When the first Earth Day occurred, back in 1970, the idea that the environment could be threatened was a novel concept. We saw smokestacks as a sign of industrial progress. We poured leaded gasoline into oversize Cadillacs. Pesticides and herbicides were seen as serving the...
I’m all charged up! I finished my book on CHARGE and turned it into Hay House last week! Well, finished until the editor gets back to me with all the changes they want. Then I’ll do another round, and it will finally be released a year...
Without a vision, the people perish. -Proverbs We certainly have seen some dark times this winter—for many people personally, and for the turn of events on the national level. The gradual destruction of everything we hold dear: environmental protection, public education, health care, human rights, economic...
Everyone wants to feel more alive. Yet most people are simultaneously afraid of feeling the full “charge” of their aliveness. Taught to contain their charge through common child-raising practices, well-meaning school systems, and culture in general, the raging statistics on depression and anxiety suggest that...
Enantiodromia The Evil that Produces Good Enantiodromia is a big fancy word for a concept that might shed some understanding of what’s going on right now… and give us a little hope. I know I could sure use some of that. Thinking about this has helped me find a little...
The Future Hangs In Precarious Balance The Initiation Begins Here we are, 4 days away from the Electoral College vote on Dec 19, and 5 days away from the darkest time of the year. Indeed, things are very dark in the world right now. But it’s always...
THE MOURNING AFTER Surviving the Spectre of the Next Four Years Artwork: OH, AMERICA by Gee Vaucher I thought it was last week that we turned the clocks back an hour, but this morning I feel like we turned them back 50 years. My shock and awe over the election results has...
While the journey through the chakras may be challenging at times, it’s not as hard as the journey through life itself. And this journey occurs at all chakra levels. When life hands out its troubles, as it does for all of us, we find ways to...
The winds of grade blow all the time. All we need to do is set our rails. —Ramakrishna In understanding the centers on the map that we call the chakra system, it is essential to learn about the highways that connect them. In addition to thousands of...
Everything—both living and non-living—has a core. Every tree, every blade of grass, every animal, every rock, even the earth itself has a core. Living things grow outward from the core, lengthening as they grow, and expanding from the inside out to reach into the world. The core...