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Palenque, Mexico: Mayan Ruins Still Alive
I could give you the facts: largest known Mayan city, abandoned 800 A.D., populated by more than 100,000 people at its peak, today 90 percent covered by rainforest.But I didn't come here for these facts. I came for personal experience. "Would I recognize this place? Had I lived here in another life?" Walking the ruins, opening my sensors, I was struck by how low consciousness had been just 1,200 years ago. Inwardly, I could see the blood of human sacrifice staining the steps of stone. … [Read more...]
Do That Which Brings You Joy!
Do that which brings you joy, and I will take care of the rest!" These words came to me in a dream recently when I was asking Spirit, "What do you want me to do with my life? These words answer for me what my social responsibility is in my whole life. I am to be joy. I am to bring joy to others. From this perspective, responsibility is not a burden. "Response-ability" is simply my ability to respond to life from a perspective of deep, abiding love, faith and joy. I take it as … [Read more...]
The Search For Meaningful Work
Most people prefer no work at all to meaningless work, or wasted work, or made work.... If work is meaningless, then life comes close to being meaningless. - Abraham Maslow As a young idealist in the 1960s, with experience in computer systems analysis and programming, I responded to the culture wars brought on by Vietnam by selling my Porsche 911 and going to work for Cesar Chavez, founder of the United Farm Workers, for room, board and $5 a week. My job was to computerize the union's membership … [Read more...]
Leading the Way for all Americans
"It's not a question of enough, pal. It's a zero sum game, somebody wins, somebody loses. Money itself isn't lost or made; it's simply transferred from one perception to another." "The point is, ladies and gentlemen, that greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right. Greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all of its forms - greed for life, for money, knowledge - has marked the upward surge of mankind, and greed - you … [Read more...]
Think Spiritually, Act Materially
Most of us are familiar with the slogan "Think Globally, Act Locally," which helps us to see the bigger picture while doing what we can to improve our world. When it comes to business and spirituality, there are many people who feel these two realms cannot mix. Some business people want little to do with spirituality, believing that attending to spirit will hurt the bottom line. Some spiritually minded persons have negative judgments of all things related to business and see working in … [Read more...]
Spirituality, Work and Following our Path
In the present day world of spiritually, it is often a struggle for us to know how to follow what we see as our spiritual purpose. Do we give up our day jobs and have the faith to follow our perceived path 100 percent? Do we have the courage to do so? How do we "Let Go and Let God" when it comes to our spiritual path and financial survival? How do we be spiritual and yet survive in today's world of business and corporations? Do we have to give up one to have the other? These are the … [Read more...]
Minnesota State Forests Certified Sustainable
MINNEAPOLIS - Minnesota state forest land covering 4.8 million acres has been certified as sustainable, Gov. Tim Pawlenty recently announced. The newly awarded sustainable status makes Minnesota the largest certified forest land base in the United States.The certifications were issued by the two top, independent forest certification organizations in North America - the Sustainable Forestry Initiative, an industry group, and the Forest Stewardship Council, an independent group that has its roots … [Read more...]
How Bad Is Your Breath? 14 Simple Tips to Reduce Mouth Odor
Bad breath, morning breath, breath odor or halitosis are all terms used to describe a noticeably unpleasant odor exhaled on the breath. Halitosis is not a problem by itself, but it can cause concerns in our interpersonal relationships. We are all familiar with how the consumption of certain foods, such as garlic and onions, can affect our breath. This occurs because these foods are absorbed into our bloodstream, where they are transferred to our lungs and exhaled. Fortunately, bad breath caused … [Read more...]
Soul at Work
We all want to enhance our experience of work and enrich our work environments with meaning and purpose, vision and values, creativity and inspiration, joy and deep human connection. How do we do this? Let’s look inside our own self, into our own soul, for guidance.If we’re going to use the word soul in a business context, we’d better define it, we’d better understand its meaning clearly. Otherwise, this single word — so often thought of as abstract, esoteric and … [Read more...]
Come Back Again
the good things always come backif you give them timespring comes back around againafter endless winterflowers spring up againfrom dead stalks and frozen rootsmy Dadwhose great heart I have sorely missedshows up againin the laughing eyes of my baby nephewMenahga, Minn. … [Read more...]
Interview With Artists Elisabeth Horst And Virginia Matter
In her practice as a therapist, Elisabeth Horst saw many clients experiencing depression due to bad work environments. So she'd walk them through processes and programs that helped them adjust to their work world in "small ways."But she soon realized these step-by-step survival techniques were useless in work cultures that were fundamentally alienating to one's sense of self and relationship with others. She came to understand the real issue was about being mindful and having the … [Read more...]
Want to Change Someone? Think again
Is it possible to "want nothing from another?" Don't we naturally want people to be kind? Yes, this is part of the human condition. The problems arise when the mind habitually wants people to be different than they are. Our painful relationships with others are most often caused by unconsciously feeding the wanting to change people we cannot change, like family or people with whom you work!When you notice being caught up in wanting someone to be different - drop the wanting, and want … [Read more...]
Surprisingly, Workers Open to Sharing
The least eight years of my life had been spent as the owner of a healing arts practice, working with clients in a treatment setting, as well as teaching healing arts workshops and massage therapy, surrounding myself with those of a like-minded, "spiritual" nature, and those with creative entrepreneurial business skills. This year, however, I wanted to see how my spiritual evolution, which had so far been spent of the fringe of the mainstream in healing arts workshops and the personal … [Read more...]
From The Publisher
As of February 10, Edge Life magazine will be available at all Dunn Bros. coffee shops in the greater Twin Cities area. Locate the magazine in the top slot on the white rack in each facility. Please be aware that Edge Life Events is co-sponsoring Doreen Virtue on April 1 at the Minneapolis Convention Center. Doreen has not been in the Twin Cities for three years. We invited her to come back and she graciously accepted. Call Hay House for tickets at 1 (800) 654-5126. Also, Doreen’s husband, … [Read more...]
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