The Dalai Lama condemns cage confinement of egg-laying hens

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His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama has issued a statement in the wake of the largest egg recall in United States history. In a letter, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate decries the egg industry's cruel treatment of hens and urges egg buyers to switch to cage-free eggs: "The abuse we inflict on hens has always been particularly disturbing to me and I have always been particularly concerned toward how these animals are treated in industrial food production. I am troubled to learn about the practice … [Read more...]

Predictions for the Years Ahead!

Most of what I observe is that human beings only know what is and has been, according to what each is willing to believe and has been taught - even if each does not fully understand it. What many individuals are sharing is what each believes can and will be happening leading up to and after December 21, 2012. Is it their truth, or another's truth? Where do these ideas come from? How connected to the universe is each person? Are there different levels and degrees of intuitive connectedness? Is … [Read more...]

The New Edge Magazine: Flowing in the Soulstream that is Now

In today's sharp sparkle, this winter air, anything can be made, any sentence begun. On the brink, on the brim, on the cusp - praise song for walking forward in that light.- Inaugural Poem, Jan. 20, 2009This is a most unique moment in the history of humanity, for we are on the precipice - on the edge, if you will - between an age led by personality and ego and an age led by soul, as we have seen with the naming of our new president. There is no turning back, for the energies are set in motion … [Read more...]

A New Way Forward

Every exit is an entry somewhere else." -- Tom Stoppard I remember the moment like it just happened. I was sitting at a small table, facing a tarot reader with a deck of cards. She handed them to me, asked me to shuffle them, cut them or whatever I chose. I did so, handed them back and then, one by one, she placed them face up in a pattern before me. Then that card came up. The card that no one likes to see. Number 13. The skeleton. The white rose. Death. She sensed my apprehension and … [Read more...]

An Interview with Sunny Dawn Johnston

What was the most sacred moment you have had in your life? Sunny Dawn Johnston: The most sacred moment I have had in my life was the day my ex-mother-in-law transcended her body. It was a day I will never forget. The synchronicities of the days events began at 10 a.m. with a phone call. She had no brain activity, was comatose and being taken off life support. The doctors said she would not live five minutes after taking her off support, but they didn't know the spirit of this lady! I … [Read more...]