||~RESISTANCE~||
When…Where…How is it that you meet your walls?
the walls that you have built around your heart?
and All those places where you stand on guard ready to protect, project, fight or flight….
those fortresses of false protection that prevent you from the feeling and the healing that your soul desires?
Oh, those feelings….of disappointment. anger. sadness. fear. guilt. shame. all those wounds that you never tended to and that fester under all the ways you try to cover-up, avoid, or distract…. 
That hurt child that got left in the shadows….needs Love. 
The depth of despair within you….needs Love.   
Its time to light a candle of remembrance for the darkness within you that is ready to come meet the light of your Love. 
And in this meeting may there be a shared Gratitude for all the ways you have been given the opportunity to learn and grow and remember~ 
This Present…The Gift of your Presence….is the only place one can truly Live.
The Here and Now where we stare into our eternal truth of being…where duality is dissolved into the energy of existence. 

May all Beings be FreeIn response to Oakland’s unanimous vote to decrimilaize mushrooms containing psilocybin: May the awareness of the value of Earth’s medicines continue to spread throughout our communities, cities, countries…Until the people of the earth give the honor and respect that they deserve- In this awakening of consciousness and remembrance of our inherent connectedness, we are ALL in some process of HEALING. Much of Humanity needs a lot of healing at this time, due to our disconnection from life and all the repercussions that have occurred because of it. And thankfully our plant and fungal allies are there for us- and I dare say we Need their help! I reflect on the quote by Albert Einstein: “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them” and I think these medicines of the earth can help us to open new pathways of thinking and perception that will help us to heal and solve many problems we are facing- first and foremost they will help us open our hearts and minds to REMEMBER LIFE’S INHERENT VALUE- and then perhaps we might begin acting in accordance with this experienced truth. The brainwashing that has occured over time to view these natural and *safe substances* as “illicit drugs” has created a very unfortunate perception of them and many misunderstandings. (*& I mean safe, as compared with synthesized pharmaceuticals and other legal substances). The legal substance ALCOHOL has bar FAR shown to be the most harmful and deadly in our human population. These natural psychedelic substances that come from the earth that have been used for healing and exploration of consciousness for who knows how long, They work in with our body systems/brain chemistry in a way that *can be very helpful & harmonious- due to their close similarities with our own chemistry. For goodness sakes, we have EVOLVED over thousands and thousands of years with these beings- we even have cannabinoid receptors, for example! The psilocybin in “magic mushrooms”, is VERY similar to our own very important neurotransmitter serotonin and the studies that have been already done with how psilocybin positively affects the brain have been very promising!Lastly- my own disclaimer on Psychedelics: “they aren’t for everyone,” especially not for those who have a strong resistance to surrendering their ego and control, and who would rather not look deeply at their own soul. The etymology of the word psychedelic, which was coined in 1956 by the psychiatrist Humphrey Osmond, is : psychē (ψυχή, “soul”) and dēloun (δηλοῦν, “to make visible, to reveal”)- SOUL REVEALING. We are in REVEALING TIMES. Some might even say “Apocalytic” - and this word also has its greek roots of meaning “To Uncover or Reveal.” And so I am of that unorthodox and heretical nature to praise psychedelics in these apocalyptic times! I am truly grateful for their role in my life and will stand firm for the freedom to explore my consciousness and soul.