Awakening

How To Access You Own Bottomless Well Of Beauty

Dr. Ali Binazir | Posted 05.27.2012

Dr. Ali Binazir

However you do it, get back in touch with your body, your heart, and reconnect to your source of wonder. Because that wonder is you.

How to Measure Your Spiritual Growth

Tara Sophia Mohr | Posted 05.01.2012

Tara Sophia Mohr

Sometimes, spiritual growth is just seeing it sooner. You see sooner that you are silencing your voice. You see sooner that you are acting out of fear. You see sooner that you are projecting the past on to the present.

The Soft Overcomes the Hard: Walking the Spiritual Path with Excruciating Humility

Mariana Caplan, Ph.D. | Posted 05.01.2012

Mariana Caplan, Ph.D.

We convince ourselves that we are practicing heroically by setting up routines and disciplines that are ultimately unsustainable -- emoting and meditating so intensely that we are actually distracted from a subtler and softer level of feeling.

Addicted to Sex?

Isha Judd | Posted 04.30.2012

Isha Judd

To no longer be a prisoner of sexual desire, to discover the power and joy of finding fulfillment within ourselves is a wonderful thing. It requires commitment, but it is definitely worth it.

The Way Of The Pelican

Steve McSwain | Posted 04.04.2012

Steve McSwain

On a recent visit to Sarasota, I was captured by the sight of the beautiful pelicans as they gracefully, even effortlessly, soared through the air. I wondered what they were thinking knowing, of course, they were thinking nothing.

Public Apology To My Daughter

Dina McQueen | Posted 04.02.2012

Dina McQueen

The time has come to pull back and stop allowing my family to be the target of what can be a society of voyeurs

And The Winner Is... A Moment Of Glory, A Lifetime Of Purpose

Dr. Cara Barker | Posted 04.30.2012

Dr. Cara Barker

The essential question is: What kind of investment do we make with the life we are given between the day we are born, and the day our "marching papers" come? Are we good stewards of life force flowing through our veins? Could we do better?

Going Inside: Direct Experience Is Like a True Kiss

Gangaji | Posted 03.25.2012

Gangaji

To consciously choose to be without thought is the gateway to direct experience. If we are bound to our thinking process for our reference points of reality, we will ask only those questions guaranteed to keep attention on analysis, cause and effect and conceptual evaluation.

Are You Open to Receiving?

Karen Talavera | Posted 03.24.2012

Karen Talavera

She couldn't help but wonder what it could be -- wonder or dread, she wasn't sure which was the more accurate feeling. He hadn't been much of a gift giver in the past, at least not the recent past.

Embrace the Feminine

Mijanou Montealegre | Posted 02.29.2012

Mijanou Montealegre

Reason can no longer stand alone as the sole basis for our reality. It is time to integrate our gifts of reason and the intellect with our gifts of intuition and the path of the heart.

A Meditation On Learning To Be Satisfied

Mark Nepo | Posted 02.02.2012

Mark Nepo

The devastating truth is that excellence can't hold you in the night, and, as I learned when ill, being demanding or sophisticated won't help you survive. A person dying of thirst doesn't ask if the water has chlorine or if it was gathered in the foothills of France.

A Meditation For Simple Joys

Mark Nepo | Posted 01.30.2012

Mark Nepo

No matter how close we come, no matter how much we get from staying close with a sensitive heart, nothing will open us to joy but entering the stream.

The Longing for Home

Karen Talavera | Posted 01.15.2012

Karen Talavera

After your perspective of reality, who you are and what life is broadens there is no going back to illusions.

10 Meditations From My Daybook

Mark Nepo | Posted 01.09.2012

Mark Nepo

From many traditions, from many experiences, from many beautiful and honest voices, the songs herein all sing of pain and wonder and the mystery of love.

A Longing To Evolve

Andrew Z. Cohen | Posted 01.07.2012

Andrew Z. Cohen

I believe the spiritual impulse today is calling us toward that big next step we need to take in our world. That next step will not emerge by itself -- it must be consciously created by human beings.

Are You Sleepwalking Through Your Life?

Russell Bishop | Posted 12.31.2011

Russell Bishop

The choice is always yours -- you can keep listening to the Self-Talk cautioning you against pursuing what matters most or you can listen to your Soul-Talk reminding that you already possess that which you seek.

Do You Discriminate? 4 Ways To Find Out

Isha Judd | Posted 11.26.2011

Isha Judd

When we become the love, we embody everything. When we limit ourselves to our personalities and belief systems, there is no room in our boxes for anything else.

Palestine at the United Nations: Sidestepped by both Friends and the World's Major Players

Raghida Dergham | Posted 11.16.2011

Raghida Dergham

New York - No party is in an enviable position in the current battle over the Palestinian state at the United Nations. Everyone is embarrassed, and so...

Consciously Recognizing Ourselves Before We Die

Duane Elgin | Posted 07.23.2011

Duane Elgin

The afterlife is unknown; however, our invisible body of music, light and love that lives in eternity is knowable.

Why One Man Is Walking From Canada To Mexico

Toan Lam | Posted 05.25.2011

Toan Lam

Jordan is a business graduate-turned-vagabond who hopes his wanderlust inspires you to change by putting down your gizmos, gear and gadgets to engage with one another.

Right Now Is 2012, The Year We've Been Waiting For

John Selby | Posted 11.17.2011

John Selby

I'm hitting 65 and feeling like this is the second, more mature round of awakening that hit us in 1968 or thereabouts -- it's a whole new world opening up, for all of us. And why?

Christmas in Brooklyn

Jack Schimmelman | Posted 11.17.2011

Jack Schimmelman

BAY RIDGE By Brian Merlis /Brooklynpix.com Used by Permission I lived in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn for close to 15 years. During that time I worked at j...

How To Thrive Authentically In The New Economy

Arjuna Ardagh | Posted 11.17.2011

Arjuna Ardagh

Here's a shocking question for you now. What if we never, ever go back to where we were? What if the old game is coming to an end, and a different way of relating with each other is emerging?

How To Achieve Ultimate Intimacy

Arjuna Ardagh | Posted 11.17.2011

Arjuna Ardagh

In our experience, surfing the waves of the deeper love requires a kind of practice, a discipline.

Coronation of the New Queen of Thrillers: S.J. Bolton

Nina Sankovitch | Posted 05.25.2011

Nina Sankovitch

I'd like to dub a new queen in the realm of thrillers: S.J. Bolton. All of Bolton's novels feature strong and smart female characters, and you could call Bolton's books thrillers for intelligent women.