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23-Sep-2012
Kindness is Golden
Compliment vs. Complaint
Children forget to clean their rooms; bad drivers cut you off the road; co-workers can be insensitive. You might...
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20-Jul-2010
Gems for the Journey
Let Your Being Shine - A Dedicated Email
When you embellish your personal environment with sacred objects, you are following an age-old tradition . .
15-Jul-2010
Be a Superhero
Reveal Your Secret Identity
These days, it’s really hard to keep secrets. Whether it’s the UN, the CIA, or a big bank, someone is letting it slip.
01-Jul-2010
Seva Me
How Giving Comes Around
From the time you were a child, you've been told that volunteering is good for you. And it’s true . . .
17-Jun-2010
Compassion in Action
Kindness, the Key to the Kingdom
Gandhi said it. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said it. The Dalai Lama says it today. Though they use different words . . .
03-Jun-2010
What's in a Name
Verbalize Your Projection
No matter where you come from or where you intend to go, you are known to those around you by a word.
16-May-2010
Scents and Sensibility
The Whiff of Intuition
Is something rotten in Denmark? Is something fishy going on? Do you smell a rat? These clichés mention the sense of smell...
06-May-2010
Not Readily Apparent
Karma and Family
Warm weather means more time outdoors, more time with friends and (deep breath) more time with family. Eastern thought says that, at the root of familial relationships...
29-Apr-2010
A Thousand Steps
Let It Come to You
It seems like every time you move a couple of steps forward, you get knocked a step back.
20-Apr-2010
Fire In the Sky
3HO's Summer Solstice Sadhana Celebration - A Dedicated Email
On the Solstice the sun is at its apex and that has myriad meanings for the world's cultures. The light of the sun . . .
13-Apr-2010
Vibrate to Create
Sacred Sounds Retreat with Sada Sat- A Dedicated Email
Everything in the universe vibrates, and every cell in our body resonates with sound.
11-Apr-2010
Risk and Reward
The Humility to Deliver
You’ve been in those moments before – whether it was a teacher calling on you in school . . .
06-Apr-2010
Wrap It Up
Good Reasons to Tie One On
The practice of covering one’s head has been around since the beginning of civilization.
01-Apr-2010
The Tithe Goes Out
Giving is Natural
What you give, you receive. It’s a tried and true saying that has stood the test of time.
18-Mar-2010
Re-Purposing Pain
Growth from Injury
The Buddha said it first: everybody hurts. But he also went a step further, saying the source of suffering is desire.
04-Mar-2010
Bearing Witness
See It, Share It Clearly
The English word “martyr” is identified with all sorts of suffering. But its root is a Greek word that means. . .
14-Feb-2010
Personal Victory
Experience is the Best Teacher
While you’re sleeping, the brain is already on, processing thoughts from the subconscious.
31-Jan-2010
Hold a Hand
Be There When You're Needed
There are times when less is more, when simple is best, and when you seek the plain truth. . .
17-Jan-2010
Oh My Word
What You Say Matters
Language is magic. While other animals have unique ways of communicating, language gives humans access. . .
07-Jan-2010
Sing a Happy Song
Carols Every Day
Everyone has their favorite songs. You sing them when you want a lift or need catharsis.
15-Dec-2009
What's in a Word
Conscious Communication - A Dedicated Email
Communication is communion. But the art and science of relaying messages between two souls...
06-Dec-2009
Put Your Hands Together
Prayer Pose
Every spiritual tradition intends, in its own way, to bring together the heavens and earth. And they do it the same way.
22-Nov-2009
First Things First
Morning is Sacred
Whether or not you consider yourself a “morning person,” you know what it’s like to wake up refreshed. . .
17-Nov-2009
The Voice of Your Soul
Sacred Chant Retreat - A Dedicated Email
The human voice is a many-splendored thing. It's cosmic. When your favorite singer holds a note, all the forces...
08-Nov-2009
Yatra-riffic
Seeing It as a Journey
Every culture has its version of a pilgrimage, or yatra. Whether the journey is from childhood to adulthood...
17-Oct-2009
Signed-Sealed-Delivered
Better Know a Mudra
Every statue or painting depicting a deity from the East has one shared characteristic...
13-Oct-2009
Here Comes the Sun
3HO Winter Solstice Sadhana - A Dedicated Email
The Ancient Sumerians, Gnostic Christians, and many other spiritual communities share a common relationship...
01-Oct-2009
Mala Medicine
A Bead is Not Just a Bead
Some texts of the Ancient East are referred to as sutras, meaning “thread.”
07-Sep-2009
Sweet Relief
Take a Load Off
At the close of every yoga class is a period of deep relaxation. Lying on your back, you scan the body...
03-Sep-2009
A Date With Yourself
Be with the One You Love
As your routine goes by day after day, it's easy to forget that one very important person in your life - You!
25-Aug-2009
Sounds of Change
A Teacher's Blessing: Dedicated Email
The Age of Aquarius is upon us. To become One with the new reality, the greatest teachers are leading the way.
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