A description of the Stage Eleven mandala from the Purna Asatti stages model, using color symbolism — altered consciousness, intuition, self, energy — to convey the dissolution of separateness into pure creative energy at the journey’s most foundational point.
A first-person account of the author’s Reiki attunement through levels one and two, describing sessions with her Reiki master, the emotional experience of attunement, and practicing hands-on energy healing on herself and her dog.
A Stage Ten thought experiment using quantum physics and the observer effect to argue that a single sentient consciousness underlies all reality, exploring how the first consciousness could have arisen and why individuals seem to have separate minds.
An essay on how social media replaces real connection with shallow validation-seeking, detailing what people publicly share versus privately hide, and arguing that genuine human connection requires self-acceptance and sharing beyond the curated surface.
A teaching essay arguing that expectation, of ourselves and others, is a device for validating a constructed sense of self, and that recognizing there is no fixed self can free us from the stress of the whole cycle.
A reflection arguing that hatred exposes a person’s secret beliefs, that hateful groups and individuals lash out at those they envy while proclaiming the opposite of what they fear, and that self-acceptance dissolves the impulse.
A meditation on mortality and legacy, detailing how each generation is remembered in ever-thinner fragments until forgotten entirely, and reframing being forgotten as a release from the illusion of a permanent self.
A meditation practice for connecting to the infinite silence or divine presence within, guiding the reader to scan the body, open the lower dantian, set down worries, and rest in that inner space to make requests.
A teaching on recognizing the silent observer within, the aware self that watches thoughts, body, and energy, distinguishing it from mind and body, and using that vantage point to consciously direct one’s life.
A teaching on the river metaphor for life, blending fate and free will, explaining how flowing toward your purpose makes life easier, and offering an exercise in appreciating and releasing formative experiences to build trust.
A teaching on Complete Connection that urges meeting difficult experiences, fear, attachment, loss, disease, with compassion rather than avoidance, acknowledging them as integral parts of being human so they can dissipate.
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 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 on semantic analysis and mental state that proposes a self-development app which would analyze a user’s journals and social posts to identify their developmental stage, track progress over time, and suggest tailored tasks and readings.
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.
An essay on the neuroscience of reading people, drawing on research that a tuned-in listener or reader mirrors the brain patterns of a speaker or writer, and concluding that voice and text transmit a person’s state of mind.
An essay challenging the claim that willpower cannot be willed, citing Libet’s experiments and arguing that the will is a trainable muscle, with graduated exercises from the marshmallow test to harder tests of self-discipline.
An art photograph of a candlelit statue casting the shadow of a couple on the wall behind it, presented as a study in how outward appearances make it impossible to tell whether a relationship is happy, struggling, or in conflict.
A spiritual essay exploring the idea that everyone you meet embodies some aspect of yourself, arguing that recognizing those reflections makes unkindness impossible while revealing which parts of yourself still need forgiveness.
A digital art piece (2015) expressing the political feelings of the time — a sense of being crowded out of one’s own country with little hope of change — later tempered by the realization the artist was not as alone as it had seemed.