by Bryan E Schellinger | Oct 27, 2025 | Blog, reflections
In the Andean and Toltec lineages, the serpent is the guardian of the lower world—the realm of the body, instinct, and embodied wisdom. She represents the power of shedding, transformation, and the uncoiling of consciousness through lived experience. The serpent’s...
by Bryan E Schellinger | Oct 21, 2025 | Blog, news, practices, reflections, teachings
✺ The Space Before the Word A spiritually intentional blank is not a void.It’s the pause the universe takes before saying your name again.It isn’t nothingness—it’s coherence in gestation. The feminine current—the dream, the source, the unseen...
by Bryan E Schellinger | Oct 17, 2025 | Blog, reflections
The Trap — Egoic Spirituality You’ve walked this road already. Sat in circles. Held the sacred medicine cup. Prayed, wept, fasted, purged and had momentary ecstatic relief. So no—this isn’t the beginning of your path. But maybe you can feel it now: the quiet...
by Bryan E Schellinger | Oct 1, 2025 | Blog, reflections, teachings
We all carry tender buttons — those sensitive places in the psyche that, when pressed, ignite a wave of reaction. Over time, we’ve developed sophisticated egoic strategies to guard them. These strategies helped us move beyond identifying purely as victims and into a...
by Bryan E Schellinger | Sep 26, 2025 | Blog, reflections
From a distance, they look real enough. Glimmering scales, wings that stretch wider than your hope, teeth sharp with warning. Your paper dragons loom, convincing you they have substance and are the real you. But one step closer and the truth reveals itself—it’s only a...
by Bryan E Schellinger | Sep 22, 2025 | Blog, practices, reflections, teachings
In times of great change, the most powerful thing you carry into the world is yourself. Not the credentials, not the techniques — but the presence that has been sculpted by your own story. Self as Instrument is about realizing that you aren’t holding an instrument —...
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