How beautiful they are,The lordly ones,Who dwell in the hills,In the hollow hills. — Fiona MacLeod Today there is a noticeable change in the air, and it is clear that Spring is accelerating its shift towards Summer. The insistent cries of nestlings fill the air, the first fireflies have appeared, the woods are dark and … Read more
I look back with gladness to the day when I found the path tothe land of heart’s desire, and thank Fate ceaselessly with aloud voice that she did not permit town to sap all the yearsaway while the heart was turning to wind-voices andflower-faces and the hands of kindly earth. — Mrs. George Cran, The … Read more
A Few Tarot F.A.Q.s Please note that this was written in the months just following the 9/11 attacks. ~ Beth Like many people, you may sometimes have difficulty hearing the voice of your inner wisdom. The stresses inherent in our consumer-obsessed society make this understandable, but now the uncertainty of a difficult economy and the … Read more
Mother Kali, Mother Kali,Mother of the world-transformingand world-illuminingFiery Dance,O Mother, You are at once the destruction-floodOf Concern-Light and Compassion-OceanFor our heart’s aspiration-flame.— Sri Chinmoy We stand today on the threshold of the New Moon of Samhain, the doorway to the darkest time of our Northern Hemisphere year. From now until Yule, Winter Solstice, the days … Read more
You pray in your distress and in your need; would that you might also pray in the fullness of your joy and in your days of abundance.— Kahlil Gibran We have been considering ways to heal our past history with money. There are many, many ways to do this, and these are but a few … Read more
If all the rich people in the world divided up their money among themselves, there wouldn’t be enough to go around.— Christina Stead (1903-1983) From the historical perspective of the creation and meaning given to money, to the current value placed on it by complex forces of governmental agencies and economic policies, all of us … Read more
Money is the visible sign of a universal force, and this force in its manifestation on earth works on the vital and physical planes and is indispensable to the fullness of the outer life. In its origin and in its action, it belongs to the Divine.— Sri Aurobindo In talking about abundance, scarcity, and what … Read more
If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability.— Henry Ford Today we continue to try to understand the great fear that challenges untold numbers of people: the fear of not having … Read more
Treasure the love you receive above all. It will survive long after your gold and good health have vanished.— Og Mandingo Yesterday, I told the story of Elsie, the 90-something woman who lived at the nursing home where I worked in the 1970s. She was an extreme case, but there were others like her, who … Read more
Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it.–Benjamin Franklin Back in the mid and late 1970s, I was the social services director and activities coordinator in a 132-bed skilled nursing facility in St. Petersburg, FL. Almost all of the residents there (we did not call them patients) suffered to some degree … Read more