Editorial
Gandhi told his followers, “be the change you wish to see in the world.” When we hear these words, we often think of global change and wonder, “Can I really do it?” Here’s a secret, you are already doing it. With every thought, decision, and action you send out a ripple into the world. Others […]
Do you wish that others could be more compassionate and understanding? How do we deal with hateful, violent people who seem to be intent on ruining our wonderful world? Often, our first reaction is to condemn violence, to separate ourselves from it. Yet who among us hasn’t ever had an ill-intentioned thought or behaved in […]
Beliefs about health run rampant in our culture, and many of us unconsciously adopt the health-related beliefs of others, including well-meaning family, friends, and (especially) experts. Take aging: many experts will warn you to expect a decline in the abilities of your future body. Yet, none of their “hard facts” need to apply to you. […]
Marc Gafni, author of Soul Prints: Your Path to Fulfillment, believes that we all have our own distinct “soul print” that is as unique as our fingerprint. By determining and embracing our spiritual signature —the essence of who we are—we discover purpose and meaning in our lives. Gafni writes, “Your soul print fits you more […]
Do you greet each morning with excitement and enthusiasm? Is your life so rich that you cannot imagine changing any part of it? Are you living your dreams, or dreaming of a life? These musings were sparked by an e-mail from friends of mine announcing their move from a beach home in Florida to a […]
Government, politics, and elections. Boring, right? Nothing we can do, right? “Why vote?”, people say, “What difference would it make?” You might argue that the political arena is corrupt, or that government has grown irrelevant. I know these beliefs well; I held them myself. One day I realized that these very beliefs were not helpful. […]
The rapid growth of the internet is a compelling and fascinating study for anyone interested in building a cooperative system that works. Today’s internet has its roots in a military project called Arpanet. The system was designed so that if any part of the network becomes disabled, the system adapts and still function as a […]
The release of Star Wars: Episode I introduces the phrase “May the Force be with you” to a new audience of young people. Why is George Lucas’ story-telling so popular? Lucas will tell you that he’s not telling a new story—rather, he is simply retelling very old stories in a way that we can best enjoy, […]
Our mainstream media do a thorough job of indoctrinating fear of strangers into our world-view. Secure in our locked homes, we watch atrocities on television and wonder how our world has become so insane. Our response to these fears is to construct walls, fences, borders, and prisons to keep away anyone who isn’t quite like […]
Have you ever been in just the right place at just the right time? Do you ever feel unseen hands guiding events for you? These rare experiences of good fortune are examples of “synchronicity.” Carl Jung defines synchronicity as “a meaningful coincidence of two or more events, where something other than the probability of chance […]
