need a “Spanish textbook character” kind of day where I smile a lot in various locations and have simple, straightforward exchanges with the individuals around me
When i think of dhumavati ma i see all the prayers that were never answered and all the faith the never really prospered, the wasted hope and the void of desire but that presence never lacks grace it's so full and limitless to the point of nothingness. Only death has it all.
One of the most beautiful transits of 2026 is here, resembling Saraswati Yoga in Vedic astrology 🦢🌷
Mercury, Venus & exalted Jupiter unite in Cancer, amplifying wisdom, creativity, learning, writing, communication & divine inspiration.
A powerful time to study, teach, create.
basic adult life skill everyone needs but almost no one has is learning how to validate someone’s struggles or pain (including your own) without invalidating someone else’s struggles or pain (including your own)
why do people blindly accept that it's fine for hospitals to limit visitations to the nuclear family and take away patient autonomy? is marriage the limit of queer political imagination?
One of my best purification practices has been allowing people to rest in whatever story, conclusion, or idea their egos have chosen to attach to. Rather than overexplaining my perspective, I am getting better at letting perception belong to the perceiver and truth belong to me.
You aren’t helping the environment by espousing genocidal eco-fascist rhetoric. Humanity is not a disease or plague. We simply have problems we must fix and people we must stop.
Yall need to start being mean to people that are mean to YOU. Stop that bigger person shit.. Release your inner bitches or whatever Natasha Bedingfield said!
Trauma weight gain/loss is a real thing...so when you see a drastic change in someone appearance do every living thing under the sun a favor and mind you damn business and keep your stupid comments to yourself.
Auspicious Guru Pushya Yog tomorrow. The last one of 2026.
A good day to begin something that deserves a long future.
Sign up for that class, invest in a skill, make a commitment, plant a seed, reach out to someone you trust.
What you nourish now will thrive later.🌱
Excited to share my book cover! The art is by Afro-Brazilian artist Sonia Gomes, called Correnteza or Currents. She uses found materials to make sculptures. For me, the art evokes the book's subject matter: the currents of relations between African Americans & Afro-Brazilians.
The beverage industry is doing really bizarre things with herbalism right now. Cannabis was like a wedge in the door and now it’s all kinds of mushrooms, amino acids, and plant extracts. This is not a traditional preparation, it’s a commodification fusion of “energy drinks”
The thing with Vedic being something that you have to grow into it is..orientalist. It’s honestly better to say that you are learning the system than assume that it’s more spiritual than western astro that it’s something to grow into.