babinscreams

I've lived my life in a continuous state of needing to create.  In my late 20's, I had a couple of epiphanies. First, I realized that if I stopped creating, then emotionally I started dying. Second, I began to recognize how thoughts were hampering my creative process.  So, I loaded up a brush and painted this statement on the wall of my studio:  "Art is what YOU make. Not what you think you should make."  I had become aware that my uniqueness as an artist and creator, that part of me that is the source or conduit of creative energy has intrinsic value and is distinctly different than my thinking mind. And letting this creativity "happen", free of thoughtful scrutiny, is essential. As I've matured, the dance that my creative self does with my thinking mind has continued. Most of the time, I watch my thoughts from a vantage point just beyond their power to do harm. I work on a spiritual level to honor and appreciate the ME that exists i...

Leaving the Premises by Paul Babin

Feb 16, 2013 It's been a little more than a year since I cut my fingers on a table saw. That wakeup call has played out in significant ways in the intervening time. I am taking care of myself in new and dramatic ways, and I've only just begun.  I am a student at the University of Santa Monica (USM) now, where I am studying Spiritual Psychology, "the study and practice of the art and science of the evolution of human consciousness". The significance of the mind's effect on physical well-being is becoming clear as I employ it in attempting to overcome aches and pains. I have been seeing a Naturopathic healer who diagnosed me through a urinalysis lab test to have toxic levels of mercury and lead in my body. I have been ingesting homeopathic remedies to rid my body of the toxic metals. As a result of the above test, I had the amalgam fillings from my teeth replaced by a dentist who specializes in this kind of work. I've been seeing a chiropractor. I ...