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I am OPTimist

I am OPTimist. I am not willing to be defined by a few words—what I do is a living journey. I am a multidisciplinary artist, empirical polymath, writer, evolutionary astrologer, libertarian/Bitcoiner. My philosophy integrates Eastern, ancestral, and cosmological traditions with psychological inquiries, praxeology, and Austrian economics, emphasizing liberty, value, resources, and self-worth in the quest for individual and societal service. I create public art commissions and immersive

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20:10

From Imitation to Incarnation

I am OPTimist ·

2025/08/07

You know, when I was born, Uranus was in a balsamic relationship to Pluto. This is a generational imprint. That was the mid-60s, and it completed between 1965–1966. And what was also peculiar about it—they were both in Virgo, Saturn and Chiron in Pisces were making an opposition to this rare conjunction (it takes 140+ years for they to meet). That created a very special situation for the people who are right now entering into their 60-year-old moment.Dane Rudhyar wrote then: “What is happening

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3:44

silence

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2025/08/02

Even if this truth is ugly, its more important to be aligned that to be faking pretty lies.Because at the very end, my fear is to abandon myself again… that is not going to happen….Yep, I feel like staying silent and being present.Though many, many insights and realizations have been surfacing in my consciousness,as I navigate them, this week feels precious in its silence.I do have a gift—a humming gift.Be well, you all.P.S. I recently discovered that empty space is not void, and it is also absent

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15:11

Going Backwards to Go Forward

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2025/07/29

NOTE: There’s a new section on my blog called MONIKA IN DIALOGUE. Alas, I haven’t yet figured out how to make this section send emails to current subscribers—so I’m posting the link for now. Bear with me until I figure it out… (I will, for sure).This week is a good anniversary for me. On July 30th, when I will possibly drop this newsletter, I’ll be celebrating five years since I moved from New York City (Williamsburg), after 27 years, to Miami Beach without knowing what was going to happen. Yes,

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29:42

The light within

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2025/07/24

Me, Me, Me, MeSo the other day during the session I was having with Mark, I was telling the story—reminds me of my mother, but it reminds me more about how I relate to myself through others. And I have Leo ruling my seventh house. What does that mean?I spoke last week about relationships, so: relationships are ruled by the sign that is on the Descendant.So the way I relate to others, in a very Leo way, it’s all about my self-validation. It’s about shining in the relationship, or as my mom would say:

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30:25

Every Relationship Is a Phase

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2025/07/16

PreambleI believe that the real changes of 2025 are not going to come from the outside. Although the outside world seems very surreal, and at times crazy; and many times like it doesn’t make sense, what I’m starting to understand is this: the beginning of the year was Mars–Pluto opposition, Venus and Mercury retrograde conjoined, the first batch of eclipses in Pisces and Aries, with Saturn and Neptune in the mix and squaring Jupiter. The beginning of the year brought not only confusion, but also a

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23:35

Unapologetic behavior

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2025/07/10

A Full Moon in Capricorn is the moment when the structures we have built are illuminated; some stand; some not; but only those aligned with inner necessity will endure… To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:A time to be born, and a time to die;A time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;A time to kill, and a time to heal;A time to break down, and a time to build up;A time to weep, and a time to laugh;A time to mourn, and a time to dance;A

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38:53

And So It Is! The C Word: Consciousness

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2025/07/03

NOTE: 👆AUDIO ABOVE is full length👆Hi peeps, I got inspired so this article is a bit long yet juicy here a preview : Part 11. Ontology, Qualia, Semantics, Thoughts & Forms:: These are the threads I’ve been tracing; where language, structure, and the rawness of experience intersect. 2. Disrupting mental flow:: The mind is wired for patterns, but Uranus is here to tear through them. 3.The Nature of [My] Reality:: Reality has always been layered; this is how I’ve learned to read its architecture.

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21:29

For or Against Tempo

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2025/06/30

This article is going to sit between the rational; so we’re going to be speaking about definitions, and the most intuitive part of myself that’s putting all these things together because this is what I’ve been observing from the place where I am right now.A lot of these movements or cultural heritage were given to me via visuals. I lived in New York for so many years, I lived in Europe, so I was able to grasp a lot of it just intuitively. I’ve always been attracted to abstraction, attracted to very

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9:24

The “I” is but a distortion of oneself;

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2025/06/22

“You take delight not in a city’s seven or seventy wonders, but in the answer it gives to a question of yours.”— Italo Calvino, Invisible CitiesThe Compass is WithinJust look outside of yourself and see who’s cheering for what, and for whom, and who sees that is carrying the truth. And how many idols are collapsing every day, all the time? How many fake spiritual gurus are showing their true face? How many distorted, economical gurus are pushing your way based on your own deficiencies? How many of

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14:12

The Precision Trap

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2025/06/19

Report card is here and I want to know if I’m failing, because we’re in very challenging times, and the only way I can see if I’m failing is because I am allowing the collective transpersonal energy to overcome the peace and the calm and the temper that I can have in time of responding—not reacting.I actually have this thing throughout my life that when big bad things happen, I’m the coolest in the room; so if there’s ever the big bad thing, just call me—I’ll be there, just like observing. I have

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16:14

Beauty is the way to love

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2025/06/13

FUD (an acronym for Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt)[1]I see a lot of that. I see a lot of FUD.Most people in a position of influence yielding their personal bias instead of holding space and accepting that the fear that emanates from the current chaos is something to first be accepted as a human.Two—it can be used as a springboard to actually change a perspective.The nodes squaring the last full moon have been a perfect terrain for that.What do I still have to inquire that can give me a wider

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28:48

What’s Misaligned Has No Anchor

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2025/06/09

I’m no longer protecting myself. Protection builds walls, and I’m not here to live in a prison of my own making. When I’m attuning, it’s so precise, so clean, that the noise can’t find me. It’s not a matter of hiding or standing behind a shield. When I attune my frequency, the vibration of the space doesn’t allow what’s not meant to cross my path to see me—or hear me. That’s what it means to live in coherence. What’s misaligned has no anchor. I don’t push it away. It simply can’t enter. I’m learning

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37:32

Útgarða-Loki

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2025/06/04

The greatest illusions require the deepest strength to see through them. As Útgarða-Loki tells Thor, strength is not what it seemed:"I shall tell you the truth, now you are out of my castle, and if I live and have a say, you shall never enter it again, and I would indeed never have let you in if I had known your strength beforehand, and you were very close to bringing us a great disaster. You see, I cast delusions on you, so that it was I who met you at first in the forest; and when you tried to

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44:20

The 4th turning & why we are all stardust

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2025/05/24

“Space and time form a psychological a priori, an aspect of the archetypal quaternity which is altogether indispensable for acquiring knowledge of physical processes.” — Carl JungHey, how’s everybody?-How to trust him [within], not them [the noise]This week, I’m going to go geeky. Geeky all the way.This article is going to be about charts and small talk it is quite long so pace yourself, because I want you to look at these charts and try to make sense in your life. This is more or less like a

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31:54

Surrender to it, and then Act upon it

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2025/05/17

NOTE: These recording sessions bring so much value into my life. As I reflect out loud on my insights, my hope is that they offer you value too. What I'm sharing today feels especially significant. When I began recording these thoughts, I had no idea they would lead to a profound revelation. That's the beauty of genuine reflection—sometimes a simple exploration opens doors to deep healing. If my journey resonates with you, perhaps it might illuminate aspects of your own path. As you'll see, the

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28:07

Accountability Is a B***h: This Is When You Show Up

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2025/05/11

Note:I think everyone needs a break—from the universe, from AI, from fake news, from many, many lies, from everyone stabbing each other in the back, from fake money, pedophile enablers, and from a delusional era peaking this late spring—before swinging back in the fall to give us, again, yet another slap of deception slash truth. A break to see through the veil—because 2026 is coming, baby!Listen to my rant if you may—otherwise, read the transcript.Be well !AI generated summary and timestamps: 🪐

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21:55

Fake it till you make it -not!

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2025/05/04

Living Frequency: The Shape of Silence and the Rhythm of the VoidRhythm of My PresenceI think I know what’s going on… with me.In my chart, I shine through the fifth house. Once my heart opens, that’s where my power and self-validation live. And I’ve done that—I’ve opened it. I also have Neptune and my Moon on the Midheaven, so I ought not care too much about how I’m seen, received, or whether I get applause. I know better.And yet—sometimes I confuse one thing for the other.It’s a distortion when I

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21:37

There is no spoon, instead try to realize the truth

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2025/04/27

In 1999, or the year 2000, whenever The Matrix came out, I remember watching the movie and being completely mesmerized. But one of the reasons why I was so mesmerized is because I used to be high as a kite, and used to just engage my life very high on dope. I remember what the movie's about, like all the stuff that I watched at the time. I never re-watched, I just don't feel like it. But everything that I watched, I went really deep into it. I thought I needed to engage with substances so I could

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19:24

🎶 When I am sixty-one 🎶

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2025/04/20

The Week Before I Turn 61Okay, so I'm preparing my article for next week. It's the week before my birthday. I'm going to be 61 years old. I want to do a little bit of a revision of what the last 12 months—or probably 18 months—have been in my life since my mother passed, and how I see that I'm taking charge of many things that were there, but I was not focusing on.I just want to go deep into all the decisions that I've been making, and where I feel that my life could be leading. Although I don't

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23:48

In Between Two Worlds

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2025/04/15

The last two weeks, I’ve been living inside contrast.And contrast, when allowed to ripen, becomes clarity.In Dallas, I stood before a room of people aligned with sovereignty—not just ideologically, but practically. People who understand the value of scarce time, who recognize that nobody is coming to save them, and who have chosen to act.Although most of the room defends their freedom, not everyone has connected Bitcoin to purposeful behavior.They speak of liberty, but haven’t yet linked sovereignty

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