Archive for March, 2007

Spiritual Games from New Media Guru

Posted by soulscode on 28 Mar 2007 | Tagged as: Everyone's A Guru

Ze FrankZe Frank knows a thing or two about being a guru. He advised millions on how to dance properly and developed a cult-like following for his videoblog, which has just finished its year-long run. Frank is also the author of […]

Eleven Miles Yesterday

Posted by soulscode on 27 Mar 2007 | Tagged as: MyJournal, PhyllistheAuthor

I jogged three miles yesterday and walked eight. I am in training for our trip to Spain where we will walk from Leon to Sanatiago de Compostela. This was the farthest I’ve trekked in one day.

Training at this time of year is special. The trees are in bud, daffodils are blooming, and every day spring […]

Anti depression: Using grief for a chiropractic adjustment

Posted by soulscode on 23 Mar 2007 | Tagged as: Prescriptions to Problems

There’s a song by that un-sexy trendsetter Johnny Rotten — maybe you heard it — where he rants a refrain, Anger is an energy.

The track is called Rise, and it was done by Rotten’s post-Sex Pistols band, Public Image Ltd.

Anger’s an energy? Ya, we get it. From the World Trade […]

300: A lesson in leadership

Posted by soulscode on 15 Mar 2007 | Tagged as: Spiritual cinema, Presidential candidates + other Pols

300 | Originally uploaded by Ghostdiver.

How hungry are Americans for inspired leadership? To the point that Time Warner has made a movie about a 2500-year old Greek king who fought to […]

Gary Wills and David Frum on prayer in the Bush-house

Posted by soulscode on 14 Mar 2007 | Tagged as: Presidential candidates + other Pols, Religion Gets Funny

WDAD? (What Did AMERICA Do?) | Originally uploaded by silki.

In a piece in this week’s New York Times Magazine headed, “With God On Our Side,” the fearless historian Gary Wills illustrates just how […]

A comedian, of all people, executes the suicide option

Posted by Soul's Code on 13 Mar 2007 | Tagged as: The Pain Body, Celebrity Seekers, Addiction, Loss & Grieving

The historical roots of the comedian is the court jester, the fool who is able to stealthily sway the ears of the wealthy and the powerful. Richard Jeni never had access to the powerful but he delighted his Baby Boomer fans by modeling […]

No fly zone

Posted by soulscode on 13 Mar 2007 | Tagged as: Religion Gets Funny

Yet another cargo plane | Originally uploaded by FL370.

Imans tossed off plane to sue

Protesting Gay Ban, Minister Boycotts Weddings

I was tempted by radical Islam


TED Conference: Tony Robbins calls Al Gore a “son-of-a-bitch” . . . to his face!

Posted by soulscode on 12 Mar 2007 | Tagged as: TEACHERS WE TRACK, Presidential candidates + other Pols, Confessions, Tony Robbins reconsidered

The 2007 “TED” conference — an eponymous acronym for ‘Technology Entertainment and Design’ — drew celebs-with-substance like Philippe Starck and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to the conference center in Monterey, CA this weekend. It’s slugged as a summit of “icons, geniuses and mavericks,” but it’s […]

Follow the Yellow Arrow!

Posted by soulscode on 12 Mar 2007 | Tagged as: MyJournal, PhyllistheAuthor

Yes, this is me with a yellow arrow stuck to my back. Pilgrims on route to Santiago de Compostela, the most famous of the medieval pilgrimages follow yellow arrows along the pilgram route, called the Camino.

The reason I am wearing one is that my husband and I are planning on […]

Next Saturday is St. Patricks…

Posted by soulscode on 11 Mar 2007 | Tagged as: Mystical destinations, Sacred Days

In the United States next Saturday many of us will get quite drunk as St. Patrick’s day rolls around once more. But on the last Sunday in July, thousands of pilgrims in Mayo will have a very different kind of St. Patrick experience as they climb Croagh Patrick, many in their bare feet. Either makes […]

Photo of the day: Austin’s cathedral of casual

Posted by soulscode on 02 Mar 2007 | Tagged as: Mystical destinations

The Grotto | Originally uploaded by Stuck in Customs.

Every great cultural hub has some place that expresses its strengths, its spirit perfectly. New York City has the Statue of Liberty. Paris has the […]

Britney’s saviors? Kevin Federline, her Mom, and her lawyer

Posted by soulscode on 02 Mar 2007 | Tagged as: Celebrity Seekers

fantastic | Originally uploaded by nedward.org.

We love surprises. And nothing reveals them better than the spiritual journey we all go through when we struggle with something painful. Rehab, therefore, is definitely up there among […]

Spiritual supergroup Audioslave reportedly splits over money

Posted by soulscode on 01 Mar 2007 | Tagged as: The Pain Body, Celebrity Seekers

Audioslave | Originally uploaded by admir_s.

Ex-Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell took Zac De La Rocha’s band, Rage Against the Machine, and made them matter by turning away from superficial protest songs and towards […]