Secret Self

Who told us that we are separate from who came before us? Why do we feel that we are the ones starting a new search for inner awareness? How do we know that we did not do our part to kill off the ones who already knew how to live with nature and their inner souls. Do we ever think that we are not really 'evolving' but 'revolving' back to whence we came from?

Who ever told you that the bamboo is more beautiful than the oak, or the oak more valuable than the bamboo? Do you think the oak wishes it had a hollow trunk like the bamboo? Does the bamboo feel jealous of the oak because it is bigger and its leaves change color in the fall?

Let's face it, there is always going to be somebody who is more beautiful, more talented, stronger, more intelligent, or apparently happier that you are. At the same time, there will always be those who are less than you in all these ways. The way to find out who you are is not by comparing yourself with others, but by looking to see whether you are fulling your own potential in the best way you know how.

Spiritual Self

Being spiritual is to be present and focusing inward to that which is the essence of your life, your soul. The seven chakras are in alignment, and with the rising of inner awareness, meditation is born. While in the posture of meditation I am reminded not to look outside for what is real, but to look within. The moon overlapping the earth brings to mind the way we really live, with our inner lives permeating and coloring our external environment. To acheive balance and live in harmony we need to release ourselves of those habits of thought and judgement that does not work for us. Instead, we have to be open to work on our relationship with our own self and seek our ultimate refuge within our own deepest truths.

Future Self Portrait

Mastering the art of being passive and receptive, and yet fully open to the all the wonders the universe has to offer is can be an overwhelming plate full. To move through life without judging and rejecting and closing down when life is constantly handing you a buffet of choices is why we have an inner life, to connect us to the flow of the universe. We just need to relax and float in life's waters, and not try to fight against the current. Imagine allowing this feeling of trust and relaxation to grow more and more; trusting that everything is happening exactly as it should.

Public Self

In this image I see myself peering in at my parts of my perceptions of what my life is like... and not without expressing some confusion and pain about what I am witnessing. I have to remind myself that times of sorrow are also the times of major transformation. And in order for transformation to happen I have to go deep, down into the roots of the pain and experience it without blame or self-pity. The pain can actually make me more alert...reminding me that there are roads to travel... with the possibility of finding the thing I did not know I needed. This pain can keep me alert... to the direction I should be looking to... in the present moment.

Life Spiral

Thisis a time when the deeply buried wounds of the past are coming to the surface, ready and available to be healed. Doing this spiral made me aware of my wounds. I can no longer keep the wound a wound, but have to begin the process of its healing by looking at the spiral and following the flow to the roots and consciously sending healing energies through my prayers and raising my inner vibration to exude a higher energy onto the patterns I have lived with so far, no longer hiding from myself. But to bring a new attitude of openness and acceptance that I can be healed, and help others, that are affected by my life's spiral, also to be healthy and whole.