Transcendence

What Is Bliss?

Sean Meshorer | Posted 05.06.2012

Sean Meshorer

Shortly after I'd given my publisher my manuscript about bliss, I had coffee with a friend who asked me: What, exactly, is bliss?

Imaginary Places

Lindsay Edmunds | Posted 05.03.2012

Lindsay Edmunds

Living on the Internet is one of the thousand-mile-high ideas explored by Robert M. Geraci in his book Apocalyptic AI: Visions of Heaven in Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, and Virtual Reality.

Watch For Moments Of Transcendence

Gretchen Rubin | Posted 05.25.2012

Gretchen Rubin

In the rush of our daily routines, it's so easy to miss moments of transcendence. In art, they are masterfully presented, with language and emphasis that set them apart like jewels. In ordinary life, they rush by. I try to remind myself to look for them every day.

Prayer: It's Not What You Think

Rabbi Adam Jacobs | Posted 04.03.2012

Rabbi Adam Jacobs

When a person stands before God to communicate, she is taking stock of her capabilities, current level of spiritual consciousness and willingness to accept reality for what it truly is.

The Rising Tide of Empathy

Steven and Michael Meloan | Posted 03.21.2012

Steven and Michael Meloan

Moving into 2012, we have renewed opportunities to manifest vital aspects of our humanity. Delivering aid to the needy, helpless and downtrodden is not just the right thing to do, it's an important aspect of how we're wired.

God -- Transcendent and Immanent With Jean Houston

Deepak Chopra | Posted 02.04.2012

Deepak Chopra

Deepak talks with Jean Houston about how narrow viewpoints can restrict our understanding.

Reversal of Aging Part 1: Timeless Mind

Deepak Chopra | Posted 12.31.2011

Deepak Chopra

Deepak talks about the aging process and the influence of the experience of timelessness.

Liberate Yourself: Develop a Healthy Ego Through Meditation

Jeanne Ball | Posted 12.28.2011

Jeanne Ball

Some people try to restrain the ego in an effort to become detached or non-judgmental. However, there's another approach to developing a healthy ego, easier than struggling to modify attitude or behavior.

Yom Kippur: A Glimpse Into The Next World

Rabbi Adam Jacobs | Posted 12.05.2011

Rabbi Adam Jacobs

As the Mishna reminds us: "This world is a corridor to the next. Prepare yourself in the corridor so that you may enter the banquet hall."

When Hugs Become A Religious Experience

Loren-Paul Caplin | Posted 09.10.2011

Loren-Paul Caplin

Someone once said that a hug is like a handshake from the heart. And for me, that's absolutely true.

How To Know God Beyond Organized Religion

Steve McSwain | Posted 08.16.2011

Steve McSwain

Knowing God is the purpose of human existence. It's why you showed up. It took me half a lifetime before I got this.

The Reincarnating Humble-bee

Sebastian Siegel | Posted 08.08.2011

Sebastian Siegel

Breath -- and he is inextricably rewoven into eternity, ideated as an aperture through which light shines. Upon a closer look he appears as a portal o...

Where Do I Go from Here? From Mourning to Conversations with Kenny

Carol Jones | Posted 11.17.2011

Carol Jones

Since Kenny's death, it's taken weeks of self-reflection, giving in to the never-ending tears, and beginning somatic therapy to write even the first sentence here.

How to Dispel Darkness (Part 2)

Deepak Chopra | Posted 11.17.2011

Deepak Chopra

All of the ways that we deal with darkness will fall short unless there is a solution that lies beyond the divided self. As long as one p...

The Message of the One

Mike Schwager | Posted 05.25.2011

Mike Schwager

The message of the One begins with the illumination that all is of the One, that each of us is endowed at the deepest core of Being with the wisdom, k...

In The Trenches Of Life, In The Trenches Of Health

Peter Rappa, MD | Posted 11.17.2011

Peter Rappa, MD

But you are that young captain, surging forward, charging into an unknown fate. And, like that captain, you can align with the powerful energy of such valor to propel you forward in fighting disease.

How To Pray

James M. Lynch | Posted 11.17.2011

James M. Lynch

Whatever your religious belief/non belief, practice or stance we all try to achieve a moment of silence or peaceful meditation at one time or another....

The Inner Life: Why Do We Suffer?

Bernie Siegel, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Bernie Siegel, M.D.

The question is not, will there be difficulties and threats to our existence, but how will we deal with them and what can we learn from them. How can they teach us about the meaning of our life and existence?

The False Premise That Obama Wants A Public Option

John Knefel | Posted 05.25.2011

John Knefel

To assume that Obama wants the public option based only on rhetoric is the height of idiocy. Do we assume a husband loves his wife simply because he says he does, despite years of infidelity?

HuffPost Reviews: Van Morrison -- Astral Weeks Live at the Hollywood Bowl / Asa -- Asa

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Mike Ragogna

With a basic reverence for the original record, Morrison's live arrangements allow for musicians to add new layers of strata though jams, while acknowledging forty years has passed since the original was slated.