Integrating the Spirals: Why I might be a Conspiracy Theorist (Part 2)

As I wrote in https://sheilamurrey.net/2025/09/08/integrating-the-spirals-why-i-might-be-a-conspiracy-theorist-part-1/, I have called myself a conspiracy theorist in the past, but now I feel I’m a “Connect-the-dots” analyst, ‘Truther,’ or ‘Conspiracy Knower,’ as my most recent purchase from The Redacted store amplifies:

From one of my recent JIGGLE BUTT dance videos wearing my new t-shirt from Redacted. –Sheila Murrey

Higher Education

I worked for a private university for ten years. One of the first things I learned, that’s pertinent to the subject of this blog article, was that when reading and considering any new information, to always “Consider the source.” I’ve never forgotten that. As well, I read from a variety of sources. From my university years I also learned how to have a backbone (my first supervisor hired me even when it wasn’t to her political advantage to do so-long story), how to troubleshoot, how to discern truth from lies (as one of my roles had me reporting to two supervisors from two very different departments and in essence ‘spying’ on each to return the truth to the other. It was sometimes harrowing and I had to ‘walk a fine line.’

Technically, I learned how to thoroughly investigate an issue (whether it was to determine if an ‘official’ transcript was real or a forgery from a prospective student, or the intent of a policy). I understood that just because someone said something or it was written into policy, it could be interpreted differently depending on the lens by which the listener or reading was looking through, or the time period and what was happening at the time the policy was written.

Over time I found that people will lie or ‘bend the truth’ depending upon who was signing their paycheck, or where (from whom) they were receiving their funding. Valuable lessons to have learned for sure! I wrote about some of the ‘funding’ issues I found from working for a university in my holistic health book, Have Yourself a Wholly Vibrant Life. You might wonder why I would write about ‘funding’ within a health book, but it’s a pertinent topic because medical schools receive government grants and private donor funding.

Sex, Lies, and Money

As I wrote previously, the big banks are capable of ANYTHING. Period. Full stop.

During the 2008-2009 financial crisis I watched multiple banks not only make mistakes, lose paperwork for short-sale houses (ours included and multiple times), but also hire people and then within a few days, tell those new hires that they wouldn’t be starting their new anticipated jobs after all! Talk about ‘pulling the rug out from under’ people!

The phrase, “honor among thieves’ comes to mind though I think it should be, “lies among thieves,” when thinking back on that timeframe. And I don’t think the banks have gotten any better! Who went to prison from among the fraudster bankers after that financial crisis meltdown fiasco?

And if it wasn’t bad enough that my parent’s home was taken in the mid-80s by a big greedy bank, I had to pay the state of West Virginia over $700 ransom when they allowed someone to swoop in and pay the taxes on some property my dad left me after he passed away! I didn’t get his mail in time (I did live in Florida at that time), and so I didn’t pay the property taxes within the short time frame it’s due each year. It wasn’t like it had been in arrears before either! Dad paid his taxes in person every year as soon as it was due!

So, the banks, states, and counties are ALL ready to scam people too! It sure seems much has changed since the founding of America! And there’s more than enough arguing to go around. It’s almost like these entities are all in bed together. Like they’re all having one big PARTY and we, the little guy, are NOT invited!

Screen Capture from Perplexity.ai: “Why did (the political) parties form soon after George Washington’s presidency (image 1)

Note the bullet in the preceding image that the banking industry has been disputed and debated in this country (USA) ever since the founding of it! Establishing a national bank, Federal assumption of state debts, and tariff laws! This is why we MUST “End the Fed”!

Screen Capture from Perplexity.ai: “Why did (the political) parties form soon after George Washington’s presidency (image 2)

Speaking of PARTIES, did we REALLY put a man on the moon? Well, after working for nearly seven years at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, meeting astronautical engineers (and having dinner with them), as well as, seeing all the nepotism among the employees there, backbiting, and philandering, my hunch is that we didn’t go to the moon.

The parties, and I do mean PARTIES that several engineers spoke of, involved sex and booze to the point that I cannot believe any of the astronauts or engineers could have had the clarity of mind to organize, much less accomplish, putting a man on the moon, especially with the technology available to them at the time. It was all a giant fabrication, like The Red Hot Chili Peppers sang in their song Californication, “space may be the final frontier but its made in a Hollywood basement.”

But life is not a party for me. It never has been. And I’m glad I’m not sold out to one political party over another either. I’m fiercely Independent.

I do know that I can’t control any of this. That the ‘every man’ is simply a pawn in the Globalists game. This is why I must live from Spirit, and not from Ego.

Meme: Ego vs. Spirit

They’re in DANGER now. (The Globalists.)

Integrating the Spirals

I’m encouraging those “over 60” to open to lifelong learning (observe and gently question their pre-conceived beliefs, aka ‘Programming’), become more aware of their thoughts and emotions, consistently move their bodies (too many are stuck in their heads and physically unhealthy), become strong, and resilient in spirit, soul, mind, body. And to question EVERYTHING!

Link to my YouTube channel where you can see the videos: https://youtube.com/@spiralsister

Yours in consciousness-expansion as we evolve and revolve during our mystical awakening. All while doing-my-egoless-best, to take you on a limitless, spiraling thought ride to better health, through doing more with ease, to help us sustain the JOY in our lives! (With lots of Gratitude throughout.)

Sheila “Spiral Sister” Murrey

The information provided is for educational purposes only and is not intended to treat, diagnose or prescribe.

About us

My husband is an award-winning illustrator, plus he’s a seasoned guitarist, bass player, and songwriter (with over 400 original songs). You can view some of his artwork and listen to many of his songs at: https://www.youtube.com/user/richardmurrey

Here’s a video of us performing on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/416711742?ref=fb-share

My books on Amazon

I have four books on Amazon. The two most recent are: Have Yourself a Wholly Vibrant Life: Reversing Asthma and Other Chronic Illness Naturally and Blue Eyes: Ethereal Messages of Connection.

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Integrating the Spirals: Update on resurrecting a Resurrection (Rose of Jericho) plant

The work of resurrecting a Rose of Jericho plant is taking a bit more time and effort than I’d imagined. I happened to notice that it was starting to gather some white mold on it and I have no idea why. But I thought it best to rinse off the mold and clean out the pie plate and go for a redo.

My soulie sister and fellow blogger, Debra sent me this plant months ago as a dried up plant. Debra wrote that I should watch some YouTube videos to understand and learn how to resurrect it, and I have. Many videos! (If you missed the first couple of posts about this plant, click or tap here and here.)

Check out Debra’s blog: Jaguar Spirit

Continuing to resurrect a Rose of Jericho

I thoroughly rinsed (in cold water) the Rose of Jericho and cleaned the deep dish pie plate.
I removed all the former shells, rocks, and crystals I’d placed in the plate with the plant previously. My thought was that they might have contributed to the issue. I had found some river rocks out in the yard, washed and dried them to use in the plate to hold the plant suspended over the distilled water.

Process of replacing the Rose of Jericho in a clean deep dish pie plate with clean river rocks. –Sheila Murrey
Once I got the plant placed back into the pie plate, sitting gingerly on top of the river rocks, it looked happy enough. –Sheila Murrey

Here’s the photo (top and bottom) of the empty, finished deep dish pie plate that I had forgot to take and post months ago:

Hand-painted peacock design stoneware deep dish pie plate. –Sheila Murrey

I’d like to say this is the end of the story and the plant is thriving, but unfortunately, I checked on it a few days after I’d taken these photos and it was covered in white mold AGAIN! Thus, I repeated the process and am giving it another chance at life. I’ll take another photo in a few days, if it makes it and post another update. Fingers-crossed. Reiki given. And all of the above!

Rose of Jericho with white mold! –Sheila Murrey

Yours in expanding, revolving, doing-my-egoless-best, limitless, spiraling consciousness,

To our better health, ease, and sustaining lives of JOY! (With lots of Gratitude throughout.)

Sheila “Spiral Sister” Murrey

The information provided is for educational purposes only and is not intended to treat, diagnose or prescribe.

About us

My husband is an award-winning illustrator, plus he’s a seasoned guitarist, bass player, and songwriter (with over 400 original songs). You can view some of his artwork and listen to many of his songs at: https://www.youtube.com/user/richardmurrey

Here’s a video of us performing on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/416711742?ref=fb-share

My books on Amazon

I have four books on Amazon. The two most recent are: Have Yourself a Wholly Vibrant Life: Reversing Asthma and Other Chronic Illness Naturally and Blue Eyes: Ethereal Messages of Connection.

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Integrating the Spirals: Resurrection plant

Today is the day! I am resurrecting the Rose of Jericho plant my soulie sister and fellow blogger, Debra sent me months ago. Debra was so gracious to send me this amazing plant and I will definitely think of her every time I look at it.

Thank you, sister Debra of Jaguar Spirit for this Resurrection plant!

From YouTube

Here’s how to resurrect the Rose of Jericho:

Resurrection of a Rose of Jericho plant

My version of resurrecting a Rose of Jericho

I placed many small crystals in the deep dish pie plate I made last year (I’ve done 3 of these painting classes so far). I covered the crystals with some new pine bark bits that were leftover from repotting my orchids. A bit of purified water and this is how the Rose of Jericho looks:

I’ll post another photo tomorrow and we’ll see how it looks!

Here’s the whole top shelf with the two repotted orchids (my first attempt at repotting orchids, so fingers crossed! Ha!

Orchids from Florida repotted and ‘watered’ with ice cubes per the directions that came with the first one when it was given to us.

I now see where I have been remiss to post the photos of the two empty art hand-painted bowls. I never took a finished photo of the deep dish pie plate, but it’s similar to the bowls just in a deeper blue.

I found one or two previous posts where I had shown the painting of the bowls in progress but never completed (after they came out of the kiln), so I will show the completed bowls now:

Two hand-painted peacock design stoneware bowls. –Sheila Murrey

Yours in expanding, revolving, doing-my-egoless-best, limitless, spiraling consciousness,

To our better health, ease, and sustaining lives of JOY! (With lots of Gratitude throughout.)

Sheila “Spiral Sister” Murrey

The information provided is for educational purposes only and is not intended to treat, diagnose or prescribe.

About us

My husband is an award-winning illustrator, plus he’s a seasoned guitarist, bass player, and songwriter (with over 400 original songs). You can view some of his artwork and listen to many of his songs at: https://www.youtube.com/user/richardmurrey

Here’s a video of us performing on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/416711742?ref=fb-share

My books on Amazon

I have four books on Amazon. The two most recent are: Have Yourself a Wholly Vibrant Life: Reversing Asthma and Other Chronic Illness Naturally and Blue Eyes: Ethereal Messages of Connection.

Connect with us

Here are the social channels where I am most active:

Integrating the Spirals: An Open Letter to Those Who Think AI Art Isn’t Human Art

An Open Letter to Those Who Think AI Art Isn’t Human Art

By Richard Murrey, a Songwriter, Artist, and Storyteller Who’s Seen It All

I’ve spent over 50 years creating.

Songs. Paintings. Stories.

But because there was something in me that needed to be shared with the world.

Not for fame. Not for fortune.

Today, I hear a lot of talk—especially from legal voices and internet critics—that “AI art isn’t real art,” that “you can’t copyright AI-generated work,” because, they say, it wasn’t made by a human.

To that, I say: You’ve missed the point entirely.

Yes, I use AI tools. I write songs with them. I bring old dreams to life with them.

But I don’t just press a button and walk away. I craft. I sculpt. I prompt.

And here’s what you don’t understand unless you’ve done it yourself:

The prompt is not a command—it’s a vision.

It’s a carefully chosen string of words, informed by a lifetime of experience.

It’s storytelling.

It’s composition.

It’s intention.

It’s authorship.

When I write a prompt, I’m not automating creativity—I’m collaborating with a tool. Just like a painter uses brushes. Just like a songwriter uses a guitar.

The brush doesn’t paint the picture.

The guitar doesn’t write the song.

And the AI doesn’t dream the dream.

I do.

Every prompt I write carries my voice. My style. My soul.

If you’ve never felt the rush of getting just the right tone, the right image, the right line from an AI that you guided into shape—then I understand why you might think it’s magic.

But let me assure you—it’s not magic. It’s craft.

And if copyright law doesn’t recognize that?

Well, then maybe it’s not the art that needs redefining.

Maybe it’s the law.

Richard Murrey

A creator who’s still evolving

Still dreaming

Still writing

Even if the skies have turned to brass

Written by the man behind 704 original tunes, 711 videos, and not done yet.

Art and music can help

It don’t have to rhyme. —Richard Murrey

Yours in expanding, revolving, limitless, spiraling consciousness,

To our better health, ease, and sustaining lives of JOY!

Sheila “Spiral Sister” Murrey

The information provided is for educational purposes only and is not intended to treat, diagnose or prescribe.

About us

My husband is an award-winning illustrator, plus he’s a seasoned guitarist, bass player, and songwriter (with over 400 original songs).

Here’s a video of us performing on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/416711742?ref=fb-share

My books on Amazon

I have four books on Amazon. The two most recent are: Have Yourself a Wholly Vibrant Life: Reversing Asthma and Other Chronic Illness Naturally and Blue Eyes: Ethereal Messages of Connection.

Connect with us

Here are the social channels where I am most active:

‘Thrive in 25’ – Art Class: Fused glass jewelry

My daughter and I took a jewelry making fused glass art class last Saturday night–a week ago. It was fun because we did it together, but it was more tedious to me than fun. I still prefer the glaze/paint/carve art we did a few weeks ago (the mugs: https://sheilamurrey.net/2025/03/06/thrive-in-25-art-class-mugs-back-from-the-kiln/)

Fused glass jewelry pieces

I went to class not knowing we would make more than one thing, so I had put no thought into what I might create. Perhaps this worked in my favor, because as I played around with different colors and sizes of pre-cut glass, I remembered how I love cairns when we’re out hiking. Thus, I decided to assemble several. And my daughter found the little butterfly glass rounds, so I added those to a few of the pieces. A couple of the pieces I arranged in a particular order, such as the one that looks like a candle, with a couple of clouds above it and earth beneath. Had I really thought about it, I would have picked a piece of orange glass for the small flame instead of blue, but eh, it’s art!

I got a pic of my daughter while she was creating her pieces. She told me she didn’t have many photos of her actually crafting, so… I snapped one. I got photos of my tray of glass bits and a couple of ‘in progress’ photos of my glass projects. Then there’s a final ‘after kiln’ picture of my daughter’s projects as well as mine all together. Finally, the last photo in the gallery that follows is of our front enclosed porch too, so you can see where we’ll be playing games and having cocktails some evenings. When winter is completely done, she will move the snow shovels and such so it will even feel a bit roomier. Plus, we’re going to start some seeds too, in containers that will sit on the windowsills. The box under the table is for all of us to use to recycle cardboard in.

Still undecided

I’m still undecided about creating more AI generated music, so here I sit, reading other blogs, some books, and beginning a new exercise routine. Oh, right, and continue procrastinating about writing my 5th book. I just feel like if no one is buying the first couple of books (that I wrote myself, the two initial books were multi-authored books), then why bother! I know that’s probably not a good way to think, but that’s honestly where my mind has been at lately. Plus, I want to start my calligraphy writing/drawing stuff. Hmm… where do my days go?

About songwriting

Check out my husband’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/richardmurrey and specifically, any songs he put out before Feb. 2025. We counted again and he has written nearly 700 original songs!

Everything happens for a reason in the multiverse with myriad sides to every story

Yes, Everything Happens for a Reason in the multiverse and Everything Resolves to Gratitude. Knowing that each of us (as fractals) uplifts my mind and allows me to view life as a lively kaleidoscope grand design that moves about in an ever-expanding, revolving, melodious, consciousness. Even if we have to disconnect from some people, for a time.

Enjoy (IN Joy) everything and love! Be Everything All the Time. Let’s THRIVE in ’25!

Yours in expanding, coexisting (because there’s more than one-side to every story), balancing, spiraling consciousness,

Sheila “Spiral Sister” Murrey

About us

Richard and I play at the intersection of Energy, Spirituality, Health, and Music, to let FREEDOM ring for ALL! We’re down to earth (even if we are conspiracy theorists), yet not in the ground! We’re just dancing around in rhythm with the mystifying Multiverse… all humble like. But we’re always thinking, onward and upwards, so we keep exploring and creating!

My husband of 20 years, Richard Murrey, is an award-winning illustrator, plus he’s a seasoned guitarist, bass player, and songwriter (having penned nearly 600 original songs).

Video of us performing Live: https://vimeo.com/416711742?ref=fb-share

All of our 400+ original songs are available for song placement in TV, film, games, etc. Video content creators, filmmakers, podcasters, production companies, deejays, Vloggers, YouTubers, and more can use our original music and songs in movies, TV shows, video intros, and such. We’re also seeking bands to play our songs. If you know of any up and coming musical artist, please forward this blog article to them.

Sheila’s books on Amazon

My meme: Books by Sheila –Sheila “Spiral Sister” Murrey

I have four books on Amazon. The two most recent are: Have Yourself a Wholly Vibrant Life: Reversing Asthma and Other Chronic Illness Naturally and Blue Eyes: Ethereal Messages of Connection. I invite you to check them out and leave a review on Amazon for me, if you’d be so kind. Amen. Namaste. OM

The information provided is for educational purposes only and is not intended to treat, diagnose or prescribe.

Connect with us

The social channels where I am most active (after thoroughly testing out others in 2024, I’ve dropped a few. My stats revealed almost no one opened my blog posts from Substack, Locals, or Instagram. I still have accounts there but I won’t be posting to those anymore):

Minisa’s Art and a Traditional Healing Way for Times Like This

The Elders say… Greetings Beloved Kin, In the beginning of my journal, I often quoted what “Minisa says.” By her words she encouraged me to say, “the…

Minisa’s Art and a Traditional Healing Way for Times Like This

Big News (from my blogger pal, Linda)

I’m still feeling pleased that I FINALLY reached my 50-pounds-down goal this past week. I am now into my 5-more-off-goal and have managed to get one …

Big News