The Dawning of Enlightenment

Ho’opuka e-ka-la ma ka hikina(The Dawning of Enlightenment) — 17th century Hawaii, anonymous Ai, Ai, Ai.Ho’opuka e-ka-la ma ka hikina eKahua ka’I hele no tumutahiHa’a mai na’I wa me Hi’iakaTapo Laka ika ulu wehiwehiNee mai na’I wa ma ku’u aloHo’I no’o e te tapu me na’ali’I e E ola makou a mau loa laeEala, eala, … Read more

Saturday Slow Time

A Blessing for One Who is ExhaustedJohn O’Donohue (1954 – 2008) When the rhythm of the heart becomes hectic,Time takes on the strain until it breaks;Then all the unattended stress falls inOn the mind like an endless, increasing weight, The light in the mind becomes dim.Things you could take in your stride beforeNow become laborsome … Read more

Healing Our Money Stories

Most of the beliefs and ideas we have been taught to cherish in regards to money don’t keep us receiving more money, they actually repel it away from us.— David Neagle, Prosperity Coach From gold, to paper notes, to plastic cards, to electric impulses that flow through fiber optics and radio waves — we have … Read more

The Money Spell

The money power preys on the nation in times of peace, and conspires against it in times of adversity. It is more despotic than monarchy, more insolent than autocracy, more selfish than bureaucracy. It denounces, as public enemies, all who question its methods or throw light upon its crimes. — Abraham Lincoln Until not too … Read more

God and Caesar

lt is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor. — Seneca As we continue our journey of recovering our inner artist, we come face to face with the challenges of healing our sense of abundance; wealth and prosperity for us, in particular, and specifically given to … Read more

Saturday Poetry

Innocence (The Sun) © Osho Zen TarotThe Summer Day by Mary Oliver Who made the world? Who made the swan, and the black bear?Who made the grasshopper?This grasshopper, I mean– the one who has flung herself out of the grass,the one who is eating sugar out of my hand, who is moving her jaws back … Read more

Money Laundering

Lugh © Mickie MuellerAll the perplexities, confusion and distresses in America arise, not from defects in the constitution or confederation, nor from want of honor or virtue, as much as from downright ignorance of the nature of coin, credit, and circulation.— John Adams, in a letter to Thomas JeffersonIn order to heal the relationship between … Read more