Cultivating Consciousness

By Janae Jean and Spencer Schluter For this interview, we had the honor to speak with Lama Surya Das, affectionately called “The Western Lama” by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Surya Das is the author of 15 books, including his most recent book, his first children’s book, The Yeti and …

By Sandy Daliege The Universe has a very giving nature. Have you noticed? Every day the Universe is providing you with opportunities to be grateful. People you meet, circumstances you encounter, the flower on the side of the road when you’re stopped in traffic. Beauty surrounds you all the time, …

By James L. Creighton, Ph.D. Couples fight. Sometimes a little, sometimes a lot. Sometimes these fights provide comic relief. At other times they threaten the very survival of the relationship. Ironically, the hardest person to use active listening with is your partner, particularly if they are upset with you. Someone …

By Walter Perschke Halloween is ancient. We know it dates back to the ancient Celtic and Druid traditions thousands of years ago. Ancient Celtics divided the year into two parts, the light and the dark. The holiday of Samhain (sah’-wen) celebrated the dividing point between the two halves, and the …

By Jaap van Etten One of my interests is the study of the use of the Earth energies by different civilizations and traditions over time. These studies led me to the subject of landscape temples. It is a fascinating subject that helped me to see how people, both in the …

By Patricia McNeilly Have you heard of terms such as soul mate, or twin flame? In my first of several articles, I hope to help you understand and feel more comfortable with these subjects. “Twin flame” is the common term for what is the true other half of a person’s …

By Ajahn Brahm To live happily is to live in peace, with acceptance, with love—not with love as in how you love a person, but how you love life. You might not always get along with your loved ones, you might argue or quibble with them, but you love them …

By Dave Capraro — In 1955, Dr. George King (1919 – 1997), a medium and yoga master, began publicly channeling messages from sources claiming to be extraterrestrial and millions of years ahead of us in spirituality and science. Besides their interest in our well-being, their messages have since been substantiated …

By Romina Vintila When it comes to our health and our body image, many factors come into play. We look at commercials, we are bombarded with social media posts on what it is to be beautiful, what standards we must uphold, from television to magazines, it is everywhere. But what …

By Debra Landwehr Engle Imagine that a three–year–old says to you, “I’m bad. I don’t deserve to be loved.” How would you respond? Without hesitation, you would scoop up that three–year–old in your arms and say, “Of course, you deserve to be loved. Don’t ever let anyone tell you otherwise!” …