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Symbol Brief: The Moon

From 11:35 p.m.  EDT May 5, until dawn breaks on Sunday morning May 6, we’ll be able to enjoy the illumination of a Supermoon — so called because the moon’s orbit will bring it closer to Earth than at any other time in 2012  – which also makes it the biggest and brightest moon we’ll [...]

So Heart and Science . . . We Meet Again

It’s been just a few days since I wrote about the hopeful experiment being conducted by the Global Coherence Initiative.  So imagine how wide my smile was this morning when I read about the expected June launch of the Huffington Post’s heart monitoring and course correcting “GPS for the Soul” phone app. In a HuffPost [...]

It’s Time: Let’s Pour Our Hearts Out

The Ancients knew: it’s the energy of our hearts, not our minds, that truly determines our way.  Egyptians during the time of the pharohs believed the heart was the seat of intelligence and the will, the source of knowledge and the most essential part of the body.  The Aztecs revered the heart as the body’s [...]

Some Good Stuff on the Web

I just wanted to take a minute to pass along a couple points of interest I found on the Web. The first is a link to a video library of excerpts from several workshops devoted to Jungian-based theories. Each video is less than 10 minutes (transcripts for some of them are available for purchase), but [...]

Paradox

Today my local paper ran Mitch Albom’s thoughtful remembrance of 9-11.  Through Albom’s commentary, I was reminded what an important part paradox plays in each of our lives. One person – out of nearly 7 billion – was able to mastermind the destruction of 3,000 innocent people and seduce a legion of lemmings to carry [...]

Fear and Acrimony in America

America has a long tradition of being afraid. Sure, we tell ourselves “land of the free and home of the brave” but those are most often aspirations and not the reality of our day-to-day collective mindset. I suppose it’s understandable when we consider our founders took over the place by spreading disease, making shady land deals and conducting [...]

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