What I'm Reading, Watching and Listening to...
Truth bombs, poetry, music, comedy, esoterica and more - a roundup from the week:
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First off, this is what I am PRACTICING, which I couldn’t include in the title, but it may be helpful to spread this intel:
GRATITUDE. I am sending a friend a daily gratitude list for accountability purposes, because sure I could write one on my own, but I always say I’ll do that, and almost never do. So get a gratitude buddy and exchange daily gratitude lists, no matter how you feel. It helps. If they don’t follow through, you’ll have to send a warning via molotov cocktail. These are the rules.
KUNDALINI YOGA: I’ve given lots of resources here, and shared free videos when I could. However, most of this content is not free. If you want to try practicing with the school I train with, click the link here and you can get a 14 day trial for ONE DOLLAR. It changed my life, I hope it does the same for you, should you choose to explore this path.
NOT MAKING ASSUMPTIONS. This one goes a LONG way.
PRANA- This is the year of the 8, LIFE FORCE, Prana, PRANIC life force. Don’t forget to breathe. Many of us have been dealing with above average levels of anger and agitation, it helps to return to the breath, and if you practice kundalini yoga, most certainly return to the mantra. Practices like Sat Kriya are immensely helpful.
FUCKING OFF ENTIRELY — I haven’t been sharing a lot of what I’ve been going through lately because it’s in a delicate phase of transformation, and I’ve been exhausted beyond words. In a world where seemingly everything is up for grabs regarding the consumption and analysis of others, don’t feel like you need to tell every motherfucker every detail of your life. You don’t. You’re allowed to fuck off entirely if you choose. Just don’t stay gone too long, ya dig? Fine line between retreat and isolation. Boundaries and awareness are our friends. Also, fuck people who are in your shit and want to tell you how to live — that serves no one. So you’re allowed to fuck right off from their spheres and allow people to have their opinions of you. Fuck em!
Okay, let’s get into the other things:
SUBSTACK READS THIS WEEK THAT ARE INCREDIBLE:
First off, if you missed the Cabaret of Secrets last night, hosted by
, lord you did miss out, but let me plug some of the people who were there and gave amazing talks / amazing performances, they have very valuable things to say:Owen blew me away with his talk, I was very happy to hear someone who knew about Mystical Qabalah, and so much more:
Demi of course gave an incredible talk about Censorship and solutions:
The lovely
gave an incredible live musical performance, and she writes beautifully: gave an incredible talk on the REAL meaning of Anarchism and avenues of moving away from tyranny and into sovereignty: gave an incredible talk about Goddess archetypes, how we can use these stories for our own personal evolution, and writes a goldmine of a Substack:
There are so many more, I recommend everyone who was at the event last night. For the lineup of who was there and what we either performed or talked about (or both), please see this article: (And special thanks again to
!)
WHAT I’M WATCHING / LISTENING TO:
Here is comedy, sidereal astrology, music, and an interview between me and Porterhouse and Teal on all things freedom. I’ll also add that I’ve been heavily tapped in with Qabbalistic Numerologist Remington Donovan regarding his teachings on the Magick of the 8 year and so much more. However, his content is not free, but you can subscribe to his patreon at this link. I highly recommend it.
Not everything is free — there does need to be an energetic exchange for people who pour their lives into their work and share it with others, so side note, this culture of expecting free content 24/7 needs to stop, and I think it’s nearing its end.
Even supporting your favorite writers on substack costs you the price of a cup of coffee per month, so just consider that if you’re regularly benefitting from someones effort. A little reciprocity goes a long way from preventing burnout and eventually seeing your favorite creators disappear from whatever space you’re consuming their content in. ONWARD:
Good stuff and it was great seeing you and hearing your story. All the things you are doing right now that you shared (gratitude, kundalini yoga, fucking off entirely) are great and seem to be working for you well. I still need to check out your Exiting the Media Matrix interview. That video you showed last night that got banned was 🔥. Have an amazing week!
Awwww...thank you, beautiful Tess!! It was a magical night and it was such a pleasure and honour to share space with you and the others. Thank you for being vulnerable and showing us your insides, your process, your journey, your art. Thank you for trusting us to catch you when you take a leap. Here's to more shedding, growing, rebirthing, alongside one another...XOX