Bridge to Being
Welcome to the intersection of creativity and spirituality, a pilgrimage through time and space with Lobsterbird. Here, entrepreneurship is a holistic spiritual path, where travel, art, energy, and healing weave together, creating a space for presence, inspiration, and transcendence – a Bridge to Being. Welcome to the state that exists between worlds. Cultural anthropologist Victor Turner calls it liminality, where one thing is in a state of transitioning: “Liminal entities are neither here nor there; they are betwixt and between.” Buddhists have the Bardo. Catholics have Purgatory. As a lobsterbird (½ lobster, ½ bird, ½ Asian, ½ Western, ½ a dweller in this society, ½ time spent in creative realms of flow), I live in and embody this state. In fact, I believe we, as humans, are the bridge between the earth and the heavens, and it is through our acts of creativity that we manifest this glorious world of forms. In this podcast, I explore this multitude of forms, taking you along on my own adventures through space, exploring the transitions where we can rest and find something out about our true nature.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 52 minutes
- Episodes
- 56
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2019
#36 Irreverent Medicine with Crystal Seeder in Mongolia
Your Creative Sparks:
- We all VOLUNTEERED to have this HUMAN experience, and we need to REMEMBER the ORIGINAL ENERGY of this planet.
- The “PROGRAMMING” is there to have our spirits FORGET - to DISCONN…
#35 The Elementals: SPACE with Malia Luna in Mongolia
Your Creative Sparks:
- We can access INFINITE SPACE through a BODY because the body IS infinite space
- Our PURE and NATURAL STATE would be in a constant, FLUID dialog that is VIBRATION.
- Don’t we all w…
#34 The Elementals: FIRE with Kelli Reese in the Grove of Titans
Your Creative Sparks:
- FIRE comes as a reminder that WE ARE NOT IN CONTROL.
- Making the choice to GO WHERE WE ARE CALLED often feels like BURNING.
- People are AFRAID of the fire of PASSION igniting the…
#33 The Elementals: EARTH with Lobsterbird in Mongolia
Your Creative Sparks:
- LESSONS from the land, elements, and animals… Are we paying DEEP ATTENTION?
- The EARTH is a *body* - and an extension of OUR BODIES.
- We must learn to HONOR and RESTORE what we R…
#32 The Elementals: AIR with Pat Noyes
Your Creative Sparks:
- CAUSES and CONDITIONS are never as LINEAR as our mind wants them to be.
- The bad news is, YOU’RE FALLING, and there is no parachute. The GOOD NEWS is there is no ground.
- The gre…
#31 The Elementals: WATER with Deborah Black
Your Creative Sparks:
- WATER can be ALTERED in its STATE from liquid to solid to gas. Our BODIES are about 70% water... get it?
- Challenge your ASSUMPTIONS. Anything can CHANGE, and it’s ALLOWED to ch…
#30 On Vision Quest with Sonya Louise in the Emerald Forest
Your Creative Sparks:
- We can ENVISION with more CLARITY when we QUEST into the unknown.
- One thing that NATURE TEACHES us is how to be in FLOW, able to respond JOYFULLY to life’s UNPREDICTABILITY.
- No…
#29 Africa: Land of Creation with Ida-san
Your Creative Sparks:
- Does too much COMFORT and CONVENIENCE actually STIFLE our growth?
- What is good about humans is that WE CAN ADJUST TO ANYTHING.
- Larger than language, it is our ACTION that helps…
#28 Africa: Land of Creation with Cheick
Your Creative Sparks:
- There is great SATISFACTION in the SMALL SUCCESS toward a vision.
- We just need TEN PEOPLE of common will to make a DIFFERENCE.
- The circle of GIVE and TAKE… It has the power to …
#27 Africa: Land of Creation with Saori + Miyamoto
Your Creative Sparks:
- Your life’s PHILOSOPHY can be as SIMPLE as doing what is right in front of you.
- Sometimes CLARITY begins with knowing what we DO NOT WANT.
- Why worry, when IT ALL WORKS OUT in t…
#26 Africa: Land of Creation with Miyu Leilani
Your Creative Sparks:
- Often we look at PROBLEMS and think the answer is to throw money at it. But ART can help connect the HEART at a deeper level, where real SOLUTIONS can be discovered.
- IDENTITY c…
#25 A Bridge to Otherworldliness: Sylvie Zacrep in Missouri
Your Creative Sparks:
- There are many artful PATHWAYS to the experience of UNIFIED CONSCIOUSNESS.
- The MEDICINE of DIVERSITY - we distill “Spirit” down into different forms, but it’s all the SAME ES…
#24 Kontomble + Shamanism: Lobsterbird Walking in Crestone III
Your Creative Sparks:
- Every time I LISTEN to this inner voice, MAGIC and miracles happen.
- How the SQUIGGLY PATH leads us FULL CIRCLE, and into hidden connections with ancient places, people, and art…
#23 Moving Through Depression ~ Jessi Brings a Little Color to New York City
Your Creative Sparks:
- Holding EMOTIONS happens in the BODY. We FREEZE in the middle.
- Giving women the time and space to tell the STORY of their BODY can help them to identify THEMES and LESSONS… the…
#22 Triple Goddess Vortex in San Diego
Your Creative Sparks:
- Looking into perceived DIFFERENCES CAN MELT them all away.
- We come from ONE SOURCE. Whatever OUTER LAYER you wear is not an acknowledgement of separation.
- If I feel a DISCONNEC…
#21 Lobsterbird on Aesthetics in the Pisgah National Forest
Your Creative Sparks:
- CREATIVITY is the spark of ENLIGHTENMENT.
- MAKING ART is creating the opportunity for ENERGY to flow through the artist and out into form.
- We are ALL MAKING ART together, creati…
#20 Lobsterbird with Kelli Reese on Pilgrimage in Glastonbury
Your Creative Sparks:
- There’s a FINE LINE between CRAZY and GENIUS. Many an artist has walked it.
- APPEARANCES are not at all what they SEEM, and not as important as we make them out to be.
- In the La…
#19 JayMee in NYC
Your Creative Sparks:
- Contemplating DEATH can help you appreciate LIFE - and prioritize how you focus your time and ATTENTION.
- We all want to be WITNESSED at our true ESSENCE, which is something aki…
#18 Gerald Busby in New York City
Your Creative Sparks:
- Order and hierarchy are an ILLUSION, and perception is a CREATIVE act.
- ENLIGHTENMENT is the opposite of RATIONAL thinking and CRITICAL judgement.
- The LESS I know what I’m doing…
#17 Kelli Reese in Manhattan | Flashback on Mexico Breakdown
Your Creative Sparks:
- Often there is a BREAKDOWN just before the BREAKTHROUGH.
- Our most difficult ORDEALS are actually ORCHESTRATED to bring us into our greatest OPPORTUNITIES.
- There is NO such thi…