by Bryan E Schellinger | Nov 2, 2025 | Blog, reflections
Before the flood stories, before the scriptures that named gods, there was a king who feared the wilderness inside himself. Gilgamesh built walls to keep it out. Brick by brick, he pressed his brilliance into permanence, hoping the weight of stone could silence the...
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 29, 2025 | reflections
There’s a difference between the life handed down to you and the life that quietly waits inside you. One is inherited: a patchwork of lack, worthiness doubts, and unfulfilled dreams. The other is legendary: the life that emerges from deep within, that hums with...
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