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One thing I love about living in my in-law’s country house every summer is that I’m separated from much of my stuff–my shoes, clothes, books, photos, mail, and all those magazines piling up. Possessions and clutter inhibit us all from feeling free, and distract us from our essence. As Marley’s ghost said to Ebenezer Scrooge,…

Elizabeth Lesser, co-founder of the Omega Institute calls Dr. Charles T. Tart “one of the fathers of the New Age.” I heard him speak to the Association for Spirituality and Psychotherapy a few years ago and was so taken with his knowledge of spiritual matters and his sweetness. A longtime meditator who puzzles out his…

This is not a big surprise, but it’s exciting to contemplate: A future filled with eco hotels. Here’s an article about the greening of the hotel business. An excerpt: At the boutique hotel Greenhouse 26, set to open next year in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, the elevator will capture energy generated when it stops,…

I arise today through the mighty strength of the Lord of Creation… Click here to experience Beliefnet’s new “Christian Morning Meditation.” The text is an old Irish prayer. Send it to your friends who’d benefit. And tell me what you think. Do you find virtual prayers like this helpful?

<a href="http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/08/13/CMGJKK1BP31.DTL Some of you may have been alarmed by what Sally Fallon said about "the dark side" of soy, once considered a miracle food, now becoming a virtual mainstay in even the non-vegetarian's diet. Here’s another view of soy from an article James Nestor wrote this last year for the San Francisco Chronicle. He…

A full-page reproduction of a painting of the Texas Panhandle by Peter Di Gesu in the July 2007 issue of Shambhala Sun has gotten me wrapped up in this contemplative painter’s work. Every year, Di Gesu drives through western and southwestern states to photograph the land and the sky, and make sketches of things that…

I know I quoted from a Buddhist essay yesterday, but I’ve got to do it again. I swear, the Buddhist press is printing some of the best writing out there. Here’s an excerpt from an article by Darlene Cohen called “The Scenery of Cancer,” from this month’s Shambhala Sun (a publication I can’t recommend highly…

Here’s a funny gallery of images showing how God has been portrayed in films and TV shows over the last several decades

There’s a gorgeous essay by Lin Jensen in the June/July Mandala, connecting the way birds molt to the process of awakening through spiritual practice. Here’s an excerpt: The molting of birds can be either sudden or gradual. The sudden or synchronous molters change their feathers all at once in a period as short as two…

“Why do you keep looking at it?” my 10-year-old said with a chuckle as I stopped to look again at the OM magnet I’d secured to the left side of our car’s trunk. I’ve placed it about 16 inches northwest of our car’s back license plate. Never had a bumper sticker before. “Well, I like…
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