by Karyn Diane Kish — Lithium quartz crystals occur as prismatic quartz with inclusions of a soft magenta hue or lavender gray lithium-bearing material. This rare silicon dioxide material contains pure quartz crystal, plus the lithium ions. It has a hardness of seven and is found in a very remote area of Minas Gerais, Brazil. […]
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Song of your heart
March 5, 2012
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by Stacey Badger — Everyone has one. You may have forgotten your “song,” but deep within the depths of your being, your heart remembers it. The song of your heart holds the secret of why you are here and what it is you came here to do. There is a vibration and a frequency within […]
How to use positive affirmations to create the life you desire
March 5, 2012
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by Dudley Evenson — Listening to the radio recently, I couldn’t help but notice how sad and bad the news was. A bloody day for people in Gaza, Iraq and Los Angeles, not to mention continuous doom-and-gloom reports about the failing economy and everyone’s own personal issues. I felt a knot of anxiety growing in […]
Peace and Happiness
March 5, 2012
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by Dr. Larry Wilson — An overall healthful lifestyle is often the most important aspect of maintaining health. Here are some simple ways to live well and find more peace and happiness in your life. Sleep and rest Sleep at least eight or more hours every single day. If you require an extra hour to […]
When it comes to love, you’ve got to break the rules
March 5, 2012
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by Ada Porat — It is easy to fall in love, but very few people know how to stay in love. How can you beat the odds? More relationships break up because people don’t know how to validate each other. Over time, their pent-up frustration turns into anger. This is truly a shame, because the […]
Bedside manner — A true story
March 5, 2012
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by Irene Conlan — He — we’ll call him Bill — had been ill for several months with strange symptoms that progressed rapidly. When Bill finally saw a physician, he was weak on one side of his body, having difficulty swallowing and experiencing twitching muscles throughout his body. He was sent immediately to a large […]
Creating peace
March 5, 2012
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by Josephine M. Joseph — To create peace on Earth we must give and live from the heart. We are one mind, one heart and one life. There is one God, many religions and one truth. Peace comes from accepting all things, as they are. We are born free to choose our paths, as we, […]
Coping with job loss and uncertainty
March 5, 2012
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by Dalena Watson — In these times of economic uncertainty and widespread job loss, many of us who normally cope well with the stressors of life are beginning to suffer from anxiety and/or depression. While you may not have had a choice in leaving your job or taking a reduction in pay, there are some […]
Sailing upon the sea of life
March 5, 2012
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by Valerie Fink Sierra — Imagine sitting on the balcony of a luxury cruise ship, in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. There is simply the ocean, the sky, clouds and sunshine — no land in sight. The ship is sailing at about nine nautical miles, or 21 miles per hour, somewhere near St. Kitts, […]
Beauty and purpose in relationships
March 5, 2012
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by John English — Relationships are not always what we expect them to be, but they are always exactly what they are supposed to be. This is true because relationships are great ways we learn to navigate the physical plane with power and awareness to improve our relationship with life. When we realize this, we […]
Cycles of life
March 5, 2012
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by Michelle Karén — Our occidental world is regulated by linear time. With the past behind us, the present where we now stand and a future yet to be discovered, conceptually, time resembles an arrow. Indigenous people use circular time, also called sacred time. Everything happens in cycles, where each ending is also a new […]
Find your place of inspiration
March 5, 2012
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by Sherry Anshara — “I have found that sitting in a place where you have never sat before can be inspiring.” — Dodie Smith. How profound the above quote is, especially in these times that seem so scary and confusing. What is happening to the American dream? Has it turned into a nightmare? Is it […]
Letting go
March 5, 2012
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by Stacey Badger — Many of us have been told over and over again how important it is to live life with a spirit of non-attachment. And we are told it is not in our best interest to hang on — that when moments arrive in our lives which require us to release and let […]



March 5, 2012
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