I have been feeling overwhelmed lately. I thought spirit had left me alone to fend for myself. In reality I had left spirit and went off on my own. I don't really know how I fell out of spirit...mundane things in life getting in the way, overwhelming angst over what should be done/could be done/must be done, and just overall not feeling well physically. These are all excuses of course. I fell out of spirit because I allowed ego distractions to take the place of spirit. I

We are born with one intensity of spirit energy. Consider it a great, bright light. Mikao Usui used the metaphor of lampshades to illustrate how we go out into the world and the world begins to cover our true light (true self) with lampshades. As more and more lampshades are placed on us (through shades of judgments, expectations, anger, worries, depression, anxiety, etc…) our true self (our great light) becomes hidden. Our journey then is to begin lifting those lampshades of