Angela V. Michaels

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The Tao of Where

 

On any journey of self-discovery and seeking the unknowable, one cannot help but notice the inextricable and inevitable influence of place upon progress-to-date – until, of course, one reaches the place of no-place.

 

Though my own metaphysical journey started in Los Angeles, it quickly became clear that at [...]

Sway, float, balance

Learn to sway in the wind or you’ll break. No matter how many times the gales blow, it’s always the same.

 

Float down the center of the rapids, don’t try to swim against the current. No matter how often the rains come, it’s always the same.

 

The Paradigm Police

“They definitely do not want us to learn to Surf the Tao, for then we would no longer be victims to their abuse.” – Surfing the Tao: A Revolution of Free Will

My husband, who is a bit older than I am, commented this morning that if someone went to [...]

The Tao Te Ching: A Way of Life

“When a superior man hears of the Tao, he immediately begins to embody it. When an average man hears of the Tao, he half believes it, half doubts it. When a foolish man hears of the Tao, he laughs out loud. If he didn’t laugh, it wouldn’t be the Tao.” [...]

It’s All Good

If you spend time investigating any of the strange and even disturbing elements of our present global reality, it’s easy to become disheartened or even anxious or desperate.  It’s not uncommon to feel this way and if you have, you’re not alone.  I spend a lot of time sifting through quite a bit of [...]

On Love and Letting Go

“Striving to increase awareness of our spiritual natures as well as the news, technologies and agendas which influence them.”

Well it’s obvious there is quite enough material to keep us busy on the “news, technologies and agendas” part of that mission statement. It’s the “increasing awareness of our spiritual natures” part that can [...]

Immanentize the Eschaton

A concept created by political philosopher Eric Voegelin, “Immanentize the Eschaton” has become for some a sort of rallying point for the cynicism of the post-modern age. Whether one believes the Powers-That-Be are conspiring to bring about the End of the World, believes fervently in a religious prophecy or other eschatology, or simply [...]

Fractal Consciousness

I love fractals. They were a revelation to me when I first learned about them, as I imagine it was for science to learn there really are patterns in nature. “Mandelbrot’s reality has shapes undreamed of by Euclid, and surprises that ridicule the idea of order…clouds, coastlines, tree branches, commodity prices, word [...]

A Closer Look at the 2012 Phenomenon

Aloha all, here is a link to my interview with Occult of Personality.

The Perfect Wave

Some of you might already know a little about me and how my life changed so drastically nearly eight years ago. Since then I’ve seen the world, and the Universe, with new eyes and an awakened soul, now charged with pointing out the strange and impractical as I’d never seen them before.