By Jakeb Brock A human lifetime is made up of a whole bunch of days. And each day is a day of limitless possibilities. As conscious beings, we have the capability to make each day count to its fullest potential. The problem is that time can be deceptive. We tend …
Read More »What the Ancients Knew (and We Have Forgotten)
By Jakeb Brock The prevailing scientific view is that we human beings are biological creatures of the earth and that our present place of supremacy among the other earthly species is the result of a biological evolutionary thrust, out from which we emerged with strong supple bodies and highly …
Read More »Healthy Eating – Lose Weight and Gain Energy – Without Resolutions or Diets
By Betsy Bruns I stopped making New Year’s resolutions a while ago. Like weight-loss diets, which have a start date, an end date, and the feeling of holding your breath until the torture is over. New Year’s resolutions are rarely successful. Neither are most diets. According to some estimates, diets …
Read More »Wielding the Axe of Detachment
By Jakeb Brock In chapter fifteen of the Bhagavad-Gita it compares the experience of a human being born onto the earthly plane with that of the Aswattha or Banyan tree. This tree is highly unique, in that it not only sends its branches and leaves upward to receive photosynthetic …
Read More »Deep to Deep, the Universal Call
By Jakeb Brock All of us who have felt an attraction to the spiritual life and responded to that attraction have actually responded to another subtle dynamic at work in our universe—the call of consciousness. This is because the divine consciousness that we call God created the universe out …
Read More »Learning to Trust
By Jakeb Brock We live in a very anxious world. And so, not surprisingly, one of the most insistent aspects of our upbringing is learning to fend for ourselves and use our human strength to gain the upper hand over uncertain circumstances. We do this primarily as a hedge …
Read More »Daily Spiritual Practices Beyond Beliefs
By Misti Dian When people hear I am from the South and then discover I am an Intuitive Healer, Metaphysical Theologian and Spiritual Activist with my messages of spiritual and religious inclusion, some are confused—and skeptical—to say the least. Most cannot understand how someone who is also a Christian …
Read More »Healthy Eating – Greenspiration
By Betsy Bruns In the United States, the month of March brings the promise of Spring and all things green. March usually has us thinking of St. Patrick’s Day. It sure does for me. I grew up hearing tales of our Irish ancestors fleeing the Emerald Isle for greener pastures …
Read More »Break Free from the Gloom and Doom of the Daily News
By Laura Clay You used to be able to escape from the news. You could put down the newspaper, turn off the TV and not think about it anymore. But then came the internet, social media and smartphones. Now, the news has become a 24/7 presence in our lives, a …
Read More »Healthy Eating – Immune-Boosting Foods
By Betsy Bruns At the writing of this article, more than 277,000 cases ofCOVID-19 have been reported here in the United States and the number is rising each day. Most of us are staying home to save lives and to flatten the curve. At this time, many in the collective are feeling …
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