A teaching drawing a sharp line between connection, being fully present to another’s truth without needing their presence or approval, and attachment, which needs presence and leads to pain, arguing complete connection can even transcend death.
The foundational teaching defining Purna Asatti, or complete connection: connecting fully to self, others, and reality across every aspect of being, mapped to the chakras, and reframing tantra as enlightenment through connection rather than sexuality alone.
A chakra-by-chakra guide to building complete connection with a romantic partner, moving from trust and grounding at the root through sexuality, individuality, love, truth, and intuition to shared transcendence at the crown.
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A personal, reflective essay on experimenting with Tantra, comparing eastern and western approaches, critiquing their individual focus, and proposing a new Tantra centered on complete energetic connection between two partners rather than personal enlightenment alone.
A reflective journal entry recording insights from morning meditation, exploring the paradox that we receive what we want by releasing desire for it, and allowing infinite energy, joy, and love to flow through us with gratitude.
An essay responding to Dr. Mariano Sigman’s semantic-analysis research on when human introspection emerged, arguing that the capacity for inner reflection long predated the writings of roughly 500-400 BC and that introspection remains a deliberate choice.
An introductory roadmap to self-development presenting the author’s model of universal stages of human growth, synthesized from Kegan, Fowler, and others, framed as the guide she wished she had when her own journey began at thirty-one.
A personal account of managing recurring depression and anxiety without medication by recognizing the darkness, accepting it with compassion rather than fighting it, and restoring mental resilience through habits like sleep, sun, exercise, solitude, and reduced media.
A short reflection on how each person has a habitual favorite negative emotion, whether grief, worry, aloneness, or annoyance, and a suggestion that naming one’s default misery and cultivating connection to self can make it dissipate.
A love song, with chords and lyrics, about the frustration of finding words adequate to express a connection too big to communicate — reaching for ‘better words’ to convey the depth of feeling for one’s one true love.