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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…

Lord, make us instruments of your divine madness. Make us empty so we can know the fullness of your mysteries. Help us experience who we are not so we can become who we are. Help us be serious about the absurd, and absurd about the serious. Fill our bodies and minds with creative energy and…

“You know, according to Tibetan Black Hat Feng Shui, when a light fixture in the center of the house is broken, it can affect the residents’ health,” I said to our electrician while he installed a mission chandelier at home yesterday. “You think so?” he asked, smiling. “I don’t know that it’s so.” “Well, I…

My substitute last week posted an item on why she was “over” astrology, and she got this thoughtful response from “Willsea.” “Astrology, taken from the broad view, can create metaphors that lead us back to the self. It’s not about “accuracy” but the clues that we get about who we are. Just like the song…

I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge–That myth is more potent than history.I believe that dreams are more powerful than facts–That hope always triumphs over experience–That laughter is the only cure for grief.And I believe that love is stronger than death. — Robert Fulghum

Hold on to your yarmulkes. Here’s a 60-second animated Passover seder, in Hebrew no less. It’s cute, but hardly captures the real flavors. Oh my G_d! The first time I tasted horseradish on a matzoh with haroset (chopped apples, dates, raisins, and nuts with a dash of red wine), I thought I’d died and gone…

Every day, think as you wake up: Today I am fortunate to have woken up.I am alive, I have a precious human life.I am not going to waste it. I am going to use all my energies to develop myself, to expand my heart out to others,to achieve enlightenment forthe benefit of all beings. I…

Now, who am I to stir you up? Is it my job to give you more chattering thoughts? Well, I felt I needed to alert you to a new cell phone/brain tumor study. It’s not definitive. But it’s not good news. The study’s lead researcher said that people who spend 2,000-plus hours on their phone…
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