Our recent passage through fear and anxiety was a repercussion of spiritual bankruptcy. A psychic’s recipe for cleansing your mind

GUEST COLUMN: PHYLLIS KING — January 2010 has never been a better time to say yes to our true essence. The roto rooter shock waves that careened through our lives in 2009 is coming to [...]

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Who, or what, are you the most grateful for in your life, and why?
That is a question that a new feature, modeled on the Soul’s Code Love Scroll to your right, will ask every day. Gratitude for the things we have, rather than feeling down about the things we lack, is a path to power [...]

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The self-improvement industry is dominated by a dozen multi-millionaire celebrities, and a big guru has not emerged since 2004. Shari Arison is already a billionaire in her own right, and may have the inner right-minded stuff to break out

The wealthiest woman in the Middle East, Shari Arison ranks 234 on Forbes magazine’s rich list and [...]

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“During most of my life, I have been very sad and very frustrated, and all the money in the world could not have helped me get rid of those negative feelings.”
Second of 2 parts from the new book, BIRTH: When the Spiritual and the Material Come Together
BY SHARI ARISON — In my decades of seeking [...]

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End of 2009 bash fest affects “pretentious prancer” Lady Gaga, rock ‘em sock ‘em Charlie, the Pope and even Kim Jon II
Fred Phelps not gaga over Gaga
According to Reverend Fred Phelps of Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas, Lady Gaga has a “whore’s forehead” and is destined for Hell.  Are we to believe the “Reverend” [...]

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Karen Armstrong announces a “Charter for Compassion“. David Rickey, a pastoral counselor, Episcopal priest and Soul’s Code dude, invites us to sign up — and do our own inner work

DAVID RICKEY — Perhaps especially in this holiday season, we hear a lot about compassion, usually when we are being asked to contribute to a worthy charity.  [...]

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Many people feel intensely sad during the winter months; here’s how a 23-year-old musician copes with his depression all year round

GUEST COLUMN: BLAKE BLISS — When I experience depression it’s a lot like watching a nightmare in endless rewind.
It closes in on me and keeps me from feeling anything positive.
I feel so alone most days [...]

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Brittany Murphy?! Yes, sweet and innocent and apparently-addicted Brittany Murphy
2009 just had its 2008 moment, in the sense of the loss of an ingenue who actually had talent, not just an external skin that God had smiled upon. Last year, it was Heath Ledger. In the days before the last Christmas of this decade: Brittany Murphy.
She [...]

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David Rickey reports on the Parliament of the World’s Religions in Melbourne, Australia, and his dialogues with the Dalai Lama, Pujya Swamiji, Amma, and other leading lights of enlightenment

BY DAVID RICKEY — I’m happy to report back on an amazing week I spent at the Parliament of the World’s Religions where I saw and heard, [...]

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A near death experience gives Cari La Grange Murphy her life’s purpose and opens up a portal to creativity
GUEST COLUMN: CARI LA GRANGE MURPHY —  As a spiritual and inspirational author, I’m often asked when, where, and how my spiritual journey began. As a child I grew up on ten acres of land in south [...]

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From down and out to pin-up: How a burnt out fitness trainer was voted Playgirl’s ”Man of the Year,” and discovered that true beauty isn’t skin deep
GUEST COLUMN: KEVIN TALLEY — While some may debate whether angels or spirit guides really exist, from my life experiences I can state categorically that I am a “true believer.”
As a counselor, fitness trainer and [...]

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Eliot Cowan is a post-modern shaman, and founder of the Blue Deer Center. The spiritual retreat in New York’s Catskills region is devoted to ancestral and indigenous spiritual teachings from around the world.

BY PAUL KAIHLA — When three people died and dozens were injured in Fall 2009 at a sweat lodge ceremony in Sedona, Arizona [...]

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Oprah once promoted self-help guru James Arthur Ray, and his vehicle The Secret. Now she maintains a strict silence on both, and the deaths in Sedona

BY PAUL KAIHLA —The Secret was launched as a viral, online, pay-per-view phenomenon a couple of years ago. Oprah made it a mainstream hit by featuring its Australian producer [...]

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What spiritual bling have would-be wise women like Winona Ryder, Madonna and Courtney Love been known to wear with their designer gowns? Kabbalah bracelets and more . . .

They’re not exactly leading ladies of enlightenment but a couple of them have enjoyed the first half of that designation as stars on the silver screen. In these [...]

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Our childhood relationship with food affects our ability to avoid addictions and to allow grace into our lives
MARY COOK, M.A., R.A.S. —  Our earliest experiences with nourishment have a significant effect on our desire to live, and on our ability to thrive in life. How we are fed as infants and children can stimulate either [...]

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Islam means “submit.” I’ve learned it as a path for abandoning the ego in pursuit of something higher, and a sense of peace
GUEST COLUMN: REBECCA JONES *— When I met my husband, then-roommate, he was living in the basement of our shared student apartment. We became friends simulating Star Wars battles with toy light sabers [...]

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Immaculate Mary: fan of Luther

The Feast of the Immaculate Conception, December 8, is celebrated this week by Roman Catholics. This holy day commemorates Mary’s being conceived without original sin.  Two surprising features of the holy day?  Historically many Christians believed that Mary was conceived without the stain of original sin, yet this belief was not promulgated [...]

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