Lately, I’ve been thinking about Hungry Ghosts. I’ve been witnessing this aspect rising in the people around me, and it’s showing up enough that it feels time to name it, face it, and ask: What is it that haunts us? What are we trying to feed that can never be full?

There are many religious and philosophical takes on this archetype/aspect, but they all circle one core truth - a deep, abiding hunger that cannot be satisfied.

Think back to a time when you ate all day but never really felt full. Or when you longed for someone's attention or appreciation, but it just wasn’t there. Or maybe you went to a concert expecting a rush of joy, and the band was off, it didn’t land, it didn’t lift you.

These are small ways the Hungry Ghost begins to show itself. But the roots always run deeper...

The Hungry Ghost whispers through our cravings and can tie directly into addiction, obsession, and compulsion. Whatever we’re obsessed with ends up owning us - it pulls at us, drains us, and keeps us fr...

Changing Debt to Service...

Karma, cause and effect, often evokes doubt and fear for many of us. We view Karma as punishment, torture, as limitation that binds us through lifetimes and incarnations. We assume that we are guilty, worthy of pain and suffering, and our energies, as a result, are dedicated towards proving that we have repented for sins of the past. We maintain relationships that create disharmony, we deny abundance in order to show that we reject any joy, showing the world that we are willing to pay for our crimes of the past. We chastise ourselves through our choices, because who are we to feel that we ‘deserve’ more…

We view God as judge, our fears make up our juries, and our suffering is the sentence. We believe that the world is a hard, cruel place, a hell of our own creation, where our incarnations serve as a living hell, ensuring that we learn to be better, to do better, so that we can avoid the suffering in the future. On energetic levels, we create a locking of k...