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Energetic Integrity 101: Shielding
SIGNS YOU NEED MORE OF THIS: YOU “PICK UP” OTHER PEOPLE’S THOUGHTS AND EMOTIONS TOO MUCH YOU’RE EASILY TIRED OF OTHER PEOPLE YOU FEEL CLOUDY/ IN A HAZE AND UNFOCUSED, YOU DON’T FEEL LIKE “YOURSELF”/ NATIVE ENERGY NOTE: PEOPLE CAN THINK THAT OUR ENERGETIC BODIES IS A GOOD MEDITATION/ VISUAL TRICK. LIKE OH, “IMAGINE” IM…
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Piloting a Human after Emptying Out All of Your Karma

Hi. So this is the second time I’ll be making this post, and I’m mostly talking about the same events but I feel that it’s best I talk about it again since there are nuances to this that I feel should be emphasized: Yes you can run out of karma. Yes, traditionally this is called…
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Walk-ins, Walk-outs and Multiple Soul Theory in Case Studies and More
When one first encounters the idea of a multiple-souls (in one body) as a shaman, for a while it sounds odd and outstanding until it just slowly starts to make sense. Just like how ecosystems, and even our bodies are made up of a lot of organisms, it is not so wild two seperate soul…
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Dive

we like to frame quotes of being as infinite as the “galaxy and the stars” but we can have a mental fascination of that idea instead of actually experiecing that infinity/eternity..What is Really You can never be destroyed. You are Eternal and ever-present. Grief is an ever present spinning clack of the wheel turning and…
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The unacknowledged energetics (and labor) of collective trauma

and other odd disease cases For the most part, folks only consider an energetic or at least “emotional” root of a chronic, or really weird disease when all other logical explanations fail. Someone is sick from a deep chronic upset with family, or their navel chakra is blocked, someone lacking access to their inner fire…
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Your Faith is a Culture your Spirituality is Tech
a very aquarian take For most people the religion and culture they’re born with are like their parents: ancestral, locational, and have overarching rituals around community, milestones and even one’s philosophical position for dying the afterlife. Most folks want to “graduate” into a certain level of atheism when they become “modern”; while others often distance…
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Emotional, Physical and sometimes Erotic Labor: Dance Instructor (DI) culture in the Philippines

Dance and cultural anthropologists would surely be interested in the Dance Instructors (DIs) of the Philippines, some foreigners perceive them as thinly veiled sex workers, while others as part of the not so well respected entertainment class. As for me I’m two parts, am one but also an observer as someone who’s not normally considered…
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I won’t take a picture of you, I don’t want to steal your soul: on the global panopticon, witness and the evil eye

I would like to start this essay with a very simple story: when I was younger, I always hated being taken photos of. When I wasn’t feeling it and especially when it wasn’t consented by me. Ironically I really enjoyed photography as I felt like it was an active way to follow how sunlight kisses a…
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“My Educational Philosophy is Better than Yours” and Other Games

NOTE: the games portion of this essay can be purchased on here: https://mariabumby.itch.io/philogames; please feel free to use these games as jump off points in any educational and even purely leisurely settings. PUBLISHED OCT 2024, opinions and observations around pedagogical developments are highly contextual and are my own. I understand that these can morph, change…
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Anong Art Art Yan?

on Philippine Art perceptions and education Art education presents us with the curious question of what is considered art and education by a certain socio-cultural community? What is aesthetic? Must Art take a certain skill? (Fine vs Folk-craft art) Towards what aims: of balance, clarity, space or even politeness? Art Education by definition aims to…
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Closing the third eye for schizophrenics and the energetic anatomy of hallucinations: case studies and considerations

Hello! For folks unacquainted to me I would first like to recommend reading my bio page first so that everything I say here is said in the context of direct experience, actual seeing and client cases. But otherwise, let’s get to it! Third eye visions, depending on the culture you come from, can come with…