{"id":46905,"date":"2026-02-28T11:54:43","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T16:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rachellerogers.com\/dev1\/?page_id=46905"},"modified":"2026-04-01T20:47:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T00:47:40","slug":"blog-luminations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rachellerogers.com\/dev1\/blog-luminations\/","title":{"rendered":"BlogLuminations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_block_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module preset--group--divi-text--divi-font-header--default\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Luminations<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_1 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module preset--group--divi-text--divi-font-header--default\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\">a glimpse of my authentic life<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_1 et_pb_section et_pb_fullwidth_section et_section_regular et_block_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_fullwidth_menu_0 et_pb_fullwidth_menu et_pb_fullwidth_menu--without-logo et_pb_fullwidth_menu--style-left_aligned et_dropdown_animation_fade et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_text_align_right et_pb_text_align_right-tablet et_pb_text_align_right-phone et_pb_module\" id=\"menu_font_size\"><div class=\"et_pb_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_menu__wrap\"><div class=\"et_pb_menu__menu\"><nav class=\"et-menu-nav fullwidth-menu-nav\"><ul id=\"menu-rr-divi\" class=\"et-menu fullwidth-menu nav downwards\"><li id=\"menu-item-2319\" class=\"et_pb_menu_page_id-home menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-home menu-item-2319\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rachellerogers.com\/dev1\/\">Home<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-2425\" class=\"et_pb_menu_page_id-75 menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2425\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rachellerogers.com\/dev1\/about-rachelle-rogers\/\">About<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-5583\" class=\"et_pb_menu_page_id-5575 menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-5583\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rachellerogers.com\/dev1\/books\/\">Books<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-2427\" class=\"et_pb_menu_page_id-1088 menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2427\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rachellerogers.com\/dev1\/poetry-3\/\">Poetry<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-222947\" class=\"et_pb_menu_page_id-46905 menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-222947\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rachellerogers.com\/dev1\/blog-luminations\/\">Blog<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-2586\" class=\"et_pb_menu_page_id-2576 menu-item 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et_flex_column_12_24 et_flex_column_12_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_0 et_pb_image et_animated et_pb_module et_block_module\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rachellerogers.com\/dev1\/the-poet-in-me\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rachellerogers.com\/dev1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/penny-wilton-2NzQ9GvaoNE-unsplash-750x500-web.jpg\" title=\"penny-wilton-2NzQ9GvaoNE-unsplash 750x500 web\" width=\"749\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rachellerogers.com\/dev1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/penny-wilton-2NzQ9GvaoNE-unsplash-750x500-web.jpg 749w, https:\/\/rachellerogers.com\/dev1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/penny-wilton-2NzQ9GvaoNE-unsplash-750x500-web-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 749px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-223237\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_3 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_12_24 et_flex_column_12_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_heading_1 et_pb_heading et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_heading_container\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">The Poet In Me<\/h2><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_group_0 et_pb_group et_pb_module et_flex_group et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_2 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module preset--group--divi-text--divi-font-header--default\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Rachelle Rogers<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_3 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module preset--group--divi-text--divi-font-header--default\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>22 March 2026<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_4 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module preset--group--divi-text--divi-font-header--default\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>With everything swirling around in the world, and lately in my life, I began to feel that I\u2019d lost the poet in me, the lover of Beauty and Truth. My last two posts contained too much complaining, too much exposition on the ongoing dramas of day to day challenges. They were, indeed, a glimpse of my authentic life, but not necessarily the best of my authentic Self...<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_0_wrapper\"><a class=\"et_pb_button_0 et_pb_button et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/rachellerogers.com\/dev1\/the-poet-in-me\/\" data-icon=\"E\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_3 et_pb_row et_flex_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_4 et_pb_column et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_12_24 et_flex_column_12_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\" data-loop-item=\"0\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_1 et_pb_image et_animated et_pb_module et_block_module\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rachellerogers.com\/dev1\/life-as-practice\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rachellerogers.com\/dev1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Kwan-Yin-750x500-web-.jpg\" title=\"Kwan-Yin-750x500-web\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rachellerogers.com\/dev1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Kwan-Yin-750x500-web-.jpg 750w, https:\/\/rachellerogers.com\/dev1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Kwan-Yin-750x500-web--480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 750px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-223083\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_heading_2 et_pb_heading et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_heading_container\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Life As Practice<\/h2><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_group_1 et_pb_group et_pb_module et_flex_group et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_5 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module preset--group--divi-text--divi-font-header--default\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Rachelle Rogers<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_6 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module preset--group--divi-text--divi-font-header--default\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>4 March 2026<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_7 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module preset--group--divi-text--divi-font-header--default\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>My life has become a practice of making conscious choices, and learning how to respond from the largest of my Self. At least, that\u2019s what I\u2019ve chosen to make it. And I also think of it as a way to create peace within and without. Sometimes it goes better than other times, but I&#8217;m aware of&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_1_wrapper\"><a class=\"et_pb_button_1 et_pb_button et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/rachellerogers.com\/dev1\/life-as-practice\/\" data-icon=\"E\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_column_5 et_pb_column et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_12_24 et_flex_column_12_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\" data-loop-item=\"1\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_2 et_pb_image et_animated et_pb_module et_block_module\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rachellerogers.com\/dev1\/2026-has-landed\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rachellerogers.com\/dev1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Monks-web-750x500-1-e1773880564714.jpg\" title=\"Monks web 750x500\" width=\"749\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rachellerogers.com\/dev1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Monks-web-750x500-1-e1773880564714.jpg 749w, https:\/\/rachellerogers.com\/dev1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Monks-web-750x500-1-e1773880564714-480x270.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 749px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-46514\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_heading_3 et_pb_heading et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_heading_container\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">2026 Has Landed<\/h2><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_group_2 et_pb_group et_pb_module et_flex_group et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_8 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module preset--group--divi-text--divi-font-header--default\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Rachelle Rogers<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_9 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module preset--group--divi-text--divi-font-header--default\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>30 January 2026<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_10 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module preset--group--divi-text--divi-font-header--default\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Or maybe a better metaphor is that 2026 has taken off, and it\u2019s a really bumpy ride. This month has been challenging without and within. At least for me. On the outside, there is the world falling apart \u2014 rampant promotion of fear, cruelty, separation, insanity, lies upon lies, and more, hopefully the last vestiges of false power gripping frantically&#8230; <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_2_wrapper\"><a class=\"et_pb_button_2 et_pb_button et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/rachellerogers.com\/dev1\/2026-has-landed\/\" data-icon=\"E\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_column_6 et_pb_column et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_12_24 et_flex_column_12_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\" data-loop-item=\"2\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_3 et_pb_image et_animated et_pb_module et_block_module\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rachellerogers.com\/dev1\/what-if-and-the-evolution-of-consciousness\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rachellerogers.com\/dev1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/This-image-is-of-the-Lagoon-Nebula-Hubble-telescope-web-750.jpg\" title=\"This-image-is-of-the-Lagoon-Nebula-Hubble-telescope-web-750.\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rachellerogers.com\/dev1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/This-image-is-of-the-Lagoon-Nebula-Hubble-telescope-web-750.jpg 750w, https:\/\/rachellerogers.com\/dev1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/This-image-is-of-the-Lagoon-Nebula-Hubble-telescope-web-750-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 750px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-46377\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_heading_4 et_pb_heading et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_heading_container\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">What If and The Evolution of Consciousness<\/h2><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_group_3 et_pb_group et_pb_module et_flex_group et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_11 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module preset--group--divi-text--divi-font-header--default\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Rachelle Rogers<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_12 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module preset--group--divi-text--divi-font-header--default\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>29 December 2025<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_13 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module preset--group--divi-text--divi-font-header--default\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>I\u2019m beginning this on Friday, 19 December 2025 at home in Longmont, CO. After a massive wind storm early this morning, there have been hours of eerie dead silence. No wind, no sun, no people, no cars, no planes, no birds, even the heat furnace silent due to the warm 63 degree outside temperature. At about 5:30 this morning gale force gusts woke me&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_3_wrapper\"><a class=\"et_pb_button_3 et_pb_button et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/rachellerogers.com\/dev1\/what-if-and-the-evolution-of-consciousness\/\" data-icon=\"E\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_column_7 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_12_24 et_flex_column_12_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\" data-loop-item=\"3\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_4 et_pb_image et_animated et_pb_module et_block_module\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rachellerogers.com\/dev1\/my-life-at-fifteen-a-remembering\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rachellerogers.com\/dev1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/jr-korpa-ruCTHI5N2w4-unsplash-750-web.jpg\" title=\"jr-korpa-ruCTHI5N2w4-unsplash-750-web\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rachellerogers.com\/dev1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/jr-korpa-ruCTHI5N2w4-unsplash-750-web.jpg 750w, https:\/\/rachellerogers.com\/dev1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/jr-korpa-ruCTHI5N2w4-unsplash-750-web-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 750px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-46302\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_heading_5 et_pb_heading et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_heading_container\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">My Life At Fifteen - A Remembering<\/h2><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_group_4 et_pb_group et_pb_module et_flex_group et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_14 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module preset--group--divi-text--divi-font-header--default\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Rachelle Rogers<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_15 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module preset--group--divi-text--divi-font-header--default\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>20 November 2025<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_16 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module preset--group--divi-text--divi-font-header--default\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>In a recent conversation with one of my closest soul sisters on this journey, we wound up sharing stories about bizarre relationships from our young years. We both had \u201cstories.\u201d What came to mind for me was an unusual interaction that began when I was fifteen in 1961. As details of this challenging time came back to me, I remembered that I had actually written a&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_4_wrapper\"><a class=\"et_pb_button_4 et_pb_button et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/rachellerogers.com\/dev1\/my-life-at-fifteen-a-remembering\/\" data-icon=\"E\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_3 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_flex_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_4 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_8 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_blog_0 et_pb_blog et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_posts et_animated et_clickable et_pb_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_ajax_pagination_container\"><div class=\"et_pb_posts et_grid_module\"><article class=\"et_pb_post et_pb_post_id_46097 clearfix et_pb_blog_item_0_0 post-46097 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized tag-music tag-the-color-yellow tag-yellow-as-metaphor tag-yellow-vibrational-band-and-great-art\"><div class=\"et_pb_image_container\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rachellerogers.com\/dev1\/the-possibilities-of-yellow-and-musical-impossibilities\/\" class=\"entry-featured-image-url\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rachellerogers.com\/dev1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/godward24-web-feature.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"284\" alt=\"The Possibilities of Yellow and Musical Impossibilities\" class=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rachellerogers.com\/dev1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/godward24-web-feature.jpg 479w, https:\/\/rachellerogers.com\/dev1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/godward24-web-feature-400x284.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width:479px) 479px, 100vw\" \/><span data-icon=\"\ue050\" class=\"et_overlay 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