a whole lot more.
I have discovered that it is possible not to suffer, even in the midst of adversity. It's taken me a long time to understand this. It seems we need a lot of time and a lot of suffering on this Earth plane in order to reach a place of true surrender. I think that's why we came here.
Over the past two years, I've had the opportunity to sit in ceremony with jungle shamans, also known as the curanderos, deep in the Amazon jungle. The trek to get there takes a few days of traveling on big planes, little planes, buses, and motorized canoes.
