Recently I have had many questions about life and its purpose. Maybe you have had some of the same questions yourself. Questions like: Who are we really and why are we here? Is humanity's consciousness shifting? Is time moving faster and faster, and if so, why? Is the world at a breaking point because of terrorism, environmental damage, wars and nuclear weapons? Are we, as human beings, truly capable of experiencing the higher consciousness of unconditional love? What does the end of the Mayan … [Read more...]

Editor's note: Aimee Prasek, a graduate student at the College of St. Catherine, is an Edge Life intern this fall. She brings a diverse writing perspective to her passion for holistic health promotion. Look for the conclusion of Aimee's three-part series in the January edition of Edge Life.There are few people who can captivate an audience every time they speak. Often, these intriguing people communicate with humbleness, they tell dynamic stories and they share deep wisdom. I interviewed … [Read more...]

Note: title is from the song by R.E.M.From the beginning of time human beings have pondered and attempted to predict "the end." Hebrew and Christian scriptures seem to foretell of this event. Prophets throughout all of history have made their own attempts at naming the day and time of this "inevitable" moment. And yet, over and over, these predictions prove to be false. What, then, are we to understand of these prophecies? Is the coming end of the Mayan calendar in 2012 a … [Read more...]

Secular - Of or belonging to the present or visible world as distinguished from the eternal or spiritual world. Not dedicated to religious uses. - Oxford English DictionaryProper names in the past 50 years or more morphed into our speech patterns as common, immediately identifiable nouns (and in some cases verbs) and we use them without giving them a second thought. Many of us didn't grow up using facial tissue; we reached for a Kleenex when we felt a sneeze coming on. Also, we didn't enjoy … [Read more...]

I was recently asked how I interpreted the Mayan and Hopi predictions that the world, as we know it, will end on December 21, 2012. Would there be global war-possibly triggering a nuclear holocaust? Would the planet's life forms finally succumb to the ecological quagmire that's been building in our soils, oceans and atmosphere? Would the current steady increase of previously unknown diseases overcome our ability to defend against them? Or will we suddenly move into a new Golden Age in which the … [Read more...]

An excerpt from the author's chapter in the book, The Mystery of 2012.Are you stuck in fear and dread about looming disasters culminating in 2012? If so, I'd like to help shift the way you look at the world, especially business and politics. Why not imagine a better world in the future and live this vision moment to moment in the choices you make and the work that you do? In this way you can help create it.We, as humanity, have a choice: do we want to see the physical and emotional suffering of … [Read more...]

The Sun, traveling through Sagittarius this month, reminds us of the knowledge we have gained through living the lives we have, and we feel inspired now to share what we have learned with those who might benefit from our wisdom...until it enters Capricorn on 12/22, marking the Winter Solstice. We embody the Sagittarian energy as we move into our philosophical seats. It is through questing and synthesizing our life experiences that we come to arrive at new places of understanding and develop our … [Read more...]

Based on the new book The Three "Only" Things: Tapping the Power of Dreams, Coincidence, and ImaginationHave you lost touch with your dreams? Are your dreams missing you (in the words of one of a new slew of dream-themed TV commercials)? Is your dream recall limited to fragments that are lost completely as you hurry off into the business and traffic of the day?Relax. There are easy ways to renew and refresh your relationship with your dreams. 1. SET AN INTENTION FOR THE NIGHTBefore you … [Read more...]

Rumor has it that the world-renowned director Mira Nair (Monsoon Wedding, Vanity Fair, The Namesake), was in Bombay, stuck in traffic on Marine Drive and in the midst of a movie-maker's equivalent of writer's block when she discovered the source of traffic was hundreds of women dressed in all white crossing the street. She was so intrigued, that she ditched her cab and followed these women with her DV camera- some time later, The Laughing Club of India was born.In this compassionate and … [Read more...]