In three separate instances last week I or someone I know brought up a concern only to have someone dismiss it as a “first world problem” or otherwise point out how others have it worse. Here’s the thing: others always has it worse. There are people who have to walk three hours a day and […]
Continue readingI am speechless. My wife’s family has strong roots in the AME church and though its too far to go often, we occasionally go to that church as a family. I had a bunch of blog posts and audio commentary for my group planned today, but how do you work on stuff like that after […]
Continue readingOne of the things I love about the Strategic Sorcery community are the field reports. You do not have to rely upon me bragging about Sorcery bringing great things in my life, you get live reports from students and alumni that are getting results every week. Whether a sterling report of success, or a problem to […]
Continue reading“The optimist sees opportunity in every danger; The pessimist sees danger in every opportunity” – Winston Chruchill The quote above could just as easily read The Mindful as the Optimist. Everyone knows that in investing you buy low and sell high, but few people understand the mental fortitude it takes to actually do this. […]
Continue reading“80% of the Top Performers I have interviewed have a meditation or mindfulness practice” – Tim Ferris I am always going on and on about the need for meditation and how it is the cornerstone of the system, but I have only written basic instructions in my books. To really convey the teachings I want […]
Continue readingA lot of people in the Western Buddhist communities are not thrilled with the fact that mindfulness and meditation has taken off outside the spiritual bubble of Buddhism and other faith traditions. Part of this is simply that Buddhism and Meditation was brought and popularized by hippies and beats who were very counter-culture, and no […]
Continue readingThe Jupiter Glyphs from Strategic Sorcery always pop up in the darnedest places. The Proprietress of Element Books in Winnipeg used the Glyphs for Entrepreneurial Work and Viral Marketing on thee awesome cards. Check it out, then check them out!
Continue readingI just completed a 45 minute elemental meditation. While I do use western symbols and spirits sometimes to interact with the elements, my view of them is primarily informed by the east. I find the current trend in the west is to see them as “below” or inside (and thus less important than) the planetary spheres […]
Continue readingI did a consult this weekend and there was some confusion in terminology that was tripping the student up. I laid out the following simple rule, which he thought others might find helpful so I place it here. Is that a synchonicity or just A Paranormal Experience often causes you to question the reality of […]
Continue readingLast week I had the privilege of getting a free Emotional Clearing session with Langston Khan. It was an interesting shamanic technique that I found very useful. Not only does Langston lead you through a session that is useful for what you bring up in that session, but he gives you tools that you can […]
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