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RECOMMENDATIONS

December 12th, 2011

RECOMMENDATIONS We continue to be in a period of intense change that is affecting all of us on the individual and collective levels. The old rules do not apply, and we don’t yet know exactly what our evolving society will look like. Throughout my life, I have found that books can be the greatest of teachers […]

SOMETHING’S GOING ON HERE……

July 22nd, 2011

“Something is going on here but you don’t know what it is, do you Mister Jones.” Bob Dylan 1965 “Chaos is the prelude to a new order.” […]

FURTHER THOUGHTS ON HEALING

June 21st, 2011

“As a person becomes enlightened he becomes increasingly aware of the eternal good. He realizes the importance of rectifying his own conduct by the two great lights of ethics and morality.” Manly Hall 1901-1990 It would have been impossible to escape the recent […]

HEALING FEAR

April 7th, 2011

We have been in a particularly volatile period since the end of March. While we can’t blame the planets for the current state of affairs, we can look to them for illumination. This is a time of incredible change, and change can be very unsettling. If we take the short view, it can be […]

RENEWAL

January 16th, 2011

We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this we are less prone to hate our enemies. Martin Luther […]

REFLECTIONS ON CHANGE

December 12th, 2010

“Deafened by the voice of desire you are unaware the Beloved lives in the core of your heart. Stop the noise and you will hear his voice in the silence.” Rumi What interesting times we’re living in. I’ve previously quoted my friend Maureen who said “This is what we came for.” Many of you are […]

QUICKENING

October 11th, 2010

When I am resting, everything and I are one….I don’t become one with everything. I return to being one with everything. I am here as well as there. I depart but don’t leave.” Nicolai Hel in “Shibumi” “Upon learning to ’see’ a man becomes everything by becoming nothing. He vanishes and yet he’s here.” Carlos Castaneda […]

A FORK IN THE ROAD

May 30th, 2010

Everyone I know is extremely concerned about the effects of this oil-volcano in the Gulf. There are so many areas of concern: the livelihood of people who have already lost so much in Katrina, the viability of life in New Orleans with no seafood and the subsequent impact on tourism, the even larger issue of […]

SPRING 2010

March 21st, 2010

“It is taught that prophecy, one of the most refined states of the Jewish enlightenment process, cannot be obtained except through joy…The key to cultivating joy is through a combination of exercises: prioritizing one’s life, developing awareness, acts of loving kindness, and honoring one’s self by taking time.” Rabbi David Cooper […]

BENCHED

January 23rd, 2010

“World peace is difficult for humanity to achieve because we are still in a juvenile species mode of aggressive competition, especially in our economics. This is a necessary stage in evolution, but must give way to the kind of cooperative maturity we see in type III ecosystems such as rainforests and prairies.” Elizabeth Sahtouris […]