Archive for February, 2007

Baby comes back from the dead

Posted by soulscode on 28 Feb 2007 | Tagged as: Minor Miracles

This kid is just too cute to die, apparently.


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Photo of the Day: Milan’s Duomo

Posted by soulscode on 27 Feb 2007 | Tagged as: Mystical destinations

The Airy Doom of the Duomo | Originally uploaded by Stuck in Customs.

Father, forgive me for I have sinned. I once passed up the chance to go to Milan, all expenses paid except airfare, […]

Pete Townshend On Britney: Pray

Posted by soulscode on 27 Feb 2007 | Tagged as: Celebrity Seekers

Reflecting On Britney Spears - New York - September 2005 | Originally uploaded by canonsnapper.

“Pray for the babe,” says legendary Who guitarist of Britney Spears. From his blog:

Dedicated Man In A […]

A radical faith

Posted by soulscode on 27 Feb 2007 | Tagged as: Religion Goes Scary, Confessions

David Ian Miller interviews the formerly atheist editor of Mother Jones magazine on her conversion to Christianity. But what’s even more interesting than the change in Sarah Miles is the way Miles — a lesbian — challenges ‘traditional’ ideas about faith and identity in the […]

Spiritual surf: crackpot director edition

Posted by soulscode on 26 Feb 2007 | Tagged as: The Pain Body, Presidential candidates + other Pols, Religion Gets Funny, Religion Goes Scary

Moviemaker says found Jesus’ tomb. [This Is London]
Scholar: “They just want to get money.“[AP]
Tomb may be opened to public [Jpost]
Why people try to ‘disprove’ Christianity [BeliefNet]
Also: Farrakhan to give last big speech. [NYT]

After the […]

Fidel Castro: Spiritual but not religious?

Posted by soulscode on 25 Feb 2007 | Tagged as: The Pain Body, Presidential candidates + other Pols, Soul's Code Canon & reviews

Fidel Castro | Originally uploaded by Melissa in TN.

Yo, ho-ho. Any dude who bans Christmas for 29 years straight is probably just stone-cold crazy. But Cuba’s dictator’s early letters, now published in English, […]

James Cameron takes on Christianity

Posted by soulscode on 25 Feb 2007 | Tagged as: Spiritual cinema, Religion Gets Funny

James Cameron and the Virgin Sacrifice | Originally uploaded by Jinxiecat.

Monday, in New York City, one of the biggest crackpots of our age will reveal… the tomb of Jesus, the tomb of Mary… […]

Crazy Fu contest: Dr. Phil v. Church of Scientology

Posted by soulscode on 23 Feb 2007 | Tagged as: Dr. Phil

Who’s Crazy Fu is stronger, Dr. Phil’s? Or that practiced by the Church of Scientology. This spoof can help you decide for yourself.


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Mitt Romney: the Republicans’ minority candidate

Posted by Soul's Code on 23 Feb 2007 | Tagged as: Presidential candidates + other Pols, Religion Gets Funny

young_annmitt_1_lr.jpgThe Democrats have their “minority” candidates for president — Hillary and Obama — but the Republicans have one, too. Come on down, Mitt Romney: translation = Mormon. Mitt is a Boomer begat by a baronette of American politics: George […]

Slate’s wonderful ‘Blogging the Bible’ feature gets to Jonah

Posted by soulscode on 23 Feb 2007 | Tagged as: Religion Gets Funny

Kamandi | Originally uploaded by Jason Grote.

Slate’s always-funny David Plotz is in rare form this week, as he recaps the tale of Jonah and […]

Anna Nicole judge: too spiritual?

Posted by Soul's Code on 23 Feb 2007 | Tagged as: Celebrity Seekers

Being spiritual is good. Putting it on display while deciding what to do with Anna Nicole Smith’s body? Maybe not so good.

CNN’s account of the circus presided over by Broward Circuit Court Judge Larry Seidlin, narcissist:

The judge’s offbeat folksiness combines the directness […]

Spiritual surf: jail for insulting Islam

Posted by soulscode on 23 Feb 2007 | Tagged as: Celebrity Seekers, Religion Gets Funny

Oh no, here come the Bloggers | Originally uploaded by Brett L..

Blogger gets jail for insulting Islam [The Scotsman]

Farrakhan preps “final addess” [Chicago Trib]

“Bogus” India spiritualists slammed [Economic […]

Eckhart Tolle tutors Jim Carrey

Posted by Soul's Code on 22 Feb 2007 | Tagged as: Celebrity Seekers

Jim Carrey in Time

In last week’s issue of Time, Jim Carrey quoted Eckhart Tolle and revealed he’d visited the spiritual teacher at his home in Vancouver, B.C. “Has Jim Carrey Flipped Out?”

Carrey emerges as a very confused man who seems to have […]

Pigging out

Posted by soulscode on 19 Feb 2007 | Tagged as: Religion Gets Funny, Sacred Days

Year of the Pig

Pig: Originally uploaded by Stuarth666

*Soothsayers: Year of the pig to bring “epidemics, disaster, and violence” [Associated Press]

*Conservative Anglicans may rejoin Roman Catholic Church [The Times]

*Cardinal disses global warming […]

Britney Spears gets real?

Posted by soulscode on 17 Feb 2007 | Tagged as: The Pain Body, Addiction

They call it ”terrible.” Others sayBrit’s got “issues.” Her fans claim they’re “crushed” by the way her life is unfolding.

Over the past few days Britney Spears has:

*Shaved her head;
*Reportedly spent a 24-hours stint in rehab;
*Gotten inked at random tattoo parlors.

It’s tempting to judge this, call […]

PostSecret.com, an online confessional for lust, lying and lonely hearts — absolution not included

Posted by Soul's Code on 17 Feb 2007 | Tagged as: Confessions

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Next week brings Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent and the moment when the sacraments of confession and the absolution of sins take center stage. But the website PostSecret does the first half of that two-step year round. It’s name is a triple […]

Coming to a city near you: The best and the brightest of the transcendental, mind-blowing, kandy-kolored, soul-expanding 2007 enlightenment road show

Posted by soulscode on 16 Feb 2007 | Tagged as: TEACHERS WE TRACK, Dr. Phil, Eckhart Tolle, Byron Katie, Caroline Myss, Female Mystics

You may have noticed from our last few posts that some of the biggest brands on the enlightenment circuit are criss-crossing the continent right now. We’ve put all the links we’ve scattered around Soul’s Code in one place here. Click on a speaker’s name […]

Even mystics form love triangles

Posted by soulscode on 14 Feb 2007 | Tagged as: The Pain Body, TEACHERS WE TRACK, Love & Relationships (families included), Confessions, Break-Ups & Love Triangles

Love triangles have been a hot-button with editors, producers and the public these days yet one of the most provocative stories has remained MIA from national headlines. San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom’s or the NASA space-shuttle captain Lisa Nowak’s affairs have nothing in the “Jesus-H” department compared to this one.

Byron Katie, “A Thousand Names for Joy” and blowing the spell of 9/11

Posted by soulscode on 13 Feb 2007 | Tagged as: The Pain Body, TEACHERS WE TRACK, Byron Katie, Oprah, Soul's Code Canon & reviews

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Byron Katie is a post-modern mystic = someone who has realized an elevated state, and done so in the maelstrom of contemporary American society — incubated totally outside of organized religion, essentially by spontaneous combustion.

With the release of her third book,

Happy St. Valentine’s Day

Posted by soulscode on 13 Feb 2007 | Tagged as: Love & Relationships (families included)

Black Diamond Run | Originally uploaded by tomcarroll_95123.

“The disposition of the true lover is almost diamond-like: hard and everlasting.” — Baltasar Gracián y Morales


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