21
July
2008
this-is-personal
Over recent months, as I seem to snowball in my ability to express things that should’ve long ago been expressed, my mother and I have had many long talks about various feelings. We’ve uncovered old wounds and redressed them in cleaner ways, allowing for healing. We’ve expressed gratitude and regret. We’ve shared a lot. I [...]

5
July
2008
some-kind-of-ironic
You know those old movies, such as Some Kind of Wonderful, in which the lead actor or actress is searching for love in all the wrong places, meanwhile overlooking their perfect partner, who is right in front of them? Typically, this is their best friend of the opposite sex, the person they turn to for [...]

2
June
2008
weird-feelings
In the past couple of weeks, I’ve noticed a number of timely developments in my circumstances that I would call synchronicity if I only had a better handle on it all. I mentioned that I started schema therapy about 6 weeks ago; this has generated a lot of back-burner thought processing and semi-conscious contemplation that, [...]

29
May
2008
personal-growth-discussion
I was having a chat with a long-lost, rediscovered friend today that resulted in some stuff I wanted to save. Skim if you like, but I recommend reading. We were discussing qabala, and I found some quotes… Sheta: “The word nephesh (soul) designates the lower self in the time of sleep, whilst the term ‘ruach’ is [...]

24
May
2008
trust-is-a-difficult-issue
For documentation purposes, I need to post about a recent event, though there’s only so much I want to post publicly. I’m looking into a way to filter some posts to registered users of this site, but for now I will only give a sketchy description and it will have to do. A couple of [...]