Archive for May, 2008

“Lotus Therapy”: The NYTimes’ out-dated headline

Posted by Soul's Code on 31 May 2008 | Tagged as: Psych 101, Mind-Body toolkit, Soul's Code Canon & reviews

During the last week of May, the most popular (emailed) article among online readers of the New York Times was a feature-length story debating the utility of meditation called, Lotus Therapy.

If you read sites like Soul’s Code, and others that we point to, about the […]

PRICELESS is what remains after a loved one dies

Posted by Soul's Code on 29 May 2008 | Tagged as: Everyone's A Guru, Prescriptions to Problems, Mind-Body toolkit, Loss & Grieving

GUEST COLUMN: VICKI WOODYARD

Vicki is a spiritual teacher and writer who lives in Atlanta, GA

We have all watched the Mastercard ads where narrow slices of life are branded as “priceless.” What I’ve come to learn from those whom I’ve loved, and […]

Share a photo, win a $50 “Sounds True” prize

Posted by Soul's Code on 27 May 2008 | Tagged as: Peak Experiences, Mystical destinations, Soul's Code bulletins

Show us! *Not* the money. We want your Peak Experience

Enter the first (but not the last!) Post a Peak Experience photo contest!

The Good News: You don’t have to write anything! (Well, just a couple of lines).

Here’s how to enter . . .

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What is “NON-DUALITY” ?

Posted by Soul's Code on 21 May 2008 | Tagged as: Byron Katie, Rites & Role models, Psych 101, Mind-Body toolkit

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GUEST COLUMN: SMADAR DE LANGE

Three top tropes of the New Age are “interconnectedness”, “oneness” and the general notion that ‘reality’ has different ‘levels’, or frames — say, like a video game or the TV series Lost. The buzzwords are sign-posts: they point to a reality that is […]

PEAK EXPERIENCE: deep trance in a mineral hot spring

Posted by Soul's Code on 13 May 2008 | Tagged as: Peak Experiences, Mind-Body toolkit, Watsu & Somatic Experiencing

BY PAUL KAIHLA — I first heard of watsu when I went with my beau to Harbin Hot Springs because of its rep for having the best mineral baths north of San Francisco. We were surprised to discover the place was actually […]

AHA MOMENTS, EPIPHANIES and PEAK EXPERIENCES: The trick to having one is letting your soul’s code have its way

Posted by Soul's Code on 13 May 2008 | Tagged as: Everyone's A Guru, Eckhart Tolle, Byron Katie, Caroline Myss, Female Mystics, Rites & Role models, Mind-Body toolkit

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BEING THERE: DAVID RICKEY

I have always thought of “AHA” moments as those times when suddenly we “catch on” to a deeper reality, when we suddenly “get it” – the “it” being a deeper truth, or a clearer insight into “ultimate reality.” These experiences are […]

PEAK EXPERIENCE: Meditative bliss with the most Zen-like creatures alive

Posted by Soul's Code on 11 May 2008 | Tagged as: Peak Experiences, Mystical destinations, Minor Miracles, Mind-Body toolkit

BEING THERE: JOANNE EHRICH

I’d always had this thing about Australia’s exotic creatures (When I was a girl, I had a pet cockatiel and parakeet, butterflies with scintillating blue wings and lime-green Aussie beetles in my insect collection). But it would be a couple of decades before I […]

The OPRAH, OBAMA and REVEREND WRIGHT broken-love triangle

Posted by Soul's Code on 08 May 2008 | Tagged as: Byron Katie, Oprah, Presidential candidates + other Pols, Rites & Role models

Both Oprah and Obama were members of Reverend Wright’s church. She quit out of careerism, early. Less calculating, Obama hung in until he ran for president

BY PAUL KAIHLA — Whenever I open my mouth about Oprah!, scud missiles rain down upon my space (link […]

Nicole Kidman is transcendental in “Fur”

Posted by Soul's Code on 07 May 2008 | Tagged as: Everyone's A Guru, Spiritual cinema

We’ve expanded our slide show, Transcendental Movies, from 9 favorites to 12. Our new additions: Fur, Being John Malkovich (a natural) and Last Year at Marienbad (a 1961 classic by the French “new wave” director, Alain Resnais). We love […]

PRAYER WALL: ‘Is my brother alive or dead? Is he in jail, or OK?

Posted by Soul's Code on 01 May 2008 | Tagged as: PRAYER WALL

To this petition and appeal by DEBBY DERNBERGER of Menlo Park, CA, WE ADD OUR PRAYERS:

“I am in search of a long lost relative, my brother. His name is Michael Jay Dernberger and he was a vagrant and homeless alcoholic living on skid row in Washington State. It is tragic what happened to him, and […]

HELP WANTED: Soul’s Code is seeking a Writer/Editor/Content Manager

Posted by Soul's Code on 01 May 2008 | Tagged as: Soul's Code bulletins

computergirl.jpgWe are looking for someone to join our founding team in the role of a writer and content manager. You would start part-time — maybe 20 hours a week, depending on your work style.

The fun part: Acting as a creative center of gravity by liaising and […]