BY CYNDI INGLE — Why does mainstream media, and a mass-market audience, get off on public displays of homo-erotic affection — in particular, “girl on girl” action? Madonna slipping [...]]]> California’s anti-gay measure is a case study in what dictates change: Consciousness. Not politics

BY CYNDI INGLE — Why does mainstream media, and a mass-market audience, get off on public displays of homo-erotic affection — in particular, “girl on girl” action? Madonna slipping Britney some tongue; Ellen marrying her beautiful blonde lover, Portia, and Lindsay Lohan’s fling with Samantha.

Does this mean that we are becoming more accepting of so-called “alternative” lifestyles? Not likely, as the recent Proposition 8 victory in America’s most populace state, California, has exposed.

On the same night that Obama became America’s (and the world’s) “Chosen One,” Prop 8 was successfully passed in California — and anti-gay marriage amendments were approved in Arizona and Florida. (more…)

BY DAVID RICKEY — Most of us, when we fall in love, think we have arrived at a true and ultimate “answer” to all of our personal pains and [...]]]> There is no such thing as relationship “problems.” They are invitations from the psyche showing where your personal growth lies

BY DAVID RICKEY — Most of us, when we fall in love, think we have arrived at a true and ultimate “answer” to all of our personal pains and aspirations.

Sooner or later, we find something quite the opposite: Hard work.

I have counselled couples for three decades, both as a psychologist and an Episcopal priest. I have received confessions, and administered absolutions. And officiated marriages.

This is not exactly out of the manual, but the truth is, relationships were never intended to be happy (more…)

SOUL’S CODE —  Slaughtered stock portfolios, bounced checks and forecasts of double-digit unemployment, mean that couples who are distressed in their relationships today will stick [...]]]> These aren’t “The Rules” that Oprah loves. DAVID RICHO’s are rooted in Buddhism, a Catholic priesthood and depth psychology

SOUL’S CODE —  Slaughtered stock portfolios, bounced checks and forecasts of double-digit unemployment, mean that couples who are distressed in their relationships today will stick together tomorrow.

Stick it out, rather than walk out is an anti-Me Generation response — the opposite of the Baby Boomer ethic of autonomy and self-satisfaction.

At the other end of the pool lie our parents and grandparents, whose approach to love resembled a Survivor-response to The Depression’s scarcity and mass-migrations of WWII.

Is your relationship worth saving, by either measure? David Richo offers a checklist.

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SOUL’S CODE — More than one million people will flock to Washington in January to witness Barack Obama to take his oath as president No. 44, treating his inauguration [...]]]> Yo, Jesus is a friend of ours. We’ve served with Jesus. We know Jesus. Senator Obama, you’re no Jesus Christ

SOUL’S CODE — More than one million people will flock to Washington in January to witness Barack Obama to take his oath as president No. 44, treating his inauguration as if it were the Second Coming.

Here, we come to the aid of all spell-bound Americans who, with the help of the media and Soul’s Code itself, are blurring the lines between Obama and Christ.

Thus we name the Top 10 differences between the president-elect and the real Jesus:

1. According to the Mormons, Jesus Christ lived in North America hundreds of years ago, and is due back for a “second coming.” Obama was born in Hawaii; everyone, possibly even Sarah Pallin, knows that Hawaii’s not in North America. (more…)