Translucence, the quality of allowing light to pass through, is the focus of what can only be described as a deep and engaging study of how spiritual teachers, artists, leaders and millions of others on the planet are allowing their gifts to shine brightly. And you may be one of them.The Translucent Revolution: How People Just Like You are Waking Up and Changing the World (2005, New World Library), written by Arjuna Ardagh, is a book for this generation, as it not only reveals the process of … [Read more...]
Healing and expanding your personal light frequency with the mind
The fundamental truth of mind is its singularity, proclaiming its infinite power and peace, because it cannot be opposed. This is an idea of God. These and other ideas of A Course in Miracles are, at first glance, seen as impracticable or irrelevant to our human lives. Let's apply some of these ideas about mind, especially the idea of oneness, to the thinking and ideas that are considered pertinent and exciting in this world.One of the ideas popularly expressed now is the idea of healing through … [Read more...]
The Greatest Show on Earth!
Ladies and Gentlemen, right this way...In the center ring of the circus today is the greatest act ever! Beings from another dimension will interact with humans who are open to the possibilities of unconditional love and endless growth.Get your front row seat! Better yet, join in the action with those who work with their highest guides. No need to rush; no need to hurry. You have all the time you will ever need.Come right this way into the main tent. This is where the REAL action is! Simple, … [Read more...]
Inspirational Tarot
Turning in to and utilizing a method such as Tarot cards can help anyone during those times when they need insight to understand the course of their life and their current situation, as well as giving them the inner strength and resolve to decide for themselves the right course of action. It is a bit of a mystery how the Tarot is able to reveal someone's situation so accurately. When done properly, a Tarot reading will delve deeply into the psyche. Synchronicity, Carl Jung's theory that … [Read more...]
NEWS for November 2005
Massage school on MTVAn upcoming MTV program called "Made," which pairs a young person who has a desire to become something with a coach in the desired field of study, will feature a female high school senior from Irondale High School in Minnesota. For this episode, she needed to choose several careers she would be interested in pursuing in her lifetime. One of her career choices was to be "made" into a massage therapist, and she chose Minneapolis School of Massage & … [Read more...]
The Hidden, Unified-Field Voice in Natural Systems
"Our excessive disconnection from nature produces our dysfunctions. Now, they can be overcome through a social technology that genuinely reconnects our thinking and psyche to nature. But, will we use and teach this process?" - Michael J. CohenA broken computer cannot repair itself if its malfunction prevents it from making the repair. Similarly, we suffer our personal, social and environmental dysfunctions because we have "broken" our computer, our ability to think clearly … [Read more...]
Classical Homeopathy: Your own personal vibrational medicine
Everyone has a personal vibration. In Eastern medicine it is called qi ("chee"). In Nichiren Buddhism, it is called your Life Condition. In Classical Homeopathy, we refer to it as your Vital Force or your Life Force. Your vibration can't be seen any more than the vibration of a musical note can be seen. But, like a pure tone, it can be measured. When a person experiences dis-ease, his or her vibrational pattern is changed. It is like a scale of notes that becomes perverted. If you have … [Read more...]
Osmosis and Your Energy Body
We have all had the experience of being around someone who seems to leave us drained. Whether it is a colleague, a friend, a family member or even a stranger, interacting with them literally "takes it out of us." This article proposes a way of looking at our energy bodies and the interactions we have with others that might help explain this common phenomenon.The human energy body is what sociologists would call an "open system": our energy bodies are constantly interacting … [Read more...]
Living at the Edge of Chaos: It may not be as bad as it sounds
It's on the news, in our workplace; we face it everyday, even in the sanctuary of our homes. We can't outrun it or hide from it. It is there, everywhere we turn. As a cumulative race, we are living on the edge of chaos. Some of it created by others and some created by ourselves.Senior level executives and up and coming MBAs are taught in graduate school how to lead in chaos. Therapists help their patients adapt to the chaos in their lives. We drug ourselves and our children to cope with chaos. … [Read more...]
Remembering our reason for being
In my September column, I wrote that we are the ones we've been waiting for. We are living with all kinds of chaos spinning around us - seemingly through us - but each of us has the ability to make a conscious choice to promote peace and love with every action and step we take. Instead of waiting for someone to pave the way for us, we can live awakened lives in spite of the fear we see outside of ourselves.At the end of the column, I wrote: "You can also go up in the woods and never come … [Read more...]
Creating Through the Power of Vibration
After 20 years of performing sacred dance and teaching movement and sound healing, it has become very clear that we can create our own reality through embodying our consciousness in form. Our vibration is the key. It is our energetic pathway to creation. Here are five tools to assist you in accessing the power of your personal vibration. Sensory Experience - Our physical form is made of the same vibrating matter and elements as the Earth. This vibrating matter of our body connects us with all of … [Read more...]
Catching Up With Your Life!
Welcome to the river of life! You have an inner tube to float along in. It is yours and will never be taken away from you. Float with me down this river of life. We can't see where the river is going, we can't see around the next bend, but look there - over you head - and grab that fruit off the overhanging branch and taste the gifts of the river. There are many more branches with all kinds of delicacies here in the river.Look at all those who float along with us! Honest people, healers, good … [Read more...]
Spiritual Activism in a Time of War
I have spent much of my adult life working to change the conditions that create war. I never imagined that my husband would be fighting in one. He got the call in October 2003, and deployed to Iraq with the Washington Army National Guard in early 2004. By the time he left, I was already active in Military Families Speak Out (www.mfso.org), an organization that has been at the forefront of the efforts to end the war in Iraq. If ever there was an opportunity to turn swords into ploughshares, it's … [Read more...]
What is a Theory?
Significant advances in science often come through theories, for example Pasteur's germ theory, Darwin's theory of evolution and Einstein's theory of relativity. In these and many other theories, an underlying general principle explains complicated observations and phenomena. By finding this general principle, a theory organizes and simplifies knowledge in a particular field. It transforms thinking - the old familiar world gives way to new understanding.The search for truth remains the grand … [Read more...]
Odd Velvet, In Every Moon There is a Face
Odd Velvet, by Mary E. Whitcomb, illustrated by Tara Calahan King (Chronicle Books), ages 3 to 8Velvet brings a milkweed pod for show-and-tell at school while the other girls bring dolls. Her orange flyaway braids, gigantic glasses and secondhand dress (hurray for reuse!) add to the aura of odd that surrounds her. But through adorable, whimsical artwork and a non-preaching tone, odd translates into unique and wonderful. The light-hearted, yet deeply important, lessons in non-materialism and … [Read more...]
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