Maybe all children are fearful. I don't know. I just remember, as a little girl, being terrified a lot. Mostly, I was afraid of three things: nuclear war, Nazis and the Rapture. I was a child of the 50s with a father who returned from World War II with a bullet in his knee and night terrors. In my nightmares I hid from Nazis who searched for little girls in closets.Then came the cold war. I was taught how to hide under my desk in school in case a nuclear bomb was launched. Even in … [Read more...]
An Interview with Isha
What was the most sacred moment you have had in your life? Isha: The most poignant moment in my life destroyed the concept of the sacred for me. When I became enlightened, I realized that everything is the same; that we are all one, we’ve all always been one, and that the only thing that is real is love. I realized that love is the essence of all being; it is the totality. There is nothing special, and nothing that is not special; there is nothing sacred, and nothing that is not. … [Read more...]
An Interview with Rita Louise, Ph.D.
What was the most sacred moment you have had in your life? Dr. Rita Louise: It was many years ago and I was visiting a very close friend of mine. We spent the evening talking, doing Tarot reading for each other and repeating mantras. I can't tell you when it happened or why it happened, but at one point in time during our evening "filled with spirit" it was as if the universe opened up to me. It is so hard to describe this experience, because it is not something that happens to us … [Read more...]
News from the Edge
EXPOS & CONFERENCES OCTOBER 17-19 2008 Lotus Workshop & Conference: Reuniting Spirituality & Sexuality www.lotusworkshop.com Nine experts in relationship, sexuality and sacred sexuality will reveal tips, practices and secrets of intimate relating from ancient cultures and modern science during the first Lotus Conference in Minnesota at the Marriott Southwest on Lake Minnetonka. Speakers will include Deborah Sundahl, Mary Zalmanek, Chip August, Francesca … [Read more...]
Charting the Heavens in October
The Sun, traveling through Libra this month, reminds us to ground more fully in our center...until it enters Scorpio on the 10/22, deepening our capacity to see the truth. Libra energy is about far more that seeking harmony. It is about rebalancing the world through owning and honoring ourselves in the here and now. With the full moon in Aries on 10/14, we discover new courage, and the new moon on 10/28 in Scorpio pushes us to be more genuine in our intimate exchanges.Mars enters Scorpio on … [Read more...]
Using Anger Creatively
We usually consider the emotion of anger to be destructive to our psychological health. In recovery from psychological difficulties, however, anger is often a sign of healing. Of all the varieties of emotions, fear and anger are probably the least understood. They are the most powerful. They need to be controlled. However, they are rarely considered a sign of health. The emotional experience we call "anger" is nothing more than our bodies providing us with quick, powerful energy. Anger … [Read more...]
The Sacred Sites of the Dalai Lamas
I recently had the chance to speak with the creator of a remarkable film that explores the sacred sites of the Dalai Lamas in Tibet. This pilgrimage with translator and author Glenn Mullin is a fascinating journey that takes you to the caves where the early Buddhist masters meditated and enters the monasteries where the Dalai Lamas and others taught, and - at an altitude of over 16,000 feet - looks down into the famous oracle lake of Lhamo Lhatso where every Dalai Lama has had prophetic … [Read more...]
Our Evolving Self: Transforming in this very Instant
For the longest time, the tagline of this publication was, "Exploring the Evolution of Consciousness." It was perfect. That's exactly what our readers were seeking and what our contributors were pondering. Our content explored the nature of soul and yielded a full range of speculation about how we were growing and advancing as spiritual beings. And then The EDGE became Edge Life and the focus was consciously changed away from channelings and extraterrestrials toward a more grounded … [Read more...]
An Interview With Kathryn Harwig
What was the most sacred moment you have had in your life? Kathryn Harwig: Strangely enough, it happened in the Hennepin County Government center. In the 1970s, I worked as a probation officer. It seemed I was always stressed, always busy and often angry. That day was just another one of those days. I walked into the building, stressed, in a hurry, just like always. Then, the air “rippled” and I heard the words, “It is OK, Kathy.” And I knew it was. From that time on, I … [Read more...]
An Interview with Sage Lewis
What was the most sacred moment you have had in your life? Sage Lewis: There have been so many sacred moments in my life, but what floats up to the top is the most tender exchange I've ever had with my dog, Java. It happened during the fourth day of my first Tellington TTouch® training in May 2002.Java and I were lying on a blanket together at a training facility - following the direction of the instructor to begin using some basic TTouches (lifts, slides, circular TTouches) with our dogs. … [Read more...]
Passion Fuels Holistic Weight-loss Approach
"The joy, satisfaction and peace we experience when we live a life that is not defined by our weight is a miracle!" The Journey to Weight Loss Freedom Workshop was created out of a deep desire to teach other people that we have the natural power and the wisdom within us to create weight-loss miracles in our lives. I am now a 75-pound weight-loss winner living the life I have always dreamed about and I am no longer defined by my weight. It's a universal truth that when we follow a … [Read more...]
What’s New: A glance at New Things to Experience
NEW BOOKSSPIRITUALITY FOR MOMMIES: Empowering Women at all Life Stages, by Paula M. Ezop (Lulu.com), 96 pages, $14.95, download $8.50, at lulu.com/content/3962989Spirituality for Mommies helps women understand their own spirituality through development of personalized models. This book should appeal to readers who enjoy self-help books and spiritual literature. The work is intended as a guide for all women that focuses on feeling, thinking, and acting spiritually. We are reminded that we are … [Read more...]
A Radical Shift in Consciousness
An excerpt from Transcendent Dreaming: Stepping into Our Human Potential by Christina Donnell, Ph.D., which is available through Magus Books, 1309 1/2 4th St. SE, Minneapolis, or online at www.transcendentdreaming.com. The following dream occurred in 1996. By then, although my familiar focus on ambition and activity in the external world had been replaced by exploration of my internal world, I was not yet comfortable with this transformation and had not yet integrated my inner discoveries with … [Read more...]
Living a Life of Magic
Magic, what a wonderful part of life! It is what fills our souls with joy, the hope that is found in each new sunrise. Magic is what warms our bones on a cold winter day as the sun glints off the frozen snow creating miniature prisms of beautiful dancing light that capture our imagination and catapult us into a very special place. It is what cools us down when it is 110 degrees in the shade and we feel the caress of a gentle breeze on our cheek. Magic is the love that we experience when we see a … [Read more...]
The Return of the Teachers: An Interview with Benjamin Creme
The essence of market forces is greed and separatism. The more one is attached to these forces, the more they create cells of imprisonment. This leads to spiritual bankruptcy and mental disequilibrium.." - Maitreya Scottish-born painter and esotericist Benjamin Creme has spent more than 30 years preparing the world for the most extraordinary event in human history: the return of our spiritual mentors to the everyday world. Creme has appeared on television, radio and documentary films … [Read more...]
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