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In Service: Meditation & Prayer behind bars

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Our featured topic: The Value of Serving Others About four years ago, in the latter part of 2007, a friend and I were asked if we were interested in volunteering at the Red Wing Juvenile Correctional Facility (in Red Wing, MN), teaching meditation to young offenders there. We gladly accepted the offer. After a criminal background check and a four-hour orientation, we began our monthly sojourns on Saturday mornings down the St. Croix River Valley to Red Wing. After about one year, we added … [Read more...]

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7 Short-Cuts to Daily Bliss

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Sure, the ancient yogis found inner bliss by stretching in their yoga poses and sitting on their cushions for hours on end. But we live in the real world -- frequently too busy treading water to spare that kind of time! Fortunately, after digesting tons of spiritual books and attending myriad workshops, then experimenting with what works for me, I've created my own Reader's Digest-ish short-cut to daily bliss. To connect to your elevated interior, try (as best as you can) to sprinkle these … [Read more...]

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Ideas for the small business: Listening

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The 1993 film Shadowlands has a telling scene in which C.S. Lewis (played by Anthony Hopkins) talks with his brother about the challenge of establishing a relationship with the young son of the woman he hopes to marry. "I don't know what to tell him or to say," says Lewis. "We don't have subjects in common to discuss." Lewis' brother replies, "You don't need something to tell or to say. Just talk with him." The insight stays with Lewis. The next time he and the boy are together they sit … [Read more...]

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The Hospice Effect

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Our Featured Topic: The Value of Serving Others I had been thinking about becoming a hospice volunteer for a while. It would come as a passing thought that I would consider and then put aside. Little did I know how quickly and how clearly my decision would be made. Our hospice house is on the outskirts of town surrounded by farm fields and trees. It looks like a home - not a place of death. I had a tour shortly before it opened, but had no other contact with it, other than to read the … [Read more...]

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My Strongheart Experience

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Our Featured Topic: The Value of Serving Others "The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others." - Mahatma Gandhi In April 2011 I flew to Monrovia, Liberia. From there I was driven 3-1/2 hours to Robertsport - a fully functioning city struggling to rebuild after over 20 years of civil war (1980-2006) - and The Strongheart House. The Strongheart Fellowship Program [strongheartfellowship.org] is a groundbreaking healing and learning guidance program … [Read more...]

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Star Wisdom | August 2011

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Mercury, the planet of thought and communication, is retrograde from August 2-26, bringing an appropriate slowness to the deepest part of summer while Mars in Cancer keeps the waters of transformation on a slow boil. Aries (Mar. 21-Apr. 19)...Someone from the past comes back into your life, bringing a much-needed shot of fun. Even though you're a little preoccupied with an intense emotional or family drama, remember that activating your creativity is one of the easiest ways to release the … [Read more...]

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Finding Success in Life, despite Autism

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The picture of autism most often depicted in the media paints children and their worried parents. I have autism. My picture is different: 45-year-old suburban mom of four, autism advocate and small business owner. But, it wasn't always that way, because my childhood was like the media depiction without therapies, special education classes, or even a diagnosis. My mother worried about why I wasn't talking and seemed to be in my own world, rarely interacting with others. Doctors had no … [Read more...]

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Fasten your seatbelts

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from the editor I have to admit that it was a trip getting through Dolores Cannon's new book, The Three Waves of Volunteers and The New Earth [read interview online]. I did so on the advice of longtime friend Ralph Wolf of Mason City, IA, who emailed me that he had already read half the book and considered it a significant piece of work. I have read several of the many books in which Dolores has reported on actual case studies of hypnotherapy sessions. She uses a unique technique to … [Read more...]

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Manifest Your Soul’s Potential

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The soul's greatest journey is about to begin... Are you ready for all that is to come? Are you ready and preparing for the next level of your life? What could you accomplish if more of your spiritual capacity was activated or switched on? Light body expert William Henry will visit Minneapolis August 19-20 to guide participants on a powerful exploration of mind-body-spirit potential and teach timeless tools for transformation and completing the journey to wholeness...or even holiness by … [Read more...]

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Muslims and Christians celebrate common ground

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Shared in common: peace, forgiveness, and love When Muslim Sufi minister Jamal Rahman and Franciscan nun Gabriele Uhlein come together with Jean Feraca of Wisconsin Public Radio's "Here on Earth" on August 12-14 at the Christine Center, the Center anticipates a lively, inquisitive conversation. This coming together of diverse spiritual teachers, facilitated by Feraca, will be both a celebration and a time to discover a common ground for everyone who participates in the weekend … [Read more...]

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