How to put the dynamic of hope into action. Case studies: Gandhi, Václav Havel, Goenawan Mohamad and other guide-posts
DAVID RICKEY — Hope is a great four-letter word, but it gets lost in the shuffle of our lives if it isn’t bonded with action. Václav Havel, the first President of the Czech Republic, said ‘Hope is not the conviction [...]

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The crazy Finns invented the idea of skinny-dipping through a hole in the ice after a sauna. Their secret: you get a peak experience — and natural high
BY PAUL KAIHLA — I spent the afternoon breaking trail through the great boreal forest on the north shore of Lake Superior on cross-country skis made of hickory [...]

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We can use the hurdles that life throws at us to grow and reach our spiritual potential
GUEST COLUMN: PHYLLIS KING — As we grow and mature, our intellect and reasoning skills increase. However, with that, often our ego increases.
The skill we acquire with our use of words sometimes exceeds our ability to truly live [...]

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The holy man I met, “Swami Ji”, has no organization, TV show, or book. His name simply means “great teacher.”
GUEST COLUMN: SMADAR DE LANGE — How would you describe the experience of falling in love? For me, meeting with Swami Ji (personal name: Krishnamurti) was like falling in love. I fell in love with love [...]

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8: The Mormon Proposition, a movie on spiritual politics
Utah not only hosts the annual Sundance Film Festival; in the 2010 edition of the film fest, the state’s (unofficial) church has a starring role in the line-up of movies.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is taken down in a documentary about the 2008 initiative that successfully banned [...]

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Like the Earth itself, we are all vulnerable to the energy within us
GUEST COLUMN BY HEATHER GREAVES — The Earth in all her pain (toxicity) and glory has faults.
Likewise, we human beings with all our broken dreams and victories, have faults.
As below our feet. . .so it is above.
The year 2010 has begun with Earth [...]

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How to turn MySpace into Our space: A contemporary shaman’s response to hate-mail

GUEST COLUMN: DAWN DANCING OTTER — Everywhere I go, in every moment, the ongoing mantra in my mind is a repetition of the four graces of Ho’oponopono — “I am sorry, I love you, please forgive me, thank you.”  What I have come to realize is [...]

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From a hero’s journey to a great awakening, 4 similar features spiritual masters like Jesus, Lao-tse and Gandhi share in common

GUEST COLUMN: RONDA LARUE — More and more people have been asking me lately, “What do you mean by the word mystic?” There’s a lot of confused thinking out there and some outright misconceptions about the [...]

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How to savor lasting impressions of beauty in the present moment

DAVID RICKEY — I am sitting by the window listening to a recording of Le Tombeau de Couperin, by Maurice Ravel, performed by Pascal Rogé. Ravel was one of the great French impressionist composers. The music lends itself to drifting in thought, and. . .well [...]

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Voodoo shamanism turns to self-blame; Pat Robertson into the mix; Ditto, Danny Glover and Catholicism

Haiti’s voodoo turns against itself and into spiritual self-retribution
Haiti’s devestating earthquake has left thousands dead, injured and homeless, causing a psychic after-shock about suffering, poverty, international relations, death, and God. Amidst the pain and chaos, Haitians and the world are seeking to understand [...]

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Will soul evolving strength and beauty emerge from the rubble of Haiti?
GUEST COLUMN BY CHELSEA LANGAN — It’s been a tough couple of days for Haitians, their families, and sympathetic souls around the world. The devastation that has unfolded in such an already grief stricken island seems catastrophic.
But on a positive note, I believe they’ve [...]

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Take the Soul’s Code Promise with us and make a commitment to help others in 2010
Every year most of us make New Year’s resolutions that are based on a lifestyle change — you know, the usual suspects like losing weight, stopping smoking, working out more, and drinking less, or not at all.  A $11 billion [...]

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“I can feel the years of fears, abandonments and hungers. And then, I let it all go in acceptance.”

GUEST COLUMN: JULIA TUCHMAN — I have never been very good at surrendering. I have been the fighter — the hold-on-to-the-side-of-the-cliff, fight-for-your-life, never-give-up and “go down with the ship” kind of soul. It was exhausting work, and [...]

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Are our motivations for action spiritual or messianic?
DAVID RICKEY — Russell Bishop, on HuffingtonPost,  lists seven signs that the new millennium is becoming more “spiritually focused.” He lists movies and movements from The Secret to Kabbalah, trying to demonstrate a type of third great American “awakening.”
Let’s look at another progression. In 2000 we (at least some) [...]

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Recession pushed a real-life couple into therapy.  What they found when they got there: money was synonymous with love and security.
DAVID RICKEY — In early 1988 I began work with a couple, (we’ll call them George and Martha), whose relationship seemed to be a victim of the ‘87 recession. Martha worked as an interior designer; George [...]

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An experience with altered consciousness provides a wellness coach with the strength to leave an abusive relationship, and an opportunity to learn to “love self, first”
GUEST COLUMN: RHONDA SHERYL LIPSTEIN — As an author, I realize that we all could write a book, since life itself is a series of experiences that expand our consciousness.
The [...]

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Childhood friends, then enemies, come to terms with their past
BY DANIEL D. WOO, 1st of 2 parts — In 1960 when I was in 7th grade, a bunch of kids started the “Boo for Woo” club.  I was furious.
Our family moved to the United States in 1953 when I spoke only Mandarin Chinese and not [...]

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Forget what you’ve learned about romance on “reality” shows like The Bachelor. Here are five tips on how to love in the real world.
GUEST COLUMN: PHYLLIS KING — Love is an all-inclusive vibration — it is an action word.
Although it is not a feeling per se, we can create a feeling of adoration and appreciation for others.
We all [...]

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Daniel realizes the far reaching effects a 49-year-old fight has had on many lives

BY DANIEL D. WOO, 2nd of two parts — I immediately found Chapter 18 and read it; here’s a paragraph:
“It is a summer evening, down in a green hollow, at the corner of a wall. I meet the butcher by appointment. I [...]

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The new film, “Waiting for Armaggedon“, is an hour-long documentary examining how some US Evangelical Christians are awaiting the end-of-days. Their highest hopes are aligned with planetary destruction, a rapture of Christians up to heaven, pre-tribulation with the Anti-Christ’s one-world government, all before a millennial reign of Jesus [...]

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