Seeing with the Heart

Posted on May 29, 2007 By

“It is only with the heart than one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye”. Antoine de Saint-Expuery wrote that line in The Little Prince, and for one little sentence, it holds an essential Universal truth that many of us tend to overlook or dismiss during the course of our days….

Goal Setting

Posted on May 28, 2007 By

Here we are… another couple days have gone by and no blog entry made from the Mystical Monkey. Doesn’t seem like I’m doing such a good job of helping others interested in or currently pursuing a similar path, does it? Well, since part of my goal with this blog is to show everyone that the…

Stuck

Posted on May 23, 2007 By

*sigh* … I’m stuck. It’s been a week since I last posted and it’s not due to lack of inspiration, but more to a lack of undisturbed, conscious time in which to actually put serious thought into coherent sentences – and therein lies the problem: serious thought! Sooooo…… Q: What is the name of the…

Bang the Drum!

Posted on May 16, 2007 By

Bang. Bang. Bang. Tum de dum tum! Drum Circles! Rap-a-tap-tap… thmm thmm thmm. Hand-drumming in a circle is an incredible way to open your heart and connect with your spirit, the spirits of those in the circle with you, and with the spirit of Mother Earth! *Wow* Drumming is, of course, a very ancient tradition…

Tides

Posted on May 14, 2007 By

Faith and belief in Spirit seems to have a more-or-less tidal motion for me… it’s always there, but sometimes it swells a bit more than at other times. There are times when I’m absolutely certain it exists and is guiding me where I need to be (or where It needs me to be), and other…

Happy Mother’s Day

Posted on May 13, 2007 By

I’d like to take this opportunity to say Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms who happen to stumble upon my blog. I sincerely hope you get pampered and honored this day, and always! Gentlemen, treat the mothers of your children well this day and let them know they are appreciated for all the things…

Fickle Belief

Posted on May 12, 2007 By

Metaphysics. One of its many aspects may be defined as the study of and belief in phenomena that is not understood or explainable by modern-day science. That doesn’t make the phenomena any less real or effective, but sometimes it’s difficult to maintain your own belief in the phenomena that you yourself have witnessed or even…

Hotel room reflections

Posted on May 11, 2007 By

Airport area hotel rooms. High traffic, high turnover, high stress. Many people, many egos, many auras, much baggage, much turmoil, much residual emotion. Not the best place to meditate – even the top-rated hotels I’ve had the fortune to spend time in are not particularly suited to metaphysical pursuits, although they generally tend to be…

Catching the notion

Posted on May 10, 2007 By

We recently went on a trip out of town, and knowing that I’d have some free, quiet time in the evenings, I was looking forward to spending that time meditating and continuing my metaphysical studies, which had been a bit disrupted the last week. The hotel room, however, had other plans; it just didn’t feel…

Redefining Hard

Posted on May 9, 2007 By

Recently, I posted about the concept of having a soft, compassionate heart as the basis for our interactions with the world and the people around us. If we can live with and from a place of compassion -from a genuine, open heart, and not from our arrogant egos- things seem to go more smoothly, misunderstandings…