Over the next few weeks I’ll be posting excerpts from the journal I kept during and after my recent Vision Quest. I initially had not planned to take anything to write with. On a traditional Vision Quest you would not have any writing materials to..
Topics: Desires, Dreams, energy medicine, Inspiration, Personal Growth, ritual, vision, vision quest

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My mother is coming in today to celebrate Ella’s 6th birthday. She has been here for most of Ella’s birthdays. And every time she comes in I find myself in a chaotic swirl of emotions. You see this is my “first mommy,” as Ella calls her. She is...
Topics: Adoption, Emotions, Joy, life lessons, Pain Body, Parenting, Personal Growth, Relationships

{"title":"Inside the Reptilian Brain of Adoption","post_url":"http:\/\/www.evolvingtimes.com\/2009\/10\/reptilian-brain-of-adoption\/","feed_url":"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/Evolvingtimescom","author":"EdwardMills","date":"2009-10-07 10:05:23","summary":"My mother is coming in today to celebrate Ella\u2019s 6th birthday. She has been here for most of Ella\u2019s birthdays. And every time she comes in I find myself in a chaotic swirl of emotions. You see this is my \u201cfirst mommy,\u201d as Ella calls her. She is..."}

Have you ever done something for the sheer joy of it?Have you ever made something for no reason other than the making of it?Have you ever gone somewhere just because it was there?If so, you have experienced the feeling and the vibration of...
Topics: Desires, Energy, energy medicine, Personal Growth, purpose

{"title":"Purpose Vs. Obligation","post_url":"http:\/\/www.evolvingtimes.com\/2009\/09\/purpose-vs-obligation\/","feed_url":"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/Evolvingtimescom","author":"EdwardMills","date":"2009-09-30 15:43:26","summary":"Have you ever done something for the sheer joy of it?Have you ever made something for no reason other than the making of it?Have you ever gone somewhere just because it was there?If so, you have experienced the feeling and the vibration of..."}

I’m back from my birthday Vision Quest. And all I can say is, “Wow!”Some people have asked if it was “fun.” And I suppose that if being alone at 8000 feet in the mountains with acute altitude sickness for the first 36-hours..
Topics: birthday, energy medicine, Gratitude, Personal Growth

{"title":"My (Belated) Birthday Gifts to You","post_url":"http:\/\/www.evolvingtimes.com\/2009\/09\/my-birthday-gifts-to-you\/","feed_url":"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/Evolvingtimescom","author":"EdwardMills","date":"2009-09-24 13:35:41","summary":"I’m back from my birthday Vision Quest. And all I can say is, “Wow!”Some people have asked if it was “fun.” And I suppose that if being alone at 8000 feet in the mountains with acute altitude sickness for the first 36-hours.."}

Tomorrow morning I leave for Desolation Wilderness. Even though there are LOTS of wonderful wilderness areas to explore in Northern California, something about Desolation Wilderness keeps calling me back.This time I’m going alone for 7-days with no.
Topics: Inner Guidance, Personal Growth, ritual

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