Ah yes, trauma and the spiritual path, how do these two things intertwine? Here are some reflections from my direct experience – which is all I have to offer. But first, what is trauma? Just conditioning – the way our system organises itself after an event that it is unable to fully process, whether on …
Kara-Leah writes on all things related to transformation, potential, awakening, and liberation, usually sharing directly from her own journey.
My Concerns Around the Stop Co-Governance Tour & Experience at an Aotearoa Liberation League Anti-Racism Pizza Party
Tuesday night. Mt Eden, Auckland. Maungawhau, Tamaki Makaurau. There’s a Stop Co-Governance meeting being held by Julian Batchelor. Aotearoa Liberation League book the time slot after him so they can debunk the misinformation that he’s peddling as he whips up fear around co-governance. I’m so in. I’m going. Who cares that it’s right after a …
The Terror of Reaching Out For Emotional Support
If you have difficulty reaching out for emotional support when you’re in the darkness, there’s some support suggestions at the end of this article. I get off the computer at 7:20 pm and I’m spent. It’s been a ten-hour day, again, and I can’t wait to just turn off and relax into the no-thingness. I …
When the Guru says No, Go Away, You are Not a Student, and Definitely Not a Teacher
Let the words from the guru pierce your heart. This is what I do. Or rather, it’s how I orientate to this email from the guru. From the teacher. I read it again, taking time, letting each word, and the energy behind it, penetrate my depths. Time slows down. The rain sounds louder. I stare …
Dance Floor Etiquette • The NZ Spirit Festival Community Speaks
Festival Season officially kicked off in early November with Spring Festival in Pukehina, and the dance floor was WILD, with epic sets from DJ Blase, DJ Jimmy Fresh and DJ Kauri, and all kinds of dance floor etiquette enacted, and transgressed. When I published an article after that event, Shenanigans on the Dance Floor • …
Shenanigans on the Dance Floor • A Tale of Boundaries Expressed and Transgressed
Settle in folks, and let me share a tale of boundaries, as remembered, in no doubt a partial and faulty way. I’m at an event. I see a man that I don’t want to engage with at all. I’ve met him a handful of times and each time he transgressed boundaries and did not immediately …
