I see my folks are gettin’ on And I watch their bodies change I know they see the same in me And it makes us both feel strange   No matter how you tell yourself It’s what we all go...

Photo By Spencer Watson Four Ways We Can Control Our Health & Balance  Many of us remain unaware of the essential processes of life until some devastating dysfunction or disease demands our attention. These essential processes include respiration, consumption, movement...

Photo by Tim Bogdanov Gratitude. The quality of being thankful; readiness to show appreciation for and to return kindness. Having gratitude is the foundation of good life choices. It calms our expectations and allows us to see the good in...

Merely by becoming aware of your inner body sensations and experiences and the body’s dreaming intelligence you become an extension of the earth’s self awareness bringing itself back into balance. You become a flow through for our intertraconnection and the...

In The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Czech author Milan Kundera posits that you only live once (social acronym YOLO), and this “lightness” signifies freedom — though it’s hard to hold. But it wasn’t until I read Thomas Cowan, MD’s breakthrough...

  Inflammation has long been a well-known symptom of many infectious diseases, but molecular and epidemiological research increasingly suggests that it is also intimately linked with a broad range of non-infectious diseases, perhaps even all of them. Although these insights...

The rising of the sun on the morning of winter solstice comes after the longest night and shortest day of the year. The pendulum swing hits its furthest point, stands still (solstice literally means, stand still) and then begins its...

From the perspective of a modern spirit, immersed in overwhelming noise, general overstimulation of the senses, and the growing pain of the world, escape from this agonizing cacophony has become the ultimate advantage. And many perceive meditation as a way...

An Excerpt From “Evolutionary Love Relationships: Passion, Authenticity,and Activism“ It is critical to remember that this crisis we are facing is a crisis in which the sacred powers of love in the human soul are being diverted by distraction, by...

Ascend Academy.. The Introduction Welcome Spirit Scientists! I’m so excited to introduce you all to an incredible series by Ryan Boyd that explores in depth the infinitely profound and often overwhelmingly complex realm of the spirit world and our place...

Our world of apparent duality offers a wealth of disguised enrichment opportunities. Consider: A cyber buddy who currently lives creatively without residence wondered why a stranger would open her home and heart to her. She emailed, “I don’t understand why...

Forming new habits can be both tough and exciting. Many factors play a key role when you want to create a habit but motivation and self-discipline are at the top of the list. Both of them will get you through...

“Hope and Memory have one daughter, and her name is Art.” ~ William Butler Yeats One day a cashier at my local organic foods co-op asked if I’d like to enter a contest to determine “The Most Beautiful Question.” The...

Photo: “Superman Buddha, Force Within” by Elisa Insua BY MUSHIM PATRICIA IKEDA The following is a summary of the many vital points that were struck in the author’s article. You can read the full article here. SUMMARY This article speaks to many...

As we move into the next phase of our global renaissance, copious creativity is the axis on which our elevation will turn. How deeply are we willing to tap our inner reservoirs? Can we expand our perception of what constitutes...

One of the reasons why there is so much mystery and confusion around grasping what the meridians actually are is most likely due to their association with Acupuncture and Moxibustion. Meridians can be best understood as pathways for the circulation of Ki (Chi), or...

Shamatha (serenity, concentration) is Established This is a transcription of an audio lecture that you can download for free:. Most spiritual people drift from day to day in their efforts to be “spiritual,” and have no sense of where they...

Today we are going to talk about specific obstacles that the beginner faces in Meditation practice. There are many obstacles to Meditation, and in the previous lectures we pointed out some of the most fundamental ones: Not knowing what the...