Sunday Inspiration: A Heavy Curriculum

I saw this just the other day, from one of my most beloved teachers of my lifetime, Ram Dass. It was precisely what I needed to hear at that moment.  In fact, in my morning pages, I’d finished that day’s entry with a question pity party, and several hours later that same day, this was … Read more

The Burning Times

Feminism encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism, and become lesbians. ~ Pat Robertson (whose media power, political influence, and global business interests are not a joke) I have been increasingly dismayed by some of the Witchcraft-focused tripe coming out in recent books, TV, and films.  But I’ve been … Read more

Today is World AIDS Day

Established by the World Health Organization in 1988, World AIDS Day serves to focus global attention on the devastating impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Observance of this day provides an opportunity for governments, national AIDS programs, churches, community organizations and individuals to demonstrate the importance of the fight against HIV/AIDS. I have many beloved friends living with … Read more

Thanksgiving Day 20: My Business Deva

What you love, loves you. What you want, wants you. The soul of your business is invested in you and in the success of your business. It has its own reasons for being, its own allies, its own ecology which shapes its unfolding story.   ~ Hiro Boga As many of you who have studied … Read more

Be the Peace You Want to See: International Day of Peace, 2012

If you wish to experience peace, provide peace for another. Tenzin Gyatso, The 14th Dalai Lama Join me today in the global celebration of the International Day of Peace, which this year spreads across the whole weekend (yes, just Imagine that!). Special activities and celebrations will take place all across the world over the 2012 … Read more

Goddess Sunday: The Goddess of Compassion and Mercy

Kuan Yin does not come hither; I do not go thither; the water is in the basin; the moon is in the heavens. When the water is clear, the moon appears; when the mirror is bright, the image emerges. ~ Su Tung-po (1037 – 1101 C.E.) There is no doubt that humanity is undergoing tremendous … Read more