An interview with Michael Ventura

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“An Artist Without Obsession Isn’t Worth a Damn!” According to author John Updike: "The ditch digger, the dentist, and the artist go about their work in much the same way Any activity becomes creativity when the doer cares about doing it right or better. The artistic impulse is a mix, in varying proportions, of childhood fantasizing brought on by not necessarily unhappy periods of solitude; a certain hard wish to perpetuate and propagate the self; a craftsmanly affection for the materials … [Read more...]

Do Beliefs Determine UFO Existence?

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Unidentified flying objects, alien abductions, crop circles, all sorts of encounters with alien beings - this is the stuff of the extraordinary, far outside our, ordinary, consensual reality. But these events do happen, they often have multiple witnesses, and they leave "nuts and bolts" evidence behind. For the most part, science, as we know it, has neither the paradigm nor the knowledge to explain these events. Therefore, mainstream science chooses to ignore these phenomena, these untidy … [Read more...]

No Need to Clutch, It’s an Automatic Shift

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I have spent hours starting this article over several times. Sheets of legal paper surround me with dozens of outrageously brilliant thoughts that I was so cleverly going to weave together into a poignant, yet gracefully written piece of art. However, it's just not happening that way. My energy is requiring something more like a blurt-it-right-out-there approach. Here goes. It's kind of nice writing for the readers of this publication. I can skip so many preliminaries about shifts, changes, … [Read more...]

Recapture the Fire Within

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Hiking deep in a canyon in my home state of Arizona last year, I had a chance encounter with a timeless creature ...a wild stallion. This steed and his herd run free on Indian land and have never been ridden or domesticated. The lead stallion came forward from the pack to inspect me. He was curious and innocent in a very child-like way, yet majestic and totally sovereign. We stood, felt, enjoyed, and marveled in each other's being for an eternal moment. I pulsated with the wild, explosive, yet … [Read more...]

Soul Issues are World Issues: An interview with Robert Sardello

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No system of thought, philosophy, psychology, or religion can be static. To be viable, such systems must evolve along with the evolution of the consciousness of the humans living and embracing them. In a fine illustration of this movement toward the future, Robert Sardello, Ph.D., has gifted us with Love and the Soul: Creating a Future for Earth. Dr. Sardello's book, an exploration and guide to" finding the doorway leading to the creation of a new spiritual culture," pushes the boundaries of … [Read more...]