Whenever I follow my intuition and heart, life always seems to work. When I allow my intellect to rule the day, I'm sometimes disappointed by the end results. To some, that might sound foolish; perhaps even a little dangerous. After all, we were born with the ability to reason and make intelligent decisions... for a reason. Before last month, I would have had a hard time explaining it, other than to say 'it just feels right and hasn't let me down so far'. That isn't a lot to go on if you're not already prone to filtering life experiences that way. Some of the ideas I'm about to share with you come from one of my favorite authors Jane Roberts, now deceased. The book is entitled 'The Magical Approach'. Hopefully you'll find this meaningful. If it doesn't jive with you, just keep doing what you're doing. There is no wrong way in life... Only varying degrees and speeds of right. :) 'The Magical Approach' is all about understanding how the intellect and intuition are meant to work together. For example, one of the intellect's main purposes is to give you a conscious choice in a world of probabilities, but logical processing by itself becomes detrimental over time if your natural intuition is ignored. The reason this is so is because logical processing tends to spiral into negativity if left on auto-pilot too long. It's part of that primitive brain wiring thing I mentioned in my last post, designed to keep you alive and safe in your cave. Without going into the more esoteric aspects covered in the book, the simple truth is... when trapped in the intellect, you experience (and manifest) what you focus on. A great example of this is buying a new car, then realizing one day... they're everywhere on the road. Truth is, that model of car isn't suddenly more popular. You're just suddenly paying more attention to it. If you take that logic and apply it to what you focus on most often, you quickly realize you're getting out what you're putting in; positive creates more positive, and negative creates more negative. This idea is beautifully expressed in the parable of the student who asks his guru to explain opposing aspects of the personality, and the guru summarizes it by saying "You have within you a wolf of love and a wolf of fear." The student then asks "How do I know which is stronger?", to which the guru replies "Which do you feed the most?" (I may have already shared this one before, but it's worth repeating.) Wrapping this idea up, if you can use the intellect to help you recognize your available choices in any given moment, and then allow your natural intuition to take over and make your decision without the intellect's biases, you'll always make choices that are in alignment with your heart's (your higher self's) desires. If you can't do this, then take comfort. You still have it within you to starve those fears by paying attention to what you're paying attention to, and dropping or replacing any negative focus that doesn't serve you. Keep feeding that wolf of love and I promise it will serve you faithfully. On to the new music… A New Song for You to Enjoy: ‘Music For Divine Light Crane Dance (Tao Rai Nao)’ This is my 26th personal song (based off another old idea originally entitled ‘Flash Back’. I salvaged only one drum track, dumped all the filters, scrapped everything else. So in all honestly... this is a new song. I have seven more to rework, in case you're wondering how long this will go on.) :) Great story behind this. Within 2 minutes of uploading it to SoundCloud, Mood Exhibit noticed it and took a listen. He liked it so much, he immediately asked if I was interested in including it on his conceptual EP (Tao Rai Nao is the name I had originally chosen. The rest was updated to match the EP.). I'm seriously in a giddy daze lately. I think these folks dig my stuff. :D Click the image link below to take a listen. (Opens SoundCloud in a separate window. And check out Mood Exhibit's ‘Divine Light Crane Dance’ EP while you're exploring.) And a New Collaboration for You as Well: ‘The Fog Drinker | Belial Pelegrim & Grevusanjl’ Funny to go without posting for six weeks, then release two new tracks in two days. This is my third collaboration, but probably the first that follows the traditional meaning of the term. The other two were open collabs on existing files. This was a genuine back and forth exchange, and it will blow your mind. Belial is one of the most talented, creative musicians I've found on SoundCloud. I'm thrilled he gave me the opportunity to work with him. You don't want to miss this one. It's the most complex, well mastered song I've had the pleasure of working on. :D Click the image link below to take a listen. (Opens SoundCloud in a separate window. You'll be taken to Belial Pelegrim's page. He's hosting the file. Check out his stunning music while you're there.) A Painting Update: (016) ‘Angel’s Rest’ This next piece is my last older painting, done in December of 2008. (I took a huge break and didn't start painting again until 2015.) This was done for a co-worker, as a Christmas gift to his wife. He lost his job due to a downsizing while I was painting it. Needless to say it's a bittersweet creation. Oh, and the angel has Elvis hair for some reason. Don't ask me how this happened. I actually trimmed a lot off the top from my original sketch, and he still came out looking like a greaser. ;) That's it for now. I hope you enjoyed your visit. Take care my friends.
Smiles, Justin
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Bogie
7/13/2018 11:32:30 pm
Your bright energy, thoughtfulness, and creativity are unique...your ability. confidence and willingness to share so many aspects of your life is inspiring. Keep on keeping on my friend!
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AuthorHello everyone. I'm Justin Mackay. I'm a creative soul, an explorer of life's mysteries, and a big fan of all the beauty in the world. If you're just here for the paintings, then head on over to my Art tab. If you wish to delve deeper into the odd thoughts of a pondering mind, then this is the place for you. Archives
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