Archive for April, 2009

Present at the creation: An old soul celebrates its first birthday!

Posted by Soul's Code on 30 Apr 2009 | Tagged as:

The flame on our cake is the light that is shining within you . . .

DAVID RICKEY — Soul’s Code is officially one year old, but, like other beings that have a history of incarnations, Soul’s Code is an Old Soul. The present incarnation draws on a much deeper wisdom than its chronological age would [...]

SPIRITUAL SURF: Muslim prayers for swine flu victims, Soul’s Code celebrates its virtual birth, Hugh Hefner turns Jesus-freaky, Deepak says ignore the meltdown melodrama

Posted by Soul's Code on 29 Apr 2009 | Tagged as:

Swine flu: Pray this way
The Council on Islamic-American Relations — CAIR, for short and the most prominent Islamic civil-rights group in the U.S. — has issued a call for prayer against the swine flu. Muslims have been beseeched to petition the divine during Friday prayers. (Side dish: both the Koran and Old Testament are kosher; [...]

SPIRITUAL SURF: Astronaut’s “X-Files,” sex and the single girl, priestly scandals, Oprah tweets

Posted by Soul's Code on 22 Apr 2009 | Tagged as:

It’s tough being one of the forgotten astronauts. You know the guys who went to the moon who aren’t either — Neil Armstrong or Buzz Aldrin. (Quick: What was the name of Armstrong and Aldrin’s companion astronaut? For the answer see the end of the article.)
Well, astronaut Edgar Mitchell, who flew to the moon [...]

Crystal clarity

Posted by Soul's Code on 19 Apr 2009 | Tagged as:

A woman’s peak experience in a crystal healing session leads to a career change and a seismic shift in consciousness
GUEST COLUMN: SUSANNA BELLINI — Years ago, I was struggling at the end of a painful relationship, coming to the end of a freelance IT contract, and thinking about whether I should change direction.
My question to [...]

SPIRITUAL SURF: Recession anxiety, Jeffrey Dahmer’s cardigan, Obama passes on Karma, Plath’s son follows in her footsteps

Posted by Soul's Code on 15 Apr 2009 | Tagged as:

Why you won’t wear Jeffrey Dahmer’s sweater
People, it turns out, are naturally hard-wired to be superstitious, regardless of their faith, or lack thereof. Bruce Hood, author of Supersense, tells Time magazine that superstition is born from an inherent need we have to find order in the world. That’s why you won’t walk under a ladder, [...]

How I used intention to find my ‘ideal’ man

Posted by Soul's Code on 13 Apr 2009 | Tagged as:

A 20-something seeker from South Carolina shares her secrets for finding, and realizing, love in the 21st century
GUEST COLUMN: CHELSEA LANGAN — Imagine remembering only the very best memories, and making only the finest plans for the future. This is all that should be going on when you are fully immersed in the present moment [...]

Jesus or the Easter Egg? ‘Witch’ Came First…

Posted by Soul's Code on 10 Apr 2009 | Tagged as:

Ever wonder what’s funny about bunny eggs, death and resurrection? Follow the clues down the trail of the greatest egg hunt of all — how the church stole Easter
GUEST COLUMN: DANNY KENNY — It’s lent, so I have to confess that ever since I was an angelic little boy, there are many reasons why I’ve [...]

Yin, Yang and “regenerative” sexuality

Posted by Soul's Code on 07 Apr 2009 | Tagged as:

An excerpt from the newly-released book, The Tao of Rejuvenation, by ANGELO DRUDA
In Traditional Chinese Medicine and Taoism, the male is understood to be the embodiment of the “yang” fire force to the female’s watery “yin”.  In the Tantric teachings of India, the male force is Shiva to the female’s Shakti.
In both systems — and [...]

Does the world of spirituality need to lose the jargon?

Posted by Soul's Code on 03 Apr 2009 | Tagged as:

When an accountant goes spiritual, he learns a whole new code: “Presence? But it’s not my birthday”
GUEST COLUMN: TIM TAYLOR —  Spirituality is pretty cool, isn’t it? It’s something that we each really want to share with our friends and family.  We want them to enjoy many of the benefits that make us high.
I grew up [...]

SPIRITUAL SURF: Bladerunner meets Lost; Dalai Lama’s “Liberation”; Meditating Spaces; Eckhart Tolle Says “Enough!”

Posted by Soul's Code on 01 Apr 2009 | Tagged as:

Lost meets Bladerunner
Let’s start with Darryl Hannah to help you make this connection. She played Pris, the “pleasure model” android in Bladerunner, Ridley Scott’s dystopian translation of Philip K. Dick’s 1968 sci-fi novel, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? In Bladerunner, Hannah hides out with the same supporting actor who popped up last week as [...]