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The shift in our sense of personal power is dramatic once we learn that we are free to choose however we want to feel. Any time we say “So-and-so made me feel so…” we are putting them in control of how we feel. When no o...

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There was a garden in my dreams last night. It was the most vibrantly colorful garden imaginable. The reds and yellows were very striking, perhaps because the blues and greens were vivid background colors. It was intensi...

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Who are your heroes? Are they people who demonstrated great ingenuity or strength? Are they people who faced great odds bravely or have achieved significant goals? Are they people who do small feats of great importance w...

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One summer between college years I was living at my parents cabin on the coast of Maine. A fairly wealthy family had recently bought the point on the other side of our little cove and I went to work for them as general h...

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Index of Stewart’s Articles

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By Pete Dalton and Stewart Blackburn

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One of the many hidden influences in our daily experience is that of the subtle urges, impulses, inspirations, or promptings that seem to be steering us in certain directions. Where they come from may seem mysterious, bu...

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This is a genuinely useful practice, and for many people, a surprisingly nourishing

","url":"https://stewartblackburn.com/about-stewart/f/the-blanket-of-perfect-health-and-wellbeing","title":"The Blanket of Perfect Health and Wellbeing","summary":"This is a genuinely useful practice, and for many people, a surprisingly nourishing","date_modified":"2026-03-05T20:12:53Z"},{"id":"https://stewartblackburn.com/about-stewart/f/the-love-of-peace","html_content":"

In this culture it is taken for granted that we love peace. We talk about it frequently, especially around Christmas. There are symbols and gestures that proclaim our deep desire for peace. We have foundations and organi...

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Who are your heroes? Are they people who demonstrated great ingenuity or strength? Are they people who faced great odds bravely or have achieved significant goals? Are they people who do small feats of great importance ...

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With the world in turmoil, it’s increasingly important to assess our own contributions to the greater vibrations around us. Basically, we are responsible for our contributions to world affairs. Granted, there are a great...

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Personal power is the ability to choose and bring into your life those people, activities, physical objects, learning, adventures, and creations that will contribute to a richer, more rewarding life. The essence of powe...

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It seems to me that in each person’s life, should they get old enough, there comes a time when we need to weed out all those hidden worries that clog up our energy flow and keep us from being the happy, joyous people we...

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By Pete Dalton and Stewart Blackburn

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I am often asked these days where the world seems to be going to hell, how do we do something from here? And my answer is, a lot!

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We have several ways that we can command our body mind effectively that we use without thinking much about. There’s the command to “Wake up!” or “Relax!” or “Hold it!” or “Keep going, just one more lap!” These commands a...

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One of the most powerful ways to change our lives is to see the beliefs we hold and then change them if we so desire. Our beliefs are the building blocks of our existence. They form the patterns around which each ...

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I am happy to announce that I have finally gotten my rear end in gear and have started a podcast - Self-Empowered You. The first episode is HERE. I am using this as a way to get my 100+ articles out to the public. Each o...

","url":"https://stewartblackburn.com/about-stewart/f/the-pleasure-journal-oct-27-2025","title":"The Pleasure Journal, Oct. 28, 2025","summary":"I am happy to announce that I have finally gotten my rear end in gear and have started a podcast - Self-Empowered You. The first episode is HERE. I am using this as a way to get my 100+ articles out to the public. Each o...","date_modified":"2024-10-28T21:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://stewartblackburn.com/about-stewart/f/the-blessing-of-my-confusion","html_content":"

If I were to go back in time to when I most wanted things to be different, it would be the time when I first had to shower with other boys. I was very attracted to their naked bodies and after allowing myself to express ...

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One of the traps we can get into as we explore our inner worlds and flex our psychic muscles is thinking that all the resistances we encounter within us are just more things to heal. We’ve gotten this far by facing our f...

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I have decided to offer the Get to Know Your Inner Self course again starting on September 13, 2024. This 24-week course is divided up into 4 sections so that people can take breaks between sections.

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I'm sure that we are all aware of living in a time of great changes. Just about everything around is in a state of flux, from the weather and climate to our political situations and cultural norms. And we know that to su...

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As we seek to understand energy, how it works, and how best to manipulate it, we encounter several things that need our focused attention. Love is obviously one of them, as are imagination, feelings, and hope. But one us...

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            Pete Dalton and I have put together an online course called The Huna Adventurer’s Guide to Luck, Good Fortune, and Success in which we go into the various elements that make up what seems like luck and good f...

","url":"https://stewartblackburn.com/about-stewart/f/the-bowl-of-luck-and-good-fortune","title":"The Bowl of Luck and Good Fortune ","summary":"            Pete Dalton and I have put together an online course called The Huna Adventurer’s Guide to Luck, Good Fortune, and Success in which we go into the various elements that make up what seems like luck and good f...","date_modified":"2024-06-19T23:58:10Z"},{"id":"https://stewartblackburn.com/about-stewart/f/am-i-just-making-all-of-this-up","html_content":"

As any kid will tell you, there is an art to making stuff up. It’s not just a matter of fanciful details and colorful stories. Something made up must be emotionally satisfying in some way. It must appeal to some part of...

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February 22, 2024

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The best luck of all is the luck you make for yourself.

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            So much emphasis is placed on effort and the right way to use it that little is understood about its opposite - the great magic of effortlessness. There is such a mystique around valiant and noble effort that...

","url":"https://stewartblackburn.com/about-stewart/f/the-sublime-art-of-effortlessness","title":"The Sublime Art of Effortlessness: Create Using Focus","summary":"            So much emphasis is placed on effort and the right way to use it that little is understood about its opposite - the great magic of effortlessness. There is such a mystique around valiant and noble effort that...","date_modified":"2024-02-09T22:41:51Z"},{"id":"https://stewartblackburn.com/about-stewart/f/the-pleasure-journal-november-15-2023","html_content":"

As we come into the holidays, starting with Thanksgiving, we have an opportunity to reflect on the things we like and all the things we're grateful for. Sure, there's lots going on in the world that we don't like. But, i...

","url":"https://stewartblackburn.com/about-stewart/f/the-pleasure-journal-november-15-2023","title":"The Pleasure journal, November 15, 2023","summary":"As we come into the holidays, starting with Thanksgiving, we have an opportunity to reflect on the things we like and all the things we're grateful for. Sure, there's lots going on in the world that we don't like. But, i...","date_modified":"2023-11-16T01:11:56Z"},{"id":"https://stewartblackburn.com/about-stewart/f/no-pain-no-gain","html_content":"

No pain, no gain?

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By Pete Dalton and Stewart Blackburn

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Here in Hawaii we are reeling from the loss of life and the devastation of beautiful Lahaina. Lahaina was a very special place for many of us and we will feel it's absence deeply. Our hearts go out to all the familie...

","url":"https://stewartblackburn.com/about-stewart/f/the-pleasure-journal-august-13-2023","title":"The Pleasure Journal, August 13, 2023","summary":" Here in Hawaii we are reeling from the loss of life and the devastation of beautiful Lahaina. Lahaina was a very special place for many of us and we will feel it's absence deeply. Our hearts go out to all the familie...","date_modified":"2023-08-14T02:13:31Z"},{"id":"https://stewartblackburn.com/about-stewart/f/the-potent-magic-of-approval","html_content":"

In this era of self-help and personal development it is a radical notion to genuinely approve of ourselves as we are right now – no changes, no corrections. This is a tall order and goes against what so many of us have b...

","url":"https://stewartblackburn.com/about-stewart/f/the-potent-magic-of-approval","title":"The Potent Magic of Approval","summary":"In this era of self-help and personal development it is a radical notion to genuinely approve of ourselves as we are right now – no changes, no corrections. This is a tall order and goes against what so many of us have b...","date_modified":"2023-08-12T21:42:03Z"},{"id":"https://stewartblackburn.com/about-stewart/f/questions-questions-questions","html_content":"

By Pete Dalton and Stewart Blackburn

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By Pete Dalton and Stewart Blackburn

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by Stewart Blackburn and Pete Dalton

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By Pete Dalton and Stewart Blackburn

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By Pete Dalton and Stewart Blackburn

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At a recent workshop I was at, the topic of compassion was discussed. It is a concept that I believe is important for many reasons so I will explore it here.

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“Reality is the only thing that’s real”

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These days it’s easy to see that the world needs much more peace and most of us want to see that come about quickly. So, let’s remember how we go about bringing more peace into the world. From a shamanic perspective the ...

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I am teaching more and more on Zoom and I like it tremendously. I usually do about 3 classes a week and they seem to be well received.

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Greetings everyone!

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When we think of focusing we usually imagine a fine concentration, one that is mostly unwavering and pointed toward a particular subject. That’s an excellent way of looking at focus, but there’s more to focusing than th...

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There are lots of things happening in our world right now that contribute to a sense of intensity in our lives. There seem to be endless distresses and mortal challenges that threaten our way of life, if not our very ex...

","url":"https://stewartblackburn.com/about-stewart/f/intensity","title":"Intensity","summary":" There are lots of things happening in our world right now that contribute to a sense of intensity in our lives. There seem to be endless distresses and mortal challenges that threaten our way of life, if not our very ex...","date_modified":"2022-05-29T19:53:40Z"},{"id":"https://stewartblackburn.com/about-stewart/f/structuring-the-inner-reality","html_content":"

Structuring the Inner World

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There are lots of things happening in our world right now that contribute to a sense of intensity in our lives. There seem to be endless distresses and mortal challenges that threaten our way of life if not our very exis...

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While we have great abilities to choose how we live our lives, we must still live within the context of life and all that it presents to us. We must live with the \nconsequences of our choices and how these choices affect...

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I went to chef school in 1977 because I loved to cook. I had enough experience of fine foods and other cuisines that I thought just getting good at making some of the dishes I had tasted would be a nice way of making a l...

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The very idea of peace is so delicious that we happily say that that’s what we want on all levels. We want world peace, peace of mind, peace in our families, and to rest in peace when we die. And while we make all the r...

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