The Mask is Never Not On
You may know that Halloween evolved from the fall pagan festival of blessing the harvest, Samhain, and the opportunity to honor what we have brought forth from this earthly realm. The Halloween tradition of putting on masks is only a small step beyond the original conceptions of what is possible for us in this season of the waning of light. On Hallow's eve we wander with our children through fields of candy bowls (dopamine) and ghastly ghosts, (norepinephrine), masquerading
Navaratri: Kali and Durga as One, and turning the Key to the Gate of Freedom
Today marks the beginning of Navaratri. While this 9 night festival is celebrated differently in different parts of India, it is widely considered to be a time to celebrate the triumph of dharma over adharma. Navaratri is a time to honor Duga, in her many forms, and it is specifically an opportunity to honor all of the ways that the sacred lives inside us. Honoring the sacred empowers us to pull us back from and expand beyond all that which binds us: our pettiness, our denial
