"A strange time..." Part TWO:

...now to continue...

It has been a "bumpy ride," quoting the shrunken head from Harry Potter 3.  I've done a great deal that would make some look at me with wonder, or disgust.  Most of which was for power - and this fact still plagues my motives, today.  Lately, in my life, like in the last two years, it's become much more simple to see the strings, so to speak, between certain constants in my life.  I feel as though I am becoming more attuned to subtler things (or maybe it's all a dream fueled by a late night binge of "give me power" cookies).  I don't know.

What I can say is, the more I have delved into these deeper places, the more that have found, at least conceptually, a more "integral" outfit to spiritual matters.  It's NOT about metaphysics, at all, really.  More of an integration of all things into one thing.  (Like anyone here had to have that explained to him or her.)  For most, an acceptance of the conscious(ness) mind, or "soul."  In my opinion, this is the very impetus of all spiritual common sense...because I feel that it is something that the Self and self can agree on.  I know this is true for me.  It's the reconciling of the movement of the soul with the self that's the trick.  The Self wants to move, the ego doesn't.  Duh, right?

But, from what I've heard, there is more to it than that.  Come on, there has to be right?  Though, it's finding that that's the hardest part.  Unity, compassion, love, service, all of these things are tantamount to a decent spiritual health.  To be sure, though, that one there, "love," is the bitch kitty.

More on that in part 3!  This will be long...I have to make it so.