Tez In Denvertag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-17424122010-01-19T14:25:00-07:00My Journey to the Divine, one step at a time.TypePadA disturbance in the Forcetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a010534c19db4970b012877916e15970c2010-01-19T14:25:00-07:002010-02-11T15:58:33-07:00I am an empath. I was born an empath. For as long as I can remember, I've had the ability to feel other people. Whenever there is some sort of humanitarian disaster, I feel it... REALLY feel it! During the 1989 student protests in Tiananmen Square China, I watched every moment on television and cried for days. I still can't listen to "China" by Joan Baez without tearing up. I can feel my throat tightening just reading the lyrics (below). The images are vividly burned into my memory. In the month of June, in the darkness of the moon Went the descendants of a hundred flowers And time may never tell how many of them fell Like the petals of a rose in some satanic shower Everyone was weeping in all of China And Tiananmen Square And even the moon on the fourth day of June Hid her face and...Tez in Denverhttp://tezindenver.typepad.com/wtf_tez/2010/01/a-disturbance-in-the-force.htmlThe words will come...tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a010534c19db4970b011570d21ec6970c2009-07-05T23:51:11-06:002009-07-26T22:04:12-06:00I know I haven't posted anything for awhile. It's not because I haven't been contemplating or feeling my connection to the Divine, but because I haven't had the words. Sure, I could give you more advice, more techniques, for something or other mystical or magical, but that's not what feels right to write. I need to write something deeper and with more substance. It's hard to put words to something that has no substance. I know the words will come in their own time, when the time is right. I just hope I'm ready.Tez in Denverhttp://tezindenver.typepad.com/wtf_tez/2009/07/the-words-will-come.htmlShower away paintag:typepad.com,2003:post-665684872009-05-11T20:41:58-06:002009-05-11T21:36:45-06:00I want to share a visualization I've used for years that helps me when I'm in pain or just need a bit of clearing. Warning: this may not be good if you're fanatical about conserving water. Although I love water, I'm not really a bath person, unless it's a hot tub. I really prefer showers. So this exercise is designed for the shower. While you're in the shower, take a moment to close your eyes and feel the water running down your body from the top of your head to your toes. Now visualize the water running through your body, again from the top of your head all the way down to your toes. Feel the water pouring out of your fingers and toes. As it runs through your body, see it gently washing away any pain, toxins, or negativity that may be in your body. The water runs down...Tez in Denverhttp://tezindenver.typepad.com/wtf_tez/2009/05/shower-away-pain.htmlIt could always be worsetag:typepad.com,2003:post-665666092009-05-08T21:52:34-06:002009-05-08T21:53:59-06:00This evening I was hanging out talking with my friend Kevin, the disability coordinator for NORML (National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws). Kevin was a special forces medic in the army for 14 years. While he was serving in Iraq, he lost both legs in an explosion. He also suffered some brain damage and severe injury to his spine. He's in a wheelchair. He's in constant searing pain. I asked him how he was feeling tonight. He just got a brand new electric wheelchair, which is great, but he sits in it a little differently, so he's in quite a bit more pain. It still needs some breaking in, he told me. He's also been doing more work on the computer, so his shoulder is bothering him. He just saw his doc today who increased his pain meds higher than he would like. Yes, he has to use...Tez in Denverhttp://tezindenver.typepad.com/wtf_tez/2009/05/things-could-always-be-worse.htmlCelebrate Beltane April 30-May 1tag:typepad.com,2003:post-662294772009-04-30T21:07:59-06:002009-04-30T21:12:38-06:00I remember making pastel-colored May baskets with my mom when I was in a little girl. We'd fill them with candy and other treats, then I'd deliver them to my friends in the neighborhood. I didn't know why I was doing that, and I doubt if my mom did either. All I knew was that it was May Day. But it was fun, almost like a second Easter. When I got older I found out what May Day, or Beltane, was all about. Let me tell you... it's still fun! Beltane is the last of the three spring fertility festivals, the others being Imbolc and Ostara. Beltane is the second principal Celtic festival (the other being Samhain). Celebrated approximately halfway between Vernal (spring) equinox and the midsummer (Summer Solstice). Beltane traditionally marked the arrival if summer in ancient times. At Beltane the Pleiades star cluster rises just before sunrise on...Tez in Denverhttp://tezindenver.typepad.com/wtf_tez/2009/04/celebrate-beltane-april-30may-1.html