Here’s a lovely sermon on the Christian celebration of Candlemas, given by Mark Powell, the vicar of St. Peter’s Church, Ealing.

I have such admiration for Mothering Magazine’s founding editor Peggy O’Mara. For twenty-seven years, her heroic periodical has published articles that have raised the nation’s consciousness on our routine vaccination of infants with compounds that contain mercury. In this month’s issue, O’Mara writes a history of her tireless crusade (well, I’m sure she got tired).…

“The more you control your physical actions to minimize violence, possessiveness, and sexual obsession, the more alive you feel, the more free you feel, the more peaceful your inner feeling. With violent interactions with others lessened, the more you can open up your sense of interconnection with others, from which your life energy draws immense…

Last weekend, I attended a two-day workshop on Ken Wilber’s integral philosophy. It will take me quite awhile to feed you all the teachings, links, and wonderful contacts I made. The Integral Institute’s teaching crew came in from Boulder, Colorado. They are all experienced practioners of the integral method, as well as thoughtful, seasoned meditators.…

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