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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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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A spiritual teacher’s meditation and affirmation for this anniversary of fear and terror
GUEST COLUMN: RONDA LARUE — 9/11 is, and was, a big wake up call to witness the internal machinations of fear, and its multi-faced projections. And as with all tragedies, it is a call to dive deeper under the ruble of suffering, shock, and reaction [...]

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Does the continuing recession feed your anxiety? Is your grasp on hope loosening? A former business executive-turned-mystic, speaks
SPECIAL TO SOUL’S CODE: RONDA LARUE — What does one dedicated to a soulful life do in the days following a layoff or the termination of a job?
What does one do with the shock, the feelings of betrayal, [...]

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Ojai, CA is to spirituality what Silicon Valley is to technology. Due east and a 40-minute hop inland from Santa Barbara, Ojai has more mind-body spas per capita than anywhere else in the U.S. – probably, the world.
How does Ojai pull that kind of rank? For one thing, it’s got a tiny population = 8,000 [...]

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