Eric"Aspen"Marley

For those who read this essay and don’t know me, I recently decided to move out to the wilderness in the mountains of California. There i...

Last night I had a good idea and I wanted to share it. Usually, if I need to be understood in a precise way, I choose to write the concep...

What if it's becoming passe' to ingest plant medicine as a means to gain spiritual perspective? What if the plants are saying, in general...

Well… I’m still here. That shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone, least of all myself. I’ve been through/ put myself through / put others thr...

Here’s an illustration of a spiritual problem inherent in our culture. Right now, if I am hungry, I can go to my pantry to get something ...

All you MMers (members of our online meditation group, "Mainly Meditation") know that I moved from my lovely little cabin in Molalla to a...

“Contemporary society has lost touch with soul and the path to psychological and spiritual maturity, or true adulthood. Instead, we are e...

There is a man that exists in near-complete darkness, somewhere. He is smallish in stature, brown-skinned, and middle-aged. He’s in what ...

Confession time. Like many of you, I prayed for a transformation for humanity and for the protection of the Earth Herself. I begged for i...

Labeling things "good" or "bad" appears to be a more significant barrier to contentment than I thought. Well, "Is Labeling a barrier... T...

Not long ago I had a vision at the end of a meditation session. Now, this is not a common experience. I'm not that gifted. Or challenged,...

The virus. The election. The economy. Cities shutting down. Frantic people buying toilet paper, of all things. In the middle of all this ...

This is an edited version of a Facebook post from March 2020. I have a problem with the term, "warrior" as it is used these days in a spi...

Let’s talk resistance. Don’t. Thanks for the talk. No, it’s not quite that simple. Because of the various meanings of words, it requires ...

A child about six years old was walking on a lonely beach. He wore faded jeans that were rolled up, and a blue hooded sweatshirt that sai...

Stay tuned. Regular fire ceremonies are kicking back up at my home in Molalla, Oregon. And more. From sweat lodges, to sand painting, to ...

A little prose To break your knows A freethinking fist in your faith The Jesus you teach Has gone to the beach And left you to deal with ...

I had an interesting experience this morning. Not long after I awoke, I got a “hit” to meditate outside in early morning hours just befor...

There’s a Mayan teaching that says that every poisonous plant found in the wild is accompanied by an antidote, and that it’s within human...

Jesus wants me for a sun beam, to shine for him each day… in every way try to please him, at home, at school at play… - Jesus Wants Me fo...