I believe that there is a mysterious and graceful and miraculous Coherence stitched through this world. I believe that this life is an extraordinary gift, a blink of bright light between vast darknesses. I believe that the fingerprints of the Maker are everywhere: children, hawks, water. I believe that even sadness and tragedy and evil…

I’m generally not so keen on contacting the dead, and I’m bothered when TV psychics and mediums say things like, “I’m seeing a girl. Do you have a sister? A daughter? Oh, of course, your niece!” I essentially agree with Beliefnet.com writer Sarvananda Bluestone: The dead have a lot of work to do, and it’s…

There’s much to tell about last weekend’s “Being Fearless” conference, organized by the increasingly influential Omega Institute (be sure to get a copy of the summer program catalog here). Within twenty hours, I saw Malcolm Gladwell, Caroline Myss, Wayne Dyer, James Van Praagh, Rev. Dr. James Forbes, and Elizabeth Lesser—with about 1600 other attendees. I…

What is it about teacher, intuitive, and mystic activist Carolyn Myss? Over the years, I’ve been sort of put off by her. But after hearing her Omega fearless speech, I’m utterly smitten. She’s got this marvelous stand-up schtick, with her cropped hair and bright business-y suit. She reminds me of Lucille Ball after a couple…

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