Choice or Chance?  Free will or B’shert (Hebrew for ‘meant to be’)? Divine Plan or Random Occurence?  Do you believe that you are at the effect of a Higher Purpose for your life that was scripted by God or that you make choices moment by moment?  Perhaps a combination of the two? These are the themes…

A few years ago, I began a practice that I know will be part of my life forever. The yoga I experience blends breath, mindfulness, movement, mantra, asana, chanting, and devotion both on and off the mat. It informs all that I do on any given day. My purple Gaiam mat has become a magic…

  Take a moment to consider the type of relationship you desire….the aspects of the person with whom you want to share your life, the experiences you would like to have with a partner. Perhaps you have already drawn into your world someone who mirrors your deepest heart longing. How did you meet them?  If you…

Likely every person reading this entry was raised in a particular faith tradition. Each contains the wisdom and the wonder of Divine creation, an explanation for how things came to be and the ways in which they are sustained.  If used for a Higher Purpose, they unify, rather than separate. Somewhere along the way, however, there…

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