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Exploring aspects of “muse energies”
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In August 2023, I reconnected (through a series of bizarre-seeming serendipitous events) with Ron, my high school physics teacher after not seeing each other for 60 years (!!!) Ron was fascinating, whimsical, playful, brighthearted and a joy to be with! It was such a magical joy to reconnect and to share inspirations, aspirations, spiritual journeys, curiosities and senses of awe, wonder and amazement.
I soon realized that Ron was quickly becoming a “muse” for me… a source of inspired energy, curiosity, creativity, whimsy, appreciation and delight! I nicknamed him “Mr. Wizard” He loved that name! What a blessing that was to have reconnected with him….
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Ron and I had talked about aspects of “dying” in August 2024, 5 months before he passed. Ron’s deepest way of relating to ideas about “dying” or “passing” was being deeply curious about what might happen during moments of passing? And what happens next? He was truly curious, fascinated about and connected to those lifelong questions.
Ron passed away 10 months ago January, 2025 … such a huge loss for so many people, myself included, who were inspired by his heartfelt, warmhearted senses of wonder and amazement!
And so… in January 2025, I more deeply realized that Ron had become a “muse” for me…
A few days after Ron’s passing, I started exploring aspects of “muses”…
What are they? What do they inspire? How do they do that? How do I get inspired by them? What amazing things can happen in those states of inspiration?
And so… here it is November 2025 .. .and I continue to wonder, explore, investigate and be inspired by an inquiry into aspects of “muses” ..
Turns out it isn’t simple! There seem to be layers upon layers upon layers of fascinating aspects of the energies of a “muse” …
So…here are my evolving and emerging explorations, continuing questions and wonderings ….about energies of “muses” … their traits, qualities,, benefits, effects, impacts, dynamics…
Ron would have absolutely loved these explorations!
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In January 2025, 2 days before Ron passed, I first learned about AI in an OLLI AI class and used it to explore aspects of a “muse”
I was astounded as I started using ChatGPT and Claude to explore aspects of “muses” … it was like having an inspiring AI version of Ron being right back here in my family room!
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And so … valuing Ron …missing Ron …and having another close friend (an Anam Cara / soul friend) of 16 years who is also “muse” for me … and he has just been diagnosed with a serious health challenge…
During the past few days, I’m realizing that I want to be able to expand and deepen my awareness of aspects of everyday “muses” in my everyday life … and so I continue today to be exploring “muse energies” more deeply and widely…
Perhaps others might benefit from these explorations about how to access and be inspired by “muse energies”
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Exploring and expanding my awareness of more varieties of “Muses”
and possible or potential sources of “muse energy”
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Today, I created an “explorations recording page” to print out and to help guide myself in recognizing “everyday muses” in my everyday life … opening my perspectives, exploring, observing, investigating to try to identify what “less than conscious” muses I might already have throughout my everyday life.
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And… a double page that I just printed …to cut in half and tape up in different rooms of our home …. to remind myself to keep observing, noticing, valuing and appreciating any senses of “everyday muses” I might be relating to in my everyday life
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Yes… indeed … it seems that the idea of “muses” is a VAST subject with layers upon layers upon layers of aspects, innuendos and factors!
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ChatGPT created images … relating to aspects of “muse energies”
Wow!
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May each and every one of us find and stimulate our own senses of “muses” in our everyday lives!
May we each gain inspirations, energies and insights through whatever “muses” we might find … and value and appreciate the heartfelt benefits of accessing those muses for ourselves and others
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