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Rilee Astraea (Mystic in the Matrix)

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The Other Side of Awakening: A Memoir of Madness, Magic, and the Making of Me

The Other Side of Awakening: A Memoir of Madness, Magic, and the Making of Me

The Other Side of Awakening is a poetic memoir of ego death, shadow alchemy, and rebirth—where madness becomes medicine and truth is remembered.

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Maybe They’re Born With It. Maybe it’s a Regulated Nervous System.

If we all turned down the noise, maybe we’d all be millionaires.

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Maybe They’re Born With It. Maybe it’s a Regulated Nervous System.

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Is the Holy Trinity a Mystical Metaphor for Mind, Body, and Collective Unconscious?

Raise your shields — we’re going to talk about God, gut feelings and capitalism in the same breath.

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Is the Holy Trinity a Mystical Metaphor for Mind, Body, and Collective Unconscious?

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AI Is Shaping Consciousness in Real Time (and You Can Hear It in Our Voices)

Please stop using AI contrast framing to dilute your wonderful, original content ideas. It’s becoming glaringly obvious…

Oct 31

AI Is Shaping Consciousness in Real Time (and You Can Hear It in Our Voices)

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Listening to the Code Within

Is the Body Our “Scripture”?

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Listening to the Code Within

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Consciousness: It’s How We Keep Each Other Alive

This morning I caught myself identifying with a victim mentally. And this time, it’s on a collective level. There’s a part of me that…

Oct 29

Consciousness: It’s How We Keep Each Other Alive

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If America Really Wanted to End Trauma

I’ve spent years untangling trauma, reading about identity, and understanding autism only to realize the labels were never the problem.

Oct 28

If America Really Wanted to End Trauma

Oct 28

How to Tell If You’re Humble or Just Scared to Shine

Maybe what I often felt was misperception or judgement of others had really been my own fear and self‑inflicted pity…

Oct 27

How to Tell If You’re Humble or Just Scared to Shine

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When Personal Growth Becomes an Ego Trap

Sometimes the most spiritual thing you can do is just be.

Oct 23

When Personal Growth Becomes an Ego Trap

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Is Vulnerability Just Exposure Therapy?

After posting yesterday’s article, I sat there with a lingering ache of exposure. I’m not sure how else to describe it other than…

Oct 22

Is Vulnerability Just Exposure Therapy?

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I Took a $100K Paycut (And Bought Back My Mind)

Sometimes it takes the risk of losing it all to find out just how rich we really are (hint: it’s not money).

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I Took a $100K Paycut (And Bought Back My Mind)

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Rilee Astraea (Mystic in the Matrix)

Rilee Astraea (Mystic in the Matrix)

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Author, artist, and philosopher. I write reflections on the parts of life we're rarely taught to see—identity, intuition, broken systems, and everyday magic.

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