Shhhh... Listen to the Silence
It's Sunday, the perfect day for stillness and rest. And the ideal day to focus on listening instead of talking or doing or planning. If...
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New blog entries below. If you are interested in reading about my travels, check out my other blog, Among Buddhas & Babas
Kristi Saare Duarte
- Mar 10
- 8 min
Kambô – Surrendering to the Giant Monkey Frog Medicine
The first time I was given Kambô, I didn’t quite know what to expect. I knew it was poison from a giant monkey frog that is administered...
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Kristi Saare Duarte
- Mar 10
- 1 min
The Importance of Being Yourself
One of the things that I've learned from the last months of spiritual searching, which kicked off with Ayahuasca and continued with Bufo...
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Kristi Saare Duarte
- Mar 10
- 1 min
An Intriguing Reinterpretation of the New Testament
I was thrilled to get such a raving review from Publishers Weekly: "This gratifying tale from Duarte (The Transmigrant) explores what...
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Kristi Saare Duarte
- Mar 10
- 1 min
God Doesn't Care About Rules
Most religions have rules about clothing or diet or specific days for fasting or rest, as if God would care about mundane things like...
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Kristi Saare Duarte
- Mar 10
- 1 min
Do What You Love
Don't spend your life doing something that kills your soul. It's not worth it waking up every day wishing you didn't have to go to work....
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Kristi Saare Duarte
- Feb 21
- 4 min
Bufo – The God Molecule
If you want to find Nirvana, seek out Bufo Alvarius, the Colorado River toad. It has a very special secret: its venom can bring you to...
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Kristi Saare Duarte
- Feb 21
- 2 min
"A debut historical novel imagines Jesus’ youthful desire for spiritual enlightenment
Kirkus Reviews (the go-to source for librarians), lauded The Transmigrant with this wonderful review: "A debut historical novel imagines...
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Kristi Saare Duarte
- Feb 21
- 1 min
The Key to Happiness: Staying Present
Ahhh... Staying present, the most difficult lesson to learn at all. Why is it so hard to stop worrying about the future, or planning a...
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Kristi Saare Duarte
- Feb 21
- 1 min
Is Shyness A Form of Narcissism?
I can be guilty of this, as well. I'm an introvert and quite shy, and I try to remember that no one outside my immediate family and...
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Kristi Saare Duarte
- Feb 21
- 1 min
And Jesus Had A Son Named Judas
The Holy Conspiracy is a sequel to The Transmigrant, where Yeshua (Jesus) asks his friend Yudah (Judas) to point Yeshua out to the Roman...
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Kristi Saare Duarte
- Feb 14
- 6 min
Going Full Throttle: My Third Night of Ayahuasca
On the third night, I decided to go “full throttle.” I wanted to experience what some of the other people had the previous night. The...
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Kristi Saare Duarte
- Feb 11
- 1 min
Don't Forget to Appreciate What You Have
We all take too much for granted. We spend time daydreaming, ruminating on problems, and planning for the future. We forget to enjoy what...
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Kristi Saare Duarte
- Feb 9
- 1 min
Meeting The World's Oldest Yoga Teacher
A few years ago I met 99-year-old Tao Porchon-Lynch, the world's oldest yoga teacher. She was inspirational, to say the least. She could...
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Kristi Saare Duarte
- Feb 9
- 1 min
Authors: Remember Your Scars!
Some good writing advice I received a few years ago was to make the characters suffer, then go as deep as you can with the pain. And then...
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Kristi Saare Duarte
- Feb 3
- 1 min
"I Have Mastered This Wisdom"
In this chapter of the novel The Transmigrant, the thirteen-year-old Yeshua (Jesus) has run away from home and traveled across Asia to...
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Kristi Saare Duarte
- Feb 3
- 2 min
Staying Present: My Second Night with Ayahuasca
On the second night of the Ayahuasca retreat, I went into the ceremony room already feeling a little nauseated. My sister and I were...
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Kristi Saare Duarte
- Feb 3
- 1 min
You Can Find Peace Anywhere
You can find peace anywhere if only you search for it. This is me meditating on a cliff below the George Washington Bridge in Manhattan a...
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Kristi Saare Duarte
- Feb 3
- 1 min
When Mary Magdalen Expected Jesus's Child
Like any mother, Mariamne (Mary Magdalen) worries about her unborn child and wonders if she can keep the baby safe in an increasingly...
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Kristi Saare Duarte
- Feb 3
- 1 min
A Message from Your Spirit Guides
This is a message from your spirit guides, something you need to hear now. You came here and saw this post for a reason. Close your eyes...
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