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“God is not a being; God is Being. For those who have found God, his presence shows in honesty, kindness, carefully chosen words, and an absence of shame about the past. The pain may still be there, though quieted, but the grandiosity and false ego that insists on either secrecy or great sinnerhood is burned…

After several pleasant days in the mid- to upper-fifties, and one in the sunny mid-sixties, it is cold again here in New York. An inch of snow may arrive by Friday. The coming of Spring reminds me of a labyrinth walk. There’s a point at the beginning of the walking meditation on the labyrinth modeled…

There’s a lot of interest among you in Feng Shui, the practice of rearranging your environment for maximum health and stability (the actual translation of the words is “wind” and “water”). My study of this subject has helped me greatly, and if you ever came to my house, you’d notice crystals and windchimes hanging in…

This year marks the 100th birthday of my favorite children’s book on Spring. Actually, “The Story of the Root-Children” is my favorite young children’s book of all time (much as I also love Margaret Wise Brown’s “Goodnight Moon”). I think I’ve given “Root Children” to new mom friends twenty or more times. It’s the story…

I got abundant mail on the item I posted last week about clutter. Some of you have minimized your CD stress and mess by downloading onto your iPod your entire CD collection. (“Is such a thing possible?” I’ve asked friends and relations. “Yes,” they all say dryly, surprised that Chattering Mind is so out of…

A light exists in spring Not present on the year At any other period. When March is scarcely here A color stands abroad On solitary hills That science cannot overtake, But human nature feels. It waits upon the lawn; It shows the furthest tree Upon the furthest slope we know; It almost speaks to me.…

The folks who run the HearthSong Catalog knocked themselves out this year, it seems, to present a large and offbeat collection of egg-decorating kits for the celebration of Easter or Spring Equinox. And they’re all under $20. So if you’re an egg-decorating sort of person, here’s your heads-up. Some of these kits produce eggs so…

It is the full moon day.If there had been a cloud over your heart,make this silent moment your beginning again. Enjoy the full moon with a clear heart.It is your beginning. —Gayuna Cealo If the moon fascinates you and you would like to meditate upon its ceaseless changes, here’s a Moon Circles newsletter link that…

I don’t want to be East-Coast-centric, but the Omega Institute holds an important conference March 31 through April 2 in New York City called “Being Fearless.” Click here for details. Among the speakers: Caroline Myss, Malcolm Gladwell, Wayne Dyer, Jon Kabat-Zinn, Byron Katie, Dennis Genpo Merzel, Martha Beck, and James Van Praagh. “Obviously, facing adversity…

The drug counselors are back at our school. They come as a privately-hired group to discuss the hazards of drugs with the 4th through 8th-grade kids. “They told us not to eat anything in the medicine cabinet,” says the younger Chattering. “Yeah, but they haven’t said anything yet on the really interesting drugs like marijuana,…
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