AUGUST MESSAGE Active and passive qualities, masculine and feminine qualities – we all share them. If we remain entirely passive, usually nothing will get done, and we could easily become lonely and depressed. So it depends what you seek, what makes you happy, what you would like to choose for yourself. Like most things, usually…

With the division and political fervour, relentless divisiveness from media channels, it’s become more and more important to respect other viewpoints, and genuinely listen to people with an open heart. It is important to wake up from the mass consciousness where fear and anger reside, so that we may use this revolutionary energy for our…

“At the Center of the universe dwells the Great Spirit. And that center is really everywhere. It is within each of us.” – Black Elk In ancient Taoism, Lao Tzu called it the tao. It’s both real and unimaginable, partly tangible and completely intangible, part substance yet purely formless, part describable yet mostly indescribable. Roethke…

And in a moment – we slowed down and started conversations with our neighbors. We stopped to listen when someone answered “how are you?” We actually felt ourselves caring. What happened? Did we not care before? We started noticing our stress, our sleep, our breathing. We even started to ponder how we spent our time…

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