Overcoming the Restless Mind - Slowing Down the Breath and Heart

If ever you find the mind jumping around restlessly, or dwelling painfully on past events, it’s very simple to just take a deep breath, relax and stop the movements of both body and eyes. When the eyes are perfectly still, the body and mind naturally tend to calm down and come to a point of [...]

Conscious Dreams - Lucid Dreaming for Creativity

This is a simple lesson on Conscious Dreaming, or what is oftentimes known as Lucid Dreaming. I have found it helpful to keep the eyes half open while falling asleep. Just before the mind and body drift completely into sleep, slightly open the eyes while remaining perfectly still. The eyes then become like a thermostat [...]

Creativity - Entering Trance States Through Rhythmic Entrainment (Pt 2)

In the sleep and dream states, the sense of past and future do not have meaning… there is no time. Perhaps this is because, for the most part, we are in a state of unconsciousness. However, in the conscious dream state, wherein you know that you are dreaming, the divisions of past and future do [...]

Creativity - Entering Trance States Through Rhythmic Entrainment

Try this out whenever you feel stuck or in a rut: I have mentioned this elsewhere on the blog, but it bares repeating. Just start writing…or drawing. No editing, no letting up with the flow of energy that is being expressed. Allow it to move, to gain momentum, to gain velocity and power. For this [...]

Creative Inspiration - You Are Meant to Create!

Focus and create! When you live and walk the path that is meant for you, the channels of creative inspiration open up further. Be yourself in all your power and the foundations of prosperity will unfold. You are meant to create and to show the beauty of a life that is connected with the energy [...]

Expanding Consciousness - Using Rhythm and Sound to Entrain the Mind (Part II)

There is power in focused repetition. Can this also be used for expanding consciousness? In learning any new skill, practice and repetition will make the most difficult actions seem natural and second nature. Some of the techniques that you learned in playing the bass guitar at one point seemed beyond your capacity to master, and [...]

Turtle Energy - Ancient Origins

Had dreams about turtles. Dear Higher Self, what is the significance of these dream? They were trying to bite me!
Turtle energy is deeply connected with ancient Earth energies and is “biting” to get your attention. Consider what Turtle energy represents: ancient and long-lived, Turtle represents wisdom of ancient origin. The hard shell of Turtle houses [...]

Higher Self - How to See the Giants

Dear Higher Self, please tell me more about the Giants.
Just start writing. Don’t wait for the right thoughts to come, or think that you need to be in the proper writing mood. Get the energy moving and then get out of the way! As you drop to your center and allow the writing to happen, [...]

Creative Inspiration - Listening on the Inside

It’s good to start the day by sitting quietly for awhile, just listening on the inside, silently observing any thoughts and feelings that may arise. As you listen, you will find that there is a background sound or vibration. Let it mix with the vibrations felt in the body. It might be high pitched or [...]

Creative Inspiration - Writing and Drawing

Just start writing, without mental editing, allowing the energy within to flow in a steady stream, like a river flowing smoothly to the ocean. When you feel like you can go no further in your writing, draw something. It doesn’t have to fit anyone’s idea of what art is “supposed” to be. Allow energy to [...]