These days Washington reminds me of something a construction supervisor I once knew would say when he saw something catastrophically senseless: “What a fucking fuckup.”

Going to be sharing this a bit often in hopes of finding the souls who want & need it… As I said in an email to my peeps…Georgia O’Keeffe drew me there, the land calls me back over & over…

Because of recent events, there are lists going around about how to discern a true guru or spiritual teacher from a false one. A better question is: Why do we assign our spark, shine, wisdom etc to someone else instead of taking responsibility for cultivating it ourselves?

Leaving behind aptly named Microsoft

Fiction and comedy can help push us out of our denial.

Winter serenade / by the cricket behind the / fridge near the window.

Difficult times can engage the imagination

What an old story can tell us about projection.

My students strive to become better people in a dark time. 

An old story shows us that heroic resistance to injustice, which is often necessary, is not the only mode of action available.

A friendly grasshopper helping me water the plants.

Strangely some of my favorite topics are death & grief. I think it’s because they’re such powerful human experience that changed me in the deepest ways. youtu.be/inJ0lrVwtcc

As we grieve everything that we are losing right now, let us also consider that times of difficult transition are also openings.

A suggestion for people wanting to become effective during a time of chaos and injustice.

A suggestion for people wanting to become effective during a time of chaos and injustice.

Is there a term for the soulless wait to talk to bureaucrats (just spent an hour and a half) to get them to fix a problem they created? And that has huge consequences? How about “Sisyphrustration”? (My first thought was “sublimated rage.”)

Let’s make 2026 make the 1960s look like the 1950s

We need new guiding stories.

“Explain it to me like I’m five.” Okay.

Mañana we gather, shed, and spark.

“Your Mythic Life” starts 1/31. Pronoia.org/your-mythical-life

No. Just no.

What if?

Despite repeated “less like this,” this app isn’t getting that I have absolutely no interest in stories about spectator sports. None.

Subject to changes via capricious whimsicality.

His hope for healing was the hope for Earth’s. Available at Amazon, B&N, Kobo, and other platforms. Chalquist.com/fiction

As above, so below.

Apologies for the blatant promotion, but I love this event and those who attend are often blown away by its impact. Restore your center as we leave 2025… Register here: bit.ly/4orQgg3

Looking forward to the Solstice this month when I do my Gather the Gifts process to harvest all of the nourishing moments of the year, honor the losses, and plant the seed my soul is ready to nurture in 2026. I’ve never felt a year that’s demanding a proper unpacking & releasing like this one.

Listening to narrator auditions for some audiobooks, reading their amazing bios, reminds me there are so many people out there creating, making art, being utterly human in all the best ways. I'm so grateful. The arts are constantly saving me.

Mike Johnson: ‘My Christian Faith Is More About Not Jacking Off Than Feeding The Poor’

I pause every Thursday at noon PT to sit with anyone who needs to pause, ground & gather themselves. Been teaching mindfulness for 20+ years so don’t worry, I won’t steer you to far into the void! www.eventbrite.com/e/meditation...

This is not just funny, it's smart. We need more of this mockery that shows these thugs that we see their despicable fascism and give them the respect that they deserve.

LMAO this is what happens when you fight the creatives: *Oh yeah? I've got an inflatable frog suit. BRING IT.* #FROGTIFA #AMPHIFA #AmphibiansAgainstFascism

adding this to the short list of videos I need to re-watch on the regular youtu.be/CDs2d3dJtYk?...

All the "move fast and break things" people have is speed and destruction—and the hope that if they move fast enough, steal everything, demoralize everyone, break democracy just in case...they can get away with it. They're certainly giving it a good try! But... 1/n

“You got this.” I do? Where did I get it from? Oh, you mean I can DO this. Yeah, I know. Thanks, I guess.

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there are several LeGuin phrases that live rent-free in my head and "realists of a larger reality" is one of them

In the past, when doing that little “what kind of animal are you?” exercise, I said I was a dragon learning to be human. Last night I dreamed I was relearning to be a dragon. In a few days my monthly newsletter comes out, where I’ll say more about the dream. Chalquist.com for the newsletter link.

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Podcast Episode 11: Dr Craig Chalquist When the Earth Speaks: Synchronicity, Story, and the Sacred share.transistor.fm/s/6c685cbf

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In 1953, in “Concerning Stories Never Told,” Robert Heinlein discussed the possibility of a theocratic takeover of the United States as depicted in his fiction. The conditions he mentioned frighteningly resemble current ones. But science fiction also shows how to grapple with them.

A lesson in community from the tale of the Round Table and from activists of the global south. 

A suggestion for people wondering what to do that’s effective during a perilous time. See my YouTube channel for more suggestions. YouTube.com/@drchalquist #hope #resilience