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They’re saying green is the “new black.” Vogue magazine has a whole section on green clothing, fashions, and shopping totes this month. At $15, this is the only affordable shopping bag the editors mentioned, but it appears to have sold out. Designer Stella McCartney is launching her own cotton shopping tote later in the month,…

After years of confusing the five-pointed star in a circle with Satanic symbolism, the Veterans Administration has finally spoken, and will now allow the Wiccan pentacle to be engraved on the tomb stones of deceased Pagan veterans. Here’s a blog post I wrote on this issue last year when misunderstandings were still rampant. It includes…

I love it that she stretched out on her back every morning and rolled her legs up over her head. And I am awed by the fact she looked at herself in the mirror every day and said aloud, “I forgive you.” Nice life. She lived to be 96.

The New York Times had an article in its “Escapes” section about Sacred Harp Singing Conventions–more proof that people are looking for more than just a tan when they vacation. The Times describes Sacred Harp, or sharp-note music as “Gregorian chant meets bluegrass.” (When you listen to some of the pieces here, you’ll hear how…

The Duke Society for Spirituality, Theology and Health has recently launched this website that includes links to many research papers on the connections between religious beliefs, spiritual practice and your good health. In addition to learning more about how prayer sometimes heals, you can sign up for a newsletter here that will alert you to…

Some of us may have been called “idiotic” or “stupid” as kids. We know how that feels. It doesn’t feel good. So when actor Alec Baldwin’s April 11th voice message to his eleven-year-old daughter Ireland was leaked today, we all got to hear how a successful actor communicates with his daughter (born of actress Kim…

“Television is a chewing gum for the eyes,” architect Frank Lloyd Wright once sneered. I suspect he didn’t watch very much, and he got a lot accomplished in his 92 years. “Turn Off Your Television” week begins Monday, April 23rd. Whatever your circumstances–married, single, kids, no kids–now is a great time to turn off your…

If your computer can play this remarkable video of a dance by the Chinese Disabled People’s Performing Art Troupe, I do recommend it. Apparently, every dancer here is both deaf and mute, no doubt making it much more difficult to coordinate the precise movements. The dance is a tribute to the female Buddha or goddess…

In Soto Zen meditation, teachers sometimes strike the student’s shoulders with a Keisaku “awakening stick.” What looks like a “paddling” always comes at the request of the student, who may be sleepy or stiff from sitting so long. But the “whack!” of the slim paddle can be heard throughout the meditation hall, and the pain…

Gore was introduced to the New York Sheraton stage last Friday night in the most beautiful way by Bobby McFerrin who slowly built an engaging a cappella melody out of Gore’s name. Then the crowd of 1700 environmentally-conscious transformational psychology fans (lovers of yoga and meditation as well) went wild, standing cheering when Gore came…
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