Eric"Aspen"Marley

Two notes about this particular missive. First, I use the word, “God” interchangeably with Creator, the Lakota title “Tungashila,” the So...

I saw him walk out of the shadows of a deep cave where I suddenly found myself, sitting in an overstuffed leather chair. A fire that seem...

We’re putting a man on the hill, today. I won’t divulge his identity out of respect, but I’ll call him “Charley” if I need to refer to h...

Where do impulses come from? And what does a conscious person do with them? I believe the truth of the matter is that they come from many...

I've been remiss. Anyone following my blog knows that I've made a few changes in my life. This includes "burning the boats" by moving my ...

I felt a twinge of fear today. For the last several months, I have had every need taken care of as I’ve chased my dream of creating a nat...

Today it came to me to inhale abundance and exhale gratitude. Receiving and accepting on the one hand, thanking and serving on the other....

So, the mosquitos have arrived. It’s not surprising. The Pacific Crest Trail is only a few miles away, and I’ve heard horrific tales abou...

We find ourselves near the bottom of the exhalation of Creator. All that we see here in the physical plane, the canvas of the natural wor...

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,...