by Sandy Jones — Have you ever gone shopping for a particular item with a vision firmly planted in your mind of what it looks like, feels like or even tastes like? But what happens next? If your experience has been like mine, most of the time you never find it. When we become so […]
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Peaceful Warrior — The film
May 5, 2013
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Since Dan Millman’s classic best-seller, The Way of the Peaceful Warrior, was first published in 1980, millions of readers have been inspired by the revelations Millman experienced in his spiritual training with gas-pump jockey/philosopher/teacher “Socrates.” Now, after nearly two decades of navigating the feature film waters, Millman’s life-changing encounter with his mysterious mentor is a […]
Conscious consentience defined
April 26, 2013
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by J. Hamilton — Most people are aware of the Law of Attraction, which says that what we focus on expands. In other words, what we set our sights on, we attract into our lives. Taken one step further, the Law of Attraction says that by a combination of conscious output (i.e., intentional focus combined […]
Should you climb the mountain or fly like the eagle?
April 25, 2013
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by John English — Editor’s Note: This is the fourth article in a four-part series on the directions of the medicine wheel in Incan shamanism. The student of Incan shamanism begins with the serpent path in the south, where she or he sheds past programming, like the serpent sheds its skin. The west direction is […]
Say one thing — Do the same thing
April 23, 2013
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by Dr. Steven Patascher — Most of us want to do the right thing. Even when we succumb to temptation, most of us regret that we could not rise to the occasion and bring out our higher self. Certain of our behaviors are automatic. We do not even realize we are not acting from our […]
Giving with love
April 22, 2013
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by Dr. Larry Wilson — The essence of giving has to do with sharing the love that you are. Giving occurs on many levels and with many motives, depending on one’s level of consciousness and the situation. Giving is part of everyone’s daily life, much of it occurring unconsciously. Giving has much to do […]
Classical feng shui and Western feng shui — A world of difference
April 19, 2013
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by Denise A. Liotta-Dennis — Feng shui, introduced to America about 28 years ago, continues to be well-loved; there are more than 1,000 books on the subject, worldwide. However, even many of those who are well-read on the subject are unaware that there are different types of feng shui. There is the authentic, classical and […]
Of fishbowls and boxes
April 18, 2013
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by Scott Kalechstein — When I was a kid, I had pet goldfish. When it was time to clean their bowl, we would put the fish into a large bathtub. I was always curious about why they would continue to swim in the same small circumference, as if they were still in their little bowl. […]
Walking through the wall of fear
April 12, 2013
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by Sandy Jones — When you think about fear, what comes to mind? Jumping out of the way of an oncoming train? Walking down a dark alley at night, or a very bumpy ride in an airplane? What about the kind of fear that stops you from calling about that job you saw advertised in […]
The rise of spiritual cinema
April 11, 2013
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by Cate Montana — The new millennium has seen a lot of social changes. One of the most inspiring is the development of a new film genre called “spiritual cinema.” Broad in its approach and content, spiritual cinema addresses issues of love, death, rebirth, evolution and the science of transformation. The depths of human psychology […]
Living from feeling — What you feel, you can heal
April 11, 2013
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by Oshana Himot — Many contemporary spiritual and psychological modalities tell us we can do much to heal the world and ourselves. When we allow ourselves to experience and accept all of our feelings — whether love, sadness, anger or even fear — we heal naturally. Here are a few ways you can begin to […]
How fast are you ticking?
April 10, 2013
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by Pragya Pradhan — If you do not have time to pause and enjoy life, then you are ticking too fast. A speedy, hectic life exhausts the energy of our right or sun channel, which supplies energy for our physical and intellectual activities. Symbolically, we can say the yellow color of the sun channel turns […]
Baby Boomers — the next 60 years
April 7, 2013
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by Dr. Bill Gallagher — Baby boomers start turning 60 years old this year (yes, some of us are only turning 42), and we have much to look back on. Ahead of us is a longer life expectancy, and with it, the time to do more. The key, of course, is staying healthy enough to […]
May 11, 2013
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