Cheryl Marlene 
Dirty, Dusty, and Drained describes a the challenges of a hike. In fact, it is the challenge of the trail which I enjoy the most about hiking. It’s been a month since my feet have hit a trail. A month filled with shift. A month that seemed to move a mountain within me. A month …
The spiritual practice of the Akashic Records requires understanding the spiritual importance of agreements. As a spiritual concept, integrity is foundational. Integrity is alignment of truth. Yet, because the future is never 100% predictable, integrity is also a risk – a risk that the future may be different than anticipated. Living on an island alone, …
I will confess: I’m a talker. I love to tell stories, share information, and connect with others through the spoken word. I like how understanding sparks within them and within me, creating a moment of shared awareness. The stories I tell are neither fiction or non-fiction, rather whispers of the heart and murmurs of the …
Serenity beyond fear is based on these two ideas: Create and express through all aspects of the known, unknown, and unknowable. Chaos and fear are simply the old interpretations of what we do not know. Inner preparation is necessary as the failing model of patriarchal, authoritarian dominance gives way to a new vision of integration …
Defiance to Failure: All but Defiance is one of a series I wrote about training to climb a 5000 foot mountain. A year ago, I took on a challenge: ten training hikes of continually more intensive distance and mileage in preparation for the last hike. Number ten, the highest point in the Columbia Gorge and …
Welcome to this Dance We Call Life is an excerpt from my book The New Akashic Records. I remember writing these words. Pen in hand, like a song singing from my soul, the motion danced across the paper. I was aware but with awareness on a different plane of consciousness from the every day. A place of alignment and resonance. A space where there was no struggle. A place simply of What Is. A space within me. A space beyond me. I know I wrote these words. What I don’t remember is each word emerging. For what emerged was the sense of connection with transcendence and me in balance between and with Heaven and Earth. Me merged with the dance of life.
In the months after my divorce, my heart felt closed and bruised. I wondered if I would ever be able to feel love or express love again.
I wondered about my capacity for vulnerability.
In my twenties, I thought I had this love thing understood. However, three years ago, after divorce, I started dating for the first time in 25 years and got that I had misunderstood.
I’ve been on a new journey the last couple of months. As I look back, it is hard in this moment to see all that it’s been about. Many moments which have yet to integrate. Many moments which feel like their own separate strands of experience and exploration. I feel like my life has moved …
This is a story about my trail guides. East of Portland, where I live, beyond the conifer and deciduous forests which bestow their presence on both sides of the Columbia Gorge of Oregon and Washington are the buttes and cliffs and hills adorned simply in grass and wildflower and oak at creek side. No majestic …
I’ve been thinking, as the solar calendar begins again, about lessons of greed. The global energy is confused by the narcissistic tendencies of a few who would love their agenda of greed to keep them wealthy and powerful. This is not a lesson that any with money are corrupt. This is a lesson that those …
Me & Truth & Self-Responsibility describes a situation that easy to get into when a friend recommends a practitioner. Not everyone is for everyone. Making sure this is the form of assistance you need is your responsibility. I made a mistake this past Monday: I let a friend’s recommendation of a health practitioner override the …
Saved by Determination is about the time that I literally slid down a mountain and almost fell off a cliff. There are moments in life which are unforgettable because you witness a family member or friend achieve a milestone. There are other moments which are unforgettable because you yourself achieve a milestone. I’m not sure …
I provide these top three reasons for an Akashic Record Reading to give you an idea of what is possible. For the truth is that within an Akashic Record Reading, there are truly no limits except one.
In my church, growing up, we often sang a lovely song with these lyrics: When I’m on my journeyThere is no one there but me. At the time, I was a little puzzled because I didn’t feel alone, yet I sang the song often, and still do, because I like the tune and the rhythm. …
#SayNoToFEAR: to live in fear is a choice. Often unconscious, but a choice nonetheless. You can make a choice. Now is the time to look to your heart and #SayNoToFEAR. Now is the time to bring forward the best of who you are and say no to fear. Now is the time to realize that …
Am I OK alone? Mmmm. I want to answer yes. In in my mind I say yes, while in my heart I ask: What does it mean for me to be alone? Mmmm. That’s a bit tricky. I pause and I observe. I am uncertain. Mmmm. When I feel alone I am uncertain. I am …
Living with Uncertainty makes slogging through the forest more than can be tolerated sometimes. Trees and bushes obscuring the way, blocking the view not only of the path but the intended goal. Not seeing the goal pulls up questions which poke and prod uncomfortably. Am I on the right trail? Am I heading in the …
Limen, from Latin: threshold Liminal. At the threshold. In the space between being and becoming. Moving past what is, not quite to what will be. In the Liminal, there is all and there is nothing. All possibility, no creation, not yet. In the Liminal, there are no rules, standards, or expectations. Absent are requirements, codes, …
The Communion of Remembrance reflects on the nature of community and what brings us together. Remembrance: an act or ritual of mindfulness, done in respect, to remember Communion: intimate, shared spiritual and emotional gathering of mindful individuals When we gather together mindfully, meaning each individual brings awareness to self and to the many gathered, we …