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Jul '25 •
If you get close to what you love, who you are is revealed to you
"No matter how you choose to express your creativity - whether it's through writing, gardening or something else - you shouldn't be afraid to be bad at it. That's because according to actor Ethan Hawke, creativity isn't a luxury, it's a necessity. In his TED Talk, he urges us all to identify what we love to do, and use that passion to express our true selves. 'Most of us really want to offer the world something of quality, something that the world will consider good or important,' he says. 'That's really the enemy, because it's not up to us whether what we do is any good.'" Ethan Hawke has always been my favorite actor since I am a child. I believe "Explorers" was the first movie I saw him in. "Dead Poet Society" is still one of my all-time favorite movies. And of course, if you know me you know that "Reality Bites" was my life through high school. A few years ago one of my teenage dreams came true when I got to meet him ( a few times). He is one of the nicest and coolest "celebrities" I've ever met in person. To me Ethan was always a true artist. For a long time he didn't get the credit he was due, I've been so blessed to see the formation of his career and everything he has done for the last 40 years and he is still inspiring me! Is there anything that you are holding back on because your not sure if your any good? Here's the link to the interview: https://www.ted.com/talks/ethan_hawke_give_yourself_permission_to_be_creative?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare Here is another post about a mystical, magical connection I have with Ethan: https://www.skool.com/highvibetribe/welcome-to-the-other-side-of-the-looking-glass?p=19c9d031 The Man in the Arena: https://www.skool.com/highvibetribe/the-man-in-the-arena?p=976c39b4
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@A Latifa Thanks! I'm just starting to truly flow in this as well. 🙏
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Ethan going viral at the Oscar's for being... Ethan! https://www.instagram.com/reel/DV7lvO1jmAd/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet
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12d •
Stop Starting Over.
One of the biggest shifts I’ve made at 51 is letting go of the idea that I need to “start over” every time I slip up. I used to think a missed workout, a weekend off track, or a few poor choices meant I had failed and needed a reset. But that mindset kept me stuck in a loop for years always beginning again, never really building momentum. Now I see it differently. I don’t start over anymore. I just continue. One imperfect day doesn’t erase the work I’ve done, and it doesn’t cancel the direction I’m heading in. Progress, for me now, is about staying in motion especially when it’s not perfect. 💬: What’s one thing you’ve been able to stay consistent with simply by letting go of the “all or nothing” mindset?
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This is so true @Christa Lovas ! I have always been an all or nothing person and that led to burn out... and you know what I found out... all those people I gave my all to had nothing to give me in return when I needed them! That led to even further burnout! 😂 But now I give myself my all. And it's not a pressure or an all or nothing, it's an acceptance that today my "ALL" may be only 25% of what it was yesterday and that's okay. If my all today is only to spend the day in red light therapy and meditation, then that is okay. I needed to stop comparing myself to the way I used to be and what other people take upon their own plates as if I was supposed to match it or do more. I'm learning today my plate can only hold "x" amount of social exertion or "x" amount of physical exertion, but tomorrow my plate may be a platter, and I can hold space for more. This shift in understanding what my "ALL" actually was helped me as well.🙏
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@Christa Lovas Yes, actually I do, thanks for asking. I always thought I was very in tune with my body, but I was in survival mode... being forced to slow down and untwist everything has made a world of a difference! I have been getting diagnosis after diagnosis, and it is actually relieving to now know what's been going on inside my body. This untwisting came from doing all the deep inner work. So the balance of both inner work, with a focus on physical health (and not just nutrition and working out because I was already doing that, this is deeper.) Finely forced to go the hospital, and tests and doctors... when I was go go go, I only went to the doctors when I really had no other choice. I still don't have my body's entire system mapped out (more doctors, more tests) but boy oh boy am I glad... all of the results are so validating, including proving that I'm not crazy! 😂 It was hard work to get doctors to listen (the gaslighting is crazy. Do the research and push for tests you want, anyone who is reading and have dealt with the medical industrial complex.) But for real, we really have to learn to have that balance, and embrace ourselves, ALL of ourselves. Giving my all now looks different than before; it also has a deeper meaning - which I didn't think was possible because I used to be a type of nun! Giving my all means giving my all to myself and from that there is an outflow of blessings to others. I used to have it the other way around - Giving my all to others and then from that place receive... Now it's been turned right side up.
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What If Life Is Just an Upside-Down Reflection?
The Bhagavad Gita uses a beautiful analogy in Chapter 15—a banyan tree. It asks us to imagine a tree standing beside a pond, reflected in the water. “The Blessed Lord said: There is a banyan tree which has its roots upward and its branches down and whose leaves are the Vedic hymns. One who knows this tree is the knower of the Vedas.” (BG. 15.1) In simple terms, it is saying that this material world is like a reflection of the spiritual world. Everything we see here exists in its true form in the spiritual dimension. But—and here’s the twist—what is high in the spiritual world appears reversed here, almost upside down. Now, you may be thinking, “I’ve never seen a tree growing upside down!” And you’d be right—at least not in real life. But you have seen it in a reflection. When a tree stands by water, its image appears with the roots up and branches down. Nature is quietly teaching philosophy… we just don’t always notice. In the same way, this material world is described as a reflection of the real, spiritual reality. But here’s the important detail: this reflection is standing on desire, just like a reflected tree stands on water. No water, no reflection. No desire, no material entanglement. Desire is what keeps this reflected world “appearing real” to us. If one wants to understand this world—and eventually move beyond its limitations—one has to study this “tree” carefully. Not by climbing it (good luck with that), but by understanding its nature. Then, gradually, one can loosen one's attachment to it. This reflected tree is not random—it is an exact, though distorted, replica. Everything exists in the spiritual world in its pure and original form. The material world is simply a perverted reflection—same variety, but not quite the same quality. Like a photocopy of a photocopy… still recognizable, but a bit faded. So, who are we in all this? We can say we are consciousness. But more personally, we are individuals—with relationships, personality, and feelings. These don’t disappear in the spiritual world; they actually exist there in their most perfect and beautiful form, without confusion or imperfection.
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So glad I came on tonight and saw this post... On one hand, I want to say that I always thought something like this... but it wasn't so much as I thought it, but it was more of an innate sense of knowing. I didn't start really processing these thoughts until little seeds or analogies or movies or a scripture over the years alluded to it. Interesting TV shows like "Stranger Things" show this in a way, with the Upside down. One movie I always loved (a bit sad) "What Dreams May Come" with Robin Williams...also shows this kind of upside-down reflection of the spiritual realms. Visual representation usually helps me with pattern recognition to bring things that seem to be an innate knowing to the mind, to be able to understand. Now for many years, I looked at the spiritual realm and this "3D" realm, the way in which you describe... but lately something really... fantastical has been happening. It seems that I have found a sort of Narnia... There is so much that I have not been able to put it all into words yet... but my secret garden or my garden of eden underneath the rainbow portal is something that is manifesting in the 3D realm for me... and if I didn't have pictures to prove it, people would think I am nuts. However, for the purposes of this post and topic, is that one day when I was meditating and my mind went to this safe and peaceful place by the ocean, it had large palm trees making a semi-circle on the beach. I then saw the lights go on in this cabin, it turned out to be my art studio by the ocean! This is something I had written down in one of the exercises I did doing shadow work in the Shift Academy with Aaron almost 2 years ago, that I would like an art studio with a view of the water with trees.... Ok so now for the upside down, after I had this Art studio experience in meditation, I went out behind my yard where there is protected land and sat under the rainbow portal in the semi circle of trees, listening to the ocean and smelling the ocean air, I felt the sun on my skin and I opened my eyes and saw the sun peaking through the leaves of the trees. I started taking pictures and that's when I discovered this beautiful Horse Chestnut Tree, also known as a Candle Tree! It is beautiful! I discovered other trees there as well, like the Empress or Princess Tree that my mother cut back which helped to reveal the candle tree!
10d •
Saboteur or Supporter?
The topic of supporters versus saboteurs came up earlier today. Sometimes a saboteur can come dressed up as a supporter, I am intentionally reflecting on characteristics of both. Saboteur Signs: They compete with you and/or downplay your wins They spill all your secrets They’re only supportive when you’re struggling Compliments feel like insults They badmouth you and gossip to others They compare you to others and put you down They never apologize Supporters: Active Listening Celebrate Your Success Provide a Safe, Non-Judgmental Space Respects Boundaries Consistency Mutuality/Reciprocity They apologize and take accountability/own their part in any disagreement As I am moving forward, I have received echos and challengers from the past. While this has been agitating at times, it has offered an opportunity to respond in a way that is in more alignment versus falling into the old traps. I'd love to hear any input on how you have handled these echos or intentional boomerang Saboteurs. What are your go-to strategies?
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@Lee Simmons LOL... Yeah my father and his children are the ones who always paid for everything! Now I stopped paying and there are crickets!
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@Lee Simmons and @Dana Renee the stories I can tell about the last few weeks alone, most people wouldn't even believe me... then I would like to tell them that it was my mother I was talking about... they definitely wouldn't believe me. I remember the day I was sitting listening to Jordan Peterson and doing one of his classes, filling out paperwork... something about figuring out what our "X" is.... kind of like shadow... I mulled over and over it and just kept coming back to my mother... shaking it off... and saying no no I must be projecting.... but nope... my X, my Saboteur IS IN FACT my mother! Believe me when you have a malevolent narcissistic mother, living in the boon docks with nature, having time to create, and never having to worry about dealing with a narcissist ever again sounds anything but boring Lee! 😂 It's sounds like FREEDOM!
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10d •
My story and my last painting.
A Life Shaped by Art, Struggle, and Spiritual Search. I was raised in France with my two brothers. As the oldest, I naturally became the leader in our little world. My parents were atheists, and although I felt a strong pull toward spirituality from a young age, it wasn’t something welcomed at home. Life there often felt restrictive, with discipline and punishment being the usual response. School, for me, was difficult—almost unbearable. My grandmother was the headmistress, and because of that, some teachers treated me unfairly. I was often placed at the back of crowded classrooms, unable to see or hear properly. There were around 30 students in each class, which only made things harder. To cope, I turned inward. At the age of nine, I began writing poetry. It became my refuge. Then, around twelve, my artistic abilities started to emerge, and for the first time, I felt seen—my art teacher encouraged me deeply. I asked my parents to transfer me to an art school, but it took years before that finally happened. Eventually, I entered the École Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, and later the Beaux-Arts. I studied there for four years, then continued my training in Italy. Later still, I went to India to study the transcendental proportions of divine forms. While in Paris, I spent time at the American Center, where I met an actor who eventually took me to Canada. I lived in Montreal for three years, then returned to Paris in 1972—where I met my guru, a turning point in my life. Years earlier, at sixteen, I had a profound inner experience while practicing automatic writing. In that state, I wrote about a past life and what felt like my true purpose. I kept that writing for years. It took time—until about twenty-two—to begin truly aligning my life with that deeper calling. From the age of twenty-three, I committed seriously to Bhakti Yoga, and I have stayed on that path ever since. Along the way, I met remarkable people—empaths, mystics, and individuals deeply dedicated to serving others. I also traveled to places that carried a strong spiritual presence.
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@Dhira Lalita Yes most definitely she has been in my life to work everything out of me that needed to be worked out... the interesting thing is I've been exploring what else could it possibly be since she just gets more venomous as time goes on.... I'm now wondering if putting my foot down and taking proper action even though she is my mother is exactly the thing i finally have to work out?!?!?? You know... my whole life I made excuses for her and blamed myself for everything... now that i am healing and seeing the truth about everything, it seems like the only thing left is to take a moral and ethical stand. Maybe accountability is what will purify her? 🤷
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@Dhira Lalita Interestingly enough, since typing that 6 hours ago, so much has transpired... and I also found out more very venomous and atrocious information about my mother today, in the midst of yet another major incident at the house.... that information was more than I needed in order to make the hard decision I've been running from having to make. And yes now I see what I couldn't see 3 years ago, doing this will not only save my life, but hers and my whole family in the long run. Not that it's going to be easy or perfect, but it's the right thing to do for everyone at this point before it's too late. 🙏
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