Born Again, and Reincarnation, and All That Rot

The idea of reincarnation can be pretty fascinating, but it's also something that often travels along a road filled with complete nuts.

I always find it quite amazing just how many people will assert that they "were Cleopatra" or they "were Alexander the Great" in a past life.

They were this famous person and that celebrity, and on and on. Few were "an indentured servant who slaved in the fields till they died of cholera at 34."

I have examined a handful of my own "inexplicable memories" and — as far as I can tell — I was never a "famous" person.

I've been a dirt poor fisherman on the west coast of Scotland, a blacksmith in the Viking age, and a Black woman with a killer body and a scarred face. At least that I can be reasonably sure of.

Of course, I could also be a total quack...

Spiritual Cussing, and Other Dubious Notions

How can you possibly claim to be "spiritual" and "conscious" if your language includes cusswords?

People ask questions like that, typically because I have used some kind of "salty language" on these pages. Their reaction suggests to me that perhaps they are more concerned with the packaging of a message than with its content.

Cussing does not necessarily distract from a message; sometimes it emphasizes and underscores.

When we choose to become offended by something — without looking at the greater context — we are usually dealing with old conditioning; with processing the idea that something is "bad" without actually questioning what is going on in that very moment. Perhaps we were told in church that "using a bad word" is a sin, no matter what.

Consciousness is also about being able to assess and evaluate the situations we are in, and engage accordingly and appropriately.

Know the difference between disrespect and simply making a point.

Besides, everyone shits and fucks.