Daily Archives: August 5, 2014

Armand Della Volpe: It’s not love until the love drugs wear off

Armand Della Volpe speaks with experience as a consciously evolving male. He posted on Facebook “Over and over I hear of women whose hearts get broken when they rush into relationships based upon what the men tell them.  WARNING: Whatever a man says to a woman he is sexually attracted to during the “intoxication stage” is being driven by hormones and is not to be trusted. I’m not saying that men are consciously lying, I’m just saying that most men are clueless about what they really feel when they are inebriated on love drugs. I know this may burst the romantic fairy tale bubble but how can it hurt to wait 18-36 months before making any big commitments while you get to know each other and allow the love drugs to wear off. I know this sounds sexist but my experience shows that this unconscious lying happens more from men than women relative to physical attraction.  I don’t think most men consciously lead women on in order to satisfy their needs. I know amazing men who are lightworkers and are committed to conscious living. However, they are so desperate to be in love, they make rash decisions and say unfounded things while inebriated with brain chemistry. This is lying for sure with dramatic consequences and horrible karma but I do believe it’s mostly unconscious.”

If you are jumping into romantic love before truly getting to know your partner, it is most likely an act of desperation and desperate actions usually produce desperate consequences.“…yogi armandananda Continue reading

How I kill my own buzz

This is how I kill my own buzz: I feel all creative and reach for my sketch pad. Then I reason that I should sketch on canvas or watercolor paper instead, just in case it turns out well. Then I have to use the canvas vertically in case I end up wanting to use the art for a mag cover, which means leaving room at the top to overlay the masthead. All I wanted to do was doodle! Note to self: Don’t let the sound of your own wheels make you crazy.

Give people the benefit of the doubt. All that needs to be told is the truth.

Dove_peaceA new advertiser once wrote: “I want a refund, I never got 1 call, I will file a claim if u don’t refund, this is outright blackmail, I want my money back, never got any customers. Pls refund.”   The ad she paid for was in the magazine that had been on the street 4 days. She got confused with the timeline since we spoke 30 days previous. Clearly she thought her ad had been out a month or more, instead of just 4 days.  I wasn’t upset at her note since everyone responds according to their past experience.  I wrote, “I can see you’re upset. You’re just confused about the timeline. I can tell by your words that you’ve been taken advantage of before.  Our emails in chronological order are below, explaining what you were paying for.   If you read our emails, you will see that it is just a misunderstanding. In 22 years I’ve never had a complaint lodged. I promise you I do business ethically.  I do not take your words personally because clearly you have had bad experience in the past.”

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Painting as a method of altering consciousness

Yesterday I wrote that I’d begun the red background owl chick painting in the midst of the out of body experience paintingWhile waiting on my owl to dry, I began another, shown here to the right.  A friend said my new painting looks just like her sister and wanted me to do one that looked like her (and her cat.) I told her that if it ends up looking like someone, that’s one thing but realistic faces are too hard for me to do —  the least bit of anything out of place makes it look all wonky. And I do wonky just fine as it is.  Continue reading

The owl as a medicine totem animal

If Owl has silently glided into your life, you may need to remove yourself from the noise of life and become the still silent observer. After slowing down and becoming stable you will be amazed by the wealth of information and meaning that surrounds you. It may be bringing you the ability to see what others may miss. Open your eyes and truly examine how things are, you will be surprised that suddenly you can see things that are normally hidden from view – like the motives of those around you. External appearances will give way to the truth and meaning hidden beneath.   Continue reading