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Welcome to the Enlightened, Apparently blog where we explore the cheeky, dark and weird side of spirituality and learn how to embrace the chaos of life (with a dash of humor)! Here we hope to delight, excite, and embrace the chaos of life with you! Enter if you dare for deep thoughts and wide perspectives.
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We will shed many skins in this lifetime if we really lean in and embrace the messy chaos of it all. And just like the snake, we will emerge clearer each time, more colorful – brighter. In the end, our true self isn’t something to be found, only something to be revealed. It is not so much a seeking of the light that we must engage in then, but a “simple” remembering of the spark of light we inherently are.
We’re the kind of people who like to hear about what’s hard, what’s stupid, what’s annoying and sucks (there’s a lot). We want to scream and then cry and then laugh and then dance around on unicorn stick horses wearing silly hats. You don’t have to pretend here. We are here for the humaning.
Light and dark have been estranged for a long time. If we can learn to marry the two, weaving them together like a beautiful tapestry individually and collectively…I think that we can certainly hope for a brand-new kind of future
So, what follows “enlightenment,” or this oneness with the light? Embodiment. Embody means: “to put into a body.” We bring the light of the spirit back down into the human form. And we begin the messy but rewarding work of humaning.
Spirituality is often presented as a path of the mind and spirit – the masculine energy that transcends the body – where the goal is to leave the body to go up into the sky. But we often forget about the path of the heart and soul – the feminine energy that lives within the body – where the goal is to live your spirituality right here, in this body, on this Earth.
But of course, it’s both. Transcend to touch the light, descend to re-enter the body.
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"We're fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance." -Japanese proverb | Long enjoyed as part of Winter Solstice traditions across time and culture, dancing can truly be the soul-healing medicine we need to shift our energy during this darkest time of year. Whether we choose to celebrate the solstice with lit candles and fires burning all night, we can dance as a way to keep our own inner fire stoked and our inner light alive. What is your relationship to dancing? What fears, self-consciousness or vulnerability does it bring up? Explore 11 steps to get you dancing right now - no choreographed steps to follow, and without the crutch of substances - just your heart, your soul and your spirit...and transform your fear into healing, joy, and freedom.
“After all, to the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.” -Dumbledore | What if death wasn’t the terrible, absolute worst-case scenario that we spend our whole lives fearfully trying to avoid? What if discussing death could actually make us feel better about life? Autumn is the perfect time for discussing such dark things – the season that ushers in and embraces death in nature’s yearly cycle. And by the end of this article, you’ll have 10 useful, bizarre, and meaningful practices (plus a specially curated playlist!) to work with – and make peace with – the elements of death & letting go in your own life.
"A little nonsense now and then is cherished by the wisest men." - Roald Dahl | As children, we don't need to define what playing is - we just go outside, let our imaginations take over, and get weird with it. But, somewhere along the way, it seems we stop knowing how to get weird with it. Read on to re-define play as an adult, create your play to-do list, and re-infuse your life with the driving force of play! May you unleash your creative side and find JOY in playing once again. Happy frolicking, romping and merrymaking!
Within every cell of our bodies, there is both yin and yang energy. And yin and yang balance each other, support each other, keep each other in check. But if balance is written into our very cells, then why does it always feel so elusive and impossible to maintain in our lives?! Just a few days past the Autumn Equinox we are in a state of near-perfect balance of yin and yang energies. And we can use this to our advantage as we finally learn the trick to achieving that illusive sense of balance: that true balance isn't an act of rearranging our external world - but of re-balancing our internal scales and filling ourselves with life.
Every year as the summer begins to wane, we look back and think, how time flies! Our most common sayings about time are speaking to our relationship with Father Time - also known as 'chronos' time, a Greek word for time. But unlike us, the Greeks also had a second word for the concept of time: 'Kairos.' | "In a Kairos moment, the world stops...and it opens." -Robert Moss, Sidewalk Oracles | If Chronos time is the more masculine/yang aspect of time that maintains order in our lives, it is the more feminine/yin aspect of Kairos time that nourishes the soul.
Instead of trying so hard to “be spiritual,” what’s the most spiritual thing you can do? Be your true authentic self. I believe your soul chose your personality to help you carry out your life mission here. It’s a tool for you to use - but you have to know how to use the tool. When we rediscover who we really are at our core AND give ourselves permission to live in alignment with that - underneath the conditioning of our wounds, defenses and expectations...we heal our bodies and we change the world.
Cheeky, Dark, and A Little Weird.
Cheeky, Dark, and A Little Weird.
