Essays and Articles

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These articles and essays form a good introduction to the conceptual context within which I work with you. They include introductory topics and more in-depth essays exploring selected aspects of metaphysics, energy dynamics, and psychology.
I present them here in the hope that they may contribute to your own process of reflection and understanding.

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ONE STEP AT A TIME
9/1/08

I was up in the early morning headed for the airport at the start of a trip to the east coast. A cool summer night, a quarter moon rising, and my son excited about starting his new adventure in college. More...

CHANGE AND POSSIBILITY
8/2/08

There is change in the air this summer. The finishing of old cycles, completion and transition. More...

Video: Celebrating What's Right With the World - Dewitt Jones
7/30/08
Beautiful! Insightful! Inspirational! Here...

BEING BEST
7/14/08

How often have we heard these words, directly spoken or indirectly heard in movies, read in books, sung in songs? More...

LET NATURE FEED YOUR SOUL
7/2/08

I recently spent several wonderful days in the mountains of northern New Mexico and Southern Colorado. Leaving schedules and cell phone behind, I moved into a space more of being than of doing. More...

THE SMELL OF A SUMMER ROSE
6/16/08

Summertime and the roses are blooming.

Find some and take time to smell them. Be fully present, smelling them. Let their smell fill your awareness.
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Video: Connecting a Million Hearts - from Hearthmath
4/18/08
Beautiful! Here...

SUNNY SKIES and DARK THOUGHTS
4/15/08

This afternoon the sky is clear and blue as only Colorado and other high dessert skies are blue. The sun is warm, if not hot. Fruit trees are beginning to bloom, as are the little spring flowers in the grass and along the trails. More...

Video: My Stroke of Insight: Jill Bolte Taylor.
3/27/08
Really Cool! Here...

THE FLOW OF ABUNDANCE
12/2/07

Last year, about this time, I co-hosted a showing of the movie "The Secret". It was something that happened a number of times as viewing it with a group always seemed like a powerful and fun way to appreciate the movie, and was a great way to spend an evening. This particular evening after everyone had left I went upstairs to my office and looked out the window. The streetlight in front of the house was illuminating a thick steady snow fall, sparkling flakes driven down by the wind. More...

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Introductory Overviews

Hypnosis and Trance [© 7/05] Top 5 Read
An overview of my how I view Hypnosis and trance work in general. Covers states of consciousness, levels of trance, passive hypnosis and active (interactive) hypnosis.
Reading and Healing [© 2/02]
An overview of my how I view my role as a reader and spiritual healer.
truth, Truth and teaching [© 5/02] Top 5 Read
An outline of the relationship of personal, social, and absolute truth. Including aspects of perception, the ego, and the manifestation of the physical from spirit. All to set up my suggestion of how to read what I write.
Intro I: the Energy Body [© 5/01]
Intro II: Judgment, the Glue that Binds © 9/01]
Intro III: The Energics of Karma [© 12/01]
A three part summary/introduction to my vision of us as energetic beings and the application of that vision to understanding the spiritual journey, "karma", etc.
Cultivation of the Energy Body [© 3/01]
A metaphor comparing our energetic being to a garden full of flowers (after M. Tamura).

Topical Essays

new Relationships and Stories [© 8/08] new
On the extent to which our relationships may be formed on the basis of our inherited life stories, rather than as co-creations with another soul.
Resources of the Mind [© 5/08]
On the many levels of mind and being that we can draw on as resources. We are much more than our ususal conception of the conscious mind.
Willful Eyes [© 5/08]
On how the will projects itself through the eyes and the positive shifts in consciousness that can occur when we rest them.
Includes a short meditation.
Parents Come in Pairs [© 4/08]
On how, when clearing old parental influences and patterns, it is useful to look at both parents. One is often much more obvious, but sometimes recognizing the "hidden" influence of the other parent is key to resolving an old issue.
Manifesting from the Heart [© 3/08]
On the role of the mind and the heart in manifestation, and how often the heart is a more appropriate tool to take us where we wish to go. A tale of releasing the mind from trying to manage things outside its sphere of competency.
On Opening to Possibility [© 2/08]
On the ways in which we limit our options for receiving the love and appreciation we want from life, and how we can release these and open up all the possibilities for achieving what we want.
On Looking Forward [© 1/08]
On the importance of perspective, visioning your future as well as clearing the past, and the usefulness of the same tools to move from good to great as from distressed to good.
On Losing and Finding Our Center [© 12/07]
A piece inspired by a lesson from spirit on a ceremonial evening. About different levels of being lost and found, and how we find meaning in our lives.
On the Emotions of the Heart [© 10/07]
A piece inspired by the joy of opening one's heart and learning to hear it's language and song.
On Nursing Intuition [© 9/07]
A brief outline of energetics behind how healthcare professionals interact with their clients.
On the Braid of Evolution [© 12/04]
A brief outline of the three different evolutionary currents that combine to set up a human lifetime.
The Limits of the Ego and the Benefits of a Higher Power [© 11/04]
On why giving the ego a vacation is sometimes best for all concerned.
Dancing on the Earth [© 8/04]
On how dancing with the Earth yields both grounding and freedom.
new Reading clip and recorded meditation available on the Recordings page.
Birth and the Fear of Being Alone [© 6/04] Top 5 Read
On the root fear of separation and being alone, and how we may confuse aspects of the birth and death transitions.
Theirs or Mine? [© 8/03]
On why we may confuse release of old emotional trauma with a present time energetic attack.
Our Relationship with Divinity. [© 4/03]
On how we all converse with Divinity in our own way.
Being Who We Are. Finding our Power. [© 2/03]
On how "tuning in" to who we are brings us to our true power.
Proudly Reclaiming our Playfullness [© 11/02]
On the true nature of play and playfulness. Why we gave it up and how to bring it back.
Growing Pains [© 8/02]
On why we can expect a few bumps along the spiritual path, and how the "journey" is more one of remembering than one of finding, or becoming.
Giving and Receiving in Relationships [© 8/02] Top 5 Read
On how giving and receiving in relationships changes when we change from thinking of ourselves as limited beings to unlimited beings.
The Keys to Your Heart [© 7/02] Top 5 Read
On why we often feel we need to "fall in love" with someone else, rather than simply be "in love".
Includes a short meditation.
new Listen to it on the Recordings page.
Projection and Power [© 4/02]
An essay on owning our issues, reclaiming power and healing.
[* A featured link on Holistic Healing at About]
Amusement and Healing [© 2/02]
An essay on the role of amusement in healing.

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Last amended September 1, 2008. © Alan McAllister.