The world is an interconnected ecosystem. Within this system are the predators—the characters in the stories that we love to hate. Ever since Little Red Riding Hood and the Three Little Pigs encountered the Big Bad Wolf, there has been a campaign against the wolf. We are quick to judge these animals that travel in …Read More
Category: Spirit
Hope Springs Institute ~ Retreat Center
“From this place springs hope for inner and global peace” Hope Springs Institute proves that one person can manifest a dream by just being present to the calling. This retreat center has evolved into a non-profit, self-sustaining institute operated by a board of directors. Mission of Hope Springs Institute To provide sacred space for growth, …Read More
Chakras Explained ~ Avatar: The Last Airbender
“Chakras are like Chocolate!” declared my yoga teacher. The one thing I know about Chakras is how to pronounce the word … like “Chocolate.” I do not know that there is any other similarity with the bitter-sweet delicacy made from the roasted and ground cacao bean. What are Chakras? Today, scientists know that the body …Read More
#30: Plant Medicine ~ Ayahuasca Church (Ryin Cornett)
“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” ~Hippocrates The term “plant medicine” is often appropriated today to mean the mind-altering substances like ayahuasca, mescaline, and psylisibin. These “plant medicine” ceremonies have become trendy as a quick route to escape the mundane ordinary world and have a “spiritual experience.” As a certified nutritionist, Ryin …Read More
Mother’s Peace Day ~ Julia Ward Howe
“Arise, all women who have hearts!” Julia Ward Howe is best remembered for writing “Battle Hymn of the Republic.” However, in 1870, she also worked to establish Mother’s Peace Day. For many years, she organized celebrations in Boston dedicated to the eradication of war. This began a tradition that would evolve to the celebration of …Read More
Two Wolves – Alternate Ending
Two Wolves An old Cherokee is teaching his grandson about life: “A fight is going on inside me,” he said to the boy. “It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves. One is evil—he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.” He …Read More
Poem: I dreamed my grandmother
I dreamed my grandmother She was glamorous. Red lipstick. Her favorite earrings, gold triangles Short cropped China black hair Perched sensuously on a high stool, legs crossed And 10 pounds lighter But it was her spirit that was lighter She shrugged off the weight of the world Pulled back her shoulders Opened her chest Held …Read More
Captain of My Soul ~ William Ernest Henley
“I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul.” William Ernest Henley wrote these often quoted lines of poetry in 1875 while in a hospital recovering from tuberculosis of the bone that required an amputation of one leg and surgery on the other. The title of the poem is “Invictus” …Read More
Do It Anyway ~ Mother Teresa
Do It Anyway People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered. Forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. Be kind anyway. If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies. Succeed anyway. If you …Read More
Mystic Borderland ~ by Helen Field Fischer
There is a Mystic Borderland There is a mystic borderland that lies Just past the limits of our workday world, And it is peopled with the friends we met And loved a year, a month, a week or day, And parted from with aching hearts, yet knew That through the distance we must loose the …Read More