Month: January 2023

Behind the Shaman’s Curtain (Poem)

/ Tunnel Vision 8 

Behind the Shaman’s Curtain - Jan. 2023

Close your magical eyes. 
Connect with dreamtime ties. 
Use your vast imagination. 
Stop life’s stagnation.

Go behind the Shaman’s curtain. 
Seeing the truth is certain. 
A new reality awaits.  
Do you have what it takes? 

Be strong and brave. 
Meet your guide in a cave. 
See the vision. 
Make it a mission. 

Go behind the Shaman’s curtain. 
Your life is not certain. 
Open your “I.” 
Because soon you’ll see why.

By GG
Digital artwork with original photography.
– GG

Temple of Love

/ Tunnel Vision 8

I am preparing to go on a two-week study-abroad trip to Chiang Mai, Thailand. I am reading more about Thai Yoga Massage and Thai culture. As I daydream, I think about spending time in Buddhist temples. Then I realized I don’t need to travel anywhere to be in a temple – I am a temple.

I am a temple of love. I love chanting in Sanskrit, and I love Buddha’s teachings. I love Buddha and Jesus. However, I am a Yogi and Buddhist. I can’t deny the truth within me.

No matter where I am, I live with an open heart. Also, I appreciate and honor my Buddhist Teacher, Bhante Sati. Thank you, Bhante.

The world and people may seem distant, but it is only temporary. Everything changes. We must have confidence in ourselves. Be a temple of love. A temple is a sanctuary and a place of refuge. Go within yourself to develop a strong mind and an open heart.

My trip to Thailand is a spiritual journey for me. I plan to pray, chant, and connect with the divine. It will be a retreat and training at the same time.

I love you, my dear reader. I may not know you personally, but there is a reason for our connection.

Namaste.

The Seven Hermetic Principles

/ Tunnel Vision 8

Currently, I am working with the seven hermetic principles or truths. Most of these principles I knew intuitively. However, I wish I had been taught these truths as a child.

The first principle is the principle of mentalism. The truth is the Universe is mental. No one told me this! The mind is universal. That means that humans are mental creatures. The mind is everything!

Also, humans are psychic. So why does our world downplay the fact that we are psychic? I remember when I was nine or ten years old, walking around the playground with my two fingers at my temples. I told everyone that I could read their minds.

Knowing this information solidifies my understanding of the power of the mind. What can be imagined can be truth. Oh my! That means we are infinite beings too.

I am going down the rabbit hole, and life just keeps getting better!

The Seven Hermetic Principles (dates back to Egyptian times)

  1. The Principle of Mentalism – “THE ALL IS MIND; the universe is mental.”
  2. The Principle of Vibration – “Nothing rests; everything moves; everything vibrates.”
  3. The Principle of Correspondence – “As above, so below, so above. As within, so without, as without, so within.”
  4. The Principle of Polarity – “Everything is Dual and has poles or opposites; opposites are identical in nature, but different in degree.”
  5. The Principle of Rhythm – “Everything flows, out and in; everything has tides; all things rise and fall; the pendulum swing.”
  6. The Principle of Cause and Effect – “Every Cause has its Effect; every Effect has its cause; everything happens according to Law.”
  7. The Principle of Gender – “Gender is in everything; everything has its Masculine and Feminine Principles.”

Namaste.

Note: I will be in Chiang Mai, Thailand, from January 21 to February 5.