Tag: ego

• Lost In The Desert

  

  Since spending the last four months in Tucson, many blogs I have posted reference the Sonoran Desert. Tucson is a city interwoven into the fabric of the desert. The Sonoran Desert bears witness to 4000 years of continuous habitation. There are echoes of the past and voices of the present. I have spent much time…

  Gary Merel

  March 20, 2023

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  always sacred, consciousness, ego, feeling challenged, magic mushrooms, meaning of life, psilocybin, psilocybin mushroom, psychodelic, psycodelic experience, Robert Atkinson, Sabino Cnayon, seek knowledge, seek meaning, seek understadning, seek understanding, Sonoran Desert, viceral knowing

• I Was Being Stupid and Selfish!

  

  One of our family vacations was to Granada. A sleepy, off-the-beaten-path Caribbean Island.  Myself, my wife, our daughter, and our niece packed our bags for a 10-day stay. We rented an amazing bungalow in the hills above the capital city of St. Georges. We landed on a truly tropical island. Bananas, breadfruit, mangoes and every…

  Gary Merel

  February 3, 2023

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  arrogence, creating our lives, define our personality, ego, ego powerful force, egoic tendencies, gift of who I am, mystery that lives all things, Open heart, open mind, plan for our lives, self centered, self centered behavior, self reflection, sense of well being, Total thoughtlessness, unique identity

• Spiritual Awakening & the Mind

  

  I spoke to a dear friend this morning. I called to connect with him. To hear his voice. To schmooze and ponder. He said something that really registered with me. He said that “we are all on the spectrum.” Please understand I am in no way diminishing the daily struggles of anyone who lives with…

  Gary Merel

  November 1, 2022

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• Restoring My Sense of Wellbeing

  

  It is fairly accurate to say that we live in some very stressful times. There are influences that feel outside our control that can have a direct and sometimes immediate impact on the outcome and quality of our lives. There is a lot of uncertainly in the world we live in. Financial uncertainty. Inflation. The…

  Gary Merel

  October 18, 2022

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