The Ways of the Soul

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Comment by Carmen Elsa Irarragorri-Wyland on Friday

Obviously, it will take me some time before I can allow the tree to be sad!

Comment by Carmen Elsa Irarragorri-Wyland on Friday

Truly wise decision, dear Luna!

But that picture shows a real unhappy tree!

I can't help but wonder why!

I want to tell him to smile, instead...

Comment by Luna Arjuna on May 6, 2026 at 7:43pm

When you go out into the woods and you look at trees, you see all these different trees. And some of them are bent, and some of them are straight, and some of them are evergreens, and some of them are whatever. And you look at the tree and you allow it. You see why it is the way it is. You sort of understand that it didn’t get enough light, and so it turned out that way. And you don’t get all emotional about it. You just allow it. You appreciate the tree. The minute you get near humans, you lose all that. And you are constantly saying, ‘You’re too this, or I’m too this.’ That judging mind comes in. And so I practice turning people into trees. Which means appreciating them just the way they are.

Ram Dass

Comment by Luna Arjuna on May 5, 2026 at 12:55pm

Trauma is not just what happened to you.
It's what you had to carry . . . alone.

Matt Licata
Art: Tangled Muses

Comment by Carmen Elsa Irarragorri-Wyland on April 26, 2026 at 5:03am

SO TRUE, INDEED!

Comment by Luna Arjuna on April 25, 2026 at 8:41pm

Loneliness is not one of the greatest disorders of the soul, but the fear of loneliness is. We are all lonely, even when amid crowds and in committed relationships. When we are alone, we are still with someone; we are with ourselves. The question is, how are we with ourselves? Those who manage to find respect for themselves, who learn to dialogue with themselves, who find that their dreams and other such phenomena are communicating with them from some deeper place within them are not really alone.

James Hollis

Comment by Carmen Elsa Irarragorri-Wyland on April 20, 2026 at 6:00pm

That is so beautiful and so healing, Luna!

Comment by Luna Arjuna on April 20, 2026 at 5:41pm

Maybe right now your journey is about you. Maybe this is the season you are being challenged to be your own savior, to be your own safe place. Maybe right now you are being reminded that the people who walked away were only ever leading you back to yourself, only ever leading you here. Here, you are rebuilding. Here you are adapting, and mending, and reclaiming all of the pieces you let them walk away with. Here, you are being kinder to your soul, you are giving yourself the same kind of love you have always given to others. Here, you are not rushing your heart, you are not depending on another human being to fix it. Instead, here you are doing that on your own. Here, you are healing.

Bianca Sparacino
Art: Jennifer Gelinas

Comment by Luna Arjuna on April 20, 2026 at 5:40pm

True love is knowing you can be vulnerable, and it will never be taken advantage of.

Mark Anthony
Art: Tangled Muses

Comment by Carmen Elsa Irarragorri-Wyland on April 5, 2026 at 8:07pm

I LOVE THE QUOTES AS MUCH AS THE IMAGES!

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