Seven ways to accept all of your life experiences — even the “bad” ones — and learn to expand from “contractions” like loss, hurt and other wounds
GUEST COLUMN: PHYLLIS KING — We are always eager to get on with it — to leave the past behind and to feel the “good” stuff. I understand this [...]

Tags: higher consciousness, phyllis king, spiritual reality

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An addiction therapist’s mantra: remove your blinds. Owning the compulsions in our lives is Act One in a script for mending ourselves spiritually, emotionally and physically
BY MARY COOK, M.A., R.A.S. — Only a holistic approach can offer significant improvement, because we have been damaged and have damaged ourselves in all of these areas.
While not blaming [...]

Tags: anatomy of addiction, higher power, Mary Cook, recovery

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Daniel Woo is a Seattle lawyer who deals with screaming people. . . in litigation, in road rage, in any time and place. Here he reveals his personal method for not taking it personally.

GUEST COLUMN: DANIEL D. WOO — When my own mind is in turmoil, or when another person is literally screaming at me, [...]

Tags: Buddhist, Daniel Woo, metta, projections, shantideva, tonglen

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Michelle Obama is sans tattoos because “polite society” still frowns upon them. But body-art has a long, sacred tradition. A Boomer’s tattoo confession.
GUEST COLUMN: MARY GIUFFRE —I wear two tattoos.  The top of my left arm hosts an OM symbol, which, to my mind, reinforces my commitment to a spiritual path.  In the same spot [...]

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My first “faith”: Catholic guilt, playing Purgatory, Priests who molested, and kissing cousins
BY MARINA GIULLIANI — Read part 1 and part 2 of this Soul’s Code exclusive from the book, Sins of my Faith
Outsiders would say I’m a serial victim of sexual abuse. I reject the word victim because I consider myself a champion and I resist [...]

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Katie Davis is a female mystic, fellow traveler of Eckhart Tolle’s and teacher of the kind of love that makes relationships last
GUEST COLUMN: KATIE DAVIS author of Awake Joy: The Essence of Enlightenment — All love is one Love and when we fall in love with one another, it is said that we are experiencing [...]

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In the second part of a Soul’s Code exclusive from the book Sins of My Faith, Marina explains that what seems like denial is self-protection

BY MARINA GIULLIANI (read part one) : “It hit me like a cold slap. That’s when it all started!” I made the connection on a chilly February afternoon, but didn’t realize [...]

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Mawlid, birthday of Muhammad
This Friday Sunni Muslims across the world will celebrate Mawlid, the birthday of the prophet Muhammad.  Though the celebration is centuries old, historically Muslims were divided over the issue of permiting the holiday and how it should be celebrated (maybe it appeared too similar to that religious birthday among Christian neighbors: Christmas).  Festive [...]

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Scientists at the Human Consciousness Project are studying what happens when we die. It’s not as bad as you might expect

BY DAVID RICKEY — When Time magazine wants to engage with its readers, they do articles like, “What Happens When We Die? Their take:
A fellow at New York’s Weill Cornell Medical Center, Dr. Sam Parnia … [...]

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Psychotherapist Dr. Nancy Irwin shows how you can reprogram your subconscious mind and make it work for you — in every facet of your life

GUEST COLUMN: DR. NANCY B. IRWIN — As a doctor of psychology and a therapeutic hypnotist, I know for a fact that we are all born to win.
By “win” I don’t [...]

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BY DAVID RICKEY — As the 2010 season of The Bachelor nears its March 1 finale, curiosity about what Americans think dating is really about got the best of me. I am a psychotherapist and spiritual teacher, and hardly an avid watcher of Reality TV, so this posed a bit of a challenge.
My personal routine [...]

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A heart-breaking work of staggering honesty: Sins of My Faith. In this Soul’s Code exclusive, a woman who lost her innocence to incest explains why she did not “out” her abuser
BY MARINA GIULLIANI: It’s commonly understood that incest refers to “sexual acts between close relatives”, but I know from first-hand experience that incest is a heinous [...]

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Rev. Criss Ittermann is a quadruple-threat: Interfaith minister, shamanic practioner, Reiki master and life coach. Here, she coaches you out of singleton “panic mode”.
GUEST COLUMN: REV. CRISS ITTERMANN, 1st of 2 parts — Valentine’s Day is not just for lovers, and doesn’t consist solely of icons like chocolates, flowers, diamonds, and romantic engagements.
Together we can [...]

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I make “namaste” my daily mantra for all of my relationships
GUEST COLUMN: REV. CRISS ITTERMANN, 2nd of two parts —The Sanskrit term “Namasté” (nah-mahs-tay) is loosely translated to mean  “I honor the Spirit in you.”  It is a word for the feeling of our Higher Self greeting or recognizing the Higher Self of another.
It is [...]

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The phrase, “I love you,” is an empty one until you can face these four fears
BY DR. ANGELA HEPPNER — When was the last time you said to someone “I love you”?
These have to be the three most precious words uttered when spoken from the heart with genuine meaning.
Is this not what everyone wishes to hear? It [...]

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How to use the prism of trans-personal psychology to find yourself in the people and things you see around you every day
GUEST COLUMN: SUE FREEMAN — When I come into contact with my authentic self, I discover my innermost critic, sage, child, lovestruck groupie and friend.
All these characters and more live within each of us, [...]

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“How I use every single experience to teach me about expanding my awareness of love”
GUEST COLUMN: CARI LA GRANGE MURPHY — How do we allow the love in our hearts to permeate our experience and enhance the quality of our lives? From personal experience I have learned that a daily, conscious choice is necessary for [...]

Tags: brain research

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Tom Hanks newest patron of Da Vinci Code church
Tom Hanks has personally donated to help restore Scotland’s Rosslyn Chapel, where part of The Da Vinci Code was filmed. According to Dan Brown’s novel, the chapel was built by the Knights Templar, marks a point on the “Rose Line”, or prime meridian, and contains several  esoteric [...]

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Ashes to ashes . . . this Wednesday
Christians this week celebrate Ash Wednesday in commemoration of Jesus’ sojourn in the wilderness where he faced demonic temptation.  Ash Wednesday begins the season of Lent, where Christians share a similar journey in a spiritual desert. Lenten practices usually involve fasting, penence, making confession, praying the stations of [...]

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Like Alice down the rabbit hole, Joanne Ehrich leads us along the path that helped her to reconnect with her true calling and create Klassic Koalas: The Book of Valentines and Other Loves
“A picture is worth a thousand words”, and Klassic Koalas: The Book of Valentines and Other Loves is no exception. 
In her recently released book, Klassic [...]

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