Roger B. Burt's Blog, page 14

My Valley of Spirits

 

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Personal Alternatives

Sometimes our lives open paths and perceptions totally unexpected. In an earlier post I outlined by experience with what we concluded was a ghost in our first home in Maryland. The theme deepened.

Now I’m going to have to admit more about who I am because it relates to what I am writing in this blog and in the Gaia’s Majesty Trilogy. My external persona suggests calm, quiet introversion and probably mostly a fairly focused reality. Such a persona exists, but there i...

The Author as Host – AH!

 

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The Attraction  of Writing Fiction

What a fascinating idea writing fiction is. You have this great idea in your head and what fun it will be to bring it to life.

And Then There’s Reality

I’ve found, in some ways that the actual writing skill may be the least of it. That’s not arrogance or being dismissive. I found a lot of unforeseen issues. Let me be upfront that I’m a clinical psychologist which turned out to be a plus and a minus. I found some things I hadn’t expected such as characters...

What Is a Functional Reality? – Can It Include Spirit Guides?

 

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Learning From The Other

In our own minds we engage in fantasy and dreams. We also explore legends and myths. But I have also found that my understanding of reality or lack thereof has been built by my clinical experience which means interacting with other people. I found it essential to adopt varying frameworks when I was talking to people. Each of their worlds may be quite different from my world and that means there is a different reality. Early on in my studies I was told that being inv...

Securing Wonder and Our Future

 

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Not To Be Ignored

The whole concept of transformation is something I find utterly intriguing. There are those who think it is a daydream and not worth considering but, for me, it poses not just a major change but an opportunity in which we can engage ourselves.

Perhaps we might dismiss transformation as something which is utterly beyond our control. Such a dismissal is to overlook a fundamental process and that we are involved and can shape no matter where it occurs or the outcome.

Very Pe...

Our Nation in Crisis – An American Vision: Part 2

 

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The Big Picture

Next are some examples of contributory factors which often supported bad outcomes. Most were given bipartisan support.

We now face a struggle for our future and quite possibly a struggle for the future of our world. While environmental issues are among those at the core, the problems go well beyond. And it is important to realize that failures of vision and perspective are not the province of one idealogical group. In general we have been inattentive even when it may not be...

Vision-Searching Truth and the Future

 

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Choices

Whether we want it or not we are always confronted with choices. There may be bold steps but there is always the choice to do nothing. The last alternative is not one I relish. 

When it comes to choices it often is a matter of what is presented to us and they may not be ones we want. My preference is to insure that we have options we would like to have. And my personality type inevitably leads me to searching for possibilities. The down side is that we can construct things we don’t...

Welcome To My Newsletter – Myth and Transformation

 

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Book 1 of the Gaia’s Majesty Trilogy                     Book 2 of the Gaia’s Majesty Trilogy

Gaia’s Majesty-Mission Called                                     Gaia’s Majesty-Challenge

Women in Power                                                        The Chosen Rise

Available Now at Amazon                                        Coming Soon                                                                                              

 

Transformati...

Hey Author! Do You Think You’re in Charge?

 

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The Same Question To You

We all like to think we are in charge of our lives and, at least to some degree we are. But the author of fiction has an essential problem because he or she is creating something. The process can be surprising.

I’ve come to believe that we live in an emerging universe. As our sight has improved we see what a dynamic place the universe it and we may accept its creativity or fear its dynamism. The same alternatives can be seen in our personal world close in. We each...

Introducing the Women of the Andromeda

 

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They Came and Conquered

In the Gaia’s Majesty Trilogy the Andromeda women are the women who are the defense force for the Tethyan people. They were not in the initial construct of the series, but showed up demanding not just attention, but place. Their role kept expanding and evolving.

They Are Real!

We’ve all heard of the Amazon warrior women. Were they real or a mythological construct? It didn’t matter. I wanted warrior women in the story. Were they real and did they live along the Amazo...

Waves Are Fundamental

 

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It Is Time to Pay Attention

If we are paying attention and scanning both the past and the future, it is clear that waves are fundamental not just in our lives but in the universe. The obvious question is why we care. Certainly in the universe we have no effect on the clashing of star systems among other things. But, to some of us, the process is intriguing.

Let’s Come Closer to Home

If we look at economics for, example, we see an ongoing process of change with boom and bust cycles. Note is...