#Poetry – Alysse Aallyn

Becoming a Warrior – the Warrior Oracle by Alysse Aallyn

Wildflowers – Beauty; If This Card Chooses You – Some shy glory is awaiting your consideration. It could be your own Self. Are your dreams so beautiful you regret waking up? Do you imagine possessing great beauty yourself, caressing another’s gorgeous flesh, or having a dream lover turn those diamond eyes on you? Do you…
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Secrets of the Self -how I became a warrior by Alysse Aallyn

The Rose – Vulnerability – Sharing poetry is the most painful vulnerability. That was when I realized for the first time that pursuing life of art requires the warrior sensibility. You have to keep going, no matter what other people say and what they recommend. Some advice is good and some isn’t. We all need…
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Secrets of the Self – how I became a warrior by Alysse Aallyn

Symbiosis – Interdependence – During pursuit of my never achieved degree in Rehab Counseling (at Springfield College) I worked three years at Easter Seal. There were good things about it but it was not a happy experience. I taught Career Exploration – that was the fun part, trying to open the eyes of frightened people…
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Secrets of the Self – how I became a warrior by Alysse Aallyn

Wisdom – What is the difference between an old soul and a new soul? So many times, I saw the people around me choose suffering. I made a lot of idiotic choices in my life, but I never chose suffering. I graduated from suffering to sadness, and now I’m trying to graduate to compassion. Wisdom…
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Secrets of the Self – how I became a warrior by Alysse Aallyn

The Sun – Truth – High school for me was a religious boarding school whose faculty asserted their monopoly on truth. I considered myself an honorable person and despised lies. So when asked straightforward questions, I told the truth and accepted my punishment. However, I gradually discovered that they reserved the right to lie to…
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Secrets of the Self – how I became a warrior by Alysse Aallyn

Synchronicity You could say I was a “success” at Circle in the Square, because I got the coveted ingénue part in the student production of Anouilh’s The Enchanted at The New Yorker Theatre. But I wasn’t happy. I thought I was as bad an actress as a dancer and it wasn’t gratifying because I wanted…
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Secrets of the Self – becoming a warrior by Alysse Aallyn

Solitude I’ve always enjoyed being alone, where I can sort my thoughts and groom my feelings and arrange my objectives. This fact was startlingly obvious from the first, and later I found out that people like that are called “introverts’. We draw energy from being alone, whereas our energy is depleted by contact with others.…
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Secrets of the Self – becoming a warrior by Alysse Aallyn

Serendipity – People often translate “serendipity” as “luck” – highly desirable and a very rare commodity. I think it translates better as “surprise” – equally desirable and much more common. It’s easy to imagine yourself into a modality where everything’s a surprise – as it is for a three year old or a friendly and…
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Secrets of the Self – how I became a warrior by Alysse Aallyn

Inspiration – The desire to participate in the world of art hit me early. As a young teen, I was fascinated by the internecine struggles of the Trojan War and the Wars of the Roses. History was a family story, history was a crime story. Books for children – the Narnia stories, for example, couldn’t…
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Devoured Heart – romantic suspense by Alysse Aallyn

Chapter 25. A Mysterious Employer On her way to pick up Fern she bought all the London papers. Scarlet found herself unable to return the newsagent’s “Happy Christmas” with anything more than a nod. It was NOT a merry Christmas. The most that she could give thanks for was that Nicholas was too young to…
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