Articles

Writing on consciousness, identity, and the inner life. Not introductory. Not instructional. For those ready to look directly.

What Was Never Actually Touched
Inner Alchemy Karen Johnson Inner Alchemy Karen Johnson

What Was Never Actually Touched

Sometimes what was meant to feel sacred becomes entangled with fear. Not always dramatically. Sometimes quietly — through tone, through what is and isn't permitted to be questioned, through the subtle pressure of belonging that depends on agreement.

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When Intention Stops Moving
Awakening Karen Johnson Awakening Karen Johnson

When Intention Stops Moving

There is a kind of intention that moves the world, and a kind that ends movement. At first we intend toward things. Then something subtle changes — and intention becomes still.

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