Transformed by Writing – by Diana Raab
I wish I had known how brave I actually was on the day my grandmother committed suicide. I was ten years old when she overdosed on sleeping pills in my childhood home. Like any...
The 10 Aspirations – by Alison McBain
I. I am one truth of many. Thou shalt respect all gods and religions, not just one.
II. Thou shalt not eschew those who make a carved image of faith, for I am a loving...
Kabbalah in Winesburg, Ohio
When I studied Integrated Kabbalistic Healing, my teacher Jason Shulman told us about the Hebrew word yesh. One way to translate the word is simply as “there is” or “there are.” But a yesh...
A public exhibition
Here I sit, hunched over my construction paper, gripping a crayon so tightly that it snaps in half. Arm curved protectively around the paper, so close that it curls and crimps the corners of...
Be Generous – Just One Thing By Rick Hanson Ph.D.
The Practice:
Be generous.
Why?
Giving - to others, to the world, to oneself - is deep in our nature as human beings.
When our mammalian ancestors first appeared, about two hundred million years ago, their capacities for...
A heart warming story from “Bird Medicine: The Sacred Power of Bird Shamanism” ...
Book Excerpt
PART 3
BIRDS AS MESSENGERSHealing (and Humorous) BirdsThere are a number of vital traditions still practiced today among Native American healers that might be mistaken for “faith healing.” Many Natives have told me they...
The Glowing Inner Cavern
From the book
Wellsprings: A Fable of Consciousness
By William T. Hathaway
Wellsprings: A Fable of Consciousness is set in 2026 as the earth's ecosystem has broken down under human abuse. Water supplies are shrinking. Rain is...
The Necklace
Excerpt from Ecstatic Healing by Margaret De Wys
September 1993: Rhinebeck, New York
It began with a string of beads. Large, rounded, wooden beads painted white. The string was perhaps two feet in length--a simple, unadorned...
Hay House Writer’s Workshop in San Francisco
The Writer's Workshop in San Francisco features a series of lectures and events and an impressive array of featured authors. This event is sponsored by Hay House and will be held on October 5...
Don’t destroy that journal!
I am reading Lawrence Shainberg's 1995 memoir, AMBIVALENT ZEN for the third time. I probably won't read it all again -- just browsing this time, finding sections that catch my eye. It's laugh out...