Author name: Treesong

[img_assist|nid=66|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=149|height=150]Wow… I guess that all of that flame mentioned in my last entry has been enough to "burn out" my adrenals again! Apparently, "personal process work" is more of a challenge than most people realize. Sure, sometimes it just involves meditation, happy visualizations, etc… but other times, it involves finding the most wounded part of your psyche and re-experiencing it in order to heal it. If that’s not hard, then I don’t know what is!

I feel like it’s been very challenging work. And yet, I already feel like it’s been rewarding. I’ve learned something new about myself — and I’ve been inspired to action, including a recommitment to actually following my doctor’s recommendations, and a decision to try out licorice tea, which is apparently an herbal remedy for adrenal exhaustion.

But first, more about this weekend.

[img_assist|nid=70|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=150|height=150]As I walk through the Underworld, I feel the heat of flames to the left of me… flames to the right of me… flames in front of me… flames behind me… flames above me… flames below. With each step, I feel their burning in every cell of my body… with each step, I descend deeper into the heart of the Underworld, and the flames rise, scorching my flesh to the bone…

The flames have a name… that name is Love.

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My upcoming works of fiction (http://gaiasorphans.org/) and non-fiction (http://earthconsciousrevolution.org/) both deal with a timeless mythological theme: namely, the descent into the Underworld. As I delve further into both writing projects, I find myself on a renewed personal journey into the Underworld — including dramatic changes in the diet that has been a part of my life for almost five years.

I have a dream… that somehow, tomorrow morning, I’m going to wake up, and life’s not going to suck.

That sounds cynical, right? But seriously… that’s my dream, and I really hope that it comes true.