Napping today, I got the image of a bird flying straight up into the sky and bursting into a spray of firecracker like sparkles. Yesterday a friend and I were talking about burning away the (unhealthy parts of the) ego and what the personality goes through on its way to reconciliation with the soul.  We’re the creator of our own reality, yes. And when we make ourselves go down in flames, we then have a chance to, like the phoenix rising from our own ashes, become more fully formed now that another layer of dross has been burned away.