“Love is always justified.” -Akashic Masters This article is lovingly dedicated to Veronica, who reminded me of my choice between love and fear– and thus guided me gently back to choosing love. In a personal session with the Akashic Masters this past January, I asked them what the most important thing in life was. I asked because I was feeling especially focused on living up to my potential, crafting a purposeful and beautiful life, and creating good in this world.  Okay. I was also feeling a little lost and unfulfilled. As a shaman, I ask the Akashic Masters dozens upon dozens of...

Begin this day full of life…empty of fears. Begin this day full of love…empty of anger. Begin this day as yourself…not as others want you to be. Begin this day unafraid. Listen to the true calling of your heart, for it is only inside that place of blissful beauty that your true spirit soars to great new heights. Listen to your heart. It is speaking to you. It is speaking through emotions of great Truth and wisdom, of love and possibilities. Embrace the words and sweet whispers within your heart. They are real. They are the lights of your ancestors illuminating the path to your...

Dear Universe, My heart sparkles with gratitude for You. I relish in all You are doing to make my world so happy and bright. I want to thank You for having my back during some harrowing times, for championing my spirit even when I didn’t do it  for myself.  I want to tell You, in no uncertain terms, how very much I love You. I can feel the love I am meant to give to this world welling up inside me. I am experiencing so much love…in all areas of my life.  You are taking me to the places where I used to think only my dreams could take me. These things are real, coming true, thanks...

“Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.” -Shakespeare At different times in our lives, we have all been on the receiving end of trouble, and whether intentionally or not, on the giving end of it.  We have all hurt someone. We have all healed someone. We have been flawed, imperfect, blundering.  We have been dazzling, loving, incredible.  We have been whole. We have been broken. We are human. We may be wounded, but we will always heal. Strength and softness come with that lesson. A sense of who we *really* are comes with that lesson. Indeed, we are bettered by our triumphs so well...

“The night walked down the sky with the moon in her hands.” -Frederic Lawrence Knowles Tonight, I walked on the beach and the moon enchanted me with her twinkling luster of moondust bespeckling the quiet waters. I stood still to take in the captivating image of her, Lady Luna, just smiling and shining down upon everything in sight. From where I planted my feet in the cool evening sand, the moonlight dusted a path from shore to Heaven and I felt sure that if I tried, I could tread across the glow cast on the water and arrive safely in the moon’s embrace.  Her soft, wide, sparkling...

There’s nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and open a vein. ~Walter Wellesley “Red” Smith Just a few articles up and a few days into Soul Candy as a live and pulsing site out there for the world to taste and see, I’m sitting down to write an official hello and welcome.  Hello, and welcome! No matter what anybody tells you or tries to hide behind, there is something incredibly, seductively voyeuristic about reading someone else’s intimate thoughts about life, love, and the aethers of spirit.  Parallel to this, there is an equally exhibitionist-like...

Real Answers on the Source of All Answers If you’re like many people interested in spiritual and mystical topics, you’ve probably come across all sorts of cryptic, weird sounding terms and phrases to describe what people use to read your future, heal your ills, and what path they follow to do so. You’re not alone if you feel overwhelmed by it all, sometimes having no idea how to tell what’s for you and what’s off the mark for your personal interests and spiritual needs. Today, I’d like to be your Mystic Tour Guide to help…well, demystify…one of the most incredibly potent, longstanding,...