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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

Category Archives: Human Consciousness

The Mystical Mindscapes of Matthew Wong

November 3, 2019

I discovered a new favorite artist on the day he died–too young at 35, Matthew Wong. A tribute to Wong’s …

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Wrapped Around Schrodinger’s Cat

February 11, 2019

That’s where I’ve been these last ten days or so, wrapped around Schrödinger’s cat in that state of unknowing. My …

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When the Sea Rises and the Light Fails

September 21, 2018

“For nothing is fixed, forever and forever and forever, it is not fixed; the earth is always shifting, the light …

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Virtual Love-Making, Why We Blog

July 1, 2018

Often when I leave comments on a blog posts that moved me, I write “I love this post” or “I …

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Stepping Barefoot into Reality with D.T. Suzuki

August 3, 2017

I love this photo of the Zen sage D.T Suzuki. He was one of my first “gurus” if I, or …

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For Love of Chaos – My Viking Binge, Trump, & Wrecking-Ball Politics

September 25, 2016

Since becoming the full-time nanny for my little granddaughter, my reading tastes have taken a decisive darker turn. Instead of …

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Living on the Edge of the Ghostly and Unexplained

October 28, 2015

There’s so much in this world that surrounds us that we can hardly fathom, let alone explain. We keep bumping …

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Into the Flow, Bringing the Mountain Top into Market Place

July 22, 2015

Have you ever felt being in the flow of things? That optimum experience that many athletes and artists feel when …

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Nature and Consciousness – Seeing Things as They Are

May 27, 2015

Every time I write about nature I get deep into human consciousness. You can’t really separate the two. There is …

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Growing Up in a Haunted House

October 28, 2014

Last October I posted a series of true life tales about the hauntings, ghosts, and demons I experienced growing up, …

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After sailing around the world in a small boat for six years, I came to appreciate how tiny and insignificant we humans appear in our natural and untamed surroundings, living always on the edge of the wild, into which we are embedded even while being that thing which sets us apart. Now living again on the edge of the wild in a home that borders a nature preserve, I am re-exploring what it means to be human in a more than human world.

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