Four Simple Steps to Success with Ease

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Every one of us has the power within to do what we love to do for a living, and to be successful, as well. There are four simple steps to achieve your dreams in life -- even if you're lazy, inexperienced, overwhelmed, or financially challenged: 1. Dream It all begins by daring to dream. Everything ever created first started as a dream. At first, our dreams are just insubstantial bits of imagination, delicate and easily lost, but as we continue to focus on our dreams, they become more and … [Read more...]

Picture Perfect

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As we enter our new year, what kind of mental pictures are you holding about it? Are you enthusiastically envisioning how well it could go, or are you worrying about what could go wrong? Do the images you focus on represent your authentic intentions, or are you adopting the thoughts, feelings, and expectations that others feed or try to impose on you? You might be inspired by an anecdote from a Ken Burns documentary on the evolution of the radio industry. When television began to replace … [Read more...]

Right speech: Look at the intent behind your words

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If you regularly read my column, you probably know that all of my columns are, in some aspect, very personal. One of the trickiest parts of writing these personal stories is that so often, it is not just my story. If it involves someone else, I am always cautious, as it is not only my story to tell. In C.S. Lewis' A Horse and His Boy, as the great lion Aslan reveals his role in the unfolding of events to each person, each character has questions arise regarding things that have happened to … [Read more...]

Decision Making Affects the Flow of Life

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There were so many choices, so I picked none. It was summer in Paris, and I was spending the month writing, relaxing and exploring the city. It felt like a temporary home, as I had done a house swap with my home in Minneapolis and was staying in a lovely flat near the Eiffel tower. Each day I would venture out and explore from a different angle; a touristy jaunt to a museum or a writing workshop or dance class. As the days passed, I observed all the wonderful little cafés and imagined how nice … [Read more...]

Soul Sisters: Raising the Consciousness – Part 2

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Haven't read Part 1? Go HERE They're sisters of soul, these two. Colleen Buckman -- mystic, massage therapist, healing touch practitioner and intuitive healer, writer, songwriter, singer -- and Susan Shehata -- feng shui practitioner, Reiki practitioner, rebirther/breathworker and healer of space, people and animals -- come together every Sunday afternoon to present consciousness-raising radio, sharing their connected vision of peace, love and understanding. Colleen and Susan (from … [Read more...]

‘The Intention Experiment’ part of Dan Brown’s new book

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"...Human consciousness, as Noetic author Lynne McTaggart described it, was a substance outside the confines of the body. A highly ordered energy capable of changing the physical world. Katherine (Solomon) had been fascinated by McTaggart's book 'The Intention Experiment', and her global, web-based study - theintentionexperiment.com - aimed at discovering how human intention could affect the world." - From The Lost Symbol, by Dan Brown Referenced in Dan Brown's new thriller, The Lost Symbol, … [Read more...]

Drum with Planetary Purpose

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Everywhere, sound, vibration and frequency moves me as it has moved cultures for millennia. Sound provides a doorway in consciousness, an avenue for outward creation, and a pathway in to the deep reaches of our being: • Recently as I walked down the National Mall in Washington, D.C., I heard an ancient rhythm from a ceremonial drum ricochet through the marble and limestone canyons formed by government buildings and the monuments of our nation’s memories. • Outside the vast sprawl of … [Read more...]

Serving Love : The Secret Ingredient in the Future of Food

Food is a gift. It's a gift from the earth; it's a gift from a mother to a child, to those we love and are getting to know, and from those wanting to show gratitude and reverence. Most of us have forgotten food's significance beyond physical health or sensual pleasure. But a number of small companies are working to not only remind us of food's sacredness, but to improve its capacity to nourish through the power of human intention. Intention enhanced foods are taking the trend of organics and … [Read more...]