It's Monday morning. With your alarm clock still ringing in your ears, you stumble into the kitchen, pour some corn flakes into a bowl, . . . .

It was 1970 in Berkeley, California, when I entered a dark room with illuminated candles . . .

You are an amazing and sacred being. There is profound wisdom deep within you, . . . .

Over 2000 years ago, ail young and beautiful man fell in love--not with any of his many lovely female suitors, but with his own reflection. . .

Nearly all of us feel deep affinities and stirrings when we allow ourselves to experience the living earth, . . .

I'm sure you didn't know the draft of the Declaration of Independence was written on paper made of hemp. . . .

Do you spend hours surfing the web, answering e-mails, texting, tweeting or blogging on social networking sites. . . .

What does "going green" mean to you? It may mean buying a hybrid car, stocking up on reusable bags . . .

Pizza, beer and cookies all have something in common -- and it's not their lack of nutritional value. . . .

Did you know your car can run off vegetable oil?

Now, I have to admit I had never heard of such a thing, but . . .

A woman wearing a bandana, brown knit poncho, Tom's Shoes and toting a "Green Love" reusable bag sat down next to me. . .

In September 2007, Regina Brett wrote up this list to celebrate her 50^th birthday. . .

Once upon a time there was a great nation. It led the world in democracy, innovation and apple pie. . . ..

Nestled between our lungs, slightly left of the breastbone, lies a muscle about the size of a fist. . . .

Staying positive when times get tough and surrounding yourself with healthy relationships are forms of primary nourishment that we all need. But how about what's at the end of your fork?

Going to a wild and beautiful place on a nature retreat has nothing to do with disengagement or escape. . . .

There are those times when you read a book that really resonates with you. I was blown away by the courage of Rachel Resnick . . .

If the police barged into your place of wellness pointing guns, what would you do? This may seem farfetched to some. . .

As you rush around juggling work, family, e-mail and errands, do you ever look up in the sky and gaze at the moon?

Is there any doubt that current times are influencing our health and wellbeing in ways never seen before?

As the moon exerts its gravitational attraction upon the Earth, the tides respond by rhythmically rising and falling.

Imagine yourself suspended weightlessly in space. Your mind is clear. It is now, at this very moment, that the universe has slowed down, . . .

Home to the inventor of the World Wide Web, creator of scores of technological products medical breakthroughs, the United States has much to be proud of.

Flashback--I am a child curled up on the couch in fright and delight, watching a film I was probably too young to see: The Terminator.

It's 7 a.m. and Jeff Zlotnik is holding meditation with a group of 300 students taking their exit exam at an inner city public high school. . .

Are you satisfied with your current levels of success, health, and personal growth? How about the relationships in your life?

What a difference an election makes. We have gone from one of the worst environmental presidents to one of the best . . .

At the moment of our conception, we begin life with the potential for wholeness. We are then birthed into the physical world . . .

My father is an extremely opinionated Italian man with some quirky ideas-- especially when it comes to health issues.

Healing with the Kundalini is not a precise modality. It is the Kundalini that does the healing and you get to come along for the ride.

As a society, we are fascinated by individuals who experience regular communication with the dead.

It has been known for centuries that human beings have a direct influence on their health through their thoughts and moods.

There has never been a more dramatic state of challenge and hope occurring simultaneously in our lifetime.

You are experiencing the energy of your soul when you are in a place within you that is good-natured and free from irritation.    more...

Need a "jump start" to put your life back on track? If you are not satisfied with your circumstances, or you are going through a major crisis, you have the power to create different outcomes.    more...

Learning to love ourselves can be a challenging task and a long journey. Lying at the core of self-love are the abilities to know ourselves, like ourselves, and appreciate our strengths, while accepting our weaknesses. Expanding self-love into the sexual arena can offer even more avenues for personal growth. Unfortunately for many people, self-love and sexuality are mutually exclusive.    more...

Now is the time for you to stop shedding tears over the sadness of humanity. Stop crying over all of the terrible happenings of this world. Start being the center, the soul, and the divine light of flame.
Massive consciousness shifts and changes are occurring. We know deep within us that we will no longer accept the world as a slaughterhouse, a war zone, and a political charade. The planet is showing us what we must do; our bodies are showing us what we must do.
Are we listening to the words of the infinite?    more...

The "Garden Island" of Kauai is truly paradise. I had planned this two-and- a-half-day campout in Hawaii for weeks. Picture it: The October full moon on the remote beach of Poli-Hale at the south side of the Pali with a beautiful woman. It doesn't get much better.
I brought my long board and surf casting gear. We set up camp under a large tree growing right on the sand, in the middle of a five-mile-long stretch of beautiful beach.    more...

If part of your life consists of being in the spiritual realm (which is part of the energetic/emotional dimension), how do you find your relationship with spirit? Do you follow your intuitive advice? Do you feel a connection with something greater than yourself, and other people? Are your relationships with your loved ones, your family, your fellow workers and customers, and your community as close and as meaningful as you would like?The stream of life...
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 You may be finding that something in your body is not working as well as you would prefer, or that you are in pain. Perhaps you have even sought some treatment methods to address these issues, either conventional or alternative, but they did not resolve your condition to your satisfaction.

We are miracles...

Triple-shot espressos, sugary energy drinks and calorie-loaded candy bars aren't the only way to wake up. Students are on a constant hunt for the ultimate energy boost, but relying on teeth-staining and heart-racing unhealthy sources of caffeine is not the solution.

By eating more than 75 percent of fruits and vegetables, a person is considered a raw foodist. Some extreme raw foodists go as far as eating their poultry uncooked.

One in eight women will develop breast cancer in her lifetime, according to the American Cancer Society.
Research shows within the next year, thousands of young women will be diagnosed with breast cancer. The worst part is that most young women don't know their "girls" well enough to look for warning signs of the disease, which can help prevent it. 
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and a great time to get to know the risks of breast cancer and ways to reduce them.    more...

Ecology is the study of interdependency among the innumerable elements of a beautifully interwoven whole. Impacting any single part will have unforeseeable effects on the rest, and one cannot understand any of the constituent parts outside of their greater context. Similarly, an ecology of communities looks at the ways in which human societies interact with, are influenced by and dependent upon the more-than-human world.

The word mindfulness shows up more and more these days. What image comes to your mind when you hear the word? Maybe it is an image of someone sitting in meditation. While meditation is a powerful way to work out our mindfulness muscles, we are most called upon to exercise them when relating to other people. It's easy to be (or feel) enlightened when you are alone. Put gently, relationships are our invitation to see ourselves more deeply and clearly. But often the process is not so gentle.    more...

Spring is almost here. And, in the West, there is no better time than the month of March to get out into the yard and start an organic garden. Getting an early start on your garden provides your new plants with well-needed spring rains and gives you plenty of reasons to hang around outdoors while the weather is still cool enough in which to work and relax.

Spring is in the air: everything is new, rising from the earth, being born again. Everywhere, energy is moving from roots into new shoots, reaching for the light. It seems that every living thing is growing, greening, budding, and expanding. But what about you? Is your energy in sync with the season? Are you, too, brimming with new vitality? Is the life force regenerating itself within your body?

I once took a class from an instructor at one of the local massage schools in San Diego. John Economos has this interesting Zen master approach to teaching, which to some can come off as him simply being rude and arrogant. But by taking a closer look I found there to be an underlying message he's going for, or at the very least he wants to stimulate a unique dialogue.    more...

I grew up in a small town in the Midwest that was anything but urban. Yet it wasn't really bucolic, either. So as a kid, I didn't really have a direct relationship with the soil. Actually, that's not entirely true--I would say that until I was in the seventh grade, I had a very tumultuous and intimate connection with the ground.    more...

Every once in a while something comes along in the healing arts that upgrades an entire field of therapy. This 'something' has entered the field of spinal disc care, bringing realistic hope where there was little before. Spinal discs are the soft tissue pads between the spinal vertebrae that allow the spine to move and flex. They are subject to rupture, bulging and degeneration, something nearly all of us are subject to at some point in our lives.    more...

Have you ever looked at an image of Shiva in his destructive aspect, or Kali with blood dripping from her mouth or Durga astride a fierce tiger with a weapon in each of her eight hands and wonderedhow can this be a "god?"

Certainly by certain western understandings of God as compassionate, benevolent and forgiving, the deities of India do not seem to qualify. In fact, so misunderstood have these gods and goddesses been that for hundreds of years western scholars interpreted them as "primitive"an unsophisticated expression of an early people.

"Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope. It is a bulwark against poverty, and a building block of development, an essential complement to investments in roads, dams, clinics, and factories. For everyone, everywhere, literacy is, along with education in general, a basic human right. Literacy is the road to human progress and the means through which every man, woman and child can realize his or her full potential."
- Kofi Annan, Ghanaian diplomat, seventh Secretary General of the United Nations, winner of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize

"A Ohe Pau Ko Ike I Kou Halau - Think not that all wisdom is in your school."
-- Ancient Hawaiian Saying

How many of us know who our ancestors were, let alone how they lived and what they believed? Why did the ancient people of the Earth not need coaches, experts, consultants, or psychotherapists? It seems that with each passing generation, we become more disconnected from traditional beliefs that gave life meaning and order for thousands of years.

When I walked into the waiting area at Gate 29 of the Dallas airport, I saw a spectacle unfolding. As my eyes scanned the room for a seat, a man was on the ground in the middle of the room, in Supported Pigeon pose (Salamba Kapotasana), a hip opening yoga posture.

He was balanced on his right thigh while his left leg was extended behind him, and very true to the posture, his chest was lifted with bird-like majesty.

I blinked my eyes. Was this guy doing yoga?

Yes, he was.

Wiccans, Native Americans, Kabbalists, Essenes, and other followers of ancient world religions have based many of their practices on the cycles of the seasons, the moon, and various celestial patterns. But the new world mostly feared magic and healing craft, shunning it as illegitimate or evil.

Latin chants and incense filled the air as I held my pet duck, Peepers in my arms. It was the annual Blessing of the Animals, and I was going to make sure my feathered friend had a prominent place in the afterlife.

In our modern world, it seems that so much emphasis is placed on the newest and latest remedies. Forgotten are many of our past remedies and herbs that have continually demonstrated their healing abilities over time.

I've been lucky enough to know some people here on Earth that appear to have fallen out of the sky like angels. These are the people who seem to be able to get along harmoniously in any social atmosphere. They are heroes to me because it takes a lot of class to be able to relate to everyone. 

What if you knew that you had the ability to not only heal yourself, but heal others too? Now it is possible. Meet Adam DreamHealer, internationally renowned energy healer, speaker and bestselling author of numerous books including DreamHealer, A True Story of Miracle Healing, DreamHealer 2: A Guide to Healing and Self-Empowerment, Intention Heals, and an interactive DVD entitled, Visualizations for Self-Empowerment.    more...

Like a researcher who dedicates his or her life to an effort to heal illnesses or discover new stars, I see myself as a researcher. A researcher of the self. My research deals with consciousness, essence, and the discovery of new ways to reach them. There are countless paths for learning the lessons of life, and I have walked on many of them. Some of them are rocky and hard, some have many traffic lights, and some are like highways. All of these paths have ultimately led me to myself. Everything that we see around us is, in essence, a reflection of something within us.    more...

The crunch of the sand under my feet resonated like a mantra inside my head. The sound was occasionally joined by a buzzing bee as it tried to suck scarce juice from a desert flower. The silence around me was ringing as I briskly walked down the gorge. The California winter sun was still up, warming the hills and the crystal clear air, shining off the rocks and then disappearing into sharp shadows. A feeling of deep nostalgia filled my heart. I have been coming to this power place for over 20 years. I remember being introduced to this desert by my teacher in the early eighties.    more...

For ancient Greeks, the eyes were the windows to one's soul. One day, many years ago, I noticed my windows were clouded and lifeless. It was early on a hot summer morning, and as I stared into the mirror in my bathroom, I was seized with the notion that my life had become nothing I recognized or wanted. I had moved west to become an actor, and though I'd had modest success, none of it connected me to anything meaningful. All it led me to was this moment--holding a nine-to-five job, about to angle my way through rush hour traffic, yearning for a cup of coffee.
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In Plato.s Allegory of the Cave, prisoners living underground, prevented by chains from turning their heads, could only see what was before them, on the back wall of the cave. At a distance above and behind them was the mouth of the cave. Between this source of light without, and all the prisoners within, was a low wall, like a dividing line. Nameless men passed along this wall carrying all sorts of vessels, statues, and figures of animals made of various materials. Some talked as their objects cast strange shadows on the opposite wall.    more...

If you choose to turn on the news while comfortably nestled in your living room, you're bound to hear about the casualties of war in faraway lands. These death tolls are not just numbers on the rise--they represent mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, sons and daughters.

Can you imagine what it's like to lose a child through war? That's what Robi Damelin experienced. Her son, David, was an Israeli soldier killed by a Palestinian sniper on March 3, 2002. He was 28 years old.

A collection of Neil Pine's research and thoughts:
The abatement of global warming should never depend on the proliferation of nuclear power.
For decades, atomic scientists have speculated through sheer mathematical odds the inevitable possibilities of nuclear disasters. Nuclear weapons, accidents, and complications with proper waste disposal are all determining factors in this theory.    more...

It is truly amazing how connected we all are in today's world. We can stay on top of breaking news in remote locations of the planet. We can stay connected to friends and family, both near and far away. We can do business with companies on other continents with the click of a mouse, via the Internet. We can open our laptops or iPhones and get connected just about anywhere.
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Liquid Blue--whom I consider modern-day troubadours--travel the globe with songs of love, peace, acceptance, and sustainability for Mother Earth. Their commitment to music and all people is inspirational and uplifting. I had the opportunity to hang out with them for an evening here in San Diego and I was truly blown away by their stage presence and their commitment to activism.
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"This is when, for the first time, standing on the balance that the galactic underworld has brought, we will begin to sense the supramental consciousness that the universal underworld will bring. For all those seeking to become part of the new species of human beings endowed with an unlimited consciousness, this is a time to absorb the new energies of universality."
--Carl Johan Calleman,
author: The Mayan Calendar and the Transformation of Consciousness.
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According to the Random House Dictionary, the definition of globalize is to extend to other or all parts of the globe. From an individual's perspective, the underlying root of globalization resides in the expression of the individual unit of consciousness called man/woman moving beyond the ego or beyond the contemporary idea of self, in which our identities are defined by the barrier of our skin.    more...