Over the past few weeks, my soul has been guiding me to direct energy and time to addressing many of the wounds in our community. After meditating on this, I thought it would be great to begin a series of blog posts to address what I feel are topics that need attention in our community. My soul has been nudging me, and here we begin the journey. I thought I’d take a bit of time to address what this journey is going to look like, and some of the topics that I’ll be giving attention to.
There are deep wounds in our community. Some of them are more overt, and many of them are subtle. I hope that these posts will create dialog, and community conversation. I am going to be addressing this a bit differently than I’ve seen in other blogs, books, and media. Most of what I will be addressing will be channeled directly from my higher self. I will post questions, and allow for the transmission of that information to be captured in the responses in these posts. That being said, if you feel there are questions you’d like me to address in this blog, feel free to email them to me directly at Michael@michaelbrazell.com.
As a community we are making many changes, and those changes are happening at lightening speed. Equality is at the forefront of many of our conversations and this is a beautiful thing. As we move forward, we need to take a moment to address the deeper healing that is needed within ourselves and in our community at large. We cannot let our move to gain acceptance cause us to lose that beautiful thing that makes us different. Much of what I will address in these blog posts will pertain to men who love men. I can only speak with honesty to the issues that I face as a gay man and the way that impacts my spiritual journey and vice versa. This is not to minimize the fact that healing is needed in the other areas of LGBTQ culture, it is my hope that this series inspires others to also begin looking at their spiritual walks, and how those walks feed their spirituality as individuals and community.
I also intend to offer resources, and practical spiritual methods to address the various issues we come face to face with as men who love men. Too often we get caught up in talking about our traumas, vices, and wounds without action steps to generate healing. I am also going to offer book reviews, and resource lists to help move the conversation forward.
Some of the issues that I’ll be addressing in the coming weeks in relation to men who love men and our community:
- shame
- vulnerability
- sex
- homophobia
- masculine and feminine polarities
- community wounds and traumas
- individual wounds and traumas
- leadership
- love
These are just a few topics, and my soul has been clear on the necessity of getting this information out. I am also going to be starting an online discussion group to facilitate community dialog regarding the topics I’ll be addressing. If you’d like to join the group, feel free to send me a message via facebook: www.facebook.com/soulintuitive
You are all Loved. You are all Beautiful. You are all Divine!
Michael A. Brazell
Movement + Ritual + Grief Care 