Yes, I decided to upload a newer introduction to my YouTube Channel.
I've decided to update it all the way. I may or may not change the official name from my name to Mystic Butterfly to match the blog. I'm not 100% sure yet. So, it is a work in project. I'm going to follow this video up with a YouTube video on the Shadow which I'm really excited about and has been on my mind for a while. I have encountered a lot of people who are curious about Shadow work and how to integrate their Shadow. As I mentioned in the Chakra's video that's a big part of the spiritual journey. I also am going to start posting on Monday/Wed/Saturday again. I have a back log of book and movie reviews. I also have about a month worth of blogs I want to share as well since I'm so used to writing posting only one video and one content blog a week just doesn't allow me to share everything. Life has been super exciting as I confirm that what I perceived as the mystic system (quite accidentally an on my own without a teacher aside those who assist me in Spirit through dreams) has been absolutely confirmed. For me, a layman, I feel like Indiana Jones when I read a super deep confusing books and go, "Ah ha, I knew that but to see it in plain English!" Well, it's plain to me only because I'm 'in the know' after doing my own work. So I'm not stuck to promises to some group saying I'd never share the secrets. I am a little stuck on the next Map of the Psyche. I already took notes, started writing and even recorded a few videos for the 7 Tarot Cards of the Spiritual Path. However, I quickly realized there is a lot of information packed into these little visual meditations. I really need to do the Kabbalah Tree of Life videos first and get another book that goes into the Hebrew letters. Otherwise, the student will become a bit overwhelmed with a bunch of references to information that would really digress/distract from touching on the different pictorial elements. I might create the videos on the 7 levels of Alchemy before posting the Tarot ones because there are references to Alchemy that are important. However, although I do own about four books on the Kabbalah there is one more I've been meaning to get so I have to move up the time table on that book. I will probably write/record the introduction beforehand but hopefully that book will get here sooner then later. Then it will be a matter of taking the notes/doing the research, writing the juicy little segments, arranging/drawing the images and then editing. So, hopefully you'll hang in there with me as we make this transition. The good news is that I should have a good back log of videos already premade as I'm going to throw myself into that for the next few weeks as I'm on an even stricter bed rest. (My OB doctor yesterday congratulated me on making it this far but as the baby gets heavier carrying her will be harder. We are almost out of the woods- we are at week 24 on Monday- but every week/day she gets to grow in the womb she has a better head start). What that means is I'm posting this introduction this week, next week will be the Traveler's Notes video on the Shadow...and maybe then the Introduction the Kabbalah.
0 Comments
I have posted this one early because Friday is going to be a very busy day for me. I have a doctors appointment and work.
That said this YouTube video took quite a bit of effort to prepare for and as I mentioned in the video it wasn't easy for me to boil down Maslow's work on Self-Actualization into such a short video. Albeit, I admit I missed the 5 minute time that I usually strive for but I'll settle for the eight minutes any day. I did take the liberty of breaking down one chapter of Maslow's book into shorter chunks. I think he had eight or nine points in the chapter called Self-Actualization and beyond. However, one was geared towards the young adults of his time (the seventies) and didn't seem so general so eliminated it and the others were a bit repetitive. So,I stuck to the five that appeared to be general. I do not know if it is entirely possible to not cover this subject and in some way not project on it with my own subjective perspective. I tried my best to stick to quotes for that reason. What I realized is that self-actualization isn't the lofty goal that I thought it was...but in fact something people can achieve and quite easily. Having watched this, prior 2017 I think I was more in the Non-Peakers category of Self-actualization. I'd put my husband into thea category currently. Only in the past year have a worked to cultivate a mindset that actually lends itself to having peak experiences. The biggest take away, for me, when working on this subject is that Self-Actualization is a continual process. It's not something you achive- boom your transformed or your taken off this Earth. Instead, the difference between someone who is self-actualized and someone who is not is the choices they make minute to minute. Yes, it's that fine a detail. This dovetails very nicely with the personal philosophy that I have developed from a conglamorate of sources that pretty much say we only have the current moment- the now- to work with. Like a potter sitting before a clump of clay- our life is not magically formed into the image we want just by desiring for that clump of clay to be a vase. Instead, our life is formed by the minute by minute decisions that we make. Before we know it after a long expanse of time we have the end product. That end product, in the hands of a skilled potter, will be a beautiful vase. In the hands of a layman it might look more like an ashtray or candle holder. The key isn't to give up because our current status in life isn't what we want it to be. Instead, the challenge is to continue to refine the minute-by-minute decision making process so that we create what we want. This is often learned by trial and error. There will be failure. Multiple failures are almost guranteed. That's what Maslow really outlined for the self-actualized person. Someone who has the knoweldge from previous experience and the wisdom to apply what they have learned to continue to grow and improve. That for me, was the biggest take away from this subject. What was yours? How does this fit into your personal philosophy? Is Self-Actualization easier to achieve then you thought? Did you find it fascinating that there are Non-Peakerse and Trascenders? Would you profer to be in one category as opposed to another? Oh, and you migth ask, why this picture? Well, the Snapdragons remind me of Spring in Big Bear because that's when my dad always planted them up there. This is one of my favorite pictures ever so that's reason enough for me!
This YouTube video was a bit difficult to make. The project was riddled with tiny flaws from the start. If course the series of somewhat annoying misadvetures started off with a technical difficulty with my hardware. I am so glad this is done and I hope everyone enjoys the video!
I have been meaning to create this video for awhile. Doubt plagued me a lot on this one because I wasn't really sure about doing one. There are so many really good professional meditations out there. I might not be perfect or have soft music in the background (which I could have added but would have delayed the video further) but I think it speaks for itself. Besides, I don't want this to be too good. I don't want you to use this all of the time. I want you to do this a few times with me guiding you. That you will get the method and then start to do it on your own. The dreams you can have after this meditation tend tobe more clear and more meaningful. Here are some meanings for how and why you might meet resistance when opening the flowers. Those flowers are the chakras and if they are not opening they are blocked: Crown Chakra - Blockages in this area lead to being unable to meditate or quiet the mind. They also lead to a sense of hopelessness and depression. Third Eye/Brow Chakra: Lack of vision. Nightmares. Manifests as poor intuition. Throat Chakra - Lies/Not Speking your Truth. Usually manifets as a person being unable to express themselves or their feelings. Heart Chakra- Grief. Manifests as Lack of empathy or fearful of close relationships. Solar Plexus Chakra- Shame. Usually manifests itself as Low Self-Esteem or Lack of Willpower Sacral Chakra- Guilt. Usually manifests itself as a low sexual drive and lack of creativity. Root Chakra- Fear. Blockages here usually leaves people feeling spacey and unable to really focus on the present moment. This is just a quick and easy littel refrenge guid. There is a lot more information out there on this topic. I rely on Brenda Davies book for my information. I've found working with clearing the chakras is a tremendously positive experience. I will be covering each chakra in depth in the upcoming Map of the Psyche that involves that subject in an upcoming video. As far as what I mean by a Kundalini Awakening...it appears that there is a dormant energy that sleeps at the root chakra. With this practice that energy awakens and travels up the spine and it can cause some people to have what Maslow Calls a Peak Experience. For people with blockages it can get a bit wonky and it can cause imabalances that become very noticable. By starting off with the energy and love of your family in spirit...(and it doesn't matter if you know someone who crosses over or not, all of your ancestors are there)...it helps prevent the negative consequences. Also, by working on and not pushing the final four chakras it can bring specific areas that you need to heal to your mind. If you start having flashbacks to childhood, there might be trauma there that needs to be healed. To heal it you can recongnize what happened. See yourself as a wise knowing person now and send energy to the version of yourself that experienced the trauma. Write in a journal all of the things that you would have said to that child if you had the chance in a journal. Revisit the situation and then try to look at it from different perspective. Try to forgive anyone who may have been involved in that memory. There are dozens of ways that this can manifest. I hope that you find this helpful and have a wonderul week!
I had a lot of fun making this video.
This is a topic I find fascinating, which you might be able to tell from how I talk in the video. The most amazing part to me is the fact that this word has de-evolved to such a point where people don't know what it was used for originally. The original bible meaning, being that it was written and interperted. The bible was cannonized after the word changed in meaning...but why would that happen. How much of a role did the church purporsely play in that to confuse people? If people could go directly to God for all of their needs clearly that would eliminate a need for a church. This woefully misunderstood topic is actually one of huge significance in my own personal journey. I would never have been able to tell you that one of my ideas was to, 'stand naked before God.' I don't remember where I read that quote when I was a teenager, 'who can stand naked before God?' I think maybe it was in reference to Adam and Eve. I took upon myself to lose as much shame as possible. My goal was to stand naked before God unashamed because...how else would you meet him face to face? Do I think I met God face to face? Well, a form of it...when I met my Higher Self. The more I think of that strange vision/dream the more I find it fascinating. Back then I didn't realize that the future self she had been creating (a version of me with a pixie cut look worn out and bitter wearing an american flag shirt and way too patriotic) was a different aspect of me that I would morph into if I hadn't met her. When she thanked me I realized it was me thanking myself for taking that step because it is a HUGE step in spiritual development. Anyways, I hope this makes more people think that it's possible. That it's not something for an elect chosen few. That instead it's something you choose and it's when you do the work on yourself where you can stand up saying, "I am doing everything I can to live a right life and I stand by what I do 100% knowing that I am pure of heart," the battle is one. There is no more "two heartedness." Suddenly, everything is just all One.
I'm learning so much as I make these videos.
I really didn't have a clue how perfectly the Hero's Journey works with a Spiritual Awakening. I didn't comprehend it so much before I sat down and wrote what I thought was going to be one video. Upon working on that one video, however, I realized I needed to make at least three videos on the subject. I bought Pathways to Bliss by Joseph Campbell along with several other books for my Birthday. Little did I know that it would be the perfect book to read because in his later life Campbell equated the different stages of the Hero's Journey with other concepts. For example, he explained how the Meeting the Goddess is the mystical marriage. That is a concept I will have to return to, maybe in a Travelrs Notes video, but I want to read a few books by Carl Jung before I work on that video. Jung, it seems, had a lot to say on that subject. I didn't really think about how much Initiation ties in with my own experiences until I worked on this video. I thought that my own personal journey would end somewhere in the middle of this part. I realized, however, that during my most recent 'Awakening' I completed this stage. In the ones prior to 2014 I don't think I did...and I don't thin many people do. At the end of Initiation I think a person becomes Self-Actualized. I don't know if I made it clear in this video but I think we go through this cycle often throughout our lives. We dont' go off and that's it...some people might but for most people it happens more then once. For me, I can say it happened three times and I don't doubt there will be another cycle...just hopefully not as dramatic. I did my best to maket his one relateable...or at least sketch out how it would work. I think a lot of people get to the Dark Night and then back off. They don't have what it takes to get through the road of trials. Well, we have one more video to go...the Return. Then I will recap this series and explain how I had a dream that pretty much matches this entire story. When I realized that one of my mountain top dreams so precisely matched this as I crafted this video I was absolutely shocked. I'm so excited about this information and my prayer is that it will help a lot of people.
I'm so excited about this one...
So, here is my introduction to Synchronizing the Maps of the Human Psyche. Why should this matter? Well, this is going to be an exploration of the self...or yourself. Think about how everyone is always taking quizes. Select the picture that relates most to you and it will reveal your secret blah, blah, blah. Who hasn't done one of those things? The greatest extension of that is the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. As I learned in Psychology class, however, grouping people doesn't work. People can't be categorized because each of us make unique decisions based on unique histories (very unique if you include past lives). So, we will be exploring the Path of the Seeker and the systems that have attempted to map that out in the next 13 months. I think even in this video you can see the similarities. To me they are obvious...just how similar these are in so many ways. I did decide to change up the sections though. As I already introduced all three I'll probably start off with the first concepts- For example Departure for Campbells Hero's Journey- and then do a video at the end of each recapping how I perceive that concept. There should be all sorts of goodies in that. These videos won't be completely dry. There will be some commentary during them, I'm sure but boy is this going to be an adventure!
The Building Blocks and Structure
Early on when thinking of subjects I wanted to cover in my YouTube videos I realized I needed to start small. My audience is primarily people that don't have much time that don't know too much about mysticism. Maybe they know a lot of superstition or dogma but that's it. The basic building blocks I outlined are those I've become aware of and examining psychology and my own personal life discovered. I wanted to explain how most people create a thought structure through which they view the world and how they do it. The fact that most belief structures are inherited by parents doesn't really matter. For the past twenty years everything has been blamed on the parent. However, while I do sometimes whether someone's parenting style is just terrible...I do admit that once a person hit's eighteen it's their responsibility to grow as a human being. If they remain in a temperamental child like state that's up to them...but the Path of the Seeker is the path of the adult mature human. To not go through a phase where we question our parents belief structure keeps us from maturing. From this general starting point there is a plethora of subjects I can cover. I'm laying a foundation for bigger topics. I've worked so long on the path of the seeker that it's really a bit hard for me to start at the beginning but for people who've never had exposure to basic subjects it's important to start small. While it boils psychology down to it's most basic elements it is a decent way of interpreting the cause of behavior. This workable structure can be used in many ways because people can be more aware of their thoughts- which is mindfulness. I didn't really intend for the Dark Night of the Soul to be the first big concept...yet, it made total sense. At this point there are a number of videos swimming in my mind. My next video is going to be on Meditation because it is *SO* important. Then I'm going to see where that takes me. I still want to do the video the Perceive what you Believe video, the science backing up the self-fulfilling prophecy...and there are more. So far, this is has been so much fun and I'm really happy to share this information. Also, if viewing the video's it's an interesting progression...from sun ray, to sun rise, to a light bulb to the day moon. Totally unintentional but it flows.
Usually I share a Book or Movie Review on Wednesday but this week is a bit special because I launched my YouTube channel. I want to explain how this came about as I am very shy and, for me, this is a huge step. Having my name out there is a little scary but the overwhelming support I've received from everyone is just amazing.
How It Started The idea really came to me because of my mom. I know she likes to listen to stuff and that she has a short amount of time to spend on spiritual pursuits. Unlike me, she doesn't have the time or desire to read...not even this blog. Yet, I was trying to explain some of the concepts I've covered in this blog...but because of this is so advanced and I've studied little steps that got me to the point where I could conceive and understand the larger ideas that I've covered here....I often found myself explaining the basics to her. That's when I started to think I would put together little presentations for her (which I'm very good at making and did a ton of in college). Yet, sending her files in emails isn't the greatest and I realized I wanted to do this through YouTube. That changed everything. So, that was the initial idea for the channel. The target audience is the layman, that simply doesn't have the time to sit there and study as I have. All of the information I will cover has been known for centuries to certain groups. These are just basic core ideas of psychology, theosophy and philosophy. Yet, they are the building blocks. A School of Sorts I've seen people have classes and spiritual schools they charge for and...I've never had the time or desire to spend that money. To me, this information shouldn't be sold. So that's one of the reasons I decided to do a YouTube channel. The idea that these different videos are going to be lessons didn't occur until just this week. First, I had a dream...an odd dream where I was asked by a talking archway that had made an agreement with me..."Where's my school? Where's my school?" Then the following day I was talking to my friend Diana Dire and lunch when I blurted out, "It's going to be a sort of free school. Each video is a lesson." I had never really thought of that way but it really fits. What I'm creating is a sort of spiritual YouTube channel school. It's going to be free for people to watch and they can choose whatever lesson calls to them. I'm going to start off small...with the basic framework of how we create our reality. Then I'll move into some of the major ideas that that have blown my mind over the last decade or so... Introduction Video I decided to start off with an Introduction Video. I wanted to set the tone for the channel. I wanted it to be personal so people could see who is teaching this information. I know I can, to some degree, "read" people by looking at their picture or meeting them. I can tell a lot by a way a person smiles, how their face is when it's resting and generally sense their energy. I can't see auras per se but I can see when people have deep darkness upon them (meaning they have disowned a part of themselves). So I wanted people to be able to connect with me that way. Conclusions Strangely, I've been receiving confirmation and validation for launching this channel for over a month. In other ways my lie has opened up to really make this easy for me to do...not a burden at all...but something I'm probably going to love. I am so excited and there is so much work to be done creating this channel and sharing all of this information so that the general public an understand it! This isn't going to be an emotional love and peace and light channel. This is going to be logical, analytical and well thought out presentations of what I've learned. Right or wrong (and sometimes everyone gets it wrong) I'm going to present the information and let people decide for themselves the ideas they want to believe in. I'm so excited to share this with you and the world. |
Author:
Thank You For Visiting
Brave Soul! May Your Journey On The Path Of The Seeker Bring You Joy and Peace! I'm currently posting every Saturday. With a new addition the family I have pre-scheduled most posts through December 2022. Full Moon Posts will contain up-to-date content when I can get to them. Thank you so much for your support and understanding! This is a place where you can encounter new spiritual ideas that have helped me develop as an Individual On The Path of the Seeker. Take or Leave this information as you see fit. Archives
April 2024
|